What we call AI is so vastly different from AI depicted in sci-fi.

Ooooh shiny!

🧵

Today in “wow I’m old” my LiveJournal turned 24. Next year it can rent a car!

I did a thing!

I hate AI art as much as the next person, but at least it’s not spitting out Corporate Memphis.

My updated personal site is almost done. Just one more little tweak…

Pet peeve: when people post about job openings on LinkedIn (I don’t mean job listings, but personal posts about jobs) and don’t mention the location. Here I am fully visualizing myself in the perfect role only to discover it’s on-site in Berlin.

I highly recommend that everyone follow artists. If you do, your feed is filled with art every day. Real, original art. It's bonkers that you can even have this. Amazing. Undeniably cool. And then support those artists, when you can, because that helps the delight continue.

🧩 Write cleaner CSS with nesting You can now nest selectors directly in CSS. It improves readability, keeps styles modular, and reduces repetition. No preprocessor needed. Learn more 👇 developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/...

Finished a wee #jelly for today's #pixel_dailies challenge! @pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixelart

Today's projects: 1. Experimenting with Claude Code to create a Shopify theme. 2. Working on my personal site. 3. A pixel jellyfish for today's #pixeldailies challenge.

Day Counter xkcd.com/3228/

Since leaving my startup, I've been experimenting with some of my own projects. However, in typical-me fashion, I found myself surrounded with a bunch of projects about 10% finished and a whole bunch of ideas that are, well, still raw. Starting this week I'm working towards finishing a thing or two!

What is Easter food? Peeps and jelly beans?

Hi, if you've found me via my very short-lived tech account, welcome. I'm a writer, pixel artist, and software engineer who recently left the startup she cofounded in the weirdest economy since 2008. Apologies if you're here for writing content, I haven't been doing as much of that lately.

Is the highlighter the brightest office supply? #highlighter #pixel_dailies #pixelart @pixeldailies.bsky.social

I’m 41. Whenever I’m about to post something online, I think, “my parents are going to read this and tell me why I shouldn’t have posted it.”

I’m looking for the most useless examples of software products that have added “AI” features by slapping on a chatbox.

Any other speculative fiction writers feel like they’re racing against reality? Can we chill for a moment because I can only type so fast.

I write literary sci-fi, the kind where the apocalypse starts a whisper: a broken search bar and a question no one can answer.

This is so accurate I’m checking around for hidden cameras right now.

Yesterday I was reading a story for Black Fox and my 9-year-old asked me what it was about. I said it was about "adult stuff" and he asked what the problem was. "Because if there isn't a problem, there isn't a story," he said. Wise words, kiddo!

Imprisoned for its crimes #pixelart #jar #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social

It’s a #tiger for #pixel_dailies and it’s green because why not. @pixeldailies.bsky.social Big yawns!

An ornate #frame for #pixel_dailies -- I like how it turned out!

happy black history month! hopefully y’all are uplifting black authors year round but today is as good a day as any to share some of my favorite sapphic books by black authors 🫶🏽🫶🏽 #booksky

Ever wonder what happens to your short story or flash fiction piece after it's sent to a lit mag? I've been a volunteer first reader since May. I wrote about the process here, including a few tips for submitting. whisperingvoid.substack.com/p/my-life-as...

If you are a G* person (✂️✂️) let me know so I can follow you back!

Loved: Howard’s End, Of Mice and Men, Dubliners, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing Ambivalent: The Pearl, Romeo and Juliet, The Scarlet Letter, The Jungle Loathed: The Grapes of Wrath, A Farewell to Arms

The collage fits oddly with the piece, I think.

Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you - have never published anything - have no readers - didn't write anything this month - didn't write anything this year - can't articulate words anymore - can only float and mournfully wail - were murdered ten years ago on this very spot

A dog! This dog’s tongue to be specific.

What kind of animal made these tracks?

I have a secret. My secret is: I don’t like pumpkin pie.

It says, “Yes, everything is broken, but I’m going to fight for beauty and joy and justice anyway, because fuck your inevitability.”

Monday’s morning walk was a foggy one.

My friend wrote this! (And I beta read it and therefore take at least 1/64th of the credit for it being awesome.)

Playground later, maybe.

I lost connections today.

Saturday morning coffee. I love this mug—my husband got it for me, and it’s fitting because the fact that he had a cat was one of the first things I appreciated about him! 🐈 RIP Wally Cat. I miss you so.

I’m going to post some random thoughts here today because why not. It’s rather gloomy outside, but I have coffee and the kids are playing nicely together.* How’s your Saturday going? *Knock on wood. All the wood. I need a forest for knocking.

Welcome, new followers! I haven’t done much with this account, and Dragon Age The Veilguard is currently taking over my life.

It’s character reference!

I thought Bluesky might like to see my super 90s mug from the 90s!

I accidentally marked a submission as rejected on chill subs that hadn't actually been rejected yet. Felt nice to un-reject it! #shortstories

Tag yourself I’m “divorce of convenience”

Jesus would 100% tell you to have a lovely International Trans Day of Visibility this Easter Sunday

I just… this… oof. (That short story got an honorable mention in a statewide contest. If my teacher hadn’t been such a giant asshole we could’ve worked that story into a winner.)