I just finished it at 2658 words. It needs an edit, but it's done and I don't think I can cry any more tonight.

So, I'm really kind of fucking annoyed and disappointed with Mozilla enabling AI in Firefox by default and not giving users a simple opt out switch. I have disabled it in my firefox via 'about:config' , if you want to too, here's how to disable it completely or enable certain bits you find useful

I feel so embarrassed for Black Friday. Like, it used to be a nice TV so cheap that you would camp outside of the store overnight and kill a man with a toilet plunger, and now it's like, SURPRISE BESTIE, 10% OFF RETURN ADDRESS LABELS IF YOU GIVE US YOUR PHONE NUMBER!!!! Have some dignity.

Having a hell of a morning today. Sleep sucked, for starters, plus I forgot to send the reusable bags with J for our grocery pickup.

I feel exposed 😆 HAPPY SATURDAY, EVERYONE!

If you like Studio Ghibli, Knives Out, The Owl House, or Frankenstein, here’s what the creators are saying about A/I. 🚫 SAY NO TO GEN A/I 🚫

If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right? And rightfully so. So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?

1k words on this memoir thing today, which puts me somewhere around halfway done. Calling it a night, though.

J's on the phone via Bluetooth, and Dozer is so confused because the Sound Rectangle is not where it should be.

My other Christmas gift arrived today (replacements for perfumes I'm almost out of), and I was such a good bean. I didn't even open any of the fun stuff that came in the package. All I did was check that nothing was broken.

PLEASE tell every author you know about this!

USPS is rather frustrating this week. I mailed a package on Monday that I paid priority for so it would be delivered today. Where is it? No idea. Somewhere still on the way. Also I've been waiting for a letter for... almost 2 weeks now. Where's that? Who even knows. I know it's November, but still.

This came to us in a dream.

Just passed 1k on this, and I've accidentally put myself into the same adrenaline-anxiety frenzy I was in on August 14, 2023. It's time to take a breather and work on something else for a while.

Roses are red, And so are my dearests. They’re

If someone knits or crochets you a blanket or sweater, they want to keep you warm AND they dedicated many hours of their lives to making it for you. There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.

I decided to lay back down this morning instead of crocheting on the blanket. That may have been a mistake, but whatever.

I had to go through my journal from 2023 for this thing I just started writing and now I'm a bit of an emotional wreck. Great timing, too, because I'm about to go to bed 🙃

I dunno about y'all, but I see Shower of Happyboob

It would be really cool to get to 300 lifetime sales by the end of the year. I'm 31 away, and it's currently free most places.

People need to get off twitter. There’s no good reason anyone needs to know you’re using a VPN while online. Not one good reason.

for fuck's sake Important heads up here

I did find it after several minutes of looking for it. I really should just start leaving it in the same place after every use.

Your D&D team doesn't have a wizard?!? Problematic mage gap

Ankle braces are a great thing to have around, until you actually need it because you rolled your ankle twice in the same 30 minutes and can't find the damn thing.

Anyway. I only have 42 minutes left before I have to get out of bed and be productive (do laundry) and I have not gotten any writing done.

Checked on Draft2Digital this morning to look at sales numbers, and apparently now they have an entire list of prohibited content that I definitely don't recall being this long last time I saw it. It seems a little excessive. Maybe it's just me?

Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives. If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜

I want to write. Libre needs an update. If you hear some eldritch screeching in the distance, I apologize for disturbing your morning/afternoon/evening/night.

Black jewelry makers, I've NEVER seen Czech glass beads like this and they absolutely resemble the Panther salute. Sharing for you. www.etsy.com/listing/1199...

Fish have committed credit card fraud

Listening to audiobook samples, and I've come across one where the narrator is trying to read a nonfiction all sensually and breathy like it's an erotic romance. Please don't do that. Don't make it weird.

“Woman of the Wood” (pen and ink on paper) (I like this one)

It's my whole arm, actually :(

My wrist says no more crochet/knitting today :( which is a bummer because I wanted to get through the heel increases this afternoon :( Oh well.

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

I think I drank my coffee too quickly this morning because my stomach's all woozy now 😖

Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days

When I arrive at the party

Can we stop reducing narratives to tropes? Stories are so much more than the sum of their tropey parts. Or maybe I'm the only one bothered by it, in which case, as you were. 😊

I hate The Rainbow Fish. That octopus is full of shit, your friends should love you for what makes you unique and not demand that you tear off pieces of yourself for their benefit.

God, I love knitting

Lunch is over. Back to knitting.

Love stabbing myself in my own face with a fork while eating because for some reason my hand misses my entire mouth. Fun stuff. 🙃

I love your political cartoon calling ICE nazis. It would be a banger if you drew it instead of using AI. Wow, that picture of an anime girl is hot. Lovely cans on her. She'd be even hotter if you drew it instead of using AI.

A few of the student pilots are flying around my area today, and they're training to recover engine stalls and whatnot. Watching them come overhead at such a low altitude and almost whisper silent is eerie af, and given their emergency landing the other day, I wonder if that's gonna happen again.

PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.

I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season

Made it to the heel increases in these socks!