When, I ask myself, did I last have a passion fruit?

As a Moon in Libra II in the 1H person the Threads of Fate ep on Libra II is everything I wish people knew about Libra II natives. Just co-signing literally everything

Yes, the sky is crunchy… it’s not just you! The Moon in Libra is sandwiched between oppositions to both malefic planets, Mars and Saturn. She’ll clear the enclosure by 15:23 (GMT/UT) so until then, maybe some deep breathing?!

It's tough seeing every single freelance artist I know having the same "uhh I haven't had paying work or sales in weeks" posts, it's gotten extremely tough out there for us. If you have the means, please consider treating yourself to a commission or print or book from an artist you like, it helps!

creators get better by finishing projects no project ever comes out as good as it is in your imagination but that’s ok, the next one will be better also it’s ok if projects fail, taking risks and big swings is an important part of growing as a creator

I am very tired of people who create the cool stuff everyone loves dying prematurely and/or in poverty while every publisher under the sun is seemingly tripping over its own dick to figure out how to pay even *less* for the creations that pay for their yachts and country clubs

do y'all remember when using Wikipedia (an incredibly accurate and well-sourced database of information) was the scholastic equivalent of a war crime? now we've got education officials encouraging the plagiarism machine with no regard to how its impacting learning

I’ve been skirting so close to distinction on most of my assignments this year and finally hit it on the screenplay I turned in and I am, as they say, chuffed

EdTech is a $250 billion industry that’s expected to triple by 2027. If you want to fight the technofascist takeover of America, raising hell at your next school board meeting is a great place to start.

A lot of people don’t realize that the Big Tech companies are, in many cases, drafting district-wide tech policies, installing friendly administrators, and awarding themselves lucrative contracts.

It’s amazing how many bullies become deeply principled pacifists the first time they get punched back.

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

Studios laying off hundreds and thousands of employees with the excuse that they can move production to the UK and not have to pay for healthcare because the UK has socialized medicine should be humiliating to the US government.

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

Today in Jeremy's salad: collard greens, blanket flowers, cucumber, desert chicory, and smooth cats ear

Hello! I'm looking for a queer horror artist for an anthology short (6-8 pgs)! This is paid work and the rate will go up based on crowdfunding. New creators welcome! Please DM ME with your PORTFOLIO. Final pages will be due in two months. I'll contact my choice in the next two weeks. Thanks!

America's public lands are not for sale. But former Rep. Steve Pearce, Trump’s nomination for director of the Bureau of Land Management, thinks they should be. We can't let him oversee this agency. Urge your senators to oppose Steve Pearce as director of the BLM. ➡️ biodiv.us/4enoHmH

I talked about the many reasons creating an AI “actress” is at best pointless, and at worst, downright disturbing, for this article! www.marieclaire.com/culture/ai-a...

Strawberries, 1696. A little miracle of simplicity, for Adriaen Coorte's day.

Happy 20 years of Neil banging out the tunes 🐀🎶🎉

Am smoking a cigar. Have another cigar when this is finished.

Watched Oddity last night which I liked and would ultimately give a 5/10 on the fear factor scale but Caveat is an 8.5/10. I do not remember the last time I had my jaw clenched this hard for a full 90 minutes and I will never sleep with the lights off again

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

ultramarine blue has my whole heart 💙

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

The US can automatically register men to go to war but can’t register them to vote. They can afford billions on war but can’t give their citizens healthcare, housing, childcare or food assistance. War is profitable. People are cannon fodder. It’s exactly how the ruling class wants it.

"The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Jay Bhattacharya) has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half." !!! 🎁

As someone who’s worked in wildlife rehab, helping and healing animals is a service not only for the animals but for humans too. The value of extending empathy to non-human creatures cannot be understated. It’s not humans OR animals, there’s space the care for both, for all life.

he meant causal*. There is a direct causal relationship between AI usage and diminished persistence (sticking wish a task) and independent performance (performance without AI).

This has been a project of the ruling class in both ruling political parties for decades if not since the birth of this stupid nation. We are doing what we can and also not broadcasting intentions on social media bc of aforementioned technocratic police state. But I'm sure you've got a cool plan

"Why don't Americans-" The ruling class of America has intentionally disempowered its citizens spread across 3,000+ miles of land and then funded the police force as an occupying army that happily murders anyone who opposes them and imprisons whoever is left as slave laborers. So phone calls it is

They have the opportunity right now to impeach and remove him from office. To do nothing is to embrace his war crimes as their own. To allow him power is to devalue life itself, to thirst for violence, to want to harm millions of mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, children, babies.

Let's annotate. 1. Begins with a CLEAR statement laying out WHO the culprit is and what he is doing. 2. Specifically says what he thinks needs to happen next. 3. Calls out his own institution. THIS IS THE BASEMENT in terms of a response & his colleagues are underground. bsky.app/profile/fros...

I was born in India & spent the first few years of my life in Iran. My parents' stories of my early years are full of the joy, kindness and hospitality of Iranians. Our maid who taught my mother to make aash to feed me. My father's patients. These are real, complex people--they always have been.

My post is cynical in that I am skeptical Congress will act, but the situation is incredibly scary and instead of doing nothing I contacted my rep. You can too. If enough people voice their alarm, maybe they’ll find a spine. This is a world historic crisis. www.house.gov/representati...

Oh, wow. So many other worlds visible in the background of the Artemis II view from eclipse, peeking out of the haze of the solar corona. Thanks @tunctezel.bsky.social for labeling!

In Korea, when the president declared martial law after midnight and erected barricades in Seoul, congressional reps from all parties ran into the streets, yanked ak47s from the army at the barricades, broke down the locked door to Congress, repealed the martial law order, and arrested the president

New shot of the Moon taken only a few hours ago by the Artemis II crew! More of the lunar far side coming into view :-D flic.kr/p/2s676GN

losing contact with the earth for 40 minutes sounds nice

happy birthday to all bunnies

"we need kids to get an early start operating machines that are routinely wrong and may try to coax them into suicide and/or psychosis" is a fun education perspective i disagree with actually

ICE has kept a disabled double amputee prisoner for over 14 months. Rodney Taylor has been denied access to his prosthetic legs. Forced to crawl across dirty floors to access food. Placed in solitary. Denied medical accommodations. They’re killing him & he needs the community to make noise!

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

Keep fighting it, everyone.

“go back to the moon but this time we have really good cameras” was a fantastic idea

Stop what you're doing and look 🌍 The full globe? That is the NIGHT SIDE. I'm pretty sure I can see some satellites/debris glinting away on the periphery. Also the Aurora?! What a bonkers beautiful world that supports and holds everyone and everything you've ever known and loved, and so much more.

This is why I keep it out of my classrooms. This is why I teach my students to be careful/critical in their consumption of gAI. This is why universities shouldn't be so bloody ridiculously uncritical in forcing gAI on faculty, staff and students. We're inculcating dependence on a catastrophic scale

We have bought kiss me quick squeeze me slowly hats nobody has taken us to heart.

tapping the sign