this point really hits the nail on the head of why localization workers are so frustrated by “AI” loc companies. freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them. the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.

we need to bully tech people more

Here are the words for the next week of #WIPSnips and the last week of November! November 24th through November 30th Regular reminders: - Use Alt Text - Include Trigger/Content Warnings - No editorial comments on posts - Synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

What if the true meaning of Christmas is supporting small businesses so the oligarchs have a very shitty season? 😚

I’ve invented a hot tub from which you can point the finger of blame. I call it the j’accuzzi

In my mid-20s, I got a text from a friend saying "We need to talk." I spent a couple of hours wondering what I'd done to offend him; turned out his employer was recruiting temps for a new project. Was 'accidentally' put on another project while there and just... ended up staying there.

Failed Whamageddon so hard and it's not even December yet.

I was noodling around trying to find another hair that'd suit Gabe, and tried this on him just to see how bad it'd look. And... I don't *hate* it. 😅 I wouldn't use it, but he looks better than expected. (Jude is laughing behind his hand and says Gabe looks more like the brewer than he does now.)

#WIPSnips 23. "Global" Does anyone want to try to explain it to her? 😅 #WorldWithoutLove #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Those solitary stones that keep silent watch, that persist across the rise and fall of our own petty kingdoms, are storytellers. When we learn the language of the Long Neolithic they speak across time. It is beholden on us to listen. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

#WIPSnips: Global No 'global,' but three for 'world' which I wasn't expecting. If it helps, Gabe only sounds like a dork because he is one. 💜

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This. The block button is right there, and unlike Twitter there's no mechanism for someone to easily bypass a block and harass you. It's called the "nuclear block" for a reason. The toxic "blocking = giving up" mentality does not exist here, so just don't engage with folks who live to be miserable

A tiny bit of shameless self-promotion because the gifting season is creeping up on us. If you’re after something delicious, handcrafted, and ethical, my chocolate boxes, bars, and treats make really lovely gifts. Treat yourself, treat someone else, or both, I won’t judge! Reshares appreciated! 🍫✨

You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.

Gabe grinned. “I have it on expert authority I’m indeed safe from bears. They’re not even really my type, so…” From his right came a muffled choke. ----- Snuck up on myself with an unexpected 600 words. Jude is a bit less standoffish than I expected, possibly because he's much lonelier...

It boggle my mind how some people think the author approves of every word that comes out of their characters' mouths. Y'all, villains say villainous things. Making sure they have good arguments is just quality characterization, not me trying to convince you they're right. #booksky #amwriting

Our voices rise together, louder than fear, stronger than silence. We are not going anywhere. #LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈

Sometimes I bemoan the state of the tools available to self-publishing in the wake of special editions and sprayed edges, then I see a book like this and realize it could be worse🤷 (yes that is just a nail stuck into that hole😂) #indieauthorb #bookmarketing

Netflix keeps going "look at this shiny Christmas movie!" at me, and I'm still trying to watch horror stuff because of what I'm writing. 😅 Anyway, I just started an Egyptian paranormal series called, uh, Paranormal. I'm only 10 minutes into it and it's already made me laugh out loud several times.

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Brendan Fraser is coming back for THE MUMMY 4, almost 20 years after the third one. "The one I wanted to make is forthcoming. Been waiting 20 years for this call. Sometimes it was loud, sometimes a faint telegraph. Now? Time to give the fans what they want," he says.

A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍 An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest. The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #writingprompt Somewhere between book 3 and book 4. I'm not sure yet, but 🥰🥰🤭

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

#WIPSnips 22. "Crystal" Ashrah is in yet *another* predicament! (But this time Sareena, Tomas, and Datusha are all there with her!) #ChroniclesOfTheRealms #SayaAshrah #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

From Episode 4.

"Misogynistic" leaked guidance would ban people from toilets based on appearance 👇 https://www.wearequeeraf.com/misogynistic-leaked-guidance-would-ban-people-from-toilets-based-on-appearance/

#WIPSnips: Crystal A little memory from Gabe. I admit I managed to wrangle the word in when I saw it on the prompt list at the start of the week. 😅 But it also came with a strong mental image, so I guess it was just meant to be.

#WIPSnips | Crystal Sterling and the witch (Elias) try to figure out how to maintain a lie.

happy pride month!

Before I watched the vid, I assumed you meant the old Anchor Spreadable adverts Weebl did (which now I think of it is butter I think? so yeah) youtu.be/toZeH5AyRVI

Random Midlarks banter... Jack: *picking up a cigarette butt* You think he smoked these? Charlie: There's no way we'll get DNA off those. J: Don't need DNA when you've got witchcraft. *bags butts* C: You do know Im terrified of you. Not cuz you're some powerful witch, but cuz you say unhinged shit.

reposting w/ alt text

Ew. A post broke containment. *wrinkles nose*

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 473 convivium natalicium! (Birthday party!) Silvius et amici transmissionem fasciculi ludunt, dum Minimus tibiam utricularem canit (Silvius and his friends play Pass the Parcel while Minimus plays his bagpipes).

Does anyone have recs for a non “AI-forward” alternative to Duolingo? I get asked sometimes as a language teacher and I don’t really have a good answer right now other than I don’t trust Duolingo

This is wildly obscure to anyone who doesn't know the catchphrase to an old bunch of processed cheese ads, but I bought smol dog some new treats and she absolutely adores them. She becomes SO obedient when she thinks she'll get one. And suddenly while I was walking her all I could think of was this.

I love the way if you turn off AI in Gmail, it removes your tabs along the top and dumps everything into the main inbox instead, even though those predated AI by years. Talk about spiteful little fucks.

I mean, that's not how I'D summarize my novels, but

Starting with “We think of it not necessarily as just a problem, but an opportunity as well” set a new Fuck Up The Interview About Child Safety Any% World Record

Not too sure about that restaurant…

oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that

Smol dog is delivering a lengthy diatribe about... something, I don't know what. Half of it so far has been aimed at me upside down (she's sat with her back to me; this does not stop her looking at me). For one moment there was blessed silence... then I made the mistake of asking, "what?" 💀

A person using chatgpt will never get better at the activity than they were the day before they started using it. They will literally have removed learning, and gaining experience, from the process in a way no actual tool does.

Think of the Children - Gator Days

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.

Testing something out on Gabe. I don't render him enough. I'm not a huge fan of that hair model but it's also one of the only ones that suits him. *sigh*

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