one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

If you want your library to have an easier time getting what you want, ADVOCATE FOR THEIR BUDGET

What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

Artists and makers...don't use AI. Even if it's to add an extra dimension to your own work. Using precious water and power resources "just for fun" is so disappointing. And you definitely should know better. 🙄

If you're pirating books, it's because you're an asshole. You believe it is your right. You are wielding incredible privilege, to steal another person's work.

I wrote a thread about LLMs (but pretended it was about something else).

I'm going insane because people constantly recommend using AI for things and it is always, ALWAYS worse than repeatedly bashing my head on a brick. It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"

I see the book pirating discourse is going around again, and I’m just so tired, y’all. If you want books to continue to exist, do not steal books. Period. The end. “But but but…” No. There are so many free options out there: fanfiction, libraries, etc. You don’t need to steal books to read.

Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library.

This game has always seemed gross and problematic to me, but this is 10/10.

Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Shilling). Will you join me? Over 5500 + Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls #MMIWG #cdnpoli

Fill your life with art. Listen to music, read a novel, admire a photograph, write a song, write an essay, paint a picture, sew a quilt, crochet a scarf, build a shelf, turn some clay, do something that brings joy to you and possibly others. That's the good shit, everything else is a distraction

Us Gen X women are in our werewolf era. We’re growing hair in places we don’t want + changing shape fast & hot. Not to mention occasional bloodbaths & spending most of our time incandescently furious. Perimenopause = lycanthropy. You can’t tell me otherwise.

Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling). Will you join me? Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls #MMIWG #cdnpoli

Aambe Gwiingwiish Aambe! #gobluejaysgo In Anishinaabe our word for blue jay is gwiingwiish (pronounced gweeng-gweesh)" - Dominic HK Beaudry ~ ITO Indigenous Cultural Integrity Advisory Group Member Artwork: Emily Kewageshig, Anishinaabe artist and visual storyteller from Saugeen First Nation No 29

"ad slopulum" is actually a fantastic name for the integration of "ai" into everything for absolutely no discernible reason

Today I’m marking trans day of remembrance

Reminds me of this more disgusting analogy.

If Jesus said his disciples would be known by their love for others, then when we claim to follow him but we are known for our bullying, our mockery, our callousness, and our contempt for others, we are actively taking his name in vain. Love must be our reputation.

the promise of ai is that anyone can interface with a computer as if they had the knowledge of an expert the reality of ai is that anyone has to have the knowledge of an expert to interface with a computer

And your edits are surely better. Now I think it’s thoroughly been proven that “AI” is garbage at literally everything, and it’s time to stop propping it up by using it “just for fun”, too.

This. I may not be able to actually stop you from using the slop machine, but if you choose to do so, my disapproval is a part of the cost you must bear. I will not grant you the illusion of my acquiescence. If my good opinion matters to you, weigh your options accordingly.

Teal Shadow. I’ll take it!

#Quiltsky: help! I had a blue marking pen incident. I’ve sprayed until it was soaked, and blotted, and repeated; but there are still blue splotches. Advice on how to get it out? It’s a Clover pen, if that makes any difference; and it was totally user error, not the pen’s fault. 🫠😫

If you get to a trillion dollars you should have to start the game over from the beginning at a higher difficulty like your parents not owning a bunch of emerald mines or whatever idk that’s just a random example

You mean the company that's currently being struck by its workers and the company that's currently being boycotted because of its terrible DEI policy rollbacks? Why not just call this the Chocolate Mint Racist Scab Frostie?

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end. In the meantime: • Figure out a small way to help someone • Figure out a small way to fight back • Figure out a small place to find joy • Figure out a small way to grow and thrive And do it often.

The worst thing AI has done to culture in just a couple years is not that people think AI generated things are real, but that they now think real things are AI generated

I'm working on embroidering a quilt square and I realize part of the reason people are pushing AI so hard isn't that they want more books or more art, what they're trying to get is time. Every form of art takes time. It takes time to draw. To paint. To write. To play music. They want that time.

Edmonton's WILDNorth is having an auction! WILDNorth covers Edmonton and all of Northern Alberta, helping injured and orphaned wildlife, providing vet care, emergency services, etc. www.32auctions.com/organization...

Estate tax (calculated on gross amount after spousal & charitable legacies/trusts): 10% on amount > $500k up to 1M 25% on amount > $1M 50% > $10M 75% > $100M 90% > $500M 100% > $1B One (1) residence is exempt, provided it is occupied by a legatee & not sold out of the family/legatees for 10 years.

Every political candidate must have worked 12 months in retail or food service. Every politician should be required to live three consecutive months once every 4 years on the single adult welfare rate in their constituency. This includes taking public transit (with security detail if warranted.)

Any executive compensation (including all benefits and stock options) which exceeds 100x the annualized total compensation of the lowest paid position in the company should be subject to a 100% federal surtax. Any executive compensation greater than $10M should be subject to an additional 100% tax.

At least 10% of all property tax paid anywhere on Turtle Island (aka the Americas) should be remitted to the indigenous nations whose land it was when the colonial powers took it.

If AI is inevitable then why does it need so much government support and why are they constantly worried Rhetorical RHETORICAL

God bless people who are good about sending calendar invites, I would never remember to attend any of this shit in my own

Oh hey, I lived in one of these places for 3 years. Definitely rings true. (except the doctor flew in 2-3 days/week, on the mail plane) (With alt text added)

Remember, you're under no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend reading books, drinking multiple kettles of tea, and indulging in a scandalous amount of croissants.

good news for the people who are saying they'd never touch starbucks coffee anyway: you can go ahead and drop $5 in their strike fund sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/

This is why you pick up a making hobby so you have something to do while you disassociate into an audiobook. You may not remember the story but now you have a quilt!

v good thread to show to your cis people who don’t understand the kafkaesque web of insane bureaucratic nonsense that british trans people have been trapped in for decades

The union is asking that you not patronize any Starbucks, even ones that aren't unionized, for the duration! Time to find your new favoriteocal coffee shop. To donate to their strike fund: sbworkersunited.org

This is a REALLY important story, Canada. The Carney government's push to AI our entire country is going to hurt so many people and cause SO much damage to our communities. The government isn't doing ANYTHING to try and mitigate the harms data centres are going to cause, either.

Be yourself. Be helpful if you can. Be insufferable if you have to. Be as dark as you wish. Be the reason a forest is considered haunted. But most of all, be kind and stay weird.

It’s a frankenbatting kind of day #QuiltSky

Anyone looking forward to that obituary (you know the one) needs to read this thread. #2 and his patron definitely have plans; and the orange chaos is currently unintentionally obstructing them. Chaos is preferable to orderly, efficient, effective, well-funded & thoroughly planned evil.

No Starbucks 'til workers get more bucks (and whatever else it is they are striking for)

don’t be like this crab trying to go to starfish-bucks for a claw-fee! or this heron will EAT YOU! @sbworkersunited.org this heron will keep your lines crab free at the very least 🪶📸

I went to a famous tea shop in another city last week, because I wanted to taste before buying. But the counter staff used 2 tea bags for a 8-10 oz pot! At home we use 1 bag for a big pot (2-3 big mugs)!! It was soooooo bitter, it really put me off buying. I have no idea what they’re thinking.