The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.

starting off 2026 by finally playing Silksong

changed my mind. new years resolution is to make more soup. inspired by @mathewlreyes.bsky.social need recommendations for soups that could be made vegetarian or already are vegetarian. @mostlybree.kitrocha.com you conquered bread but do you know soup???

my new year's resolution is to question how much I need this graduate degree it was very hard to work full time and do school full time, especially given the dual whammy of ADHD and perfectionism. I clashed hard with one of my instructors and it caused me a lot of anxiety maybe now isn't the time

IF A SNEEZE HAS NEVER FORCED YOU TO GO HOME AND CHANGE YOUR CLOTHING, I DON'T WANNA HEAR ONE WORD ABOUT TAMPONS FROM YOU, THANK YOU AND GOOD DAY.

We were in first place in this film award voting. A film made purely with AI just netted over 150 votes in 12 hours. Now it's personal. Please. Help us kick this THING's ass fair and square. ART FOR ARTISTS. Reshare? VOTE! www.shortoftheyear.com/audience-cho...

I don't trust people who end social media posts or replies with 🙂 it's creepy

Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable. (Published Aug. 2024)

Reminder: I am from the US, which specifically passed a law to protect against UK defamation judgements, which this crowd of raging bigots abuse horribly thanks to funding from the money Head Bigot JK Rowling earns from Harry Potter franchise revenue to file bullshit lawsuits as financial terrorism

Oh, I had one of those! Except instead of being about how Elvis was a groomer, it was every time I posted that ULINE was literally run by theocracy-craving disinfo-peddling fascists and we should all stop using their services. Think I'll post this link again! He hates it. refuseuline.com

happy solstice ❄️

I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons

You see someone come on on a chair and then get up and walk off, it doesn’t mean shit. You don’t know what they’re dealing with and why they did that. Truly mind your own business.

"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.

Union Santa for 2025: COMPLETED.

why are people already pre-emptively blaming the people who rightfully think Gavin Newsom sucks and should not be the president and will not vote for him for VALID REASONS for "Trump's third term" what the fuck kind of disinformation fuckassery is this

why does this have Malazan energy but urban why do I feel like Steve would be so into this

There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

turning "guess I'll die" into a money saving strategy is... actually pretty true to form. but for fuck's sake

Bluesky Head of Trust and Safety found attempting to fornicate with computer in San Francisco HQ

y'all I am struggling with the idea that I did my best on something and it wasn't good enough. real talk, I think that I was not set up for success and I'm being punished for an instructor's failure to set expectations and provide a balanced framework for assessment alternative: I did a bad job

An ICE agent has been arrested for putting a woman in a chokehold and causing “serious physical harm” Police said they had been called to the residence 22 times It’s time we talk about what kind of men are attracted to being ICE agents Hint: It’s men who would strangle a woman

why does doing homework put me to sleep I could be the most well rested and caffeinated person on the planet but as soon as I'm sat down in front of my laptop like "okay time to do the thing" I start NODDING OFF

We were never what people could be. We were only what we were. Remember us. - The Crippled God, Steven Erikson

This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this. What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.

‼️Donations Needed‼️ Extreme cold & snow incoming as the city continues to clear camps during hypothermia alerts. We need tents!!! If able order from our WL or donate so we an order WL: tinyurl.com/remorahousew... Cashap: $RemoraHouseDC Givebutter: givebutter.com/remorahouse Love & solidarity

oh my god yes some stuff is actually unequivocally ontologically fucking evil, can you also wipe your own ass or do i need to explain how that works in detail as well

i think the inability to tell the difference between "i don't like it" and "i don't like it so i have to figure out a way to imply this thing i don't like is morally evil" is the most fundie thing i see people who are aren't technically fundie regularly do these days

For those who work in Games Media, I have a genuine question. I've watched Game Awards "Picks/Predictions" pieces, and often you skip the accessibility category. I understand why, you don't feel like you have the knowledge to offer an opinion. What could we in the a11y community do to help?

1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs. And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵

@gorskon.bsky.social fun story. I decided to do grad school, and that Makary & Daniel study is CITED IN MY POLICY TEXTBOOK in the section about healthcare quality for the "third leading cause of death" shtick. I thought this was sus, and found your article, among others, very helpful. Thank you.

every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades

I would keep working, pay off my debts, and live with less fear that I might lose everything if something goes wrong

ah, the sound of engines revving as cars are stuck in the snow. winter is here

I am grateful for Bucky Barnes' metal arm

I have been giving until tommorow to get £110 for tonight and fommorow night. I've been ill so been sleeping mostly so wasn't able to keep on top with it. If anyone can help with any amount I would be greatful or im on the streets with my dodgy leg. PP: [email protected] Pls share🩷

REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.

amidst The Horrors™, it is nice to see that the primary purpose of the internet--the dissemination and enjoyment of cat pictures--has not been lost

Man, covid was bad enough but this is just. Really bad for the future of public health in our country. If you completely destroy the trust that reasonable people had in an institution like the Centers for Disease Control, we've crippled our ability to effectively respond to future disease outbreaks.

If you sincerely think you have done the Author Job by having an idea, then of course it's legitimate to stick that idea into the regurgitron and claim the extruded word product as 'your book'. If the idea is all that counts then yes, you 'wrote a book'.

representation in matters of civil law should be a right on par with that of criminal law justice should not be a privilege of those who can afford lawyers from their own pocket. maybe the rich wouldn't fuck people over with such impunity if *everybody could take them to court*

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was. You made a difference—so much of a difference. Rest always in peace, and always in power.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

tbh I now consider my typos to be evidence that I am a human writing my own stuff rather than AI

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the wheel of time completely because of the community that came with it. my life would look completely different if I didn't have these nerds 💛

These two people have done more to vanquish the Andrew Cuomo monster than almost anyone else. Thank you for your service @lindseyboylan.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 🫡🫡

One of the things I appreciate about 'Dark Romance' is that it /is/ self aware. Like 'horror', 'Dark' IS in the name, so I find it wild the sheer amount of time people put into complaining about it being a bad influence on women when It's telling you RIGHT away it's not at all a relationship model 💀

fund thousands of research projects specifically intended to engineer potatoes that grow in rainbow colors. potaboes