"[Fascism] depends on the cult of action for action’s sake. Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation." -Umberto Eco, "Ur-Fascism"

I'm sorry to beg but... The staff at the shelter are now telling us every week that we will be put onto the street in 7 months. Please boost. Does anyone have any advice on how to survive in the street??? Please I'm begging!!!! It's me, my partner, and our cat. I don't want us to die!!!!

Happy Ides of March to all who celebrate

if gender is so innate why does it need deputized citizens to meticulously enforce it?

Me every Saturday: why is my mood trash? My PEM, which I've had for over a decade and manifests as low mood: ...

Everything is on fire and our leaders apparently can't find their arses with both hands and a map, but today I'm revelling in my ability to make a laundry bag from a duvet cover and some string. I'd like to see a techbro billionaire "genius" manage the miracles of creation that I achieve every day

The wrong people have imposter syndrome. The wrong people have all the power. The wrong people have all the money. The wrong people bear the consequences.

Weekend? Weekend! I think it's going to be craft room tidying and working on the forest floor rug

I do not like this gen AI I do not like what it implies I do not want it in my art I do not think it makes you smart I do not want it in my games I do not like its goals and aims I do not want it in my books I do not like the way it looks I do not like it, I don't care I do not want it anywhere

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

To be fair, Proton gave payment data to the Swiss government because they legally had to, and the Swiss government gave it to the FBI because they had to under a treaty. I use Gmail and I'm pretty sure Google will hand over data if the Trump admin just farts in their direction.

The Green victory in Denton is the result which will have the biggest effect on Labour, far more so than a Reform win. The blithe assumption progressives have nowhere else to go has been proved catastrophically wrong. Can’t help thinking of this quote from a Labour minister, a year ago…

Numb face go abwabwabwa

Off to see the Tooth Stealer

Paging my art nerds, cc @doodlebeth.com and @lycomorpha.bsky.social. my friend is looking for UK print house recs for a combination photography/colouring book. The concept is nice quality photographs with bits edited out so you can paint and colour them in. Ideally looking for watercolour compatible

I'm reading "The Deficit Myth" by Stephanie Kelton - highly recommend it so far. federal politicians are either ignorant or lying when they say "we don't have the funding, we have to tighten our belts." they simply lack the will to improve the social safety net or the lives of poor & working people.

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Apparently evergreen ask: If there is text in your image, please include all of it in the alt text. If you used a widget to extract the text from an image, please read through it to make sure it transferred correctly. It doesn't always.

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Yay pacing. Did the chores I *had* to do today, and now there's no energy left in the budget for the things I *wanted* to do today.

I needed that 😭

So sleepy, but so much to do. Time to put clothes on, brush my teeth, take out the trash so that my former trash goblin street dog doesn't get into it, and go to craft group to work on my doll's house.

Apologies for joining your conversation and if you're aware already but I thought this might be of interest, a list of endangered UK crafts heritagecrafts.org.uk/skills/redli... - gives numbers of remaining makers for each. Some of these skills may become crafting 'dead languages' before long?

This seems like a good place to share that Ireland’s meteorological service is asking the public (from any country) to help with climate change research by “rescuing” millions of historic weather observations currently held in handwritten paper records (1864 to 1951) ☔️ www.met.ie/met-eireann-...

Ugh I went to try and fix the other thread and broke it. I am still raising for hearing aid batteries. Tinnitus is BAD. I also do not have appropriate glasses. Donations are tax deductible! helphopelive.org/campaign/159... OR Venmo: @ KARRIE-HIGGINS-2 as soon as I can get 'em I will post receipt

*mad cackling* I have the power! I will survive the collapse of civilization by knowing how to make socks!

A question for the knitters because I'm just learning and I don't really understand the explanation in my book. If I'm knitting a rib and I finish my first row on a purl stitch, my first stitch on the next row should be....?

It took ages, but I have two brown sticks, two small stones, and a very small patch of moss. I'm going to work outwards from this corner with the moss until I reach another area that needs felting (stone or stick). Once it's all tufted or felted, I'll trim and sculpt the tufts, then start on detail

The joyful experience of digging your fingers into a rug you're working on

Betsy Buttercup has more vaccines coming up, and she also needs to be sedated for an oral examination by the vet. If anyone would like to send us some funds to help out, that would be a big help. Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/jeremycshipp Venmo: venmo.com/u/2252430720... PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/Jer...

Autistic and ADHD people seemingly no longer welcome at Merlin Entertainments venues at: Alton Towers Resort Thorpe Park Chessington LEGOLAND® Windsor The London Eye Madame Tussauds (London & Blackpool) The Dungeons (London, Edinburgh, York, Blackpool) SEA LIFE Centres & Aquariums

Petition to sign, if you so wish: Merlin, who operate theme parks such as Alton Towers, apparently decided that autistic and ADHD people don't count as having real needs, and are no longer eligible for their usual ride passes if they find queues impossible. What?! Please share. c.org/4wjnPYRCPK

Hideous licensing agreement from Red Ogre Review, but what really jumps out at me is the moral rights waiver

I'd like to share with you the severity indicators for tiredness in my group chat. If you're just taking a little break but you're fine, it's a *flop* If you're flopping with a bit more weight and tiredness, it's a *flomp*

🙏 Help me hive mind - does anyone have a link I can share to info on why a lot of phone cameras make blue-greens & teals look just blue? I saw something on here a while ago on a post about blue-green minerals, but can't find it now. Help appreciated 💖

I just got this notification from this trial Meta is conducting. For art to be seen, fees are required. No more likes because your work is interesting to ppl, it is all just paid access to huge audiences. And these are just starting fees, they go up after a month. 👎😬😭

Did some crafts, walked a doggo, showered, now I'm just waiting for the homemade foot balm to re-melt so I can make mixes with different proportions of oil to shea butter so my friend can test them

Neil Gaiman is crawling out of his bog two years after sexual assault allegations to play the sweet old fantasy uncle again -- complete with name-dropping that book you like & his twee "make good art" catchphrase -- all in order to (of course) sell you his upcoming book. Don't you dare fall for it.

Been a very low energy couple of days but I have to get back to it at some point.

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Contrast that with what I've ended up doing, which is trawling charity shops for useful bits of junk and turning them into sculptures, homewares, and greetings cards. Plus occasionally teaching other people how to make stuff, and giving craft advice at the local craft group on a volunteer basis.

Five classes I took in college: 1. British Sign Language 2. Computer Graphics 3. Robotics programming 4. Software Engineering 5. Ethics in Computer Science

Unexpectedly nice weather today. I *should* go out and tackle some trash, but my ankle is still displeased with me so the plan is to take the dog for a gentle potter round the block and then needle felt some squishy bits into this rug.

This crossed my feed again, which means it's time for your reminder to look after the little mammal within. Eat good food, maybe make a little pile of it nearby, then make a comfy little nest and have a nap. Winter is hard for your little mammal.

Can we all please report this individual who is stealing the work of real artists - including friends of mine - to feed into AI. Let’s keep BlueSky free of these parasites.