“Don’t be silly,” said Toad. “No one has ever sent me a letter before, and no one will send me a letter today.”

Anyone arguing that some flavor of AI literacy will protect women from AI deep fake porn is at best unserious and at worst desperate to protect their automated goon generator. This is prima facie not a literacy problem.

Like, AI literacy in any form will not protect black and disabled folks from the algorithmic bias, and the violence that emerges from it, of spicy autocomplete. Full stop. No amount of AI literacy can protect us in the deployment of the system because it is tracking the wrong problem.

No cop city anywhere - from atlanta to vancouver, cities are being militarized against their inhabitants. themainlander.com/2026/04/20/v...

When children are not allowed to receive education about anatomy and sex, the rates at which they are subjected to sexual abuse by adults rises noticeably

mmkay Will

✂️COLLAGE CLUB✨ just a few more mondays left in this building! 6:30-10p? / 4320 SW Hill (Admiral)

oh jeez

congratulations!

dehumanization and fear-mongering are not journalism

why are people dissatisfied with the economy?? /s

obsessed

The World Cup is quietly in chaos, and the first game is less than two months away. Across U.S. host cities, officials are confronting problems ranging from funding gaps and labor strife to security concerns and spiraling costs. Our story (w/ @ryrivard.bsky.social): www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

You can't say "facilitation" without "silly"

who’s Amy???

yoooo seattle come play with scissors kvetch with neighbors get some free stickers??

it’s Monday babyyyyy

there were a lot of guys writing about "man in its natural state is savage" but the whole time they were British writing that. Baby don't put that on the rest of us

the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

Important PSA from @scalzi.com and his hype man (me): EMPATHY IS COOL, ACTUALLY

Working Through the Blues. Another smallish abstract painting with a bit of collaged paper underneath for texture. On archival canvas art board. Done by hand no AI. #abstractcollageart #abstractpainting #abstractart

of course 🫡

achieving Gonzo's state of being is a kind of nirvana, actually

Toni Morrison on how teaching and libraries are similar. “A good teacher helps you teach yourself. That’s what the library does.”

Sorry but I will never submit to the idea that humans are cruel. I’ve had many cruel things happen to me but overall my entire life is a result of persistent & unyielding kindness.

A New England cliff face makes a cool abstract: #Nature #Photography

natasha cloud going unsigned is a top-down issue we as fans have a responsibility (and i love what i’ve been seeing so far) to remind teams that we the fans decide who is marketable #wnba #wbb

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” – Frederick Douglass

I found out this week from a lady who lost her job as a scientist at the Dept. of Ag because of Elon/DOGE that landlords were asking her to prove she had a savings sufficient to cover 3 months of rent. I felt insane explaining to her how this is a form of moving balance sheet risk on to consumers.

evil evil evil

does anyone know what Costco’s straws are made out of 😗 they’re strangely good quality

"The United Nations estimates that 50,000 women & girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024, which breaks down to about 1 every 10 minutes..., so I know that prioritizing men's hurt feelings over our use of the term, "patriarchy" will only result in more [of our] deaths..."💔💔💔

Seattle 👇