Universal eligibility all the way.

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This is where I asked allistic folks if they all have the same interests, habits, and struggles or the same support needs...

The sloshy sounds of impeller washers > the agitation sounds of the other type

Here we go again. The annual 100 best books/novels list discourse that does nothing but reinforce the fact that the reading experience is extremely personal and subjective.

I had NG on mute and he is still showing up. He is on my Do Not Read list.

I am obsessed with Raye and Han Zimmer. youtu.be/HtVcltkn3HI?...

Okay, if you were pitching or squeeing about field guides what would you say? Not asking for specific recs, but about field guides as a genre. #Autistic #Academic (who love field guides)

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For what?! This is wild. AI is generally crap and produces crap, so all this waste and disruption for tech companies to grab money while they can. Kinda like Trump in the White House. Your money, your resources. My Choice. 💰☠️

It took so little thought & consideration to realize that something like this would happen

"Heat pumps just shift gas burning to the power station." Wrong. Even if 100% of electricity came from gas, a heat pump at SCOP 3.8 uses 51% less gas than a boiler. At a terrible SCOP 2.5, still 25% less. David MacKay made this point in 2008. The maths hasn't changed.

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I remain absolutely stunned that we need to explain to the admins of a *learning management system* why *reading* is important.

Need some books with an autistic MC who accidentally reanimates the man he has had a crush on for years only to help him solve his murder?

Once again do not support tech oligarchs or their AI and surveillance tech. We end up paying for all of this.

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Got my postcards. Will be sending them to fellow Mainers. 🦞 🫎🌲 🌊 🐦‍⬛

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What else would they turn that fast and that hard and magically make money for?

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What a gd embarrassing WASTE of resources on bs tech that doesn't boost productivity but undermines learning!

I rifled through my grandfather's ancient and giant desk of random things. Including this huge heavy 800 button mechanical calculator that I used to bang on.

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Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

getting to know my local garden shop/nurseries and one of them uses AI images for their website. Like, you're selling flowers and plants. Why do you need goofy drivel for your website? You have excellent things that photograph well...

Don’t summarize with AI. Don't read the AI summary they stick in front of you at the top of the page.

Hmmm. Who benefits from replacing actual librarians for librarian jobs?

If a profile with tens of thousands of followers and followings says "not a bot" I'm blocking it.

nice office!

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

It's weird having taught Substance Use Disorder Counseling for the past 18 years. It's a wild thought to many undergrads that we know what works to help people and just refuse to do it (or in this case, dismantle and defund what was working.)

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I am not worried software is suddenly going to decide it wants power over humanity. I am worried about what people who already have power over humanity can do with that software.

Why are people so desperate to hand off their own creative work?

All right people, can anyone reconnect me with the thread from the editor who was helping someone with manuscript and realized they used AI and so her editing strategies which would have worked otherwise didn't?

Anhgh. Why can't I work on 6 projects at once? Why do two always get lost.

I like the Mir and Sam dynamic

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Have you called your congressperson about HR 7661 yet? It's called the "Stop Sexualization of Children Act" but it's really a full on attack on the freedom to read. Here, read up on it. Then call. And maybe think about joining @authorsabb.bsky.social while you're at it. #WritingCommunity

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Stay alert for HR 7661! This horrible book banning bill has been brewing in the House. Please call your reps to make sure they know about it, and to make sure it doesn't get snuck into any wild-ass omnibus bills. And thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social for the graphic encapsulating the bill

How is almost mid May already?!?

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Shopify commercial is hilarious and not in a good way -- yes, the economy sucks and corporations rule! Now is the time to start your online store to save yourself. /sarcasm

Good morning, drain clogged with what appeared to be an entire bar of soggy soap