Rebecca M.
@chocoholicbec.bsky.social
Bookworm, singer, nerd, spoonie, ND, Jewish, useless bisexual. Tired leftist. History lover. White, cis, she/her.
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Me: I need you. I can’t go on without you. Why do you want to hurt me?
My lower back: Because you turned very slightly to the left.
My lower back: Because you turned very slightly to the left.
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Me: I need you. I can’t go on without you. Why do you want to hurt me?
My lower back: Because you turned very slightly to the left.
My lower back: Because you turned very slightly to the left.
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ME PRE TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
ME PRE TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
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Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
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So if you didn’t know this, many of the green paints used for western home decor (and elsewhere) in the 18th-mid 19th century were arsenic based, both because the colour was vibrant and because it had the added bonus of killing bedbugs, mosquitoes, etc.
It also explains a lot about society idk
It also explains a lot about society idk
that's wonderful... thought I hope the arsenical green is modern paing
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So if you didn’t know this, many of the green paints used for western home decor (and elsewhere) in the 18th-mid 19th century were arsenic based, both because the colour was vibrant and because it had the added bonus of killing bedbugs, mosquitoes, etc.
It also explains a lot about society idk
It also explains a lot about society idk
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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I begged Jenny to write this and am so grateful she did.
Sex scene are craft. They are characterization. They are worldbuilding. They are storytelling.
The fact that we're culturally too uncomfortable with sex to recognize that is not the fault of well written sex scenes!
Sex scene are craft. They are characterization. They are worldbuilding. They are storytelling.
The fact that we're culturally too uncomfortable with sex to recognize that is not the fault of well written sex scenes!
good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End
Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...
readingtheend.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I begged Jenny to write this and am so grateful she did.
Sex scene are craft. They are characterization. They are worldbuilding. They are storytelling.
The fact that we're culturally too uncomfortable with sex to recognize that is not the fault of well written sex scenes!
Sex scene are craft. They are characterization. They are worldbuilding. They are storytelling.
The fact that we're culturally too uncomfortable with sex to recognize that is not the fault of well written sex scenes!
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I keep thinking about all of the people who were NOT hired as part of this exercise. All the real world production crew. The actors. The caterers supporting real world shoots. So many people with real skills not being paid. So. Many. Creative. People. Not. Being. Paid.
The company behind the mcdonalds ad:
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
December 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I keep thinking about all of the people who were NOT hired as part of this exercise. All the real world production crew. The actors. The caterers supporting real world shoots. So many people with real skills not being paid. So. Many. Creative. People. Not. Being. Paid.
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you have been visited by the Quail of the Double Top Knot. Like for good luck. Ignore to go fuck yourself.
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
you have been visited by the Quail of the Double Top Knot. Like for good luck. Ignore to go fuck yourself.
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Today's theme on Folksy is 'The Holly & The Ivy' My robin is included in today's theme. It's available in my shop 'The Wee Owl Art'. Find me on Folksy!
folksy.com/items/8588837
#Robin #HollyAndIvy #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
folksy.com/items/8588837
#Robin #HollyAndIvy #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Today's theme on Folksy is 'The Holly & The Ivy' My robin is included in today's theme. It's available in my shop 'The Wee Owl Art'. Find me on Folksy!
folksy.com/items/8588837
#Robin #HollyAndIvy #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
folksy.com/items/8588837
#Robin #HollyAndIvy #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
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I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
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They found a way to make the J6 Pipe bomber trans.
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
They found a way to make the J6 Pipe bomber trans.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
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Timeline cleanser
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Timeline cleanser
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In to thir dirk and drublie dayis,
Quhone sabill all the hewin arrayis
With mystie vapouris, cluddis and skyis,
Nature all curage me denyis
Off sangis, ballattis, and of playis…
—William Dunbar (c.1459–1530), “Meditatioun in Wyntir”
#poem #poetry #medievalsky
Quhone sabill all the hewin arrayis
With mystie vapouris, cluddis and skyis,
Nature all curage me denyis
Off sangis, ballattis, and of playis…
—William Dunbar (c.1459–1530), “Meditatioun in Wyntir”
#poem #poetry #medievalsky
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In to thir dirk and drublie dayis,
Quhone sabill all the hewin arrayis
With mystie vapouris, cluddis and skyis,
Nature all curage me denyis
Off sangis, ballattis, and of playis…
—William Dunbar (c.1459–1530), “Meditatioun in Wyntir”
#poem #poetry #medievalsky
Quhone sabill all the hewin arrayis
With mystie vapouris, cluddis and skyis,
Nature all curage me denyis
Off sangis, ballattis, and of playis…
—William Dunbar (c.1459–1530), “Meditatioun in Wyntir”
#poem #poetry #medievalsky
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This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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this is so incredibly embarrassing. why on earth would you ask an LLM to generate fake archival resources when you could instead use a Victorian antiquarian
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
this is so incredibly embarrassing. why on earth would you ask an LLM to generate fake archival resources when you could instead use a Victorian antiquarian
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it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
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Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid
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not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
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What grinds my gears is when ppl point out “hey you got some antisemitism in your antiZionism” and instead of being like “shit, thanks, lemme read some sources on that trope so I can avoid it” the response is often “fuck off Zionist shill” regardless of the politics of the person pointing it out
antizionism isn’t inherently antisemitism but a hell of a lot of antisemites use antizionism as cover and way too many antizionists fall for it over and over again
As much as I want us to guard against characterizing criticism of Israeli policy as inherently antisemitic man it really fucking sucks that there are so many pro-Palestinian voices out there who truly could not spot Good Ole Fashioned Judenhaß if it bit them on the ass
December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What grinds my gears is when ppl point out “hey you got some antisemitism in your antiZionism” and instead of being like “shit, thanks, lemme read some sources on that trope so I can avoid it” the response is often “fuck off Zionist shill” regardless of the politics of the person pointing it out