Mandy (They/He)
@gaardnous.bsky.social
They/He
Politically Fat & Queer.
Polyamorous, neurodivergent, giant fuckin' nerd.
Politically Fat & Queer.
Polyamorous, neurodivergent, giant fuckin' nerd.
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I will add to this: is the violence being done by ICE and the troops sent into Democratic cities not political? Is the violence of immigration detention and deportation not political violence?
If this was your Rubicon, it's not political violence you detest, it's a white man being shot on TV.
If this was your Rubicon, it's not political violence you detest, it's a white man being shot on TV.
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
September 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I will add to this: is the violence being done by ICE and the troops sent into Democratic cities not political? Is the violence of immigration detention and deportation not political violence?
If this was your Rubicon, it's not political violence you detest, it's a white man being shot on TV.
If this was your Rubicon, it's not political violence you detest, it's a white man being shot on TV.
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Whenever it happens, we can't name it after him.
I propose Ding Dong Day
I propose Ding Dong Day
August 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Whenever it happens, we can't name it after him.
I propose Ding Dong Day
I propose Ding Dong Day
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Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
Dear restaurant owners, please please please make plenty of photos of your seating available on your website. I need to know in advance if I am going to be in agony after dinner.
July 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Dear restaurant owners, please please please make plenty of photos of your seating available on your website. I need to know in advance if I am going to be in agony after dinner.
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Whatever else he is, @fetterman.senate.gov is a coward who hides from his constituents. You cannot speak to a live person at his Philadelphia office. You can only leave a voicemail during business hours. Shame.
June 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Whatever else he is, @fetterman.senate.gov is a coward who hides from his constituents. You cannot speak to a live person at his Philadelphia office. You can only leave a voicemail during business hours. Shame.
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A thread with even more places to donate to: bsky.app/profile/mike...
Crowdsourcing resources -- what are good orgs to donate regarding ICE/immigration actions? Both legal support and on-the-ground support?
June 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A thread with even more places to donate to: bsky.app/profile/mike...
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just please remember, whatever the news says about LA after this, that this is *always* how it goes. Everything is extremely calm until the police actively escalate for no reason. It was true during all the BLM protests and it’s true now.
June 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
just please remember, whatever the news says about LA after this, that this is *always* how it goes. Everything is extremely calm until the police actively escalate for no reason. It was true during all the BLM protests and it’s true now.
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multiple reports now that LA cops attacked a peaceful demonstration
To be clear, I saw no signs of violence or anything that would warrant teargas. They brought in horses and then we heard a bunch of loud pops before the crowds started running.
June 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
multiple reports now that LA cops attacked a peaceful demonstration
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if you care to think of yourself as an ally to marginalized people, as a comrade of mine, but you are not wearing a respirator at a protest? you’re not wearing one on transit you took to and from? why?
who are your actions in alignment with?
who are your actions in alignment with?
June 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
if you care to think of yourself as an ally to marginalized people, as a comrade of mine, but you are not wearing a respirator at a protest? you’re not wearing one on transit you took to and from? why?
who are your actions in alignment with?
who are your actions in alignment with?
Screw flowers, get you a partner who will surprise you with shawarma
May 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Screw flowers, get you a partner who will surprise you with shawarma
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A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable
A recent study published in the journal PNAS is overturning traditional wisdom regarding the origins and inevitability of wealth inequality
archaeologymag.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A massive study of 50,000 households over 1,000 archaeological sites provides ample evidence that inequality is not a "natural" outgrowth of sophistication. Instead, it is a political choice. Which means, kids, that we don't have to choose it.
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
archaeologymag.com/2025/04/stud...
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This is one of the worst violations of research ethics I've ever seen. Manipulating people in online communities using deception, without consent, is not "low risk" and, as evidenced by the discourse in this Reddit post, resulted in harm.
Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵
Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵
The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
From the changemyview community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the changemyview community
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April 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is one of the worst violations of research ethics I've ever seen. Manipulating people in online communities using deception, without consent, is not "low risk" and, as evidenced by the discourse in this Reddit post, resulted in harm.
Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵
Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵
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The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
From the changemyview community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the changemyview community
tinyurl.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
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I don't and will never care if LLMs and image generators are useful. They are built on and intended for theft.
If you use one, you are a scab, and a scab is the lowest kind of traitor to your fellow workers that you can be.
The conversation ends there.
If you use one, you are a scab, and a scab is the lowest kind of traitor to your fellow workers that you can be.
The conversation ends there.
There are a lot of critiques of LLMs that I agree with but "they suck and aren't useful" doesn't really hold water.
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
April 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I don't and will never care if LLMs and image generators are useful. They are built on and intended for theft.
If you use one, you are a scab, and a scab is the lowest kind of traitor to your fellow workers that you can be.
The conversation ends there.
If you use one, you are a scab, and a scab is the lowest kind of traitor to your fellow workers that you can be.
The conversation ends there.
The thing I hate most about shrinkflation, besides everything, is the way it fucks with recipes. What am I supposed to do with half a can of sweetened condensed milk? I don't take cream in my coffee anymore (Hot chocolate, I'm going to make hot chocolate, but still)
January 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The thing I hate most about shrinkflation, besides everything, is the way it fucks with recipes. What am I supposed to do with half a can of sweetened condensed milk? I don't take cream in my coffee anymore (Hot chocolate, I'm going to make hot chocolate, but still)
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This is your periodic reminder that "don't you dare look away" is am extremely blockable thing to say and you should deliver the block without hesitation.
Moral injury is not a useful form of bearing witness.
Take care of yourselves.
Moral injury is not a useful form of bearing witness.
Take care of yourselves.
January 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is your periodic reminder that "don't you dare look away" is am extremely blockable thing to say and you should deliver the block without hesitation.
Moral injury is not a useful form of bearing witness.
Take care of yourselves.
Moral injury is not a useful form of bearing witness.
Take care of yourselves.
I think it says a lot about the nature of spam these days that my first thought was "wow, those spells are really unethical"
January 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I think it says a lot about the nature of spam these days that my first thought was "wow, those spells are really unethical"
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Happy December 14 to all who celebrate
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
George W. Bush shoe-throwing incident - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 14, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Happy December 14 to all who celebrate
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
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Just learned that a local craft fair has been forced to relocate at no notice after refusing a demand from UPenn to ban pro-Palestinian merchandise.
So, for the first time on tjis platform
ABSOLUTELY FUCK THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
So, for the first time on tjis platform
ABSOLUTELY FUCK THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
December 14, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Just learned that a local craft fair has been forced to relocate at no notice after refusing a demand from UPenn to ban pro-Palestinian merchandise.
So, for the first time on tjis platform
ABSOLUTELY FUCK THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
So, for the first time on tjis platform
ABSOLUTELY FUCK THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers:
Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.
That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.
That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
December 10, 2024 at 5:23 AM
BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers:
Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.
That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.
That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
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One lesson I've taken from this industry is to be wary of creators who are only excited about themselves and their own work. I want you to love what you make! But what other writers set your imagination on fire? Who else do you celebrate? Who do you show up for?
October 29, 2024 at 8:04 PM
One lesson I've taken from this industry is to be wary of creators who are only excited about themselves and their own work. I want you to love what you make! But what other writers set your imagination on fire? Who else do you celebrate? Who do you show up for?