hiverious
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They/them. Disabled, ND, forever sleepy.
I should probably start my 2026 media thread given I've already watched two movies this year. Okay, here goes.
January 17, 2026 at 5:42 AM
I should probably start my 2026 media thread given I've already watched two movies this year. Okay, here goes.
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Sheri Byrne-Haber's "Giving A Damn About Accessibility" has great tips on how to deal with people who challenge or dismiss the need for accessibility.
uxdesign.cc/giving-a-dam...
uxdesign.cc/giving-a-dam...
Giving a damn about accessibility
A candid and practical handbook for designers.
uxdesign.cc
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Sheri Byrne-Haber's "Giving A Damn About Accessibility" has great tips on how to deal with people who challenge or dismiss the need for accessibility.
uxdesign.cc/giving-a-dam...
uxdesign.cc/giving-a-dam...
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January 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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We're back with more Blender. Pushing forward towards the torso as we slowly work on our mesh. #blender #twitch #artstream #stream #vtuber
Come join!
Twitch.tv/Zafra_Zaleska
Come join!
Twitch.tv/Zafra_Zaleska
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
We're back with more Blender. Pushing forward towards the torso as we slowly work on our mesh. #blender #twitch #artstream #stream #vtuber
Come join!
Twitch.tv/Zafra_Zaleska
Come join!
Twitch.tv/Zafra_Zaleska
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oh it's going to get so much worse now huh
Dave Filoni Is Taking Over Lucasfilm From Kathleen Kennedy
Dave Filoni Is Taking Over Lucasfilm From Kathleen Kennedy
The 'Clone Wars' and 'Rebels' creator will share 'Star Wars' duties with Lynwen Brennan.
gizmodo.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
oh it's going to get so much worse now huh
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UBI turns economic fear into freedom—letting us chase dreams, not just paychecks
January 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM
UBI turns economic fear into freedom—letting us chase dreams, not just paychecks
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Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
Support Calvary Food Shelf: Emergency Response Fundraiser on GiveMN
Help us respond to urgent community needs
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January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
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As promised, I've listed my Nyan-binary cats on my etsy!
plushmayhem.etsy.com
If you have a flag you'd like to see beanified next please let me know!
plushmayhem.etsy.com
If you have a flag you'd like to see beanified next please let me know!
January 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
As promised, I've listed my Nyan-binary cats on my etsy!
plushmayhem.etsy.com
If you have a flag you'd like to see beanified next please let me know!
plushmayhem.etsy.com
If you have a flag you'd like to see beanified next please let me know!
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And this isn't all. There's also a sense that if you want your needs met, you have to speak up and let folks know you have those needs. Only if your needs are things like alt text or closed captions or transcripts or masks or air cleaning or transportation or clear sidewalks, you get called a scold.
It's rare for folks doing local community organizing to ask who's not there and why they're not there.
The assumption is "the people who care and who we should care about are here".
The assumption is "the people who care and who we should care about are here".
January 15, 2026 at 5:17 AM
And this isn't all. There's also a sense that if you want your needs met, you have to speak up and let folks know you have those needs. Only if your needs are things like alt text or closed captions or transcripts or masks or air cleaning or transportation or clear sidewalks, you get called a scold.
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Hey it's time for Hi-Fi Rush! We're plucking away on Very Hard as I experience the game for the first time! #vtuber #twitch #stream
Come join!
Twitch.tv/Zafra_Zaleska
Come join!
Twitch.tv/Zafra_Zaleska
January 15, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Hey it's time for Hi-Fi Rush! We're plucking away on Very Hard as I experience the game for the first time! #vtuber #twitch #stream
Come join!
Twitch.tv/Zafra_Zaleska
Come join!
Twitch.tv/Zafra_Zaleska
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as always, it is important to note that the #blacksky team is supported exclusively through community support and grants
if you are able, offering a one-time or recurring donation of $7 or more helps the @blackskyweb.xyz moderation team and application team continue to build/grow!
if you are able, offering a one-time or recurring donation of $7 or more helps the @blackskyweb.xyz moderation team and application team continue to build/grow!
Blacksky - Open Collective
Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
as always, it is important to note that the #blacksky team is supported exclusively through community support and grants
if you are able, offering a one-time or recurring donation of $7 or more helps the @blackskyweb.xyz moderation team and application team continue to build/grow!
if you are able, offering a one-time or recurring donation of $7 or more helps the @blackskyweb.xyz moderation team and application team continue to build/grow!
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X is claiming it’s restricted the ability to generate explicit deepfakes with Grok, and plenty of media outlets are parroting it without checking.
But it’s still easy to get Grok to generate the very same “undressing” photos causing this scandal in the first place.
But it’s still easy to get Grok to generate the very same “undressing” photos causing this scandal in the first place.
X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t
It’s still easy to get Grok to edit photographs of real people into sexualized poses, despite X’s updated restrictions.
www.theverge.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:22 AM
X is claiming it’s restricted the ability to generate explicit deepfakes with Grok, and plenty of media outlets are parroting it without checking.
But it’s still easy to get Grok to generate the very same “undressing” photos causing this scandal in the first place.
But it’s still easy to get Grok to generate the very same “undressing” photos causing this scandal in the first place.
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Evening! $1480 left to go! It would be pretty great to get a little closer before the day ends.
Will you share this if you see it? Thank you!
Will you share this if you see it? Thank you!
Good morning! We have $1480 left to raise to recover from the layoffs of 2025. I am working a new job now, but my first full paycheck is still weeks away.
Thank you so much for helping!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/Vemmo: showupforthis
gofund.me/bb286cf54
Thank you so much for helping!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/Vemmo: showupforthis
gofund.me/bb286cf54
Donate to Surviving 2025's Losses, organized by Gin Z
Hey, friends! 2025 has been quite a year. I was laid off this summer, started a new job about a month la… Gin Z needs your support for Surviving 2025's Losses
gofund.me
January 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Evening! $1480 left to go! It would be pretty great to get a little closer before the day ends.
Will you share this if you see it? Thank you!
Will you share this if you see it? Thank you!
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hey if you like Jeff VanderMeer and very atmospheric electronic music but don't follow industrial music: you might not be aware that in 2022 there was this really cool interpretation of Annihilation released phasenmensch.bandcamp.com/album/a-pren...
A Prenatural Silence, by PHASENMENSCH + ANTOINE SAINT-MARTIN
11 track album
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January 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
hey if you like Jeff VanderMeer and very atmospheric electronic music but don't follow industrial music: you might not be aware that in 2022 there was this really cool interpretation of Annihilation released phasenmensch.bandcamp.com/album/a-pren...
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The next Pride sweater you knit could be even gayer than you ever dreamed of.
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The next Pride sweater you knit could be even gayer than you ever dreamed of.
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AI is NOT inevitable. It is NOT required. It does NOT have to have a place in our lives anywhere, in any industry, for any reason. Save yourself the time, money, and moral taint on your soul and just DON'T USE IT! It is literally that easy! (9/9)
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
AI is NOT inevitable. It is NOT required. It does NOT have to have a place in our lives anywhere, in any industry, for any reason. Save yourself the time, money, and moral taint on your soul and just DON'T USE IT! It is literally that easy! (9/9)
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And I am LIVID that the companies, services, and people who profess to uphold the integrity and protection of freedom of speech, knowledge, and expression are making such statements and sprinting willfully down the road that destroys the very things they supposedly stand for. (8/9)
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
And I am LIVID that the companies, services, and people who profess to uphold the integrity and protection of freedom of speech, knowledge, and expression are making such statements and sprinting willfully down the road that destroys the very things they supposedly stand for. (8/9)
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Life's complicated and there are a lot of grey areas. AI ISN'T ONE OF THEM. And they KNOW that! These statements are admissions of conscious wrongdoing! "Hey, that thing that's bad--yeah, we know it's bad, but we're going to use it anyway." That's what they're saying. (7/9)
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Life's complicated and there are a lot of grey areas. AI ISN'T ONE OF THEM. And they KNOW that! These statements are admissions of conscious wrongdoing! "Hey, that thing that's bad--yeah, we know it's bad, but we're going to use it anyway." That's what they're saying. (7/9)
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5) "...we will not share personally identifiable information with...AI systems..."
Why are you using the thing YOU DON'T TRUST, huh? If it is so untrustworthy that you have to reassure your users that you won't share a single thing with it, then WHY ARE YOU INTEGRATING IT ANYWHERE?!?! (6/9)
Why are you using the thing YOU DON'T TRUST, huh? If it is so untrustworthy that you have to reassure your users that you won't share a single thing with it, then WHY ARE YOU INTEGRATING IT ANYWHERE?!?! (6/9)
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
5) "...we will not share personally identifiable information with...AI systems..."
Why are you using the thing YOU DON'T TRUST, huh? If it is so untrustworthy that you have to reassure your users that you won't share a single thing with it, then WHY ARE YOU INTEGRATING IT ANYWHERE?!?! (6/9)
Why are you using the thing YOU DON'T TRUST, huh? If it is so untrustworthy that you have to reassure your users that you won't share a single thing with it, then WHY ARE YOU INTEGRATING IT ANYWHERE?!?! (6/9)
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4) "Human Oversight and Accountability"
You know AI is prone to errors, some of deadly consequence, you admit to needing humans to watch over it AND YET YOU STILL WANT TO USE IT?! You are just adding an unnecessary step to the entire production when YOU CAN JUST USE HUMANS FROM THE GET GO! (5/9)
You know AI is prone to errors, some of deadly consequence, you admit to needing humans to watch over it AND YET YOU STILL WANT TO USE IT?! You are just adding an unnecessary step to the entire production when YOU CAN JUST USE HUMANS FROM THE GET GO! (5/9)
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
4) "Human Oversight and Accountability"
You know AI is prone to errors, some of deadly consequence, you admit to needing humans to watch over it AND YET YOU STILL WANT TO USE IT?! You are just adding an unnecessary step to the entire production when YOU CAN JUST USE HUMANS FROM THE GET GO! (5/9)
You know AI is prone to errors, some of deadly consequence, you admit to needing humans to watch over it AND YET YOU STILL WANT TO USE IT?! You are just adding an unnecessary step to the entire production when YOU CAN JUST USE HUMANS FROM THE GET GO! (5/9)
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3) "We recognize the environmental footprint of AI systems..."
And what? You just don't care? Wow. Really telling on yourself there.
"...and we will strive to minimize it..."
You know what would not just minimize the impact, but completely stop it altogether? NOT USING AI!!! (4/9)
And what? You just don't care? Wow. Really telling on yourself there.
"...and we will strive to minimize it..."
You know what would not just minimize the impact, but completely stop it altogether? NOT USING AI!!! (4/9)
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
3) "We recognize the environmental footprint of AI systems..."
And what? You just don't care? Wow. Really telling on yourself there.
"...and we will strive to minimize it..."
You know what would not just minimize the impact, but completely stop it altogether? NOT USING AI!!! (4/9)
And what? You just don't care? Wow. Really telling on yourself there.
"...and we will strive to minimize it..."
You know what would not just minimize the impact, but completely stop it altogether? NOT USING AI!!! (4/9)
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2) "[AI]...is offering opportunities...provides opportunities..."
And the answer is NO, THANK YOU. If it is an offer, then it is optional. Again, no one is forcing you to add these features; you are the ones trying to force them on your users. Stop it. Let the "opportunity" pass you by. (3/9)
And the answer is NO, THANK YOU. If it is an offer, then it is optional. Again, no one is forcing you to add these features; you are the ones trying to force them on your users. Stop it. Let the "opportunity" pass you by. (3/9)
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
2) "[AI]...is offering opportunities...provides opportunities..."
And the answer is NO, THANK YOU. If it is an offer, then it is optional. Again, no one is forcing you to add these features; you are the ones trying to force them on your users. Stop it. Let the "opportunity" pass you by. (3/9)
And the answer is NO, THANK YOU. If it is an offer, then it is optional. Again, no one is forcing you to add these features; you are the ones trying to force them on your users. Stop it. Let the "opportunity" pass you by. (3/9)
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1) "[AI] is transforming the way organizations operate..."
Stop saying this like something has been done that can't be undone, like you're being forced into something. You're not being forced; you're forcing it on others. Uncool. (2/9)
Stop saying this like something has been done that can't be undone, like you're being forced into something. You're not being forced; you're forcing it on others. Uncool. (2/9)
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
1) "[AI] is transforming the way organizations operate..."
Stop saying this like something has been done that can't be undone, like you're being forced into something. You're not being forced; you're forcing it on others. Uncool. (2/9)
Stop saying this like something has been done that can't be undone, like you're being forced into something. You're not being forced; you're forcing it on others. Uncool. (2/9)
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Saw the Libby AI statement (spoiler alert: it sucks) and so I'm back on my Incandescent With Rage Over AI Wagon (I've never been off it) and I just want to point out--what I thought--were some glaringly obvious things for these companies making these BS statements over their AI use. (1/9)
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Saw the Libby AI statement (spoiler alert: it sucks) and so I'm back on my Incandescent With Rage Over AI Wagon (I've never been off it) and I just want to point out--what I thought--were some glaringly obvious things for these companies making these BS statements over their AI use. (1/9)
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I'm a library user & a library worker.
I'm finishing the Libby book I'm reading now & pulling my "to read" books & data elsewhere. Done. I'm not using a product that is encouraging AI. Allowing 'self identification' only proliferates poor products in an industry that already needs more creativity.
I'm finishing the Libby book I'm reading now & pulling my "to read" books & data elsewhere. Done. I'm not using a product that is encouraging AI. Allowing 'self identification' only proliferates poor products in an industry that already needs more creativity.
Our official policy provides clarity on our AI usage and the broader impact of AI on the book industry as a whole. Read OverDrive's full policy here: https://bit.ly/4be33jB
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I'm a library user & a library worker.
I'm finishing the Libby book I'm reading now & pulling my "to read" books & data elsewhere. Done. I'm not using a product that is encouraging AI. Allowing 'self identification' only proliferates poor products in an industry that already needs more creativity.
I'm finishing the Libby book I'm reading now & pulling my "to read" books & data elsewhere. Done. I'm not using a product that is encouraging AI. Allowing 'self identification' only proliferates poor products in an industry that already needs more creativity.