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(she/her) digital security for movements with Digital Defense Fund, building a research and community space in the PNW, horror weirdo.
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My article on 'cute surveillance' is now out Literature: Journal of C21st Writings
'Cute Surveillance: Embodiment, Subjectivity, and Intimacy in Samanta Schweblin’s Little Eyes'
Open access here: c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
'Cute Surveillance: Embodiment, Subjectivity, and Intimacy in Samanta Schweblin’s Little Eyes'
Open access here: c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
Cute Surveillance: Embodiment, Subjectivity, and Intimacy in Samanta Schweblin’s <em>Little Eyes</em>
In recent years, a range of commercial home surveillance products have emerged that foreground ‘cuteness’ as a selling point. From small cat-shaped cameras with detachable ears to ‘pocket robots’ equi...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
My article on 'cute surveillance' is now out Literature: Journal of C21st Writings
'Cute Surveillance: Embodiment, Subjectivity, and Intimacy in Samanta Schweblin’s Little Eyes'
Open access here: c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
'Cute Surveillance: Embodiment, Subjectivity, and Intimacy in Samanta Schweblin’s Little Eyes'
Open access here: c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
I love how this chart shows the cipher-like logic of braille. The placement of dots in each cell is systematic. You can tell instantly by touch if something’s a letter, a number, or punctuation, just from where the dots sit within the six-dot grid. Very clever!
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I love how this chart shows the cipher-like logic of braille. The placement of dots in each cell is systematic. You can tell instantly by touch if something’s a letter, a number, or punctuation, just from where the dots sit within the six-dot grid. Very clever!
I learned braille by sight as a kid because of a VI friend, passed notes in class, read her books with her. Reading a bit more about early braille learning and I guess our teacher was happy to let us have at it bc pairing with a braille-enthusiastic sighted kid is a recommended classroom strategy?
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I learned braille by sight as a kid because of a VI friend, passed notes in class, read her books with her. Reading a bit more about early braille learning and I guess our teacher was happy to let us have at it bc pairing with a braille-enthusiastic sighted kid is a recommended classroom strategy?
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for those puzzling out why an administration hostile to HRT for transition is super pro HRT for menopause, their claims that menopause ruins women and marriages seems pretty key
No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
for those puzzling out why an administration hostile to HRT for transition is super pro HRT for menopause, their claims that menopause ruins women and marriages seems pretty key
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Dog not included
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Dog not included
A Renaissance painting.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A Renaissance painting.
So I got a Braille practice board to ensure I can work on writing as I learn to read, but the pegs are really hard to press. Hurts my fingers.
This design looks much better! And it’s bigger so I could practice phrases. But where to get it printed, hmm! www.printables.com/model/123114...
This design looks much better! And it’s bigger so I could practice phrases. But where to get it printed, hmm! www.printables.com/model/123114...
Braille Sheet - 6MM by 3D Printy | Download free STL model | Printables.com
www.printables.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
So I got a Braille practice board to ensure I can work on writing as I learn to read, but the pegs are really hard to press. Hurts my fingers.
This design looks much better! And it’s bigger so I could practice phrases. But where to get it printed, hmm! www.printables.com/model/123114...
This design looks much better! And it’s bigger so I could practice phrases. But where to get it printed, hmm! www.printables.com/model/123114...
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Until the sun burns out
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Until the sun burns out
We’ve now been living for over a month with what seems like some kind of immortal house fly, the same one.
We finally decided he’s earned the name Flaubert. I guess he’s a member of the family now.
We finally decided he’s earned the name Flaubert. I guess he’s a member of the family now.
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We’ve now been living for over a month with what seems like some kind of immortal house fly, the same one.
We finally decided he’s earned the name Flaubert. I guess he’s a member of the family now.
We finally decided he’s earned the name Flaubert. I guess he’s a member of the family now.
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this would be SO MUCH INTEREST
HOLY FUCK
HOLY FUCK
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
this would be SO MUCH INTEREST
HOLY FUCK
HOLY FUCK
Girls just wanna have off-road access to a spooky remote mountaintop with telecomms infrastructure that looks straight out of a video game.
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Girls just wanna have off-road access to a spooky remote mountaintop with telecomms infrastructure that looks straight out of a video game.
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*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
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A trick taught from a follower in an earlier time, an easier age...
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A trick taught from a follower in an earlier time, an easier age...
Realizing I turned my entire life upside down 2004 (HS graduation) onward to get training and career pathways to serve the public, taking on debt and low paying jobs and emotional investment in failing systems, only to now have at least one promise kept (PSLF) after 20 years is making me emotional.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Realizing I turned my entire life upside down 2004 (HS graduation) onward to get training and career pathways to serve the public, taking on debt and low paying jobs and emotional investment in failing systems, only to now have at least one promise kept (PSLF) after 20 years is making me emotional.
In Portugal I learned a term for the sense of identity of that comes from living within ex: the same hearing range of a church's bell. "Sub-sino" or "under the bell."
Especially as these bells rang not just for services, but town meetings, emergencies, celebrations, births, deaths, to mark time.
Especially as these bells rang not just for services, but town meetings, emergencies, celebrations, births, deaths, to mark time.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
In Portugal I learned a term for the sense of identity of that comes from living within ex: the same hearing range of a church's bell. "Sub-sino" or "under the bell."
Especially as these bells rang not just for services, but town meetings, emergencies, celebrations, births, deaths, to mark time.
Especially as these bells rang not just for services, but town meetings, emergencies, celebrations, births, deaths, to mark time.
In these last years of rural organizing around pushing back on surveillance, the thing that has really struck me is the lack of loyalty some people have.
These are Your People, the neighbors who live around you. They are who would be pulling you out of the rubble, not some faceless state authority!
These are Your People, the neighbors who live around you. They are who would be pulling you out of the rubble, not some faceless state authority!
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In these last years of rural organizing around pushing back on surveillance, the thing that has really struck me is the lack of loyalty some people have.
These are Your People, the neighbors who live around you. They are who would be pulling you out of the rubble, not some faceless state authority!
These are Your People, the neighbors who live around you. They are who would be pulling you out of the rubble, not some faceless state authority!
I have to tell anyone who will listen: I just got my “ribbons” indicating I officially will be getting my six figures of student loans forgiven.
10 years of my life! 17-22% of my post-tax income every month for over 10 years, now back in my pocket. I’m free! I’m free!!
10 years of my life! 17-22% of my post-tax income every month for over 10 years, now back in my pocket. I’m free! I’m free!!
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I have to tell anyone who will listen: I just got my “ribbons” indicating I officially will be getting my six figures of student loans forgiven.
10 years of my life! 17-22% of my post-tax income every month for over 10 years, now back in my pocket. I’m free! I’m free!!
10 years of my life! 17-22% of my post-tax income every month for over 10 years, now back in my pocket. I’m free! I’m free!!
Strangely enough, Bethany and I were friends in college, before she turned into a lonely and hateful person.
When I see how she is now, I can’t help but see that weird, sad transition play out again in my head, her need to performatively reject people before they have a chance to reject her.
When I see how she is now, I can’t help but see that weird, sad transition play out again in my head, her need to performatively reject people before they have a chance to reject her.
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Strangely enough, Bethany and I were friends in college, before she turned into a lonely and hateful person.
When I see how she is now, I can’t help but see that weird, sad transition play out again in my head, her need to performatively reject people before they have a chance to reject her.
When I see how she is now, I can’t help but see that weird, sad transition play out again in my head, her need to performatively reject people before they have a chance to reject her.
Update to my fuss about city govt taking a donation of a surveillance drone without asking questions: indeed the donation is a DJI kit, the brand about to be banned by the FCC at the end of this year bc of serious security problems.
So the donor is probably trying to unload unsupported inventory.
So the donor is probably trying to unload unsupported inventory.
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Update to my fuss about city govt taking a donation of a surveillance drone without asking questions: indeed the donation is a DJI kit, the brand about to be banned by the FCC at the end of this year bc of serious security problems.
So the donor is probably trying to unload unsupported inventory.
So the donor is probably trying to unload unsupported inventory.
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e pluribus, numnum
Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
e pluribus, numnum
It's why I find myself instead increasingly interested in the difference between "intelligence" and "consciousness."
A toddler is very conscious, but I would not expect one to exceed at (or care about, as they should not) ex: almost any workplace task where LLMs are used.
A toddler is very conscious, but I would not expect one to exceed at (or care about, as they should not) ex: almost any workplace task where LLMs are used.
i think that i am pretty alone in the "have achieved 'AGI' / not particularly impressed by it" quadrant, simply because the average human capability in any arbitrary intellectual task they are not trained in is naively near zero and the average LLM can do better on that task than a person on day one
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It's why I find myself instead increasingly interested in the difference between "intelligence" and "consciousness."
A toddler is very conscious, but I would not expect one to exceed at (or care about, as they should not) ex: almost any workplace task where LLMs are used.
A toddler is very conscious, but I would not expect one to exceed at (or care about, as they should not) ex: almost any workplace task where LLMs are used.
It’s as satisfying as it is annoying when our local city council gets all in a bunch because I pointed out on a FB post that a surveillance drone purchase was only discussed in a closed meeting and “it’s too bad they decided that wasn’t worth a more public discussion.” Really got under their skin.
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s as satisfying as it is annoying when our local city council gets all in a bunch because I pointed out on a FB post that a surveillance drone purchase was only discussed in a closed meeting and “it’s too bad they decided that wasn’t worth a more public discussion.” Really got under their skin.
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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.
I know America right now is a hot mess, but there are these pockets of expression that remind me we actually do have some unified culture of humor and irreverence.
We're not the best at protesting, but we are some of the best at comedy. The latter might be our path to improving at the former.
We're not the best at protesting, but we are some of the best at comedy. The latter might be our path to improving at the former.
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I know America right now is a hot mess, but there are these pockets of expression that remind me we actually do have some unified culture of humor and irreverence.
We're not the best at protesting, but we are some of the best at comedy. The latter might be our path to improving at the former.
We're not the best at protesting, but we are some of the best at comedy. The latter might be our path to improving at the former.
Officially submitted my application for Public Service Loan Forgiveness after 10 years of qualifying employment, to ultimately clear 6 figures of student debt.
Now in the middle of a government shutdown, we'll see how long it takes the Fed to agree that indeed my agony is over.
Now in the middle of a government shutdown, we'll see how long it takes the Fed to agree that indeed my agony is over.
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Officially submitted my application for Public Service Loan Forgiveness after 10 years of qualifying employment, to ultimately clear 6 figures of student debt.
Now in the middle of a government shutdown, we'll see how long it takes the Fed to agree that indeed my agony is over.
Now in the middle of a government shutdown, we'll see how long it takes the Fed to agree that indeed my agony is over.