Kinsey 🍉
@kinsio.bsky.social
Catholic, Marxist, trans lesbian, amateur cartographer (OpenStreetMap editor), huge dork nerd.
"Faith without works is dead." (Jas 2:26)
"If anyone says 'I love God' but hates his brother, he is a liar." (1 Jn 4:20)
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"Faith without works is dead." (Jas 2:26)
"If anyone says 'I love God' but hates his brother, he is a liar." (1 Jn 4:20)
en: she/they | eo: ŝi/ri | es: ella/elle
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Kinsey 🍉
@kinsio.bsky.social
· Nov 23
I would love to never hear the phrase "less fortunate" in a homily again. Besides the implication that poverty and suffering is no one's fault and simply a lack of "fortune", why is there such hesitation to use more direct language, "the poor", "the vulnerable", "the marginalized", "the oppressed"?
I've seen multiple articles claim that the name of the Luce & Friends character Xin "means 'truth' in Japanese" 😭 This is not only wrong, it's EXTREMELY wrong. Japanese romanization does not use the letter X, so there's no way it could be correct! Xìn 信 means "faith" in Mandarin Chinese.
March 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I've seen multiple articles claim that the name of the Luce & Friends character Xin "means 'truth' in Japanese" 😭 This is not only wrong, it's EXTREMELY wrong. Japanese romanization does not use the letter X, so there's no way it could be correct! Xìn 信 means "faith" in Mandarin Chinese.
So glad I wrote this up because TWC is back on their bullshit and I need to call them again
As a public service I would like to share that I have solved the Texas Workforce Commission's Unemployment Benefits Tele-Center 🧵
February 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
So glad I wrote this up because TWC is back on their bullshit and I need to call them again
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I'm not sure people have really appreciate how lucky the US has been to have Lina Khan at the FTC. Her likely replacement, Andrew Ferguson, has been pretty clear that he's not too interested in doing stuff like this.
FTC sues John Deere over its repair monopoly
Deere "has illegally restricted the ability of farmers and independent technicians to repair Deere equipment, including tractors and combines."
🔗 www.404media.co/ftc-sues-joh...
Deere "has illegally restricted the ability of farmers and independent technicians to repair Deere equipment, including tractors and combines."
🔗 www.404media.co/ftc-sues-joh...
January 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I'm not sure people have really appreciate how lucky the US has been to have Lina Khan at the FTC. Her likely replacement, Andrew Ferguson, has been pretty clear that he's not too interested in doing stuff like this.
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You can make $trillions/year immediately as a religious leader, and you unironically need zero experience or capital.
The steps are simple.
1. Become auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles
2. Start a publisher dedicated to your spirituality
3. Give yourself permission to found a new order of priests
The steps are simple.
1. Become auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles
2. Start a publisher dedicated to your spirituality
3. Give yourself permission to found a new order of priests
January 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
You can make $trillions/year immediately as a religious leader, and you unironically need zero experience or capital.
The steps are simple.
1. Become auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles
2. Start a publisher dedicated to your spirituality
3. Give yourself permission to found a new order of priests
The steps are simple.
1. Become auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles
2. Start a publisher dedicated to your spirituality
3. Give yourself permission to found a new order of priests
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Your existence as an LGBTQ+ Catholic is not a sin.
We are all made in God’s image.
We are all made in God’s image.
January 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Your existence as an LGBTQ+ Catholic is not a sin.
We are all made in God’s image.
We are all made in God’s image.
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Adoption is a parenting decision.
Abortion is a healthcare decision.
Abortion is a healthcare decision.
January 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Adoption is a parenting decision.
Abortion is a healthcare decision.
Abortion is a healthcare decision.
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(And I say "almost everything" because I've seen attempts to lump recommendation algorithms [which aren't necessarily ANNs] into "AI" as well. Broadly, everything that's called "AI" is some kind of machine learning, but basically all of the generative models that get touted as The Future are ANNs.)
January 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
(And I say "almost everything" because I've seen attempts to lump recommendation algorithms [which aren't necessarily ANNs] into "AI" as well. Broadly, everything that's called "AI" is some kind of machine learning, but basically all of the generative models that get touted as The Future are ANNs.)
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And since this is such an excellent anti-propaganda point, I'd like to piggyback and add for anyone reading who'd like to avoid calling it "AI" as well: almost everything that's called "AI" is one of these.
Neural network (machine learning) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And since this is such an excellent anti-propaganda point, I'd like to piggyback and add for anyone reading who'd like to avoid calling it "AI" as well: almost everything that's called "AI" is one of these.
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The term 'hallucination' itself is propaganda.
When a computer makes a mistake we call it an error. Calling them "Hallucination" is applying undue personhood to this "word predictor machine".
When a computer makes a mistake we call it an error. Calling them "Hallucination" is applying undue personhood to this "word predictor machine".
January 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The term 'hallucination' itself is propaganda.
When a computer makes a mistake we call it an error. Calling them "Hallucination" is applying undue personhood to this "word predictor machine".
When a computer makes a mistake we call it an error. Calling them "Hallucination" is applying undue personhood to this "word predictor machine".
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As a public service I would like to share that I have solved the Texas Workforce Commission's Unemployment Benefits Tele-Center 🧵
January 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
As a public service I would like to share that I have solved the Texas Workforce Commission's Unemployment Benefits Tele-Center 🧵
So the church I go to (St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica in Beaumont, Texas) has an abbreviated form of the Beatitudes from the Gospel of Matthew below the clerestory windows
January 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
So the church I go to (St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica in Beaumont, Texas) has an abbreviated form of the Beatitudes from the Gospel of Matthew below the clerestory windows
wait but the Chinese name of RedNote is literally "Little Red Book" 小红书? that's actually kinda hilarious, I love it
January 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
wait but the Chinese name of RedNote is literally "Little Red Book" 小红书? that's actually kinda hilarious, I love it
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if you follow like 5000 people on here youre fucking stupid and your feed looks like a hoarder house
December 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM
if you follow like 5000 people on here youre fucking stupid and your feed looks like a hoarder house
As a public service I would like to share that I have solved the Texas Workforce Commission's Unemployment Benefits Tele-Center 🧵
January 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
As a public service I would like to share that I have solved the Texas Workforce Commission's Unemployment Benefits Tele-Center 🧵
Artificial-neural-network-based speech synthesis is so wacky to me because like... it does the same thing that ANN image generation does but with speech.
January 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Artificial-neural-network-based speech synthesis is so wacky to me because like... it does the same thing that ANN image generation does but with speech.
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A humble appeal to theologians and Christian media: Christians around the world are organizing for debt justice during the Jubilee Year. They'll do it with or without the help of theologians and journalists, but it's a unique opportunity to show how valuable these fields are for Christian action.
January 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A humble appeal to theologians and Christian media: Christians around the world are organizing for debt justice during the Jubilee Year. They'll do it with or without the help of theologians and journalists, but it's a unique opportunity to show how valuable these fields are for Christian action.
Lux in Tenebris Lucet, et Tenebrae Eam Non Comprehenderunt, a story for the Jubilee of Hope 2025 🌌🧵
January 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lux in Tenebris Lucet, et Tenebrae Eam Non Comprehenderunt, a story for the Jubilee of Hope 2025 🌌🧵
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If this happens, having alt text means that there's still a way to view the information conveyed by the image. This is actually likely the main way sighted people have encountered alt text.
January 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If this happens, having alt text means that there's still a way to view the information conveyed by the image. This is actually likely the main way sighted people have encountered alt text.
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Like, under-discussed imo reason that alt text is good? Resilience to technical failure. A lot of us take fast, reliable internet connections for granted now, but not everyone has that. On especially slow or unstable connections it's common for images to just fail to load.
January 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Like, under-discussed imo reason that alt text is good? Resilience to technical failure. A lot of us take fast, reliable internet connections for granted now, but not everyone has that. On especially slow or unstable connections it's common for images to just fail to load.
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after days of grifters and con men at CES we stumbled upon the booth for VLC. they were all dressed as wizards and told us, "we have nothing to sell, we just decided to show up". i told them I'd been using their software to pirate media for 15 years and they said "keep doing that"
January 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
after days of grifters and con men at CES we stumbled upon the booth for VLC. they were all dressed as wizards and told us, "we have nothing to sell, we just decided to show up". i told them I'd been using their software to pirate media for 15 years and they said "keep doing that"
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One of the most important things we can all do to counter the horrors of Trumpism is to reach out to other people with a hand of kindness.
January 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
One of the most important things we can all do to counter the horrors of Trumpism is to reach out to other people with a hand of kindness.
"And you, little child, will be called the Prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready his ways: to grant knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins." (Why does the Church pray this every day? Because this applies to all of us.)
January 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"And you, little child, will be called the Prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready his ways: to grant knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins." (Why does the Church pray this every day? Because this applies to all of us.)
Explain your username:
My name in Esperanto, simple as.
My name in Esperanto, simple as.
January 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Explain your username:
My name in Esperanto, simple as.
My name in Esperanto, simple as.