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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Since one should plug one's own books, here goes.
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Dragons and Blades - Aliette de Bodard
The Dragons and Blades Reading Order 1. Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders | 2. Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances murderous husband/diplomatic husband, solving crimes without stabbing anyone, healthy relat...
www.aliettedebodard.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Since one should plug one's own books, here goes.
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
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HERE TEA DRAGONS, the complete collection of Tea Princess Chronicles stories is coming in ALL formats, EVERYWHERE!
✨ Baby dragon shenanigans
✨ Magical tea ingredients wreaking chaos
✨ Stories of helping people who need it most, and having each other's backs, and love
buy.bookfunnel.com/ggmr85sgj5
✨ Baby dragon shenanigans
✨ Magical tea ingredients wreaking chaos
✨ Stories of helping people who need it most, and having each other's backs, and love
buy.bookfunnel.com/ggmr85sgj5
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
HERE TEA DRAGONS, the complete collection of Tea Princess Chronicles stories is coming in ALL formats, EVERYWHERE!
✨ Baby dragon shenanigans
✨ Magical tea ingredients wreaking chaos
✨ Stories of helping people who need it most, and having each other's backs, and love
buy.bookfunnel.com/ggmr85sgj5
✨ Baby dragon shenanigans
✨ Magical tea ingredients wreaking chaos
✨ Stories of helping people who need it most, and having each other's backs, and love
buy.bookfunnel.com/ggmr85sgj5
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40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
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🎉It's my book day!🎉
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🎉It's my book day!🎉
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
SHELLS FOR HEARTS is available wherever you get ebooks! Can also be suggested to your library!
Full of short fiction and poetry retellings!
books2read.com/u/b6EDMA
devan-barlow.itch.io/shells-for-h...
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This Black Friday, if you are able, please shop local and small businesses *only.*
Consumers cannot continue rewarding these billionaires. We're helping to fund the architects of this administration and big donors. And they show no signs of ending their cruelty.
www.aol.com/articles/inf...
Consumers cannot continue rewarding these billionaires. We're helping to fund the architects of this administration and big donors. And they show no signs of ending their cruelty.
www.aol.com/articles/inf...
Inflation is so bad Americans are counting on Black Friday just to afford groceries and everyday essentials
"Black Friday is still a make-or-break moment for retailers, but shopper behavior is shifting," says Lightspeed Commerce founder and CEO Dax Dasilva.
www.aol.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This Black Friday, if you are able, please shop local and small businesses *only.*
Consumers cannot continue rewarding these billionaires. We're helping to fund the architects of this administration and big donors. And they show no signs of ending their cruelty.
www.aol.com/articles/inf...
Consumers cannot continue rewarding these billionaires. We're helping to fund the architects of this administration and big donors. And they show no signs of ending their cruelty.
www.aol.com/articles/inf...
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i’m so tired of y’all fuckers legitimizing nazi platforms, GET OFF SUBSTACK
If you want to start a newsletter and don't want to use Substack because they currently platform/sponsor Nazis: consider using the free and open-sourced alternative that has been around for over a decade.
I'll personally walk you through it.
I'll personally walk you through it.
The Alternative to Medium/Substack - Sharpie Posts
Stop using closed-sourced solutions and move towards free and open-sources options that scale better, especially for indie creators.
sharpiepls.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
i’m so tired of y’all fuckers legitimizing nazi platforms, GET OFF SUBSTACK
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Oh! 😻😻😻😻😻
I found it on YouTube for the people who don’t IG! (The links should open just in a browser but I get wanting to avoid Meta)
youtu.be/8Vr22snWFgQ
I found it on YouTube for the people who don’t IG! (The links should open just in a browser but I get wanting to avoid Meta)
youtu.be/8Vr22snWFgQ
国宝永子，棋中圣品。Rare Chinese Go pieces, Yongzi#china #production #countryside
YouTube video by 山白Shanbai
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Oh! 😻😻😻😻😻
I found it on YouTube for the people who don’t IG! (The links should open just in a browser but I get wanting to avoid Meta)
youtu.be/8Vr22snWFgQ
I found it on YouTube for the people who don’t IG! (The links should open just in a browser but I get wanting to avoid Meta)
youtu.be/8Vr22snWFgQ
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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It’s always so informative to note which outcomes are seen as Proof About How Things Are, and which are treated as “huh, strange. Well, moving on.”
The VA Gov race will surely be the latter, since it fails to fit The Narrative too many are trying to tell.
The VA Gov race will surely be the latter, since it fails to fit The Narrative too many are trying to tell.
Virginia's election results should teach us that people reject anti-trans politics, and we must all immediately move as far left as possible on the issue
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It’s always so informative to note which outcomes are seen as Proof About How Things Are, and which are treated as “huh, strange. Well, moving on.”
The VA Gov race will surely be the latter, since it fails to fit The Narrative too many are trying to tell.
The VA Gov race will surely be the latter, since it fails to fit The Narrative too many are trying to tell.
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Today is publication day for MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY in North America! It's available at bookstores large and small. ahorbinski.com/books/
If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today is publication day for MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY in North America! It's available at bookstores large and small. ahorbinski.com/books/
If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
If you've already read the book, please consider leaving a review online! It helps. And if your budget is tight, requesting the book at the library is great too!
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Pulling this out from the camera roll for the day that is in it!
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Pulling this out from the camera roll for the day that is in it!
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Night sky above the mouth of Minnesota's Temperance River, where it empties into Lake Superior.
#photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #milkyway #minnesota #river
#photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #milkyway #minnesota #river
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Night sky above the mouth of Minnesota's Temperance River, where it empties into Lake Superior.
#photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #milkyway #minnesota #river
#photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #milkyway #minnesota #river
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I believe that one the most critical things you get taught at all levels of education is to self-check. To critically ask yourself “what do I *not* know” so you can seek out that additional assistance. These AI chat applications undermine that.
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I believe that one the most critical things you get taught at all levels of education is to self-check. To critically ask yourself “what do I *not* know” so you can seek out that additional assistance. These AI chat applications undermine that.
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We warned this exact thing would happen. This is why dozens of human rights groups have been calling to BanFacialrecognition.com for years
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
We warned this exact thing would happen. This is why dozens of human rights groups have been calling to BanFacialrecognition.com for years
Sigh, guess who is staying up too late watching cdrama. Again. Oops? 🤷🏻♀️ (i regret nothing.)
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Sigh, guess who is staying up too late watching cdrama. Again. Oops? 🤷🏻♀️ (i regret nothing.)
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It’s Media Literacy Week (Oct 27–31)! At Densho, we believe that media literacy is essential to preserving memory, challenging bias, and ensuring that history is told with care and truth.
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It’s Media Literacy Week (Oct 27–31)! At Densho, we believe that media literacy is essential to preserving memory, challenging bias, and ensuring that history is told with care and truth.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.