Miranda
@mirandaaa831.bsky.social
Queer Filipinx writer and community arts person based in Western Sydney, Australia. 🇵🇭 🏳️🌈
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!
Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!
And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!
And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!
Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!
And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!
And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
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Now many times are we gonna have to dance this dance before these people learn the goddam steps.
"AI" reproduces, exacerbates, and iterates the biases and values it was trained on. Those biases and values are, largely, very bad. There for the reproductions will most often be as bad and worse.
Jfc.
"AI" reproduces, exacerbates, and iterates the biases and values it was trained on. Those biases and values are, largely, very bad. There for the reproductions will most often be as bad and worse.
Jfc.
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Now many times are we gonna have to dance this dance before these people learn the goddam steps.
"AI" reproduces, exacerbates, and iterates the biases and values it was trained on. Those biases and values are, largely, very bad. There for the reproductions will most often be as bad and worse.
Jfc.
"AI" reproduces, exacerbates, and iterates the biases and values it was trained on. Those biases and values are, largely, very bad. There for the reproductions will most often be as bad and worse.
Jfc.
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March 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Excellent, an excuse to re-post one of my favourite Nichijou scenes:
March 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Excellent, an excuse to re-post one of my favourite Nichijou scenes:
"For most people, social media gives you this sense that unless you care about everything, you care about nothing. You must try to swallow the world while it's on fire." @404media.bsky.social
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"For most people, social media gives you this sense that unless you care about everything, you care about nothing. You must try to swallow the world while it's on fire." @404media.bsky.social
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Collage animation I made a while back, it's called
"the idea of a tiger"
Made with photos of real Tigers, pictures of toys, bits of ads and comics.
"the idea of a tiger"
Made with photos of real Tigers, pictures of toys, bits of ads and comics.
September 13, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Collage animation I made a while back, it's called
"the idea of a tiger"
Made with photos of real Tigers, pictures of toys, bits of ads and comics.
"the idea of a tiger"
Made with photos of real Tigers, pictures of toys, bits of ads and comics.
'Love is not predicated on the space it makes for me at its center, and what I love still exists without me making sure of it. ' 💞
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
The Party Downstairs
A Love Letters Feature by Helena Fitzgerald - January 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
January 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
'Love is not predicated on the space it makes for me at its center, and what I love still exists without me making sure of it. ' 💞
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
My sourdough starter is named Jeremy. Last year, he spent most of his time languishing in the fridge; I've since moved him to the counter and am trying to treat him better. My goal is to bake at least 20 things with him in 2025. Here's 1/20: sourdough sandwich loaf. 🍞
January 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My sourdough starter is named Jeremy. Last year, he spent most of his time languishing in the fridge; I've since moved him to the counter and am trying to treat him better. My goal is to bake at least 20 things with him in 2025. Here's 1/20: sourdough sandwich loaf. 🍞
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If you subscribe to Microsoft 365 Personal, the 40% price increase is a con to upsell you AI. Your old plan and price is still there called "Classic" - but only if you try to cancel.
Microsoft should be ashamed if not prosecuted.
Microsoft should be ashamed if not prosecuted.
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If you subscribe to Microsoft 365 Personal, the 40% price increase is a con to upsell you AI. Your old plan and price is still there called "Classic" - but only if you try to cancel.
Microsoft should be ashamed if not prosecuted.
Microsoft should be ashamed if not prosecuted.
I don't often have luck with claw machines, but today I was able to bring my boys home.
January 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I don't often have luck with claw machines, but today I was able to bring my boys home.
I finally succumbed and subscribed to NYT Cooking so I could make Eric Kim's Cookie Week recipe: lemon and turmeric crinkles. I'm always a sucker for a not-too-sweet baking treat.
December 14, 2024 at 6:41 AM
I finally succumbed and subscribed to NYT Cooking so I could make Eric Kim's Cookie Week recipe: lemon and turmeric crinkles. I'm always a sucker for a not-too-sweet baking treat.
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New Simon Wu at the Paris Review. A list essay, Six Handbags: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/12...
Six Handbags - The Paris Review
“I lean close to the bag and inhale. I remember that the leather is baby-cow skin. I smell the earth, animal mortality, and the moment of my financial trauma.”
www.theparisreview.org
December 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM
New Simon Wu at the Paris Review. A list essay, Six Handbags: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/12...
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Watch out for the “I wish to politely disagree” AI bots, looking to farm engagement. A recent addition to #bluesky. My advice: block on sight.
December 3, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Watch out for the “I wish to politely disagree” AI bots, looking to farm engagement. A recent addition to #bluesky. My advice: block on sight.
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paying for things you care about is good and could solve more problems than you'd think
I think if you’re still shocked by websites with paywalls you gotta just get your head out of your ass and look around
November 27, 2024 at 9:41 PM
paying for things you care about is good and could solve more problems than you'd think
I truly tell so many people I work with they gotta make their own website.
(I need more fun stuff on mine, it's pretty clear it's just for work: mirandaaguilar.com)
(I need more fun stuff on mine, it's pretty clear it's just for work: mirandaaguilar.com)
November 27, 2024 at 9:45 PM
I truly tell so many people I work with they gotta make their own website.
(I need more fun stuff on mine, it's pretty clear it's just for work: mirandaaguilar.com)
(I need more fun stuff on mine, it's pretty clear it's just for work: mirandaaguilar.com)
It's not free in Australia, but if you can watch it, please do. (If there's a cinema screening near you, even better!)
November 25, 2024 at 9:51 AM
It's not free in Australia, but if you can watch it, please do. (If there's a cinema screening near you, even better!)
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I am begging people to add some nuance when they talk about AI.
AI is a huge field filled with actual groundbreaking things like programs that detect cancer.
Saying "I hate AI" when you mean you hate *generative AI* is as inaccurate as saying "I hate animals" when you mean you hate mosquitoes.
AI is a huge field filled with actual groundbreaking things like programs that detect cancer.
Saying "I hate AI" when you mean you hate *generative AI* is as inaccurate as saying "I hate animals" when you mean you hate mosquitoes.
November 23, 2024 at 2:03 PM
I am begging people to add some nuance when they talk about AI.
AI is a huge field filled with actual groundbreaking things like programs that detect cancer.
Saying "I hate AI" when you mean you hate *generative AI* is as inaccurate as saying "I hate animals" when you mean you hate mosquitoes.
AI is a huge field filled with actual groundbreaking things like programs that detect cancer.
Saying "I hate AI" when you mean you hate *generative AI* is as inaccurate as saying "I hate animals" when you mean you hate mosquitoes.
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Periodic reminder: a lot of what makes AI "work" is exploited people doing the tasks, just hidden behind fancy websites.
It's good that a normie outlet like 60 Minutes is reporting on this.
It's good that a normie outlet like 60 Minutes is reporting on this.
November 23, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Periodic reminder: a lot of what makes AI "work" is exploited people doing the tasks, just hidden behind fancy websites.
It's good that a normie outlet like 60 Minutes is reporting on this.
It's good that a normie outlet like 60 Minutes is reporting on this.
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Wake up babe a new "I called your tailor" dropped
November 22, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Wake up babe a new "I called your tailor" dropped
I feel weird posting about a work thing on an account I use mostly for my baking learnings, but I wrote some tips on how to write about your art when applying for funding and opportunities, and I'm pretty proud of it! curiousworks.com.au/2024/11/craf...
Crafting Applications: Learnings from the Future Culture Callout | CuriousWorks
curiousworks.com.au
November 21, 2024 at 5:23 AM
I feel weird posting about a work thing on an account I use mostly for my baking learnings, but I wrote some tips on how to write about your art when applying for funding and opportunities, and I'm pretty proud of it! curiousworks.com.au/2024/11/craf...