E. Rants
@rantsonthereg.bsky.social
Filipina American musician/writer in California. Food and music nerdery abound. I love my babies (read: cats). Sorry for all the puns. Also I rant about things
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"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.
Grant — Artists and Mothers
www.artistsandmothers.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.
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I know it may be hard to find something to be thankful for this year, but remember, there are always cats.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I know it may be hard to find something to be thankful for this year, but remember, there are always cats.
I only recently learned what the term “glazing” means and I DO NOT CARE FOR IT
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I only recently learned what the term “glazing” means and I DO NOT CARE FOR IT
I lost track of how far we were from Thanksgiving and somehow it’s next week already
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I lost track of how far we were from Thanksgiving and somehow it’s next week already
I just learned that tendinitis is NOT considered a career-ending injury for basketball players and my lil pianist mind is blown 🤯
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I just learned that tendinitis is NOT considered a career-ending injury for basketball players and my lil pianist mind is blown 🤯
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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'"There is no good way to say this" but to say this: AI is the antithesis of education. It is the antithesis of the future. As such, it is a kind of epistemological death, and I recognize... we have long been surrounded by such efforts; we are grieving already. And yet, we go on.'
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
'"There is no good way to say this" but to say this: AI is the antithesis of education. It is the antithesis of the future. As such, it is a kind of epistemological death, and I recognize... we have long been surrounded by such efforts; we are grieving already. And yet, we go on.'
Rearranged my desk in the wee hours of the morning and my cats are so confused
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Rearranged my desk in the wee hours of the morning and my cats are so confused
Apparently my little Matcha likes playing with (new, wrapped) tampons
I never knew this because I had switched to menstrual cups years before we got her and her brother and only recently brought home the one tampon I kept in my desk at work just in case
I never knew this because I had switched to menstrual cups years before we got her and her brother and only recently brought home the one tampon I kept in my desk at work just in case
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Apparently my little Matcha likes playing with (new, wrapped) tampons
I never knew this because I had switched to menstrual cups years before we got her and her brother and only recently brought home the one tampon I kept in my desk at work just in case
I never knew this because I had switched to menstrual cups years before we got her and her brother and only recently brought home the one tampon I kept in my desk at work just in case
Well I guess it was a really bad time for me to take my chances leaving my job and paying for my own health insurance for the foreseeable future
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Well I guess it was a really bad time for me to take my chances leaving my job and paying for my own health insurance for the foreseeable future
It’s really upsetting to think about how many people in this country really think we don’t owe anything to each other as fellow humans
And how many of those people are politicians
And how many of those people are politicians
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It’s really upsetting to think about how many people in this country really think we don’t owe anything to each other as fellow humans
And how many of those people are politicians
And how many of those people are politicians
This might be an incoherent thought but I feel like Democrats are like a show choir. I may or may not elaborate later
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This might be an incoherent thought but I feel like Democrats are like a show choir. I may or may not elaborate later
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What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
We love bleeding profusely in agonizing pain every month just to not have to be saddled with a small parasite forever
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We love bleeding profusely in agonizing pain every month just to not have to be saddled with a small parasite forever
I just ate far too many dark chocolate-covered almonds but also it’s 5am on a Friday night/Saturday morning and I’m bleeding so whatever
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I just ate far too many dark chocolate-covered almonds but also it’s 5am on a Friday night/Saturday morning and I’m bleeding so whatever
Fell asleep on my couch at some point around midnight, woke up around 3 and lumbered off to bed, couldn’t sleep so now sitting at my kitchen table drinking yogurt
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Fell asleep on my couch at some point around midnight, woke up around 3 and lumbered off to bed, couldn’t sleep so now sitting at my kitchen table drinking yogurt
You know, sometimes I forget how much of a choir nerd I was in high school
And sometimes I’m brutally reminded of it when casually assuming everyone knows TOO MUCH about phantom of the opera
And sometimes I’m brutally reminded of it when casually assuming everyone knows TOO MUCH about phantom of the opera
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
You know, sometimes I forget how much of a choir nerd I was in high school
And sometimes I’m brutally reminded of it when casually assuming everyone knows TOO MUCH about phantom of the opera
And sometimes I’m brutally reminded of it when casually assuming everyone knows TOO MUCH about phantom of the opera
Omg wow I just learned that RDN knows NOTHING about the phantom of the opera and our lives must be SO different
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Omg wow I just learned that RDN knows NOTHING about the phantom of the opera and our lives must be SO different
Look I know that this is factual but it was still a little jarring today hearing someone describe the phantom of the opera as being about a serial killer
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Look I know that this is factual but it was still a little jarring today hearing someone describe the phantom of the opera as being about a serial killer
This is how I found out. You’re welcome!
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is how I found out. You’re welcome!
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Here is a compiled Google Sheet list I put together of over 100 regional food banks, their area of focus, and a link to their respective website.
Use it for donations. Use it for resource reference.
Use it for donations. Use it for resource reference.
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Here is a compiled Google Sheet list I put together of over 100 regional food banks, their area of focus, and a link to their respective website.
Use it for donations. Use it for resource reference.
Use it for donations. Use it for resource reference.
Congrats Dodgers, the team that I only realized this week I apparently do care about when RDN said during the 18-inning game that he’d almost rather the Blue Jays win and I involuntarily gasped
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Congrats Dodgers, the team that I only realized this week I apparently do care about when RDN said during the 18-inning game that he’d almost rather the Blue Jays win and I involuntarily gasped
Wow I’m sooo glad I’m not required to be responsible for any children out trick-or-treating
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Wow I’m sooo glad I’m not required to be responsible for any children out trick-or-treating
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The shutdown is not why SNAP is being withheld.
It has never been withheld in a shutdown.
The well is not dry.
You are being lied to.
It has never been withheld in a shutdown.
The well is not dry.
You are being lied to.
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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