Kira
@spaceforestart.bsky.social
they/them, fae/faer | artist, trekkie, nonbinary, lesbian, chaotic good, fey trickster. eastern european. norse heathen. anarchist.
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Funny how we all just “have to” accept AI as progress even if it’s janky and either has demonstrated no improvements to productivity or outright tanks it, but we never had to accept remote work despite every study showing it improves productivity AND workers lives.
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Funny how we all just “have to” accept AI as progress even if it’s janky and either has demonstrated no improvements to productivity or outright tanks it, but we never had to accept remote work despite every study showing it improves productivity AND workers lives.
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
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This systemic deliberate Russian terror, year after year, generation after generation, country after country. The impact of all this on health and wellbeing… the scale of this, that has never been properly accounted for
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This systemic deliberate Russian terror, year after year, generation after generation, country after country. The impact of all this on health and wellbeing… the scale of this, that has never been properly accounted for
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this
Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
this
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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Stop “debunking”
Stop playing “spot a bit/ AI”
Look for the humans.
You can’t beat their ability to flood the zone . We’re tired , overwhelmed , and under resourced
We can shift the zone
Stop playing “spot a bit/ AI”
Look for the humans.
You can’t beat their ability to flood the zone . We’re tired , overwhelmed , and under resourced
We can shift the zone
October 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Stop “debunking”
Stop playing “spot a bit/ AI”
Look for the humans.
You can’t beat their ability to flood the zone . We’re tired , overwhelmed , and under resourced
We can shift the zone
Stop playing “spot a bit/ AI”
Look for the humans.
You can’t beat their ability to flood the zone . We’re tired , overwhelmed , and under resourced
We can shift the zone
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I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
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I can't believe it still bears repeating in 2025, but: preventing NATO expansion in Eastern Europe and limiting military support to Ukraine is supporting Russian imperialism
November 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I can't believe it still bears repeating in 2025, but: preventing NATO expansion in Eastern Europe and limiting military support to Ukraine is supporting Russian imperialism
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I think about this with AI too-- there is a set of people who don't just appreciate it, but actually feel entitled to it.
And I think it's because they find the actual experience of critical thought uncomfortable.
Which is a feeling they have been taught to experience as unjustly-inflicted pain.
And I think it's because they find the actual experience of critical thought uncomfortable.
Which is a feeling they have been taught to experience as unjustly-inflicted pain.
November 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I think about this with AI too-- there is a set of people who don't just appreciate it, but actually feel entitled to it.
And I think it's because they find the actual experience of critical thought uncomfortable.
Which is a feeling they have been taught to experience as unjustly-inflicted pain.
And I think it's because they find the actual experience of critical thought uncomfortable.
Which is a feeling they have been taught to experience as unjustly-inflicted pain.
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And I think if we look at the way the right has taken hold of a lot of younger people, it's by telling them that those feelings of discomfort are actually inflicted pain-- a product of violence done to them by politics that make them uncomfortable.
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
And I think if we look at the way the right has taken hold of a lot of younger people, it's by telling them that those feelings of discomfort are actually inflicted pain-- a product of violence done to them by politics that make them uncomfortable.
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(roses are red
violets are blue
the singular "they"
predates singular "you)
violets are blue
the singular "they"
predates singular "you)
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
(roses are red
violets are blue
the singular "they"
predates singular "you)
violets are blue
the singular "they"
predates singular "you)
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Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns.
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns.
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
we had a thunderstorm earlier (wtf october) with its signature surreal golden sky later
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
we had a thunderstorm earlier (wtf october) with its signature surreal golden sky later
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Once again: conflating the ability to use (normative) language with intelligence is an ableist, racist concept that has been used for centuries to exclude Deaf people, ND people, POC, speakers of dialects and minority languages, and so on
And don't get me started on nonhuman animal intelligence
And don't get me started on nonhuman animal intelligence
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Once again: conflating the ability to use (normative) language with intelligence is an ableist, racist concept that has been used for centuries to exclude Deaf people, ND people, POC, speakers of dialects and minority languages, and so on
And don't get me started on nonhuman animal intelligence
And don't get me started on nonhuman animal intelligence
ah yes, my personal nemesis and its uncanny ability to wreck my sleep schedule, daylight saving time
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
ah yes, my personal nemesis and its uncanny ability to wreck my sleep schedule, daylight saving time
I want new tattoo
(my latest one is month old; getting a tattoo always wakes my hunger for more)
(my latest one is month old; getting a tattoo always wakes my hunger for more)
October 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I want new tattoo
(my latest one is month old; getting a tattoo always wakes my hunger for more)
(my latest one is month old; getting a tattoo always wakes my hunger for more)
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I haven't opened this app in months, i didn't expect all the notifications 🫣 hello everyone
Since you guys seemed to like my other bird griffin post, here's some recent bullfinch mini griffins 🪶
Since you guys seemed to like my other bird griffin post, here's some recent bullfinch mini griffins 🪶
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I haven't opened this app in months, i didn't expect all the notifications 🫣 hello everyone
Since you guys seemed to like my other bird griffin post, here's some recent bullfinch mini griffins 🪶
Since you guys seemed to like my other bird griffin post, here's some recent bullfinch mini griffins 🪶
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A handy guide for knowing when runes & Nordic symbols are cause for concern. Context is always essential.
#PaganSky #HeathenSky #WitchSky #DruidSky
#PaganSky #HeathenSky #WitchSky #DruidSky
October 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A handy guide for knowing when runes & Nordic symbols are cause for concern. Context is always essential.
#PaganSky #HeathenSky #WitchSky #DruidSky
#PaganSky #HeathenSky #WitchSky #DruidSky
I showed the video of this legendary performance last year at my trek fandom history talk at the convention. few people from the audience left, but the rest was delighted, and orgs says I received a lot of praise for this one
That Kirk/Spock interpretative dick dance of legend. Truly we stand of the shoulders of lady giants.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I showed the video of this legendary performance last year at my trek fandom history talk at the convention. few people from the audience left, but the rest was delighted, and orgs says I received a lot of praise for this one
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A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
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So I think that in fact claims like "But we need new language to talk about what these things do" (paraphrasing Bubeck at the CHM debate in March) really in fact betray the speaker's desire for algorithms to maybe, just maybe be sentient/conscious/etc.
October 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
So I think that in fact claims like "But we need new language to talk about what these things do" (paraphrasing Bubeck at the CHM debate in March) really in fact betray the speaker's desire for algorithms to maybe, just maybe be sentient/conscious/etc.
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Convo last week --
Them: It's hard to talk about this stuff ("AI") without using anthropomorphizing language
Me: It's really not, actually
Some further reflections >>
Them: It's hard to talk about this stuff ("AI") without using anthropomorphizing language
Me: It's really not, actually
Some further reflections >>
October 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Convo last week --
Them: It's hard to talk about this stuff ("AI") without using anthropomorphizing language
Me: It's really not, actually
Some further reflections >>
Them: It's hard to talk about this stuff ("AI") without using anthropomorphizing language
Me: It's really not, actually
Some further reflections >>
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Agreed. Mass market paperback first, as wide and cheap as possible so readers take a chance on a new author without shelling out a ton.
My strongest book-related belief is that the paperback should come first and then the hardback after for people who want a fancy edition.
October 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Agreed. Mass market paperback first, as wide and cheap as possible so readers take a chance on a new author without shelling out a ton.
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The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
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I understand the sentiment of "we need to find some way to not all see each other mortal enemies" but it REALLY REALLY needs to be made expressly clear that one side wants to live and be happy and the other side is "that's a line too far and you must suffer and die" and you can't Kumbaya that.
October 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I understand the sentiment of "we need to find some way to not all see each other mortal enemies" but it REALLY REALLY needs to be made expressly clear that one side wants to live and be happy and the other side is "that's a line too far and you must suffer and die" and you can't Kumbaya that.
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Derek, the menswear guy
Garak - a plain, simple tailor
All I'm saying is you've never seen them in the same room together
Garak - a plain, simple tailor
All I'm saying is you've never seen them in the same room together
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Derek, the menswear guy
Garak - a plain, simple tailor
All I'm saying is you've never seen them in the same room together
Garak - a plain, simple tailor
All I'm saying is you've never seen them in the same room together