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@vanessachan97.bsky.social
she/her | uninvited guest on Coast Salish lands | neurodivergent | MAS/MLIS student | absolute goober, mostly reposter
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"Autism: I think before I act
ADHD: I act before I think
AuDHD: I overanalyzed, did it impulsively, and now I’m spiraling."
ADHD: I act before I think
AuDHD: I overanalyzed, did it impulsively, and now I’m spiraling."
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
"Autism: I think before I act
ADHD: I act before I think
AuDHD: I overanalyzed, did it impulsively, and now I’m spiraling."
ADHD: I act before I think
AuDHD: I overanalyzed, did it impulsively, and now I’m spiraling."
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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Some more charts for the Vancouver budget, a response from Ken Sim on the future of the city’s climate department, and a decision to wear a sweater on camera which I’m frankly still on the fence about
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Some more charts for the Vancouver budget, a response from Ken Sim on the future of the city’s climate department, and a decision to wear a sweater on camera which I’m frankly still on the fence about
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Daily bunny no.3137 is highly invasive
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Daily bunny no.3137 is highly invasive
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A little bit of excitement from last night. The northern lights very rarely ever make it down into central California. Had to go out and see what I could capture.
#aurora #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #california #canon
#aurora #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #california #canon
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A little bit of excitement from last night. The northern lights very rarely ever make it down into central California. Had to go out and see what I could capture.
#aurora #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #california #canon
#aurora #photography #landscape #art #bluesky #california #canon
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The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
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Had the opportunity to gently steer a dad-in-law away from the AI Overview in search today. He wasn’t aware that AI was embedded in search, assuming the summary to be a (trusted) result. It was an illuminating interaction that led to a small intervention in critical digital literacy about genAI.
August 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Had the opportunity to gently steer a dad-in-law away from the AI Overview in search today. He wasn’t aware that AI was embedded in search, assuming the summary to be a (trusted) result. It was an illuminating interaction that led to a small intervention in critical digital literacy about genAI.
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Someone has "re-googled" the fire hydrants in my neighborhood (it was done once a long time ago, before my time with only one still googled) recently and no one will fess up to it. I have been asking lots of people and they mostly say "I thought YOU did it!" #vermont
August 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Someone has "re-googled" the fire hydrants in my neighborhood (it was done once a long time ago, before my time with only one still googled) recently and no one will fess up to it. I have been asking lots of people and they mostly say "I thought YOU did it!" #vermont
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
August 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
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I saw this quote this week, and want to share it for anyone else who might need it 💙:
"you'll never feel ready because ready isn't a feeling—it's a decision."
"you'll never feel ready because ready isn't a feeling—it's a decision."
August 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I saw this quote this week, and want to share it for anyone else who might need it 💙:
"you'll never feel ready because ready isn't a feeling—it's a decision."
"you'll never feel ready because ready isn't a feeling—it's a decision."
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The state of Florida came in overnight and painted over the Pulse Memorial site crosswalk in Orlando. This crosswalk abided by the state’s laws and was originally installed by them. To be clear, the state surreptitiously painted over this memorial at night against the city’s wishes. Cowards.
August 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The state of Florida came in overnight and painted over the Pulse Memorial site crosswalk in Orlando. This crosswalk abided by the state’s laws and was originally installed by them. To be clear, the state surreptitiously painted over this memorial at night against the city’s wishes. Cowards.
Somehow, I went from working on my ePortfolio to trying to learn php...
August 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Somehow, I went from working on my ePortfolio to trying to learn php...
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Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"
grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...
#Worldcon
grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...
#Worldcon
August 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"
grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...
#Worldcon
grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...
#Worldcon
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the fairies are rooting for you~
June 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
the fairies are rooting for you~
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So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
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We are at a red-alert moment with queer stories right now. Literally this morning, I was chatting with a seasoned Hollywood producer who just had a project halted b/c executives were skittish about it being too gay. Not only is a mass-erasure of queer characters plausible... it's already begun.
I hope there's a course correction, but it's incredibly plausible that Hollywood's desire to not offend reactionaries ends up costing us 20-ish years of more diverse stories, roughly akin to the comparative drought of POC and queer stories in the '80s and '90s when compared to the '70s.
I'm no longer shocked when the truths come out but my heart still breaks every time. Queer youth are attacked at every turn and they can’t even have the respite of feeling seen by a movie, all so regressive bigots don’t have to feel discomfort for two hours.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
June 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We are at a red-alert moment with queer stories right now. Literally this morning, I was chatting with a seasoned Hollywood producer who just had a project halted b/c executives were skittish about it being too gay. Not only is a mass-erasure of queer characters plausible... it's already begun.
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We must stop using the term “hallucinate” for software that doesn’t think. It doesn’t deal with information; it deals in text. It’s a bullshit generator. Using “AI”, “hallucinate”, and other terms that anthropomorphize it is compounding the general population’s misunderstanding of what it is.
July 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
We must stop using the term “hallucinate” for software that doesn’t think. It doesn’t deal with information; it deals in text. It’s a bullshit generator. Using “AI”, “hallucinate”, and other terms that anthropomorphize it is compounding the general population’s misunderstanding of what it is.
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"It left us a bit awestruck."
A new study has catalogued 34 instances in which killer whales around the world appeared to offer their prey to humans.
globalnews.ca/news/1126809...
A new study has catalogued 34 instances in which killer whales around the world appeared to offer their prey to humans.
globalnews.ca/news/1126809...
‘These weren’t mistakes’: Orcas documented sharing their food with humans | Globalnews.ca
Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island when the orcas dropped their prey directly in front of him and his colleagues...
globalnews.ca
July 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"It left us a bit awestruck."
A new study has catalogued 34 instances in which killer whales around the world appeared to offer their prey to humans.
globalnews.ca/news/1126809...
A new study has catalogued 34 instances in which killer whales around the world appeared to offer their prey to humans.
globalnews.ca/news/1126809...
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“The Department of Homeland Security has formally instituted a new requirement that members of Congress and their staff provide a week of notice before they visit immigration detention facilities, a policy that is at odds with a federal law that allows lawmakers to make unannounced oversight trips.“
ICE to require lawmakers to give a week’s notice before detention visits.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“The Department of Homeland Security has formally instituted a new requirement that members of Congress and their staff provide a week of notice before they visit immigration detention facilities, a policy that is at odds with a federal law that allows lawmakers to make unannounced oversight trips.“
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Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
June 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.