Vixenscratch
@vixenscratch.bsky.social
Genderqueer (she/her or zie/zir) servant of a teenage ragdoll cat. Draws things sometimes.
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*slams it down* I finished it
My article
About AI use, impacts, etc, with lots and lots of links
It's uh
Really long
My article
About AI use, impacts, etc, with lots and lots of links
It's uh
Really long
Opinion: Is it worth it to use AI? Some things you should know
AI has shown us again and again how it aims to change our society. Is this technology really "here to stay" and what's it doing to us?
www.foundationwebdev.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
*slams it down* I finished it
My article
About AI use, impacts, etc, with lots and lots of links
It's uh
Really long
My article
About AI use, impacts, etc, with lots and lots of links
It's uh
Really long
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HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
July 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
Struck by the parallels between the early British BSE response and certain aspects of the COVID-19 response.
“There’s no evidence that it’s airborne!” (Until there was.)
“But the economy!” (No matter the human cost.)
youtu.be/JGf41TAFvTw
“There’s no evidence that it’s airborne!” (Until there was.)
“But the economy!” (No matter the human cost.)
youtu.be/JGf41TAFvTw
20 Years of Lies: The Mad Cow BSE Scandal | Plainly Difficult Documentary
YouTube video by Plainly Difficult
youtu.be
December 30, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Struck by the parallels between the early British BSE response and certain aspects of the COVID-19 response.
“There’s no evidence that it’s airborne!” (Until there was.)
“But the economy!” (No matter the human cost.)
youtu.be/JGf41TAFvTw
“There’s no evidence that it’s airborne!” (Until there was.)
“But the economy!” (No matter the human cost.)
youtu.be/JGf41TAFvTw
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Someone did anti-AI glaze for audio!
For my musician friends who don’t want their music stolen for genAI www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...
You can't hear it, but University of Tennessee tool 'cloaks' songs to protect music from AI
"This is the first of its kind. Before this, there's no tool that can prevent music from being learned by generative AI."
www.knoxnews.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Someone did anti-AI glaze for audio!
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Jurassic Park.
The founders didn't think it was possible to change your gender and that's why they got eaten by dinosaurs.
Support trans rights or get eaten by dinosaurs.
The founders didn't think it was possible to change your gender and that's why they got eaten by dinosaurs.
Support trans rights or get eaten by dinosaurs.
What’s a good movie that makes a strong political or moral point?
December 27, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Jurassic Park.
The founders didn't think it was possible to change your gender and that's why they got eaten by dinosaurs.
Support trans rights or get eaten by dinosaurs.
The founders didn't think it was possible to change your gender and that's why they got eaten by dinosaurs.
Support trans rights or get eaten by dinosaurs.
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A raw cat food has beenfound to be infected with H5N1.
"Northwest Naturals, a pet food company based in Portland, Oregon, said Tuesday it had voluntarily recalled one batch of its two-pound Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food after it tested positive for the virus. "
apnews.com/article/cat-...
"Northwest Naturals, a pet food company based in Portland, Oregon, said Tuesday it had voluntarily recalled one batch of its two-pound Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food after it tested positive for the virus. "
apnews.com/article/cat-...
Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu
Oregon authorities say a house cat died after eating raw frozen pet food that tested positive for bird flu.
apnews.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:14 PM
A raw cat food has beenfound to be infected with H5N1.
"Northwest Naturals, a pet food company based in Portland, Oregon, said Tuesday it had voluntarily recalled one batch of its two-pound Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food after it tested positive for the virus. "
apnews.com/article/cat-...
"Northwest Naturals, a pet food company based in Portland, Oregon, said Tuesday it had voluntarily recalled one batch of its two-pound Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food after it tested positive for the virus. "
apnews.com/article/cat-...
Merry Christmas, Bsky!
My wrists have been fucked since mid-November and my physio appointment to have them seen got moved to January so there’s no Crimmus art from me this year.
But merry Christmas anyway!
My wrists have been fucked since mid-November and my physio appointment to have them seen got moved to January so there’s no Crimmus art from me this year.
But merry Christmas anyway!
December 25, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Merry Christmas, Bsky!
My wrists have been fucked since mid-November and my physio appointment to have them seen got moved to January so there’s no Crimmus art from me this year.
But merry Christmas anyway!
My wrists have been fucked since mid-November and my physio appointment to have them seen got moved to January so there’s no Crimmus art from me this year.
But merry Christmas anyway!
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UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
www.gov.uk
December 18, 2024 at 9:46 AM
UK WRITERS: You need to fill in this consulation. Govt is very clearly looking to an opt-out model of rights licensing that puts all the burden on creators instead of profiteers. It's long and boring but this is important.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
I'm trying to find the original artist of an image I see being sold on T-shirts and other items, some no doubt without permission, because I'd like to find a LEGITIMATE source of the shirt. I've found one Etsy seller who claims to have licensed it, but doesn't name the artist.
December 22, 2024 at 12:46 PM
I'm trying to find the original artist of an image I see being sold on T-shirts and other items, some no doubt without permission, because I'd like to find a LEGITIMATE source of the shirt. I've found one Etsy seller who claims to have licensed it, but doesn't name the artist.
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🚨I made a step-by-step guide of actions you can take to oppose the UK's proposal to allow copyright exceptions for AI training
Below you will find resources to make the process as easy as possible
Speak up, be heard, and please share this guide so more people can contribute!
tinyurl.com/ch4j2rhc
Below you will find resources to make the process as easy as possible
Speak up, be heard, and please share this guide so more people can contribute!
tinyurl.com/ch4j2rhc
Comprehensive Guide to UK's AI Consultation
Introduction This document is intended to be an all-encompassing guide on actions you can take to speak out against the UK’s proposed plans to make a broad copyright exception for AI training. This d...
tinyurl.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:31 PM
🚨I made a step-by-step guide of actions you can take to oppose the UK's proposal to allow copyright exceptions for AI training
Below you will find resources to make the process as easy as possible
Speak up, be heard, and please share this guide so more people can contribute!
tinyurl.com/ch4j2rhc
Below you will find resources to make the process as easy as possible
Speak up, be heard, and please share this guide so more people can contribute!
tinyurl.com/ch4j2rhc
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It's simple, AI companies should have to license the copyright of the art to train their programmes on it, just like a TV show or advert licenses it to use it. If that makes AI financially unviable then so be it, it's an absolute novelty and people are already over it.
December 20, 2024 at 11:44 AM
It's simple, AI companies should have to license the copyright of the art to train their programmes on it, just like a TV show or advert licenses it to use it. If that makes AI financially unviable then so be it, it's an absolute novelty and people are already over it.
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KOSA is deliberately designed to, and will be used to, ban all queer content online as "pornography" including helpful orgs such as Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline. Tell your reps to vote NO on this monstrosity.
Does the new version of KOSA they're trying to cram at the last minute to the funding bill solve KOSA's first amendment problems? Ha ha no.
Tell your Congressional Rep. you're not falling for this shit and neither should they.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Tell your Congressional Rep. you're not falling for this shit and neither should they.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
X's Last-Minute Update to the Kids Online Safety Act Still Fails to Protect Kids—or Adults—Online
Late last week, the Senate released yet another version of the Kids Online Safety Act, written, reportedly, with the assistance of X CEO Linda Yaccarino in a flawed attempt to address the critical fre...
www.eff.org
December 13, 2024 at 6:41 PM
KOSA is deliberately designed to, and will be used to, ban all queer content online as "pornography" including helpful orgs such as Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline. Tell your reps to vote NO on this monstrosity.
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20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
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🚨UK People🚨
1/7 Your government is proposing a HUGE change to copyright law, where they give away YOUR works to Tech companies to profit from for FREE!
A disgusting overreach that will cause irreparable harm to ALL creatives and beyond .You have one chance to stop it, read how below👇
1/7 Your government is proposing a HUGE change to copyright law, where they give away YOUR works to Tech companies to profit from for FREE!
A disgusting overreach that will cause irreparable harm to ALL creatives and beyond .You have one chance to stop it, read how below👇
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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December 17, 2024 at 7:14 PM
🚨UK People🚨
1/7 Your government is proposing a HUGE change to copyright law, where they give away YOUR works to Tech companies to profit from for FREE!
A disgusting overreach that will cause irreparable harm to ALL creatives and beyond .You have one chance to stop it, read how below👇
1/7 Your government is proposing a HUGE change to copyright law, where they give away YOUR works to Tech companies to profit from for FREE!
A disgusting overreach that will cause irreparable harm to ALL creatives and beyond .You have one chance to stop it, read how below👇
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SO close to unlocking the Tiger Gryphon! 20 days left, I don't know if we'll unlock the remaining 2. I'm doing all I can (ad boosts only go so far), but if you could please share this campaign on your feeds to get the word out!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#art #enamelpins #gryphons
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#art #enamelpins #gryphons
December 14, 2024 at 4:18 PM
SO close to unlocking the Tiger Gryphon! 20 days left, I don't know if we'll unlock the remaining 2. I'm doing all I can (ad boosts only go so far), but if you could please share this campaign on your feeds to get the word out!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#art #enamelpins #gryphons
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
#art #enamelpins #gryphons
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39/ VERY IMPORTANT: we need to quickly normalize the idea that immigrants are people who make mistakes and resist the hard-right labeling of anyone who has ever been arrested as a "criminal." People are far more beautiful and complicated than that
November 20, 2024 at 3:31 AM
39/ VERY IMPORTANT: we need to quickly normalize the idea that immigrants are people who make mistakes and resist the hard-right labeling of anyone who has ever been arrested as a "criminal." People are far more beautiful and complicated than that
I am side eyeing whoever picked the font for the book I just received in the mail so hard.
Use. Serif. For. Print.
It's not like it's some dyslexia font that has other features for legibility, it's just straight-up standard sans-serif. Please I beg you don't do this to me. ;_;
Use. Serif. For. Print.
It's not like it's some dyslexia font that has other features for legibility, it's just straight-up standard sans-serif. Please I beg you don't do this to me. ;_;
December 12, 2024 at 12:07 PM
I am side eyeing whoever picked the font for the book I just received in the mail so hard.
Use. Serif. For. Print.
It's not like it's some dyslexia font that has other features for legibility, it's just straight-up standard sans-serif. Please I beg you don't do this to me. ;_;
Use. Serif. For. Print.
It's not like it's some dyslexia font that has other features for legibility, it's just straight-up standard sans-serif. Please I beg you don't do this to me. ;_;
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LRT:
1) Some of the transphobia I hear now I heard pretty much verbatim as homophobia in the early aughts.
2) Goddamn it I stumbled into getting myself down about the Swedish medical establishment’s transmedicalism again.
1) Some of the transphobia I hear now I heard pretty much verbatim as homophobia in the early aughts.
2) Goddamn it I stumbled into getting myself down about the Swedish medical establishment’s transmedicalism again.
December 9, 2024 at 10:40 PM
LRT:
1) Some of the transphobia I hear now I heard pretty much verbatim as homophobia in the early aughts.
2) Goddamn it I stumbled into getting myself down about the Swedish medical establishment’s transmedicalism again.
1) Some of the transphobia I hear now I heard pretty much verbatim as homophobia in the early aughts.
2) Goddamn it I stumbled into getting myself down about the Swedish medical establishment’s transmedicalism again.
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You SCRAPE Jorts? You scrape his body like the sweet potato? Oh! Oh! Block for catcommunity! Block for catcommunity for One Thousand Years!!!!
December 7, 2024 at 5:41 AM
You SCRAPE Jorts? You scrape his body like the sweet potato? Oh! Oh! Block for catcommunity! Block for catcommunity for One Thousand Years!!!!
WTAF did I just get followed by a genAI chatbot? No thank you. *mute+block*
December 2, 2024 at 5:36 PM
WTAF did I just get followed by a genAI chatbot? No thank you. *mute+block*
LRT: I believe UBI wouldn’t result in significantly fewer people working. People still crave purpose. What you might see is a shift in power dynamics - corporations would have to compensate their workers fairly and offer decent working conditions.
December 2, 2024 at 3:03 PM
LRT: I believe UBI wouldn’t result in significantly fewer people working. People still crave purpose. What you might see is a shift in power dynamics - corporations would have to compensate their workers fairly and offer decent working conditions.
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If your resistance doesn't include ill, neurodivergent, or disabled folks--you have a dark, underlying spark of ableism you have to crush. People deserve even when they don't have anything to contribute. Our people deserve UBI, free healthcare, housing as a human right, protection, safety, love.
December 2, 2024 at 2:13 PM
If your resistance doesn't include ill, neurodivergent, or disabled folks--you have a dark, underlying spark of ableism you have to crush. People deserve even when they don't have anything to contribute. Our people deserve UBI, free healthcare, housing as a human right, protection, safety, love.
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I don't want anyone doing sex work out of economic duress, I don't want anyone to abort for reasons of economic duress, I don't want anyone opting for physician-assisted suicide under economic duress... which is why I also support a universal basic income, abundant housing, and socialized medicine.
December 2, 2024 at 2:16 AM
I don't want anyone doing sex work out of economic duress, I don't want anyone to abort for reasons of economic duress, I don't want anyone opting for physician-assisted suicide under economic duress... which is why I also support a universal basic income, abundant housing, and socialized medicine.