Zja (they/she)
@zja.bsky.social
I was @obsidiantears83 on 🐦.
Disability, AuDHD, Star Wars, cosy gaming, geek culture, reading, writing, auspol, and intersectional far left discourse.
Living and working on the lands of the Dharug Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded.
Disability, AuDHD, Star Wars, cosy gaming, geek culture, reading, writing, auspol, and intersectional far left discourse.
Living and working on the lands of the Dharug Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded.
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Donate to Important Surgery Costs for Zja, organized by Samity Tymewell
Hi my name is Samity, but those who know me likely know me as Tea. I am fundraising to… Samity Tymewell needs your support for Important Surgery Costs for Zja
www.gofundme.com
I'm slowly recovering from surgery, with suprise new titanium ear bones, but I still need health insurance & have follow-up medical appointments. Please help out if you can. It's really expensive being sick, esp when you're already disabled.
www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
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I've had the surgery, but now I have the recovery. Medical appointments, health insurance, and meals and meds. Anything would help immensely. www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
Donate to Important Surgery Costs for Zja, organized by Samity Tymewell
Hi my name is Samity, but those who know me likely know me as Tea. I am fundraising to… Samity Tymewell needs your support for Important Surgery Costs for Zja
www.gofundme.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I've had the surgery, but now I have the recovery. Medical appointments, health insurance, and meals and meds. Anything would help immensely. www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
I've had the surgery, but now I have the recovery. Medical appointments, health insurance, and meals and meds. Anything would help immensely. www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
Donate to Important Surgery Costs for Zja, organized by Samity Tymewell
Hi my name is Samity, but those who know me likely know me as Tea. I am fundraising to… Samity Tymewell needs your support for Important Surgery Costs for Zja
www.gofundme.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I've had the surgery, but now I have the recovery. Medical appointments, health insurance, and meals and meds. Anything would help immensely. www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
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I'm slowly recovering from surgery, with suprise new titanium ear bones, but I still need health insurance & have follow-up medical appointments. Please help out if you can. It's really expensive being sick, esp when you're already disabled.
www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
Donate to Important Surgery Costs for Zja, organized by Samity Tymewell
Hi my name is Samity, but those who know me likely know me as Tea. I am fundraising to… Samity Tymewell needs your support for Important Surgery Costs for Zja
www.gofundme.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I'm slowly recovering from surgery, with suprise new titanium ear bones, but I still need health insurance & have follow-up medical appointments. Please help out if you can. It's really expensive being sick, esp when you're already disabled.
www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
I'm slowly recovering from surgery, with suprise new titanium ear bones, but I still need health insurance & have follow-up medical appointments. Please help out if you can. It's really expensive being sick, esp when you're already disabled.
www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
Donate to Important Surgery Costs for Zja, organized by Samity Tymewell
Hi my name is Samity, but those who know me likely know me as Tea. I am fundraising to… Samity Tymewell needs your support for Important Surgery Costs for Zja
www.gofundme.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I'm slowly recovering from surgery, with suprise new titanium ear bones, but I still need health insurance & have follow-up medical appointments. Please help out if you can. It's really expensive being sick, esp when you're already disabled.
www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
www.gofundme.com/f/important-... #mutualaid #gofundme
Snap protest tomorrow!
January 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Snap protest tomorrow!
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And this is why they hate social media:
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
And this is why they hate social media:
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I actually think it's time to bring back the approach of curated lists and webrings from the early web again. Huge opportunity space for hand curation of information
In an age where AI slop websites have made entire categories of information difficult to find, what we need is Yahoo (or Dmoz): a human-curated list of reliable websites, organized by topic.
January 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I actually think it's time to bring back the approach of curated lists and webrings from the early web again. Huge opportunity space for hand curation of information
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I see we are going to be going full Logan's Run.
Keeping my death certificate stored conveniently on my phone for when I need it
January 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I see we are going to be going full Logan's Run.
Via @jennhasadhd.bsky.social "Please help my family with the preservation of our land, our urupa/cemetery (yes a cemetery!!!) and the awa/river ❤️"
Please sign:
c.org/Jn6Gm9grX2
#Aotearoa
Please sign:
c.org/Jn6Gm9grX2
#Aotearoa
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
SAVE WHAKAMARU RESERVE – STOP THE 66-HOME DEVELOPMENT
Our Natural Landscape at Risk !!!
c.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Via @jennhasadhd.bsky.social "Please help my family with the preservation of our land, our urupa/cemetery (yes a cemetery!!!) and the awa/river ❤️"
Please sign:
c.org/Jn6Gm9grX2
#Aotearoa
Please sign:
c.org/Jn6Gm9grX2
#Aotearoa
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If the conservatives in Australia don't pull back their culture war bullshit over this, the Australian public will blowback. I've been involved/done polling on how ostensibly foreign issues debated in Australia are politically perceived domestically for 30 years. (1/2)
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
If the conservatives in Australia don't pull back their culture war bullshit over this, the Australian public will blowback. I've been involved/done polling on how ostensibly foreign issues debated in Australia are politically perceived domestically for 30 years. (1/2)
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Australia is a weirder place than most of us realise on this sort of stuff - which is probably why we often struggle to get things done on these sorts of issues.
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Australia is a weirder place than most of us realise on this sort of stuff - which is probably why we often struggle to get things done on these sorts of issues.
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I can't find the thread anymore so I'll paraphrase but
People pushing AI in the arts dont understand that art is the process not the result
Writing is about the words and the meaning and how they slot together. Painting is about colour and texture and the physicality of the paintbrush on paper
(1/?)
People pushing AI in the arts dont understand that art is the process not the result
Writing is about the words and the meaning and how they slot together. Painting is about colour and texture and the physicality of the paintbrush on paper
(1/?)
December 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I can't find the thread anymore so I'll paraphrase but
People pushing AI in the arts dont understand that art is the process not the result
Writing is about the words and the meaning and how they slot together. Painting is about colour and texture and the physicality of the paintbrush on paper
(1/?)
People pushing AI in the arts dont understand that art is the process not the result
Writing is about the words and the meaning and how they slot together. Painting is about colour and texture and the physicality of the paintbrush on paper
(1/?)
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Said it before will say it again: never used it. Won’t use it. I will go into the woods and become mulch before I use it.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Said it before will say it again: never used it. Won’t use it. I will go into the woods and become mulch before I use it.
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Many of y'all stepped up to help with my emergency extraction earlier this week- here's another person needing help with urgent dental issues. Let's make this happen.
I really hate asking this, esp before the holiday, but I’m having an emergency. My filling broke and I have a painful abscess that needs immediate care. I don’t have dental insurance and could really use a hand. I’m so sorry to ask. I can barely eat or sleep. #mutualaid
ko-fi.com/candacethema...
ko-fi.com/candacethema...
Support Candace the Magnificent
Support Candace the Magnificent
ko-fi.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Many of y'all stepped up to help with my emergency extraction earlier this week- here's another person needing help with urgent dental issues. Let's make this happen.
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Help fund a life-changing powered wheelchair for Tea who is experiencing worsening health and extreme pain. Help them regain their mobility. gofund.me/8ff53bc56 Sincere gratitude to anyone who can spare even $5 or can reshare on their own socials & networks 🙏🏻💓 #mutualaid #gofundme #requestforhelp
Donate to Help Samity buy a Life-Changing Powered Wheelchair, organized by Rudy WHITAKER
Hi, we are Rudy and Lexi, Tea's close friends. We have set up this Go… Rudy WHITAKER needs your support for Help Samity buy a Life-Changing Powered Wheelchair
gofund.me
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Help fund a life-changing powered wheelchair for Tea who is experiencing worsening health and extreme pain. Help them regain their mobility. gofund.me/8ff53bc56 Sincere gratitude to anyone who can spare even $5 or can reshare on their own socials & networks 🙏🏻💓 #mutualaid #gofundme #requestforhelp
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
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This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI.
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Right now, Australia's child #poverty rate is 16% - much higher than Scandinavia but half of UK's rate.
But current policy settings are pushing us towards the UK.
If the gutless Albanese govt continues to do nothing, they are presiding over the official end of 'the fair go'. #inequality #auspol
But current policy settings are pushing us towards the UK.
If the gutless Albanese govt continues to do nothing, they are presiding over the official end of 'the fair go'. #inequality #auspol
Child Poverty %
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Right now, Australia's child #poverty rate is 16% - much higher than Scandinavia but half of UK's rate.
But current policy settings are pushing us towards the UK.
If the gutless Albanese govt continues to do nothing, they are presiding over the official end of 'the fair go'. #inequality #auspol
But current policy settings are pushing us towards the UK.
If the gutless Albanese govt continues to do nothing, they are presiding over the official end of 'the fair go'. #inequality #auspol
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omfg. "wicked problem" are you fucking kidding me, jesus fucking christ
The real wicked problem here is Australia's mostly-white journalist class persistently stepping on the exact rakes the salivating white nationalists want them to step on. It is so nuts to me how none of this ever changes
The real wicked problem here is Australia's mostly-white journalist class persistently stepping on the exact rakes the salivating white nationalists want them to step on. It is so nuts to me how none of this ever changes
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
omfg. "wicked problem" are you fucking kidding me, jesus fucking christ
The real wicked problem here is Australia's mostly-white journalist class persistently stepping on the exact rakes the salivating white nationalists want them to step on. It is so nuts to me how none of this ever changes
The real wicked problem here is Australia's mostly-white journalist class persistently stepping on the exact rakes the salivating white nationalists want them to step on. It is so nuts to me how none of this ever changes
Exodus from Substack to Ghost. I'd delete my account if more of the voices I follow there moved to different platforms. It gives me the ick to give Substack views.
I owe Substack, but I owe the next writer too. I had to choose - and in the end, the choice was easy. See you on the other side.
open.substack.com/pub/theendis...
open.substack.com/pub/theendis...
I'm ghosting Substack
Kia ora friends!
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Exodus from Substack to Ghost. I'd delete my account if more of the voices I follow there moved to different platforms. It gives me the ick to give Substack views.
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new gmail update is 100% to force you to autogoobrain yourself and juke the slopstats because turning it off disables every single rule and dumps everything directly into the inbox, especially and particularly all of the spam it was supposed to be blocking.
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
new gmail update is 100% to force you to autogoobrain yourself and juke the slopstats because turning it off disables every single rule and dumps everything directly into the inbox, especially and particularly all of the spam it was supposed to be blocking.