Annie Oelschlager
@annieocheese.bsky.social
Moisturized and radicalized.
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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
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What if the true meaning of Christmas is supporting small businesses so the oligarchs have a very shitty season?
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November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
What if the true meaning of Christmas is supporting small businesses so the oligarchs have a very shitty season?
😚
😚
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as we reach the SNAP cliff just a gentle reminder to do-gooders that the most efficient use of resources is to contribute to organizations that are already established. unless nothing exists in your area (and it likely does whether you know it) now is probably not the time to stand something up
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
as we reach the SNAP cliff just a gentle reminder to do-gooders that the most efficient use of resources is to contribute to organizations that are already established. unless nothing exists in your area (and it likely does whether you know it) now is probably not the time to stand something up
Number one rule of dealing with abusers, and that is what we are dealing with here: abuse. The abuser’s empty hole is endless.
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
September 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Number one rule of dealing with abusers, and that is what we are dealing with here: abuse. The abuser’s empty hole is endless.
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I continue to be amazed at the absolute lack of courage
September 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I continue to be amazed at the absolute lack of courage
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“The grief book says that I need to dip in and out. I am full of nothing akin to onement, / rather now it is a void full of suffocating ivy.” Read “Passions of the Void,” a poem by Prageeta Sharma:
Passions of the Void
A poem
bit.ly
June 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“The grief book says that I need to dip in and out. I am full of nothing akin to onement, / rather now it is a void full of suffocating ivy.” Read “Passions of the Void,” a poem by Prageeta Sharma:
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Americans have understood the threat of standing armies to democratic nations as long as there has been a United States—and even longer.
They can easily become tools of repression against We the People.
From the Declaration of Independence:
They can easily become tools of repression against We the People.
From the Declaration of Independence:
June 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Americans have understood the threat of standing armies to democratic nations as long as there has been a United States—and even longer.
They can easily become tools of repression against We the People.
From the Declaration of Independence:
They can easily become tools of repression against We the People.
From the Declaration of Independence:
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Having a Moominmamma summer: insisting on having a picnic, dreaming about running off to sleep under the stars alone for a night, leaving the door open to everyone but also shooing the children outside, embracing a signature accessory
June 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Having a Moominmamma summer: insisting on having a picnic, dreaming about running off to sleep under the stars alone for a night, leaving the door open to everyone but also shooing the children outside, embracing a signature accessory
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when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
April 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
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The election has just been called for April 28.
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
Canada election live: Canadian PM Mark Carney calls snap election
Carney has asked the governor general to dissolve Parliament, launching an election campaign amid a trade war with the US.
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The election has just been called for April 28.
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
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A reminder for people evacuating Hollywood that Metro is fare free. If you’re taking transit to get to safety I’d love to hear from you
January 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A reminder for people evacuating Hollywood that Metro is fare free. If you’re taking transit to get to safety I’d love to hear from you
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After I moved to Canada a couple of years ago I realized that I was no longer constantly running a massive stress routine in the background of my mind worrying about health care and guns. It was weirdly noticeable only when it stopped.
December 6, 2024 at 12:59 PM
After I moved to Canada a couple of years ago I realized that I was no longer constantly running a massive stress routine in the background of my mind worrying about health care and guns. It was weirdly noticeable only when it stopped.
My Ohio friends: your voice matters on trans rights.
Ohio just passed a transgender bathroom ban, SB 104. Please, fellow Ohioans, call Governor DeWine at 614-466-3555 and ask him to veto the bill.
I’m scared.
I’m scared.
November 13, 2024 at 9:57 PM
My Ohio friends: your voice matters on trans rights.
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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
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Cis men truly need to understand the power of saying “that’s fucked up bro why would you say that” to another cis man
The responsibility for resisting and correcting this behavior shouldn’t fall solely on a specific gender. If you’re a man of conscience and you see another man mimicking Nick Fuentes, fuck him up on sight before the women even get a chance. I mean that.
November 8, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Cis men truly need to understand the power of saying “that’s fucked up bro why would you say that” to another cis man
Let’s see you hitting those polls, Ohio friends!
THIS JUST IN: Early voting has begun in Ohio, and I have voted, most notably giving "Yes" votes to Issue 1 (keep busybodies out of other people's uteruses) and Issue 2 (let my people toke). If you live in Ohio, I encourage you to vote, and also encourage you to give "Yes" votes to Issues 1 and 2.
October 12, 2023 at 1:37 AM
Let’s see you hitting those polls, Ohio friends!
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When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is: Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem-- which did we fail?
September 13, 2023 at 6:37 PM
When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is: Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem-- which did we fail?
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Periodic reminder to please review the books you've enjoyed—it can be as simple as one sentence! Because other people will absolutely review negatively for reasons such as not liking that the author is a marginalized person, or starting mid-series and being confused, and so on.
August 1, 2023 at 12:42 AM
Periodic reminder to please review the books you've enjoyed—it can be as simple as one sentence! Because other people will absolutely review negatively for reasons such as not liking that the author is a marginalized person, or starting mid-series and being confused, and so on.
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Yes, because aside from the issues of actual intelligence/empathy, "AI" is actually (as author Ted Chiang cogently notes) applied statistics; it's never trying for the most apt thing, merely the most likely thing. It's forever diving toward the mean. "Mediocre" is almost always the point.
Honestly I'm pretty sure you could train an AI on the best writing the English language has ever produced and it would still produce a facsimile of mediocrity.
July 20, 2023 at 3:08 PM
Yes, because aside from the issues of actual intelligence/empathy, "AI" is actually (as author Ted Chiang cogently notes) applied statistics; it's never trying for the most apt thing, merely the most likely thing. It's forever diving toward the mean. "Mediocre" is almost always the point.
Just here for the chill vibes.
July 10, 2023 at 10:02 AM
Just here for the chill vibes.