azteclady
@azteclady.bsky.social
I read, I craft, I rabblerouse, I don't blindly follow back. I block with abandon.
I don't look like Rita Hayworth.
I blog at https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/
She/her, cis.
I don't look like Rita Hayworth.
I blog at https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/
She/her, cis.
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The Seven Rings, by Nora Roberts
Things have been so bad/weird, reading-wise, I had forgotten entirely that I had been offered this ARC at some point this year. Beware: suicide; narcissist ex; once again equating evil with mental …
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25.- I read Nora Robert's #TheSevenRings, the third in the #LostBrides trilogy; these are contemporary romantic suspense novels with paranormal elements.
#2025Reading #NetGalleyARC #RomBkBlog
#2025Reading #NetGalleyARC #RomBkBlog
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Right, I've pulled my finger out and got my cards sorted. Hand drawn A6 greetings cards. So un-ai they aren't even printed. Every one a unique work of daft art. Order now in time for Christmas, just not too many or it'll hurt my hand! happytoast.co.uk/cards/
Cards
HappyToast original cards.
happytoast.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Right, I've pulled my finger out and got my cards sorted. Hand drawn A6 greetings cards. So un-ai they aren't even printed. Every one a unique work of daft art. Order now in time for Christmas, just not too many or it'll hurt my hand! happytoast.co.uk/cards/
DAYUM
10DANCE | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix Philippines
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
DAYUM
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It's been SEVEN hours and
fifteen days
fifteen days
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It's been SEVEN hours and
fifteen days
fifteen days
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Will UK Chancellor redistribute?
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Will UK Chancellor redistribute?
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Yes, you still need to get your flu vaccine. Now. www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Yes, you still need to get your flu vaccine. Now. www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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Bluesky has finally, quietly posted a position for a one-year remote contract Policy Lead, Trust & Safety position.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Bluesky has finally, quietly posted a position for a one-year remote contract Policy Lead, Trust & Safety position.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
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Alaska Natives, whose needs that are driven by climate change have never been addressed to the extent necessary, have now been fully abandoned by our government.
Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Alaska Natives, whose needs that are driven by climate change have never been addressed to the extent necessary, have now been fully abandoned by our government.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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I write, therefore I am.
November 15, 2024 at 8:34 PM
I write, therefore I am.
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FYI: The magician in the Epstein files is the billionaire who has been accused of sexual misconduct by 16 women, not the one with the recurring byline in The Atlantic and a Cato fellowship
"and a magician"
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
FYI: The magician in the Epstein files is the billionaire who has been accused of sexual misconduct by 16 women, not the one with the recurring byline in The Atlantic and a Cato fellowship
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Also holy hell food of all varieties is so damn expensive in Seattle rn. A small drink, small popcorn and candy for 3 people ran me upwards of $90. Ninety doll hairs. In this economy.
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Also holy hell food of all varieties is so damn expensive in Seattle rn. A small drink, small popcorn and candy for 3 people ran me upwards of $90. Ninety doll hairs. In this economy.
GUESS WHAT! @superwendy.bsky.social read _A Murderous Business_ by Cathy Pegau AND SHE LIKED IT MUCHLY TOO!
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
GUESS WHAT! @superwendy.bsky.social read _A Murderous Business_ by Cathy Pegau AND SHE LIKED IT MUCHLY TOO!
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Seattle is using stencils when neighbors go missing
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Seattle is using stencils when neighbors go missing
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Having Energy sold at cost would save the UK £1,000 per household and be a massive boon to the economy.
Instead you pay £30bn extra which goes almost entirely to people who don't live, pay tax or spend money in the UK.
Instead you pay £30bn extra which goes almost entirely to people who don't live, pay tax or spend money in the UK.
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Having Energy sold at cost would save the UK £1,000 per household and be a massive boon to the economy.
Instead you pay £30bn extra which goes almost entirely to people who don't live, pay tax or spend money in the UK.
Instead you pay £30bn extra which goes almost entirely to people who don't live, pay tax or spend money in the UK.
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Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
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"That's one hell of an act you've got there. What do you call it?"
"The Kakistocrats!"
"The Kakistocrats!"
So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"That's one hell of an act you've got there. What do you call it?"
"The Kakistocrats!"
"The Kakistocrats!"
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They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
screenshot of headline reading, "in reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols" Subhed: The new order came after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as "potentially divisive" under guidelines set for release next month.
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
screenshot of headline reading, "in reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols" Subhed: The new order came after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as "potentially divisive" under guidelines set for release next month.
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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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CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.
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Of course, there are still good reasons not to use the features, like not melting the icecaps, not giving Sam Altman any more money, and maybe not having your PC fill up your hard drive with screenshots of everything you’ve ever done.
Much more likely, like I said at the beginning, they’re just going to hoover up all the words in your email account or on your computer and dump everything into the training meat grinder, even if you never turn on or use the ‘AI features’.
November 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Of course, there are still good reasons not to use the features, like not melting the icecaps, not giving Sam Altman any more money, and maybe not having your PC fill up your hard drive with screenshots of everything you’ve ever done.
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If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.