Bex
@beck-a-la.bsky.social
Stage Manager, D&D Player, Crocheter, Proud Union Member. She/Her
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At risk of repeating myself: The Luddites weren’t against technology. They were against getting put out of work by a technology that did a version of their job faster but worse, in the service of increasing profits for their bosses.
December 26, 2024 at 7:13 PM
At risk of repeating myself: The Luddites weren’t against technology. They were against getting put out of work by a technology that did a version of their job faster but worse, in the service of increasing profits for their bosses.
Have any true crime podcasts ever covered Jim Sullivan, the country singer who disappeared en route from LA to Nashville? Car found abandoned with his guitar and keys inside, no body, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sullivan_(musician)?wprov=sfti1
Paging My Favorite Murder @karenkilgariff
Paging My Favorite Murder @karenkilgariff
December 30, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Have any true crime podcasts ever covered Jim Sullivan, the country singer who disappeared en route from LA to Nashville? Car found abandoned with his guitar and keys inside, no body, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sullivan_(musician)?wprov=sfti1
Paging My Favorite Murder @karenkilgariff
Paging My Favorite Murder @karenkilgariff
It’s fucking SNOWING???
December 21, 2024 at 2:11 PM
It’s fucking SNOWING???
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Democrats should be unloading on RFK, Jr., in unison, as a dangerous, unqualified quack and grifter who wants to unleash disease on Americans as a personal social experiment. Period.
December 14, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Democrats should be unloading on RFK, Jr., in unison, as a dangerous, unqualified quack and grifter who wants to unleash disease on Americans as a personal social experiment. Period.
I finally saw Wicked and my god. Jonathan Bailey. I am UNWELL.
December 9, 2024 at 7:36 PM
I finally saw Wicked and my god. Jonathan Bailey. I am UNWELL.
I’m more upset about this today than I was yesterday but I think I figured out why it’s happening!!!
Have you ever been in tech for a show where everything is going *really really well* and yet for some reason the vibes are absolutely rancid for no discernible reason? Because that’s where I am now and I am really baffled!!
November 17, 2024 at 11:34 PM
I’m more upset about this today than I was yesterday but I think I figured out why it’s happening!!!
Have you ever been in tech for a show where everything is going *really really well* and yet for some reason the vibes are absolutely rancid for no discernible reason? Because that’s where I am now and I am really baffled!!
November 17, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Have you ever been in tech for a show where everything is going *really really well* and yet for some reason the vibes are absolutely rancid for no discernible reason? Because that’s where I am now and I am really baffled!!
Catching up on @overduepod.bsky.social and feeling much maligned as a Nats fan and resident of the DC metro area 🤣
July 17, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Catching up on @overduepod.bsky.social and feeling much maligned as a Nats fan and resident of the DC metro area 🤣
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#TheatreHoroscope Gemini: You can't just say "put in the understudy" and have the show magically go on. You have to at least cast the understudy first.
May 15, 2024 at 3:06 PM
#TheatreHoroscope Gemini: You can't just say "put in the understudy" and have the show magically go on. You have to at least cast the understudy first.
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if you’re passing a bill specifically to allow you to prosecute librarians in case a child encounters a book you don’t like, you’ve gone past “are we the baddies” into straight out cartoon villainy
Fuck this. Librarians are the best. I stand with librarians and against book banning now and forever.
www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-n...
www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-n...
West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecu
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February 19, 2024 at 7:36 PM
if you’re passing a bill specifically to allow you to prosecute librarians in case a child encounters a book you don’t like, you’ve gone past “are we the baddies” into straight out cartoon villainy
I made my favorite Slings And Arrows reference in rehearsal today and people actually got it 😭
February 13, 2024 at 2:24 AM
I made my favorite Slings And Arrows reference in rehearsal today and people actually got it 😭
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You know how when you move, you start out organized but there’s always a box at the end that’s like, “Surge protector, corn flakes, duct tape, a left slipper, legal pads, and my copy of JOHNNY TREMAIN”? Some of these Super Bowl ads are that box.
February 12, 2024 at 1:44 AM
You know how when you move, you start out organized but there’s always a box at the end that’s like, “Surge protector, corn flakes, duct tape, a left slipper, legal pads, and my copy of JOHNNY TREMAIN”? Some of these Super Bowl ads are that box.
Update, it was actually 4 simultaneously budding peduncles. Yeah IDK how that happened either.
My hoya burtonii, which I grew from tiny unrooted cuttings into a healthy vining plant, has 3 peduncles and ALL 3 OF THEM HAVE BUDS. I think I’m going to combust.
February 8, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Update, it was actually 4 simultaneously budding peduncles. Yeah IDK how that happened either.
I’ve had nightmares like this
#TheatreHoroscope Pisces: It's going to be embarrassing, but you will be the only one unaware of the addition of 5 ducks in Act II.
February 6, 2024 at 2:17 AM
I’ve had nightmares like this
Do y’all remember rehearsal hotlines?
Woof I feel old 👵🏼
Woof I feel old 👵🏼
February 3, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Do y’all remember rehearsal hotlines?
Woof I feel old 👵🏼
Woof I feel old 👵🏼
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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...
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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.
My hoya burtonii, which I grew from tiny unrooted cuttings into a healthy vining plant, has 3 peduncles and ALL 3 OF THEM HAVE BUDS. I think I’m going to combust.
December 31, 2023 at 5:43 PM
My hoya burtonii, which I grew from tiny unrooted cuttings into a healthy vining plant, has 3 peduncles and ALL 3 OF THEM HAVE BUDS. I think I’m going to combust.
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8 hours in the car today with my brother & niblings (including 90 min in park on the highway due to a massive accident) but the kids requested the new Andre 3000 album for “nap music” so at least there’s that
December 24, 2023 at 3:15 AM
8 hours in the car today with my brother & niblings (including 90 min in park on the highway due to a massive accident) but the kids requested the new Andre 3000 album for “nap music” so at least there’s that
4 days behind on the making part but this shlanket is gonna be great
December 12, 2023 at 3:38 PM
4 days behind on the making part but this shlanket is gonna be great
Picked a pattern (Adventurous Shaw by TLYarncrafts but adapting the pattern to be wider), 2 days in and I’m obsessed with how subtle the fade is - the color gradient is going to look so cool!
December 3, 2023 at 2:05 AM
Picked a pattern (Adventurous Shaw by TLYarncrafts but adapting the pattern to be wider), 2 days in and I’m obsessed with how subtle the fade is - the color gradient is going to look so cool!
Still sick, want to nap, 5 hours ago the maintenance guy says he’ll “be back soon” and left my dishwasher in the middle of the kitchen so now I’m trapped in a no-nap situation.
November 30, 2023 at 8:19 PM
Still sick, want to nap, 5 hours ago the maintenance guy says he’ll “be back soon” and left my dishwasher in the middle of the kitchen so now I’m trapped in a no-nap situation.
Every year like clockwork I go to Alabama for Christmas and immediately get a sinus infection. But PLOT TWIST: I have a sinus infection *now* but I’m still in DC! Does that mean I’m exorcising my mucus demons early & will be able to have a Christmas where I’m not blowing my nose every 30 seconds??
November 28, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Every year like clockwork I go to Alabama for Christmas and immediately get a sinus infection. But PLOT TWIST: I have a sinus infection *now* but I’m still in DC! Does that mean I’m exorcising my mucus demons early & will be able to have a Christmas where I’m not blowing my nose every 30 seconds??
I didn’t realize how much angst I was going to have around picking a project for my yarn advent 🫠 the decision fatigue/fear of “wasting” the yarn is real
November 23, 2023 at 5:25 PM
I didn’t realize how much angst I was going to have around picking a project for my yarn advent 🫠 the decision fatigue/fear of “wasting” the yarn is real