Cass Frances
@cassfrances.bsky.social
YA writer, Australian in France
4th Dan in Taekwon-Do
She/her
4th Dan in Taekwon-Do
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This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
AI is for people who don't want to or can't think. Period.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
Today I opened up Word and now on every freaking line there is an icon for Microsoft's Copilot AI tool, always asking me to use it to write. WTF. After googling, it appears IMPOSSIBLE to remove. I cannot use Word with an AI tool. I'm a professional fucking writer. I don't want it inserting shit.
January 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
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lol georgia just made it easy as hell for anyone to cancel your voter registration and also they won't alert you, so again -- check your registration consistently leading up to the election.
honestly, it's always a good idea to check your registration regularly wherever you live. I got kicked off the polls in NYC despite voting in every election and being in the same apartment for like eight years
July 30, 2024 at 9:10 PM
lol georgia just made it easy as hell for anyone to cancel your voter registration and also they won't alert you, so again -- check your registration consistently leading up to the election.
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Tapping the "FASCISM IS AN IDEOLOGY OF THE AESTHETICS OF POWER; RIDICULE THE AESTHETICS AND THE POWER PROJECTION COLLAPSES" sign again
Been saying this for years. I grew up surrounded by media that mocked the Nazis and the extreme right as fools, idiots, and pompous prigs. In recent years, there's been a movement towards "Oh, they did such awful things, we should take them seriously." No. Do NOT treat them as serious people.
July 30, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Tapping the "FASCISM IS AN IDEOLOGY OF THE AESTHETICS OF POWER; RIDICULE THE AESTHETICS AND THE POWER PROJECTION COLLAPSES" sign again
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A succinct and powerful illustration of why giving a shit about your local elections is so important.
![When public comment ended, 77 people had spoken in favor of the policy; only 22 opposed. But in the end, it didn’t matter: The board voted to eliminate the policy. In comments defending her vote, board member Jeanette Wheeler offered trans students conversion, not protection. “I say they’re hopeless, and if [the trans children] could search for something in their lives,” she said, “my thought is, Why not Jesus Christ?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u6ajzyiqzkzbppp2x2y7fpfu/bafkreifg2cei26hlucn5odxu33rew2wlicpvbkfnbdd7mlwai3csgwwjly@jpeg)
July 31, 2024 at 1:09 PM
A succinct and powerful illustration of why giving a shit about your local elections is so important.
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It's interesting, because guys like Vance think that people with no kids have "no skin in the game' because they *literally can't imagine caring about anything other than themselves and their family.* Of course I have skin in the game. I live in a fucking society. I'm a human being. That's enough!
July 26, 2024 at 6:35 PM
It's interesting, because guys like Vance think that people with no kids have "no skin in the game' because they *literally can't imagine caring about anything other than themselves and their family.* Of course I have skin in the game. I live in a fucking society. I'm a human being. That's enough!
what a trash article in the guardian today
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A choice between cholera and the plague, really?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A choice between cholera and the plague, really?
Marine Le Pen – or the hard left? Macron has left France’s voters with a ‘scary choice’ | Paul Taylor
With the collapse of centrist parties, voters are caught between the National Rally, a left mired in controversy – or abstaining altogether, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2024 at 8:53 AM
what a trash article in the guardian today
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A choice between cholera and the plague, really?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A choice between cholera and the plague, really?
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Elections have consequences. The switch in Brazil from Bolsonaro to Lula--Lula was sworn into office in Dec. 2022--has everything to do with the drop in Amazon deforestation in 2023.
According to data released last week by Brazil’s space agency, deforestation registered over the past 12 months amounts to 4,816 square kilometers 🌎
That's 53% below the level this time last year:
That's 53% below the level this time last year:
Deforestation alerts in the Brazilian Amazon fall to a 5-year low
Forest clearing detected by Brazil’s deforestation alert system fell to the lowest level in nearly five years, according to data released last week by the country’s space agency, INPE. INPE’s satellit...
news.mongabay.com
April 19, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Elections have consequences. The switch in Brazil from Bolsonaro to Lula--Lula was sworn into office in Dec. 2022--has everything to do with the drop in Amazon deforestation in 2023.
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Hey pals! I’m currently available to do sensitivity reads for non-binary/queer/lesbian/adhd characters! $300 for up to 120k, rates negotiable for shorter work! Discounts for marginalised folks! Reply with questions, shares appreciated! 😊❤️
April 11, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Hey pals! I’m currently available to do sensitivity reads for non-binary/queer/lesbian/adhd characters! $300 for up to 120k, rates negotiable for shorter work! Discounts for marginalised folks! Reply with questions, shares appreciated! 😊❤️
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Seems a good time to recommend On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder, where the first lesson is: Do not obey in advance.
February 15, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Seems a good time to recommend On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder, where the first lesson is: Do not obey in advance.
FYI:
I am available to host the golden globes next year.
I won't make a lot of jokes, definitely not at the guests' expense.
But I am very good public speaker, friendly, good at smoothing over most social situations. perhaps even charming, and I can definitely keep things on schedule
I am available to host the golden globes next year.
I won't make a lot of jokes, definitely not at the guests' expense.
But I am very good public speaker, friendly, good at smoothing over most social situations. perhaps even charming, and I can definitely keep things on schedule
January 10, 2024 at 9:32 AM
FYI:
I am available to host the golden globes next year.
I won't make a lot of jokes, definitely not at the guests' expense.
But I am very good public speaker, friendly, good at smoothing over most social situations. perhaps even charming, and I can definitely keep things on schedule
I am available to host the golden globes next year.
I won't make a lot of jokes, definitely not at the guests' expense.
But I am very good public speaker, friendly, good at smoothing over most social situations. perhaps even charming, and I can definitely keep things on schedule
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ATTENTION EVERYONE! Tomorrow is the winter solstice and you know what means!
That's right, we gather at dawn so the women can hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart to ensure the return of the sun!
That's right, we gather at dawn so the women can hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart to ensure the return of the sun!
December 20, 2023 at 8:29 PM
ATTENTION EVERYONE! Tomorrow is the winter solstice and you know what means!
That's right, we gather at dawn so the women can hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart to ensure the return of the sun!
That's right, we gather at dawn so the women can hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart to ensure the return of the sun!
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I think a lot about what it means for books that Paul ran the New York Times book review section for so long. Are we to believe that her beliefs played no role in what did or didn’t get reviewed? Or who got assigned to review? Of course not.
I regret to inform you that Pamela Paul has decided to use her latest column to mock trans people... again.
November 16, 2023 at 1:44 PM
I think a lot about what it means for books that Paul ran the New York Times book review section for so long. Are we to believe that her beliefs played no role in what did or didn’t get reviewed? Or who got assigned to review? Of course not.
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It's the last day to bid on this auction! There are so many amazing items, take a look and contribute if you can! #BooksForPalestine 🍉
I've donated a Portfolio Review or Graphic Novel Critique (or even just a chat about comics and the industry) to Books for Palestine! The auction starts tomorrow, November 7, at noon EST. 🍉
Learn more here: www.32auctions.com/organization...
Learn more here: www.32auctions.com/organization...
November 11, 2023 at 2:23 PM
It's the last day to bid on this auction! There are so many amazing items, take a look and contribute if you can! #BooksForPalestine 🍉
I'm probably late to the party but how good is the show Deadloch huh?!
October 30, 2023 at 7:47 AM
I'm probably late to the party but how good is the show Deadloch huh?!
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NEW: Jann Wenner said women musicians didn’t “articulate” at the same level as men. So i asked a dozen women what it was like to work for him.
These are their stories: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
These are their stories: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Women staffers of Jann Wenner’s Rolling Stone get their turn to speak
“The men were very angry all the time, and some of them would have full on fits—like, full-on toddler-like tantrums."
www.thehandbasket.co
October 24, 2023 at 3:03 PM
NEW: Jann Wenner said women musicians didn’t “articulate” at the same level as men. So i asked a dozen women what it was like to work for him.
These are their stories: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
These are their stories: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
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For every time the invitation e-mail refers to me as Ms and the male panelist as Dr, my speaking fee doubles
October 21, 2023 at 1:08 AM
For every time the invitation e-mail refers to me as Ms and the male panelist as Dr, my speaking fee doubles
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I’d say this banned-books story horrifies me because I’m queer, but honestly I don’t think I’d be less horrified if I were straight. It’s the kind of insanity that should worry anyone who cares about a) living in a free society or b) other people. popular.info/p/florida-sc...
Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters
Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries...
popular.info
September 27, 2023 at 1:41 PM
I’d say this banned-books story horrifies me because I’m queer, but honestly I don’t think I’d be less horrified if I were straight. It’s the kind of insanity that should worry anyone who cares about a) living in a free society or b) other people. popular.info/p/florida-sc...
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I want to be clear, what they’ve “learned” is that they are embarassed about being called “woke” and hysterical under Trump and want to make sure they ignore criticisms from the left as much as possible and showing the right they are “fair” by being easily manipulated bsky.app/profile/dani...
Amid cries that our media "has learned nothing since 2016" I will be screaming that it's not a matter of learning, it's a matter of our media consistently and actively and lustily supporting the fascists.
September 28, 2023 at 2:55 PM
I want to be clear, what they’ve “learned” is that they are embarassed about being called “woke” and hysterical under Trump and want to make sure they ignore criticisms from the left as much as possible and showing the right they are “fair” by being easily manipulated bsky.app/profile/dani...
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If you dedicate column after column to the excesses of climate activists ("did you hear they ruined another painting?!") and make zero effort to educate your readers about climate change itself, you are part of the climate denial movement. You just are.
September 23, 2023 at 12:59 PM
If you dedicate column after column to the excesses of climate activists ("did you hear they ruined another painting?!") and make zero effort to educate your readers about climate change itself, you are part of the climate denial movement. You just are.
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Silicon Valley wants Turkeys who love Christmas.
Most AI creative writing is… bad, so firms are on a spree hiring poets, novelists, and other humanities experts to try to fix it
Why Silicon Valley’s biggest AI developers are hiring poets
Training data companies are grabbing writers of fiction, drama, poetry, and also general humanities experts to improve AI creative writing.
restofworld.org
September 21, 2023 at 8:09 AM
Silicon Valley wants Turkeys who love Christmas.
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Are NFTs really finished? Is it over? We won?
September 22, 2023 at 7:52 AM
Are NFTs really finished? Is it over? We won?
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AI enthusiasts showing you the worst thing you've ever seen like:
September 10, 2023 at 11:30 AM
AI enthusiasts showing you the worst thing you've ever seen like:
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The Kids Online Safety Act would wreck the internet as we know it and cause mass censorship of LGBTQIA+ ppl. Here's a great rundown. This bill could pass in the *next few weeks* so call your senators!
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/the-kids-online-safety-act-isnt-all-right-critics-say/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/the-kids-online-safety-act-isnt-all-right-critics-say/
August 20, 2023 at 6:01 PM
The Kids Online Safety Act would wreck the internet as we know it and cause mass censorship of LGBTQIA+ ppl. Here's a great rundown. This bill could pass in the *next few weeks* so call your senators!
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/the-kids-online-safety-act-isnt-all-right-critics-say/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/the-kids-online-safety-act-isnt-all-right-critics-say/