nic (they)
@crankible.bsky.social
40s queer sad sack | traditional & digital artist
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@crankible.bsky.social
· Sep 23
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acrylic on paper, 12x16"
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#supernatural #fanArt #SamWinchester #DeanWinchester #spnFamily #traditionalArt
acrylic on paper, 12x16"
prints etc: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1742...
#supernatural #fanArt #SamWinchester #DeanWinchester #spnFamily #traditionalArt
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Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
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I mean we are absolutely in a place now where the only solution to this information disorder is for everyone to constantly evaluate the source of information. Never trust a chatbot, but also don't believe a video unless you know and trust where it comes from.
Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.
Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I mean we are absolutely in a place now where the only solution to this information disorder is for everyone to constantly evaluate the source of information. Never trust a chatbot, but also don't believe a video unless you know and trust where it comes from.
Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.
Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.
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Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
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Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
gah this reminds me, i had an inhumanly itchy and huge rash (but weirdly not around my incisions 🤪) that took two rounds of methylprednisolone to get under control after, presumably, smth they prepped me w/ for my last surgery. never had a reaction like that before and still dunno what it was from 🫠
I'm allergic to iodine, for example, so we have to use chlorhexidine to prepare the surgical incision site instead
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
gah this reminds me, i had an inhumanly itchy and huge rash (but weirdly not around my incisions 🤪) that took two rounds of methylprednisolone to get under control after, presumably, smth they prepped me w/ for my last surgery. never had a reaction like that before and still dunno what it was from 🫠
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A couple of years ago I made a Facebook page to cross-post educational videos because someone said to me "you know who I want to see your content about AI ethics? my dad but he's only on Facebook."
So after several years Facebook has suddenly decided to start showing my videos to people and...
So after several years Facebook has suddenly decided to start showing my videos to people and...
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A couple of years ago I made a Facebook page to cross-post educational videos because someone said to me "you know who I want to see your content about AI ethics? my dad but he's only on Facebook."
So after several years Facebook has suddenly decided to start showing my videos to people and...
So after several years Facebook has suddenly decided to start showing my videos to people and...
literally never heard her music before reading this post and i was hooked from the first track, only challenging thing is my mid spanish and not being distracted by an endearing castilian accent
I wrote about Rosalía's "Lux," martyrdom, and our collective gastrointestinal health johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/eat-me
Eat Me
On Rosalía's "Lux" and our collective gut health
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
literally never heard her music before reading this post and i was hooked from the first track, only challenging thing is my mid spanish and not being distracted by an endearing castilian accent
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T&S: the job where literally whatever you do, it's going to be wrong! *jazzhands*
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
T&S: the job where literally whatever you do, it's going to be wrong! *jazzhands*
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A man who was set to be executed — for a killing his brother admitted to — has been granted clemency at the last minute
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A man who was set to be executed — for a killing his brother admitted to — has been granted clemency at the last minute
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There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
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If you are a researcher who happens to know other researchers who study Reddit/use Reddit data, I beg of you to please send them this paper.
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Remember the Human: A Systematic Review of Ethical Considerations in Reddit Research | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Reddit is one of the world's most prominent social media platforms, and also a valuable
source of data for internet researchers. However, working with this kind of data also
presents novel ethical com...
dl.acm.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you are a researcher who happens to know other researchers who study Reddit/use Reddit data, I beg of you to please send them this paper.
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
my first job in 96 bagging groceries at Safeway, the manager threatened to fire me for not smiling. not sure what happened with this lawsuit but yeah. everything old is new again
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
my first job in 96 bagging groceries at Safeway, the manager threatened to fire me for not smiling. not sure what happened with this lawsuit but yeah. everything old is new again
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
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Also, fellow authors and media folks who game stream, hit me up. I'd like to build a team and set a significant charity goal for the future.
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Also, fellow authors and media folks who game stream, hit me up. I'd like to build a team and set a significant charity goal for the future.
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Been a while since I did a charity stream on Twitch, but I'm feeling the urge again. Tomorrow (Sunday) 11 am to 2 pm Eastern I'll be playing "The Long Dark" -- an old game but a new fave, to benefit NY Common Pantry. Join me for giveaways and (probably) horrible death! tilt.fyi/YVoFdn7Efo
Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers
We give you the tools to engage with your donors and raise more for your charity
tilt.fyi
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Been a while since I did a charity stream on Twitch, but I'm feeling the urge again. Tomorrow (Sunday) 11 am to 2 pm Eastern I'll be playing "The Long Dark" -- an old game but a new fave, to benefit NY Common Pantry. Join me for giveaways and (probably) horrible death! tilt.fyi/YVoFdn7Efo
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i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”
I am taking particular pleasure in the complete collapse of trans-as-unbeatable-wedge-issue narrative this morning. It might be an 80-20 issue in voters minds, but it has to be on voters minds to matter. The results in VA demonstrate that it is very much not on voters minds.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
made me somewhat frantically double-check that the 8 smoke detectors i just bought with the builtin 10 year battery to replace all the house ones also are carbon monoxide (they are)
If you lose power this winter and use a portable generator to power your home: Be careful.
Preventable carbon monoxide deaths follow every major power outage.
(Published 2021 with @texastribune.org @nbcnews.com)
Preventable carbon monoxide deaths follow every major power outage.
(Published 2021 with @texastribune.org @nbcnews.com)
Carbon Monoxide From Generators Poisons Thousands of People a Year. The U.S. Has Failed to Force Safety Changes.
Portable generators are among the deadliest consumer products. Two decades after the government identified the danger, and as climate change leads to more power outages, people are left vulnerable by ...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
made me somewhat frantically double-check that the 8 smoke detectors i just bought with the builtin 10 year battery to replace all the house ones also are carbon monoxide (they are)
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When I see a Nazi tattoo on the gas station clerk, maybe I won’t ask him to make my sandwich. Reasonable. Surely it’s just as reasonable to wonder if the politician who maybe-kinda had one shouldn’t be wholesale trusted to make me a policy.
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When I see a Nazi tattoo on the gas station clerk, maybe I won’t ask him to make my sandwich. Reasonable. Surely it’s just as reasonable to wonder if the politician who maybe-kinda had one shouldn’t be wholesale trusted to make me a policy.
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honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
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Mamdani is well dressed, has to be very careful in his approach, and his record is damn near spotless. Platner is a fucking Blackwater merc with an SS tat and everyone from Sanders to Vigeland to fucking Jacobin is tripping over themselves to defend and equivocate. Fucking disgusting.
Mamdani: "I thought that if I could build a campaign of universality ... if I behaved well enough or bit my tongue enough ... it would allow me to be more than just my faith. I was wrong."
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mamdani is well dressed, has to be very careful in his approach, and his record is damn near spotless. Platner is a fucking Blackwater merc with an SS tat and everyone from Sanders to Vigeland to fucking Jacobin is tripping over themselves to defend and equivocate. Fucking disgusting.
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My solidarity with trans people isn’t at odds with Reproductive Justice — it’s integral to it.
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My solidarity with trans people isn’t at odds with Reproductive Justice — it’s integral to it.
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?