CynicalJoystick
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🖌️creator | 🌊 water resources engineer | 💚 she/her
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
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Here’s our bill memo explaining it. Right now, we’re successfully stopping the bill, but it remains a real fight.
New Yorkers: call your Councilmembers and urge them to oppose Intro 772!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
New Yorkers: call your Councilmembers and urge them to oppose Intro 772!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Memo Opposing Intro 772, the Anti-Local Law 97 Bill
Oppose Intro 772, Which Would Destroy Tens of Thousands of Jobs, Massively Increase Pollution & Raise Utility Bills by Gutting NYC’s Landmark Climate and Jobs Law, Local Law 97 This proposed bill, wri...
docs.google.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Here’s our bill memo explaining it. Right now, we’re successfully stopping the bill, but it remains a real fight.
New Yorkers: call your Councilmembers and urge them to oppose Intro 772!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
New Yorkers: call your Councilmembers and urge them to oppose Intro 772!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The trick, my friends, is to go on living your life, full of love and passion, as powerfully as you are able.
December 3, 2024 at 3:09 AM
The trick, my friends, is to go on living your life, full of love and passion, as powerfully as you are able.
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Excellent advice, IMHO.
I embraced this when Jack Cady said it in a short story workshop. The man who encouraged me to own my voice. I've never looked back--why would I when it's so rewarding?!
Read more, write better. Agreed!
I embraced this when Jack Cady said it in a short story workshop. The man who encouraged me to own my voice. I've never looked back--why would I when it's so rewarding?!
Read more, write better. Agreed!
If you’re an author who is worried that the stuff you read has too much influence on your writing style, the solution is to read more, not less.
The more stories, styles, voices, and genres you consume, the less impact any one story can have on your personal style.
Read more, write better.
The more stories, styles, voices, and genres you consume, the less impact any one story can have on your personal style.
Read more, write better.
December 3, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Excellent advice, IMHO.
I embraced this when Jack Cady said it in a short story workshop. The man who encouraged me to own my voice. I've never looked back--why would I when it's so rewarding?!
Read more, write better. Agreed!
I embraced this when Jack Cady said it in a short story workshop. The man who encouraged me to own my voice. I've never looked back--why would I when it's so rewarding?!
Read more, write better. Agreed!
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i love how every time i say this, people in my replies are like "so true! except for the things i use it for, which are valid"
i have no idea what would compel a person to intentionally navigate to and use chatgpt as a search engine for real actual information. never in a million years. genuinely something wrong with you
December 4, 2024 at 1:12 PM
i love how every time i say this, people in my replies are like "so true! except for the things i use it for, which are valid"
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How does this kinda shit keep happening to prominent people and they just brush it off as "well, ChatGPT told me this made up info."
Yeah, and you're a journalist. Why would you ever report on something ChatGPT told you without checking if it actually happened?
Yeah, and you're a journalist. Why would you ever report on something ChatGPT told you without checking if it actually happened?
December 4, 2024 at 7:31 AM
How does this kinda shit keep happening to prominent people and they just brush it off as "well, ChatGPT told me this made up info."
Yeah, and you're a journalist. Why would you ever report on something ChatGPT told you without checking if it actually happened?
Yeah, and you're a journalist. Why would you ever report on something ChatGPT told you without checking if it actually happened?
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There’s a rally at the Supreme Court tomorrow in support of trans people as they argue whether gender-affirming care bans are constitutional.
If you’re anywhere near the dmv, please turn out
If you’re anywhere near the dmv, please turn out
December 4, 2024 at 2:42 AM
There’s a rally at the Supreme Court tomorrow in support of trans people as they argue whether gender-affirming care bans are constitutional.
If you’re anywhere near the dmv, please turn out
If you’re anywhere near the dmv, please turn out
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I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 AM
I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
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relatable www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
December 4, 2024 at 12:58 PM
relatable www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
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This is lovely and true but it's wild how many posts here are now "wow! I had no idea a social network could help me socialise digitally". We are beaten dogs, barely used to being treated with dignity online
The novelty of finding interesting people on here you don’t know through mutuals and feeds is something I haven’t had the pleasure of doing on twitter in quite some time. Enjoying this!
December 1, 2024 at 10:47 PM
This is lovely and true but it's wild how many posts here are now "wow! I had no idea a social network could help me socialise digitally". We are beaten dogs, barely used to being treated with dignity online
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said it elsewhere but: you can't have an excess of culture. however, one big thing i will concede is making art is worth taking seriously. and we live in a landscape where there's little incentive to synthesize or go deeper because the ecosystem is now so reliant on arbitrary virality over criticism
December 2, 2024 at 7:40 PM
said it elsewhere but: you can't have an excess of culture. however, one big thing i will concede is making art is worth taking seriously. and we live in a landscape where there's little incentive to synthesize or go deeper because the ecosystem is now so reliant on arbitrary virality over criticism
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DO NOT give your money to Jeff Bezos. He has plenty. Make a list of the books you want to buy as gifts and buy or order from a local bookstore...if you want those stores to continue to exist.
a man is looking at books in a bookstore with a sign that says " chapter books "
ALT: a man is looking at books in a bookstore with a sign that says " chapter books "
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December 1, 2024 at 3:08 PM
DO NOT give your money to Jeff Bezos. He has plenty. Make a list of the books you want to buy as gifts and buy or order from a local bookstore...if you want those stores to continue to exist.
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At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.
December 1, 2024 at 8:42 PM
At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.
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We need a five day weekend. One day for errands and chores. One day for relaxing. And three days for posting
December 1, 2024 at 6:51 PM
We need a five day weekend. One day for errands and chores. One day for relaxing. And three days for posting
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A new peer-reviewed study finds that books by women of color, often featuring diverse characters, are frequent targets.
Book Bans Overwhelmingly Target Children’s Books by People of Color, Study Finds
A new peer-reviewed study finds that books by women of color, often featuring diverse characters, are frequent targets.
truthout.org
December 2, 2024 at 3:39 AM
A new peer-reviewed study finds that books by women of color, often featuring diverse characters, are frequent targets.
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When I interviewed mutual aid volunteers in Asheville, they had one recurring plea: Don’t forget about us when the news cycle moves on. I recently caught up with one of those organizers who shared some important updates and lessons learned. This is a good time to learn from collective survival work.
The Power of the People Heals
“There's a lot to be said about faith and trust in who we are as people and who we are as humanity,” says organizer Sarah Nuñez.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 2, 2024 at 3:57 PM
When I interviewed mutual aid volunteers in Asheville, they had one recurring plea: Don’t forget about us when the news cycle moves on. I recently caught up with one of those organizers who shared some important updates and lessons learned. This is a good time to learn from collective survival work.
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Genuinely think anyone can “git gud” at any creative craft they are interested in. If we wanted to actually “democratize” art we would invest in housing, healthcare, food and education as human rights. All GenAI does is make people even more financially precarious and less able to pursue a passion
I think a bit of the "AI is democratizing art" argument is trying to avoid the ugly truth that to get good at anything you have to do a lot of it. I grew up "knowing" I was a good writer, but I really wasn't until about 700k words, and it took reading hours of scripts to really have a voice
November 28, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Genuinely think anyone can “git gud” at any creative craft they are interested in. If we wanted to actually “democratize” art we would invest in housing, healthcare, food and education as human rights. All GenAI does is make people even more financially precarious and less able to pursue a passion
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when will the queer community in-fighting stop
November 28, 2024 at 4:34 AM
when will the queer community in-fighting stop
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can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹
November 28, 2024 at 4:23 AM
can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, bakery, bookstore, and café.
November 27, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, bakery, bookstore, and café.
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Instead of purchasing steam games this sale, why not purchase several goats. You will certainly not regret surrounding yourself with goats.
November 28, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Instead of purchasing steam games this sale, why not purchase several goats. You will certainly not regret surrounding yourself with goats.