Daniel Jenna Grouse
@danieljennagrouse.bsky.social
they/them transfem, anarchist, autistic, annoying
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I wish I had the ability to be conscience in a way befitting of a site like this. And that I was capable of having a single thought that's not an amalgamation of five different barely connected thoughts bolted together by three more completely random tangents. Alas... I'm sorry
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thats just warmslop. you only like clinging to her because shes warm
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
thats just warmslop. you only like clinging to her because shes warm
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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These things literally drop loot lol they're are BEGGING to be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
I came across *the* example I have been hammering with these food delivery robots.
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
These things literally drop loot lol they're are BEGGING to be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
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I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
I Hope You Get To Live Your Entire Life As A Human
I thought this was going to be a review of my time with Santa Ragione's Horses, the controversial art game recently banned from Steam and the Epic Store. To some extent, this will be that but after...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
You know, the main value of this place is basically just that it’s an alternative to the biggest bar in town that started catering mainly to nazis but that keeps being undermined by how any time you see the here staff they’re all wearing Hugo Boss uniforms.
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
You know, the main value of this place is basically just that it’s an alternative to the biggest bar in town that started catering mainly to nazis but that keeps being undermined by how any time you see the here staff they’re all wearing Hugo Boss uniforms.
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A few words on Anarchism,
From David Graeber's 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!'
davidgraeber.org/articles/are...
From David Graeber's 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!'
davidgraeber.org/articles/are...
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A few words on Anarchism,
From David Graeber's 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!'
davidgraeber.org/articles/are...
From David Graeber's 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!'
davidgraeber.org/articles/are...
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You alright man? I keep seeing small damage numbers coming off you
July 8, 2024 at 7:00 AM
You alright man? I keep seeing small damage numbers coming off you
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suggesting we "fill" archival silences, the absences left where the voices buried under the historical record should be, with genAI extrapolations also based on that same historical record that buried those voices in the first place, is a grotesque form of epistemic violence.
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
suggesting we "fill" archival silences, the absences left where the voices buried under the historical record should be, with genAI extrapolations also based on that same historical record that buried those voices in the first place, is a grotesque form of epistemic violence.
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But more seriously, and I think egregiously, is the use of a phrase for signaling power. One doesn't get the sense that those who invoke "archival silences" in the context of GenAI have heard of Touillot, much less read him. Instead, the phrase has been emptied of meaning and is just sloganeering.
December 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
But more seriously, and I think egregiously, is the use of a phrase for signaling power. One doesn't get the sense that those who invoke "archival silences" in the context of GenAI have heard of Touillot, much less read him. Instead, the phrase has been emptied of meaning and is just sloganeering.
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To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
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Since genAI has completely fucked the market for home computers, I guarantee there'll be an article complaining that people are playing older and less resource-intensive games and how this is killing the AAA gaming industry
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Since genAI has completely fucked the market for home computers, I guarantee there'll be an article complaining that people are playing older and less resource-intensive games and how this is killing the AAA gaming industry
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
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People need to boycott this show and not just half ass. Shame everyone who plans on watching it. This isn't about Eurovision, it's about Israel getting away with committing genocide because THERE ARE NEVER ANY CONSEQUENCES. They should be untouchable by now. Everybody needs to walk the fucking walk.
Eurovision has allowed Israel to compete in 2026.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
People need to boycott this show and not just half ass. Shame everyone who plans on watching it. This isn't about Eurovision, it's about Israel getting away with committing genocide because THERE ARE NEVER ANY CONSEQUENCES. They should be untouchable by now. Everybody needs to walk the fucking walk.
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to be clear: USTA kicking trans women off rec league tennis teams is not a policy "coming from the highest levels of government." it is a policy coming from the USTA. we need y'all to stop attributing all culpability to trump. you're laundering collaboration, obfuscating what is actually happening.
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
to be clear: USTA kicking trans women off rec league tennis teams is not a policy "coming from the highest levels of government." it is a policy coming from the USTA. we need y'all to stop attributing all culpability to trump. you're laundering collaboration, obfuscating what is actually happening.
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Trans women continue to be maligned as predators and invaders even as regimes basically make it legal to rape us.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Trans women continue to be maligned as predators and invaders even as regimes basically make it legal to rape us.
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this also helps solidify a class divide in disability rights. Often, "proving" you are disabled requires a clinical report - and those are often very expensive. In many countries (even some with public health) they are not covered for adults...which means you effectively have to buy accommodations.
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
this also helps solidify a class divide in disability rights. Often, "proving" you are disabled requires a clinical report - and those are often very expensive. In many countries (even some with public health) they are not covered for adults...which means you effectively have to buy accommodations.
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This mindset of scarcity and elitism are prime feeders of capitalism and exploitation. If we actually want a world where people thrive, we build one that is accessible to and usable by ppl no matter their age, disability, gender, or other factors.
But that doesn’t make billionaires money 🤷🏻♀️
But that doesn’t make billionaires money 🤷🏻♀️
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This mindset of scarcity and elitism are prime feeders of capitalism and exploitation. If we actually want a world where people thrive, we build one that is accessible to and usable by ppl no matter their age, disability, gender, or other factors.
But that doesn’t make billionaires money 🤷🏻♀️
But that doesn’t make billionaires money 🤷🏻♀️
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Disability scholar here once again to boost an excellent thread.
By forcing ppl to prove a need for accommodations, to “prove” a disability, we’re implying that disability is a flaw rather than evidence of biodiversity/diversity. The premise is built on ableism. Universal design is the antidote.
By forcing ppl to prove a need for accommodations, to “prove” a disability, we’re implying that disability is a flaw rather than evidence of biodiversity/diversity. The premise is built on ableism. Universal design is the antidote.
Having to identify oneself as disabled to access accommodations is, on its own, a huge barrier to getting many disabled people the accommodations they need.
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Disability scholar here once again to boost an excellent thread.
By forcing ppl to prove a need for accommodations, to “prove” a disability, we’re implying that disability is a flaw rather than evidence of biodiversity/diversity. The premise is built on ableism. Universal design is the antidote.
By forcing ppl to prove a need for accommodations, to “prove” a disability, we’re implying that disability is a flaw rather than evidence of biodiversity/diversity. The premise is built on ableism. Universal design is the antidote.
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" The late disability theorist Tobin Siebers called this the ‘masquerade’ of disability: the obligation to perform the disability, sometimes overperform it, so that it would be legible enough to secure the assistance that one genuinely needs. "
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
" The late disability theorist Tobin Siebers called this the ‘masquerade’ of disability: the obligation to perform the disability, sometimes overperform it, so that it would be legible enough to secure the assistance that one genuinely needs. "
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". Brackett couldn’t see well enough to support herself through work. She needed to depend on friends and charitable strangers. That meant she needed to present herself in a way that accorded with their understanding of the social role ‘blind person’. .."
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
". Brackett couldn’t see well enough to support herself through work. She needed to depend on friends and charitable strangers. That meant she needed to present herself in a way that accorded with their understanding of the social role ‘blind person’. .."
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the fact that disability also doesn't cleanly fit into an accommodation "bucket" is why people over-perform their disability
Having to identify oneself as disabled to access accommodations is, on its own, a huge barrier to getting many disabled people the accommodations they need.
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
the fact that disability also doesn't cleanly fit into an accommodation "bucket" is why people over-perform their disability
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Abuse and sexual violence doesn’t require deception at all. It happens right out in the open, and people tolerate it, because it’s a demonstration of power
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Abuse and sexual violence doesn’t require deception at all. It happens right out in the open, and people tolerate it, because it’s a demonstration of power
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Then, what if we trusted that if people use an accommodation, that they’re doing it because it’s reasonable to them? The more neutral and abundant accommodations are, the more disabled people will actually get what they need. If able-bodied people happen to benefit too, so much the better.
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Then, what if we trusted that if people use an accommodation, that they’re doing it because it’s reasonable to them? The more neutral and abundant accommodations are, the more disabled people will actually get what they need. If able-bodied people happen to benefit too, so much the better.