Mary C
@dicegirl13.bsky.social
I love horror, knitting, cross stitch, writing, reading, yoga, movies, dancing, dogs, and my family. She/her. Trying to write through all the ADHD 📝🗯️🧠
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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
![[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihuubdwcftfkvvlnepoaf6pfxqulryfp7ydrydi5fe2pflwz63wgm@jpeg)
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
I'm obsessed with this artist at the moment 😍
“The Vampire”- Nadja🦇
1st day of the my 6th Galentine’s Series starts with Nadja from WWDITS! She was planned for last year but I didn’t end up painting her. I wanted her to be the first gal to start off the month! Hope you all like her! Next up is “the center”
#wwdits #nadja #watercolor
1st day of the my 6th Galentine’s Series starts with Nadja from WWDITS! She was planned for last year but I didn’t end up painting her. I wanted her to be the first gal to start off the month! Hope you all like her! Next up is “the center”
#wwdits #nadja #watercolor
February 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I'm obsessed with this artist at the moment 😍
No one:
Absolutely no one:
My toddler: ABCDEF... HRT!
Absolutely no one:
My toddler: ABCDEF... HRT!
February 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
No one:
Absolutely no one:
My toddler: ABCDEF... HRT!
Absolutely no one:
My toddler: ABCDEF... HRT!
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who understand that your habit of inhaling the smell of books is not a choice, but rather a compulsion.
February 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Surround yourself with the kind of people who understand that your habit of inhaling the smell of books is not a choice, but rather a compulsion.
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Read a meme on here stating: "Better a (f-word gay slur) than a fascist."
No! The correlation suggests that both are bad and nor should we accept the language of our oppressors.
There are better ways to say things imo.
No! The correlation suggests that both are bad and nor should we accept the language of our oppressors.
There are better ways to say things imo.
February 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Read a meme on here stating: "Better a (f-word gay slur) than a fascist."
No! The correlation suggests that both are bad and nor should we accept the language of our oppressors.
There are better ways to say things imo.
No! The correlation suggests that both are bad and nor should we accept the language of our oppressors.
There are better ways to say things imo.
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I wonder if Ella Purnell will ever get to film something where she gets to stay indoors.
February 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I wonder if Ella Purnell will ever get to film something where she gets to stay indoors.
Jaw-droppingly awful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I was a content moderator for Facebook. I saw the real cost of outsourcing digital labour | Sonia Kgomo
Tech firms must invest in and respect the people who filter social media and label the data that AI relies on, says Sonia Kgomo, an organiser with African Tech Workers Rising
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Jaw-droppingly awful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It me
Respect to everyone still out here doing Wordle every day, don't ever let them take your joy
February 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It me
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The Telegraph has now published not one but *three* separate corrections of its repeated false claims about "illegal immigrants in London".
The latest one is of Lord Frost's bizarre and ignorant rant here:
archive.ph/HBZLF
The latest one is of Lord Frost's bizarre and ignorant rant here:
archive.ph/HBZLF
February 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Telegraph has now published not one but *three* separate corrections of its repeated false claims about "illegal immigrants in London".
The latest one is of Lord Frost's bizarre and ignorant rant here:
archive.ph/HBZLF
The latest one is of Lord Frost's bizarre and ignorant rant here:
archive.ph/HBZLF
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For today only, UK Audible members can get the Terry Pratchett BBC Radio Drama Collection for just £2.99.
🔊Sound on to hear Carrot arriving in Ankh-Morpork in the pouring rain and being, well, a tad underwhelmed…
You can buy the audiobook here: adbl.co/40Nw7rc
@terryandrob.bsky.social
🔊Sound on to hear Carrot arriving in Ankh-Morpork in the pouring rain and being, well, a tad underwhelmed…
You can buy the audiobook here: adbl.co/40Nw7rc
@terryandrob.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
For today only, UK Audible members can get the Terry Pratchett BBC Radio Drama Collection for just £2.99.
🔊Sound on to hear Carrot arriving in Ankh-Morpork in the pouring rain and being, well, a tad underwhelmed…
You can buy the audiobook here: adbl.co/40Nw7rc
@terryandrob.bsky.social
🔊Sound on to hear Carrot arriving in Ankh-Morpork in the pouring rain and being, well, a tad underwhelmed…
You can buy the audiobook here: adbl.co/40Nw7rc
@terryandrob.bsky.social
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
action.goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
SO COOL
Worker ant. Sculpted, printed, cast, cleaned, assembled, patinated, polished…and she’s done. 14 separate bronze pieces, 7 nuts and bolts, 2 rare-earth magnets, zero visible fasteners. The animal itself.
February 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
SO COOL
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Hands up if you're a lying grifter who fucked the country!
February 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hands up if you're a lying grifter who fucked the country!
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[Just a cup of sunshine]
January 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
[Just a cup of sunshine]
Hi, I’m supporting this fundraiser on GoFundMe. If you can, please consider supporting by donating or sharing the link. Every bit of support makes a huge difference.
gofund.me/8a052243
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Donate to A cuddle cot in memory of Elizabeth Kennedy, organised by Julie Kennedy
Our mum Elizabeth Kennedy was tragically killed via a Hit and Run in Paisley… Julie Kennedy needs your support for A cuddle cot in memory of Elizabeth Kennedy
gofund.me
January 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hi, I’m supporting this fundraiser on GoFundMe. If you can, please consider supporting by donating or sharing the link. Every bit of support makes a huge difference.
gofund.me/8a052243
gofund.me/8a052243
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every example of how AI could be useful is like “if you were eating cereal, AI could tell you what cereal you were eating”
January 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
every example of how AI could be useful is like “if you were eating cereal, AI could tell you what cereal you were eating”
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Whereas when he was in power we were run by a small cabal of incompetent, self-serving, lying fuckwits.
January 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Whereas when he was in power we were run by a small cabal of incompetent, self-serving, lying fuckwits.
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‘Don’t go to Blue Sky, it’s just an echo chamber!’
So is Twitter now, and I’d rather echo kindness and democracy over Nazi shit any day of the week.
So is Twitter now, and I’d rather echo kindness and democracy over Nazi shit any day of the week.
November 19, 2024 at 3:11 AM
‘Don’t go to Blue Sky, it’s just an echo chamber!’
So is Twitter now, and I’d rather echo kindness and democracy over Nazi shit any day of the week.
So is Twitter now, and I’d rather echo kindness and democracy over Nazi shit any day of the week.
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Seems important that in Fahrenheit 451, books were still “available” in single-paragraph summaries—“read Hamlet in five minutes!”—but the books themselves had been banned for being too difficult. Tech boosters see a warning and think it’s an instruction manual.
January 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Seems important that in Fahrenheit 451, books were still “available” in single-paragraph summaries—“read Hamlet in five minutes!”—but the books themselves had been banned for being too difficult. Tech boosters see a warning and think it’s an instruction manual.
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Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
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Christmas Mental Health Support
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: jo@samaritans.org
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: jo@samaritans.org
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
December 24, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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I bought my wife an O. Henry book for Christmas and it turns out she just sold her eyes.
December 17, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I bought my wife an O. Henry book for Christmas and it turns out she just sold her eyes.
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Tag yourself. I’m —
December 19, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Tag yourself. I’m —