jocelyn
joceraptor.bsky.social
jocelyn
@joceraptor.bsky.social
latina bibliophile ✨
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We need to stop remonstrating with people to please just think of the planet and start mocking them mercilessly for being so stupid they accept answers from an idiot machine
i want to be a killjoy: we need to make it socially unacceptable to ask chatgpt anything
i dont want to be a killjoy but we desperately need to make it socially unacceptable to talk about asking chatgpt things in regular conversation
May 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI.

apnews.com/article/blac...
NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
The NAACP wants Black Americans to steer their buying power toward corporations that haven’t pulled back from diversity programs under conservative pressure.
apnews.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.
February 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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With Alt text.

Guidance from the city of Chicago on dealing with ICE.
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Remember this? A problem we didn't have in automated speech recognition tools until OpenAI decided they were going to do away with alignment (not the kind that so-called "AI safety" people do)? And they're giving us "artificial general intelligence" any day now right?

apnews.com/article/ai-a...
Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
Whisper is a popular transcription tool powered by artificial intelligence, but it has a major flaw. It makes things up that were never said.
apnews.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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ICYMI: Strand workers have been on strike since Saturday. Don’t cross the picket line. Don’t shop at Amazon as an alternative.

In Aug. 2023, I was offered $15 / hour (NYC min. wage). Later in 2024, when a friend started there, they were only offered $16 / hour (again NYC min. wage).
December 9, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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thank you to EVERYONE who cast their votes for this!!! we've had so much fun putting these together and seeing what books everyone's loving.

reactormag.com/readers-pick...
Readers Pick the Most Iconic Speculative Fiction Books of the 21st Century - Reactor
We asked, you answered! Here are the most iconic books of the century so far—as chosen by you, the readers!
reactormag.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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Wow, hi new followers, hey! We’re Queer Liberation Library.

QLL is a digital library of queer ebooks & audiobooks available FOR FREE to anyone in the US. Our collection’s in Libby so you can read to your heart's content on your e-reader, phone, etc.

membership details downthread~
November 15, 2024 at 1:57 AM
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I’m actively searching for submissions from Black authors for Mareas! If you're writing literary sci-fi, fantasy, magical realism, or anything that blends genres with bold, resonant themes, I want to read it. Your work deserves a champion, and I can be that person! #booksky #authorsky
November 15, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Shipping Ignyte trophies to winners and finalists in 16 countries (including the U.S.) this year will cost $2354.90. Yuck but neat that they're flying all over the place!🫠

Your donations to the previous cycle are helping us cover all this, so thank you again!
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
support, The Ignyte Awards
The Ignyte Awards usually cost about $4000 a year to operate.
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:51 PM