Josie
@josietron.bsky.social
Sound artist, musician (piano/fiddle), electronic noise, writer, lefty, trans, lesbo, ex-Texan, there is power in a union, she/her
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Have you considered buying a LittlePuss subscription service for your enemies or lovers? Because we would love nothing more than to consistently ship them safe transsexual literature over the course of a year. We don't like to traffic in hyperbole but it's probably the best decision you'd ever make.
i basically never sign up for any subscription service but $99 for all this is so absurdly good i can't get over it (also is going to make my life easier as a littlepuss stan who keeps buying every book)
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Have you considered buying a LittlePuss subscription service for your enemies or lovers? Because we would love nothing more than to consistently ship them safe transsexual literature over the course of a year. We don't like to traffic in hyperbole but it's probably the best decision you'd ever make.
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still true 📚
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
still true 📚
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This has only gotten worse as the reboot kicks into high gear.
This is what trans people are up against - entire aisles of merchandise funding an explicit hate campaign.
Imagine walking past an aisle like this every time you went to a bookstore, knowing that every sale goes to funding someone who's trying to kill you.
Imagine working there.
Imagine walking past an aisle like this every time you went to a bookstore, knowing that every sale goes to funding someone who's trying to kill you.
Imagine working there.
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This has only gotten worse as the reboot kicks into high gear.
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Okay @erinbiba.bsky.social it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Okay @erinbiba.bsky.social it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
Awwww Claude, love that guy. Miss him
It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Awwww Claude, love that guy. Miss him
If you have anything to spare and can help me get through this program, stay housed and fed, and stay in Ireland, I will much appreciate it!
I have a lot of sound material to edit and put on Bandcamp and several live shows brewing!
gofund.me/45e81802b
I have a lot of sound material to edit and put on Bandcamp and several live shows brewing!
gofund.me/45e81802b
Donate to Help a Queer Trans Woman Achieve Academic Success, organized by Josie S Lindsey
Hello, I'm a disabled queer trans woman from the US pursuing a Maste… Josie S Lindsey needs your support for Help a Queer Trans Woman Achieve Academic Success
gofund.me
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If you have anything to spare and can help me get through this program, stay housed and fed, and stay in Ireland, I will much appreciate it!
I have a lot of sound material to edit and put on Bandcamp and several live shows brewing!
gofund.me/45e81802b
I have a lot of sound material to edit and put on Bandcamp and several live shows brewing!
gofund.me/45e81802b
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The simple reality of gen-AI/LLMs is that this is all a lot of hand waving to attempt to get to AGI before the bubble pops. But the chasm between what these models churn out now and what a human-equivalent intelligence could create with skill is larger than the Pacific.
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The simple reality of gen-AI/LLMs is that this is all a lot of hand waving to attempt to get to AGI before the bubble pops. But the chasm between what these models churn out now and what a human-equivalent intelligence could create with skill is larger than the Pacific.
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As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
Back in my day when you saw a video of Cookie Monster and the Sesame Street gang singing a Tom Waits song, you knew somebody had spent 30 hours of their 1 human life lovingly editing that together, that there was some other weirdo out there with creative urges beyond the vicissitudes of capitalism
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Back in my day when you saw a video of Cookie Monster and the Sesame Street gang singing a Tom Waits song, you knew somebody had spent 30 hours of their 1 human life lovingly editing that together, that there was some other weirdo out there with creative urges beyond the vicissitudes of capitalism
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over and over and over
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
over and over and over
Hey, so I moved to Ireland about three months ago to pursue a Master’s in experimental sound at University College Cork. And you, you can be part of this exciting journey by helping me stay here!
gofund.me/bf42b17bf
gofund.me/bf42b17bf
Donate to Help a Queer Trans Woman Achieve Academic Success, organized by Josie S Lindsey
Hello, I'm a disabled queer trans woman from the US pursuing a Maste… Josie S Lindsey needs your support for Help a Queer Trans Woman Achieve Academic Success
gofund.me
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Hey, so I moved to Ireland about three months ago to pursue a Master’s in experimental sound at University College Cork. And you, you can be part of this exciting journey by helping me stay here!
gofund.me/bf42b17bf
gofund.me/bf42b17bf
Me remembering Bluesky exists after three months
a woman is laying in a coffin holding a blanket over her head
Alt: a woman sits up in a coffin lifting a gauzy veil off her head
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Me remembering Bluesky exists after three months
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Please read the book. Given the subject matter, it doesn’t really feel right to say that you’ll “love it.” But you will learn a lot, and it will infuriate you and stick with you and change the way you think about lots of things that your elected officials really, really do not want to talk about.
Wow, thank you so much, Jay. This really means a lot.
For anyone interested, here's the book:
For anyone interested, here's the book:
There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone: 9780593237144 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Please read the book. Given the subject matter, it doesn’t really feel right to say that you’ll “love it.” But you will learn a lot, and it will infuriate you and stick with you and change the way you think about lots of things that your elected officials really, really do not want to talk about.
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“It’s so cheap to build a solar panel now. It’s cheaper than producing a plank of wood…But we’ve swaddled this engineering miracle in rolls and rolls of red tape to make it too expensive for American families.”
Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back
Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?
www.motherjones.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“It’s so cheap to build a solar panel now. It’s cheaper than producing a plank of wood…But we’ve swaddled this engineering miracle in rolls and rolls of red tape to make it too expensive for American families.”
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"i just use AI for-" say no more, i already think less of you
August 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"i just use AI for-" say no more, i already think less of you
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Deskilling is real.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Deskilling is real.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
I can't believe we're giving up like trees and animals and not being burned alive or drowned for what? For people to be able to use T9 auto complete on an entire college degree.
July 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I can't believe we're giving up like trees and animals and not being burned alive or drowned for what? For people to be able to use T9 auto complete on an entire college degree.
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It’s too fucking hot. So I made some new shirts for my goths and goths-at-heart out there deliriously embracing the skull-melting heat death of summer.
On tees & tanks in a variety of styles/colors at robsheridan.threadless.com (sizes up to 5X in our “classic” style tees)
On tees & tanks in a variety of styles/colors at robsheridan.threadless.com (sizes up to 5X in our “classic” style tees)
July 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It’s too fucking hot. So I made some new shirts for my goths and goths-at-heart out there deliriously embracing the skull-melting heat death of summer.
On tees & tanks in a variety of styles/colors at robsheridan.threadless.com (sizes up to 5X in our “classic” style tees)
On tees & tanks in a variety of styles/colors at robsheridan.threadless.com (sizes up to 5X in our “classic” style tees)
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All I ask for - for my work as well as others - if the music you're listening to on Bandcamp resonates with you: post a review. Give it some thought. It really, really helps us keep going when morale starts to flag and it's really important for us to know how the work affects you.
July 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
All I ask for - for my work as well as others - if the music you're listening to on Bandcamp resonates with you: post a review. Give it some thought. It really, really helps us keep going when morale starts to flag and it's really important for us to know how the work affects you.
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This is genuinely the news every day
July 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is genuinely the news every day
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Very cool that cis people can just access hormones willy nilly but trans people have to jump through a million hoops to get the same exact treatment
Health clinics across America are serving up injections of testosterone. Men younger than 35 are the most eager customers
American men are hungry for injectable testosterone
A legion of new health clinics are serving it up
econ.st
July 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Very cool that cis people can just access hormones willy nilly but trans people have to jump through a million hoops to get the same exact treatment
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July 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Another Friday filled to the brim with interesting new music! I'll be sharing my thoughts in the replies while I listen thru the day
July 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Another Friday filled to the brim with interesting new music! I'll be sharing my thoughts in the replies while I listen thru the day