Joy Pixley
@joypixley.bsky.social
By day I'm a sociologist, by night I write fantasy fiction. In between I cook, when my cat gets off my lap long enough to allow it. Just got here, HI!!!
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Mmmmm-hm.
Boy, these last eight days feel like a good reminder why democracies generally avoid letting people who attempt a coup come back to power….
January 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Mmmmm-hm.
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It bears repeating and repeating ad nauseum: If you withheld support from Biden/Harris as a means of advocating for Palestinian nationhood and the aspirations of the Palestinian people and you did not see this moment coming: You are a performative, sloganeering and politically incompetent rube.
here's audio of Trump saying he wants to "clear out" Gaza and move Palestinians elsewhere
January 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It bears repeating and repeating ad nauseum: If you withheld support from Biden/Harris as a means of advocating for Palestinian nationhood and the aspirations of the Palestinian people and you did not see this moment coming: You are a performative, sloganeering and politically incompetent rube.
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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It's especially important to realize that at a time of water shortages contributing to the wildfires in LA, AI uses an absurd amount of water to keep its datacenters cool.
“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”
AI doesn’t just require tons of electric power. It also guzzles enormous sums of water.
It also guzzles enormous sums of water.
fortune.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's especially important to realize that at a time of water shortages contributing to the wildfires in LA, AI uses an absurd amount of water to keep its datacenters cool.
I thought the power company's email about "outages due to natural disaster" referred to the blizzard outside my window in NY. But no, it was my old provider in CA, because they're on fire. And our new pres blames his enemies and denies climate change. So yeah, from here it looks like apocalypse.
January 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I thought the power company's email about "outages due to natural disaster" referred to the blizzard outside my window in NY. But no, it was my old provider in CA, because they're on fire. And our new pres blames his enemies and denies climate change. So yeah, from here it looks like apocalypse.
Also this is great info!!
Sorry can't keep up with notifications and have to mute this thread now, glad so many are responding with enthusiasm to help with accessibility. For more info on what ALT descriptions are and how to improve writing them this is a useful link
How To Write Alt Text And Image Descriptions
The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text
veroniiiica.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Also this is great info!!
I'm new here and have forgotten to do this, so this is GREAT info!
There's a simple way to make sure to not forget too:
Glad to see more people from the old place posting here, it'd be great if you took few seconds to go into your profile and selected:
Settings > Accessibility > Alt text
Require alt text before posting ✔️
Cheers!
Settings > Accessibility > Alt text
Require alt text before posting ✔️
Cheers!
November 26, 2024 at 3:16 PM
I'm new here and have forgotten to do this, so this is GREAT info!
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This needs to be said, loud, and often.
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
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Conservatives on X are big mad because the 'libs' left for Bluesky, leaving them with … just each other.
Explaining the right: Why they hate liberals fleeing to Bluesky
Following the 2024 election, many users have left Elon Musk’s X and the main beneficiary has been the Bluesky social network. For the first time, Bluesky reported that it had surpassed 20 million…
www.dailykos.com
November 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Conservatives on X are big mad because the 'libs' left for Bluesky, leaving them with … just each other.
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She said what she said.
Dem Rep. Expertly Pinpoints Why Republicans Are Dismantling DEI Programs In Mic Drop Rant
She said what she said.
www.comicsands.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:29 PM
She said what she said.
First real snow of the season. Gorgeous! Power is out and schools are all closed, which is not nearly so exciting when I'm no longer attending school or teaching at university, hm.
November 22, 2024 at 4:43 PM
First real snow of the season. Gorgeous! Power is out and schools are all closed, which is not nearly so exciting when I'm no longer attending school or teaching at university, hm.
I psyched up for a Difficult Conversation, formed plans to be effective, constructive, kind. The meeting was postponed, leaving me holding this carefully crafted argument in both hands, like a spell I’ve painstakingly prepared but can’t cast yet. It unraveled, edge by string by atom. And now? Dust.
November 21, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I psyched up for a Difficult Conversation, formed plans to be effective, constructive, kind. The meeting was postponed, leaving me holding this carefully crafted argument in both hands, like a spell I’ve painstakingly prepared but can’t cast yet. It unraveled, edge by string by atom. And now? Dust.
Omg I've been thinking this same thing, except replace Walgreens with Kmart. Or as we used to call it, with our worst French accent parodies, the K-marchay. Which is even more perfect here.
November 21, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Omg I've been thinking this same thing, except replace Walgreens with Kmart. Or as we used to call it, with our worst French accent parodies, the K-marchay. Which is even more perfect here.
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Cis women!
Call your rep
Sign this petition, and share with your cis lady friends
Call your rep
Sign this petition, and share with your cis lady friends
Not In Our Name: Cisgender Women Against Trans Bathroom Bans
House Representative Nancy Mace and the Congressional GOP have launched a campaign of harassment not just against newly-elected trans Democrat Rep Sarah McBride of Delaware, but against all trans and ...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Cis women!
Call your rep
Sign this petition, and share with your cis lady friends
Call your rep
Sign this petition, and share with your cis lady friends
I complained aloud about the annoying buzzing of the cluster fly in my office window. More keep returning no matter how many I kill. But I couldn't get up to swat this one because I had a cat on my lap.
Said cat jumped to the windowsill and ate the fly. Coincidence?
Yeah, probably.
Said cat jumped to the windowsill and ate the fly. Coincidence?
Yeah, probably.
November 20, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I complained aloud about the annoying buzzing of the cluster fly in my office window. More keep returning no matter how many I kill. But I couldn't get up to swat this one because I had a cat on my lap.
Said cat jumped to the windowsill and ate the fly. Coincidence?
Yeah, probably.
Said cat jumped to the windowsill and ate the fly. Coincidence?
Yeah, probably.
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Someone spray some Mace.
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Someone spray some Mace.
Omg can you believe how amazing this is? Two of my favorite things -- cats and woodblocks -- mashed together with a bit of fantasy element. I am IN LOVE. And please go see the original poster for actual smart art comments, because all I can produce is fan girl drool.
I love how timeless and modern the woodblock of
#SaitoKiyoshi (1907-1997) were.
Beauty Contest 1997
#japanese #woodblock #winnerSaoPauloBiennale in 1951
#SaitoKiyoshi (1907-1997) were.
Beauty Contest 1997
#japanese #woodblock #winnerSaoPauloBiennale in 1951
November 19, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Omg can you believe how amazing this is? Two of my favorite things -- cats and woodblocks -- mashed together with a bit of fantasy element. I am IN LOVE. And please go see the original poster for actual smart art comments, because all I can produce is fan girl drool.
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November 16, 2024 at 8:23 PM
My mother is a fine artist printmaker, so I have been seeped in woodblock prints and engravings my whole life and love-love-love them beyond all reason. So how have I never learned all about ukiyo-e until now? Mind and heart expanded! ❤️
#BerthaLum,(American (1869-1954)
Point Lobos 1920
Lum helped popularize Japanese and Chinese Woodblocks in the West after falling in love with the art form on her honeymoon in Japan. She spent her seven-weeks in Japan, searching for a printmaker to teach her the traditional ukiyo-e method!
Point Lobos 1920
Lum helped popularize Japanese and Chinese Woodblocks in the West after falling in love with the art form on her honeymoon in Japan. She spent her seven-weeks in Japan, searching for a printmaker to teach her the traditional ukiyo-e method!
November 19, 2024 at 9:18 PM
My mother is a fine artist printmaker, so I have been seeped in woodblock prints and engravings my whole life and love-love-love them beyond all reason. So how have I never learned all about ukiyo-e until now? Mind and heart expanded! ❤️
This morning it took me forever to stop feeling stressed out and guilty about crap that happened in my *dreams*. Am I the only one whose brain is so annoying? Like hey, brain, you have enough REAL LIFE stuff to worry about, stooooooop!
November 19, 2024 at 3:16 PM
This morning it took me forever to stop feeling stressed out and guilty about crap that happened in my *dreams*. Am I the only one whose brain is so annoying? Like hey, brain, you have enough REAL LIFE stuff to worry about, stooooooop!
Beautiful frosty morning out my back window today. Feeling inspired!
November 19, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Beautiful frosty morning out my back window today. Feeling inspired!
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Based on how angry new people are about being blocked and how many articles complain about how hard it is to date as a right winger, and articles complaining about calling people “weird,” my theory that we need to consistently give social consequences to being a hateful right wing turd? Strong.
November 16, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Based on how angry new people are about being blocked and how many articles complain about how hard it is to date as a right winger, and articles complaining about calling people “weird,” my theory that we need to consistently give social consequences to being a hateful right wing turd? Strong.
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cartoon of the day
November 15, 2024 at 7:53 AM
cartoon of the day
I'm new here, and I'll probably post a lot more about social issues and SFF and food. But it seems right to start with a post of my cat, the cutest, softest, best little black kitty in the whole world (YMMV). I named her Nyx, after the Greek goddess of the night.
November 15, 2024 at 4:15 PM
I'm new here, and I'll probably post a lot more about social issues and SFF and food. But it seems right to start with a post of my cat, the cutest, softest, best little black kitty in the whole world (YMMV). I named her Nyx, after the Greek goddess of the night.