Jules
@julesyog.bsky.social
Kaveh and Aventurine enjoyer | does art too but still thinking whether to post them here or not lmao
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thoughts on gen AI:
"This comes down to just basic consent and respect for boundaries."
"This comes down to just basic consent and respect for boundaries."
April 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
thoughts on gen AI:
"This comes down to just basic consent and respect for boundaries."
"This comes down to just basic consent and respect for boundaries."
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"For those who already own the games or the console, the organizers said, the ideal move would be to stop playing, but the primary ask from organizers is to help deprive Microsoft of revenue...by avoiding future purchases of games or consoles and by avoiding transactions inside the games."
April 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"For those who already own the games or the console, the organizers said, the ideal move would be to stop playing, but the primary ask from organizers is to help deprive Microsoft of revenue...by avoiding future purchases of games or consoles and by avoiding transactions inside the games."
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Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
March 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.
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Instead of calling Palestinians On Here scammers, if you want to help but don't want to give to people directly, you can donate to one of my favorite causes: the PCRF. They get medical care to kids who badly need it and wouldn't otherwise receive it.
www.pcrf.net
www.pcrf.net
PCRF
The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1992 by concerned humanitarians in the USA to bring injured and sick children for free medical care they could not get locally
www.pcrf.net
March 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Instead of calling Palestinians On Here scammers, if you want to help but don't want to give to people directly, you can donate to one of my favorite causes: the PCRF. They get medical care to kids who badly need it and wouldn't otherwise receive it.
www.pcrf.net
www.pcrf.net
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Here’s my last messages with Shimaa- so glad Bluesky decided that she just had to be removed right now.
March 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Here’s my last messages with Shimaa- so glad Bluesky decided that she just had to be removed right now.
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chatgpt has fully broken-through to every facet of the corporate environment. I'm spending a not-insignificant amount of my time every week now explaining to people that just because chatgpt told you that something was possible doesn't mean that it a) is or b) even exists
March 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
chatgpt has fully broken-through to every facet of the corporate environment. I'm spending a not-insignificant amount of my time every week now explaining to people that just because chatgpt told you that something was possible doesn't mean that it a) is or b) even exists
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Hey US-based artists, our government is preparing an executive order on AI & asking for public comment. Let's get some letters in (AI corps sure are)! You must submit by 11:59 EST tonight!!
I made a sample letter with submission instructions. Copy mine & augment, or write your own! bit.ly/429UIIw
I made a sample letter with submission instructions. Copy mine & augment, or write your own! bit.ly/429UIIw
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hey US-based artists, our government is preparing an executive order on AI & asking for public comment. Let's get some letters in (AI corps sure are)! You must submit by 11:59 EST tonight!!
I made a sample letter with submission instructions. Copy mine & augment, or write your own! bit.ly/429UIIw
I made a sample letter with submission instructions. Copy mine & augment, or write your own! bit.ly/429UIIw
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A reminder that if you’re using AI to write your novel or memoir or whatever it is you’re trying to develop, you’re absolutely doing it wrong and missing the point entirely of what it means to make art and tend to and honor your creative self.
March 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A reminder that if you’re using AI to write your novel or memoir or whatever it is you’re trying to develop, you’re absolutely doing it wrong and missing the point entirely of what it means to make art and tend to and honor your creative self.
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Almost $250,000 raised in 1 day for Mahmoud. Ofc he deserves support but this disproves the idea that ppl do not have enough money to donate to Palestinians in Gaza, who are being starved thru a brutal siege. If you gave to Mahmoud plz give to them:
chuffed.org/project/1133...
chuffed.org/project/1133...
The Refaat Alareer Camp - by The Sameer Project
The Sameer Project, a grassroots aid organization led by four Palestinians in the diaspora, is proud to announce our first tent encampment project that provides shelter and specialized support to disp...
chuffed.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Almost $250,000 raised in 1 day for Mahmoud. Ofc he deserves support but this disproves the idea that ppl do not have enough money to donate to Palestinians in Gaza, who are being starved thru a brutal siege. If you gave to Mahmoud plz give to them:
chuffed.org/project/1133...
chuffed.org/project/1133...
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there are a number of individuals who do so, Molly Shah being kind of the big name. Gaza Vetters on tumblr is huge, gazafunds.com and Palestine Asdiqa: linktr.ee/palestineasd...
Gofundme verifies accounts and has donation protection.
bsky.app/profile/momm...
Gofundme verifies accounts and has donation protection.
bsky.app/profile/momm...
I am going to try to keep adding accounts here as I work through the Palestinian accounts here.
I am going to make this 🧵 to answer as many common questions about these accounts as well as other Gazan GoFundMes as I can so put a 📌 in it if you need a central location for these questions.
I am going to make this 🧵 to answer as many common questions about these accounts as well as other Gazan GoFundMes as I can so put a 📌 in it if you need a central location for these questions.
I’m going to make individual posts for the Palestinian accounts I’m boosting today so they don’t get lost in a thread but if you are looking for them all in one place I’ll link them here 🔽
March 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
there are a number of individuals who do so, Molly Shah being kind of the big name. Gaza Vetters on tumblr is huge, gazafunds.com and Palestine Asdiqa: linktr.ee/palestineasd...
Gofundme verifies accounts and has donation protection.
bsky.app/profile/momm...
Gofundme verifies accounts and has donation protection.
bsky.app/profile/momm...
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NOTE: ICE has been detaining legal permanent residents and—yes, even citizens—at least since the Obama admin. The public only pays attention when Trump is president. But it's been happening for over a decade.
March 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
NOTE: ICE has been detaining legal permanent residents and—yes, even citizens—at least since the Obama admin. The public only pays attention when Trump is president. But it's been happening for over a decade.
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the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
the feminine urge to
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The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
using genAI reduces a person’s cognitive efforts and critical thinking, findings from Microsoft Research
using genAI reduces a person’s cognitive efforts and critical thinking, findings from Microsoft Research
March 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
using genAI reduces a person’s cognitive efforts and critical thinking, findings from Microsoft Research
using genAI reduces a person’s cognitive efforts and critical thinking, findings from Microsoft Research
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Does everyone understand they are breaking of public services because 1) they want to privatize them to make money off of them, 2) they do not believe everyone should have access to these services. This is how white supremacist eugenicists who think empathy is a weakness function.
BREAKING: Elon Musk suggests the United States should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Elon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak
During a remote appearance at a technology conference in San Francisco, Musk told attendees the U.S. should privatize "as much as possible."
www.nbcnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Does everyone understand they are breaking of public services because 1) they want to privatize them to make money off of them, 2) they do not believe everyone should have access to these services. This is how white supremacist eugenicists who think empathy is a weakness function.
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The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
March 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.
MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
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Misogyny is a supremacist ideology positing that there are some to whom power inheres, who may act, & others who are, by nature, acted upon.
If your organs are open to legislation, you're the latter.
And you are, manifestly, not free.
10/10
me in The Conversationalist, Sept 2021:
If your organs are open to legislation, you're the latter.
And you are, manifestly, not free.
10/10
me in The Conversationalist, Sept 2021:
According to Texas law, your body doesn’t belong to you
The goal has always been not chaos but exquisite clarity: legal abortion, eliminated.
conversationalist.org
June 11, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Misogyny is a supremacist ideology positing that there are some to whom power inheres, who may act, & others who are, by nature, acted upon.
If your organs are open to legislation, you're the latter.
And you are, manifestly, not free.
10/10
me in The Conversationalist, Sept 2021:
If your organs are open to legislation, you're the latter.
And you are, manifestly, not free.
10/10
me in The Conversationalist, Sept 2021:
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ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
February 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
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Thread.
PAY ARTISTS AND CREATORS FOR THEIR WORK, THEIR SKILLS AND THEIR TIME.
This is not a complicated principle.
PAY ARTISTS AND CREATORS FOR THEIR WORK, THEIR SKILLS AND THEIR TIME.
This is not a complicated principle.
I was contacted by a wine magazine to do an art piece for them. They have a cool setup as each magazine is styled after a comic with tons of cool art and then wine based stuff. The contact was super nice and she even sent me a bunch of copies so I could peruse. I said that sure, I was interested 1/4
February 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thread.
PAY ARTISTS AND CREATORS FOR THEIR WORK, THEIR SKILLS AND THEIR TIME.
This is not a complicated principle.
PAY ARTISTS AND CREATORS FOR THEIR WORK, THEIR SKILLS AND THEIR TIME.
This is not a complicated principle.
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“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker
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The words and actions of America’s leaders show they believe that having dark skin or having a vagina is a reason a person shouldn’t be allowed to pilot a plane, while having a drinking or drug problem is not.
That’s their priority, and they’re fine with the flying public suffering the consequences.
That’s their priority, and they’re fine with the flying public suffering the consequences.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have fired “multiple FAA lawyers whose job was to help prevent pilots with drug and alcohol problems from getting in the cockpit.”
Musk and Trump want you to die in an airplane crash.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Musk and Trump want you to die in an airplane crash.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump and Elon's 'Pointless Bloodbath' at the FAA Is Even Worse Than You Think
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE fired several FAA lawyers tasked with helping keep reckless or drunk pilots out of the skies. Officials are baffled.
www.rollingstone.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The words and actions of America’s leaders show they believe that having dark skin or having a vagina is a reason a person shouldn’t be allowed to pilot a plane, while having a drinking or drug problem is not.
That’s their priority, and they’re fine with the flying public suffering the consequences.
That’s their priority, and they’re fine with the flying public suffering the consequences.
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The practice of law is the least diverse profession in the United States. A supermajority of lawyers are cishet white men. We need (a lot) more diversity, not less.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
American Bar Association suspends law school DEI rule enforcement
The American Bar Association will temporarily suspend enforcement of its diversity and inclusion standard for law schools.
www.reuters.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The practice of law is the least diverse profession in the United States. A supermajority of lawyers are cishet white men. We need (a lot) more diversity, not less.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Probationaries who have been illegally fired: this article contains information about which law firm to contact in order to join the class action suit. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Thousands join class actions as fired feds weigh options to challenge Trump's moves
Former federal probationary employees are hopeful they can prove their dismissals were not actually performance based, as their agencies claim.
www.govexec.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Probationaries who have been illegally fired: this article contains information about which law firm to contact in order to join the class action suit. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...