Vanessa Walilko
@kalibutterfly.bsky.social
Aluminum chainmail jewelry queen, chaos magician, destroyer of worlds
If you normally dread the holidays and are looking for a place to connect, feel free to reach out!
Holidays can be especially hard for Covid Conscious folks. Let's make this year different.
12 Days of Covid Consciousmas -a holiday season of our own- is coming your way!
Crafting, game nights, movies, comedy, and more are in the works! Details in graphic below. Stay tuned!
12 Days of Covid Consciousmas -a holiday season of our own- is coming your way!
Crafting, game nights, movies, comedy, and more are in the works! Details in graphic below. Stay tuned!
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you normally dread the holidays and are looking for a place to connect, feel free to reach out!
This is truly the most wonderful time of the year. Happy Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is truly the most wonderful time of the year. Happy Halloween!
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Characters vaguely resembling Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social & Vanessa Walilko @kalibutterfly.bsky.social have a good time discussing eerie adventures, haunted locations & much more on a Halloween edition of UFO Classified. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E23...
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Characters vaguely resembling Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social & Vanessa Walilko @kalibutterfly.bsky.social have a good time discussing eerie adventures, haunted locations & much more on a Halloween edition of UFO Classified. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E23...
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Registration is now open for my October Pace Yourself Workshop! Check out the feedback from the August participants! If you can’t make this date, a recording will be available on demand after this event.
#Fatigue #Chroniclllness #ADHD #Autism #Neurodivergent #Burnout #SelfCare #LongCOVID #MECFS
#Fatigue #Chroniclllness #ADHD #Autism #Neurodivergent #Burnout #SelfCare #LongCOVID #MECFS
September 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Registration is now open for my October Pace Yourself Workshop! Check out the feedback from the August participants! If you can’t make this date, a recording will be available on demand after this event.
#Fatigue #Chroniclllness #ADHD #Autism #Neurodivergent #Burnout #SelfCare #LongCOVID #MECFS
#Fatigue #Chroniclllness #ADHD #Autism #Neurodivergent #Burnout #SelfCare #LongCOVID #MECFS
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As Vanessa Walilko @kalibutterfly.bsky.social explained in a discussion with me for @expandingfrontiersresearch.org is commonly understood among sociologists specializing in domestic violence, the ‘justice’ system often commits the second assault.
Utah Investigative Journalism Project reports on multiple sexual assault cases grossly mishandled by prosecutors. www.utahinvestigative.org/she-begged-p...
She begged prosecutors to pursue her sexual assault case. They told a judge she wanted it dismissed - The Utah Investigative Journalism Project
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch. Ann didn’t immediately go into the Hurricane City police station. Instead, she wai...
www.utahinvestigative.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
As Vanessa Walilko @kalibutterfly.bsky.social explained in a discussion with me for @expandingfrontiersresearch.org is commonly understood among sociologists specializing in domestic violence, the ‘justice’ system often commits the second assault.
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2d animators are unionized and 3d animators are not, which is why hollywood moved to 3d
2D animation is booming in theaters. In China, the film Nobody is outgrossing many of Hollywood's recent CG films—on a $10< million budget.
It's only one example. As 2D films rise, Hollywood's decision to kill them off looks shortsighted. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-hand-d...
It's only one example. As 2D films rise, Hollywood's decision to kill them off looks shortsighted. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-hand-d...
September 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
2d animators are unionized and 3d animators are not, which is why hollywood moved to 3d
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#SaveSpeech
I made a simplified version of this graphic for low vision and/or neurodivergent folks, and anyone else who might benefit! Please let me know if any changes need to be made for accessibility and thank you to the OP!
USPS letter mailing guide: www.usps.com/ship/letters...
I made a simplified version of this graphic for low vision and/or neurodivergent folks, and anyone else who might benefit! Please let me know if any changes need to be made for accessibility and thank you to the OP!
USPS letter mailing guide: www.usps.com/ship/letters...
August 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#SaveSpeech
I made a simplified version of this graphic for low vision and/or neurodivergent folks, and anyone else who might benefit! Please let me know if any changes need to be made for accessibility and thank you to the OP!
USPS letter mailing guide: www.usps.com/ship/letters...
I made a simplified version of this graphic for low vision and/or neurodivergent folks, and anyone else who might benefit! Please let me know if any changes need to be made for accessibility and thank you to the OP!
USPS letter mailing guide: www.usps.com/ship/letters...
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when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe
August 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe
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I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
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artists who use ai should get their hands replaced with huge unliftable boulders
August 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
artists who use ai should get their hands replaced with huge unliftable boulders
I had to double-check that I wasn't on Twitter.
is there any actor who directly killed more people than Jimmy Stewart?
August 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I had to double-check that I wasn't on Twitter.
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If you are a gamer or enjoy any kind of media, I encourage you to watch this video about the Steam, itch. io, and payment processor hit job being undertaken by 'Collective Shout' and their attempt to try and ban/censor video games.
It is an important topic regarding censorship in our lives.
It is an important topic regarding censorship in our lives.
Here’s my feature on Collective Shout, and their attempts to take down Steam and itch.io. I found a conversation where they spoke about exactly how they did it, and detailed their plans going forward, which sounds… very unrelenting.
youtu.be/rKD4fYc8xV4
youtu.be/rKD4fYc8xV4
The Censorship "Hit Squad" attacking Video Games.
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
If you are a gamer or enjoy any kind of media, I encourage you to watch this video about the Steam, itch. io, and payment processor hit job being undertaken by 'Collective Shout' and their attempt to try and ban/censor video games.
It is an important topic regarding censorship in our lives.
It is an important topic regarding censorship in our lives.
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Like many technologies, AI is designed to kill humans, but in the most soulless way possible, stripping away even our ability to own and express our pain.
Bertolt Brecht: "In the dark times, will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing, about the dark times.”
AI: NOT SO FAST
Bertolt Brecht: "In the dark times, will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing, about the dark times.”
AI: NOT SO FAST
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Like many technologies, AI is designed to kill humans, but in the most soulless way possible, stripping away even our ability to own and express our pain.
Bertolt Brecht: "In the dark times, will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing, about the dark times.”
AI: NOT SO FAST
Bertolt Brecht: "In the dark times, will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing, about the dark times.”
AI: NOT SO FAST
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I can enjoy folklore, tolerate differing political opinions, & have fun with a good flying saucer story, but where I see red flags is when we're unable to agree on facts. We can debate what facts *indicate* but we can't be in conflict about what has & has not been established as fact.
August 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I can enjoy folklore, tolerate differing political opinions, & have fun with a good flying saucer story, but where I see red flags is when we're unable to agree on facts. We can debate what facts *indicate* but we can't be in conflict about what has & has not been established as fact.
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This kind of framing from CBC is a great sign that the pressure is working!!! Keep calling and yelling at these payment processors!
Wow. CBC just covered the Steam / itchio situation. DONT STOP CALLING MASTERCARD, VISA, PAYPAL, STRIPE
www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/s...
www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/s...
How an anti-porn lobby on payment processors censored thousands of video games | CBC Radio
Video game developers are speaking out after thousands of games and other digital artworks were hidden or removed entirely from two popular PC games stores. They say many of the vanished titles were u...
www.cbc.ca
July 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This kind of framing from CBC is a great sign that the pressure is working!!! Keep calling and yelling at these payment processors!
@liminallibrarian.bsky.social is dedicated to doing this
Just a reminder to support and appreciate your local library ghost.
July 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
@liminallibrarian.bsky.social is dedicated to doing this
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An investigation into the use by federal agencies of AI in the FOIA process shows intelligent research methods as well as interesting results. Verdict still out on DOJ, NARA, CIA and others.
Through our AI in FOIA project, we’ve found that one agency explored using AI to identify and automate redaction of exempt information. Others indicated that they used AI, but claimed they had no records responsive to our FOIA requests. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
How federal agencies responded to our requests about AI use in FOIA
Some federal agencies report using AI to process FOIA requests. We asked for documentation, but they say none exists.
www.muckrock.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
An investigation into the use by federal agencies of AI in the FOIA process shows intelligent research methods as well as interesting results. Verdict still out on DOJ, NARA, CIA and others.
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Oil on canvas
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Very excited for next month!
Fun stuff is coming!!! I'd love to say hi to you this July!
June 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Very excited for next month!
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I think about this every day
May 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I think about this every day
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i heard reading is fundamental
May 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
i heard reading is fundamental
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Last week Prasad and Makary announced their new plan to make COVID boosters not available for those without high-risk conditions.
Even they recognized pregnancy as a high risk condition.
Today their boss said nope, no COVID vaccines for pregnant people. Another decision that will kill people
Even they recognized pregnancy as a high risk condition.
Today their boss said nope, no COVID vaccines for pregnant people. Another decision that will kill people
May 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Last week Prasad and Makary announced their new plan to make COVID boosters not available for those without high-risk conditions.
Even they recognized pregnancy as a high risk condition.
Today their boss said nope, no COVID vaccines for pregnant people. Another decision that will kill people
Even they recognized pregnancy as a high risk condition.
Today their boss said nope, no COVID vaccines for pregnant people. Another decision that will kill people
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How to be an ally and support your colleagues with long COVID.
Some good tips here but the whole article is drivel because they forgot to mention to wear masks
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-b...
Some good tips here but the whole article is drivel because they forgot to mention to wear masks
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-b...
How to be an ally and support colleagues suffering from long Covid
Universities and employees are still learning about long Covid and how to deal with it, meaning it’s even more important to offer help and reasonable adjustments
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
How to be an ally and support your colleagues with long COVID.
Some good tips here but the whole article is drivel because they forgot to mention to wear masks
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-b...
Some good tips here but the whole article is drivel because they forgot to mention to wear masks
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-b...
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I wrote about Republicans’ efforts to restrict access to COVID vaccines, and how this aligns with ongoing efforts to claim that COVID is the problem of a few “vulnerable” individuals, rather than a collective public health crisis.
Read here:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/republican...
Read here:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/republican...
Republicans' New Vaccine Restrictions Codify a False Healthy/Unhealthy Dichotomy
Denying vaccine access to the "healthy" makes no sense, not least because anybody can become disabled by a single COVID infection
www.thegauntlet.news
May 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I wrote about Republicans’ efforts to restrict access to COVID vaccines, and how this aligns with ongoing efforts to claim that COVID is the problem of a few “vulnerable” individuals, rather than a collective public health crisis.
Read here:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/republican...
Read here:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/republican...