Kit (Metaphors and Moonlight)
@kitthenameless.bsky.social
Fantasy & Sci-Fi Book/Game Blogger - Indie Supporter - Disabled (ME) - Covid Conscious 😷 - Nyctophile - Drawer of Mermen - Lover of Vampires - Alt Text - Any Pronouns
https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com
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Is there anyone here who is covid conscious, adds alt text, and supports queer/trans/poc/neurodivergent/disabled people in general? I'd like to have community again, but I need a community that includes me, a chronically ill person, in their list of people who matter. 🧵
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Is there any covid safe dentist or oral surgeon in the Miami or South Florida area? (staff wearing n95 or equivalent, air filters)
September 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Is there any covid safe dentist or oral surgeon in the Miami or South Florida area? (staff wearing n95 or equivalent, air filters)
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Like, just be honest with me. Look me in the immunocompromised eye and say "I could take a small measure to help keep you safe from a disabling oncogenic disease, one that's been proven to reduce transmission, but I don't WANT to."
June 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Like, just be honest with me. Look me in the immunocompromised eye and say "I could take a small measure to help keep you safe from a disabling oncogenic disease, one that's been proven to reduce transmission, but I don't WANT to."
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
I know I barely use this site, but I drew some jellyfish mermen, based on the pacific sea nettle! #Mermay #Mermay2025 #merman
May 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I know I barely use this site, but I drew some jellyfish mermen, based on the pacific sea nettle! #Mermay #Mermay2025 #merman
Why tf did Microsoft remove Wordpad???? That's what I use for all my documents, what am I supposed to use now 😭 Why does every company just keep making everything worse, I don't understand.
February 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Why tf did Microsoft remove Wordpad???? That's what I use for all my documents, what am I supposed to use now 😭 Why does every company just keep making everything worse, I don't understand.
I Google searched "iguana colorful" and got a bunch of AI images, so then I searched "real iguana colorful" and got an AI result telling me that iguanas can be colorful. I hate that the internet is like this now, I just want actual real search results 😭
December 24, 2024 at 5:17 AM
I Google searched "iguana colorful" and got a bunch of AI images, so then I searched "real iguana colorful" and got an AI result telling me that iguanas can be colorful. I hate that the internet is like this now, I just want actual real search results 😭
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please mask and wash your hands and test if you don’t feel well. so many people are getting sick and getting others sick. stay home if you’re sick. exposing countless workers to illness so you can get your holiday shopping done or whatever is gross.
December 22, 2024 at 3:49 AM
please mask and wash your hands and test if you don’t feel well. so many people are getting sick and getting others sick. stay home if you’re sick. exposing countless workers to illness so you can get your holiday shopping done or whatever is gross.
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I find it hilarious that one pattern cuttlefish like to do is a big white square on their mantle.
They are great at doing patterns to blend in with their enviroment but sometimes they just think "time for ■"
They are great at doing patterns to blend in with their enviroment but sometimes they just think "time for ■"
December 15, 2024 at 1:10 AM
I find it hilarious that one pattern cuttlefish like to do is a big white square on their mantle.
They are great at doing patterns to blend in with their enviroment but sometimes they just think "time for ■"
They are great at doing patterns to blend in with their enviroment but sometimes they just think "time for ■"
Ice cold take, probably? I don't think YouTube ads should be allowed to be over, idk, two minutes long. I don't care if there's a skip button. They should still be two minutes maximum.
December 16, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Ice cold take, probably? I don't think YouTube ads should be allowed to be over, idk, two minutes long. I don't care if there's a skip button. They should still be two minutes maximum.
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not to mention the number of times I didn't understand what I was looking at (what tv character that was, whether there's a cat in this photo, whether it's the plant I'm supposed to be focusing on or something else, what meme this is, etc) that alt text has cleared up for me so I haven't had to ask
I also talk about "people who need alt text" and I think that's appropriate to do but I also think folks should realize they could also be people who need alt text if the image doesn't load or gets corrupted or whatever.
It's not a Memento Disability thing.
Alt text is also for you. Now.
It's not a Memento Disability thing.
Alt text is also for you. Now.
December 12, 2024 at 10:45 PM
not to mention the number of times I didn't understand what I was looking at (what tv character that was, whether there's a cat in this photo, whether it's the plant I'm supposed to be focusing on or something else, what meme this is, etc) that alt text has cleared up for me so I haven't had to ask
All I can think now is, if this person they've taken in already has chronic pain, and he's being held somewhere or gets prison, the gov isn't going to care. He'll get even less help for the pain. And that's not ok.
As someone who has also had a spinal fusion operation (mine was cervical) and years of horrific pain, I think the x-ray photo on his profile is far more important in understanding the shooter's motivations for attacking a health insurance CEO than any retweeting activity or Goodreads reviews.
the person of interest in the shooting of the United CEO has been ID’d as Luigi Mangione, an Ivy League grad and fan of Breloom, the mushroom Pokémon.
December 9, 2024 at 11:51 PM
All I can think now is, if this person they've taken in already has chronic pain, and he's being held somewhere or gets prison, the gov isn't going to care. He'll get even less help for the pain. And that's not ok.
So often I see / hear about people filming videos, recording podcasts, making art, doing crafts, cooking meals, doing their makeup, working out, etc. while they're sick.
I feel worse than that on a daily basis. Even not sick, I can't work out, cook meals, do crafts, talk for more than 2 minutes. 1/
I feel worse than that on a daily basis. Even not sick, I can't work out, cook meals, do crafts, talk for more than 2 minutes. 1/
December 8, 2024 at 12:38 AM
So often I see / hear about people filming videos, recording podcasts, making art, doing crafts, cooking meals, doing their makeup, working out, etc. while they're sick.
I feel worse than that on a daily basis. Even not sick, I can't work out, cook meals, do crafts, talk for more than 2 minutes. 1/
I feel worse than that on a daily basis. Even not sick, I can't work out, cook meals, do crafts, talk for more than 2 minutes. 1/
I walked out of the shower with wet feet, and, umm. I think I might be a werewolf?
December 6, 2024 at 11:04 PM
I walked out of the shower with wet feet, and, umm. I think I might be a werewolf?
I now have a free trial of Google Play Pass, and there are a couple games I already wanted, but my inner 10-year-old possessed me and I downloaded and immediately started playing a game called "Gymnastics Superstar Star Girl" 😄 I have no idea what's happening, but at least I have a cool leotard.
December 5, 2024 at 3:27 AM
I now have a free trial of Google Play Pass, and there are a couple games I already wanted, but my inner 10-year-old possessed me and I downloaded and immediately started playing a game called "Gymnastics Superstar Star Girl" 😄 I have no idea what's happening, but at least I have a cool leotard.
I just subscribed to a streaming service because of a great Black Friday deal, and instead of using that subscription, I'm watching dogs have spa treatments on YouTube.
December 4, 2024 at 3:49 AM
I just subscribed to a streaming service because of a great Black Friday deal, and instead of using that subscription, I'm watching dogs have spa treatments on YouTube.
I'm trying to put together a recommendation post, and I've had to exclude three books now that sounded like they might be good because of their AI art covers 😫
December 1, 2024 at 5:30 AM
I'm trying to put together a recommendation post, and I've had to exclude three books now that sounded like they might be good because of their AI art covers 😫
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This Thanksgiving - be thankful for your good health (if you have it) and spare a thought for the disabled & chronically ill people who’ve been tossed aside for years so that everyone else can go “back to normal”.
This “othering” of people - this desire to see them as less than - has consequences
This “othering” of people - this desire to see them as less than - has consequences
How Did We Get Here and What Comes Next?
Disabled people have been warning others for nearly 5 years that eugenicist Covid policies would lead to a rise of fascist, racist, bigoted, misogynistic hatred. It's here now. So what’s next?
www.disabledginger.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:55 PM
This Thanksgiving - be thankful for your good health (if you have it) and spare a thought for the disabled & chronically ill people who’ve been tossed aside for years so that everyone else can go “back to normal”.
This “othering” of people - this desire to see them as less than - has consequences
This “othering” of people - this desire to see them as less than - has consequences
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We can tell them until we’re blue in the face - they will almost always refuse to acknowledge it. They will find some way we are at fault. Some perceived moral failing that renders us incapable of getting the magical help they’re certain will be there for them when it’s their turn. /3
November 20, 2024 at 8:13 AM
We can tell them until we’re blue in the face - they will almost always refuse to acknowledge it. They will find some way we are at fault. Some perceived moral failing that renders us incapable of getting the magical help they’re certain will be there for them when it’s their turn. /3
Is there anyone here who is covid conscious, adds alt text, and supports queer/trans/poc/neurodivergent/disabled people in general? I'd like to have community again, but I need a community that includes me, a chronically ill person, in their list of people who matter. 🧵
November 18, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Is there anyone here who is covid conscious, adds alt text, and supports queer/trans/poc/neurodivergent/disabled people in general? I'd like to have community again, but I need a community that includes me, a chronically ill person, in their list of people who matter. 🧵
I'm only 8% into Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas, but I'm already so invested in these characters 🥺
March 15, 2024 at 12:16 AM
I'm only 8% into Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas, but I'm already so invested in these characters 🥺
Gorgeous, shiny bookmail 😍✨ Was surprised and so excited to get this. A cute teen romance with a nonbinary MC and a bit of magic! Otherwordly by F.T. Lukens, thanks to Simon & Schuster for sending this!
March 13, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Gorgeous, shiny bookmail 😍✨ Was surprised and so excited to get this. A cute teen romance with a nonbinary MC and a bit of magic! Otherwordly by F.T. Lukens, thanks to Simon & Schuster for sending this!
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Self-published authors, heads up. If "HarperCollins" contacts you out of the blue and they want to offer you a deal but you have to write a query first: it's a scam. I've seen multiple authors get taken in by this one recently.
March 13, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Self-published authors, heads up. If "HarperCollins" contacts you out of the blue and they want to offer you a deal but you have to write a query first: it's a scam. I've seen multiple authors get taken in by this one recently.
I heard weird loud noises outside my room, so I opened my curtains and 😲 surprise peacock!
March 10, 2024 at 9:58 PM
I heard weird loud noises outside my room, so I opened my curtains and 😲 surprise peacock!