kuroshii
@kuroshii.bsky.social
Project management guru by day. Fiction writer by night. Morning coffee my trusted ally.
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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40th anniversary of Calvin & Hobbes? Still think about this May 2020 piece from @chuckwendig.bsky.social (with art use approved by Bill Watterson, which is always nice). www.polygon.com/comics/2020/...
Calvin and Hobbes and quarantine
Bill Watterson didn’t predict the current world, but he prepared us for it
www.polygon.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
40th anniversary of Calvin & Hobbes? Still think about this May 2020 piece from @chuckwendig.bsky.social (with art use approved by Bill Watterson, which is always nice). www.polygon.com/comics/2020/...
If your financial model is based on theft, you don't deserve to be in business.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If your financial model is based on theft, you don't deserve to be in business.
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
My city remains true to itself! To wit, a bit of history.
What is happening in Chicago now is not new. Nor is the response of the people who live here.
This is a quick read but one that provides some historical perspective on matters: chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...
This is a quick read but one that provides some historical perspective on matters: chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...
Chicago has always defied kidnappings of our neighbors - Chicago Reader
Even after the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, local officials and everyday people resisted the legalized abductions of men, women, and children who had escaped slavery
chicagoreader.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My city remains true to itself! To wit, a bit of history.
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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Land doesn't vote, people do.
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Land doesn't vote, people do.
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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Public procurement records show agencies such as ICE, CBP, ATF, TSA, the SEC, the Secret Service, the State Department, the U.S. Marshals, and the IRS have purchased ARC data.
But opting-out isn't as difficult as we had thought. Here's how:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
But opting-out isn't as difficult as we had thought. Here's how:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out…
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Public procurement records show agencies such as ICE, CBP, ATF, TSA, the SEC, the Secret Service, the State Department, the U.S. Marshals, and the IRS have purchased ARC data.
But opting-out isn't as difficult as we had thought. Here's how:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
But opting-out isn't as difficult as we had thought. Here's how:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
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My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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As if I needed more reasons to love Emma Thompson: she writes zero drafts longhand like I do! AND her feelings about AI match my own.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As if I needed more reasons to love Emma Thompson: she writes zero drafts longhand like I do! AND her feelings about AI match my own.
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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Whistles! Let’s organize to give everyone whistles and teach the ICE alert codes!
Whistles are helping Chicago resist. Let’s learn from their experience
Whistles are helping Chicago resist. Let’s learn from their experience
October 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Unsolicited writing advice: no. 8075: There is no such thing as serious writing. There are only writers who take their work seriously, and those who don’t. Tragedy is no more “serious” than comedy. Children’s writing is no less “serious” than writing for adults. Good writing is wherever you find it.
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Unsolicited writing advice: no. 8075: There is no such thing as serious writing. There are only writers who take their work seriously, and those who don’t. Tragedy is no more “serious” than comedy. Children’s writing is no less “serious” than writing for adults. Good writing is wherever you find it.
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The Trump regime establishing a series of accounts on Bluesky on the eve of the largest civil protest ever planned in this country is the most pathetic “pick me!” behavior I have ever seen. Block them all and let’s hit the streets. ❌👑
October 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The Trump regime establishing a series of accounts on Bluesky on the eve of the largest civil protest ever planned in this country is the most pathetic “pick me!” behavior I have ever seen. Block them all and let’s hit the streets. ❌👑
Block and do not engage. This is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Block and do not engage. This is the way.
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If you’re planning to hit the streets, we've gathered some advice, as well as a list of items you may want to bring with you. Be careful, and stay safe.
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
wrd.cm
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If you’re planning to hit the streets, we've gathered some advice, as well as a list of items you may want to bring with you. Be careful, and stay safe.
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Thread, and related to a conversation with an old friend (and one of the best execs of the cable era) who said "These streaming bosses don't understand, there's no formula to a hit show, but there is a recipe."
My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure.
Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.
3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.
You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.
Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.
3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.
You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.
So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?
Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?
Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?
Something else?
What have you got?
Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?
Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?
Something else?
What have you got?
October 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thread, and related to a conversation with an old friend (and one of the best execs of the cable era) who said "These streaming bosses don't understand, there's no formula to a hit show, but there is a recipe."
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Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.
October 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.
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My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…
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Trump is asking us to start choosing groups we're willing to abandon, and the only way to make him stop is to be clear we're not fucking abandoning ANYONE.
Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.
Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned
The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.
www.thepinknews.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Trump is asking us to start choosing groups we're willing to abandon, and the only way to make him stop is to be clear we're not fucking abandoning ANYONE.
Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.
Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.