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Marisa A.
@marisandini.bsky.social
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Fanfic writer and DnD enthusiast!,
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marisandini.bsky.social
My laptop is apparently outdated, has weak processor, glitches often, and can't be updated to Windows 11

I guess it's a good time as any to buy a new one with Linux
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · May 17
“Microsoft said the Israeli military, like any other customer, was bound to follow the company’s Acceptable Use Policy and AI Code of Conduct, which prohibit the use of products to inflict harm in any way prohibited by law.”
Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war but denies use to harm people in Gaza
Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that it sold advanced artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the war in Gaza and aided in efforts to locate and rescue Isra...
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May 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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I knew To Be Hero X was going to be good but OHMYWORD IT HAS EXCEEDED EVERYTHING I COULD HAVE IMAGINED SO FAR.

I AM INVESTED.
It's been a while since I felt like this about something. Much love.
May 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
marisandini.bsky.social
Usually I don't understand why people apologize for the row of posts during a hyperfixation since... you do you? No need to be sorry

I understand now. I'm obsessed with one thing at the moment and I need someone to come and gag me
May 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
marisandini.bsky.social
Feeling bummed at the moment for having to lock my AO3 fics because of AI Scrapping 😢
May 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
*squints in both screenwriter and physicist*
gbbranstetter.bsky.social Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Apr 16
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
"These are kids who will never pay taxes," Kennedy declared. "They'll never hold a job. Theyl never play baseball. They'Il never write a poem. They'll never go out " on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted. We have to recognize doing this to our children. we are
April 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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kimshum.bsky.social
In discussions about buying this book, friends are reminding others not to buy digital because anything digital can be disappeared by the companies. To give a sense of where things are at.

(Digital purchases are technically licenses, so you don’t actually own anything! Buy physical copies.)
jenszalai.bsky.social Jennifer Szalai @jenszalai.bsky.social · Mar 14
WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":

"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
Last Friday afternoon, I got my first message from Ryan Daniels, public affairs manager of strategic response at Meta. When I declined his invitation to talk by phone, he wrote back again: “I was wondering if the Washington Post was going to write a review about a book that’s coming out this upcoming week on Meta. Do you have a couple minutes to chat?” So, I called. Daniels said, “We don’t have the book,” but the company had prepared “preliminary statements” about it. Although he didn’t share those with me, he wrote to me again on Saturday and again on Monday trying to get information about our review plans. (In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me.) Yesterday, when I reached out to Daniels for a response from Meta, he wrote back: “Do you plan to write something about it, or are you just curious how we’re responding?” It’s always about controlling the narrative. But apparently, that’s not going so well. This morning, “Careless People” is No. 3 on Amazon. I know this is a long item, the longest I’ve ever written for the Book Club newsletter. But when one of the world’s most powerful media companies tries to snuff out a book — amid other alarming attacks on free speech in America like this — it’s time to pull out all the stops.
March 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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franzanth.bsky.social
*aggressively bringing you flowers*
#Art #SciArt
Paromola, a crab with long legs and spikes all over. The last pair of its legs are small and pointing up like carrying a tray. It's carrying a whole plant of Paphiopedilum slipper orchid in bloom. The four flowers have pitcher-like structures and long ribbony bits that trail very far downwards.
February 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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frootypandas.bsky.social
"The Bad Kids 😈"
#fantasyhigh #dimension20
#fantasyhighfanart
Character Designs are by @caitmayart.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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tabcreations.com
Campaign ideas like this keep me up at night.
#ttrpg #dnd #rpg #meme
A post from 'probablybadrpgideas' suggesting players create druids with animal companions, only for the druids to be kidnapped and the players to play as their animal companions. A comment reads, 'op change your url.'
January 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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meredithnudo.blacksky.app
This is what I used to remove generative AI trash from my Google searches and it has been a gamechanger. There's also some plugins you can use that are kinda complicated, but this is the simplest and easiest method I've found.

www.tomsguide.com/ai/how-to-bl...
How to block Google AI Overviews from appearing in your search results
And no, it doesn't require a Chrome extension
www.tomsguide.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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dungeonglitch.com
Just some free resources you are encouraged to access.

www.si.edu/openaccess

#TTRPG #WritingCommunity
“An image of a social media post discussing the Smithsonian’s Open Access initiative. The post expresses excitement about being able to download, share, and reuse millions of Smithsonian’s digitized 2D and 3D items, including photos, text, videos, sound files, research datasets, and more. The content is available under a Creative Commons Zero license, allowing unrestricted use, even for commercial purposes, without requiring permission or attribution. The post celebrates the initiative as a positive step in making cultural and educational resources widely accessible.”
January 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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tabcreations.com
GM Tip: #worldbuilding is something we do for ourselves most of the time, not for the players. There's no need to lore dump. Let it come out organically, in drips and drabs. The players will engage with the parts they're interested in; the rest is irrelevant. #ttrpg #dnd #ttrpgcommunity
January 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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tabcreations.com
Do you make up your campaigns session-by-session as you go, or do you have the major beats planned out sessions in advance?
#ttrpg #dnd #rpg #meme
January 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
marisandini.bsky.social
Should you feed the tail and gecko seperately or together? Is the tail the singular way to feed the creature or simply a defensive mechanism?

This is the kind of questions I'm here for

#DndDideas #DnD #fantasy
webvein.bsky.social Mortimer @webvein.bsky.social · Jan 10
No one:
Still no one:

Me: What if leaf tailed gecko, but the leaf is carnivorous?

#specevo #specbio #sciart #lizard #uroplatus #leaftailedgecko
January 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
marisandini.bsky.social
Don't you just hate it when you have the perfect scene in your head to write but when you sit in front of the keyboard and go:
a man says i 'm coming out blank in a netflix advertisement
ALT: a man says i 'm coming out blank in a netflix advertisement
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January 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
marisandini.bsky.social
"But the moment the blindfold was loose, Utahime almost gasped.

The slightest glint of tear broke out at the edge of his long eyelashes."

archiveofourown.org/works/589893...

Thank you so much bestie 😭❤️ @awandhaway.bsky.social

#gojohime #gouta #satohime
January 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
marisandini.bsky.social
@lapizsagana.bsky.social Out of curiosity, if there's someone who tries to court Himiko and be a love rival to Kamo Sosuke, what kind of person do you imagine them?
December 30, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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bydhiyanah.bsky.social
'Resound,' #CoastCard 15, acrylic on wood.

I think a lot about how one of the loudest sounds in the natural world is a call against isolation. Inspired by the cicada that visited recently. #InverteFest
#art #CoastCard2024 #SciArt 🐡 #TradArt #painting #BugSky #artists
A painting in acrylic on 10cm by 10cm wood by the artist Dhiyanah Hassan of a red and black cicada in the center of a mandala like background with wings infused with batik and Southeast Asian traditional art motifs. The background is in a monochromatic green to bring forward the red of the cicada, also adorned with batik and South Asian mandala motifs.
December 27, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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ericafails.bsky.social
Writers: you can't just call call it Mephisto Corp LLC, who does that

Real Life:
lailalalami.com Laila Lalami @lailalalami.com · Dec 13
Cerberus, a private equity firm, buys a chain of hospitals, sells the land on which they sit, and charges them rent. The hospitals struggle and start cutting corners. Patients' care worsens, death rates climb. And Cerberus makes $790 million in profit.
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Dec 12
Health care accounts for more than 17 per cent of the U.S. economy, or around $4.5 trillion dollars, but the revenues of just two companies—CVS/Aetna and UnitedHealth—account for nearly one in every seven dollars the nation spends on health care.
December 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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haridraws.bsky.social
Tumblr screenshot by user ‘cursmudgeon’ reads: Maybe being good at social media should not be the main qualifier for all creative work
December 27, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
See I would’ve thought you’d want to pursue federal charges against Trump to act as a “deterrent” against “copycat insurrectionists”, but what do I know, I’m no Merrick Garland.
December 25, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
Hey @thewhitevault.bsky.social …

Travel … is not advised.

gizmodo.com/archaeologis...
Archaeologists Uncover a Medieval Floor Made of Bones
This rare feature, found only in North Holland, has left archaeologists baffled as to why someone would choose such a morbid material.
gizmodo.com
December 22, 2024 at 10:26 PM
marisandini.bsky.social
@lapizsagana.bsky.social Congrats on finishing First Cut! It was a long satisfying Gojohime love story and you did so well following the dark tone of canon all the while.

I will say your Gojo Family AU post is just a twist in the knife after that last chapter. Good job for breaking my heart
December 22, 2024 at 6:57 AM
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slack2thefuture.bsky.social
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, Sam, then you’re not in business.

You’re in organized crime. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.
futurism.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:17 PM