Melon
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I think about this tweet constantly
February 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I think about this tweet constantly
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I've assembled a team of the most horrible perverts and criminals you've ever seen and we're going to fix this country
January 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I've assembled a team of the most horrible perverts and criminals you've ever seen and we're going to fix this country
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"that's not canon" hey remember when fandom having fun and doing things outside of canon was, like. the entire point
January 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
"that's not canon" hey remember when fandom having fun and doing things outside of canon was, like. the entire point
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I love art. I love this craft of visual romanticization. Seeing how people interpret the world around them with their feelings and thoughts poetically laid bare in line and color. Art can ignite the imagination and passion in others and it’s all done by moving a stick around with intent and emotion.
Fuck your complaints. What’s something you love?
January 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I love art. I love this craft of visual romanticization. Seeing how people interpret the world around them with their feelings and thoughts poetically laid bare in line and color. Art can ignite the imagination and passion in others and it’s all done by moving a stick around with intent and emotion.
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i'm not downloading an app for your shitty product or business
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
i'm not downloading an app for your shitty product or business
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I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
January 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
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me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:
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Bumping the threadstarter to repeat the plea again: PLEASE stop using follow-farming hashtags like #NoDemUnder1k, #NoDemUnder5k, #BlueCrew, #FBR, #FBPE, etc -- any "use this hashtag/like this post/repost this post/reply to this post/etc to get followers". You are providing cover for bad actors.
Yet another plea to people who are using or following people off follow-farming hashtags like #NoDemUnder1K, #NoDemUnder5K, #BlueCrew, #FBR, etc etc: please do not do that, it's how disinformation operations work. I'm already seeing accounts in those hashtags that are likely disinformation ops. 1/
November 17, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Bumping the threadstarter to repeat the plea again: PLEASE stop using follow-farming hashtags like #NoDemUnder1k, #NoDemUnder5k, #BlueCrew, #FBR, #FBPE, etc -- any "use this hashtag/like this post/repost this post/reply to this post/etc to get followers". You are providing cover for bad actors.
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Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
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The best thing you can do for an author is to request their book from your library. The library will usually get it for you! The author will get an immediate sale, and libraries will know there is a demand for their future books! Just google your library name plus "book request" or walk in and ask
Library purchases are purchases. They pay the press. The press counts them towards advances and royalties. And (gasp) the book is in a library!! It’s wonderful and no one should ever feel bad about getting a book through a library instead of buying it.
I got it from my local library system, which has 28 physical copies (more than half are checked out) and 4 audiobooks. The branch library is two blocks from my house so I get most of my books from there. Hope this helps because I loved the book - I'm not a historian and knew nothing of that period.
December 27, 2024 at 2:28 AM
The best thing you can do for an author is to request their book from your library. The library will usually get it for you! The author will get an immediate sale, and libraries will know there is a demand for their future books! Just google your library name plus "book request" or walk in and ask
mad brownies. so many brownies.
December 25, 2024 at 8:31 PM
mad brownies. so many brownies.
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It is a weapon for the angry sniveling goblins to decide that artists are now their enemy
It's a tool for the capitalists to make every product worse for the small bonus of destroying labour
its a crutch for fascists to avoid the tricky issue of having to engage with experiences outside of their own
It's a tool for the capitalists to make every product worse for the small bonus of destroying labour
its a crutch for fascists to avoid the tricky issue of having to engage with experiences outside of their own
December 12, 2024 at 7:17 PM
It is a weapon for the angry sniveling goblins to decide that artists are now their enemy
It's a tool for the capitalists to make every product worse for the small bonus of destroying labour
its a crutch for fascists to avoid the tricky issue of having to engage with experiences outside of their own
It's a tool for the capitalists to make every product worse for the small bonus of destroying labour
its a crutch for fascists to avoid the tricky issue of having to engage with experiences outside of their own
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Aside from the labour aspect, I find the act of generative AI to be traitorous to the human spirit and indicative of the lecherous ghouls that wish to poison the social fabric for profit
It is my enemy no matter how good it can summarize a 2 paragraph email
It is my enemy no matter how good it can summarize a 2 paragraph email
December 12, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Aside from the labour aspect, I find the act of generative AI to be traitorous to the human spirit and indicative of the lecherous ghouls that wish to poison the social fabric for profit
It is my enemy no matter how good it can summarize a 2 paragraph email
It is my enemy no matter how good it can summarize a 2 paragraph email
made my own recipe (like i usually do lol)
apple cinnamon cake/bread with dry cranberries, sunflower kernels, and oats.
waiting for the batter to rest right now before i put it in the oven. 🍎🍞💕
apple cinnamon cake/bread with dry cranberries, sunflower kernels, and oats.
waiting for the batter to rest right now before i put it in the oven. 🍎🍞💕
December 14, 2024 at 1:04 AM
made my own recipe (like i usually do lol)
apple cinnamon cake/bread with dry cranberries, sunflower kernels, and oats.
waiting for the batter to rest right now before i put it in the oven. 🍎🍞💕
apple cinnamon cake/bread with dry cranberries, sunflower kernels, and oats.
waiting for the batter to rest right now before i put it in the oven. 🍎🍞💕
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Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
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This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 11, 2024 at 10:43 PM
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
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so funny when sqq says his relationship with lqg isn't "too terrible" buddy that man is in love with you
December 10, 2024 at 2:26 AM
so funny when sqq says his relationship with lqg isn't "too terrible" buddy that man is in love with you
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Poor Liu Qingge. The worst person you know (former) is now the guy you have a huge crush on (angry) and is also married to the worst person you know (current).
December 10, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Poor Liu Qingge. The worst person you know (former) is now the guy you have a huge crush on (angry) and is also married to the worst person you know (current).
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The Library of Congress has literally one gazillion public domain photos and illustrations that are free to use for your projects!
www.loc.gov/free-to-use
www.loc.gov/free-to-use
October 8, 2024 at 8:31 PM
The Library of Congress has literally one gazillion public domain photos and illustrations that are free to use for your projects!
www.loc.gov/free-to-use
www.loc.gov/free-to-use