N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka)
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N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka)
@nroshak.bsky.social
Canadian, author & reader, nerd, parent. She/they. SFWA, SCBWI, Codexian. Invisibly bi/pan 🏳️‍🌈 Proud member of 🇺🇦 diaspora in 🇨🇦. https://nrmroshak.com and https://rdbms-insight.com
Adobe Firefly: oh no problem we built ours off our licensed stock content
Licensed Stock Content providers: [shoving Midjourney under the rug] Oh Hai!
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Everyone's got their own bed - season's over but some are still harvesting kale and carrots!
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I think the Blue Jays uplifted us all! I don't even watch baseball and I loved the sense of community across Ontario.

I helped install some raised beds in the community garden yesterday on a gorgeous fall day.
November 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I am not smart in the law, but if you're going to lecture or guest-lecture to a class, or teach a workshop, these FAQs from Utah University might apply:

cte.utah.edu/instructor-e...

attheu.utah.edu/law-politics...
How HB261 Impacts Your Classroom - Center for Teaching Excellence - The University of Utah
Learn more about how Utah legislative mandates impact pedagogy here at the U.
cte.utah.edu
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
but the skins are the best part of concord grapes! the PURPLE is in the SKIN
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I love this story and this thread but could you please explain the lightning-bat? Bat lightning? I'm getting wooshed here 😅
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
www.bbc.com/news/article... "The department will initially use the new name as a "secondary title" while the administration seeks congressional approval to make the change permanent. " Essentially Trump gave it an official nickname
Trump rebrands Department of Defense as Department of War
The US president has sought to refocus the department on "warfighting" and a "warrior ethos".
www.bbc.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
With degrees in data science, no less.
November 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” And yet Bible-believing Christians somehow also believe that the rich are God's favourites. 🤷‍♀️
November 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It is even worse... the professor said "here, for your homework, take this spreadsheet and analyze the data in it" and the students are sending back their analysis of different, made-up data instead. because chatgpt is making up the data instead of using the professor's

imagine doing that at work!
November 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Populist right-wing messaging is both anti-queer and anti-climate-change, so it wouldn't surprise me

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Green backlash and right-wing populism - Nature Climate Change
This Review considers research on the politics of climate policies. Climate policies, through their economic and cultural repercussions, impact public climate attitudes and voting behaviour, which in ...
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I hear thermal expansion and contraction! Sunlight and darkness; day's warmth and evening's chill; the diurnal cycle that paces us through life; the creaks and pops of our fitful, intermittent attempts to chase away night's chill with fire.
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM