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not with a bang, but a "wtf, Google?"
Counterpoint: I try not to be a callous asshole and fuck around with their lives.
June 27, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Counterpoint: I try not to be a callous asshole and fuck around with their lives.
I remember running across bouba/kiki as an undergrad, and filing it away under "huh; weird but interesting."
Now, with [mumble] years of lived experience, it strikes me as more than a little "Just So."
Starting with "1920s cross-cultural research," if you know what I mean.
Now, with [mumble] years of lived experience, it strikes me as more than a little "Just So."
Starting with "1920s cross-cultural research," if you know what I mean.
June 24, 2024 at 5:28 AM
I remember running across bouba/kiki as an undergrad, and filing it away under "huh; weird but interesting."
Now, with [mumble] years of lived experience, it strikes me as more than a little "Just So."
Starting with "1920s cross-cultural research," if you know what I mean.
Now, with [mumble] years of lived experience, it strikes me as more than a little "Just So."
Starting with "1920s cross-cultural research," if you know what I mean.
neither bouba nor kiki, but a secret third thing
June 24, 2024 at 4:30 AM
neither bouba nor kiki, but a secret third thing
Driving through the center of town, came this early 20th c. car. Model T-ish, but not a Model T.
Two seater, seats up high like a buckboard, but not so old that it had a horizontal steering wheel or steering lever.
The top was down, the windscreen was down, and the guy driving it... 1/2
Two seater, seats up high like a buckboard, but not so old that it had a horizontal steering wheel or steering lever.
The top was down, the windscreen was down, and the guy driving it... 1/2
June 23, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Driving through the center of town, came this early 20th c. car. Model T-ish, but not a Model T.
Two seater, seats up high like a buckboard, but not so old that it had a horizontal steering wheel or steering lever.
The top was down, the windscreen was down, and the guy driving it... 1/2
Two seater, seats up high like a buckboard, but not so old that it had a horizontal steering wheel or steering lever.
The top was down, the windscreen was down, and the guy driving it... 1/2
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Think of it: a computer that could find a way out of doing literally any task. The power that would represent
If you told me your LLM was going to have Army E-4 intelligence, that's when I'd start listening
June 22, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Think of it: a computer that could find a way out of doing literally any task. The power that would represent
TIL
As a proud Polish-American I know about the Haitian Revolution, and the role Polish Legionnaires played in it by turning against Napoleon and joining the Haitian slaves in revolt!
More Americans need to know about the Haitian revolution. Point blank. At minimum because the Louisiana purchase would not have happened without it. Neither would the Statue of Liberty.
June 21, 2024 at 3:18 PM
TIL
It's been forever since I backed something on kickstarter, but I'm backing this.
Dirty Magick is a new SFF magazine out of New Orleans is trying to pull funding together. Campaign is on for 11 more days, so LET’S FUCKEN DO ITTTT! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
Dirty Magick Magazine
A fantasy fiction magazine with a hard-boiled edge: "We don't care what the king is doing."
www.kickstarter.com
June 19, 2024 at 3:56 PM
It's been forever since I backed something on kickstarter, but I'm backing this.
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Dirty Magick is a new SFF magazine out of New Orleans is trying to pull funding together. Campaign is on for 11 more days, so LET’S FUCKEN DO ITTTT! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
Dirty Magick Magazine
A fantasy fiction magazine with a hard-boiled edge: "We don't care what the king is doing."
www.kickstarter.com
June 19, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Dirty Magick is a new SFF magazine out of New Orleans is trying to pull funding together. Campaign is on for 11 more days, so LET’S FUCKEN DO ITTTT! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
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The laws characterized as "anti-LGBTQ legislation" in this piece have targeted trans and gender non-conforming people and I'm really not sure what the point is of trying to obscure that fact. It is not yet illegal to be a cis gay kid but 25 states have laws against trans kids.
Threats to Pride events this year may seem to be the work of individuals—people who might not be immediately linked to a well-known group—but these attacks on queer and trans community are not isolated. This is political violence, not individual resentment. My new piece:
Call Attacks on Pride What They Are: Political Violence
Threats and anti-LGBTQ+ harassment at Pride events are increasingly inseparable from other political developments.
newrepublic.com
June 19, 2024 at 3:18 PM
The laws characterized as "anti-LGBTQ legislation" in this piece have targeted trans and gender non-conforming people and I'm really not sure what the point is of trying to obscure that fact. It is not yet illegal to be a cis gay kid but 25 states have laws against trans kids.
Job ad: "we start everyone at the bottom of the salary range for a position"
So, kudos for transparency, I guess, but why bother publishing the full range for the position then?
I don't care what it could be 2 or 3 years from now, I care what it pays when you hire me.
So, kudos for transparency, I guess, but why bother publishing the full range for the position then?
I don't care what it could be 2 or 3 years from now, I care what it pays when you hire me.
June 19, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Job ad: "we start everyone at the bottom of the salary range for a position"
So, kudos for transparency, I guess, but why bother publishing the full range for the position then?
I don't care what it could be 2 or 3 years from now, I care what it pays when you hire me.
So, kudos for transparency, I guess, but why bother publishing the full range for the position then?
I don't care what it could be 2 or 3 years from now, I care what it pays when you hire me.
That face.
That grin.
[sigh] Those skin conditions.
iykyk.
That grin.
[sigh] Those skin conditions.
iykyk.
That face
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June 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM
That face.
That grin.
[sigh] Those skin conditions.
iykyk.
That grin.
[sigh] Those skin conditions.
iykyk.
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I felt this in my fucking soul
June 12, 2024 at 12:32 AM
I felt this in my fucking soul
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ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod
Don't give me hope 🥹
Don't give me hope 🥹
June 11, 2024 at 10:16 PM
ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod
Don't give me hope 🥹
Don't give me hope 🥹
also, I've met so many queens who would totally rock a Sacred Heart banner, about half doing it seriously, about half ironically
One way you know Martha-Ann Alito is a true Christian, a woman of sincere faith, is that she daydreams about using a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag to get back at her neighbors for respecting LGBTQ people's right to exist. She embodies the timeless wisdom of His teaching: "Hate thy neighbor."
June 12, 2024 at 2:04 AM
also, I've met so many queens who would totally rock a Sacred Heart banner, about half doing it seriously, about half ironically
see also, OneDrive
June 10, 2024 at 5:39 AM
see also, OneDrive
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Me: AI assistant, decline meetings
AI: meetingae, meetingās, meetingārum, meetingīs
AI: meetingae, meetingās, meetingārum, meetingīs
June 4, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Me: AI assistant, decline meetings
AI: meetingae, meetingās, meetingārum, meetingīs
AI: meetingae, meetingās, meetingārum, meetingīs
Scavenger's Reign, but from Levi's POV instead of Kamen's.
June 3, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Scavenger's Reign, but from Levi's POV instead of Kamen's.
Happy Pride, everyone.
June 2, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Happy Pride, everyone.
Driving back from the farmer's market this morning, and there was a hummingbird hovering in the middle of our street, doing its best Gandalf vs Balrog impersonation against my car.
I mean, crows are assholes (complimentary), and I've seen them go after raptors since forever. But apparently hummingbirds are Territorial As Fuck. It was absolutely hysterical to watch, you could hear the angry clicking noises as they chased it off.
June 2, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Driving back from the farmer's market this morning, and there was a hummingbird hovering in the middle of our street, doing its best Gandalf vs Balrog impersonation against my car.
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“White supremacists were marching toward the festival from every direction. One flew a Nazi black sun flag. Others carried a banner proclaiming ‘DEGENERACY NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF’. They wore black shirts and brown khakis…It was almost like a swarm of bees,”
last year’s Pride in Centralia, WA
last year’s Pride in Centralia, WA
How Western Washington history explains the rise of hate groups - High Country News
Not everyone was surprised when white supremacists disrupted a Pride celebration in Centralia. Some say bigotry has been a fixture here since 1919.
www.hcn.org
June 2, 2024 at 3:04 AM
“White supremacists were marching toward the festival from every direction. One flew a Nazi black sun flag. Others carried a banner proclaiming ‘DEGENERACY NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF’. They wore black shirts and brown khakis…It was almost like a swarm of bees,”
last year’s Pride in Centralia, WA
last year’s Pride in Centralia, WA
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These are unsettling omens and augurs as acute as any that plagued a jumpy Roman emperor.
In the past week, humanity has reinvented the DashCon ballpit and None Pizza With Left Beef. Somebody somewhere is doing some dark magic and needs to be stopped.
June 2, 2024 at 2:35 AM
These are unsettling omens and augurs as acute as any that plagued a jumpy Roman emperor.
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Heads up parents and caregivers for infants
May 31, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Heads up parents and caregivers for infants
gonna watch this again this weekend and give it a double thumbs-up
May 31, 2024 at 8:18 PM
gonna watch this again this weekend and give it a double thumbs-up