Sofie Bird
@sofiebird.bsky.social
Science fiction writer, game developer, artist, neurodivergent nerd. Codexian, collector of hobbies, probably eight squirrels and a cat in a trenchcoat.
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So yes, I will obviously be talking about Elon’s dumbass lawsuit against Media Matters. @akivamcohen.bsky.social and @questauthority.bsky.social have already done great threads on it but I am gonna talk about anyway.
But first, I want to talk about Up Goer Five.
xkcd.com/1133/
But first, I want to talk about Up Goer Five.
xkcd.com/1133/
Up Goer Five
xkcd.com
November 21, 2023 at 6:14 PM
So yes, I will obviously be talking about Elon’s dumbass lawsuit against Media Matters. @akivamcohen.bsky.social and @questauthority.bsky.social have already done great threads on it but I am gonna talk about anyway.
But first, I want to talk about Up Goer Five.
xkcd.com/1133/
But first, I want to talk about Up Goer Five.
xkcd.com/1133/
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Hey folks! In case you are interested in joining an ADHD/ND writers Discord for community support, random yelling, dopamine generation, and idea exchange! :)
It is VERY bare bones right now and will no doubt evolve as I make this my whole personality for the next little while, but yes please, boost away!
It is not limited to people who were in the class, any ADHD/ND writers are welcome! 💖
discord.gg/pChqRdnm
It is not limited to people who were in the class, any ADHD/ND writers are welcome! 💖
discord.gg/pChqRdnm
September 30, 2023 at 1:43 AM
Hey folks! In case you are interested in joining an ADHD/ND writers Discord for community support, random yelling, dopamine generation, and idea exchange! :)
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Due to the Unity fiasco, I've made my video on Choosing a Game Engine public to everyone.
If you're overwhelmed, I go over the questions you should ask to choose the best option for you!
Signal boosting appreciated! #gamedev
www.patreon.com/posts/finish...
If you're overwhelmed, I go over the questions you should ask to choose the best option for you!
Signal boosting appreciated! #gamedev
www.patreon.com/posts/finish...
September 20, 2023 at 12:09 AM
Due to the Unity fiasco, I've made my video on Choosing a Game Engine public to everyone.
If you're overwhelmed, I go over the questions you should ask to choose the best option for you!
Signal boosting appreciated! #gamedev
www.patreon.com/posts/finish...
If you're overwhelmed, I go over the questions you should ask to choose the best option for you!
Signal boosting appreciated! #gamedev
www.patreon.com/posts/finish...
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Game devs are tired. Writers are tired. Comic book creators are tired. Musicians are tired. Actors are tired. Every industry that produces media you love has been ravaged by a parasitic executive class who want to starve creators to feed some shitcunt's desire for a seventh house
September 14, 2023 at 7:01 PM
Game devs are tired. Writers are tired. Comic book creators are tired. Musicians are tired. Actors are tired. Every industry that produces media you love has been ravaged by a parasitic executive class who want to starve creators to feed some shitcunt's desire for a seventh house
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Absolutely terrifying: state-funded researchers in Poland have developed the first-ever lab tests that can detect if a person has taken abortion pills, and prosecutors have used them to investigate pregnancy outcomes. The tests work for both mifepristone and misoprostol.
There Are Now Tests That Can Detect If Someone Took Abortion Pills
The chilling development comes out of Poland, where prosecutors have already used the tests to investigate pregnancy outcomes.
jezebel.com
September 14, 2023 at 10:35 PM
Absolutely terrifying: state-funded researchers in Poland have developed the first-ever lab tests that can detect if a person has taken abortion pills, and prosecutors have used them to investigate pregnancy outcomes. The tests work for both mifepristone and misoprostol.
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Something powerful someone shared a while back that transformed my mindset: If you notice you spend inordinate time online angry, upset, or unhappy... find something to agree with. Set aside disagreeing except where you must since it rarely does much, and find people and ideas you can support.
September 15, 2023 at 12:57 AM
Something powerful someone shared a while back that transformed my mindset: If you notice you spend inordinate time online angry, upset, or unhappy... find something to agree with. Set aside disagreeing except where you must since it rarely does much, and find people and ideas you can support.
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But I see the "I just couldn't connect with the characters" often in reviews of books by any authors of color as well with complaints that the character is "passive" or "lacks agency," this essay by Vida Cruz is one I think about all the time
We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist - Fantasy Magazine
Let me take you through the anatomy of an active protagonist, one that everyone can relate to. We’ll make our protagonist—we’ll call him John—young and healthy, male, of humble origins (perhap...
www.fantasy-magazine.com
September 15, 2023 at 5:44 AM
But I see the "I just couldn't connect with the characters" often in reviews of books by any authors of color as well with complaints that the character is "passive" or "lacks agency," this essay by Vida Cruz is one I think about all the time
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I'm working on some art for a new Kickstarter. It's a very cool ship-making toolkit for rigs and tabletop games, for players or GMs.
There's going to be a lot of cool stuff included, so go follow the KS for updates.
There's going to be a lot of cool stuff included, so go follow the KS for updates.
Coming soon: an Infinity of Ships
A toolkit for creating wild, weird & wondrous spaceships for sci-fi tabletop RPGs.
www.kickstarter.com
September 15, 2023 at 8:57 AM
I'm working on some art for a new Kickstarter. It's a very cool ship-making toolkit for rigs and tabletop games, for players or GMs.
There's going to be a lot of cool stuff included, so go follow the KS for updates.
There's going to be a lot of cool stuff included, so go follow the KS for updates.
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an example of systemic racism/sexism and how its invisibility perpetuates and protects it:
decades of Rolling Stone, controlled by this guy, who honestly just said straight out that Black artists and women artists weren't interviewed because they weren't smart enough to be interesting
*decades.*
decades of Rolling Stone, controlled by this guy, who honestly just said straight out that Black artists and women artists weren't interviewed because they weren't smart enough to be interesting
*decades.*
the Marchese NYT interview of Jann Wenner is just brutal. You can see how Wenner has never been challenged on any of his beliefs, no matter how ignorant, in half a century; he has no idea what to do but hang himself more with his own rope www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/a...
September 15, 2023 at 6:37 PM
an example of systemic racism/sexism and how its invisibility perpetuates and protects it:
decades of Rolling Stone, controlled by this guy, who honestly just said straight out that Black artists and women artists weren't interviewed because they weren't smart enough to be interesting
*decades.*
decades of Rolling Stone, controlled by this guy, who honestly just said straight out that Black artists and women artists weren't interviewed because they weren't smart enough to be interesting
*decades.*
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Hey I have a journal prompt if you'd like it
open a blank page. title it "100 things I would like to begin."
start writing, don't stop, don't judge your ideas, repeated ideas are okay, don't stop until 100
don't be mean if you have wanted to start some of these for years
now put it away; done
open a blank page. title it "100 things I would like to begin."
start writing, don't stop, don't judge your ideas, repeated ideas are okay, don't stop until 100
don't be mean if you have wanted to start some of these for years
now put it away; done
hey do you remember when I was talking about how journaling is so helpful and I should do it more often and all that?
I have a prompt that i'm doing today, and i thought i would share.
what is my best case scenario: the most positive result of my current endeavers? no undercutting with jokes, pls.
I have a prompt that i'm doing today, and i thought i would share.
what is my best case scenario: the most positive result of my current endeavers? no undercutting with jokes, pls.
September 15, 2023 at 7:37 PM
Hey I have a journal prompt if you'd like it
open a blank page. title it "100 things I would like to begin."
start writing, don't stop, don't judge your ideas, repeated ideas are okay, don't stop until 100
don't be mean if you have wanted to start some of these for years
now put it away; done
open a blank page. title it "100 things I would like to begin."
start writing, don't stop, don't judge your ideas, repeated ideas are okay, don't stop until 100
don't be mean if you have wanted to start some of these for years
now put it away; done
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I treat my blog like a newsletter (and I'm also blogging a lot more again since, well, social media has messily shat the bed) -- you can subscribe for free over yonder hill and dale at terribleminds. It's great. Do it. Invite me in like a vampire! It'll be fine probably!
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terribleminds.com
September 15, 2023 at 3:02 PM
I treat my blog like a newsletter (and I'm also blogging a lot more again since, well, social media has messily shat the bed) -- you can subscribe for free over yonder hill and dale at terribleminds. It's great. Do it. Invite me in like a vampire! It'll be fine probably!
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i put together a long hopefully helpful curation of alternative game engines. there are so many, some deserve a lot more attention, all with their own strengths and benefits.
"The Generous Space of Alternative Game Engines (A Curation)"
keep fighting the good fight!
(re-posts appreciated)
👇🙏💕✨👇
"The Generous Space of Alternative Game Engines (A Curation)"
keep fighting the good fight!
(re-posts appreciated)
👇🙏💕✨👇
The Generous Space of Alternative Game Engines (A Curation)
www.nathalielawhead.com
September 14, 2023 at 1:35 AM
i put together a long hopefully helpful curation of alternative game engines. there are so many, some deserve a lot more attention, all with their own strengths and benefits.
"The Generous Space of Alternative Game Engines (A Curation)"
keep fighting the good fight!
(re-posts appreciated)
👇🙏💕✨👇
"The Generous Space of Alternative Game Engines (A Curation)"
keep fighting the good fight!
(re-posts appreciated)
👇🙏💕✨👇
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I don't want replies sorted by likes. I want replies sorted by time, earliest to latest. End of story. No need to get fancy on stuff nobody wants fancied up. PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU.
September 7, 2023 at 6:38 PM
I don't want replies sorted by likes. I want replies sorted by time, earliest to latest. End of story. No need to get fancy on stuff nobody wants fancied up. PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU.
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i see this pop up once in a while on various platforms and i have never seen more wholesome advice for being creative.
August 2, 2023 at 5:12 PM
i see this pop up once in a while on various platforms and i have never seen more wholesome advice for being creative.
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Solid thread 100 percent worth the time!
(1/13) Do you know Geena Davis? This is Geena Davis. She's, in my opinion, the most impressive actress alive and not because of the excellent roles she played... but because of the one role that changed the direction of her life. Geena Davis started her career in the classic Tootsie as April Page.
September 1, 2023 at 12:27 AM
Solid thread 100 percent worth the time!
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Would anyone be interested in a zoom version of my Philosophy & Fiction creative writing workshop?
Approx. 1 hour.
Pay what you can to make it available to all.
A little philosophy, writing tips, a whole chunk of prompts.
#philsky #academicsky #sf
Approx. 1 hour.
Pay what you can to make it available to all.
A little philosophy, writing tips, a whole chunk of prompts.
#philsky #academicsky #sf
August 31, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Would anyone be interested in a zoom version of my Philosophy & Fiction creative writing workshop?
Approx. 1 hour.
Pay what you can to make it available to all.
A little philosophy, writing tips, a whole chunk of prompts.
#philsky #academicsky #sf
Approx. 1 hour.
Pay what you can to make it available to all.
A little philosophy, writing tips, a whole chunk of prompts.
#philsky #academicsky #sf
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I *strongly* advise not having this app on your phone or uploading media to it that you haven’t stripped of metadata beforehand - someone with 10 years experience investigating commercial surveillance
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, plans to collect “user biometric data, job and school history”
X Plans to Collect User Biometric Data, Job and School History
X, the social network that used to be known as Twitter, updated its privacy policy to include a new kind of user data it plans to collect: biometric.
www.bloomberg.com
August 31, 2023 at 9:42 PM
I *strongly* advise not having this app on your phone or uploading media to it that you haven’t stripped of metadata beforehand - someone with 10 years experience investigating commercial surveillance
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“I’m sorry that happened to you” is such a powerful phrase, especially if you don’t know what else to say. I know we’ve really normalized goofy awkward “idk what to say when people are emotional” stuff but this simple empathy does a lot of work and is so much better at making people feel heard.
Just so you know, if someone says, "This happened to me and it sucked." And that thing didn't happen to you? You can just say, "I'm sorry that happened to you." You don't have to qualify it with, "That never happened to me."
I've seen this like three times today. Usually, men to women.
I've seen this like three times today. Usually, men to women.
August 31, 2023 at 12:38 AM
“I’m sorry that happened to you” is such a powerful phrase, especially if you don’t know what else to say. I know we’ve really normalized goofy awkward “idk what to say when people are emotional” stuff but this simple empathy does a lot of work and is so much better at making people feel heard.
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It's reminder time again. We have no idea who our Kindle subscribers are, but there are a lot of them. Losing those subscribers is going to be brutal, so we'll keep bringing this up. We have no choice.
July 27, 2023 at 1:33 PM
It's reminder time again. We have no idea who our Kindle subscribers are, but there are a lot of them. Losing those subscribers is going to be brutal, so we'll keep bringing this up. We have no choice.
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one of the most corrosive habits of online dunk culture is making it imperative that everyone be correct at all times and making it harder to be like "oh shit i didn't know that" and then change your mind, which is something that is normal, healthy, and good, imo.
its perfectly okay to change your position on something when you receive new information
August 25, 2023 at 4:29 PM
one of the most corrosive habits of online dunk culture is making it imperative that everyone be correct at all times and making it harder to be like "oh shit i didn't know that" and then change your mind, which is something that is normal, healthy, and good, imo.
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So I'm in contact with Sheree over at F&SF. We're talking about options/optics and I really feel like I need to impress upon y'all how unhelpful this need for instant self-satisfying and public ramifications is to the ultimate resolution of issues in a way that in this case keeps a Black woman safe.
August 23, 2023 at 7:16 PM
So I'm in contact with Sheree over at F&SF. We're talking about options/optics and I really feel like I need to impress upon y'all how unhelpful this need for instant self-satisfying and public ramifications is to the ultimate resolution of issues in a way that in this case keeps a Black woman safe.
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hey we need more people to follow here, BLUE.
if you're a writer/editor/zine/etc. in the SFFH genre pls reply with an emoji and we'll follow you.
BONUS POINTS for using super obscure emojis.
(pls repost if you want to help us spread the word OR if you have a skeleton inside you thx)
if you're a writer/editor/zine/etc. in the SFFH genre pls reply with an emoji and we'll follow you.
BONUS POINTS for using super obscure emojis.
(pls repost if you want to help us spread the word OR if you have a skeleton inside you thx)
August 19, 2023 at 2:19 PM
hey we need more people to follow here, BLUE.
if you're a writer/editor/zine/etc. in the SFFH genre pls reply with an emoji and we'll follow you.
BONUS POINTS for using super obscure emojis.
(pls repost if you want to help us spread the word OR if you have a skeleton inside you thx)
if you're a writer/editor/zine/etc. in the SFFH genre pls reply with an emoji and we'll follow you.
BONUS POINTS for using super obscure emojis.
(pls repost if you want to help us spread the word OR if you have a skeleton inside you thx)