Fialka
@stillfialka.bsky.social
What I do when I should something better. Again.
Writer, reader, fluffycat feeder. Currently querying...
Writer, reader, fluffycat feeder. Currently querying...
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This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
All that, and so much more.
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
All that, and so much more.
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I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Can't wait to see how Karoline Leavitt defends deporting her own sister-in-law.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew detained by US immigration agents
Bruna Ferreira, who has a child with the White House press secretary’s brother, is now in custody at an ICE facility
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Can't wait to see how Karoline Leavitt defends deporting her own sister-in-law.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
JFC.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
link.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
JFC.
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Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
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Tell me what single day of his presidency did he NOT do the following. Screenshot from 👇
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November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Really brilliant analysis. Also somewhat heartbreaking, even for those of us who aren't from a Christian background.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Really brilliant analysis. Also somewhat heartbreaking, even for those of us who aren't from a Christian background.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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I wish more reporting on this made the point that novelists won't be displaced by LLMs suddenly producing literature instead of story mulch, but because decision makers focused only on the bottom line, who don't understand what makes a good book, will be persuaded story mulch has got 'good enough'.
New research by @mctd.bsky.social shows the impact of generative AI on authors in the UK. They found over a third of novelists report their income has already been negatively impacted by AI and 85% expect their future income will be negatively impacted.
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
Impact of Generative AI on the Novel
A report examining how literary creatives being affected by GenAI and what measures they want see implemented by the government to protect the UK’s literary scene.
www.mctd.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I wish more reporting on this made the point that novelists won't be displaced by LLMs suddenly producing literature instead of story mulch, but because decision makers focused only on the bottom line, who don't understand what makes a good book, will be persuaded story mulch has got 'good enough'.
Ah, the joy of dumping 52gb of unwanted AI shit off the new PC.
Take that, ya bahstahds!
Take that, ya bahstahds!
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ah, the joy of dumping 52gb of unwanted AI shit off the new PC.
Take that, ya bahstahds!
Take that, ya bahstahds!
...that stomach sink of dread when yesterday's science fiction film props become today's world.
Two perfectly normal ads in the perfectly normal city of San Francisco.
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
...that stomach sink of dread when yesterday's science fiction film props become today's world.
It really is. And makes me long for the vintage Underwood I found one garbage night in Manhattan, and had to leave behind when I moved overseas.
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It really is. And makes me long for the vintage Underwood I found one garbage night in Manhattan, and had to leave behind when I moved overseas.
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ICYMI: The GOP is trying to pass Permitting Reform legislation that would gut protections for Tribes and communities to oppose strip mining and oil and gas drilling.
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
Rep. Stansbury: The GOP is trying to strip Tribal communities of their rights
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
ICYMI: The GOP is trying to pass Permitting Reform legislation that would gut protections for Tribes and communities to oppose strip mining and oil and gas drilling.
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?
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Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
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The woman who discovered the first black hole
Betty Webster is a name to remember. Also: more rogue binary jovians
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
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badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-...
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This is a fabulous story. An antidote to the rest of today's news.
I know many of us sometimes pine for the days of internet yore, when community formed out of nowhere. So let me tell you about my favorite lesbian goat farmers and soap makers, the Hairy Farmpit Girls.
I've been following the Farmpit for years on Fb, from shortly after Swan and Jen got married.
I've been following the Farmpit for years on Fb, from shortly after Swan and Jen got married.
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is a fabulous story. An antidote to the rest of today's news.
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@gianttourtiere.bsky.social I have a plan to increase alertness in bridge crew and prevent sleep deprivation incidents!!!
My latest: Would you replace coffee with a $100 wristband that mildly zaps you and stimulates your nerves to keep you awake?
Turns out most Chinese people are saying no, as they ridicule the viral gadget "eCoffee" and call it a portable electric chair. (You can buy it here and try it out tho.)
Turns out most Chinese people are saying no, as they ridicule the viral gadget "eCoffee" and call it a portable electric chair. (You can buy it here and try it out tho.)
A Viral Chinese Wristband Claims to Zap You Awake. The Public Says 'No Thanks’
The maker of the eCoffee Energyband says it electrically stimulates your nerves to keep you alert. Researchers are skeptical, and critics see it as a way for China’s bosses to keep workers productive.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
@gianttourtiere.bsky.social I have a plan to increase alertness in bridge crew and prevent sleep deprivation incidents!!!
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
FFS. Reading the 2nd book in the Tyrant Philosophers series & all I want is a decent summary w/spoilers to remind me of book 1 bc I read it that long ago. Not a review and not AI. Can I find one? No.
I swear there used to be tons of sites that did this, especially in SFF. Where did that all go?
I swear there used to be tons of sites that did this, especially in SFF. Where did that all go?
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
FFS. Reading the 2nd book in the Tyrant Philosophers series & all I want is a decent summary w/spoilers to remind me of book 1 bc I read it that long ago. Not a review and not AI. Can I find one? No.
I swear there used to be tons of sites that did this, especially in SFF. Where did that all go?
I swear there used to be tons of sites that did this, especially in SFF. Where did that all go?
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Our trans kin aren't going anywhere. There will always be more; you cannot harass a facet of humanity out of existence. So if we could be kinder to the ones who are here now, I would really appreciate it.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our trans kin aren't going anywhere. There will always be more; you cannot harass a facet of humanity out of existence. So if we could be kinder to the ones who are here now, I would really appreciate it.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.