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TitaniaDioxide
@titaniapersists.bsky.social
Disabled engineer, motivated constituent

“We’re all doing the best we can with the information we have” - Mama Doctor Jones

Currently mostly politics. Occasionally nail art, video games, succulents, fiber arts, mental health, or other topics.
Fun fact! Unlawful presence is not a crime. This is bullshit!
September 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
September 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Welp, time to stop buying from Krispy Kreme, I guess.

In this day and age, there is no excuse for Harry Potter brand deals. Every one of them helps JK Rowling fund systemic discrimination and harm of trans people in the UK, and by extension everywhere.
September 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I love the Chihuly museum.

Got my favorite phone background out of it.

My mom got a pic of the space needle reflected in one of the outdoor orbs, but it’s not on my phone :shrug:
September 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
August 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Pet tax
July 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
✒️🖥️ I started an Etsy shop! www.etsy.com/shop/Titania...

I design print-and-stick #BulletJournal spreads that you can buy once and use month-after-month, year-after-year.

If spreads make #BuJo hard for you, like it does for me, check out our grand opening 25% off sale! Ends 2025-07-12.

#BuJoTinker
July 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I usually like AltNPS. They give important updates, good motivation, and clear information in turbulent news cycles.

But yesterday they said they were aiming for 10 million for 3.5% of the population.

The math is simple - 3.5% of 350 million is 12.25 million.

Misinformation isn't acceptable.
June 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Don’t forget Occupy UC Davis in 2011.

The students were sitting the whole time, and the cop still pepper sprayed them point blank.

Do you really think cops will behave better NOW, especially if there’s an agitator present?

They’re not bouncers at a bar.
They’re machine guns with an itchy trigger.
June 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Don’t forget UC Davis. They were already sitting.

What do you think the cops will do when they actually think there’s a threat?

They won’t bother to figure out who the provocateurs are - they’ll just shoot at whoever they notice acting weird - and the people suddenly sitting down are easy targets.
June 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Do NOT sit down.

Sitting down in a crowd will get you trampled (especially if the crowd suddenly panics!) and your decreased mobility makes it easier for police to arrest you.

Plus, most “riot control” munitions are meant to skipped off the ground - you don’t want your head to be in their way.
June 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I got my (apparently limited-edition) “Vote Like My Life Depends On It” shirt from these folks!

And if they ever add a maxi-skirt to their catalog, I’ll absolutely pick some up!

Great way to support some Queer Jewish folks!
June 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Buddy, I don't think you want to use O.C.G.'s ILLEGAL deportation as evidence that you gave these people enough notice.

Murphy already said y'all need to bring O.C.G. back. This isn't the proof that you want it to be.
May 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Judge is not taking any BS lmao
May 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Labradorite? My sister’s favorite stone. Probably black/dark blue, with accents of some electric blue, lots of teal, some amber, and a tiny little bit of lavender
May 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In all the bad happening to ally my #queersky fam, one piece of good.

Michael’s has some Pride gear! It’s not even June yet, but there was a display out :)
May 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
April 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
From the article:
April 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Be the choir.

I’m so tired. I’m taking a step back. I’ll still be calling about my One Big Thing (due process), but I’m gonna let everyone else deal with everything else.

Don’t burn out.
April 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Check out open-thoughts.ai!

They claim to be 100% open source, and release their datasets to back it up!

@coolhand.bsky.social has a playground for it (linked)

(Cool dude btw - his website has an ethics page explaining how he self-hosts and nothing he uses takes more power than an Xbox)
April 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
You’re going to go feral for this incredibly useful integration function.

It was named very unfortunately and identically, by both Python’s most popular data analysis package AND by the most common data and modeling software in Engineering circles.
April 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I’m sending #PostcardsToPoliticians now!

Got a great deal from www.legendsofamerica.com (not sponsored) for post cards of my state, and grabbed a book of post card stamps for $0.55 a piece.

I plan to send them regularly, to thank anyone who stands up to Trump, and call out those who fold.
April 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
iPhone 13 mini on iOS 18.3.1 right now.

Hallucinated image was HEIF with shown settings. Working images were PNGs
February 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I also just tested: it’s not because I cropped and slightly rotated the original image.

I just cropped and rotated the working image and it worked fine.

Screenshots also mostly work.

But images >>taken with my phone camera<< (including ones that previously worked!) are also getting hallucinated.
February 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Ok this is SUPER weird.

When I upload the original (first two images), I get hallucinations out the wazoo

When I re-download the SAME image from my Bluesky post above, it gives good results.

Wonky as heck!!
February 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM