Mama Skye
@vaerosi.bsky.social
Parenting. Politics. Pvideogames. Papercrafter, journaler, and aspiring bookmaker. ADHD nerd. Stuff. Things. Bluesky Birthday 7/21/23 ~~~ Avatar by @nevirra.bsky.social
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No literary agent who is going to get you a deal is going to charge you upfront. They make a percentage. That is how it works.
If someone says otherwise or tries to "upsell" you, they are scammers.
If someone says otherwise or tries to "upsell" you, they are scammers.
Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
December 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
No literary agent who is going to get you a deal is going to charge you upfront. They make a percentage. That is how it works.
If someone says otherwise or tries to "upsell" you, they are scammers.
If someone says otherwise or tries to "upsell" you, they are scammers.
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just feeling more and more like it’s journalistic malpractice not to lead with the fact that the instructor in question is trans
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
just feeling more and more like it’s journalistic malpractice not to lead with the fact that the instructor in question is trans
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Wish you all a Merry Christmas. Stay safe and don't forget to check the weather before you head out. weather.gov.
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Wish you all a Merry Christmas. Stay safe and don't forget to check the weather before you head out. weather.gov.
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call us old fashioned but, if you've built a machine that makes child porn, we really don't care if can do anything else.
unplug the machine.
unplug the machine.
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
call us old fashioned but, if you've built a machine that makes child porn, we really don't care if can do anything else.
unplug the machine.
unplug the machine.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Happy holidays! Pigeons make milk, and I hope this fact fills you with joy and concern during this festive time of year
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Happy holidays! Pigeons make milk, and I hope this fact fills you with joy and concern during this festive time of year
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It has been called Canada's Favourite Confection.
This no-bake dessert grew in prominence following the Second World War and became famous nationwide thanks to Expo 86 and Nanaimo's mascot Nanaimo Barney.
This is the story of Nanaimo Bars!
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This no-bake dessert grew in prominence following the Second World War and became famous nationwide thanks to Expo 86 and Nanaimo's mascot Nanaimo Barney.
This is the story of Nanaimo Bars!
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December 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It has been called Canada's Favourite Confection.
This no-bake dessert grew in prominence following the Second World War and became famous nationwide thanks to Expo 86 and Nanaimo's mascot Nanaimo Barney.
This is the story of Nanaimo Bars!
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This no-bake dessert grew in prominence following the Second World War and became famous nationwide thanks to Expo 86 and Nanaimo's mascot Nanaimo Barney.
This is the story of Nanaimo Bars!
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Yes please do. I never seem to get invited to go anywhere or do anything.. and I hear later “oh we thought you couldn’t make it” which at this point just sounds like an excuse that you forgot I exist
something I learned this year is you should invite people to things even if you know they can’t come. instead of it making them feel bad it actually makes them feel good
December 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Yes please do. I never seem to get invited to go anywhere or do anything.. and I hear later “oh we thought you couldn’t make it” which at this point just sounds like an excuse that you forgot I exist
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Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
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BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.
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Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
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From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
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The most surreal experience is to play Horrible Therapist by @theoatmeal.bsky.social with 7 phycologists and 3 psychiatrists at a work party.
It got wilder when we switched to Warewords by @beziergames.bsky.social. Watching the mayor call the word "open" as an emotion and watch everyone get it.
It got wilder when we switched to Warewords by @beziergames.bsky.social. Watching the mayor call the word "open" as an emotion and watch everyone get it.
December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The most surreal experience is to play Horrible Therapist by @theoatmeal.bsky.social with 7 phycologists and 3 psychiatrists at a work party.
It got wilder when we switched to Warewords by @beziergames.bsky.social. Watching the mayor call the word "open" as an emotion and watch everyone get it.
It got wilder when we switched to Warewords by @beziergames.bsky.social. Watching the mayor call the word "open" as an emotion and watch everyone get it.
Thank you Ontrac, for delivering one package to my doorstep...while keeping the second one in your van and saying it has an "invalid address" that wasn't an issue during the entire shipping process up until this point. Oh, and only having an AI chatbot as support.
a man wearing a blue sweater is sitting in front of a window .
Alt: Gif of RDJ sighing in exasperation and rubbing his face in disbelief
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Thank you Ontrac, for delivering one package to my doorstep...while keeping the second one in your van and saying it has an "invalid address" that wasn't an issue during the entire shipping process up until this point. Oh, and only having an AI chatbot as support.
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
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Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
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December 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Source (yes, it’s real):
Patriot Games, National Mall state fair, White House UFC fight: Trump reveals DC America 250 plans
President Trump detailed major events planned in Washington, D.C., for the 250th anniversary of the U.S., including the Great American State Fair.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Source (yes, it’s real):
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Donald Trump just announced the creation of the “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” with “one young man and one young woman from each state and territory.”
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Donald Trump just announced the creation of the “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” with “one young man and one young woman from each state and territory.”
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I feel, perhaps predictably, strongly about this. If you also do, this post shows a way to steer your borrowing with Libby to books with a real person doing the audiobook reading.
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I feel, perhaps predictably, strongly about this. If you also do, this post shows a way to steer your borrowing with Libby to books with a real person doing the audiobook reading.
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You’re allowed to imagine the best case scenario too.
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You’re allowed to imagine the best case scenario too.
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A lot of people are sick right now.
Flu and Covid are raging, but the good news is a well fitted respirator can prevent both!
A good mask like an N95 is very effective at stopping flu and Covid.
My article looks at how to choose one, how to fit test, where to buy & more.
Mask up & save lives!
Flu and Covid are raging, but the good news is a well fitted respirator can prevent both!
A good mask like an N95 is very effective at stopping flu and Covid.
My article looks at how to choose one, how to fit test, where to buy & more.
Mask up & save lives!
We’re Witnessing the Fall of Public Health… and Your Best Tool is a Mask
Measles in Texas, bird flu in Louisiana, tuberculosis in Kansas and Covid everywhere. Public health has been dying a slow death for years, we can’t count on it anymore. What can we count on? A mask!
www.disabledginger.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A lot of people are sick right now.
Flu and Covid are raging, but the good news is a well fitted respirator can prevent both!
A good mask like an N95 is very effective at stopping flu and Covid.
My article looks at how to choose one, how to fit test, where to buy & more.
Mask up & save lives!
Flu and Covid are raging, but the good news is a well fitted respirator can prevent both!
A good mask like an N95 is very effective at stopping flu and Covid.
My article looks at how to choose one, how to fit test, where to buy & more.
Mask up & save lives!
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Just today I spoke with a designer friend who lamented feeling his passion dying. Why?
He was encouraged/forced to use AI to ‘generate’ ideas for his work. He felt his creative spark was slowly being snuffed out.
Even for less seemingly insidious uses “offloading your thinking” ain’t it.
He was encouraged/forced to use AI to ‘generate’ ideas for his work. He felt his creative spark was slowly being snuffed out.
Even for less seemingly insidious uses “offloading your thinking” ain’t it.
Excellent! BG3 no longer in the wishlist 🎉
NEW: I spoke to Larian boss Swen Vincke about their ambitions for their new RPG Divinity, cutting down development time, pressures from Baldur's Gate 3, why BG3 wouldn't have happened without Tencent, how Larian uses generative AI, and much more www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
December 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Just today I spoke with a designer friend who lamented feeling his passion dying. Why?
He was encouraged/forced to use AI to ‘generate’ ideas for his work. He felt his creative spark was slowly being snuffed out.
Even for less seemingly insidious uses “offloading your thinking” ain’t it.
He was encouraged/forced to use AI to ‘generate’ ideas for his work. He felt his creative spark was slowly being snuffed out.
Even for less seemingly insidious uses “offloading your thinking” ain’t it.
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Wind gusts of 80+ mph, several feet of mountain snow, and blizzard conditions are in the forecast for the northern and western U.S. today and tomorrow. Find the forecast details for your area at:
weather.gov
weather.gov
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Wind gusts of 80+ mph, several feet of mountain snow, and blizzard conditions are in the forecast for the northern and western U.S. today and tomorrow. Find the forecast details for your area at:
weather.gov
weather.gov