Zandra
@zandra-wpg.bsky.social
Queer & chronically ill quilter / auntie / backcountry paddler / cat lady /
settler in Treaty 1 territory 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
She/her
settler in Treaty 1 territory 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
She/her
Pinned
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Data centers.
"people in Morrow County [Oregon] are now drinking from taps loaded with nitrates, with some testing at 40, 50, even 70 parts per million. (For context: the federal safety limit is 10 ppm. Anything above that is linked to miscarriages, kidney failure, cancers, & “blue baby syndrome.”)"
"people in Morrow County [Oregon] are now drinking from taps loaded with nitrates, with some testing at 40, 50, even 70 parts per million. (For context: the federal safety limit is 10 ppm. Anything above that is linked to miscarriages, kidney failure, cancers, & “blue baby syndrome.”)"
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Data centers.
"people in Morrow County [Oregon] are now drinking from taps loaded with nitrates, with some testing at 40, 50, even 70 parts per million. (For context: the federal safety limit is 10 ppm. Anything above that is linked to miscarriages, kidney failure, cancers, & “blue baby syndrome.”)"
"people in Morrow County [Oregon] are now drinking from taps loaded with nitrates, with some testing at 40, 50, even 70 parts per million. (For context: the federal safety limit is 10 ppm. Anything above that is linked to miscarriages, kidney failure, cancers, & “blue baby syndrome.”)"
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DO HARM TO YOUR ENEMIES; TREAT YOURSELF WITH KINDNESS!
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
DO HARM TO YOUR ENEMIES; TREAT YOURSELF WITH KINDNESS!
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I finished a thing! It’s a quilted tablet sleeve sized to fit our light box and a letter-sized file folder. Except for the binding, it’s completely hand-sewn.
The piecing pattern is Tula Pink’s Moonbow, sized down; fabric by Tilda; bag pattern by Quilt Scouts.
#QuiltSky #EPP #SewSky
The piecing pattern is Tula Pink’s Moonbow, sized down; fabric by Tilda; bag pattern by Quilt Scouts.
#QuiltSky #EPP #SewSky
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
@aplante.com do you have a sticker of garbage mitts? How about the “press on” bird?
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@aplante.com do you have a sticker of garbage mitts? How about the “press on” bird?
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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
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Let's do a fun little PSA about alt-text.
I'm going to use a specific example to illustrate my point, which is about specificity.
As many of you know @sophianyx.bsky.social does these fun prompts.
Today, one of those was "Name your fav character from The Simpsons."
I'm going to use a specific example to illustrate my point, which is about specificity.
As many of you know @sophianyx.bsky.social does these fun prompts.
Today, one of those was "Name your fav character from The Simpsons."
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Let's do a fun little PSA about alt-text.
I'm going to use a specific example to illustrate my point, which is about specificity.
As many of you know @sophianyx.bsky.social does these fun prompts.
Today, one of those was "Name your fav character from The Simpsons."
I'm going to use a specific example to illustrate my point, which is about specificity.
As many of you know @sophianyx.bsky.social does these fun prompts.
Today, one of those was "Name your fav character from The Simpsons."
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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~* it’s beginning to look a lot like gay cardinal season *~
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
~* it’s beginning to look a lot like gay cardinal season *~
This is what we use for our sidewalk: it’s grit that is pointy, so it’s great for ice with a sheen of water over top.
We pour it on the ice every time there’s a freeze/thaw cycle, then sweep it all up in the spring and put it in a bucket to use the next winter.
We pour it on the ice every time there’s a freeze/thaw cycle, then sweep it all up in the spring and put it in a bucket to use the next winter.
Cherry stone grit is like gravel shards that give great traction and you can sweep them up and use them over and over again
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is what we use for our sidewalk: it’s grit that is pointy, so it’s great for ice with a sheen of water over top.
We pour it on the ice every time there’s a freeze/thaw cycle, then sweep it all up in the spring and put it in a bucket to use the next winter.
We pour it on the ice every time there’s a freeze/thaw cycle, then sweep it all up in the spring and put it in a bucket to use the next winter.
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The Québécois are always fucking wildin out with this shit about how they’re being oppressed in their homeland — that they stole from Indigenous folks who they been oppressing the whole time
Like W I L D how loud they are about it
Like W I L D how loud they are about it
Bill 1 is a provincial constitution Quebec is looking to pass that focuses on French culture and states Quebec people form a nation.
However, the bill is being challenged due to the question of where Indigenous sovereignty fits into the new bill.
However, the bill is being challenged due to the question of where Indigenous sovereignty fits into the new bill.
Quebec looks to pass bill that challenges Indigenous sovereignty within the province | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The Québécois are always fucking wildin out with this shit about how they’re being oppressed in their homeland — that they stole from Indigenous folks who they been oppressing the whole time
Like W I L D how loud they are about it
Like W I L D how loud they are about it
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Buying a new book incentivises the production of more books just like it. I don't know how to put this more clearly.
Authors: we're broke don't steal from us, please.
Some person on the internet: this person is an idea landlord. I've uploaded every book they ever wrote over years to a streaming site because fuck them.
We're tired.
And idea landlord was a lift from Twitter. Literally aimed at us to shame us.
Some person on the internet: this person is an idea landlord. I've uploaded every book they ever wrote over years to a streaming site because fuck them.
We're tired.
And idea landlord was a lift from Twitter. Literally aimed at us to shame us.
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Buying a new book incentivises the production of more books just like it. I don't know how to put this more clearly.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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If you want your library to have an easier time getting what you want, ADVOCATE FOR THEIR BUDGET
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If you want your library to have an easier time getting what you want, ADVOCATE FOR THEIR BUDGET
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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
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Artists and makers...don't use AI. Even if it's to add an extra dimension to your own work. Using precious water and power resources "just for fun" is so disappointing. And you definitely should know better. 🙄
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Artists and makers...don't use AI. Even if it's to add an extra dimension to your own work. Using precious water and power resources "just for fun" is so disappointing. And you definitely should know better. 🙄
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If you're pirating books, it's because you're an asshole. You believe it is your right. You are wielding incredible privilege, to steal another person's work.
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you're pirating books, it's because you're an asshole. You believe it is your right. You are wielding incredible privilege, to steal another person's work.
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I wrote a thread about LLMs (but pretended it was about something else).
I know nothing about cars so when my car was playing up I asked my neighbour, who also knows nothing about cars and he said "it's completely broken, you should scrap it and get another one".
1/
1/
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I wrote a thread about LLMs (but pretended it was about something else).
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I'm going insane because people constantly recommend using AI for things and it is always, ALWAYS worse than repeatedly bashing my head on a brick.
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm going insane because people constantly recommend using AI for things and it is always, ALWAYS worse than repeatedly bashing my head on a brick.
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
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I see the book pirating discourse is going around again, and I’m just so tired, y’all.
If you want books to continue to exist, do not steal books. Period. The end.
“But but but…”
No.
There are so many free options out there: fanfiction, libraries, etc. You don’t need to steal books to read.
If you want books to continue to exist, do not steal books. Period. The end.
“But but but…”
No.
There are so many free options out there: fanfiction, libraries, etc. You don’t need to steal books to read.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I see the book pirating discourse is going around again, and I’m just so tired, y’all.
If you want books to continue to exist, do not steal books. Period. The end.
“But but but…”
No.
There are so many free options out there: fanfiction, libraries, etc. You don’t need to steal books to read.
If you want books to continue to exist, do not steal books. Period. The end.
“But but but…”
No.
There are so many free options out there: fanfiction, libraries, etc. You don’t need to steal books to read.
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library.
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This game has always seemed gross and problematic to me, but this is 10/10.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This game has always seemed gross and problematic to me, but this is 10/10.
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Fill your life with art. Listen to music, read a novel, admire a photograph, write a song, write an essay, paint a picture, sew a quilt, crochet a scarf, build a shelf, turn some clay, do something that brings joy to you and possibly others. That's the good shit, everything else is a distraction
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Fill your life with art. Listen to music, read a novel, admire a photograph, write a song, write an essay, paint a picture, sew a quilt, crochet a scarf, build a shelf, turn some clay, do something that brings joy to you and possibly others. That's the good shit, everything else is a distraction