@dulcedemon.bsky.social
Writer, gardener, science nerd, meteorology zealot, volcanology fan, lifelong botany student, locksport novice, Elder Scrolls and Magic the Gathering junkie... I share science news. I love cats. Writer of blog feature Cinematic Distractions. She/They
Tonight on Alaska News Nightly:
Uncertainty over oil prices delays budget decisions in the Alaska House.
Plus, an Anchorage school is slated for closure, but parents are pushing back after a hasty timeline.
Listen here: https://akpub.io/4lpZrxK
Daily bunny no.3257's path has been crossed
All we can do is try our best with what little time we have.
Volunteer with a worthy cause.
Donate to your favorite charities.
Craft mildly cursed jewelry out of ancient bones.
Have secret meetings with the old gods in the dark end of the forest.
“In the cases he’s reviewed, the chat logs follow a familiar path: they start with the user expressing feelings of isolation or feeling misunderstood, and end with the chatbot convincing them ‘everyone’s out to get you.’”
FYI to trans people:
HRT Cafe has apparently shut down after too much media attention.
Please, take advice from an old trans woman:
Take those discussions underground. All of them. Anything that discusses what we need to survive & where to get it. Word of mouth and private forums only!
It is very easy to read statements like this as a joke.
This is not a joke.
We have proven with AI, completely by accident, what knowledgeable people have been saying for decades: the environment that rich people live in gives them a very specific personality disorder.
Other accounts won’t scroll properly, I can’t write ALT text, I have to reduce my text size to get the “post” button on the screen, Bluesky is essentially inaccessible for people who need large text right now.
I won’t use the platform like this, will come back occasionally to check if it’s fixed.
I realize that to people outside the PNW this is just an interesting news item, but if you're in the PNW, where tracking orca pods is a local religion, this is basically like being visited by alien gods
Spotted this on a pole behind independence hall. I recently saw someone say they found collage to be the best way to work through things and I didn’t really see it at the time but
No joke, I think this might be one of the most important roles for tech-savvy Millennials/Gen Xers.
We caught a glimpse of an amazing world, one that was almost entirely free of corporate or political influence because the suits hadn’t caught on yet. We could talk with ANYONE in an age of landlines
They would have a problem with Mary (Marian processions).
Really hoping that Justices Alito, Barrett, Kavanaugh, Roberts, and Thomas see this.
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Daily bunny no.3256 is looking through the paperbacks
They don’t think women have agency, why would they think enemies in war would?
Not being snarky. This is abuser culture with nukes. A government by insecure overcompensating violent narcissists who’ve never faced consequences.
You don’t put those DOGE boys in prison, you’ll get a whole new batch.
“I am feeling much better now. Toad,” said Frog. “I do not think I need a story anymore.”
“Then you get out of bed and let me get into it,” said Toad, “because now I feel terrible.”
I know this is impossible for us discuss in this current moment but... People want to do interesting, thoughtful, creative, day to day work. They want to care for each other, and feel like they are contributing to something bigger.
It should be where we start when we think about our communities.
Also we don’t call it ‘minting’ anymore. That’s too gay. We call it forging now. We forge our coins. And they are no longer symbols of fellowship. Our coins are angry at you now. They are predatory. We call them Flat Bullets.
we are absolutely fucked
A striking feature of Trump and his team is: they somehow imagine a world in which they are the only actors, only ones with power, and whether it's Tehran or Minneapolis are surprised when it turns out others do. There are many kinds of power and many nations with power.
For those of you interested in numbers stations www.eurasiareview.com/11032026-ran...
"Many of the workers at the plant are immigrants, many with refugee or protected immigration statuses. About 57 different languages are spoken at the plant."
And 99% voted to strike!
the mtg/linguistics/trans nerds have translated "death before detransition" into phyrexian.
It is somewhere between deeply amusing and blackly terrifying that Iran's shocking hardline ceasefire conditions which have everyone spinning into a "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE" frenzy are just like, "fuck off and obey the law."
And also they're demanding...nothing. They're not asking for land or resources or any money that isn't theirs. They're saying "go away, leave us alone" (and making a pretty grand statement re: the scope of "us") "and hey give the wanted war criminal to your own criminal court while you're at it"
It's depressingly like the Yes, Prime Minister "Good Chaps" theory, that if you're all agreed that you're all good chaps, close scrutiny is an insult.
(I'd welcome refinement from people with more precise memory.)
Some folks treated me like a naive child for believing we had the money to cancel a portion of student loan debt
Daily bunny no.3255 has a meal on the go
“Scientists have found that painting one blade of a turbine black, which can increase visibility, can reduce bird fatalities by more than 70 percent”