J.A. Berrío

Our confirmed count stands at 8.1 million participants worldwide for yesterday’s No Kings protest. Thank you to everyone who helped verify the numbers through our submission website. While some MAGAs attempted to submit false or misleading data (such as reporting “one person” for major cities)

Happy Ace Week🖤🩶🤍💜
#aceawareness

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Thinking about joining? “Squires” Tier Benefits: First-line updates on my books, editing services, and industry goings on. Weekly Writing / Reading Update posts. eARC copies of any novellas or shorts I publish. "Knights" Tier Benefits: 2+ posts a month with lessons on basic writing skills, self-editing processes, and best practices. Access to my Discord server. Behind-the-scenes access to my writing and self-editing process. Early looks at book covers, character art, etc. Everything from lower tiers! "Knights of Discord" Tier Benefits: Scheduled and hosted writing sprints daily. 24x7 access to editing advice and Q&A from me. Space to share links, ask for critiques or advice, and play writing games. 31k in 31 Days Writing Challenges at least 3x a year.

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I had a big goal of 250 Patrons by the end of this year...maybe you can help me reach it by my birthday at the end of this month??

The lowest tier is just $3/month and that makes a HUGE difference in my ability to get healthcare every month. And you get a lot too!

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Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"

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#Worldcon

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Holy crap. These are officially licensed with proceeds going to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting! #PBSisPUNK

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that makes me feel significantly better 😅 I get warming up water in the microwave but *with* the tea already in it is diabolical

this was horrific to read 😂

Quick draft of my Castis Vakarian fanfic is ✨complete✨

My Mass Effect buddy cop vision is coming to fruition 🤩

Donate to Urgent Aid for LA Families of 14 Detained by ICE, organized by Jennifer Alejo Dear Community, we are reeling from the recent detentions of fourteen… Jennifer Alejo needs your support for Urgent Aid for LA Families of 14 Detained by ICE

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I know that there's *so much* going on, but if you have a second to make an additional call to your congressperson, PBS needs our help.

Head to ProtectMyPublicMedia.org for a guide on how to fight back and save public broadcasting and its important educational verticals.

YouTube video by NDN Collective GIIWE: Bringing Leonard Peltier Home

The short film "GIIWE: Bringing Leonard Peltier Home" is now available for streaming on NDN Collective’s YouTube channel! 📺✊🏽⚡️🪶🔥

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even though LA is a sexy news story, neighbors have been protecting neighbors across the country all year and they will continue to. You have a community right outside your door. Care for it.

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It's time to move beyond charity and grow into solidarity.

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After this playthrough, I have mad respect for Josie 💜

I have already played Veilguard and managed to get the best ending with only three factions (I’m not sure how) but I wanted more solas context. My original pt I had done Cullen. If I hadn’t wanted to do solas for the plot, I ld say I really liked Josephine, Leliana, and vivienne.

I do think they’re more than cops tho, which can be a different discussion but I completely understand your point. Again, this was a pt to do everything opposite of what I had done before and I just liked the story and its structure better.

lol I did solas for the plot

Sometimes magic that can reinvent itself per the games story can be an issue because limitations can change and for me those limitations can create creative plot development and the mage recruitment just wasn’t it for me. It was very handy doing their perspective first though.

The mage route felt like they were struggling to find a way to utilized magic in a way that conveyed large stakes and consequences in a way that also didn’t rival Corypheus, and so chose to do ‘what things *could* be’ alt timeline (if I’m remembering that correctly).

honestly I’m glad I’m not the only one that dislikes him as a villain and I did do his dlc!

So I did the mages my first pt, so this time I went on the templar route and recruitment quest wise I loved Champions of the Just. Tone, stakes, and consequence felt far more real than doing an alt reality

I didn’t record 😅 but I have to confess I did the game from beginning to skyhold, then paused for 6 months to get a breather, and then played to end. I remember HATING the beginning, corypheus, and all the random maps in my first PT, so this was a way I could redo it with a genuine fresh mind

Happy to say Ive FINALLY finished game of the year edition of Dragon Age Inquisition!

It was my second playthrough and I made plenty of decisions complete opposite of what I did before to see how the story would lay out. I have to say it was a very fulfilling game, glad I gave it a 2nd chance.

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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

I’m so sorry and I know I don’t know you well at all but sending hugs 🫂

Im looking for a new place to work and am open to recruiting, operations, data analysis, and admin

Friends, please let me know if any of y’alls places are hiring or if you would recommend a place. I have time to research and put my best foot forward and am more than happy to take on new experiences

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Tomorrow, 11:00 am EST. twitch.tv/bethesda and youtube.com/live/Ed_E2crglcw

A screencap of the Tableau Dashboard "USA Disappeared Tracker" which monitors persons "disappeared" in the USA by ICE.

This is the home of the USA Disappeared Tracker Dashboard.
DM to let us know of a person to add to the tracker or to volunteer to help!