the bri's knees

Just finished reading the gay hockey books and am finally getting to the show months late (spring break, first downtime I’ve had in… way too long), give me your fic recs please

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AO3 comment. Transcribed text: “Hi. So I really love this fic and wanted to reread it last noght while ao3 was down. In the process I found out someone had listed it as a published book on goodreads. It looks like there isn’t an easy way to report listed books as errors, so I thought I’d let you know. Sorry. It’s a sign someone really loved this fic I imagine, but from other authors’ comments when this happened to them I assume it’s also frustrating and violating. Sorry again.”

I love when people enjoy my work but also appreciate this person giving me a heads-up about my fics being on GoodReads, which I do NOT love. There’s something gross about hobbyist work created for fun getting a star rating. No one signed up for that. Even if it’s meant as a compliment, please don’t.

Blizzard warning alert

…well it’s been a minute since we had a classic Nor’easter. Stay safe, fellow mid-Atlanticans.

Someone on here recommended this fic and it was so much fun!
Highly recommend it! Quick read too ♥️

archiveofourown.org/works/899041...

So glad you enjoyed it! It’s an oldie but (I think) a goodie ❤️

Yeah if this kid is my student I didn’t see a goddamn thing and he’s getting an anonymous Wawa gift card for lunch

I’m giving a presentation at an AI-in-education conference at the end of the month. Am I allowed to just run a 20-minute scroll of the catastrophic hallucinations I experienced during testing and hit the mini bar

Shout-out to the tiny, ancient old man with Coke-bottle-thick glasses at my doctor’s office this morning who, when asked for his last name at the desk, said, “Bond — like James” and gave the nurses a giant smile and hearty laugh. (I just know his grandkids love him.)

A black lab cuddled on top of a rainbow blanket with a small Lambchop plush lying against her muzzle

Just a black lab and her Lambchop against the world

Since gamergate, I have have in the back of my mind what one might call ‘fascist recruiting tactics.’ Some of these could be called 1) unlock forbidden wishes, promise to satisfy them 2) use inequality to create envy + promise share of spoils 3) create belonging by promising ‘total acceptance.’

(She is an indoor-only cat, we respect birds in this house, we just would also like the birds to stay OUTSIDE of the house)

A black cat looking unimpressed.

A Carolina Wren got in our house today and someone is still sulking that it was allowed to escape.

It was brought up in an earlier thread that #authors who can't afford to hire an artist for their covers will turn to free, open-source options that may use gAI, and they don't necessarily know they're putting slop on their #novel.

That's a fair point. So, what to do? Well, lemme tell ya... 🧵 (1/)

Benjamin De Kraker O @BenjaminDEKR Follow OpenClaw is interesting, but will also drain your wallet if you aren't careful. Last night around midnight I loaded my Anthropic API account with $20, then went to bed. When I woke up, my Anthropic balance was $O. Opus was checking "is it daytime yet?" every 30 minutes, paying $0.75 each time to conclude "no, it's still night." Doing literally nothing, OpenClaw spent the entire balance. How?

The "Heartbeat" cron job, even though literally the only thing I had going was one silly reminder, ("remind me tomorrow to get milk") 1. Sent ~120,000 tokens of context to Opus 4.5 2. Opus read HEARTBEAT md, thought about reminders 3. Replied "HEARTBEAT_OK" 4. Cost: ~$0.75 per heartbeat (cache writes) The damage: - Overnight = ~25+ heartbeats - 25 × $0.75 = ~$18.75 just from heartbeats alone - Plus regular conversation = ~$20 total The absurdity: Opus was essentially checking "is it daytime yet?" every 30 minutes, paying $0.75 each time to conclude "no, it's still night."

I’m starting to think the people who are excited about “AI agents” have literally never used a computer in their lives

The whole interview is worth it

“But there are good—“ We’re past that. We’ve been past that for decades. The good ones get out or shift roles or get eaten by the system. And ICE is made up of the worst of the worst who push the “good” ones out in the first place. They will not stop and must BE stopped, now.

Make no mistake: they see all of us as the enemy and lose ZERO sleep over taking us down. They’re utterly convinced they’re in the right and firmly believe law enforcement is the persecuted minority under siege by violent, stupid civilians who just won’t listen. You cannot reason with them.

I grew up with a violent cop father who was completely protected and never faced consequences. His victims were silenced or blamed. He was lauded and decorated.

Seeing that same dynamic become the MO of my country with ICE has been horrifying. I know this story. I lived this story. We are not safe.

And he didn’t. He tried to help a woman who’d just been assaulted. There was nothing rash, stupid, or radical about what he did. He showed kindness. And they killed him for it.

“don’t give them what they want”

they are manufacturing their justifications post-hoc. they are already doing what they want. you are not responsible for the actions of your oppressor. you are only responsible for keeping your neighbors safe and that will always be seen as defiance

All net proceeds of all these shirts, hoodies and onesies will go to aid organizations in Minnesota working to protect their neighbors from terror. Fuck ICE, stand with Minneapolis.

Transcribed text: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”

Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

it's never the crazy weird conspiracy theory weapons. they are poisoning you with toxins they are well-documented to have. they are beating you with ordinary sticks and shooting you with ordinary guns

the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this

People can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars

I love that my sister’s notes on my book include us reminiscing about childhood sketchiness that got weaved into it, like the time our father used a decommissioned stoplight as part of our Christmas lights display or our mom’s questionable ability to ALWAYS get impossible-to-find toys, every year.

Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go