Kim Mannix

I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud

When someone prepares and brings you a lovely little snack you didn't ask for, but really needed.

🩷🩷🩷🩷

Of course you may! That's super cute!

A tabby kitten is cradled in a human arm, asleep, with his paws all gathered together and a white fuzzy mouse toy in his mouth

For #Caturday I offer you #BabyNewt falling asleep last night after playing with his mousey toy so enthusiastically that it was still in his mouth when he crashed.

#CatsOfBluesky

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

Close up of an orange and white tabby with his head on a notebook looking at the camera with wide eyes and waiting to be noticed

Please perceive Lazlo. The kitten that apparently isn't leaving is stealing all his rightful adoration.

#CatsOfBluesky

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Because women from the beginning of time have proven how effective smear campaigns against men are. How we always win. How every accused man has disappeared from history. That's why we keep starting them. /s

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Even though I haven't really used my journalism degree in a meaningful way in years, I still feel ill when journalists and writers who are trying to inform and shine light in the dark places...you know, doing what the fourth estate is supposed to do...are axed en masse. It's such a gut punch.

A red and white poster with photos of 2 men and three women reads: Beat the Freeze on Thursday, February 5th! In this not-to-miss show, four unque poets and one electric magician take the stage for an evening of poetry complimented by individual magic acts tailored to each poet's personality. Polar Incantations Rayanne Haines Dan Poitras Jennifer Bowering Delisle Medgine Mathurin Russell Comrie February 5th 7:00 p.m. Doors at 6:30 p.m. Bellevue Community Hall Tickets $10 at the door. A portion of proceeds going to the League of Canadian Poets

So many of my favourite #YEG poets are doing THE COOLEST thing on Thursday, and I have the honour of introducing them all to the stage! Please come for something beautiful, creative and magical in a time when we all need it. 💖

Depeche Mode's Violator is a perfect album.

An orange and white tabby sits on a chair with the black slats of the chair covering the view of his eyes

He's under witness protection, but wants to testify that the accused did willfully withold an English muffin with jam even though he asked nicely. It happened on more than one occasion indicating a pattern of malice.

#CatsOfBluesky

a cat wearing a hard hat is looking at a blocked button Alt: a cat wearing a hard hat taps a red flashing button. text reads BLOCKED

Some days my ire and angst gets very directed at one specific thing in the timeline of cruelty and stupidity, and today it's bs, grifty, tradwife 'momfluencers'

A grey, striped tabby kitten poses on a stool in front of kitchen cupboards

Me: We've had Newton for almost 3 weeks and I don't think he knows his name* yet.

*What we call him: Newton, Newt, Baby Newt, Jimmy Newtron, Newtonium, Baby Boy, BeeBee, Sillyhead, Cuteton, No!

#CatsOfBluesky #Caturday

❤️

Catherine O'Hara Dead at 71 Catherine O'Hara -- famous for her work in "Schitt's Creek," "Home Alone," and "Best In Show" -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.

Death keeps taking the wrong people. 😢

I have loved her in every single thing I ever saw her do. One of Canada's most treasured talents. Truly heartbroken to hear this. 💔

www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...

Does it help you to know writers groups are full of the *socially awkward, self-consciously creative, and brilliantly weird? That's what makes them so good!

*said with affection and respect

A hand holds multiple coffee cups at once. Written inside each cup is a different responsibility: writing poetry; reading; editing my own work; actually submitting; reading writing about poetry; editing my friends' work; being part of writer groups; going to book launched

Accurate.

#Poetry #PoetsOfBluesky

Close up overhead shot of a blue bowl full of chicken noodle soup with golden broth, spices, egg noodles, carrots and chicken chunks.

🎶 Celebrate soup time, slurp on! 🎵 was truly something I just sang to my kid

A tabby kitten naps in a stretched out position on a green, blanket covered cushion

This one's called 'How to Survive Monday'

#CatsOfBluesky #BabyNewt

Actually understanding how LLMs/genAI works must be a disqualifying attribute for this job.

Because, again, it does not think. It's a complex set of probabilities spitting out glamorized predictive text. It can never be sentient.

These people are like a deranged cyberpunk techno cult.

An orange and white tabby loafing on a cushion and looking at the camera

Will you take a cat who often acts like a dog?

STATEMENT FROM MATT MOBERG, CHAPLAIN OF THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES IF YOU'RE A CHURCH POSTING PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND UNITY TODAY WHILE MY CITY BLEEDS IN THE STREET, MISS ME WITH THAT SOFTNESS YOU ONLY WEAR WHEN IT COSTS YOU NOTHING. DON'T DRESS AVOIDANCE UP AS HOLINESS. DON'T CALL SILENCE "PEACEMAKING." DON'T LIGHT A CANDLE AND THINK IT SUBSTITUTES FOR SHOWING UP. TONIGHT AN ICE AGENT TOOK A PHOTO OF ME NEXT TO MY CAR, LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND TOLD ME, "WE'LL BE SEEING YOU SOON." NOT METAPHOR. NOT HYPERBOLE. A THREAT DRESSED UP IN A BADGE AND A PAYCHECK. PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK. PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED. UNITY ISN'T NEUTRAL. UNITY THAT REFUSES TO NAME VIOLENCE IS JUST LOYALTY TO THE ONES HOLDING THE WEAPONS. STOP USING SCRIPTURE LIKE CHLOROFORM. STOP CALLING YOUR FEAR "WISDOM." STOP PRETENDING JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED BECAUSE HE PREACHED GOOD VIBES AND PERSONAL GROWTH. YOU DON'T GET TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE LIKE A LULLABY, WHILE INJUSTICE STAYS WIDE AWAKE. YOU DON'T GET TO ASK GOD TO "HEAL THE LAND" IF YOU WON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE WOUND. THERE IS A KIND OF PEACE THAT ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE IT REFUSES TO TELL THE TRUTH. THAT PEACE IS A LIE. AND LIES DON'T GROW ANYTHING WORTH SAVING. THE SCRIPTURES YOU LOVE WEREN'T WRITTEN TO KEEP THINGS CALM. THEY WERE WRITTEN TO SET THINGS RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES THE MOST FAITHFUL THING YOU CAN DO IS STOP PRAYING AROUND THE PAIN AND START STANDING INSIDE IT. IF THAT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE-GOOD. GROWTH ALWAYS IS.

Powerful words

“PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED.”

...I hate that I have to constantly remind myself that art is worth making, even if flawed...

This 🇨🇦 thanks you.

If any of you have a smart AF, funny and worldly big sister (or other such loved one) in your life like I am lucky to have, today is a great day to call them.

Mine gave me a tinge of hope that the world is not doomed.

And we also talked about great TV shows.

I've said this many times. Art is the process, a struggle undertaken by humans, not the end result and it's why AI can never create art (that and it's a planet killing theft machine)

This is a lovely example of that.