Nyx 💜

I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

“History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”

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Omg the booots 😍🖤🩷

My (Windows) laptop has a 500GB hard drive. I set myself up a 'Pictures' folder on my hard drive (where I want my data; not on OneDrive), with all my screenshots and all my camera photos.

A Windows update in November erased the entire folder. And 50-100GB of data.

Fuck Microsoft.

Are we even slightly surprised by this? 🙃

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Yeah, preaching to the choir.

The irony that our getting more and more anarchist/socialist as we get older is directly caused by the very people who look down on us for it never ceases to frustrate me, though.

Most folks I know under 50 are struggling just to survive, even those with 'good' jobs.

Long gone are the days when you could buy a house and live comfortably on a single, working-class income. But a lot of older folks are still convinced we're just not trying hard enough 🙃

In my city, you need a minimum annual income of AU$120k per adult to not be in rental distress (I think the median income was about 60? Minimum wage 35ish, and welfare 15-20).

Rent and groceries have both doubled in the past 6 years, and our median house price just ticked past $1million.

We still have an absolute fraction of the generational wealth at our age vs folks the same age 50 years ago, so it's hard to compare.

You *used* to acquire more money, power, and privilege as you got older.

However the boomers have just acquired more and more and left the generations after them with nothing 🙃

Vibes are bleak. Try to take a deep breath, and then find something (small or big) that you can do to help someone who needs it

Get the fuck off X.

To be clear: these terrorists were not Arabs, not acting on behalf of Palestinians, radicalised by Islamic State, who oppose the cause of Palestinian self-determination.

Their antisemitic ideology and its murderous conclusion is not - cannot be - connected to pro-Palestinian activism.

"[OpenAI] is encouraging users to connect their personal medical records and wellness apps, such as Apple Health, Peloton, MyFitnessPal, Weight Watchers, and Function"

Don't do this.

Don't do this.

Don't do this.

Don't do this.

Don't do this.

Don't do this.

Don't do this.

Don't do this.

A new year could mean a new you.
A you with new antlers, moss, tentacles, thorns, fangs, and a darker determination to change the world around you.

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”

What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”

Funny how that works.

Fun fact: Your body actually processes more nutrients from food when you enjoy eating them!

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

I also used to work at most music festivals and pop culture conventions, including photography, rider, artist liaison, etc, and a few crew/artist after-parties, but I didn't know who most of them were, so 🤷‍♀️

Oh, and I've worked in cafes/bars/pubs and served quite a few local (Perth) AFL legends.

Served a pot of tea to Robert Sheehan.

Sat opposite Billie Piper on the tube.

Tried to sell a raffle ticket to Sean Maher.

A forlorn landscape of layered rocks in the foreground, with hills fading into the background haze. At upper top right, a small crescent moon, and a bright star.

Open up this picture fully.

Then look at the surface of Mars.

Then look up to the top right.

Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.

Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.

That's Earth.

An historic illustration of two colourful pheasants flying in the sky.

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So far it's pretty good! 🥰💖

A calendar/tracking wheel with the year divided into tasks. There are 13 layers/tasks, divided by season, seasonal festival, month, full/new moons, weeks, and days, all colour-coded into a rainbow/colour spectrum. There are several uncoloured spaces, but the vast majority have been coloured in.

As the minutes ticked down on 2025, I caught up on colouring in my tracking wheel, that records all the tasks for my Druidry studies.

For someone with an extensive collection of dynamic disabilities (and thus utterly chaotic capacity), I feel like I've done a pretty good job 🥰

Whoops 😜

In Greek mythology, the goddess Hecate is said to have invented aconite, which Athena used to transform Arachne into a spider. Medea is also said to have attempted to poison Theseus with a cup of wine poisoned with wolf's bane. A worthy addition to our Garden.

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