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Before you accuse me of histrionics: I have multiple friends who have lost their jobs to AI.

Does it matter that AI cannot do what we do and constantly hallucinates false information? Or that their former publications are now without credibility?

Not to the CEOs trying to lay us off. Apparently.

The amount of job postings I see that want publishing professionals to train AI is absolutely mind blowing.

Asking editors to train your AI is like asking prisoners to build a gallows.

I will not be complicit in constructing the mechanism of my own eradication.

Fuck off.

Headline: Amid Backlash, Duolingo Backtracks on Plans for AI Pivot

Like 3 days ago the CEO of DuoLingo said everything will be AI soon, now he's backpedaling, bullying works

Vantage Points: Alluring Fairy Tales from a Feminine Perspective Historically, folklore, myths, and fairy tales were recorded by such luminaries as The Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen, meaning most of the tales we know today are presented almost exclu…

Happy Beltane!

Today is the official relaunch of @ladyfairemagazine.bsky.social, and I'm so honored to have one of my short stories featured in its inaugural issue!

Vantage Points is a piece that's near and dear to my heart, and I'm so excited to finally share it with the world!

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My brilliant, remarkable best friend needs surgery and only has 30 days to raise the necessary funds.

Please give if you can, and if you can't, please share.

I know things are dire everywhere, and I wouldn't ask if it weren't absolutely necessary.

Please. The world is better with her in it.

there has been something of a fox development 🦊🦊🦊

A Beginner’s Guide to Observing Beltane Social media might lead you to believe that to engage with paganism or witchcraft, you have to embrace a certain #witchlife aesthetic, which often involves the purchase of a bank-draining amount of…

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Lots of people can’t protest and I think @prisonculture.bsky.social’s guide on other actions is really useful: docs.google.com/document/d/1.... Everyone has a part they can play from where they’re at.

On behalf of people with misophonia everywhere, I am BEGGING marketers to PLEASE stop putting the sounds of people chewing into their ads. PLEASE.

THE GOOD TROUBLE CHECKLIST keep all your shenanigans in one place

The Egyptian pro-democracy activist Wael Ghonim said,

"The power of the people is greater than the people in power."

This is a checklist of things you can do, probably should do, resources, ideas, ways to move forward.

“I just don’t know what to do!!” shouldn’t be something you say now.

Here:

I love you, friend. My life is better because you exist.

Gosh, if only there were a commonality between all of these years that we could put our finger on…

RIP USAID — all remaining 900 employees will be fired.

We've heard concerning things about the Social Security Administration lately, so I decided to check for myself.

SSA says Wednesday is the best day to call, so I called then.

Their system told me there would be a two-hour wait time, told me to call back, and then just hung up.

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

When that happens in Jersey Village it’s because we’re downwind of our water treatment plant, which is in serious need of updating and repair.

Lost my job today because Trump gutted the renewable energy sector and caused my company to lose a ton of contracts.

Is America great again yet?

Kids getting sick and dying due to their parents' negligence is a tragedy, always.

Also, a reminder that most of the people in this outbreak are VICTIMS, and it's not cool to make fun of people who aren't old enough to make their own healthcare choices:

"76 of the cases are children four and under, and 98 of the cases are people aged 5-17."

Red and white text on a maroon background that reads "Measles cases in Texas rise above 200 as outbreak spreads nationwide. Cases have jumped from 159 to 223 in just one week."

If you were vaccinated before 1969, you need a booster!

If you were vaccinated between 1969 and 1989, you MAY need a booster! (I did!)

If you aren't sure, you can get your titers tested! If getting your titers tested is too expensive, you can just get a booster anyway because doing so is harmless!

So, Congress is literally ceding their power now.

Holy. Shit.

a cartoon skeleton is dancing in a cemetery . ALT: a cartoon skeleton is dancing in a cemetery .

IT’S TIME!

IT’S TIME!

As the Texas outbreak grows, how contagious is measles, really? Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low, like the west Texas county with a current outbreak. Here's how fast.

Citing my source like a good editor:

Just an FYI:
Measles is six times more contagious than COVID-19.

SIX. TIMES.

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

YouTube video by Corrbette Pasko Storytime. A Big One.

It is always darkest before the dawn. 🤬

The Monkey was just okay… it needed to lean harder into its own absurdity instead of struggling to insert drama and pathos into what obviously should have been a straightforward horror comedy.

None of us needed that many angsty father-son driving scenes.