Farrah Roy, Ph.D (they/them)

OpenAI's New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says OpenAI's planned AI data center projects would consume as much as the entire city of New York City and San Diego combined.

That sounds like a lot of power. I hope we’re doing useful things with ChatGPT. 🙃

Tolkien should be required reading.

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”

Picture of two dogs. One is a German shepherd/huskey/boxer mix and the other is a pitbull mix. Both are looking at the camera, cuddled next to each other on a beige couch with a yellow seat cover. Both are also very good dogs, yes they are.

Same picture as before, but now without the pitbull making a silly face.

Pic of my dogs in case it helps

I work with a non profit for pancreas cancer that is super important : Let’s Win PC! Working with this group of kind and dedicated individuals is a joy for me- Thus- this birthday fundraiser . Please donate if you are so inclined! The link:
letswinpc.kindful.com

Oh, quick unsolicited tip that spoils nothing but delights me to no end: whenever you can, use Speak with Animals. Especially in the final major area of the game.

YES I LOVE THIS!

I get the panic. I too want to romance everyone in one run (Karlach, especially). As an aside, they do have a polyam mod available if you’re interested, though idk what system you’re on.

keep posting updates! I’m v excited for you.

ffs, *is participating.

Distracted by the Canelo vs Crawford fight. Apologies.

Dawne Galetta "Don't give up...don't ever give up!" Jimmy V

One of my coaches are participating in Haymakers this year, a cancer fundraising charity fight. If you can, either donate or share.

haymakersforhope.org/events/boxin...

I need all the details. What your Tav looks like, what their class is, do you have a backstory for them, who you’re gonna romance (if anyone), and what you think of it so far.

Ngl, this is one of my fav games ever and I love talking about it.

YouTube video by Ravenous Dragon I’m a ✨V I R G O ✨

Oh no, the neurodivergence is winning

youtu.be/ImCVJlKeFCE?...

IF MY ZODIAC SIGN IS NO LONGER CANCER WHAT ELSE CAN I LAUGH AT AS A SURVIVOR?

Crab for life, sucker.

ICE agents in the Park Ave neighborhood spark large-scale protest The group shouted “shame” and "Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in the ICE-led action drove a Border Patrol SUV away on four flat tires, which had been slashed.

Federal immigration agents were seemingly forced to retreat from a roofing job site in Rochester, NY, after being confronted by more than 100 protesters

The workers stayed on the roof and agents drove away in a Border Patrol SUV on four flat tires, which had been slashed

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”

Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.

No questions asked.

No proof required.

Pass it on.

had a really tough weekend so i'm gonna keep sharing this! thank you endlessly to everyone who has helped and shared so far, i am hanging on by a few strings and this dog is one of them so genuinely thank you

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive GLOBAL study revealed COVID-19 vaccines utilizing mRNA technology PREVENTED OVER 2.5 MILLION deaths WORLDWIDE between 2020 and 2024.

It reveals that vaccinations didn’t JUST protect against illness.

They PRESERVED nearly 15 MILLION years of human life.

Harvard is no longer committing to funding student affinity groups after closing the office space for the office of LGBTQ life and the Women's Center.

This university is run by craven cowards.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

So should I follow through on my green burial plan when the time comes or should I ask my fam to throw me in curbside recycling?

Omg, did he!

I hope he has a long career: I need help unstopping the emotional block I have regarding my heritage.

Brought to you by convos with my therapist, who by the was is absolutely right: though I haven’t spoke to my bio family in near a decade this obit is still bringing up grief that must be processed.

Anyway, morals here are:
Support immigrants
Don’t be a xenophobic POS
Down with fascism
Fuck cancer
When someone dies, give them the honor and decency of remembering ALL OF THEM, not just the positive bits or the bits you like.

Supported in equal measure.

Similar to Alma Madrigal (another fucking LMM story that I find painful and joyful kinship in, thanks I guess?).

Now she’s just a story. One that is more complete by acknowledging all aspects of her than the favored ones.

More to her than the number of kids she had. There was just more.

More that was withheld for whatever alt right patriarchal christofascist capitalistic bullshit reason my bio family had when they sent that garbage obit to print.

My vavó was complicated and should have been held accountable and

Hell she was already her main caregiver as far as I could remember, so we were spending time together anyway. I’m resentful of my bio mom for not fostering that relationship like my tios did with my primos.

Anyway, can’t go back now.

My point is: there was more to her than working in a factory…

She’d yell a lot and I’d hate spending time with her when I was little because all she did was yell.

My bio mom tried to translate but I always suspected that she withheld some things my vavó said, maybe to protect me.

Still, I wish my bio mom fostered that relationship…

I tried when I was little to learn the language. I still am. She would get frustrated and angry with me because I wouldn’t want to eat her food (I’d give anything to do so now). She’d get angry when the language barrier prevented us from communicating (“Tu sabes nada”, yeah I wonder why you dick)

But how, when you only have time to cook and clean and sew and work multiple jobs to keep the lights on and food on the table for a family of 5 as the sole breadwinner?

Anyone with half a brain would know when in survival mode, you can’t absorb and maintain new information.

I imagine my bio mom and possibly my vavó could find kinship in “Patience y Fe” from In the Heights. I can’t listen to that song without crying, especially these days.

Anyway, she never learned English though she was told repeatedly -sometimes abusively by my bio dad - to learn it.

I imagine she literally sold the farm (of which idk what happened to it), used her brother as her representative, and moved her four kids and herself to the states.

Not knowing a bit of English. Being the only parent they had left.

She worked many jobs, particularly in fabric works.

That diag was a death sentence. He attempted treatment in Lisbon. Being away from his family was common as he would travel for work a lot, but this was one trip he never returned from.

Between the loss of her spouse, and the war going on with the colonies, she feared for her family

The youngest girl passed from SIDS, which she never seemed to recover from. They were cattle farmers, owning up to 25 cattle which was a big deal back in the 1950s.

My vavô (name sadly forgotten) was a chain smoker, and to no one’s surprise developed lung cancer. Back in those days…