Merav Hoffman

"You've got nuns, but not nouns!" - #nocontextforyou

"I don't mind folk processing our pickles." #nocontextforyou
#podcasting
#allofakindpodcast

That might have been me? I certainly said that at-con.

There's a company selling AI audiobook "narration" software @seattlein2025.org... next to the @marthawells.com signing line. (It looks like the company did not mention AI in the description they provided to the con and they share a booth with an author so they may have just snuck it in...)

This Saturday I'm hosting an awesome event on my channel!

Join a whole host of #WotCstaff members as they raise money for @translifeline.org! They'll be playing #MTGArena, telling design stories, doing raffles, and more!

Early donation information:
tiltify.com/@hogpog-98/m...

It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Mothra!

This—what Trump is doing now in trying to destroy American universities, research, and free speech while blaming it on pretend offense to the Jews is certainly the most profoundly antisemitic act I’ve seen from US government in my lifetime.

Raising a tall one tonight to honour the passing of the great Garth Hudson. Last of The Band and a gentle genius.

A Garth joke: “What does the local guitar hero say when he knocks on your door?

— Here’s your pizza!”

I suspect it suits you. <3

Meta is bad. I mean. Really bad.

I am heavily over committed, but we should do this.

Really excited for this!

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...

I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:

Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...

People are acting like authoritarianism will have a 4 year expiration date.

Will exchange likes and RTs for living in a functional democracy with an educated populace.

Open call for stories from a friend of a friend: https://jayhenge.com/callforstories.html

In a wonderful moment of paying forward, @gwenzilla.bsky.social is giving me the lace knitting advice @otherdeb and I never managed to get together and do.

Looking forward to this: https://pitchfork.com/news/lilith-fair-documentary-announced-with-sarah-mclachlan-erykah-badu-bonnie-raitt-more/

Everyone is one illness away from a disability. Period.

"Open floor plan, as in the floor has a hole in it." - while playing Flashpoint with friends. #boardgames

The cascading style sheets of Amontillado. #notyourfatherspoe

Is it me or is Amazon using "we're putting ads on our streaming unless you pay $2.99/month" as a massive media distraction because they don't want people to notice that they're going to start charging a substantial fee on all physical returns?

The entire country, almost, has banned the teaching of our history.

They're erasing understandings about the truth of white supremacy, facts people fought generations to teach.

This is a now or never moment--we have to fight while we're the ones who still know. Who can remember. Who can teach.

Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,800,000,000

Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $160,900,000,000

Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $105,200,000,000

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.

My impression is that they can climb up, but they can't figure out down?

I hope they're planning to broadcast some of the sets, though it's always hard to know whether I'll be able to tune in for the timezone. Have a fantastic time!

There's a Jewish comic con coming up in NYC in November if you're not already attending: jewce.org

"I thought all medusa.."
"Gorgons."
"What?"
"Medusa was one of us, but our species name is gorgon."
"Oh... But, I thought you petrified anyone who looked at you."
"We *can*. But it's not automatic."
"I... I was taught..."
"Let me guess, by the person who called us all 'Medusas'?'

Artificial Intelligence Emerges as a Union-Buster How one employer used AI against workers even when the technology fell short

The National Eating Disorders Association laid off its entire helpline staff, 2 weeks after workers voted to form a union. Workers were replaced by an AI chatbot named Tessa, which didn't work. Instead of rehiring, NEDA shut down the helpline.
AI union busting is here. From Elizabeth Meisenzahl: