Marcie Januska

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

sepia photo of a person in a fish costume on the end of a dock looking dejected

sittin on the dock of the bay

My problem with everything is that I know For A Fact that the purpose of life is frivolity. It is to fool around & pursue joy.

I think the coolest thing you can do right now is live with integrity and care about the people around you, not just your friends and family but your community. Deny the lie they want you to believe, that taking as much as you can while giving nothing back is the goal.

"fuck ice and free palestine" while the money counter falls

A LITTLE ON THE NOSE DON'T WE THINK

If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me

when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe

There isn't enough money in the world to satisfy a billionaires greed

But there is enough to feed the hungry

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.”
— Antonio Gramsci

I am so glad I’m not stoned right now

Highly recommend this training!

I *cannot* fucking stress this enough:

The threat of AI is *NOT* making movies for us, but the hundreds of jobs it will be able to easily eliminate from crew positions. VFX. Drone pilots. Color timing. Sound mixing. Clerical staff.

If we don't move to protect jobs NOW, they WILL go away forever.

Stopping vaccine development is another example of "eugenics is everywhere."

Expecting survival of the fittest when one gets infectious disease and cancer is eugenics.

disrupt “A.i.” - by not fucking using it

Many women of color I know are taught their entire lives to work twice as hard but not get mad when they are still underpaid, under-promoted, under-recognized or had their ideas outright stolen. But many don't turn to conservatism in response.

Motherfucking wind farms…

No - I started working with Pete at the Old Trouts after the film was made, but I have seen it and think it is pure magic!

It’s a phenomenal film! Reach out if you have specific names or questions you want to confirm - I work with Pete Balkwill who is on that team

Regardless of today's decision in the Hockey Canada trial, these are agreed upon facts :

- There were two beds in the room and she was the only person on the floor.

- The players stopped at one point to document her saying she was okay.

- Hockey Canada believed her and paid her a settlement.

Every day, I am reminded that I live in a society that will believe absolutely anything about a woman to ignore the obvious about men.

A good rule of thumb is to try and give more money to creators and less to middle man tech bros. Sign up on the website or buy direct instead of through an app store or ordering from some aggregating monolith. Read the newsletter instead of relying on algorithms. Call the spot instead of door dash.

YOUR SHOW HERE by Daniel MacIvor: A Work-in-Progress Showing A work-in-progress show of a new play by Rework Productions, presented by 2b theatre company, supported by the Siminovitch Prize.

If you’re in Halifax or vicinity on Monday we’re presenting a wkshp of the new solo with 2b Theatre at the Bus Stop. Tkts here:

86 fucking years old.

I posted it before, I'll post it again

Do
Not
Go
To
The
U.S.
For
Any
Reason

Plea for ppl to stop treating Gen AI like it’s Zoltar the Fortune Teller and can make all our dreams come true. Get a grip. Read a damn book. Stop giving goo goo eyes to the climate-destroying plagiarism machine. It’s not your buddy

BREAKING NEWS. Alberta Court of King’s Bench grants injunction preventing Alberta Government from banning gender-affirmative care for minors citing “irreparable harm will be caused if the Ban comes into force.”

A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️‍⚧️

Nope, nope, nope. #America #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli