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The more Epstein documents you read, the more you see every innocuous email as a lost scene from 120 Days of Sodom. “They could have, though, eaten that girl” becomes a thought you have. Everything is plausible and nothing is, each sentence impossibly banal and somehow ten times worse for being so.

(almost!!)

I got a rejection email from a job so kind and complimentary and sincere in its let’s stay in touch vibe that I was like, Gosh, go on. Give that job to someone else. Whatever you need

I have been so sniffly

all the “normal people” in my life are queer or gay or trans or trans-gay-etc. I support everyone else’s right to live a fulfilling life, safely, with healthcare, housing, and enough to eat

“normal people”

maybe 33% there. The little piece of paper with return address and her name is on there (for recycling an old packing envelope) but not filled out and taped on. aaaahhhhh

i cried in ADHD

onward

yesterday I was really proud of myself for mailing something to someone a week ago — I executive functioned! — and today I found it in a stack of mailing envelopes

🖤

the concept of being non-binary is fluid by definition. there are many non-binary people who still use default pronouns like she/her or he/him, and there are many non-binary people who go on HRT but many who don't, either because they aren't interested or don't have access. HRT *does* change sex.

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.

State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.

www.wired.com/story/gramma...

A picturesque shoreline on a sunny day. In the background is a big rock/cliff. Most of the image is blue-green water approaching shore. The middle layer is froth, and the dark sand glitters where the waves have been.

thank you, Alsvid

not by a mile

Two Wookiees attack each other. Chewie yells "NNRAOO" and the other yells "AARGH!!"

This is what every Bsky discourse fight feels like, to me:

🐉💐

I think sometimes about former colleagues or acquaintances or "friends" in tech who believe

-writers and writing are worthless
-it's fine, nay, NOBLE to steal this worthless stuff from the worthless people
-what their theft machine barfs up is better than the worthless work of worthless people

"What’s wrong with you? Seriously, what is wrong with you? Why do you want to shit on entire swathes of human endeavor and wreck the planet while you’re doing it?"

One of the biggest and most obvious divisions that genAI evangelism reveals, is people who are intrinsically motivated versus people who are extrinsically motivated.

The overheard conversations are changing. Once upon a time adults were proud that their kid helped with tech support, but now I keep hearing the kid helping them with editing prompts 😭😭😭

all of senator Schiff's office phone numbers 👇🏻

“Founded by teenagers” feels exactly right. If you’ve ever had a kid tell that all you need to do to solve an intractable problem with contradictory moral frames is, ya know, “just let the phone do it!” then you actually understand today’s economic elites better than they do themselves.

the ongoing encroachment of rape culture

I read it on audio in 2021, loved it, and have given it several times as a gift

I really can't wait to see how big the lawsuit against grammarly gets and I hope the plaintiffs sue them into complete and fundamental nonexistence. Like, "the company has to scrap their code rather than sell it as assets, and then also dissolve" nonexistence.

to some degree I was raised by this cat, which may explain a lot

Huckle Cat on a bike. He's an orange and white cat from Richard Scarry's Busytown books.

Richard Scarry came surprisingly close to capturing this

I had the best time. And chances are I will be able to catch the session on a recording. This was a good problem to have 🐉 🩵🐉

I want to read a book where Oliver has little cycling shoes that snap into tiny cat bike pedals. Oliver rides a fixie in this book

paws like rose petals