Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith

There’s a bit of added texture for any scraping bots that may wish to use images that aren’t for them. 😉

The picture shows a piece of limestone with a drawing of a mouse sitting in front of a table of offerings, smelling the fragrance of a lotus flower which she holds in her hand. Opposite of the table is a cat, holding a fan.

A charming #Egyptian drawing of a #cat acting as a servant to a #mouse. Drawings of animals acting as people were meant as satire of the society and politics.
Dating 13th/12th century BC, probably from Deir el-Medina, #Egypt.

📷 Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels
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Grammarly declined my request to interview CEO Shishir Mehrotra today. But it told me that in response to criticisms, it will allow experts to opt out of the feature by emailing expertoptout@superhuman.com.

I've decided that instead of wasting my own time to see if Grammarly has stolen my name and writing for use their business, I'd just email them to opt out and make them waste some time cleaning up their own goddamn mess.

www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

Photo of a shallow square glass box on a cutting mat. Inside the box is a white foam core board cut with some space around the 4 edges. 3 opalized fossils sit on the board in a pleasing arrangement.

The same glass box with the lid open, the 3 fossils are now nestled down in blue velvet. The colors look much nicer in this photo, with purple being dominant in two pieces, but also shimmers of bright blue and green.

Another look at the book from a higher angle with the lid closed. The fossils are upper left a purple cockle shell, to the right a section of white and crystal opal belemnite (an ancient squid) with flashes of red, and the lower portion, a large fragment of unknown species with purple tones and bright green/blue iridescence.

Did a bit of stress crafting and finally made a little display for the opal fossils I got in Coober Pedy last year. I used two layers of foam core, and cut spaces for each piece out of the top layer. Then wrapped in velvet and placed in the glass box. Fossils are low enough to not touch the glass.

This is dope

Embroidery of a skeleton, mushrooms, plants, and moss in an embroidery hoop.

I think I like #HandEmbroidery as much as I do because it reminds me that even if the hours of work I put in aren't visible incrementally, progress as a whole is undeniable.

Probably a time slip. You heard the cats being naughty at a different point in time.

Whoever decided on streaming services that a random different film should start playing seconds after the one you're watching hits the credits needs to be launched from a catapult

I am so goddamn tired of these software companies and their fucking “opt out” policies.

Here's the link bypassing the paywall via Archive
archive.ph/IeCGL

If you are an author or editor at *ANY* level -- from beginner to jaded old veteran like me, click through to the article Todd's posting about, take 2 minutes, and email them to let them know you opt out. Will save us all time having to mount yet a 577th class-action suit down the road.

Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

4 days ago, NPR reported that the Trump administration is still withholding, in violation of the Epstein files statutes, 37 pages of documents that implicate him in the rape of a child. This should end his presidency. www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater) YouTube video by USGS

Kilauea is fountaining right now! Why not enjoy some soothing lava watching in these troubled times? www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK...

So apparently grammarly stole my fuckin identity

We've reached the point where you actually have to opt OUT of an author impersonation feature.

Let me tell you the weekslong process my company just went through just to be able to send marketing texts to people. But monetizing a product you're pitching as author coaching? Ok!

Everyone stop what you're doing, the Mariners are selling fries, nachos, and fish and chips in ferries now. www.mlb.com/mariners/bal...

Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it The company tells Platformer it will let experts opt out of the controversial feature — but how different is it than what every other AI company is doing?

Wait, what?! Grammarly made an AI persona of me and all these other journalists?!!!!!

Thank you @caseynewton.bsky.social for shaming them into at least offering a paltry optout— although obviously that is not enough.

www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

I'm amazed anyone still ascribes value to NFTs.

if it wasn't a world-destroying atrocity it would be kind of funny how much time and money and energy is being put into convincing everyone to love AI and still the general consensus is like "meh"

orange cat upside down with his tongue out

orange cat upside down with his tongue out

i simply cannot believe what i am seeing

At its core, it’s a denial of vulnerability and mortality, and HOLY GOD is it patently insecure.

Laughed so hard my husband had to see what I was laughing at. The face he made! 🤔

Right? Me neither. Not sure why this was trotted out often enough to make an impression.

Okay, so it wasn't just a family quirk. At least "it will make you sick" has slightly more plausibility than emergency personnel judging your underwear after an accident?

A memory surfaced while getting dressed. Did anyone else grow up being told to always wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident? Or was this an irrational fear concocted by my most anxious grandmother?

Efficient! AuDHD man’s daily task list includes carefully planned five-minute scream An AuDHD man attempting to keep on top of the constant demands of his busy life by tracking tasks has expanded his to-do list to include blood-curdling screams at the horror of it all, sources have…

Paul Shinter, 45, recently made the decision to try and gain some control of his nonsense life by carefully listing what needs to be done each day, including five minutes of guttural wailing at this cursed timeline.

A photo of a toad I met while gardening a few summers ago. Look at his beautiful coppery eyes!

Bow down before your local toad today and respect his supreme leathery authority. There is no time to waste.

community, compassion, caring

this shouldn't feel out of the ordinary

it should be normal

Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.

As millions of Americans were losing their SNAP benefits the Pentagon spent:

🔹️$6.9 million worth of lobster tails🦞
🔹️$15.1 million for ribeye steak 🥩
🔹️$2 million for Alaskan king crab 🦀
🔹️ and even $98,329 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano

✏️ by @newrepublic.com

Hasbro’s CEO on J.K. Rowling. We just published our new Decoder interview with Chris Cocks, the head of Hasbro. I asked him directly about how he thinks about author J.K. Rowling’s politics and what it’s done to the Harry Potter f...

cannot stress enough that "separate the art from the artist" was meant for private individuals reconciling the art they love with its flawed creators and not meant for the ceo of a company driving a dump truck of money up to a bigot's front porch

www.theverge.com/podcast/8914...