reginawauthor 1d + Every day I edge a little closer to the Tech Worker. Pranay Pathole @PPathole Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart. Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don't recognize.

This post brought it all SCREAMING back to me how my past life as a tech worker has made me extremely mistrustful of tech and the people in charge of tech companies.

Hello, Bluesky! We, the staff of Scientific American, are pleased to announce we have formed a union with @wgaeast.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, we are the powerhouse of the publication, and we’re excited to have a new way to contribute to its success.

Everyone talking bout Gamergate and what we needed to learn but ain’t actually tried to cut Zoe Quinn @unburntwitch.com a check or a public apology ..

(1/) Grocery giants and other corporations have teamed up with big tech to raise profits through surveillance pricing. They're using personalized data to set individualized higher prices based on where you live, what you search online and how often you shop.

#WIPSnips April 13: "child" (You know, Nia, you ARE allowed to tell your brother the reason you stuck him in a fancy charter school and not a cheaper one.)

For the avoidance of doubt, following the publication of the explicitly transphobic Scottish Labour manifesto this morning, I will not be campaigning for any Scottish Labour candidates in the upcoming election, and I will not be voting Scottish Labour either.

#NoVotesLabourInMay #TransRightsNow

transphobia is a luxury belief, which is why it’s so prevalent among beltway types who don’t have real problems

Teva sandals are unfortunately really good

Oh my god, how did I forget this existed?

SHE IS SUCH A GOOD WOMAN!

Season after season of cowboy bullshit from every single person Danielle Poole knows and she’s just watching, knowing she’s going to have to testify in front of Congress AGAIN.

I feel like if you’re not happy after, say, 25 million dollars, it’s cool, you’re never going to be, so now you get to retire out of the public eye and someone else has a go.

Watching this is what it must feel like to be Orbán today, frantically reloading screen after screen of Literally the Antichrist blasphemous AI slop as the press is all “will the pope grant the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plenary indulgences in the war to liberate America or just NATO forces?”

“CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA?”

Is there a MagSafe magnet ring I can insert between my iPhone 11 and its case that’s good enough to hold accessories in place reliably?

Communion, but it’s just ribs

He’s going to declare himself Pope of America, isn’t he

TRUMP REDUCES GLOBAL OIL CONSUMPTION

IT GETS WORSE, YOU GUYS

You all are talking about “the Pope is weak on crime” and I feel like the real gem is “should get his act together as Pope.”

I think if there’s one lesson His Holiness can take from Ukraine and Iran, it’s that the Vatican needs a nuclear deterrent NOW.

#QueerPrompts April 13: “are they in space y/n”

(This is actually pretty close.)

#ChaosChat A4: For my self-promo, I’d like to promo myself. Follow me here for my usual nonsense and complaining, and also posting about WIPs, be they unpublished books, unpublished games, or unpublished short stories!

red text on a blue background reads chaos chat. multicoloured flames shoot up from the bottom of the image. white text reads question three: what's your most unhinged anti writer's block tip?

Alright #ChaosChat, I wanna know. Gimme the good ones 👀

#ChaosChat A3: Write something completely unrelated that you will also struggle to complete and put it in the pile with all the others. (That still counts as writing, right?)

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

That’s very chaotic indeed! #ChaosChat

#ChaosChat A2: This is centuries-old alien arachnid and little old lady Doctor Moss, trying desperately not to let the rest of the crew of the cargo ship Coreward Baker get themselves into trouble in literally every port. (For funsies, Moss will sometimes let them off the leash to see what happens.)

This is the kind of poem my alien tween hacker Quirin Talatagari would write, possibly on purpose to stress my narrator Tai out. #ChaosChat

Hi all! I’m Catherine, currently traumatizing myself trying to saw a manuscript in two (it’s going really well!) and wondering what #ChaosChat is.