I am taking today off so I don't think it counts 💀

"Restart to Keep Using Firefox" I'll just hurl myself into the nearest river and float out to sea actually, cheers

Absolutely love delivering 'heart of society' level services with absolutely zero funding opportunities. Cheers govt

So, comrades of the anti-AI blocklist - coffee meetup?

feels like an especially irresponsible moment to ignore BDS when Game Pass is the easiest, level one way to participate in the boycott and BDS just called for renewed pressure after Israel passed a law on executing Palestinian and Arab in prisons that use Microsoft cloud services

Verge headline: Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want by Elizabeth Lopatto Illustration of a brain melting in the sun

"In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and LLMs. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich."

Read more: buff.ly/Yu2AUFy

I do not understand what it is that makes people allergic to alt text. You're just being less than your best self when you refuse to do it. I see 40k-100k following accounts who won't do it, a middle finger to everyone with issues needing alt text to be able to participate. You're bumming me out. 1/

Editors should not upload manuscripts to AI without permission, says Authors Guild The Authors Guild (AG) in the US has warned editors not to upload submitted manuscripts to consumer-facing AI systems.

Ooooh, this is gonna be a mess

www.thebookseller.com/news/editors...

sure it's a tool of social control and surveillance owned and operated by fascists, but it writes work emails for me. on balance who's to say it's good or bad

If you're in line for the AI Is Fucking Over Party STAY IN LINE

I’ve had the same editor since 1967. Many times he has said to me over the years or asked me, Why would you use a semicolon instead of a colon? And many times over the years I have said to him things like: I will never speak to you again. Forever. Goodbye. That is it. Thank you very much. And I leave. Then I read the piece and I think of his suggestions. I send him a telegram that says, OK, so you’re right. So what? Don’t ever mention this to me again. If you do, I will never speak to you again

Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited

Several folks in my mentions said they quit watching the new Count of Monte Cristo on PBS because it features Black actors. My friend, you are going to be shocked when you learn the ethnicity of Alexandre Dumas.

Feelings! At the work conference? It's more likely than you think!

I keep seeing it being used proudly by people and I just feel like we need to make it clear that the Nazis invented the term. There's not anything to reclaim there, only an ideology to reject

Do the people understand that "degenerate art" is a Nazi phrase...

I need a group of professionals I can be very chill on trips with in a way that does not involve loud dance parties

Tom Usher @tom_usher_ tweet There are some days when getting your coat or trousers stuck on a door handle can fold you in half mentally 10:15 • 15/03/2023 from Earth • 137K Views

I still think about this regularly

remember when celebrities seemingly randomly started coming out talking about how much they loved NFTs and thought it was super valuable and the future?

It had a brief run on Broadway with Josh Groban as Pierre, then it got robbed at the Tonys by Dear Evan Hansen 💀 and promptly closed. I think it was a little too weird for mainstream Broadway, which sucks!

NYC parents tell Mayor Mamdani: ‘Slow your horses’ on AI in the classroom The protesters delivered a petition with more than 2,200 signatures to the Mamdani administration, citing the risks of generative AI to children.

Was great to come out for this to represent as a teacher and incoming parent. Hoping Mamdani and his team support this idea—one that is overwhelmingly supported by parent leaders and communities here in the city.

www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/16/n...

My favorite musical of all time ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people.

The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work.

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A close up of a white rabbit flopped on its side on top of chewed cardboard.

The sleeeeperr #bunny #bnuy

I ushered TWO spiders out of my bathtub this morning and then as I was getting out of the shower a bee got in?? I've spent much of the morning herding little guys around, is what I'm saying.

a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it . Alt: Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia gesturing erratically at a conspiracy board.

Trying to focus on discrete tasks but head full of digital preservation theory

Microsoft starts removing "unnecessary" Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps.

www.theverge.com/news/909640/...

Finland is Incredibly Bad at Treating Transgender Young People — Assigned A new study out of Finland casts doubt on the efficacy of the country’s lengthy assessments, harsh, invasive questioning, and delayed medical treatments.

A study from Finland has been used to cast doubt on gender affirming care for youth.

But Finland never offered gender affirming care.

Perhaps invasive, adversarial, fruitless years of assessment harm trans youth? New opinion by @evanurquhart.bsky.social:

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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