At this point, if you are not disclosing that you used AI, you know that your audience doesn't want it
Posts by Vanessa Walilko
Live show this Friday, 12/19, when writer & researcher Tanner Boyle @tannerfboyle.bsky.social of Getting Spooked guests on UFO Classified with Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social. Jack Brewer @jackbrewer.bsky.social will also join the convo. Starts at 7pm Eastern. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBBT...
Holiday-themed graphic for Ugly CC Sweater Design contest with image of a sweater with a masked snowman on it and snowflakes floating around him that look like viruses. Here’s how to enter: 1) Download blank sweater graphic from: https://tinyurl.com/BlankSweater 2) Create your own CC ugly sweater design. You can use pens, markers, or crayons on paper, OR image editing/design software (just no A.I.) 3) Add your sweater in a comment on pinned post @Guiness_Pig on X/Twitter or @guinesspig.bsky.social on Bluesky by Thursday, December 18 at 5 pm EST. Winner will be announced on Friday, December 19 (Ugly Sweater Day)! Gift card will be a code sent via DM on X/Twitter or Bluesky. Prize $25 gift card to tinyurl.com/CCTshirtStore This contest is part of the 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas. more info at tinyurl.com/12DaysofCC
Newest addition to the 12 Days of Covid Conscioumas - an ugly CC sweater design contest!
We realize not everyone can join Zoom hangouts and movie watch parties, so here's a way for us to do something creative and fun while gathered in spirit!
Details are in graphic below.
I'm really excited to teach this on the solstice! Sign-up details below.
Let's hope it never is!
As a long-time em dash user, my sympathies. (And THANK YOU for still masking in public.)
Flyer with picture of Scrooge and masked Bob from the story 'A Christmas Carol,' with text reading: Join us for a Readers' Theatre Performance of A Covid Christmas Carol a 70-minute audio drama/comedy Gather ‘round the digital fireplace for story time! In this modern take on ‘A Christmas Carol,’ Bob Maskit just wants to mask at work to keep his family safe. His boss, Eversneezer Scrooge, insists Covid is over. Can the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future open Scrooge’s eyes? RSVP at tinyurl.com/RSVP12DaysCC Zoom link will be sent day of event Mention ‘A Covid Christmas Carol’ and date you’d like to attend in your message Sunday, December 21 12 noon ET/11 am CT/10 am MT/9 am PT and Wednesday, December 24 6 pm ET/5 pm CT/4 pm MT/3 pm PT This event is part of the 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas series: tinyurl.com/12DaysOfCC Free but priceless
I'm excited to share the latest in the '12 Days of Covid Consciousmas' series...
Join us 12/21 or 12/24 for 'A Covid Christmas Carol' - a 70 minute Readers' Theatre performance featuring a cast of folks from our CC community who are talented beyond belief!
Details in flyer.
Yes please!
I just dug up my Jem DVDs from storage. I'm going to do the same.
If you normally dread the holidays and are looking for a place to connect, feel free to reach out!
Happy Halloween! I hope you had a lovely night! And thank you, I am well-stocked with N95s. The pumpkins will just be for pies (and bread).
This is truly the most wonderful time of the year. Happy Halloween!
I'm so sorry. This sweet baby.
Erica Lukes and Vanessa Walilko in Halloween costumes.
Characters vaguely resembling Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social & Vanessa Walilko @kalibutterfly.bsky.social have a good time discussing eerie adventures, haunted locations & much more on a Halloween edition of UFO Classified. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E23...
Registration is now open for my October Pace Yourself Workshop! Check out the feedback from the August participants! If you can’t make this date, a recording will be available on demand after this event.
#Fatigue #Chroniclllness #ADHD #Autism #Neurodivergent #Burnout #SelfCare #LongCOVID #MECFS
As Vanessa Walilko @kalibutterfly.bsky.social explained in a discussion with me for @expandingfrontiersresearch.org is commonly understood among sociologists specializing in domestic violence, the ‘justice’ system often commits the second assault.
2d animators are unionized and 3d animators are not, which is why hollywood moved to 3d
#SaveSpeech
I made a simplified version of this graphic for low vision and/or neurodivergent folks, and anyone else who might benefit! Please let me know if any changes need to be made for accessibility and thank you to the OP!
USPS letter mailing guide: www.usps.com/ship/letters...
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
I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
This is exceptional!
artists who use ai should get their hands replaced with huge unliftable boulders
I had to double-check that I wasn't on Twitter.
This is peak balcony farm watering time for me.
If you are a gamer or enjoy any kind of media, I encourage you to watch this video about the Steam, itch. io, and payment processor hit job being undertaken by 'Collective Shout' and their attempt to try and ban/censor video games.
It is an important topic regarding censorship in our lives.
Like many technologies, AI is designed to kill humans, but in the most soulless way possible, stripping away even our ability to own and express our pain.
Bertolt Brecht: "In the dark times, will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing, about the dark times.”
AI: NOT SO FAST
I can enjoy folklore, tolerate differing political opinions, & have fun with a good flying saucer story, but where I see red flags is when we're unable to agree on facts. We can debate what facts *indicate* but we can't be in conflict about what has & has not been established as fact.
ABSOLUTELY