TK

TK

@msneonkitten.bsky.social

Lego, Robotics, Data, Engineering, Art, Doodles, just the randomness of life I find interesting.

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Updated Pin: For the record: If you follow me, I look at your profile. If your timeline is just reposts, no commentary, just reposts, I am unlikely to follow back. If your timeline is in any way sus, I just block. AI is an Insult to Humanity. There's little social to "social media".

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My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet

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3. Conversely assisting slaves in escaping slavery was a crime. Slaves escaping on their own were committing a crime. Hiding Jews from the Nazis was considered a crime.

It's not that hard to just not engage with a fantasy world when real life people are suffering because of the creator of said world.

Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social

...for the few of you who haven't heard about this JKR/HP boycott before now, here are a couple articles about it: www.theverge.com/report/90181... (here's an archived version: archive.is/mVKwv) & defector.com/its-time-to-...

Anyone as interested in what's in children's pants as highly as the current Republican party should be on several watch lists and not left unsupervised around children. So freaking creepy.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social

“Republicans are creepy as hell. Democrats need to grow a spine and call Republicans out for their creepy fetish of monitoring children’s bathrooms.” The correct response. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

Why I've been loving Dungeon Crawler Carl, from the latest book, the AI describing a drug operation: “These corporate suits learned what a thousand organizations and governments throughout history already knew.

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And if you’re unwilling or unable to first provide that, artificial alternatives, no matter how destructive, will always prevail.” ― Matt Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles

There's gems like this sprinkled all over the series. I can see how people miss them in the noise of the GameLit genre tropes, but it's a fairly well-written series.

Why I've been loving Dungeon Crawler Carl, from the latest book, the AI describing a drug operation: “These corporate suits learned what a thousand organizations and governments throughout history already knew.

Drugs will win because what you’re really doing is going to war against the biological imperative all living creatures have to find comfort and happiness.

Zephyr's Morning Walk Log 1. Light rain, this is nice 2. Squirrels... they're in the trees. Come Down You Cowards! 3. Mom is in her shiny pink covering, her legs match. Silly. 4. Nice long walk in gentle rain... OMG BOOM?! 5. No longer gentle. I'm soaked. 6. Mom grabbed towel, warm dry den! 🥰

I said to coworker "Have a good evening, may your deck wood not rot out beneath your feet!" and he said "I'm stealing that to use as a toast at the next wedding." 😄

Zephyr's Early AM Sleep log. 1. Mmmm Zzzzzs 2. Rain? The gentle sound of rain is relaxing. 3. BOOOOOM!? AARGH! Don't panic, don't panic... 4. I'll crawl into bed with mom. 5. She's safe, warm, and petting me. 6. The booms are gone... 7. Back to guarding top of steps! 8. Zzzzz.

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Real talk by Dutch politician, Anna Strolenberg on Jane Doe & the predatory male tech industry. "I stand with Jane Doe. Abusing women is not a business model. Whether it’s spyware to track women’s phones, or nudify apps used to undress women, Big Tech has made millions off the abuse of women."

Made a few bricklink orders so I can start building more dungeon modules. I also need to start designing gameplay mechanics. It's all wandering around in my head.

Zephyr's Afternoon Walk Log: 1. Talked with Sue she's sweet. 2. Come ON! Let's WALK, MOM! 3. Squirrel, CHASE! 4. Met new guy, he was nice. 5. Mom, why are you on the ground? 6. Oh... I shouldn't run around you and then through your legs to get at a squirrel... and now you're LAUGHING AT ME?!

Zephyr's Walk Log, Midnight Edition. 1. Rain! Wheee! 2. I don't think mom likes it, but she gets to wear the pink rain jacket. It's cute. 3. No, I'm fine being wet! Let's go for a long walk! 4. Frog! Hop hop hop! I can hear them all over. 5. Home! SHAKE-A Shake-a Shake!

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I want to welcome all the new people that have grown our Patreon from 830 people to the 1096 we have today. Our goal is 1500 people and we're 40% of the way there! Can we cross that 1100 members line today? I know we can with your help. Please share & join if you can. patreon.astronomycast.com

20 y/o me would first be surprised we made it this far, and then would be impressed at what I'm doing and where I've been and then they'd be enjoying the wardrobe and basement full of Lego. I'd never get 20 y/o me out of current me's basement. 🥰

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For our No-Ads Future to work, we need to grow our Patreon audiences. For are so grateful for the 149 of you who have become patrons. But this is not enough to fill in the financial gap created by turning off ads. Mind the gap, and join patreon.astronomycast.com

Astronomy Cast@astronomycast.com

After 20 years, it's time to make some changes. With your patronage we can ditch the ads & turn up the science. patreon.astronomycast.com

My main OC is finding the largest playground with the most complex ladders and tubes and ball pits and climbing rigs and she's bouncing around it without a care in the world.

[ OC Questions ]@ocqotd.bsky.social

Your original character is having a self care/treat yourself day! What are they doing? #OCASK #OCQOTD #OCSKY

Zephyr's Walk Log 1. Normal walk blah blah... 2. Squirrel! 3. SquIRREEL!!! 4. SQUIRREL! UP THE TREE! 5. I knocked it OFF THE TRUNK!?!? 6. WHERE'D IT FALL?! 7. THERE IT IS VERTICLE LEAP! 8. Missed it. Sad.

On the transgender kids in sports BS, I'll reiterate what I said to a pollster: Why the hell is this an issue? Let kids just play sports. I think we need to be more concerned with people who are worried about what genitals kids have in their pants than a kid wanting to play kid's games. That simple.

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This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

Some things I've learned: 1. Have no heroes. 2. Be willing to reject odious ideas, especially when they come from someone you admire. 3. There's rarely only one answer. 4. Purity and Perfection will never exist, set your tolerances appropriately and re-evaluate regularly. 5. Authority != Correct

6. What a person says, means WAY less than what they do. 7. Everything is constructed in layers. Work to figure out how to move between those layers without hurting others. 8. Advancement constructed on mutual benefit is much longer lasting than advancement built by stepping on people.

9. Fighting someone with too much authority, and no accountability, is always a losing battle when done alone. 10. Small changes over time, have better resilience and staying power than large changes done quickly. 11. You will be judged by your associations. Choose carefully.