Nicole Rodovsky

Nicole Rodovsky

@nrodovsky.bsky.social

Level 51, Chicana, Writer, Second Life Citizen. Misbehaving Celiac. Resist. RP =/= endorsement. I block snake-oil sellers. She/Her #VirtualWriters #MoxieMadness

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There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

I have as many of the AI settings on my Pinterest turned off as possible. I have no idea what film my Pinterest is hallucinating, but I'd watch the shit out of whatever this is! 😂 #MorenaBaccarin #FrancoisArnaud

Okay first of all YES, but secondly NYET, because David has the Rizz. Charlie needs to die by rubber chicken.

Gatimo@gatimo.bsky.social

Yaga Noah Reid as Charlie Rapp reminds me of Bruce Willis as David Addison Jr in the series Moonlighting The private investigators who flirt for the win

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Real actual quote folks, I just doubled checked it.

WH Press Pool Reports@whpresspool.bsky.social

On 2028: “I don't know who's going to be the next president, and I think the law says, I'm not 100% sure, but I think the law says that I'm not allowed to run again. I'm studying that phrase, Ashley [Hinson]. I'm studying that phrase. I just got a poll number. I killed everybody. (2/4)

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I worked with—and deeply admired—Helen for almost 30 years. She was hands down *the best source* about emerging infectious diseases that I've ever known. My first warning of COVID was when on Dec 28, 2019 she reposted a ProMED mail report of an atypical pneumonia cluster: "This doesn't look good."

statnews.comHelen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.

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Airbnb went from a cheap way to crash in a spare bedroom or rent a vacation house for a weekend and turned into "what if hotels openly hated you and acted like they were doing you a favor by letting you give them hundreds of dollars to stay there, and also it's more expensive"

Caroline Haskins@carolinehaskins.bsky.social

Airbnb is banning its hosts from making guests do things like “stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.” The hosts....are not taking it well: www.wired.com/story/airbnb...

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HELP! It's the first time something like this has happened to me but I had to make a post. This person is impersonating me and is contacting my clients from Vgen, asking them if they have other work for commission. I am absolutely NOT this person, I won't ever contact you directly on discord!

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A Thread: Square Enix has suspended FFXIV's housing auto-demolition timer. Worldwide. This usually only happens when major events prevent players from logging in for extended periods. To put the severity into perspective, here's a list of events that prompted similar suspensions in the past:

FINAL FANTASY XIV@en.finalfantasyxiv.com

Following the suspension of new logins, the housing auto-demolition timer has been paused on all Worlds. We will monitor developments and assess the situation before announcing when the timer will resume.

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Mom is being evicted from skilled nursing. She still can't get in and out of a car or go up and down stairs. Her living space is down a flight of stairs. There are no accessible bathrooms in this house (the contractor is coming Friday to rebuild hers). I...everything about this is bad.

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The Society of Authors has withdrawn from the ill-conceived concession to the dark side that was the "ethical GenAI" charter because of the mass and vocal outrage of authors. Publishers need to be made afraid of this level of anger too.

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Krissy made me get out of bed, leave the house and REVEL IN THE STUPID SPLENDOR OF STUPID NATURE this morning so now you have suffer with me

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eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

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If you're looking for art to accompany a press release, this is what I do. I have a PhD in astronomy and space illustration/animation is my specialty. This piece, on green white dwarfs, is one of my most recent commissions. Please don't use AI. Use an artist. Thank you. #sciart #scicomm #blender

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I think for me, this step feels especially satisfying in part for what it represents. The idea and paints went from chaos to order, and this is the last step, reducing that last sign of the messiness of the creating process. Does that idea resonate? #sciart #gardeningfeed #bugsky #invertefest

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PAXTON: hey we're catching a lot of shit for holding our final rally at the alamo, the site of an infamous Texas doomed last stand TRUMP:

I know men get worked up about the Roman Empire, but you know what gets to me, besides the Library of Alexandria? As the season turns cold & sickness spreads, I think about the social distancing world champions of the Village of Eyam. Hundreds of people died alone in their homes so the Black Death

wouldn't spread to the next village over. The courage and the sacrifice that that took, and the faith that it would WORK when they lacked proof. I can wear a mask for that.

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Aside from it being illegal, that's electioneering for less than 2 gallons of gas. A vote's gotta be worth at least half a tank, right?

Outspoken™️@out5p0ken.bsky.social

Mike Rogers’ wife is handing out $10 gas cards in Michigan while asking people to vote for her husband. Republicans made gas unaffordable. Now they’re offering $10 to keep them in power. #BlueWaveIn20Days

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Nerds! Assemble!

United Wizards of the Coast - CWA@uwotc-official.bsky.social

If you’d like to join us in calling on leadership to reconsider yesterday’s decision and help us build a better Wizards together, you can encourage them to do so by signing our petition and sharing it! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

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I can't imagine installing vibe-coded software on any of my devices. Holy crap, the security issues alone are a nightmare, let alone getting bricked, or losing data, or unknown code failures outputting false data.

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Were you wondering when the first current or former US lawmaker was going to have to flee this country for their safety and/or wind up in jail under this Nazi administration? That really terrible scenario you kept envisioning? That’s what they are doing to Representative Omar.

NBC News@nbcnews.com

BREAKING: Justice Department issues subpoenas in investigation into progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration status, including to members of her family.

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If this happens we are no longer in an ostensibly free society, folks

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING WSJ: The Trump admin's investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe.

I pick Ambi over Muse.

Lovense@lovense-official.bsky.social

Small? Yes. Weak? Absolutely not. 😏 Ambi is your little pocket-sized vibe with app control.💓 www.lovense.com/p/bskyShop #Lovense

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What is the cute, cuddly Muse AI keychain charm? Created by Meta (Facebook/Zuckerberg), it was never meant to be a simple assistant to people. Besides helping you, it gleans your all your information and that of anyone connected to you and passes it to its developer to use and to resell.

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I’m going to say something unpopular for National Coming Out Day. And that’s that while your safety absolutely comes first - especially in the current global political climate - and you are never obligated to come out especially if it would harm you….