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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · May 11

New pinned post time! Hi! I'm a multi-discipliniarian artist who does things from writing to jewelry, to tech art (game dev thing). You'll find a variety of art, politics, and rambling threads here!

Site that I'll continue to update with new pieces: winterroseart.com

winterroseart.com – A glistening winter rose in the cold night

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 3h

It's important to track how many citizens are kidnapped by ICE. But I'll keep hammering the point that it simply does not matter if someone is native-born or undocumented — NO ONE deserves to be brutalized by glorified rent-a-cops in a fascist state. There are no "innocent" victims. Just victims.

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Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 2h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 3h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 2h

I read this and it feels like accessibility will be the ultimate patsy when they reverse course and throw away much of what they are trying to force into everything now.

And I'll be clear... IMHO, if they truly cared about accessibility, everything would already be more accessible.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 7h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3h

Why no general strike?

Please ask how long you are willing to strike from your current job? Are you an at-will employee? How much savings do you currently have?

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not trying to be a dick.

But they picked two fat republicans for a bunch of jokes when the young republicans said the worst shit imaginable.

My fat ass is out there fighting for what's right.

Stop equating fat with bad or less. Stop telling ME I'm one annoyance away from being your target.

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Dr Luke Steubenstein 👹 @lukesteuber.com · 1d

If we attach a turbine, they can power millions of homes

David Simon, the writer behind The Wire and The Deuce (and a former journalist for the Baltimore Sun), finds only the blackest humor in Weiss's ascent to the top of the news heap. When asked for his perspective, Simon replied via email, "Murrow and Cronkite have both interrupted their peaceful mouldering, and are now revolving at such speeds that never mind the affront to televised journalism
—we need to consider the geologic risks to us all."

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 14h

(Don't worry any rock nerds looking at this, I'm aware that not all gemstones are quartz but with a slightly more interesting element. Just...A fair number of the big names are.)

Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 14h

Balancing my understanding that value is a combination of rarity + elements in the stone composition + how long a human had to spend working on the stone with the urge to go, "YOU'RE ALL JUST QUARTZ. Except you amber and petrified wood."

Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 15h

Studying up on my stones and stone types the way many beaders and jewelry crafters do: Staring at fire mountain gems listings trying to figure out which gemstones seem the most affordable.

Not even gonna bother clicking on the ruby section lol.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20h

I try not to repost news from Meidas because, and this is important, they click bait and rage bait and honestly I don't think any of us need that shit.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 20h

In real life, she wasn't who I wanted to be like.

It's okay to grow beyond your heroes. Find new heroes, and grow beyond them too.

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 19h

You'll also want to immediately hit up your moderation settings and make sure they are how you want them. Muting words is super important, because the Following Feed doesn't have an algo- you will get the firehose.

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 19h

And hey, if there's any recruiters for Spanish companies on here...I'm a tech artist who is very open to living in Madrid and optimizing your games. Just need someone willing to sponsor a work visa.

www.oliviawertheimersart.com/portfolio

Portfolio — Olivia Wertheimer's Art

www.oliviawertheimersart.com

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She-wolf of Naarm, Prowling for Narrative Work @jadedsynic.bsky.social · 22h

I think it should remain possible to work professionally on video games

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19h

“Physician payments” might make this sound less serious than it is.

150M Americans are covered by Medicare & Medicaid (CMS), close to half of all healthcare coverage. 98% of hospitals accept CMS, and the majority rely on it because it’s the biggest insurer by far. (And healthcare is 20% of US GDP.)

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 20h

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.

www.statnews.com

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 19h

Well. Inbox is now full of "Thanks for applying" emails. Time to see if any of them get me at the very least to the first interview.

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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 23h

If the other side is hopeless, then you all really and truly need to finally acknowledge how bad things are over here.

White Dem leadership will not listen to us. It’s up to you all to make the noise that fixes the issues within our party.

It’s up to the whites.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 22h

It has been laid down.

You need to pick it up.

Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 23h

White people need to talk to other white people. It is entirely up to the whites to move the needle on their end.

Let me be clear: racism and antisemitism are rampant on *both* sides of the aisle.

Your twentysomething niece has fallen for the okie doke just as easily as your Boomer uncle.

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 21h

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 21h

Anyways I hope this blog post of a thread sharing the additional context I think is fair to have regarding Proton is helpful! Again, I'm not saying Proton is necessarily bad. Who knows, maybe I'll look into it.

But it's still good to have more context on things given today's tech ecosystem!

Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 21h

Oh and definitely don't be late on any of that paperwork. Lateness will not be tolerated. Neither will being early weirdly enough.

But uh, yeah, any subpoena is going to be going through more layers that wouldn't even be worth it given the crumbs of data Proton even has.

Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 21h

Which...A cultural piece missing for Americans is HOLY SHIT DOES SWITZERLAND LOVE BUREACRACY. Almost as much as it enjoys staying "neutral".

Even if the American government goes via the international route, lol, there's definitely lots of paperwork and bureacracy.

Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 21h

All that to say...The proton ecosystem isn't going to automatically give your data to demogogues in power. In fact the CEO does seem to dislike governments having troves of people's data.

However. It will provide *non-encrypted* data if subpoenaed within the proper channels.

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 21h

By that I mean, the CEO can have his opinions and all that, but those can happen OVER THERE AWAY FROM THE BRAND AND PREFERABLY IN WAYS THAT ARE EXTREMELY SUBTLE.

There's pros and cons to this model, but one pro is it implies structure to keep things as neutral as possible.

Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 21h

I do think that because we haven't heard much from the proton CEO in the months since, and even this interview isn't that blatant about anything, the company's lawyers and HR did grab a hold of this guy in a way where he listened.

Which means Proton is how companies traditionally have been.