thingswithwings
@thingswithwings.bsky.social
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Writer, vidder, teacher. she/they.
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adactivity.bsky.social
This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa
mattburgess1.bsky.social
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
thingswithwings.bsky.social
ughhhh that's awful! take care of yourself <3
thingswithwings.bsky.social
mmmmm not quite? for me it's like, "this is a fish, an important part of the ocean. Allow me to define it [talks about every part of the ocean]."
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festivids.bsky.social
Festivids Buddies is an optional part of Festivids; there are a lot of options for what you can request or offer, including: finding music or source, cheerleading (it's a long three months until vids are due), betaing, and providing technical assistance.
Festivids Buddies 2025
docs.google.com
thingswithwings.bsky.social
right????? putting this intention into the world for you
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.
thingswithwings.bsky.social
"funny story about my coworker, who doesn't understand his job at the most basic level and thus makes the job harder for everyone else" I see I see haha
thingswithwings.bsky.social
"narrative" is used as an umbrella term for a bunch of different things - plot elements, point of view (narrator), tone (narrative discourse), setting (elements that are in relationships with people), pacing, and so on. Eventually it represents so much that it just means "the writing"
thingswithwings.bsky.social
narrative might not be real
rachelfeder.bsky.social
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
thingswithwings.bsky.social
I have been heartbroken for students of mine who are recent graduates and just cannot find a job. We gave them internships, job training, preparation courses for the job market, etc. . . . but all the resources in the world don't make up for the economy nosediving and jobs disappearing. It's awful.
thingswithwings.bsky.social
thank you - I really appreciate it. <3
thingswithwings.bsky.social
finally, a metric by which I understand my gender identity AND I get to be bisexual for a change
foone.bsky.social
signing up for the hot new linguistic dating site
A signup form for a dating site, showing two options under "I'm a" that are "Bouba" and "Kiki"
and below that, an "Interested In" section that has the options of "Boubas", "Kikis", "Both"
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pahuski.com
Happy Columbo’s Day
Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.” “If the car’s gone,” “I’ll give you another cookie anyway” “because I love you.”
thingswithwings.bsky.social
the way the bed FACES the open plan toilet feels aggressive, even on a scale of open plan toilet houses. a toilet is not a feature!
thingswithwings.bsky.social
purely for the sake of demonstrating that humanity is a rich tapestry, I will butt in to mention that I especially enjoy them once they have become gloopy
thingswithwings.bsky.social
promotion via student evals
impavid.us
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
thingswithwings.bsky.social
hey @sfboswell.bsky.social, I think you were looking for something like this a while ago
readingtheend.bsky.social
Dark Academia dares to answer the age-old question "what if a genre was just vibes" and I have arrived, the hero this city needs, to tell you which of all the vibey books are the very vibeyest

my latest for @nytimes.com!
Dark Academia: A Starter Pack
www.nytimes.com
thingswithwings.bsky.social
I also found it frustrating! thank you for this review, it gave me more to chew on.
thingswithwings.bsky.social
that makes sense! also a lot of people just have reposts turned off across the board, so I imagine that filters a lot of people out.
thingswithwings.bsky.social
I saw you saying that to Sandy - I didn't realize it made such a big difference! learning learning learning