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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 5h

I mean if we’re talking bad movies, could an AI made Birdemic? MANOS? I seriously fucking doubt it, there is a certain accidental innovative genius necessary to true badness

Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 1d

One thing AI is good for is reminding people how even the very worst movie they’ve ever seen is better than AI “movies”

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 5h

I also occasionally write short fiction and used to write it an awful lot. Most of it’s been published in free online SFF&H magazines so it can be read without dealing with a paywall sunnymoraine.com/fiction/

Shorter fiction

Short Fiction “If Living Is Seeing I’m Holding My Breath” – Come Join Us By the Fire 2 – February 2021 “Note to Self” – Lightspeed – September …

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 5h

Bunch of new followers recently, so here’s a quick rundown of stuff I work on:

I WROTE A BOOK. It’s about isolation and madness and our desperate need for human connection. You can buy it. I also read the audiobook and venture to say I do it very well torpublishinggroup.com/your-shadow-...

Your Shadow Half Remains

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 5h

(Him (offended): there’s nothing wrong with this shirt!)

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 5h

(It’s actually kind of funny, like I have had to gently suggest to my spouse that it’s time to finally ditch a t-shirt once he can no longer be certain at a glance which hole at the neckline was intended for his head)

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 5h

And God, thinking about the immensity of the task makes me feel so goddamn tired sometimes

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 6h

Of course there’s really no way we could get that world of consumer goods without that broad systemic change anyway, my point is just that this is not merely a matter of spoiled American consumers changing their attitudes and spending habits (which I am not saying that Derek was saying)

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 6h

Which isn’t to say that I don’t think we should work for a world where consumer goods are made without ruining the environment and brutally exploiting people, it’s just to point out the obvious: that world is going to require broad, systemic change if it’s going to work for everyone

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 6h

We tend to wear things until they literally fall apart. I’ve been wearing the same leather boots for well over a decade now

I think we’re already being as economical as we can reasonably be, and *if nothing else changed* I’m not sure how we’d manage in a world of $180 shirts

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 6h

This is a great thread, and also I want to note that it’s not always as simple as “don’t want to”

We buy new clothes only rarely in my household, and even when we buy “new” it’s usually from a clearance section, an outlet-type store, or secondhand. When things tear I mend them

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 11h

I dunno Dems this seems like it might be a pretty solid message to run on in both content and vibes

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 12h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 11h

Every democrat should be talking like this. Not the feckless mueller time version of this that we’ve had for years, but actual promises of actual consequences

As long as it goes unpunished we’ll never be free of this

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 12h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 15h

I see things like this and then I see articles about male loneliness and why don't women use AI more

And it sort of feels like there's a connection to be made.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 21h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Carolyn Ownbey, PhD @carolynownbey.bsky.social · 13h

If you haven’t seen it, this footage from @apnews.com is incredibly important.

The intent here seems unmistakable, in two ways: (1) just read the genocide convention, here it **absolutely** is, and (2) this level of infrastructural destruction is, no question, meant as pre-development demolition.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

More. Of. This. Any city that allows a corporation to build a data center will be unlivable within a year of construction.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12h

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12h

The same guy who voiced Tony the Tiger did the song about how bad the Grinch is and that’s not all that interesting except I don’t think a Tiger should have the right to insult the Grinch like that. The Grinch is a higher life form

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 15h

🎶Frosty the Snowman
Was a human after all
He was strangled dead
And they put his head
In a snowman's top snowball

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Eng Hana allulu @ilaymedia.com · 13h

The war may have stopped, but our struggle hasn’t,I lost my home, my safety, and my older brother, Now our only hope is to leave Gaza and rebuild our lives from nothing.
Your support could help us find safety and start again. 🕊️
Please don't pass and help us
We are one big family
Link 🔗 donate 👇🙏🥺

Eng Hana allulu @ilaymedia.com · 23d

Since the beginning of the war, we lost our home, and with every escalation by the occupation, our displacement and suffering grow. My family lives in tents with no safety — the photos show our hunger, cold, and fear
We need your help🥺🙏
🔗 Link GFM
gofund.me/81080627
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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 12h

"Most moral army", "surgical precision", "targeted operations", "reducing the number of casualties"

samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 1d

This is what is left of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12h

also "retribution" implies he was wronged in some way by the people he's persecuting, subtly justifying what he's doing. bsky.app/profile/reun...

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 12h

I don’t know if I’d say it was a failure on the order of Reconstruction but yes, the Nuremberg model would be completely inadequate to what we’ll need if we survive this

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Garrett Gilchrist @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social · 17h

We were also at a point where lots of new tech was being created to make things easier for artists, and suddenly that's all being wiped away in favor of an anti-artist AI fad.

"Oh, artists don't need tech that works, because ChatGPT will lie to you and say that it can do things it can't! Eat sh*t!"

Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 22h

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 6d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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