Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again
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MultiDisciplinarian Artist! | Informational threads everywhere from tech to disability | ✡️ | She/They | Queer
Getting used to Linux era; don't be a jerk to non-techies
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Getting used to Linux era; don't be a jerk to non-techies
Ko-Fi: http://ko-fi.com/oliviasnerdydev
Throne: http://throne.me/kingdomfantasy6
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winterroseart.com – A glistening winter rose in the cold night
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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
Site that I'll continue to update with new pieces: winterroseart.com
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when you could have this? www.etsy.com/shop/artolog... #sciart
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
when you could have this? www.etsy.com/shop/artolog... #sciart
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Let's call it Black Science Friday 😄
All my silk science scarves and ties are 25% off for a few days 🧪🐡🧠🧫
All my silk science scarves and ties are 25% off for a few days 🧪🐡🧠🧫
when you could have this? www.etsy.com/shop/artolog... #sciart
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Let's call it Black Science Friday 😄
All my silk science scarves and ties are 25% off for a few days 🧪🐡🧠🧫
All my silk science scarves and ties are 25% off for a few days 🧪🐡🧠🧫
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Like, we need to remember that these AI programs do not run on the ether - their ecological impact is because they're power hungry, computer intensive, heat producing systems.
They're EXPENSIVE!
If they don't make money, they GO AWAY.
They're EXPENSIVE!
If they don't make money, they GO AWAY.
One of the reasons I've never bought into AI doomerism, is that to believe "it's here to stay, get used to it!" you have to buy into the idea that AI generated elements are so hardcoded or integral as to be permanent, when they really aren't.
You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Like, we need to remember that these AI programs do not run on the ether - their ecological impact is because they're power hungry, computer intensive, heat producing systems.
They're EXPENSIVE!
If they don't make money, they GO AWAY.
They're EXPENSIVE!
If they don't make money, they GO AWAY.
@lokiofcontrol.bsky.social and I have many items at 50% off, as well as a bonfire storefront and an imprnt storefront that are linked here!
More Stores! – winterroseart.com
winterroseart.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
@lokiofcontrol.bsky.social and I have many items at 50% off, as well as a bonfire storefront and an imprnt storefront that are linked here!
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Extremely cute and inoffensive SFW furry art account gets nuked by paypros. Come on, this is insane.
Get to those phones. Don't let them rest.
Get to those phones. Don't let them rest.
I'm devastated, if I don't find an alternative that works with argentinians I'm contemplating the worst, I can't do regular jobs, art was my job for around 15 years
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Extremely cute and inoffensive SFW furry art account gets nuked by paypros. Come on, this is insane.
Get to those phones. Don't let them rest.
Get to those phones. Don't let them rest.
Rather unsettling that corporations are acting like this is a totally normal "black friday" but uh...
Reality is that the US economy is a mess. No amount of "buy, buy, buy, sale, sale, sale" can fix it.
Reality is that the US economy is a mess. No amount of "buy, buy, buy, sale, sale, sale" can fix it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Rather unsettling that corporations are acting like this is a totally normal "black friday" but uh...
Reality is that the US economy is a mess. No amount of "buy, buy, buy, sale, sale, sale" can fix it.
Reality is that the US economy is a mess. No amount of "buy, buy, buy, sale, sale, sale" can fix it.
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Ugh hate to post this but bringing this back to just get us out of a “small” hole. We have money coming in but it is a struggle to get caught up
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Donate to Support Danny and Nathalie's Housing Stability, organized by Danielle Lorick
EDIT: i should be receiving end of month payments, but trying to deal … Danielle Lorick needs your support for Support Danny and Nathalie's Housing Stability
gofund.me
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ugh hate to post this but bringing this back to just get us out of a “small” hole. We have money coming in but it is a struggle to get caught up
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
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with all disrespect to the brands, 30% off is really not all that exciting in this economy
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
with all disrespect to the brands, 30% off is really not all that exciting in this economy
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For the love of everything, please don’t buy your kids shit that lets them talk to LLM or generative AI in general.
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
Ahead of the holidays, consumer and child advocacy groups warn against AI toys
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
For the love of everything, please don’t buy your kids shit that lets them talk to LLM or generative AI in general.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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optimistic nihilism is the best thing we've ever found
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE, NOTHING MATTERS SO LET'S ENJOY IT AND SLAM A FIST INTO THE FACE OF AN UNCARING FUTURE TO MAKE IT CARE
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE, NOTHING MATTERS SO LET'S ENJOY IT AND SLAM A FIST INTO THE FACE OF AN UNCARING FUTURE TO MAKE IT CARE
You know what. Sure, it's a 2am thought alright, but maybe a touch of "if nothing matters...Let's do what we can and enjoy what we have" is what's needed in the now.
Shit sucks, but we're still alive. Will our actions matter in the long run? Only if we *make* them matter.
Shit sucks, but we're still alive. Will our actions matter in the long run? Only if we *make* them matter.
(Which is funny to me, because I genuinely love No Man's Sky, which arguably ALSO has a nihilistic storyline, but it's more in the "well fuck it. if nothing matters, then let's do what we can and enjoy what we have" category.)
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
optimistic nihilism is the best thing we've ever found
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE, NOTHING MATTERS SO LET'S ENJOY IT AND SLAM A FIST INTO THE FACE OF AN UNCARING FUTURE TO MAKE IT CARE
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE, NOTHING MATTERS SO LET'S ENJOY IT AND SLAM A FIST INTO THE FACE OF AN UNCARING FUTURE TO MAKE IT CARE
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🚨 Creator Day is LIVE! 🚨
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨 Creator Day is LIVE! 🚨
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
You know what. Sure, it's a 2am thought alright, but maybe a touch of "if nothing matters...Let's do what we can and enjoy what we have" is what's needed in the now.
Shit sucks, but we're still alive. Will our actions matter in the long run? Only if we *make* them matter.
Shit sucks, but we're still alive. Will our actions matter in the long run? Only if we *make* them matter.
(Which is funny to me, because I genuinely love No Man's Sky, which arguably ALSO has a nihilistic storyline, but it's more in the "well fuck it. if nothing matters, then let's do what we can and enjoy what we have" category.)
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
You know what. Sure, it's a 2am thought alright, but maybe a touch of "if nothing matters...Let's do what we can and enjoy what we have" is what's needed in the now.
Shit sucks, but we're still alive. Will our actions matter in the long run? Only if we *make* them matter.
Shit sucks, but we're still alive. Will our actions matter in the long run? Only if we *make* them matter.
Having finished the season...I'd say that while Billionaire's Bunker has some elements that might seem off to an American audience (lots of melodrama, and sex of...varying levels of consent), I did hit "love this" when Netflix asked because I'm curious what a Season 2 would look like.
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Having finished the season...I'd say that while Billionaire's Bunker has some elements that might seem off to an American audience (lots of melodrama, and sex of...varying levels of consent), I did hit "love this" when Netflix asked because I'm curious what a Season 2 would look like.
Shout out to all the queer tech folks who ALSO had a quiet Thanksgiving spent troubleshooting issues with programs and poking around what's available for extensions and whatnot.
November 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Shout out to all the queer tech folks who ALSO had a quiet Thanksgiving spent troubleshooting issues with programs and poking around what's available for extensions and whatnot.
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OK so I hope this doesn't get me banned, but my most controversial Thanksgiving opinion is that those pilgrims & puritans shoulda been merked as soon as they got off their ships.
Doomsday cults are bad 💅.
Doomsday cults are bad 💅.
Thank you @janeborden.bsky.social for this clear and excellent article about the 1620 Pilgrims and later New England Puritans.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Pilgrims Were Doomsday Cultists
The settlers who arrived in Plymouth were not escaping religious persecution. They left on the Mayflower to establish a theocracy in the Americas.
www.thenation.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
OK so I hope this doesn't get me banned, but my most controversial Thanksgiving opinion is that those pilgrims & puritans shoulda been merked as soon as they got off their ships.
Doomsday cults are bad 💅.
Doomsday cults are bad 💅.
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Gentle reminder that if you're inviting someone over, either let them bring their own food or prepare something they can eat. And ffs DON'T SNEAK INGREDIENTS INTO THINGS AS A "JOKE." You can literally kill someone.
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Gentle reminder that if you're inviting someone over, either let them bring their own food or prepare something they can eat. And ffs DON'T SNEAK INGREDIENTS INTO THINGS AS A "JOKE." You can literally kill someone.
(grabs linux distro devs by the shoulder)
If the only way to install software without the terminal is via a package manager limited by its repos, then installing software is not easy. People have to be able to download and install via GUI methods dammit.
If the only way to install software without the terminal is via a package manager limited by its repos, then installing software is not easy. People have to be able to download and install via GUI methods dammit.
November 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
(grabs linux distro devs by the shoulder)
If the only way to install software without the terminal is via a package manager limited by its repos, then installing software is not easy. People have to be able to download and install via GUI methods dammit.
If the only way to install software without the terminal is via a package manager limited by its repos, then installing software is not easy. People have to be able to download and install via GUI methods dammit.
I *cannot* believe that for an article about IDEs aka the program for doing programming, instead of taking the perfect opportunity to make programmer art of the linux penguin, the writer just did genAI art.
Perfect opportunity for an injoke missed in favor of using plagiarism machine.
Perfect opportunity for an injoke missed in favor of using plagiarism machine.
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I *cannot* believe that for an article about IDEs aka the program for doing programming, instead of taking the perfect opportunity to make programmer art of the linux penguin, the writer just did genAI art.
Perfect opportunity for an injoke missed in favor of using plagiarism machine.
Perfect opportunity for an injoke missed in favor of using plagiarism machine.
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for some context, as of late, most of us are struggling mightily to even afford the basics.
For the people outside the US who get your ideas about Americans from TV:
Almost all the "average, ordinary" people shown on US TV are upper middle class. They represent at most 15% of the population.
Almost all the "average, ordinary" people shown on US TV are upper middle class. They represent at most 15% of the population.
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
for some context, as of late, most of us are struggling mightily to even afford the basics.
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Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
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