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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 2d

An ink drawing of a raised fist crushing a crown. No Kings.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 1d

That's weird.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking News (over a picture of Indiana Jones): Archaeologist blunders his way through yet another discovery without any actual archaeology. Dozens dead. "He really is quite bad at this" says every other archaeologist.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 2d

Five years ago today. Wow. Five years ago today I published my very first book.

Happy 5th Birthday, Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas!

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 2d

As a side note, this is also why I object to any form of advertising on news broadcasts.

Like, "Here's the Genocide in Gaza. Brought to you by Tide!"

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe he should just not do the archaeology part, to be honest. The rest is fine. More or less.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 2d

Is this what it looks like when your dog joins a gang?

My dog Carter, in the middle, flanked by two giant Samoyeds.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 2d

Five years ago today. Wow. Five years ago today I published my very first book.

Happy 5th Birthday, Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas!

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 3d

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A Spirit Halloween costume called "Former Gifted Child." It's empty. Nothing included. When people ask, "What are you supposed to be?" Just Reply, "I was supposed to be a lot of things."

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 3d

And even when I am struggling, something incredible still happens. What appears on the page is often not what I expected, characters come alive in ways I didn't anticipate, scenes play out differently than I had planned, and it all becomes something both from me and beyond me.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3d

I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.bsky.social · 3d

Research doesn’t work this way either, nor probably most creative endeavors

Your mind needs to play around with the bits in order to build a gestalt in your head that you can then think with

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3d

Also, a lot of the hypothetical use cases people bring up about LLMs and writing assume that creative writing can be compartmentalized into high-level conceptual tasks and more rote tasks that you can farm out without losing anything substantial. This is absolutely not how writing works.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 3d

And even when I am struggling, something incredible still happens. What appears on the page is often not what I expected, characters come alive in ways I didn't anticipate, scenes play out differently than I had planned, and it all becomes something both from me and beyond me.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3d

I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 3d

I can do this too. Ahem.

No, God has not forgiven him. And won't forgive him for as long as he remains in his blasphemous ministry. I am absolutely, fervently, certain of it.

There, now that's what is true and no one gets to claim otherwise.

Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 3d

We don't have any actual evidence and it's all based on a quack theory but look, we have supplements to sell. So we're just going to make some shit up and call it "proof."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Himal Southasian @himalmag.bsky.social · 3d

#Nepal, #Bangladesh and #SriLanka uprisings: Why and what next? with @romangtm.bsky.social and Harsh Mander

Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka uprisings: Why and what next?

Southasia’s Youthquakes – on Gen Z protests in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 3d

I wrote about Chicago: "Is this city burning? There is a definite answer to the question. In all these cities, the answer is no. No American city is currently on fire, and if Chicago is a war zone, it’s because it’s being invaded by the president."

Trump Is Waging War on an American City

The real threat to people in Chicago (and Los Angeles and Portland) is our maniacal president.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 3d

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 4d

Ah, the truth reveals itself. Users of AI image generators don't want it to be "creative." They want it so that they can take control of other people's work and puppeteer it do what THEY want it to do.

Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 4d

the only thing people want to do on Sora, it seems, is generate images of copyrighted characters. now that they can't, they're crashing the fuck out www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...

People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails

OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...

www.404media.co

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

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I understand why people *want* the police to intervene--normies are like, 'I thought cops are supposed to arrest people doing crimes, ICE is right there doing crimes, go do your thing'

but police organizations take nearly every opportunity to be like, 'oh you misunderstood what our thing is'

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 4d

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
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National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 4d

Ah, the truth reveals itself. Users of AI image generators don't want it to be "creative." They want it so that they can take control of other people's work and puppeteer it do what THEY want it to do.

Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 4d

the only thing people want to do on Sora, it seems, is generate images of copyrighted characters. now that they can't, they're crashing the fuck out www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...

People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails

OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...

www.404media.co

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