Rachel
@raspberrydagger.bsky.social
Likes cute things and pockets. Powered by spite and SSRIs. She/her/hers ♣️ Chronically ill
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LLMs do not understand, will not understand, and cannot ever understand information. It's a glorified search engine combined with auto-compete, and you should treat it as such. No matter how much LLM companies try to tell you their machines can think or reason, they cannot and will not.
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February 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
LLMs do not understand, will not understand, and cannot ever understand information. It's a glorified search engine combined with auto-compete, and you should treat it as such. No matter how much LLM companies try to tell you their machines can think or reason, they cannot and will not.
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looking back on it, AOL was right.
Thirty hours of internet is all we need every month
Thirty hours of internet is all we need every month
February 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
looking back on it, AOL was right.
Thirty hours of internet is all we need every month
Thirty hours of internet is all we need every month
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Going to live in my blanket fort and hiss at people from behind my stack of thin mints.
February 14, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Going to live in my blanket fort and hiss at people from behind my stack of thin mints.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Begging boomers to realize that
Texting
Is not
For
Long
Ranging
Paragraphs.
Texting
Is not
For
Long
Ranging
Paragraphs.
January 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Begging boomers to realize that
Texting
Is not
For
Long
Ranging
Paragraphs.
Texting
Is not
For
Long
Ranging
Paragraphs.
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Yes, a worship service is sacred.
So is the image of God in your immigrant neighbor.
So is the image of God being dragged from his home in his underwear on a snowy day.
So was the image of God that bled out for 8 minutes while being refused medical care.
So is the image of God in your immigrant neighbor.
So is the image of God being dragged from his home in his underwear on a snowy day.
So was the image of God that bled out for 8 minutes while being refused medical care.
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Yes, a worship service is sacred.
So is the image of God in your immigrant neighbor.
So is the image of God being dragged from his home in his underwear on a snowy day.
So was the image of God that bled out for 8 minutes while being refused medical care.
So is the image of God in your immigrant neighbor.
So is the image of God being dragged from his home in his underwear on a snowy day.
So was the image of God that bled out for 8 minutes while being refused medical care.
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i don’t really understand why this made me start bawling i just really love seeing people try to help each other in creative ways and that this shit is necessary
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
i don’t really understand why this made me start bawling i just really love seeing people try to help each other in creative ways and that this shit is necessary
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I like to remind folks that the mic is for the listener, not the speaker.
January 5, 2026 at 4:49 AM
I like to remind folks that the mic is for the listener, not the speaker.
It has taken a LONG time to get okay with hearing my voice amplified. This is year 11 of teaching in lecture halls, and many years on worship bands, and it's only recently that I've stopped cringing hearing myself. This is why I've powered through it.
Always use the mic at a conference even if you’re loud. People who can’t hear you *can’t hear you * when you ask if you can hear them in the back. Some of us went to one too many hardcore shows in our youth without ear plugs and our hearing ain’t what it used to be 🥺
#SICB2026
#SICB2026
January 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
It has taken a LONG time to get okay with hearing my voice amplified. This is year 11 of teaching in lecture halls, and many years on worship bands, and it's only recently that I've stopped cringing hearing myself. This is why I've powered through it.
It's happened! I got moo shu chicken for Chinese takeout. They forgot the sauce. But thank goodness I had--
a bottle of hoisin sauce! 😅
a bottle of hoisin sauce! 😅
January 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
It's happened! I got moo shu chicken for Chinese takeout. They forgot the sauce. But thank goodness I had--
a bottle of hoisin sauce! 😅
a bottle of hoisin sauce! 😅
Quote posting so I remember to download my LJ to BlogBooker.
Mine was always f-listed so it's been dead for a decade+, but it's still a place I sometimes go to process for me, myself, and I.
Mine was always f-listed so it's been dead for a decade+, but it's still a place I sometimes go to process for me, myself, and I.
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Quote posting so I remember to download my LJ to BlogBooker.
Mine was always f-listed so it's been dead for a decade+, but it's still a place I sometimes go to process for me, myself, and I.
Mine was always f-listed so it's been dead for a decade+, but it's still a place I sometimes go to process for me, myself, and I.
Happy New Year ! I'd say good riddance to 2025, but we know the horrors have only begun...
January 1, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Happy New Year ! I'd say good riddance to 2025, but we know the horrors have only begun...
Finished the third season of #SurrealEstate to find it won't be renewed. :(
Guess it's time for a third rewatch of Fringe...
Guess it's time for a third rewatch of Fringe...
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Finished the third season of #SurrealEstate to find it won't be renewed. :(
Guess it's time for a third rewatch of Fringe...
Guess it's time for a third rewatch of Fringe...
The whole "do not flush trash" warning on airplane toilets STRESSED ME OUT. For the longest time. Like, a tiny stiff push lid on the trash chute seemed vilely inappropriate for soiled toilet paper. But... okay?
I've finally (hopefully) figured out what it actually means.
I've finally (hopefully) figured out what it actually means.
December 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The whole "do not flush trash" warning on airplane toilets STRESSED ME OUT. For the longest time. Like, a tiny stiff push lid on the trash chute seemed vilely inappropriate for soiled toilet paper. But... okay?
I've finally (hopefully) figured out what it actually means.
I've finally (hopefully) figured out what it actually means.
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WHERE THE LIGHT BEGINS A Blessing for Christmas Day. By Jan Richardson. ✨✨✨
December 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
WHERE THE LIGHT BEGINS A Blessing for Christmas Day. By Jan Richardson. ✨✨✨
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oh, my darling
who taught you
this dark, dark art
of shaming yourself for
choices you never made
in the first place?
who taught you
this dark, dark art
of shaming yourself for
choices you never made
in the first place?
December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
oh, my darling
who taught you
this dark, dark art
of shaming yourself for
choices you never made
in the first place?
who taught you
this dark, dark art
of shaming yourself for
choices you never made
in the first place?
Pay 👏 attention 👏 to 👏 your units.
This morning I learnt another great example of why units matter - the flight of Air Canada 143 ran out of fuel at an altitude of 41.000ft.The Pilots managed to glide the plane down safely with their 70 passengers. The jet had been loaded with 22,300 pounds of jet fuel instead of 22,300kg
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Pay 👏 attention 👏 to 👏 your units.
Oh SNAP
Again, off on one of my pet tangents, but humanity had thousands of years where this kind of information *was* common knowledge, it was just knowledge that was held by women. And after the advent of modern medicine, patriarchal norms took over and that knowledge never became "science".
December 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Oh SNAP
Turned in grades yesterday. Went to a follow-up appt for a workplace injury (don't sniff chemicals, folks!). BP was elevated. I was feeling guilty about it.
And then I was like HOLD UP.
1/2
And then I was like HOLD UP.
1/2
December 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Turned in grades yesterday. Went to a follow-up appt for a workplace injury (don't sniff chemicals, folks!). BP was elevated. I was feeling guilty about it.
And then I was like HOLD UP.
1/2
And then I was like HOLD UP.
1/2
Abigail doing her best to take care of me at the end of this semester that ended in a knot.
December 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Abigail doing her best to take care of me at the end of this semester that ended in a knot.
December 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm sorry, these things reduce mass shootings by FOUR HUNDRED TIMES, and we're still R&Ding sending kids to school with clear bulletproof backpacks???
6/ This is not a debate. That data is crystal clear.
Since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, Australia’s buyback program and strict licensing have kept mass shootings to ~0–1 per year.
The U.S. has about 400–650 mass shootings annually and over 46,000 gun deaths each year.
It’s not even close.
Since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, Australia’s buyback program and strict licensing have kept mass shootings to ~0–1 per year.
The U.S. has about 400–650 mass shootings annually and over 46,000 gun deaths each year.
It’s not even close.
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I'm sorry, these things reduce mass shootings by FOUR HUNDRED TIMES, and we're still R&Ding sending kids to school with clear bulletproof backpacks???
I'm so exhausted. It's barely 8p. Why??
Oh wait --
1.Winter(tm) has _arrived_.
2.It's finals week.
3.I spent 36 hours Fri/Sat dealing w a window that leaked like a faucet.
4.Yesterday was counseling but didn't get my usual post-sesh decompression.
5.Family travel decision drama and chaos.
Oh wait --
1.Winter(tm) has _arrived_.
2.It's finals week.
3.I spent 36 hours Fri/Sat dealing w a window that leaked like a faucet.
4.Yesterday was counseling but didn't get my usual post-sesh decompression.
5.Family travel decision drama and chaos.
December 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I'm so exhausted. It's barely 8p. Why??
Oh wait --
1.Winter(tm) has _arrived_.
2.It's finals week.
3.I spent 36 hours Fri/Sat dealing w a window that leaked like a faucet.
4.Yesterday was counseling but didn't get my usual post-sesh decompression.
5.Family travel decision drama and chaos.
Oh wait --
1.Winter(tm) has _arrived_.
2.It's finals week.
3.I spent 36 hours Fri/Sat dealing w a window that leaked like a faucet.
4.Yesterday was counseling but didn't get my usual post-sesh decompression.
5.Family travel decision drama and chaos.
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What percentage of humans, other than those in school who want it to do their schoolwork for them, want AI at ANY level? Every chance I get I turn it off in my apps.
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What percentage of humans, other than those in school who want it to do their schoolwork for them, want AI at ANY level? Every chance I get I turn it off in my apps.
Christmas gift ideas!
Here are some pics of my work! My Instagram is @threespringswoodworks
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Christmas gift ideas!