Kalpar
@thekalpar.bsky.social
Writer| Historian | Ferroequinoligist | &c. &c. | They/Them | www.thekalpar.com
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Weird, it’s almost like CEOs are a complete waste?????
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Weird, it’s almost like CEOs are a complete waste?????
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Ah yes, all us petite bourgeoisie artists out here with our charcuterie plates and our means of production.
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 9:39 PM
Ah yes, all us petite bourgeoisie artists out here with our charcuterie plates and our means of production.
Hey, friends, do you have a reader in your life? Do they love cozy fantasy? Do you still need to get them a present? Then look no further! My cozy fantasy novella, Silas & Bundersnoot, and its sequel Across Amastica are now available for purchas through my website!
www.thekalpar.com/shop
www.thekalpar.com/shop
The Kalpar - Shop
As an independent, self-published author, I've worked hard to make my books as easily available for my readers as possible. However if you want to make sure I get a slightly larger royalty than what I...
www.thekalpar.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hey, friends, do you have a reader in your life? Do they love cozy fantasy? Do you still need to get them a present? Then look no further! My cozy fantasy novella, Silas & Bundersnoot, and its sequel Across Amastica are now available for purchas through my website!
www.thekalpar.com/shop
www.thekalpar.com/shop
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
Happy Thanksgiving from WKRP!
two men standing in front of a door with the words as god is my witness on the bottom
ALT: two men standing in front of a door with the words as god is my witness on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from WKRP!
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This is possibly my favorite product answer yet:
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is possibly my favorite product answer yet:
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
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Treat yourself to a pretty new shiny or two as a Holiday gift to yourself. You deserve it & no one else in your family is likely to buy you adorable gargoyle earrings.
This is a great time to remind everyone that Thom & I run Torch & Arrow, an Etsy shop w/ cool fandom things, 1-of-a-kind Goth stuff, pins, tie bars, cuff-links, jewelry, accessories, restored vintage goodies, my backlist books, sculpture & more! We're part of Etsy's big sale! torchandarrow.etsy.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Treat yourself to a pretty new shiny or two as a Holiday gift to yourself. You deserve it & no one else in your family is likely to buy you adorable gargoyle earrings.
Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording
YouTube video by Stiletto
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It's #WIPWednesday! I actually got ahead on schoolwork so I was able to spend some time painting this Death Rider. I've got three more of these bad boys left and then I'll do shading and basing.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It's #WIPWednesday! I actually got ahead on schoolwork so I was able to spend some time painting this Death Rider. I've got three more of these bad boys left and then I'll do shading and basing.
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I come from working-class folk. I work a rotating set of freelance jobs, writing books among them. 75+ hour weeks, send myself on book tours on my own struggling dime, arrange all care for non-driving disabled partner & if I were to calculate my hourly wage I'd have to call a labor union on myself.
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 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I come from working-class folk. I work a rotating set of freelance jobs, writing books among them. 75+ hour weeks, send myself on book tours on my own struggling dime, arrange all care for non-driving disabled partner & if I were to calculate my hourly wage I'd have to call a labor union on myself.
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Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
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That’s it. I’m getting a recipe tin to keep them in, when on index cards after I’ve made the recipe twenty times.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
That’s it. I’m getting a recipe tin to keep them in, when on index cards after I’ve made the recipe twenty times.
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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Remember: you don't have to spend Thanksgiving with people you don't like or don't want to.
I'll be your alibi. You tell them a little stuffed bull says he needs you here.
I'll be your alibi. You tell them a little stuffed bull says he needs you here.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Remember: you don't have to spend Thanksgiving with people you don't like or don't want to.
I'll be your alibi. You tell them a little stuffed bull says he needs you here.
I'll be your alibi. You tell them a little stuffed bull says he needs you here.
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
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Of all the faith based philosophies, the one that has the most evidence against it is privatization.
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Of all the faith based philosophies, the one that has the most evidence against it is privatization.
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Youth transitioners being treated as de facto criminals and deviants
This is just the tip of the iceberg of over 314 questions outlined here including eg Do you start fires? Do you steal? Do you physically assault people?
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
Questioning trans kids
The UK Government and UK research councils have contributed £10 million pounds to a series of research studies on service users of the newly established Children and Young People’s Gender Services.…
growinguptransgender.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Youth transitioners being treated as de facto criminals and deviants
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Whenever this is mentioned, it is obligatory to post xkcd 2381, in which @gretchenmcc.bsky.social shares forbidden linguistic knowledge with the masses.
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Whenever this is mentioned, it is obligatory to post xkcd 2381, in which @gretchenmcc.bsky.social shares forbidden linguistic knowledge with the masses.
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If you think your friend group doesn’t have one, please consider YOU may be the entity.
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If you think your friend group doesn’t have one, please consider YOU may be the entity.