@twitchypaws.bsky.social
Cook, O&P Technician, Community Organizer, Secretly not a cat
Reposted
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Reposted
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
Reposted
My absolutely favorite artwork for today, capturing the holiday more poignantly than any other: Alice Neel, Thanksgiving, 1965
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My absolutely favorite artwork for today, capturing the holiday more poignantly than any other: Alice Neel, Thanksgiving, 1965
Ah, yeah. Going down a needle size was the right call. So much nicer on 6s than 7s. Now I just need to increase another 20-some rows, 78 stitches and then I can attach the contrast color.
First shawl #knitting project finally starting to take shape
First shawl #knitting project finally starting to take shape
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ah, yeah. Going down a needle size was the right call. So much nicer on 6s than 7s. Now I just need to increase another 20-some rows, 78 stitches and then I can attach the contrast color.
First shawl #knitting project finally starting to take shape
First shawl #knitting project finally starting to take shape
Yay A plan to make buses free. Everyone I talked to who took the bus during COVID missed the free bus. At least it's free for students and minors but we should extend it to everyone
My comments for today's Spokane Transit Authority Board of Directors meeting:
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Yay A plan to make buses free. Everyone I talked to who took the bus during COVID missed the free bus. At least it's free for students and minors but we should extend it to everyone
Reposted
NEW: This vote is likely to be deferred by a week.
Please take a few minutes to write a note to Council urging support. The tool provides suggested speaking points and messages come directly from you with no branding attached!
Please take a few minutes to write a note to Council urging support. The tool provides suggested speaking points and messages come directly from you with no branding attached!
More than 25% of downtown’s land area is parking.
City Council is expected to vote TODAY on a new commercial parking tax that would help incentivize redevelopment and keep our transportation budget whole in a difficult budget year.
Please send a quick note to them NOW urging a swift “yes” vote.
City Council is expected to vote TODAY on a new commercial parking tax that would help incentivize redevelopment and keep our transportation budget whole in a difficult budget year.
Please send a quick note to them NOW urging a swift “yes” vote.
Support a modest tax on commercial parking tax
As reported in RANGE, Spokane City Council is considering a commercial parking tax at its meeting on Monday, November 17. Structured as a 6-12% fee to park at a commercial lot, the measure would help ...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
NEW: This vote is likely to be deferred by a week.
Please take a few minutes to write a note to Council urging support. The tool provides suggested speaking points and messages come directly from you with no branding attached!
Please take a few minutes to write a note to Council urging support. The tool provides suggested speaking points and messages come directly from you with no branding attached!
Reposted
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Reposted
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
Given my understanding of liniar time, I'd be fascinated to hear the alternative.
Oh, *experts* predict this? Uh.... don't more millennial and Gen Z candidates HAVE TO run for office? Were more boomers going to run for office? Next thing you'll tell me more teenagers are going to enter the job market
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Given my understanding of liniar time, I'd be fascinated to hear the alternative.
Reposted
Don’t let information be a barrier to supporting your families, your neighbors, your community. Everyone in our region deserves to eat. Plz boost this far and wide!
That’s why we partnered with local orgs Waters Meet and Spokane Community Against Racism to create spokane.food, an interactive map of places to get support for food insecurity, or give support, if you’re in a place to help.
How to get or give help during the SNAP shutdown across the Inland Northwest – RANGE Media
Our community is facing a food crisis. We created a comprehensive map of all the resources in our region, so you can find the nearest food pantries, community organizations and restaurants offering free food closest to you.
spokane.food
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Don’t let information be a barrier to supporting your families, your neighbors, your community. Everyone in our region deserves to eat. Plz boost this far and wide!
Hover-hat, nothing spookier than a hat threatening to sit on a cat's little head.
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hover-hat, nothing spookier than a hat threatening to sit on a cat's little head.
Reposted
Sign the Petition
STA Board - Give voters the opportunity to increase local support for public transit!
c.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is a nice read. I have to work Saturdays so I couldn't make our local No Kings but I told people that there are other ways to resist and contribute than just showing up to the biggest flashiest protest so don't feel obligated to go if you're not up for it that day.
I went to rural Kansas to cover a love-themed No Kings rally in the shadow of a detention center that houses about 150 immigrants #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/10/18/s...
Small No Kings event puts love ahead of politics in rural Kansas town where immigrants are detained • Kansas Reflector
Kay Krause hosts a "love in action" rally at her house in Cottonwood Falls as part of the 42 No Kings events that were planned across the state as part of a nationwide uprising.
kansasreflector.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is a nice read. I have to work Saturdays so I couldn't make our local No Kings but I told people that there are other ways to resist and contribute than just showing up to the biggest flashiest protest so don't feel obligated to go if you're not up for it that day.
Reposted
The thing to remember is that fascism is the ideology of losers and cowards.
September 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The thing to remember is that fascism is the ideology of losers and cowards.
Reposted
People legit yelled at me for 24 hours when I said it's extremely dumb to RSVP to a protest. Why hand your name over to a group organizing a protest/rally? Do you *want* to have to talk to the FBI?
Treat anyone encouraging you to RSVP to a protest as a fed. End of.
Treat anyone encouraging you to RSVP to a protest as a fed. End of.
Deputy AG Todd Blanche says ‘organized’ Trump protesters could be investigated
Blanche spoke as DOJ sought to walk back Attorney General Pam Bondi’s comments about "hate speech," which landed her in hot water with conservatives.
www.politico.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
People legit yelled at me for 24 hours when I said it's extremely dumb to RSVP to a protest. Why hand your name over to a group organizing a protest/rally? Do you *want* to have to talk to the FBI?
Treat anyone encouraging you to RSVP to a protest as a fed. End of.
Treat anyone encouraging you to RSVP to a protest as a fed. End of.
Reposted
A good time to remember that a whole bunch of us are getting together to speak out against this authoritarianism -- I used to say creeping, but it's really now just a full gallop -- on October 18. Join us
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
September 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A good time to remember that a whole bunch of us are getting together to speak out against this authoritarianism -- I used to say creeping, but it's really now just a full gallop -- on October 18. Join us
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
Reposted
I don't want things to swing back to the center. That's how we got here. I want RADICAL UNAPOLOGETIC EMPATHY
September 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I don't want things to swing back to the center. That's how we got here. I want RADICAL UNAPOLOGETIC EMPATHY
Reposted
I see why our Chinese friends are so horrified if you mention surrogacy around them. There's a lot of issues and it shouldn't be a thing.
Each new paragraph in this story is more jawdropping than the last, till by the end you are audibly gasping. Fantastic reporting & writing as well from @eminietfeld.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/the-ba...
The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I see why our Chinese friends are so horrified if you mention surrogacy around them. There's a lot of issues and it shouldn't be a thing.
Reposted
Are you angry about the dismantling of healthcare and data across the US? Are you angry with the slew of anti-vaccine MAGAts flooding social media? Are you scared for the future of health messaging?
There is something YOU can do!
Start wearing a N95 or KN95 respirator in public places!
maskbloc.org
There is something YOU can do!
Start wearing a N95 or KN95 respirator in public places!
maskbloc.org
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
maskbloc.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Are you angry about the dismantling of healthcare and data across the US? Are you angry with the slew of anti-vaccine MAGAts flooding social media? Are you scared for the future of health messaging?
There is something YOU can do!
Start wearing a N95 or KN95 respirator in public places!
maskbloc.org
There is something YOU can do!
Start wearing a N95 or KN95 respirator in public places!
maskbloc.org
Reposted
Boiling milk before use was just what you did. They had dedicated cookware for it. (Specially shaped to contain boil-overs, which milk is really prone to.)
Household hygiene had SERIOUSLY high stakes back before hot running water & pasteurization.
That's… like… why they taught home economics.
Household hygiene had SERIOUSLY high stakes back before hot running water & pasteurization.
That's… like… why they taught home economics.
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Boiling milk before use was just what you did. They had dedicated cookware for it. (Specially shaped to contain boil-overs, which milk is really prone to.)
Household hygiene had SERIOUSLY high stakes back before hot running water & pasteurization.
That's… like… why they taught home economics.
Household hygiene had SERIOUSLY high stakes back before hot running water & pasteurization.
That's… like… why they taught home economics.
Reposted
what a fucking stupid time to be a person who cares about other people
August 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
what a fucking stupid time to be a person who cares about other people
Reposted
Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)