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bextraordinary.bsky.social
Bex, if you can keep it
@bextraordinary.bsky.social
🇦🇺 in 🇺🇸 (MA). Sr Research Associate, (B)exited academia.
Work: Criminal justice, public health, CBPAR, women & girls, IPV/IPH, substance use & harm reduction.
Play: Fantasy crochet, pottery, TTRPGs.
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Every time I tell my husband (our family chef) that whatever he's cooking smells amazing: "It's just onions and garlic." 😅
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I moved to a Patreon model thingy MOSTLY BECAUSE now I can just do monthly 'exclusives' for members and not have to fluff around doing all the photograph and making a listing. Now I just keep one listing for the exclusive items and post some quick photos & details for subscribers.
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I make so much more stuff that I never bother to sell bc photographing and listing things is like.. my kryptonite. NO ADMIN, ONLY ART.
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
(A good reason to try to be precise about what we mean by "AI" - LLMs, generative AI, machine learning... I am rabidly anti- AI "art" and "writing" but am willing to say there's probably good use cases for ML stuff in many fields, idk. But "AI" is so poisoned for me now.)
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Do you mean the AI expert rating or the public? I think a lot of people who hate AI make an exception for the publicized machine learning tools for, e.g., detecting cancerous spots in xrays and whatnot. I hear the reality of that is kinda mixed, so I am not sure myself.
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'm embracing being fucking annoying right now 😈 But I will!
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Ooh yes, excellent idea! I can do that!
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Oh I really like these boxes! I'm just so short on table space, ugh, I'm already trying to figure out what I can move around to give me more working room. But also I'm in the garage and I don't know how to hang things on the concrete walls.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm kinda liking the idea of some sort of clear hanging folders or clear hanging sheet protectors on a pegboard 🤔I could get them up off my workspace but still see them at a glance and find what I need.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
(I say ADHD-friendly because I tend to forget about things that I can't see, so I like to use clear containers or storage options that let me keep visual tabs on what I have so I remember to use them. So like.. a clear folder? Clear desk organizer thing? A pegboard with hanging bits?)
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I haaaaate it. I hate it when people I otherwise like & respect suggest that qualitative data can just be run through LLMs for analysis. It's wrong *and* personally insulting to me, to the skills I value and think scholars should develop.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM