Elli (she/her)
@elisaelli.bsky.social
Play Pathfinder as much as possible, listen to actual plays when I can't play ttrpgs, get annoyed at science in media, devour comics
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WELL NOW, would you look at that?
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that?
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
Today at @thestfnetwork.bsky.social Con, we played @hecticelectron.bsky.social's Raccoon Sky Pirates. Our intrepid band stole a child's easter candy basket, Joker chemicals, tool chest, drone, dill plant, sewing machine, fridge air compressor and THE MEATS. The Raccoons are COMING!
January 18, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Today at @thestfnetwork.bsky.social Con, we played @hecticelectron.bsky.social's Raccoon Sky Pirates. Our intrepid band stole a child's easter candy basket, Joker chemicals, tool chest, drone, dill plant, sewing machine, fridge air compressor and THE MEATS. The Raccoons are COMING!
Tried out Unleashed by @critkituk.bsky.social today for @thestfnetwork.bsky.social's Con. Had an absolute blast, look at this ridiculous dog heist. A chihuahua and rottweiler successfully heisted a boat (unfortunately their last companion got put in the crate).
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Tried out Unleashed by @critkituk.bsky.social today for @thestfnetwork.bsky.social's Con. Had an absolute blast, look at this ridiculous dog heist. A chihuahua and rottweiler successfully heisted a boat (unfortunately their last companion got put in the crate).
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I'm excited to announce that I'm putting on a new hat as the Associate Director of Marketing & Media at @paizo.com ! <3
January 15, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I'm putting on a new hat as the Associate Director of Marketing & Media at @paizo.com ! <3
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Wikipedia turns 25 today and announced that the major AI companies now pay for enterprise access to Wikipedia data.
It’s an interesting shift that if you contribute to GitHub or Wikipedia, it’s less that you’re contributing to the fountain of human knowledge and more you’re training AI for free.
It’s an interesting shift that if you contribute to GitHub or Wikipedia, it’s less that you’re contributing to the fountain of human knowledge and more you’re training AI for free.
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia
Another source of revenue for the Wikimedia Foundation.
www.theverge.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Wikipedia turns 25 today and announced that the major AI companies now pay for enterprise access to Wikipedia data.
It’s an interesting shift that if you contribute to GitHub or Wikipedia, it’s less that you’re contributing to the fountain of human knowledge and more you’re training AI for free.
It’s an interesting shift that if you contribute to GitHub or Wikipedia, it’s less that you’re contributing to the fountain of human knowledge and more you’re training AI for free.
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it is 2016. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
January 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
it is 2016. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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There's been a lot more smoking on TV in the last year or so and I am already way over it :p
December 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There's been a lot more smoking on TV in the last year or so and I am already way over it :p
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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Facebook is for people you know but don’t like
Bsky is for people you don’t know but do like
Group chats are for people you know and do like
LinkedIn is for people you don’t know and don’t like
Bsky is for people you don’t know but do like
Group chats are for people you know and do like
LinkedIn is for people you don’t know and don’t like
low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like.
we forget these things at our peril
we forget these things at our peril
December 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Facebook is for people you know but don’t like
Bsky is for people you don’t know but do like
Group chats are for people you know and do like
LinkedIn is for people you don’t know and don’t like
Bsky is for people you don’t know but do like
Group chats are for people you know and do like
LinkedIn is for people you don’t know and don’t like
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Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
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We can do even more.
December 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We can do even more.
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I don't know how many times this needs to be said, but apparently a lot: If you are not in a position to verify the accuracy of some synthetic text, the synthetic text is not useful/has a high potential to be misleading.
This is one of those cases.
This is one of those cases.
The rationale I was given for AI Summaries *alongside* ordinary abstracts:
* The AI-generated summaries are intended to be more accessible to non-experts.
(1/3)
* The AI-generated summaries are intended to be more accessible to non-experts.
(1/3)
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I don't know how many times this needs to be said, but apparently a lot: If you are not in a position to verify the accuracy of some synthetic text, the synthetic text is not useful/has a high potential to be misleading.
This is one of those cases.
This is one of those cases.
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I’m delighted to open submissions for my anthology, "Passing Strange: Queer Weird Arthurian Tales"! We're wanting Arthurian stories with LGBTQ+ protags and spec-fic elements.
Check out the Submissions page on my website! Link in comments.
#arthuriana #callforsubmissions #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks
Check out the Submissions page on my website! Link in comments.
#arthuriana #callforsubmissions #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I’m delighted to open submissions for my anthology, "Passing Strange: Queer Weird Arthurian Tales"! We're wanting Arthurian stories with LGBTQ+ protags and spec-fic elements.
Check out the Submissions page on my website! Link in comments.
#arthuriana #callforsubmissions #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks
Check out the Submissions page on my website! Link in comments.
#arthuriana #callforsubmissions #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks
Following the tradition of Americans destroying tea, I've found the third/four steeps of a given tea bag work better if you microwave the tea bag with the water. Doing @gailsimone.bsky.social proud.
December 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Following the tradition of Americans destroying tea, I've found the third/four steeps of a given tea bag work better if you microwave the tea bag with the water. Doing @gailsimone.bsky.social proud.
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Wow, that must be so terrifying to think you're being abducted.
The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Wow, that must be so terrifying to think you're being abducted.
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I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people.
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
ReCalibri
They always make us do everything ourselves, anyway
Dr.eamer.dev
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people.
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Did you make that grilled cheese?
Sure did, Boss, real fucking sexy, just like you asked.
Sure did, Boss, real fucking sexy, just like you asked.
I've honestly never felt so proud of my heritage
December 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Did you make that grilled cheese?
Sure did, Boss, real fucking sexy, just like you asked.
Sure did, Boss, real fucking sexy, just like you asked.
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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i fucking hate these people so much. "i spent the time working, reading and thinking" so you want a train. you want the bus. get on fucking public transit you absolute coward. or are you afraid of being next to god forbid someone poorer than you??
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
i fucking hate these people so much. "i spent the time working, reading and thinking" so you want a train. you want the bus. get on fucking public transit you absolute coward. or are you afraid of being next to god forbid someone poorer than you??