Answers to "Mish"
@mshcherbatskaya.bsky.social
Mostly lurker/reskeeter. AuDHD/Bipolar, tech employed, older than I look. Loves to knit while listening to SFFH audiobooks. D&D storyteller. she/her
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A fun exercise:
Any time someone is talking about the benefits of AI and how amazing it is for humanity, imagine they are your aunt and uncle who got into Amway really hard and stealth-turned your baby shower into a pitch meeting. Ignore the product. Just...watch the sales pitch through that lens.
Any time someone is talking about the benefits of AI and how amazing it is for humanity, imagine they are your aunt and uncle who got into Amway really hard and stealth-turned your baby shower into a pitch meeting. Ignore the product. Just...watch the sales pitch through that lens.
December 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A fun exercise:
Any time someone is talking about the benefits of AI and how amazing it is for humanity, imagine they are your aunt and uncle who got into Amway really hard and stealth-turned your baby shower into a pitch meeting. Ignore the product. Just...watch the sales pitch through that lens.
Any time someone is talking about the benefits of AI and how amazing it is for humanity, imagine they are your aunt and uncle who got into Amway really hard and stealth-turned your baby shower into a pitch meeting. Ignore the product. Just...watch the sales pitch through that lens.
I get this too, in different context. My shorthand for it is "bad feng shui" and it hits in places like bus stops, which means I have to walk to another, better stop.
i have talked on how well i can hide my autism and neurotypically mask but DANG, the one thing that i just cannot do is be seated somewhere that feels 'wrong.' if i go to a restaurant and the table has a bad vibe (not even placement just FEELING) i cannot even function. gotta ask to be moved
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I get this too, in different context. My shorthand for it is "bad feng shui" and it hits in places like bus stops, which means I have to walk to another, better stop.
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LLMs are like overconfident white men. They may be wrong but they say it with such authority that people believe them.
There are still a lot of smart people who seem to be surprised and upset that they can't make AI stop making shit up. Like that's literally what it does. "I told it not to do that!" Cool. But you it can't understand right? You're not giving it "instructions". It's just words.
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
LLMs are like overconfident white men. They may be wrong but they say it with such authority that people believe them.
My bipolar is in the back seat with its finger 1/4 inch from my autism's nose. "I'm not touching youuuu! I'm not touching youuu!"
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My bipolar is in the back seat with its finger 1/4 inch from my autism's nose. "I'm not touching youuuu! I'm not touching youuu!"
Timeline clense
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This Battle ROCKED the World Stage | B-Boy Hiro10 vs B-Boy Samuka | Red Bull BC One World Final 2024
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December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Timeline clense
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why the fuck would you ever use chatgpt when you have a discord full of autistics available on hand
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
why the fuck would you ever use chatgpt when you have a discord full of autistics available on hand
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🧵 Oregon's Direct Cash Transfer results
Location: Oregon (across 3 counties)
Participants: 117 homeless youths ages 18-24
Control group: No
Amount: $3,000 + $1,000/mo
Duration: 2 yrs
After 6 months, 63% were in their own homes. At the end of the two years, 91% of participants were stably housed.
Location: Oregon (across 3 counties)
Participants: 117 homeless youths ages 18-24
Control group: No
Amount: $3,000 + $1,000/mo
Duration: 2 yrs
After 6 months, 63% were in their own homes. At the end of the two years, 91% of participants were stably housed.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
Oregon gave homeless youths cash payments with no strings attached. Read how it helped.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🧵 Oregon's Direct Cash Transfer results
Location: Oregon (across 3 counties)
Participants: 117 homeless youths ages 18-24
Control group: No
Amount: $3,000 + $1,000/mo
Duration: 2 yrs
After 6 months, 63% were in their own homes. At the end of the two years, 91% of participants were stably housed.
Location: Oregon (across 3 counties)
Participants: 117 homeless youths ages 18-24
Control group: No
Amount: $3,000 + $1,000/mo
Duration: 2 yrs
After 6 months, 63% were in their own homes. At the end of the two years, 91% of participants were stably housed.
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Underrated thing that's been flying under the radar: ICE's hiring spree, by necessity since there are so few others willing and able, has been hiring away local cops, which infuriates the departments by causing manpower problems and is, ironically, removing the worst of the worst from their ranks.
The more local police see ICE assholes as criminals, the better it will be for us.
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Underrated thing that's been flying under the radar: ICE's hiring spree, by necessity since there are so few others willing and able, has been hiring away local cops, which infuriates the departments by causing manpower problems and is, ironically, removing the worst of the worst from their ranks.
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To me, the biggest tell that AI is massively overvalued is that Big Tech has to keep shoving it in our faces. I just noticed Chrome has a 'Gemini' button at the top of the browser, and I'm getting prompts all over the place, including Zoom, to 'try AI.'
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
To me, the biggest tell that AI is massively overvalued is that Big Tech has to keep shoving it in our faces. I just noticed Chrome has a 'Gemini' button at the top of the browser, and I'm getting prompts all over the place, including Zoom, to 'try AI.'
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lol I fucking knew that little shit wasn't to be trusted.
Avoid the new Vine like a plague, they just want a pure dataset to scrape.
Avoid the new Vine like a plague, they just want a pure dataset to scrape.
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
lol I fucking knew that little shit wasn't to be trusted.
Avoid the new Vine like a plague, they just want a pure dataset to scrape.
Avoid the new Vine like a plague, they just want a pure dataset to scrape.
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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If you keep lowering your standards to “win” against the other side, eventually you’ll just be on the other side
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
If you keep lowering your standards to “win” against the other side, eventually you’ll just be on the other side
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we can't get back the men we've 'lost' to these horrific ideologies because we never had them in the first place. it's been 84 years but dorothy thompson still says it best at the end of 'who goes nazi," which you should read if you haven't. the link: harpers.org/archive/1941... . the quote:
October 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
we can't get back the men we've 'lost' to these horrific ideologies because we never had them in the first place. it's been 84 years but dorothy thompson still says it best at the end of 'who goes nazi," which you should read if you haven't. the link: harpers.org/archive/1941... . the quote:
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"Let's hear it for antifa!" — Rick fucking Steves, everyone
Can confirm. Rick Steves is the president of Edmonds Antifa.
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"Let's hear it for antifa!" — Rick fucking Steves, everyone
One of the things I'm really enjoying about Critical Role's new campaign is watching the male players Mary Sue the fuck out of their characters.
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
One of the things I'm really enjoying about Critical Role's new campaign is watching the male players Mary Sue the fuck out of their characters.
FYI, if you get sad/SAD in the dark of winter, the full spectrum lights on my Aerogarden give me the dose of light that I need (as well as fresh basil year round.)
8/ New research highlights circadian rhythms—our body’s internal clocks that depend on light and routine—as key to quality sleep. Keep a steady sleep/wake schedule, dim lights at night, and get bright sunlight during the day. Consistency and light contrast are often more powerful than sleep gadgets.
October 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
FYI, if you get sad/SAD in the dark of winter, the full spectrum lights on my Aerogarden give me the dose of light that I need (as well as fresh basil year round.)
Listening to the audiobook of "Someone You Can Build a Nest In" and wondering if @wiswell.bsky.social intended it as a radically re-skinned regency romance, or if that's just me. It's wonderful btw. Go procure yourself a copy posthaste.
October 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Listening to the audiobook of "Someone You Can Build a Nest In" and wondering if @wiswell.bsky.social intended it as a radically re-skinned regency romance, or if that's just me. It's wonderful btw. Go procure yourself a copy posthaste.
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I am slain. The truth; ow.
My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.
October 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I am slain. The truth; ow.
Thread
Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic:
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
October 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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I would feel less desperately sad if I had more confidence that Dems could function as an actually competent party
September 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I would feel less desperately sad if I had more confidence that Dems could function as an actually competent party
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butch4femme and all related descriptors are good, but I'm really here for
- pathetic wet cat 4 sicko
- a bouquet of red flags 4 a girl who should know better but decided not to
- the densest lesbian known in the universe 4 the other densest lesbian
- pathetic wet cat 4 sicko
- a bouquet of red flags 4 a girl who should know better but decided not to
- the densest lesbian known in the universe 4 the other densest lesbian
September 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
butch4femme and all related descriptors are good, but I'm really here for
- pathetic wet cat 4 sicko
- a bouquet of red flags 4 a girl who should know better but decided not to
- the densest lesbian known in the universe 4 the other densest lesbian
- pathetic wet cat 4 sicko
- a bouquet of red flags 4 a girl who should know better but decided not to
- the densest lesbian known in the universe 4 the other densest lesbian
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)