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wandering minstrel, keeper of tales. they/them
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This is disgusting, and dehumanizing, and unfortunately coming to damn near every platform you can think of. Multilingualism isn’t an inconvenience to be “solved” by technology. We have to push back.
Discovered today that Instagram had turned on (without my opt-in) automatic AUDIO translation of any reel that shows up in my feed not in English USING AI TO MIMIC THE SPEAKER’S VOICE and WOW it was creepy and upsetting.

You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻‍♀️
February 17, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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Just to make this abundantly clear:
February 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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If you all have a second, please leave a comment on why kids need gender affirming care.
It's due by tomorrow.
Public comment on Dr Oz's proposed rules to ban gender-affirming care for youth closes 2/17

One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage

Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states

www.patreon.com/posts/149210...
February 16, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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LLMs do not understand, will not understand, and cannot ever understand information. It's a glorified search engine combined with auto-compete, and you should treat it as such. No matter how much LLM companies try to tell you their machines can think or reason, they cannot and will not.

12/12
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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There are only 130 siheks left in the world. Three of them share a bachelor pad at the Oregon Zoo.
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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Wine moms with Molotov cocktails is now the moderate position on ICE.
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.

1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield

www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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This thing 🫴
February 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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It's everywhere, man

youtu.be/mEVl0NS0vu8

(via @metafilter.bsky.social)

(Also the filmmakers say no "AI" was actually used in the short)
That's AI (2026) - Short Film
YouTube video by maximise
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.

I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.

Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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I've just realized. Banks used to be big imposing high street buildings because it gave people confidence they had money and weren't fly by night. A big elaborate website was the internet equivalent: proving someone had invested £ and was here to stay.

You can't trust that any more.
February 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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i got so mad about this article that i blogged about it aftermath.site/ai-romance-n...
No, AI Written Romance Novels Are Not Inevitable
The New York Times interviewed two authors who claim AI is the future of romance novels, who coincidentally also sell courses about how to use AI to write romance novels.
aftermath.site
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Today in "leaving money on the table"
February 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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After 35 years, Disney gay days has been canceled due to lack of support and loss of funding. Incredibly bleak stuff.

www.advocate.com/news/gay-day...
Gay Days Orlando canceled, citing sponsor losses and mounting pressures on LGBTQ+ gatherings
It was supposed to be the event's 35th anniversary in June.
www.advocate.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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RTV will have strict no generative AI rules. I don't know what they they will be yet, and the fact that I'm saying that tells you it is not @courtneymilan.com posting, but we will have them and they will be explicit.
And heads up, #Romancelandia! I know we’re all enthusiastically prepping for @romancingthevote.com 2026. If you’re willing to critique someone’s manuscript be sure to state clearly “No AI” or you may wind up reading the most terrible soulless shit.
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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Fantastic article about the amazing work being done by the authors behind @romancingthevote.com. Sharing this with family and friends who are dealing with ICE in Washington state and might need whistles.
This whistle fights fascists
I print whistles now. You can too.
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Authors Alix E. Harrow, Olivie Blake, and more raise concerns about BookCon 2026
Authors Publish Open Letter Condemning BookCon Organizer’s Parent Company RELX Over ICE Ties - Reactor
Authors Alix E. Harrow, Olivie Blake, and more raise concerns about BookCon 2026
reactormag.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM