I'm a Trans, Nonbinary, Disabled, Wheelchair-modded writer living in Pittsburgh, PA, Lanape Territory. I write poetry, plays, short fiction and some wildly speculative essays!
Whimsy improves most things. (Like the bunny and toy moose in my BG!) Those it does not, deserve their gravity and weight. Two things can be true at the same time. Eyes open to see injustice, heart open too. <3
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| Ethnicity | Irish |
| Height | 5 feet |
| Eye Color | Hazel Green |
| Hair | Short, Curly & Fuscia (purple in pic) |
Sweden criminalises payment for sexual services online.
In Sweden, it will be illegal to pay for sexual acts on the internet from the summer. Parliament has extended an existing law and made payment for remote sexual acts a criminal offence.
This affects online platforms such as OnlyFans.
Do you like crows? Poets? Fae creatures? Magic? Scottish Ballads? Strong LGBTQ rep?
Please check out my latest novel, The Winding Road!
It’s available on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thorncoyle/the-winding-road-fantasy?ref=aq3sg1
I saw someone equate being "nice" to AI with kindness to service workers. "AI" is software. It literally can't think, which is why it just tells you whatever you indicate you'd like to hear.
There is NO comparison between a computer, and a human working for your benefit. Humans have emotions, inherent worth. While maybe screaming invective at ChatGPT isn't healthy, it doesn't make someone a bad person. When we pretend that it does, we feed this mass delusion.
”Assuming an “artificial intelligence” platform knows the difference between true and false is like assuming a pigeon can play basketball. It just ain’t built for it.“
This is great from @beep https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/hallucinating/
In about a month, I'll be looking at buying an #eBike. I'm told fedi has a strong ebike community, so I'd appreciate advice.
Edit to add: I'm in the UK
Thoughts?
I’m a 50 year old woman, but it doesn’t seem that long ago I was a very pretty teen girl becoming aware of the looks from older men.
Men looked at me until well into my 40’s, until I became invisible to them. I’m so glad I did! This isn’t about that.
Lately I’ve noticed men looking again. I don’t like it and never wanted it. I noticed because we do. Then I realised, they are not looking at me but my 14 year old daughter beside me.
I want to gouge out their eyes.
I've been getting roped into more video meetings lately, so I've been doodling, and I've realized that my go-to daydreaming doodle is an endoplasmic reticulum (like those cross-section drawings from childhood biology picture books).
Which brings me to my question: What's your go-to doodle?
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