so I got laid off again, for stupid AI-pilled reasons.

Anybody need a writer or editor with:
- 8+ years of technical writer/content strategist experience, mostly in software
- One published short fiction anthology (as editor)
- A master's degree in sociolinguistics
- A knack for learning new content management systems
- A love of working with invested SMEs
- A basic understanding of web dev
- Strong boundaries
- An aversion to generative AI?

Prioritizing remote work in Canada.
#GetFediHired

How many studies do researchers need to do before the threat of LLMs is taken seriously? This technology *might* have some useful niche applications, but widespread deployment will be a disaster for humanity.

This shit is an existential hazard, and not in the way the AI companies love to talk about. It's not going to take over the world like Skynet, it's a cognitohazard that turns anyone that interacts with it into an idiot.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them

Let that sink in. Even one of the loud and vocal AI proponents such as @simon admits

“I no longer have a firm mental model of what they can do and how they work, which means each additional feature becomes harder to reason about, eventually leading me to lose the ability to make confident decisions about where to go next.”

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/cognitive-debt/

Not afraid of many things AI can inflict on my life, but I’m personally very much afraid of acquired helplessness such as this.

Lokjo is a european substitute for googlemaps.

No cookies, no data, no nothing.

When you search locations by category (clothing shop, coffee bar, museum etc) it shows all locations at once. Except for corporations and chains, they get a grey dot.

https://lokjo.com

Support us if you can by a donation here:
https://www.lokjo.com/donate

Or just give it a boost. Thanks. 😊

#EUsubstitutes #maps #europe #lokjo

Happy Solar New Year! My goal for this quarter is to figure out what kind of work I want to start looking for, and to put together a solid resume. To that end, I have a favor to ask. If you have any recent experience with looking for work, or any experience hiring folks, I'd like to pick your brain. If you've been looking for work or found a job, I want to know what worked for you and what didn't. If you're a hiring manager, I want to know what you look for, what kinds of questions you ask, and any other advice or ideas you may have. My initial list of questions is short, but I'm sure it will evolve as I talk to more folks. If you're up for having a chat with me, let me know and I will send you a meeting schedule link.

Boosts greatly appreciated.

#GetFediHired #HiringAdvice

So money is. . . not good right now.

I technically have a patreon but it is zero rewards and mostly aimed at funding ppb work.

I'd much rather offer my skill set for folks who have more money than time for weird custom work.

Various skill sets:

* python generally
* css editing/fixing
* web design (see piper.thunstrom.dev and teahouse.cafe for previous work)
* javascript/typescript (mostly with react)
* tech writing
* creative non-fiction (A girl can hope)
* general editing of English work
* structural editing of fiction (It's been a minute)

Email me, my fedi handle at gmail.com for discussion.

PNW US locale. #GetFediHired