Kee Hinckley

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Passionate about making social media a safe place for everyone.


SWE with a BA in Anthropology.
Four decades on social media.
From Bell Labs intern to Meta TL in Scaled Human Review (it doesn’t). Currently consulting.
Previously nazgul, mooshjan, and coyotetoo (a long time ago) on Twitter. they/she

See pinned post for more details.

Banner Art: ©️ Shadi Fotouhi. Four self-portraits of my daughter depicting various medications and the emotions they are meant to treat.


Pronounsshe/her
LocationGuanajuato, MX
OccupationRetired, writing SF&F, and tech and social commentary

RE: https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/116423622126391865

AN INTERSECTIONAL PSA:

so yesterday i mused about the gender-bending 1980s whilst watching #TOTP and Ben posted this Grace Jones album cover.

Ms Jones genius lies in understanding how to exploit the white gaze. Ms Jones may be androgynous to YOU but NOT to a Black Carib like me.

growing up, Ms. Jones was unmistakably the hallmark of BLACK CARIB FEMININITY. as a Black Carib, there is no fucking way you could misgender Ms Jones.

THIS IS WHY #TRANSPHOBIA IS AT IT’S CORE RACIST.

🧵…

Are you kidding me?

"I had a couple pieces of butt pie with my dinner."

I said "papaya".

Apple speech recognition and I have not been getting along since they switched to AI. I can only hope that their (misheard as "they") move away from OpenAI will fix it.

I'm going to put this down to an unattainably high level of true love. Because if my partner asked me to deliver a pen to the bathroom at 11:30 at night, I'm not sure I would have come through.

We had a bit of a speech to text misfire last night when I was in the bathroom and about to throw up, and sent a text to Mollie.

I actually sent a correction to "pan" immediately after making the request. But I was using my watch, and it doesn't have a good connection in the bathroom. So it didn't get sent, and I didn't notice. Until she showed up with a pen.

Stick it where the sun don't shine
#webcomics #comics

#TalkAboutHumanities

We need scholars across the humanities, because these are the fields where we study what it is to be human, to inhabit different identities, and to connect with each other, to be human together.

https://youtu.be/T7Lc6QNxolQ?si=0G8Sw0bTUqD5dq5_&t=3244

Resisting Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities, Emily M. Bender

YouTube

Algunos personas han dicho que deberé escribir en español, porque estoy en México. Y son correcto. Me creo que es muy importante, y es porque voy a mi clases cada día de la semana. Así, aquí está en español; errores y todo.

Plaza Mexiamora. La escuela es tan terminando. Hay estudiantes de una clase de arte. Un maestro de guitarra que está esperando para su estudiante. Parientes están esperando para sus hijos. Abuelas con mesas de juguetes y comidas a vender para los niños. Hay una pequeño restaurante, una panadería, una carnicería, y una tienda que reparar zapatos. Más adelante en los callejones es mi escuela de español (Falcón), y una restaurante de desayuno increíble (Vamos con Lalo).

Dice de Mexiamora a alguna persona en Ciudad de Guanajuato y se lo sabe. Y todos usan el mismo palabra; tranquilidad.

Es cómo este, pero diferente, canda hora y cada día.

Mexiamora Plaza. School is about to get out. There are college students from an art class, practicing drawing. There's a guitar instructor waiting for a student. There are parents waiting for their kids. There are abuelas with tables of toys and snacks to sell to the kids. There's a little restaurant, a bakery, a butcher, and a shoe repair shop. A little further down the callejones there's my Spanish school, an an amazing breakfast place.

Mention Mexiamora to anyone in Guanajuato City and they'll know it. And they'll use the same word for it; tranquilidad.

It's like this, but different, every hour and every day.

I think that when large language models (and systems built around them) are advertised as "powerful" there's a strategic and insidious ambiguity at play.

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Yes pollen allergies are getting worse!

No it's not because of sexism!

It's because of climate change!

It would be cool if we could focus on fixing THAT, instead of chasing our tails with botanical sexism!