Scarlet Phoenix Collective

@the_spc@fwoof.space
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We are a collective of all ages, genders and races. We enjoy a variety of things including, but not limited to #reading, #writing, #paganism, especially the #welsh and #celtic varieties, #weaponsmithing,#gaming, #technology and #music. As we are a totally blind body, #accessibility is also a large interest of ours, and #AI is becoming a larger one as well.
We are not too picky on who follows us so long as you treat each individual with dignity and respect and talk to us as separate individuals. Enjoy your stay. :)
pronounsthey/Them
Ug...Haven't been up long, and already want to go back to bed. this heat is no fucking joke y'all.

A US judge rules Anthropic use of copyrighted books to train AI was fair use, but its storage of pirated books in a "central library" used for training was not (Olivia Sophie Rafferty/ai fray)

https://aifray.com/claude-ai-maker-anthropic-bags-key-fair-use-win-for-ai-platforms-but-faces-trial-over-damages-for-millions-of-pirated-works/
http://www.techmeme.com/250624/p19#a250624p19

Claude AI maker Anthropic bags key “fair use” win for AI platforms, but faces trial over damages for millions of pirated works – ai fray

Ug...Not much in the job hunt worth chhecking on. I hate having to stay inside my county lines for transpo. :( -T
..... Ug. Time to hunt for jobs. Yet again.
And bray that I have enough (which I currently do not) at the end of this cycle to pay June's late mortgage.
Did I mention we intensely dislike assholes? Yep.

Here it is as I mentioned in a previous post. #resist #fascism #datahoarder #digitalpreservation #archive

Important public information is being systematically removed from government websites by the US fascist administration.

Much of this essential data is sourced from sites like sciop.net/datasets/.

I've been contributing by running a torrent server, but its existing tired hard drives are dropping like flies. I have the benefit of free solar power and a free server with unmetered bandwidth, but without new storage, this vital preservation work will halt.

Every donation will help me acquire "renewed" datacenter grade 12TB or 14TB hard drives, allowing me to continue my efforts to archive and protect public information for future generations. Currently, renewed Western Digital 14TB drives are about $160 ea, and the server can hold 8 of them. The GoFundMe goal is $1356 because that would fill the entire server with 112TB of storage.

https://gofund.me/17c41dda

Dear fucking gods I wish I had a mantus. :( -T
Hey people of australian mastodon. To make a little extra cash, I'm selling a mechanical gaming keyboard. Had it since mid april, but not liking it. currently at the HiFi for $139, taking $50 on it. Sorry no postage.
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/8bitdo-retro-mechanical-keyboard-n-edition
8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard - N Edition

Now without a job.
Boss man isn't coming back to Indiana.
Old workplace is padlocked. :(
Was depending on him being back to continue recieving clients. Especially since I needed that to get through the rest of this month.
Not eligible for unimploymentt because I didn't work (or earn) enough) in 2024 (At least the beginning piece) to get it.
I intensely dislike assholes. Correction *we* intensely dislike assholes.

I realize this is a super long shot, but I have 2 tickets to see Coheed and Cambria with Taking Back Sunday on August 27 in Philadelphia, and I need to sell them 😞

I paid $80 each, but will sell the pair for $100. I can transfer them directly via Ticketmaster upon payment.

If you're interested, please let me know? Boosts appreciated!

There's a growing movement on the #fedi that wants people to switch away from Big (US-based) Tech and towards #FOSS alternatives like #Linux, alternatives to #google, #Microsoft, #dropbox etc.
For #screenReader users, that might not be as simple as all that due to #accessibility reasons. This weekend's IC_Null stream aims to dig into this, but I need your help. What tools, services etc. should I look at from an #accessibility perspective? Anyone here who needs their tools evaluated? Anyone here who's curious about a particular tool or suite of tools? Let me know and I'll add it to the list. Anything goes. #selfHosting #blind #tech #EU