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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
jencmars@mastodon.art ("Jen C Mars") wrote:

Pencil study

#birds #art #drawing #illustration

soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

RE: https://furry.engineer/@soatok/117373235807327419

I made a few small edits, including adding a small blurb under the embedded TikTok video to address a little bit of pushback I've gotten.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
petrabrandstrom@mastodon.art ("Petra Brandström") wrote:

October drawing challenge day 3: Book

Tomorrow's sunflower. May not have time, but we'll see.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

@brib @gavi @0x4d6165 this was originally called the "hemingwrite". I'm not sure I could recommend it, it's expensive and it has a lot of weird limitations, but for some poeple it might really do the trick

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

@brib @gavi @0x4d6165 good news https://getfreewrite.com

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

@glyph @gavi @0x4d6165 Someday I need to make a computer that has a word processor (or processors) and the most limited connectivity one can get away with just to transfer files to and from the computer so that dysgraphic people get distraction-free writing too

Wonder if that could work as a business idea

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

RE: https://bribstodon.xyz/@brib/statuses/01M41TB5BHN4FB3SPGQ23P3VJX

I should add: If anyone lives in the #UK I've managed to get (mostly) through the byzantine system of the #DisabledStudentsAllowance (the UK system for getting disability accommodations at uni) so feel free to ping any questions.

#Autism #ADHD #DSA

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
dinobrarian ("Charlie") wrote:

https://pocketsandpinafores.wordpress.com/2026/10/03/led-rings-and-soldering-irons/

A quick update post on the #Quiltagon because Saturday seems to be quilt update day!

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
gavi@bagel.ing wrote:

If you have adhd and are in college, my biggest piece of advice would be to get accommodations, get medicated in some way that works for you if you are able to (obviously do this with a psychiatrist), speak with a therapist to work on coping with ADHD and what you struggle with/see if there’s therapy offered at your school with your tuition (some offer it), and take notes with pen and paper/find a note taking system that works for you that isn’t typing them on a computer.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
faithisleaping@anarres.family ("Faith, Purple haired feminist 🧋 :v_tg: :v_lb: :v_greyace:") wrote:

And it’s not like those people are free, either. Golden handcuffs are a thing. Those salaries often include RSUs and other financial tricks that make it financially devastating to ever quit your job. Those work environments are also usually incredibly abusive. When we were working corporate, my wife described it as “They pay you that much to shut up and take their abuse.”

You need the job to be able to afford therapy that you need to keep doing the job.

I wish I were joking.

Having a big software engineer salary just means you have more wealth for them to extract. At the end of the day we’re all just the people in the pods in The Matrix, producing wealth for the capitalism machine.

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

The Slopfree Software Index now has an RSS and Atom feed! :rss:

Thank you @bloody_albatross for implementing this feature 🎉

Keep an eye out on the URL, I may get a more interesting one soon! 👀

Boosted by stephen@social.calmabiding.me ("Stephen Castro-Starkey"):
deborahh@cosocial.ca ("Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦") wrote:

👆 "… it's not coaching. … there are 6 key characteristics of coaching - & no one who actually supports AI coaching has argued with these - [but] 'AI coaching' doesn't fulfill any of them. … if [clients] think that is coaching, it might put them off coaching, for life …

… it could be quite helpful for ppl who are critical enough, self aware enough … as a reflection tool.

But it's not helpful to many … b/c of that flattering, accentuation of their own thinking … 'sycophantic coaching' …"
#noAI

EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("SpookyEmily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃👻") wrote:

In light of @sarahstreza ’s recent fedi coming out post (congrats 💜💕 btw!!) I’d like to remind y’all that if you want to be a girl then you can just be a girl. Same goes for guys, or spooky woodland thembies. Even in the hell-hole of 2026, it’s not too late unless you’re dead.

Boosted by ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)"):
atax1a@infosec.exchange ("mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)") wrote:

#neverslop

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
raganwald@social.bau-ha.us ("Reginald") wrote:

Fuse, n., business jargon:

A person who is accountable for the outcome but has no authority over the process. Their purpose is to be fired and replaced with another fuse when something goes wrong, protecting managers who have authority over the process from being held accountable for its outcome.

———

This may be a story about AI. Or is it a story about Billy Martin, the New York Yankees, and three envelopes?

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

we have been reading zarf's site for thirty years. it's partly responsible for us being who we are.

of course we always knew censorship would go after unambiguously socially positive stuff at some point, once it got established. that was always the clear policy objective. still. very angering.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mikehendley@vis.social ("Mike Hendley") wrote:

Broke in a handmade 3” by 3” sketchbook from a local creative with two hungry young swallows. 20 minutes, Pentel water brushes and QoR watercolours on Saint Armand cold press, which I never use. Wicked rough paper. Might be into it.

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

(for those in the UK... https://gist.github.com/erkyrath/c1738b03e35a96500bae1c55c6410121 )

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

well this is very angering to us. zarf is admirably composed about it. https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/10/a-note-on-content-restrictions

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
andydavies@hachyderm.io ("Andy Davies") wrote:

@slightlyoff Heydon did it at Pixel Pioneers…

Don’t know how well video captures the essence, ut it was excellent live

https://youtu.be/lmlE9oI8%5F2A?si=BCFSZ5Tv-mta9lRe

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

♬️ KREAYSHAWN: LIVE at DNA Lounge tonight: Sat Oct 3, 9:30pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2026/10-03.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #kreayshawn #katjabba #moodring #camillionaire #yungtucson #hiphop #house #randb #edits #reggaeton #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

We can agree to disagree. You can think that you've got enough subjective controls on your subjective assessment of your own productivity that you're making the best judgement available in your situation. (Maybe you should think a bit more about the ethics, but, okay, that's a separate conversation, and you might also have an answer for that.)

But please stop telling me that this hypothesis is "obviously stupid" without sharing _any_ evidence that is even the slightest bit incongruent with it.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

Really tired of having this conversation over and over again.

A: "LLMs provide the illusion of productivity, by making you *feel* productive while wasting enough time that they're net negative."

B: "Come on. That's not a serious position any more. Maybe 3 years ago. Not today. Obviously they work."

A: "How do you know?"

B: "It's obvious."

A: "… because *you* use them, and they make *you* feel productive?"

B: "Are you calling me DELUSIONAL? Everybody who disagrees with you is just CRAZY?"

Boosted by jwz:
th@v.st ("Trammell Hudson") wrote:

Who can forget the joy of scrolling usenet groups alphabetically to find alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
Binder@petrous.vislae.town ("Shannon Prickett") wrote:

For those already intending to celebrate 2027 as the Year of Being Gay & Doing Crime, my guidance would be:

DO be gay
DO commit crimes
DO toot about being gay
DO NOT toot about crimes.

Best of luck to all contestants.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

One month until release day! Avoid the chaotic release day rush by preordering it today at your favorite bookseller (and yes, you can preorder the audiobook too)!

Also, if you are in the Midwest of the United States, come see me on my book tour, details at link:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2026/09/17/announcing-the-midwest-monster-tour-november-3-15/

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

The AI-generated "I'm a really nice person doing good things and I'm writing to you to ask for cash" emails are now coming at the rate of dozens per day.

timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her).") wrote:

Everyone needs to read this. Reality is worse than anything we can say about these people in a few words, media appearances, op-eds, or other conversations. Read the whole thing.

🔇 🔇 🔇 Reminder: These are the people advising Bernie Sanders on "AI" policy.

Link: https://skywriter.blue/@segyges.bsky.social/3mvom4b4dn22q

timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her).") wrote:

Other link for people having issues: https://skywriter.blue/@segyges.bsky.social/3mvom4b4dn22q

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
weaver@soylent.green ("ɹǝʌɐǝʍ") wrote:

I want all computer touchers, starting with everyone in infosec, to spend an hour once a month with a 70+ yo person helping them re-login to their healthcare, banking, email, and landlord’s apps, along with the inevitable side quest of recovering their primary icloud/android account