Do y’all remember Computer Engineer Barbie, the world’s worst computer engineer? Starring in the world’s most sexist children’s book? With all the discussion about Barbie, I realized it’s been almost a decade since that controversy blew up and I went viral for this feminist remix. (“Now with less sexism!”) https://caseyfiesler.com/2014/11/18/barbie-remixed-i-really-can-be-a-computer-engineer/
“I would have had to give birth to an identical version of my daughter without a skull and without a brain and hold her until she died,” said Ashley Brandt, had she not traveled out of state for an abortion.
Brandt was pregnant with twins, but one had a fatal condition—the longer she carried it in utero, the riskier it was to the survival of the other twin.
Texas has outlawed all abortions, except to save a pregnant woman’s life. MDs can https://tinyurl.com/43dw5t83. 1/2
I remember when I first learned about how much 'hacking' is some combination of 1) social engineering, 2) rubber hose decryption, and I've categorized fictional super-elite hackers in the same fond but unrealistic place as 'head injuries cause unconsciousness but no permanent brain damage' ever since. https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/110736619238165286
The studios thought they could handle a strike. They might end up sparking a revolution https://t.co/6g1YHTKgq2
Novel in Progress Query Draft https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2023/07/18/novel-in-progress-query-draft/
Inspired by a thread over on Cohost (https://cohost.org/cgranade/post/2030843-in-an-ideal-world-n), I think I finally hit on why so much of "X is hard" discourse about various open source or open protocol X gets me down.
The internet was always complicated and not terribly usable outside of a small niche. Instead of building abstractions, though, we built middlemen.
No one knows what an e-mail address means, they look someone up on Facebook. No one knows what a file is, they know pics show up in Google Photos.
In case you missed it, all links on Mastodon count as 23 characters towards your limit, no matter how many characters the link really is.
So, you don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon as they won't actually affect the link's length.
Mastodon does this because it's better for everyone's privacy to avoid link shortener services, it means people can see what they're clicking on, and the link won't stop working if the shortener service shuts down.
More info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/you-dont-need-link-shorteners-on-mastodon/
Yes, that #MomsForLiberty "Americans and Jews" tweet is real -- and what's more, it's a real quote from an editorial that was subsequently stealth edited without clarification or acknowledgement:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/moms-for-libertys-americans-and-jews-tweet/
What social media do you think I should be on? https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2023/07/11/what-social-media-do-you-think-i-should-be-on/
Interested in fictional androids and AI? https://storyoriginapp.com/to/cVLJAWy
Something I keep thinking about:
The excessive heat warnings across the country today, and the people relying on Twitter to get information cooling centers, free water, etc.
If you run a social media account for an elected/agency, please bring up to your bosses that now is the time to start building up your platforms outside of Twitter too.
AUDIOBOOK IS LIVE!!!!! 🎉💃🏽🕺🎉
I got the amazing Kyle Akers from the No Sleep Podcast to read it.
Decision from the US Copyright Office: AI-generated text is not copyrightable.
Use an AI to generate your game, your ad, your marketing, your documentation? Anyone can use that text.
Congress can change this, and there's lots of examples of how to register your human-generated text when it's surrounded by other text, but in short: it's not intellectual property.
https://writerbeware.blog/2023/06/16/copyright-contracts-and-ai-generated-material/
I write things. Mostly words.