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Thus always to tyrants. Simmons SLIS class of '24. Digital Archivist. Believer in the Great American Road Trip. Companion of a rabbit named Fred. (He/She/They) All views expressed are my own, and do not reflect my employer in any way.
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Goddamn I need to post some more about my hobbies. My entire profile is an AI hate bubble and we could really use some diversification.
The thing about gen AI is that even if you are a copyright abolitionist, it's still bad. Any "I don't care about this issue" response to AI criticism can be followed up with every single other thing wrong with it
Tumblr is still a fun place to be but MAN do they have some piss poor popular opinions about AI over there
This is cool! What the fuck is the framing from business insider though.
β€œA wave of anti-AI ads is appearing on TV screens, billboards, and social media feeds worldwide, as big brands tap into consumers' weariness with the technology.”
Big brands are cashing in on your AI ick
Heineken, Aerie, and Polaroid have joined the anti-AI wave, cozying up to customers who dig an analog life.
www.businessinsider.com
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They got Claudine Gay out of the Harvard presidency over a footnote.
Ngl, seeing β€œyou’re holding the nazi tatted racist white man to impossible standards” as a Black woman, aka the demographic ACTUALLY held to impossible standards, pisses me off deeply. The bar is so low for them and they still can’t clear it, but we’re β€œideological purists” for pointing that out.
On a quest to unearth lost institutional library knowledge (how to log in to the parking system to request guest passes electronically)
Every day I'm introduced to more and more cursed spreadsheets
Ahh shit my mistake, I know there are a ton of people in this race. That's what I get for posting between work tasks. Here's the actual list (deleting the other one!)
It's insane that Nazis have figured out how to grift into Dem seats before the Dem establishment changes their tune about who to run even the slightest bit. Bleak AF.
Graham Platner is a Nazi, and a liar. If you have a Nazi tattoo, you're a Nazi. Letting him get elected would be so, so dangerous
The more of these style games get made the more purpose I have in life
When Stephen Hester died, his grave was already occupied.

Leaftaker is a short deduction game in the vein of Type Help and The Roottrees are Dead. Search the internet, call some people, and maybe uncover something even deeper.

made for the Scream Jam 2025

k-ramstack.itch.io/leaftaker
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I am beyond excited (and nervous!) to announce that my first book, "The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is available for sale!

This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart

weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
I have to trim my cat's claws or they'll get stuck on curtains, blankets, and the window screens. It doesn't matter how much scratching other things they do.
My mother-in-law bought us an air filter after hearing about my allergies and I think she may have just completely fixed me. I've gotten 4 days of good quality sleep and feel better than I have in months β™₯️β™₯️
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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"transness is a bourgeois western decadence" is exactly the line used outside the West to deny *very local* trans people's right to exist, and it's kinda insane to see Western trans ppl say "yeah that's right"
Are women bourgeois?

Ari: WELL I AM
I had no idea going into Bring Her Back that it was a film about children's rights, but my god. What a movie.
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Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.
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I had the option to go to UNC (my alma mater) for grad school, and I am so glad I didn't. I would have missed this by a bit, but I had the sense it would remain a laughingstock and I was right! 🀑
Erin if you see this, no you didn't, but also I did all the research months ahead of time 😬
I wrote a 3,000 word investigative reporting final on my phone, in between other classes, the day it was due. It was a damn fine piece too.
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.