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Jim @jimc5.bsky.social · Jul 11

This is a great essay:

L.L.M.s are what they eat

zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social · Jul 11

I wrote about Grok going "MechaHitler" over at X, and the need to view LLMs correctly: as remarkably powerful plausibility engines.

Their AGI marketing and the strong inclination to project human qualities to anything that can speak is misleading us.

NYT gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/o...

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · Jul 10

Honestly sometimes I feel like the reason ppl don't just say "this book has no sex in it" is bc apparently sex is so scandalous that even the absence of sex has to be euphemized bc using the word "sex" at all is so forbidden and it drives me up the wall

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · Jul 10

I'm ace-spec and sex-ambivalent and sometimes I look for media that doesn't have sex in it and I haaate the word "clean" being applied to said media like can we please normalize a word for "no sexual content" that doesn't moralize sex as "dirty"🙃

alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · Jul 9

gently: it's fine if you don't love explicit sex scenes in fiction but it would be cool if you could talk about it without sounding indistinguishable from moms for liberty

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · Jul 10

Can we take whatever money is being paid to reactionary racist op-ed writers claiming straight white men are oppressed in publishing and give it to reviewers from marginalized backgrounds

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · Jul 10

Don't even get me started on how reviewing children's literature pays even less than reviewing for the adult market🫠

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · Jul 10

We do need more reviews but unfortunately review publications pay dust like literally you can work a minimum wage job and earn more per hour compared to what you earn as a reviewer when you divide the flat fee they pay you by hours spent reading the book+writing the review.🥹

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · Jul 9

can we please just have more book reviews instead of these weird pieces about whether or not straight white men can still read or publish novels

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · Jul 9

I once went to the wrong place for my health appointment bc there were two addresses that were the same except for the zip code that were about 15 minutes away from each other 🥹

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · Jul 3

I feel like my sweetness tolerance/sweet spot varies a lot depending on the specific thing in question rather than being across the board bc there are certain things that are absolutely too sweet for the "not too sweet" crowd that I love and others where I'm like "okay this is too sweet"

Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · Jul 3

I'm a spice lover but considering that the average spiciness level varies a lot across different Asian cuisines I'm not really sure why it's treated as a universal Asian taste marker

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · Jul 3

I hate bean sprouts for texture issues lol. I hate when they're mixed in with noodles.

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晴晴 @sachinteng.bsky.social · Jun 28

3 Days left to donate! Currently at $1710 raised out of $2000. So so close. Packing all these prints to ship in real time. Thank you so much for getting it this far 🙏 Hoping to get the rest of the way real soon

晴晴 @sachinteng.bsky.social · Jun 24

I made this available as a print in my shop. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Point of Pride, an organization dedicated to providing Trans people financial aid for transition care

Transition care IS life saving, it saved MY life. If my art has ever meant anything to you, please help

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · May 29

The Fuzhounese version seems like it must be close to whatever Middle(?) Chinese word the Sino-Japanese niku came from👀

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · May 29

Interesting that the written form is still 肉 though

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · May 21

For my final Taiwanese American Heritage Week post, I did a roundup of a bunch of recent and upcoming books by Taiwanese authors spanning age groups and genres and including some translated works from Taiwan. readingasiam.blog/2025/05/20/t...

Taiwanese American Heritage Week 2025 Wrap-Up Post

Thanks for joining me for this year’s Taiwanese American Heritage Week interviews! As of the publication of this post, it is no longer technically even Taiwanese American Heritage Week, but due to …

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Angela H @hisiheyah.bsky.social · May 20

Shenwei interviewed me last week for Taiwanese American Heritage Week! This is the first time someone has asked me about what went into creating the Cylian language on the page, a process which I was all too happy to nerd out about.

Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · May 17

For my 7th interview for Taiwanese American Heritage Week, I talked to @hisiheyah.bsky.social about her middle grade fantasy graphic novel, Lu and Ren's Guide to Geozoology, representing her diaspora experience in fantasy, her real life animal adventures, and more. readingasiam.blog/2025/05/17/a...

Author Interview: Angela Hsieh

Welcome to the seventh interview in the 2025 run of my Taiwanese American Heritage Week series dedicated to featuring Taiwanese authors and their work. Taiwanese American Heritage Week occurs every…

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New Bloom @newbloommag.net · May 18

"The Cost of Convenience: Precarity in Taiwanese Franchise Markets" by @brianhioe.bsky.social

The Cost of Convenience: Precarity in Taiwanese Franchise Markets | New Bloom Magazine

Employees at iconic Taiwanese diners work long hours for low pay. Major diner chains are run by large and powerful conglomerates with close ties to the government…

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · May 18

Second post for the Anti-Trans Tipping Point is live now! Journey with me as we explore how completely fucked we are on the policy front, featuring a whole slurry of numbers. I put a lot of charts in to make it easier to understand, I promise!

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The Trans Policy Crisis

The attack on trans rights in the United States is worse than you think.

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · May 18

@workshops4gaza.bsky.social donates to the Sameer Project which does good work on the ground in Palestine

And

Crips for Esims for Gaza does good connecting work

There is a game bundle you can buy Right Now to support them (for the next day plus)
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Crips for eSims for Gaza Bundle by Crips for eSims for Gaza and 176 others

Crips for eSims for Gaza Bundle: 237 items for $16.00

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Apr 28

Please… your donations are my last hope to survive. It seems they want to cut off my connection to the world.
Death is chasing me, time is running out, and I have no strength left except in your merciful hearts. Donate to help me evacuate .. Save our life. 🙏🏽

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Found in TranslaShen (they/them) @theshenners.bsky.social · May 19

For my final interview for Taiwanese American Heritage Week, I talked to karissachen.bsky.social about her debut novel Homeseeking, keeping the timeline straight, finding the right amount of description for a scene, the research rabbit holes she explored, and more. readingasiam.blog/2025/05/19/a...

Author Interview: Karissa Chen

Welcome to the ninth and final interview in the 2025 run of my Taiwanese American Heritage Week series dedicated to featuring Taiwanese authors and their work. Taiwanese American Heritage Week occu…

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