aedric
@aedric.bsky.social
they / them | queer | web stuff | art trash
opinions my own, etc
opinions my own, etc
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also the nice thing about learning how to do something yourself is that no one can take that skill away from you. but if *all* you know how to do is write a prompt and hit generate, you’re relying on infrastructure that can be restricted/censored—and tech companies that can go bankrupt—at anytime.
*required like… if the government requires AI verification or some shit like that that you literally can’t opt out of.
time to brush up on our writing, creative, and critical thinking skills, folks.
time to brush up on our writing, creative, and critical thinking skills, folks.
May 5, 2024 at 10:38 PM
also the nice thing about learning how to do something yourself is that no one can take that skill away from you. but if *all* you know how to do is write a prompt and hit generate, you’re relying on infrastructure that can be restricted/censored—and tech companies that can go bankrupt—at anytime.
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Re-upping this. At least one attempted abduction was stopped this morning by bystanders with whistles.
Organize your community, and show ICE how cold Minnesota can be.
Organize your community, and show ICE how cold Minnesota can be.
This morning we know that the Twin Cities are on edge.
Carry your whistle, be ready to respond.
Organize with your neighbors- your building, block, or neighborhood.
Together, we can help keep our neighbors safe.
Love to everyone out there protecting our community.
Carry your whistle, be ready to respond.
Organize with your neighbors- your building, block, or neighborhood.
Together, we can help keep our neighbors safe.
Love to everyone out there protecting our community.
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Re-upping this. At least one attempted abduction was stopped this morning by bystanders with whistles.
Organize your community, and show ICE how cold Minnesota can be.
Organize your community, and show ICE how cold Minnesota can be.
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When I walked through there at 8:30-9:00 last night I saw a total of three people out. Show up for our neighbors however you can.
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
When I walked through there at 8:30-9:00 last night I saw a total of three people out. Show up for our neighbors however you can.
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in order: purchasing on bandcamp, streaming or purchasing from qobuz, streaming from most other platforms (apple music, tidal, deezer, etc.), or pirating (if financially unable to afford other options) are all valid alternatives to supporting the spotify corporation.
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
in order: purchasing on bandcamp, streaming or purchasing from qobuz, streaming from most other platforms (apple music, tidal, deezer, etc.), or pirating (if financially unable to afford other options) are all valid alternatives to supporting the spotify corporation.
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it's worse than that: the machines could crank out a larger volume of shittier cloth *and* didn't require a lot of training to operate
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
it's worse than that: the machines could crank out a larger volume of shittier cloth *and* didn't require a lot of training to operate
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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Ingress NGINX Retirement: What You Need to Know
To prioritize the safety and security of the ecosystem, Kubernetes SIG Network and the Security Response Committee are announcing the upcoming retirement of Ingress NGINX. Best-effort maintenance will...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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as a private citizen who spent every month fundraising to keep a free 24/7 public bathroom open for literal years after the city refused to do it, PLEASE
Where’s the restroom? Minneapolis needs more answers
Businesses can’t take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
by Lee Eubanks
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Businesses can’t take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
by Lee Eubanks
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Where are the restrooms? Minneapolis needs more answers - MinnPost
Businesses can't take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
www.minnpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
as a private citizen who spent every month fundraising to keep a free 24/7 public bathroom open for literal years after the city refused to do it, PLEASE
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I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
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Genuinely did not see that coming. Guess I'll take it
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Genuinely did not see that coming. Guess I'll take it
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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sheboygan wisconsin has been destroyed by godzilla
October 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
sheboygan wisconsin has been destroyed by godzilla
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Here we see my local Democratic parties teaming up to run a food drive. And on the DNC's website, they're just asking for money, like always, instead of, saying, asking for money for food banks, or showing a national map of party-run food drives. What a squandered opportunity by national Dems.
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Here we see my local Democratic parties teaming up to run a food drive. And on the DNC's website, they're just asking for money, like always, instead of, saying, asking for money for food banks, or showing a national map of party-run food drives. What a squandered opportunity by national Dems.
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Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
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Big night for the Radical Democrats.
Radical Democrats
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Big night for the Radical Democrats.
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Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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why it's almost like there's a concerted assault on informed consensus by extraction class owned media conglomerates to replace what was left of U.S. political journalism with lazy controversy hounding infotainment and right wing and corporatist agitprop
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
why it's almost like there's a concerted assault on informed consensus by extraction class owned media conglomerates to replace what was left of U.S. political journalism with lazy controversy hounding infotainment and right wing and corporatist agitprop
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Commentary: For every meal a food bank provides, SNAP provides nine. The impact of even a temporary delay cannot be understated. Hunger does not discriminate by party, and everyone needs to eat. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/03/f...
Food banks: Without SNAP, we can't handle the demand • Minnesota Reformer
Over half of SNAP participants are either seniors or children, and fewer than 5% of SNAP participants are able-bodied adults without children.
minnesotareformer.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Commentary: For every meal a food bank provides, SNAP provides nine. The impact of even a temporary delay cannot be understated. Hunger does not discriminate by party, and everyone needs to eat. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/03/f...
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Teaser for the full version of a drawing... that I planned to share to coincide with the launch of the series. So the post will go up, uh, whenever @b0tster.yeag.gay and her team launch? (Thank you for actually making the anime so I had impulse to get off my ass and actually finish the drawing!)
November 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Teaser for the full version of a drawing... that I planned to share to coincide with the launch of the series. So the post will go up, uh, whenever @b0tster.yeag.gay and her team launch? (Thank you for actually making the anime so I had impulse to get off my ass and actually finish the drawing!)
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I’m raising money for Groveland Emergency Food Shelf, a South Minneapolis nonprofit that provides emergency groceries for those in need. They’re currently struggling to keep up with demand, and they’re getting their first $16k in donations matched.
I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?
I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?
Support Groveland Emergency Food Shelf on GiveMN
Groveland Food Shelf is a non-profit 501(c)(3) providing emergency groceries for those in need.
www.givemn.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’m raising money for Groveland Emergency Food Shelf, a South Minneapolis nonprofit that provides emergency groceries for those in need. They’re currently struggling to keep up with demand, and they’re getting their first $16k in donations matched.
I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?
I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?
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tonight’s stream will be a multiplayer civ 5 game! it will almost assuredly involve 4 people teaming up to try to kill me, and it should be a great time. going live in precisely 34 minutes as is customary. twitch.tv/mia_wolp
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
tonight’s stream will be a multiplayer civ 5 game! it will almost assuredly involve 4 people teaming up to try to kill me, and it should be a great time. going live in precisely 34 minutes as is customary. twitch.tv/mia_wolp
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I appreciate the support I’ve had from the community and fellow candidates who have helped me keep pushing my campaign forward even while I’ve been largely immobilized. @michaelforparks.bsky.social and @engy5150.bsky.social were among the first to step up & I can’t even say how much it meant to me.
The details of @jason4parks.bsky.social ongoing recovery from a lengthy hospitalization (severe perforated appendicitis) are not mine to share. But I will say I was so proud of the performance Jason put on at yesterday's candidate forum.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ja...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ja...
Donate to Support Jason Garcia in the Hospital and After, organized by melody hoffmann
Hi, this is Melody, a dear friend of Jason Garcia. On behalf of Jason G… melody hoffmann needs your support for Support Jason Garcia in the Hospital and After
www.gofundme.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I appreciate the support I’ve had from the community and fellow candidates who have helped me keep pushing my campaign forward even while I’ve been largely immobilized. @michaelforparks.bsky.social and @engy5150.bsky.social were among the first to step up & I can’t even say how much it meant to me.