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Jillian Sauers

@jilliansauers.bsky.social

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Formerly MerakiRetreat and same name on twt. Combining lit nerd and fandom accts here. https://ko-fi.com/jilliansauers6075

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Jillian Sauers @jilliansauers.bsky.social · Jul 7

QS-ing this so I can pin it for the foreseeable future

Yeet Kune Do @yeetkunedo.bsky.social · Jul 6

re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.

Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be.

The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with.

The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization.

In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape.

You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.

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em ✨🏴‍☠️💖💜💙 @emcolbs.bsky.social · Nov 20

I’ll be in my quarters

#ofmd #ofmdFanart

a digital illustration of stede from our flag means death sitting on the couch in his quarters after killing ned low. there’s a shattered glass effect drawn into the illustration, and the impact point is over stede’s heart. in the pieces of the shattered glass show stede in his quarters after killing nigel badminton

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 6h

The Guardian is reporting that since Israel and Hamas signed the ceasefire and full hostage exchange agreement, Israel has violated the ceasefire 47 times, killed 38 Palestinians, and wounded another 143 more.

Meanwhile Hamas has released all remaining hostages.

It Was Never About The Hostages.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 4h

This person is paying OpenAI two hundred dollars a month to have a chatbot gaslight them about making an excel spreadsheet

Cannot generate simple excel files on pro version
Question
So I have used ChatGPT pro for a while now and recently I have been facing an issue while trying to collate data from pdfs and put it in an excel sheet where in my chat it keeps asking me questions when it finally gets down to generating an excel sheet it never gives me the me the link to download the file.
After multiple attempts when it does give me a lin k to download the excel file I rec an error which says file not found. Starting to grow frustrated with this now.
Look forward to any suggestions to tackle this #problem

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 6h

“All my friends murdered and raped, sometimes they hung out at my house. Get over yourself.”

RFK Jr. explains why socializing with Jeffrey Epstein wasn't such a big deal for him:
...l ran into everybody in NY. I mean, I knew Harvey Weinstein, I knew Roger Ailes, I knew
-- O.J. Simpson came to my house. Bill Cosby came to my house."

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smallest church @smallestchurch.bsky.social · 6h

pirate house in my nabe :)

house with some kind of giant boat made of cloth? and a giant mast in their front yard for halloween

same halloween pirate ship from the other side, next to a dinghy with two skeletons in it

zoom of the guy at the wheel, he’s a life sized davy jones from pirates of the caribbean

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Lucy 🧜‍♂️🏴‍☠️ @butterscup95.bsky.social · 6h

I recently commissioned @neslee.bsky.social to create this moment after Calypso’s Birthday and look at how Stede gazes at his sleepy boy. 🥰🎆 #OFMD

Art of Stede tracing Ed’s face as he sleeps after Calypso’s Birthday.

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Jillian Sauers @jilliansauers.bsky.social · 6h

You're doing an amazing job! I grew up with it, and I'm in my 40s now, still loving every new episode. The activism themed one was such perfect timing! Thank you!

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 6h

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯

Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚

And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋

youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

YouTube KidZuko clips of the first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow. Both of the clips have over 400,000 views each

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Jerry Williams! @greatersapien.bsky.social · 11h

A great march in Portland! #nokings

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Jillian Sauers @jilliansauers.bsky.social · 9h

Happy birthday! 🎇🎆🎇

Jillian Sauers @jilliansauers.bsky.social · 9h

I'm so happy it got there safely! 🏴‍☠️

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Jillian Sauers @jilliansauers.bsky.social · 14h

I stopped the wordle addiction when they were striking and never went back. Merriam-Webster has Quordle, Octordle, and Blossom (a Spelling Bee replacement)

www.merriam-webster.com/games/quordle

Quordle

Put your skills to the test and solve four words at once! You have 9 guesses to solve all four words. A new Quordle available each day to solve.

www.merriam-webster.com

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dbSaveOFMD (Danielle)💜🏴‍☠️ @dbsaveofmd.bsky.social · 14h

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Faced with a midlife crisis and unsatisfied with his cushy aristocratic life, Stede Bonnet leaves his family to become a pirate, despite not having the altitude for it. Now, as captain of the revenge, Stede finds himself in charge of an entire crew while also crossing paths with other formidable pirates, such as blackbeard.

Loose, a reference take on the real life gentleman pirate transforms the rough seas history into a felt meditation on identity and reinvention. Beneath it’s swashbuckling antique genuinely moving exploration of masculinity, queerness and chosen family – the kind of emotional depth that many traditional period dramas from. What a shame this became one of those abruptly canceled.

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Jillian Sauers @jilliansauers.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you for being there and reporting! So funny he's just recording with the phone number and passcode on full display.

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Gail Drakes @gaildrakes.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t know where this was but this is a #NoKings protest that ended with a resource fair and I think that is awesome and hope there were a lot of sites that did that!

UNBAN LINK YOU COWARDS @getrikt.com · 1d

“Ugh these protests are just a bunch of libs making noise there’s no organization there’s no movement”

Every single one of these tents is an activist organization signing people up to get organized and take action. You can’t tell me in any sort of good faith that this isn’t a good thing.

#NoKings

Panoramic photo of a No Kings event. There are dozens of tents representing activist organizations sharing info and gathering supporters.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

you know when i resumed photojournalism after a 30 year hiatus i did not anticipate that i would end up posting accidental thirst traps of brad lander but you what that's a pretty cool outcome

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.

#NoKings #Manhattan

Hand drawn sign reads ACTION ABSORBS ANXIETY

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David Jenkins @david-jenkins.bsky.social · 1d

Whoever made this sign please dm me I’d like to send you a little love letter 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸

Ana @quietpond.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite sign so far

#nokings #portland #nokingspdx

protest sign that says "our flag means death to fascisim" and has a image of the US flag

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: As millions take to the streets in one of the biggest days of protest in American history to rally against the Trump administration's attacks on free speech, due process, civil rights, and more — Rep. Al Green tells us he will be introducing *new* articles of impeachment

@zeteo.com

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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 1d

7 million people marched today. That's greater than the population of 125 countries— including Costa Rica, Singapore, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Ireland, Iceland, and Greenland

Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 1d

7 million people marched today. That's greater than the population of Los Angeles and Chicago— combined.

Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 1d

7 million people marched today. That's 1 out of every 50 adults living in the United States.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 1d

They heard the GOP keep trying to sell off public lands and came down to support the protests

Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Four bull elk took time away from mating to join the No Kings protest in Estes Park, Colorado. That’s how serious this is.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 1d

Hark, heare the wynde blowe!
Wacche the sun ryse!
Runninge yn the shadowes:
Curse thy love, curse thy lies.
And yf thou dost not love me now
Thou wilt nevir love me agayne -
Ich kan yet heare thee sayinge:
Thou wouldst nevir breake the chayne
#FleetwoodMac #OFMD

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Ana @quietpond.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite sign so far

#nokings #portland #nokingspdx

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Gail Drakes @gaildrakes.bsky.social · 1d

Folks on this online protests are speaking SO MUCH TRUTH and calling out RFK and all this mess to a satisfying degree! I hate that you can’t clap for folks in the Zoom webinars!

Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 5d

Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?

Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.

Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.

us06web.zoom.us

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Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 1d

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

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