Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Llyzabeth

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · 11d

Next up in my #justusethedamnbeads collection, I have a few more of these Millefleur Goldstone beads, so I made a couple bracelets. The first one is up now at etsy.com/shop/DesignWithinJewelry, priced to get it out of my apartment. 😀

#millefleur #goldstone #goldstonejewelry #beads

A bracelet made from brass colored links and clasps, and "Goldstone Millefleur" beads (sparkly gold colored glass with colorful glass flowers embedded inside)

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · 12d

Happy October! All my skull earrings and bracelets (including these two I just made) are on sale all month at etsy.com/shop/DesignWithinJewelry. Free shipping of course 😁

A pair of earrings made from red skulls and colorful resin roses, hanging on a clear glass in front of pine trees and a cloudy sky

A bracelet made from teal skulls and colorful "evil eye" glass beads, on top of an old grey book cover

1

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · 15d

Walking back from The Loft I caught the rocket launch out of Vandenberg!

www.instagram.com/reel/DPK22SD...

The twisted contrails of a rocket launch in a twilight sky over urban lights and billboards

1

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · 21d

A trip to Durham isn't complete without a stop at the Scrap Exchange!

#thescrapexchange #scrapexchange #oddsandends #ephemera #upcycled #upcycledcrafts #upcycledartsupplies #buttonsandbeads

A grid of images featuring buttons, beads, empty orange prescription bottles, yellow and red spools of thread, and wine bottle corks

Several boxes filled with colorful pens, pencils, and crayons

Shelves full of assorted shiny athletic trophies

Four banners in a crowded warehouse that read "make art not trash"

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · 22d

Some pretty pathways from my family's trip to Boone, NC and the Blue Ridge Parkway last week.

A wooden footbridge on Rough Ridge Overlook trail on the blue Ridge Parkway, surrounded by green woods

A well marked trail in tall woods on Price Lake Trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway

A stone path with plants crowding it on Rough Ridge Overlook Trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway

A set of wooden stairs over mossy rocks in the woods of the Hound Ears Club in Boone, NC

2

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Aug 31

Love the alt text 😀

Reposted by Llyzabeth

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Aug 22

listen

the world is a mess

but a judge ordered the Florida migrant prison closed, California passed their "fuck around, find out" redistricting, and James Dobson is dead

this is the best net good news day in awhile, I really do think

200 2.5K 13K

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Aug 12

The best part of @amazonprime.bsky.social's Gandahar is that it's the EXACT same cut as the Light Years VHS I watched in the 80s. Same edit, dubs, and GLORIOUS music.

Worst part? Same quality as the VHS. Maybe worse.

A bootleg copy will be at least as good if you don't want to give Amazon your $.

A scene from the animated movie "Light Years" or "Metal Men of Gandahar", of Silvane asleep on his yellow eyed mechanical bird

3

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Aug 9

The book cloth is sewn together from scraps in my sewing kit, the book board was rescued from a a self help hardback, I bought the paper from the thrift store and the book plate's from magazine letters.

Up at etsy.com/shop/DesignWithinJewelry just because I can't keep ALL the little books I make 😀

2 1 9

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Aug 7

Hey fellow San Diegans! A friend of mine's husband recently passed, and bless his heart he loved a kitchen gadget. My friend is trying to downsize and move, so if you also like a neat kitchen gadget and would like to pick up one in San Diego for cheap, see below 😀

www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

A grid of images of Facebook Marketplace listings, featuring lots of kitchen gadgets for sale

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Jul 30

Yay!!

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Jul 29

If it helps, I found the switch to turn those off, on my phone in the Yahoo Mail app I clicked my profile photo, clicked Settings, and scrolled down a ways till I found "AI Summaries" and turned it ALL the heck off 😀

2 1

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Jul 29

My present to myself at SDCC was a new Soundwave for my army. Technically a model but very easy to assemble. It's fully poseable and comes with three sets of hands. I'm ridiculously pleased with it, best $15 I could've spent.

#Soundwave #transformers #decepticons #sdcc #sdcc2025 #yolopark

A small figurine of the Transformers character Soundwave, blue and white and holding a blaster, standing on an old book on a kitchen counter

2

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Jul 28

Post Comic-Con carnage! (With bonus shot of Cricket, who has some thoughts on people who spend all day at SDCC.)

Thank you so much to everybody who stopped by! The remaining ones will be up at etsy.com/shop/DesignWithinJewelry very soon!

#circuitboards #upcycledcrafts

Three black frames with 20 colorful pendants and 30 empty spaces. A Grey tabby cat stomps towards the photographer looking put out

1

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Jul 26

Gotta keep adding to my Comic-Con selfie collection 😀

#sdcc #sdcc2025

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Jul 23

My display at the San Diego Comic-Con Art Show is up! Thank you to Erin and all the volunteers for all the help!

The #SDCC Art Show is July 24-27th at the Manchester Grand Hyatt a few doors down from the Convention Center. No badge required for entry, stop by and do some shopping!

A grid showing a display of colorful circuit board pendants on black frames. The artist in a red shirt and glasses stands nearby

Reposted by Llyzabeth

PWH3 @pwh3.bsky.social · Jul 22

Summer sunset sky as seen from the 6 Train in New York City.

140 660 7.8K

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Jul 22

My #SDCC Art Show jewelry display is done, here's a sneak peek before I drop it off at the show tomorrow morning. (Every year I try to make the labels on the back a little less chaotic, with varying degrees of success 😀

I'll post the official pics once they're hung up tomorrow!

#SanDiegoComicCon

Three black frames, seen from the back, showing a somewhat organized tangle of paper labels and chain

3

Llyzabeth @llyzabeth.bsky.social · Jul 2

I haven't been very good about taking photos of the circuit board pendants the last couple months, so here's 10 from the latest few batches.

These will be in my display at the San Diego Comic-Con Art Show July 24-27 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. No badge required for entry! 😀

10 pendant made from colorful circuit boards under clear resin, sitting on an old book cover

1 1 3

Reposted by Llyzabeth

Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · Jul 1

The loud drumbeat that companies should "embrace AI now or be left behind" has more in common with high-pressure sales techniques than biz strategy. And that's fine - tech firms have something to sell. But the rest of us needn’t confuse it with anything more profound. www.ft.com/content/4688...