Mere
@meredyth013.bsky.social
Vintage fangirl in need of a complete rebuild. Cynical socials user, humanist misanthrope.
She/her (happy with they/them in gender neutral spaces).
She/her (happy with they/them in gender neutral spaces).
Doctor I'd trust more than RFK Jnr
September 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Doctor I'd trust more than RFK Jnr
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Get them or get cursed. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. 🎃🍫
This isn’t a treat, it’s protection.
This isn’t a treat, it’s protection.
🎃 Say hello to our mischievous little monster: The Chocolate Pumpkin!
Crafted from silky smooth 35% milk chocolate, it’s hollow on the inside, cheeky on the outside, and ready to bring a little fright-night fun to your autumn evenings.
Limited edition. Spooky. Delicious. 🍫✨
Crafted from silky smooth 35% milk chocolate, it’s hollow on the inside, cheeky on the outside, and ready to bring a little fright-night fun to your autumn evenings.
Limited edition. Spooky. Delicious. 🍫✨
September 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Get them or get cursed. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. 🎃🍫
This isn’t a treat, it’s protection.
This isn’t a treat, it’s protection.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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Apropos of nothing....
Peer-review should be rigorous, not rude.
Critique the work, not the author team.
Explain, don’t sneer.
Build science up, don’t beat the authors down.
Respect in peer-reviews isn’t optional — it’s how good research gets better.
Peer-review should be rigorous, not rude.
Critique the work, not the author team.
Explain, don’t sneer.
Build science up, don’t beat the authors down.
Respect in peer-reviews isn’t optional — it’s how good research gets better.
September 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Apropos of nothing....
Peer-review should be rigorous, not rude.
Critique the work, not the author team.
Explain, don’t sneer.
Build science up, don’t beat the authors down.
Respect in peer-reviews isn’t optional — it’s how good research gets better.
Peer-review should be rigorous, not rude.
Critique the work, not the author team.
Explain, don’t sneer.
Build science up, don’t beat the authors down.
Respect in peer-reviews isn’t optional — it’s how good research gets better.
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I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators.
Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!
Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!
September 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators.
Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!
Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!
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It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
September 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
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Spotted this on a new property listing today. I've taken only a piece of the listing page image, but given this is the front aspect of this house and the front path leading to the door from the driveway - what's wrong with this picture?
September 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Spotted this on a new property listing today. I've taken only a piece of the listing page image, but given this is the front aspect of this house and the front path leading to the door from the driveway - what's wrong with this picture?
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Me, at every new casting announcement for the wizard tv show terf fund
September 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Me, at every new casting announcement for the wizard tv show terf fund
Complete the following sentence to suit your mood -
Why isn't he ... ?
Why isn't he ... ?
September 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Complete the following sentence to suit your mood -
Why isn't he ... ?
Why isn't he ... ?
Someone needs to remind every one of those idiots matching today in Aus that unless they are Aboriginal, we are all bloody immigrants. Stop being such selfish, ignorant, entitled sheep and start blaming those who are pointing you in that direction - they're the ones who are the real problem.
August 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Someone needs to remind every one of those idiots matching today in Aus that unless they are Aboriginal, we are all bloody immigrants. Stop being such selfish, ignorant, entitled sheep and start blaming those who are pointing you in that direction - they're the ones who are the real problem.
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“More than 1500 lobbyists currently hold orange sponsored passes that grant them 24/7, all areas access to Parliament House,” writes David Pocock. “Meanwhile, community groups and members of the public are forced to wait weeks or months for meetings.” satpa.pe/6IVRHpp
The lobbyists who control Canberra
satpa.pe
August 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
“More than 1500 lobbyists currently hold orange sponsored passes that grant them 24/7, all areas access to Parliament House,” writes David Pocock. “Meanwhile, community groups and members of the public are forced to wait weeks or months for meetings.” satpa.pe/6IVRHpp
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Over on Whatever today, I write on the Pixel 10 Pro's "Pro-Res Zoom" and how that "AI"-generated zoom feature is not creating photos, but illustrations, some of which have not much to do with actual reality, and what that means for taking photos with the phone:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/29/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/29/p...
Pictures, Not Photos: What’s Going On With the Pixel 10 Pro “Pro-Res Zoom”
For the new release of the Pixel 10 Pro (and the 10 Pro XL, which is mostly the same phone, just larger), Google has introduced something called the “Pro-Res Zoom,” a process by which, …
whatever.scalzi.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Over on Whatever today, I write on the Pixel 10 Pro's "Pro-Res Zoom" and how that "AI"-generated zoom feature is not creating photos, but illustrations, some of which have not much to do with actual reality, and what that means for taking photos with the phone:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/29/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/29/p...
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Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
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Love dancing? Hate dancing? If you're #autistic, age 18+, in the UK, please take part in our survey (designed with autistic project advisors). We want to hear about why people don't dance, dancing at home (kitchen disco anyone?), socially, or at dance classes. For more info: tinyurl.com/Aut-dance
May 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Love dancing? Hate dancing? If you're #autistic, age 18+, in the UK, please take part in our survey (designed with autistic project advisors). We want to hear about why people don't dance, dancing at home (kitchen disco anyone?), socially, or at dance classes. For more info: tinyurl.com/Aut-dance
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If you have published anything, please consider doing this. The window is closing and you should get your details registered now for a chance at a settlement. The form works wherever in the world you are based.
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
If you have published anything, please consider doing this. The window is closing and you should get your details registered now for a chance at a settlement. The form works wherever in the world you are based.
My life.
August 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
My life.
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Reminder to the reading public: if you report a book to Kindle for "typos" Amazon may yank it off publication completely and demand the author fixes the "typos". Even if the typos are vernacular English and YOU are the idiot who didn't check a big enough dictionary.
I'd like to give a big, sincere and wholehearted thank you to the reader who's just reported Copper Script to Amazon for errors including "reader doesn't know British English exists", "reader doesn't know the word 'insuperable'", and of course this. For a British book about two British people.
August 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Reminder to the reading public: if you report a book to Kindle for "typos" Amazon may yank it off publication completely and demand the author fixes the "typos". Even if the typos are vernacular English and YOU are the idiot who didn't check a big enough dictionary.
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This is so funny to me. 2 t-shirts bought at the same time from the same shop in the same brand. They are the same size. One is at least 6 inches wider than the other. We truly live in a lawless society 😂
August 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is so funny to me. 2 t-shirts bought at the same time from the same shop in the same brand. They are the same size. One is at least 6 inches wider than the other. We truly live in a lawless society 😂
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You wanted to learn the #KpopDemonHunters Zoey head towel thing! #yourkoreandad
August 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
You wanted to learn the #KpopDemonHunters Zoey head towel thing! #yourkoreandad
Random supermarket purchase of a small boxed crochet project, supposedly for 8+.
Readers, I have never crocheted. The instructions include diagrams apparently meant for the conduct of surgical procedures for aliens. The text is worse. There are code symbols & words with no key to either.
😱😱😱
Readers, I have never crocheted. The instructions include diagrams apparently meant for the conduct of surgical procedures for aliens. The text is worse. There are code symbols & words with no key to either.
😱😱😱
August 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Random supermarket purchase of a small boxed crochet project, supposedly for 8+.
Readers, I have never crocheted. The instructions include diagrams apparently meant for the conduct of surgical procedures for aliens. The text is worse. There are code symbols & words with no key to either.
😱😱😱
Readers, I have never crocheted. The instructions include diagrams apparently meant for the conduct of surgical procedures for aliens. The text is worse. There are code symbols & words with no key to either.
😱😱😱
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Go on the Irish!
Wow Sally Rooney. Fair play.
‘I feel obliged to state once more that… I too support Palestine Action. … If the British state considers this "terrorism", then perhaps it should investigate the shady organisations that continue to promote my work and fund my activities, such as WH Smith
and the BBC.’
‘I feel obliged to state once more that… I too support Palestine Action. … If the British state considers this "terrorism", then perhaps it should investigate the shady organisations that continue to promote my work and fund my activities, such as WH Smith
and the BBC.’
August 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Go on the Irish!