Ruth 🏳️🌈
@paintedpigeon.bsky.social
public library worker | writer | artist | neurodivergent | no AI, no NFTs | totally not three pigeons in a trenchcoat
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· Apr 6
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As it's International Asexual Day, I'm promoting my resource guide to ace sci-fi again! Contents and resource key are below, come take a look at this link! And Happy Ace Day!
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1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
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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 7:46 PM
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.
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I'm one backer away from hitting a real nice number.
You know the one I mean. The one every goes "nice" at, also known as the seks number.
Who's going to be my lucky 69?
You know the one I mean. The one every goes "nice" at, also known as the seks number.
Who's going to be my lucky 69?
Okay everyone, you only have to put up with me asking for funds for less than 48hrs. Then it'll be back to more of the same things that I tend to do. And have still done.
Less than 48hrs to get in on this campaign!
This time, let the fairies win!
#BookBazaar25
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Less than 48hrs to get in on this campaign!
This time, let the fairies win!
#BookBazaar25
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Fairy Seasons
Fairy Seasons is an anthology of light and darkness, exploring the fickle nature of fairy kind. The stories span from delightful tales of fairy encounters to nightmarish situations within the darkest ...
www.backerkit.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm one backer away from hitting a real nice number.
You know the one I mean. The one every goes "nice" at, also known as the seks number.
Who's going to be my lucky 69?
You know the one I mean. The one every goes "nice" at, also known as the seks number.
Who's going to be my lucky 69?
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Everyone who loved The Witch Roads and The Raven Scholar can fill this out! 👀
(Everyone else can come, too.)
(Everyone else can come, too.)
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Everyone who loved The Witch Roads and The Raven Scholar can fill this out! 👀
(Everyone else can come, too.)
(Everyone else can come, too.)
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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Hi. Unfortunately my injuries aren’t recovering, now I have tendonitis. I’m in a really rough spot, so if you can, please consider helping this disabled artist by buying #TTRPG and art bundle for only £5! Featuring disability items for over 9 systems, art and more.
ko-fi.com/s/c6f259d38d
#mutualaid
ko-fi.com/s/c6f259d38d
#mutualaid
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Hi. Unfortunately my injuries aren’t recovering, now I have tendonitis. I’m in a really rough spot, so if you can, please consider helping this disabled artist by buying #TTRPG and art bundle for only £5! Featuring disability items for over 9 systems, art and more.
ko-fi.com/s/c6f259d38d
#mutualaid
ko-fi.com/s/c6f259d38d
#mutualaid
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It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
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we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
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4-year-old kicked his feet up on a pillow and said “my legs are sooo tired” and then said “im pretending to be a grownup”
December 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
4-year-old kicked his feet up on a pillow and said “my legs are sooo tired” and then said “im pretending to be a grownup”
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We must ban leveraged buyouts. They are destroying everything.
Netflix’s new bid to buy Warner Bros is a mostly cash offer.
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We must ban leveraged buyouts. They are destroying everything.
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It’s awards eligibility season in publishing, and I’d be honoured if you would consider All the Stars in the Daylight Sky in your reading for YA novels (Andre Norton Nebula, Lodestar, Locus).
I’m immensely proud of this book: a love letter to my Gaelic culture and our intergenerational bridges.
I’m immensely proud of this book: a love letter to my Gaelic culture and our intergenerational bridges.
![“This atmospheric, otherworldly fantasy by MacGregor (The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will) deploys Scottish mythology to touch on themes of grief and trauma brought about by past experiences with mass shootings and Covid-19…[An] empathic and accessible tale of belonging.” Publishers Weekly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ra5fowzg2p6xebdg72iyvxur/bafkreicjol3cac7hyagtragd5rj5cvb3tcnr25twcmxbcqhs6sj2s6ebqe@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It’s awards eligibility season in publishing, and I’d be honoured if you would consider All the Stars in the Daylight Sky in your reading for YA novels (Andre Norton Nebula, Lodestar, Locus).
I’m immensely proud of this book: a love letter to my Gaelic culture and our intergenerational bridges.
I’m immensely proud of this book: a love letter to my Gaelic culture and our intergenerational bridges.
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Unboxing and consolidating a lot of things this week. I found this lil guy.
It was one of my first oil paintings… I had no clue how to use the material properly. But I’ve always loved painting nature. And it’s the same size I’m working now… 15 years later. Full circle 😆
It was one of my first oil paintings… I had no clue how to use the material properly. But I’ve always loved painting nature. And it’s the same size I’m working now… 15 years later. Full circle 😆
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Unboxing and consolidating a lot of things this week. I found this lil guy.
It was one of my first oil paintings… I had no clue how to use the material properly. But I’ve always loved painting nature. And it’s the same size I’m working now… 15 years later. Full circle 😆
It was one of my first oil paintings… I had no clue how to use the material properly. But I’ve always loved painting nature. And it’s the same size I’m working now… 15 years later. Full circle 😆
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...I would want this tho
December 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
...I would want this tho
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Heh heh...get it? "Dig in"? Cause it's an archaeology field school? 🏺
Ok that aside, making field school accessible to people who can't spend four weeks away from home was one of our main goals last summer and we're so thrilled it worked for this student. 🥲🧪🏛️
Ok that aside, making field school accessible to people who can't spend four weeks away from home was one of our main goals last summer and we're so thrilled it worked for this student. 🥲🧪🏛️
How Scholarships Help One Student “Dig in” to Her Future
For Carol Long, donor support made it possible to return to school, attend an archaeology field school, and pursue a career in forensic anthropology.
giving.uoregon.edu
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Heh heh...get it? "Dig in"? Cause it's an archaeology field school? 🏺
Ok that aside, making field school accessible to people who can't spend four weeks away from home was one of our main goals last summer and we're so thrilled it worked for this student. 🥲🧪🏛️
Ok that aside, making field school accessible to people who can't spend four weeks away from home was one of our main goals last summer and we're so thrilled it worked for this student. 🥲🧪🏛️
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![Comic. [Two people in front of projected satellite image. A small portion of the image is pixelated squares.] PERSON 1: Wait, when was this imagery taken? Is this censorship the work of the contractor? One of our people? *Foreign actors!?* PERSON 2 with ponytail: Do we know who’s operating a facility at that location? PERSON 1: We can’t find *anything*. [caption] My hobby: Setting up big colored panels in the middle of nowhere as a prank on remote sensing people](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib6md2yc7x32taznh2u4feo27rltazabjco4fer3c6mni3soe5tfa@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Well, then Jeffries should not expect Democrats to pursue his or any other sitting Democrat’s re-election. Primary them ALL.
If you won’t impeach over murder, you‘re endorsing it. Aid and abet.
WTF is wrong with you, Jeffries? This is not keep the powder dry time, this is USE THE POWDER time.
If you won’t impeach over murder, you‘re endorsing it. Aid and abet.
WTF is wrong with you, Jeffries? This is not keep the powder dry time, this is USE THE POWDER time.
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Well, then Jeffries should not expect Democrats to pursue his or any other sitting Democrat’s re-election. Primary them ALL.
If you won’t impeach over murder, you‘re endorsing it. Aid and abet.
WTF is wrong with you, Jeffries? This is not keep the powder dry time, this is USE THE POWDER time.
If you won’t impeach over murder, you‘re endorsing it. Aid and abet.
WTF is wrong with you, Jeffries? This is not keep the powder dry time, this is USE THE POWDER time.
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I'm afraid this is where LLMs are leading us. To a culture where personal creativity and expression is a rarity, not the norm. Where it's uncomfortable and even scary to be asked to express ourselves as flawed, imperfect individuals.
Anyway. The end.
Anyway. The end.
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I'm afraid this is where LLMs are leading us. To a culture where personal creativity and expression is a rarity, not the norm. Where it's uncomfortable and even scary to be asked to express ourselves as flawed, imperfect individuals.
Anyway. The end.
Anyway. The end.
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We fucked up the economy and killed your jobs, but it wasn't our fault. It was yours for being poor.
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
We fucked up the economy and killed your jobs, but it wasn't our fault. It was yours for being poor.
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Whenever you make art you should make it the most self indulgent thing that has ever existed. make it so self indulgent ppl are like Hmm is this a fetish, they went so hard with it, wow, I don't even go here but maybe I do now
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Whenever you make art you should make it the most self indulgent thing that has ever existed. make it so self indulgent ppl are like Hmm is this a fetish, they went so hard with it, wow, I don't even go here but maybe I do now
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If you'd like some good news on AI, the last few weeks have seen execs across multiple industries strive to hide AI usage labeling on their products because, as many of us have said FOR YEARS, the audience that *doesn't* want AI is substantial and we will reject your product whole hog for using it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you'd like some good news on AI, the last few weeks have seen execs across multiple industries strive to hide AI usage labeling on their products because, as many of us have said FOR YEARS, the audience that *doesn't* want AI is substantial and we will reject your product whole hog for using it.
I haven't read the other two but Service Model is amazing and one of my favourite books, you should all read it
For UK Audible users there are some monthly deals on my books: Service Model, Children of Memory and Doors of Eden are all £3.99 for December.
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I haven't read the other two but Service Model is amazing and one of my favourite books, you should all read it
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I'm entering my meme-based marketing era
Okay it's been 15 hours of perfectly hinged marketing it's time for the weird shit
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm entering my meme-based marketing era
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oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago
/me: crumbles to dust
/me: crumbles to dust
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago
/me: crumbles to dust
/me: crumbles to dust