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The God of Cities @thegodofcities.bsky.social · 1d

Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 3d

Secondly, The West Wing. I'm halfway through the first season, & I love it SO MUCH already. I love all of the main cast. There is something so uplifting about watching a group of people who all really want to do the right thing, & struggle, & make mistakes, but they're still all doing their best. ❤️

Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 3d

First off, HOUN. I think I haven't read the story in... 14 years? But... I genuinely don't reread the Canon as much as some Sherlockians do. And now I'm starting to think that's a mistake, lol. I think I kind of took HOUN for granted? But, like... omg, it's REALLY GOOD. 😂 I'm enjoying it so much. ❤️

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 3d

So I do, in fact, have a couple of things that I'm doing that are helping me stay sane right now. (Shocker if you're paying attention to my personal tweets, I know. 😅) 1. I'm rereading #TheHoundoftheBaskervilles for the first time in... AGES. 2. I'm watching #TheWestWing for the first time.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 4d

I know there are things to be much more upset about, and I am. But this still breaks my heart.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 4d

I don't actually wanna die, I promise you I really don't, but I also really don't want my life anymore because it's a fucking nightmare.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 4d

Well, today has been and is continuing to be a real fucking day. And the worst of it is that the biggest part of what's making it such a fucking day is not getting better, it's getting worse.

I recently mentioned to a couple of people that I'm feeling passively suicidal again. This is why.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 4d

Kitchen window view # 2

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 4d

Kitchen window view # 1

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 5d

Now the ubiquity of gen AI just gives people another tool in the toolkit for bashing things they don't like. And I just think that we're all the worse off for it.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 5d

And it seems to me that most people have a HUGE blind spot when it comes to that bias. We could be saying "this just isn't for me" and moving on. Instead, we tend to say, "this is bad, & that's why I hate it, and here's why." And that just... doesn't make any of us smarter or wiser or better.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 5d

OR, & this is my most controversial take, it could be that you JUST DON'T LIKE THE WRITING. 'Cos after 2 decades of observing & participating in fandom, what I've found is that we humans really like to JUSTIFY our tastes.
We can't simply dislike something — there HAS to be something WRONG with it.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 5d

It could be that the writer is on the autism spectrum. It could be the writer LIKES EM DASHES (hi, it's me, I'm the problem, it's me). It could be that what the writer wrote makes perfect sense to them but not to you (have literally had this happen before with my own best friend).

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 5d

It could be that the writer's first language is not the one they're writing in. It could be that the writer is dyslexic. It could be that the writer was not especially well-educated, and that's still no reason to mock them.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 5d

Sounding too dumb? AI. Sounding too smart? AI. You didn't understand it? AI.

STOP IT. Large language models are NOT the source of every piece of writing you dislike or disagree with, or even every piece that sounds weird to you!

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 5d

I hate generative AI as much as the next reasonably intelligent creative person, but while it's making pro-AI people dumber, there's a way in which it's making anti-AI people dumber, too. Because now, any writing that sounds wrong to you, or any writing that you dislike, can be dismissed as AI.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 5d

I really hope that everybody stretching hard to claim that Taylor Swift is a Nazi is putting that much effort into fighting real Nazis.

But it sounds way too much like keyboard warrior BS for me to have much hope that they're getting out there and making a difference in real life.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 5d

Finally, we can share this!

Dynamics of a Podcast @dynamicsofapodcast.bsky.social · 5d

NEW episode! It's a long-overdue Live & Local from @221bcon.bsky.social this past April in Atlanta, Georgia! Joining us on this podcast panel is @sherlockphd.bsky.social, to help us talk about bad guys in the Canon and a few in real life as well.

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Episode 38: Live & Local — Taking Down the Bad Guys

Note: Please mind the explicit tag. “Villains get all the good press — in real life! They’re cool, they’re awesome, they’re — no, wait, they’re not, they’re actu…

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

#NYC #NoKings 👑

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6d

Organizers have reported 7 million attendees at the No Kings events and we’re happy to confirm 7 million and counting! More events are still happening across the country today, so we’ll need additional time to fully certify the final numbers.

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 6d

Chicago's "No Kings" rally and march has ended after thousands filled downtown.

“The power resides in ‘We the people,’” one volunteer said. Read the full recap: https://to.wttw.com/3WIsqkP

Protesters make their way through downtown Chicago as part of the "No Kings" rally.

Onlookers hold signs as protesters make their way through downtown Chicago as part of the "No Kings" rally.

Police officers on bikes standby as protesters make their way through downtown Chicago as part of the "No Kings" rally.

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 8d

I'm almost done with my podcast segment on @ihearofsherlock.com, and tonight I felt the need to write about that. #SherlockHolmes #Sherlockians
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“A Chance of Listening” in the Home Stretch

“Listening Holmes,” by me. Last night, I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere published its 320th episode, no mean feat for a show that’s been running for nearly two decades. The episode i…

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 8d

Daaaayuuuuuumn! There ain't enough ice to put out THAT burn.

Politico @politico.com · 8d

Mamdani's response to Cuomo's claims that he's too inexperienced to be NYC mayor: "What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity. And what you don't have in integrity, you could never make up for in experience."

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Madeline Quiñones @studyinimagination.bsky.social · 9d

There are lots of bits of the Showgirl album that keep running through my head, but "every eldest daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter" is REALLY stuck in there. I've never related to any other lyric so hard in my life.
#TaylorSwift #EldestDaughter #TheLifeofaShowgirl #TLOAS

a woman holding a cup that says i 'm fine really i mean it

ALT: a woman holding a cup that says i 'm fine really i mean it

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Maria @stuffasdreams.bsky.social · 9d

May they kill it.

The Verge @theverge.com · 10d

Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime

OpenAI is struggling to contain fallout from copyrighted characters like Mario and Pikachu running rampant on Sora.

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