amber bird
@amberbird.bsky.social
Writer, rockstar, sci-fi simulacrum ★ Varnish (post-glam/post-punk) ★ Peaceforger trilogy (gripping near-future sci-fi) ★ The Companions (transatlantic Autistic musical duo) ★ Poet ★ Temporarily lapsed actor ★ Autistic ★ Queer ★ zie/zir/any
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amber bird
@amberbird.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Without downloading any new pics what’s your energy going into 2025?
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Consider how much this could transform how many things in how many places.
(Can we do the media, too?)
(Can we do the media, too?)
I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Is it time to make it illegal for politicians to lie to us?
That’s the question currently on the table in Wales, which has just released a draft of the “globally pioneering” sanctions for politicians.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Consider how much this could transform how many things in how many places.
(Can we do the media, too?)
(Can we do the media, too?)
Grateful!
For tasty deliveries.
For exceptions, not excuses.
For commencing countdown.
For tasty deliveries.
For exceptions, not excuses.
For commencing countdown.
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Grateful!
For tasty deliveries.
For exceptions, not excuses.
For commencing countdown.
For tasty deliveries.
For exceptions, not excuses.
For commencing countdown.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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Ellie Mulligan, 35, reportedly sentenced herself 15 years ago to life without parole, doing hard emotional labour for the crime of spontaneously choking on her own spit in front of a university crush whose name she now doesn’t remember.
Brutal! Autistic woman’s self-punishment does not fit the crime
An autistic woman who has reportedly been punishing herself for a decade and a half only committed a minor social faux-pas in the first place, it has been reported. Ellie Mulligan, 35, reportedly…
thedailytism.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Ellie Mulligan, 35, reportedly sentenced herself 15 years ago to life without parole, doing hard emotional labour for the crime of spontaneously choking on her own spit in front of a university crush whose name she now doesn’t remember.
Grateful!
For healthy examples.
For zealous prop departments.
For plans that practically make themselves.
For healthy examples.
For zealous prop departments.
For plans that practically make themselves.
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Grateful!
For healthy examples.
For zealous prop departments.
For plans that practically make themselves.
For healthy examples.
For zealous prop departments.
For plans that practically make themselves.
clones came up and now i am revisiting clone club
i guess i could also do a foundation rewatch
maybe it's clone days!
what else am i revisiting? (if you think it would be a spoiler, randomly tag me or DM me with a rec of a film/show i might like in a few weeks and i won't remember this 😂)
i guess i could also do a foundation rewatch
maybe it's clone days!
what else am i revisiting? (if you think it would be a spoiler, randomly tag me or DM me with a rec of a film/show i might like in a few weeks and i won't remember this 😂)
a group of people are dancing in a living room in front of a couch and chair .
Alt: from orphan black. a group of people are dancing in a living room. 1 of them is a cute twink (complimentary), and the other 4 are all women played by the same woman. so they're all cute, actually.
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
clones came up and now i am revisiting clone club
i guess i could also do a foundation rewatch
maybe it's clone days!
what else am i revisiting? (if you think it would be a spoiler, randomly tag me or DM me with a rec of a film/show i might like in a few weeks and i won't remember this 😂)
i guess i could also do a foundation rewatch
maybe it's clone days!
what else am i revisiting? (if you think it would be a spoiler, randomly tag me or DM me with a rec of a film/show i might like in a few weeks and i won't remember this 😂)
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
well, now i have a scientific excuse for my sense of humour, at least through age 32
Researchers reveal that four ages - nine, 32, 66 and 83 - are when the brain's most pivotal development occurs.
Does adolescence last until 32? Scientists unlock brain’s five eras
Researchers reveal that four ages - nine, 32, 66 and 83 - are when the brain's most pivotal development occurs.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
well, now i have a scientific excuse for my sense of humour, at least through age 32
after you let me know which tech you mean, we can discuss how even calling it ai is a move by techbros to add allure to a tech that doesn't meet any of the pre-techbro-meddling defs of intelligence...
AI is a very general term, you have to be more specific. Do you mean the AI that stole my copyright, the chatbot causing teen suicide and psychosis, the deepfake porn of women without their consent, the bots driving political division or the ones polluting communities and driving electric bills up?
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
after you let me know which tech you mean, we can discuss how even calling it ai is a move by techbros to add allure to a tech that doesn't meet any of the pre-techbro-meddling defs of intelligence...
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This. And slop is killing avenues for creatives. I think slush piles are a thing of the past. There's just so much slop. And teenagers weren't prepared for this cheat code to appear and bypass them learning.
AI is a very general term, you have to be more specific. Do you mean the AI that stole my copyright, the chatbot causing teen suicide and psychosis, the deepfake porn of women without their consent, the bots driving political division or the ones polluting communities and driving electric bills up?
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This. And slop is killing avenues for creatives. I think slush piles are a thing of the past. There's just so much slop. And teenagers weren't prepared for this cheat code to appear and bypass them learning.
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“Although I’d been told I was just in remission, I really thought I was cured after they did that godawful adaptation of Death on the Nile where they gave Poirot’s moustache its own backstory. I didn’t even want to re-read the book to point out all the ways they’d ruined it.”
Autistic woman experiencing flare up of chronic special interest
An autistic woman is experiencing a severe episode of a debilitating long-term special interest, sources have revealed. Megan Aldrich, 47, has lived with a life-altering obsession with the detective…
thedailytism.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“Although I’d been told I was just in remission, I really thought I was cured after they did that godawful adaptation of Death on the Nile where they gave Poirot’s moustache its own backstory. I didn’t even want to re-read the book to point out all the ways they’d ruined it.”
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…accurate.
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
…accurate.
🧵
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🧵
Grateful!
For grids, not horizontal scrolls.
For reducing water waste.
For cornbread.
For grids, not horizontal scrolls.
For reducing water waste.
For cornbread.
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Grateful!
For grids, not horizontal scrolls.
For reducing water waste.
For cornbread.
For grids, not horizontal scrolls.
For reducing water waste.
For cornbread.
when i read or watch sci-fi now, i find myself wondering what horrible thing in it some rich guy will think is a good idea actually.
and maybe part of why cosy sci-fi is having a moment is because it's less likely to be ruined by me focusing more on that than on enjoying the ride
and maybe part of why cosy sci-fi is having a moment is because it's less likely to be ruined by me focusing more on that than on enjoying the ride
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
when i read or watch sci-fi now, i find myself wondering what horrible thing in it some rich guy will think is a good idea actually.
and maybe part of why cosy sci-fi is having a moment is because it's less likely to be ruined by me focusing more on that than on enjoying the ride
and maybe part of why cosy sci-fi is having a moment is because it's less likely to be ruined by me focusing more on that than on enjoying the ride
that highlighted sentence at the end tho 💯
and all of the arguments we made 5 yrs ago in this paper about why the idea of robot rights relies on faulty assumptions about the nature of human cognition and intelligence still hold
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
that highlighted sentence at the end tho 💯
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“My Samsung washer/dryer sings a song to my wife. I think it is flirting with her and I want it to stop.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“My Samsung washer/dryer sings a song to my wife. I think it is flirting with her and I want it to stop.”
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The National Artificial Intelligence Association wants to “hire” an unpaid intern to handle all their customer relationship management.
Sure, give the unpaid intern access to your member list and their personal information. What could possibly go wrong
Sure, give the unpaid intern access to your member list and their personal information. What could possibly go wrong
This job listing is a recession indicator. This is a bonkers responsibility list to end the description with it being an unpaid internship. It says internship at the top (screenshot cut off) but not UNPAID. And that application question? I can't. Be so fr rn.
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The National Artificial Intelligence Association wants to “hire” an unpaid intern to handle all their customer relationship management.
Sure, give the unpaid intern access to your member list and their personal information. What could possibly go wrong
Sure, give the unpaid intern access to your member list and their personal information. What could possibly go wrong
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a message to all underpaid production assistants:
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
a message to all underpaid production assistants:
the fact we even have to tell people this...
and those who are immunocompromised or otherwise vulnerable would have appreciated this as the norm (even before 2020)
and, honestly, so would anyone who just doesn't enjoy being unwell
and those who are immunocompromised or otherwise vulnerable would have appreciated this as the norm (even before 2020)
and, honestly, so would anyone who just doesn't enjoy being unwell
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
the fact we even have to tell people this...
and those who are immunocompromised or otherwise vulnerable would have appreciated this as the norm (even before 2020)
and, honestly, so would anyone who just doesn't enjoy being unwell
and those who are immunocompromised or otherwise vulnerable would have appreciated this as the norm (even before 2020)
and, honestly, so would anyone who just doesn't enjoy being unwell
😏
A complete and utter cockwomble has reportedly appointed themselves as an expert in your personal circumstances, deciding in their infinite wisdom that your autism is “only mild”.
“You’ve only got mild autism” says mild twat
A complete and utter cockwomble has reportedly appointed themselves as an expert in your personal circumstances, deciding in their infinite wisdom that your autism is “only mild”. Local fucktrumpet…
thedailytism.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
😏
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Little known fact, but the British and Japanese both drive on the left in case they need to draw their swords if their honour is called into question.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Little known fact, but the British and Japanese both drive on the left in case they need to draw their swords if their honour is called into question.
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I think we're going to see a lot more people turning to ChatGPT for answers it doesn't have and for compassion that it's faking...and I think AI companies are both exploiting and banking on that.
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I think we're going to see a lot more people turning to ChatGPT for answers it doesn't have and for compassion that it's faking...and I think AI companies are both exploiting and banking on that.
Grateful!
For effective coaches.
For enabling restraint.
For ephemera.
For effective coaches.
For enabling restraint.
For ephemera.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Grateful!
For effective coaches.
For enabling restraint.
For ephemera.
For effective coaches.
For enabling restraint.
For ephemera.
cackling
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
cackling