Candra K. Gill 🕷️😷
@ckgill.blacksky.app
UXer. Teacher. Returning to writing. Paper & Fiber Arts ❤️ She/her. Opinions are my own.
Not the first to say it, but certain people understood that the book said not to build the torment nexus just fine. They like the torment nexus & its horrible effects. They use the cautionary tale as a blueprint on purpose and with full understanding of what they’re doing.
December 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Not the first to say it, but certain people understood that the book said not to build the torment nexus just fine. They like the torment nexus & its horrible effects. They use the cautionary tale as a blueprint on purpose and with full understanding of what they’re doing.
Since I’m in a Martina Topley-Bird mood, and jumping off of Massive Attack perfection…
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice inchains
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice inchains
December 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Since I’m in a Martina Topley-Bird mood, and jumping off of Massive Attack perfection…
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice inchains
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice inchains
Here’s a live performance of “Ilya” I came across for the first time today. It is lovely. m.youtube.com/watch?v=cDlF...
Martina Topley-Bird - Ilya (Canal 9 2010)
YouTube video by canttkeep
m.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here’s a live performance of “Ilya” I came across for the first time today. It is lovely. m.youtube.com/watch?v=cDlF...
I’ve had Martina Topley-Bird’s song “Ilya” stuck in my head for weeks thanks to the hockey show (this is not a bad thing). This post is brought to you by me currently watching the protag on Pluribus sing word association songs about what she’s doing and observing.
December 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’ve had Martina Topley-Bird’s song “Ilya” stuck in my head for weeks thanks to the hockey show (this is not a bad thing). This post is brought to you by me currently watching the protag on Pluribus sing word association songs about what she’s doing and observing.
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This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Highly recommend VOID 1680 AM
Hey gang, I put up 50 community copies each for solo games VOID 1680 AM, No-Tell Motel, and Lighthouse at the End of the World, AND for my two-player game Wayfarer 1.
Grab, play, share, enjoy.
bannerless.games/voidam
bannerless.games/ntm
bannerless.games/lighthouse
bannerless.games/wayfarer1
Grab, play, share, enjoy.
bannerless.games/voidam
bannerless.games/ntm
bannerless.games/lighthouse
bannerless.games/wayfarer1
VOID 1680 AM by Bannerless Games
A solo playlist building game about being a lone voice in the dark.
bannerless.games
December 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Highly recommend VOID 1680 AM
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You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
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Kind of amazing we’re in the midst of an open campaign for resegregation and people are still willing to play the “are you sure racism is real?” card.
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kind of amazing we’re in the midst of an open campaign for resegregation and people are still willing to play the “are you sure racism is real?” card.
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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“While Shelby County has recorded the dirtiest air in Tennessee for many years — half the state’s admissions for childhood asthma come from there — local residents say the arrival of Colossus has made things worse.”
In Memphis, where people fear Elon Musk’s supercomputer is making them ill
Colossus, an xAI supercomputer, is blamed for worsening air pollution in a historic black community
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“While Shelby County has recorded the dirtiest air in Tennessee for many years — half the state’s admissions for childhood asthma come from there — local residents say the arrival of Colossus has made things worse.”
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I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
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This is amazing. (They set up CO2 monitors in all the rooms and made the data easily accessible and viewable.)
need this everywhere
www.wired.com/story/this-h...
www.wired.com/story/this-h...
This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System
At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This is amazing. (They set up CO2 monitors in all the rooms and made the data easily accessible and viewable.)
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
If you have phone anxiety, call tonight and leave a message (it’s Sunday. The offices are closed). Include your ZIP Code as part of your message to let them know you’re a constituent.
Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If you have phone anxiety, call tonight and leave a message (it’s Sunday. The offices are closed). Include your ZIP Code as part of your message to let them know you’re a constituent.
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we closed this application yesterday. we got an unbelievable 18,588 applications totaling $4,157,600 in $100 and $250 requests.
we have sent $53,000 to 224 people and will continue to send more.
if you are able to donate, you can do so at ndsdj.org/snapdonate
thanks to EVERYONE who has donated!
we have sent $53,000 to 224 people and will continue to send more.
if you are able to donate, you can do so at ndsdj.org/snapdonate
thanks to EVERYONE who has donated!
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
we closed this application yesterday. we got an unbelievable 18,588 applications totaling $4,157,600 in $100 and $250 requests.
we have sent $53,000 to 224 people and will continue to send more.
if you are able to donate, you can do so at ndsdj.org/snapdonate
thanks to EVERYONE who has donated!
we have sent $53,000 to 224 people and will continue to send more.
if you are able to donate, you can do so at ndsdj.org/snapdonate
thanks to EVERYONE who has donated!
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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Donated to the Atlanta Community Food Bank this morning in case anyone wants join on a food bank donation train
find a food bank in your area here: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
find a food bank in your area here: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
October 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Donated to the Atlanta Community Food Bank this morning in case anyone wants join on a food bank donation train
find a food bank in your area here: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
find a food bank in your area here: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
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One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.
#NoKings #Manhattan
#NoKings #Manhattan
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.
#NoKings #Manhattan
#NoKings #Manhattan
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In between rallies and pickets and bargaining, we’ve been trying to highlight live Kickstarter projects our workers love on this page! Without access to our tools, we’re doing this manually but we wanted to highlight folks who support us on their projects! kickstarterunited.org/projects-our...
October 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In between rallies and pickets and bargaining, we’ve been trying to highlight live Kickstarter projects our workers love on this page! Without access to our tools, we’re doing this manually but we wanted to highlight folks who support us on their projects! kickstarterunited.org/projects-our...
Georgia folks, check your registration! Voter roll purges happen a lot in this state. mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Georgia folks, check your registration! Voter roll purges happen a lot in this state. mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
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so: what do we need you to do? two things.
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
![Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown.
[you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt.
[you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it.
[you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lzahebnas6od6j6jfydwst7/bafkreih4xihrkllo4bucwiubjidhjlbjt3k7x6wtzdk776qx67tpcaizli@jpeg)
September 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
so: what do we need you to do? two things.
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵