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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · Mar 9

I've just realised I've never posted about my books here 😂 or in fact introed myself.

So s'mae, I'm EM! I am techy, arty and heckin' Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I have 2 novellas alive in the world, Moon-Sitting (dark atmospheric scifi) and Labours of Stone (a very queer fun urban fantasy).

Neis i gwrdd â chi 💙

Picture of Em at a wetland centre last year

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks 😊 have bloods next week because I was worried my heart hadnt sorted itself out yet (have been on meds for about 7 weeks now). Hopefully it's chilling out ans I wont have to up my dose. I am full of pills 😅

EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

It's mainly been heart stuff and occasionally feeling like I need to go at 100mph or eat a ton. And my eyes and skin were beginning to be angry but it seems to have chilled out on that front. The heart is the bit I'm still waiting on. And I cant have surgery till numbers are normal.

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

Oh it's the worst 🙃🙃🙃 did you know I've got hyperthyroid going on now? Which means lots of rapid heart but I can't take beta blockers because of the asthma 😅 so I'm just lying down. A lot 🙈

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

Oh yeahhhh that's not great 🥲

And definitely not good if you're using codeine for chronic migraines 😭

EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

Hmmm might be worth having a chat with the doc. I know the packet at least only lists certain types of antidepressants. So it might be okay. It's a lesser known pain killer so they'll probs have to look ot up 😅 and yeah I seem to get on alright with NSAIDS they just dont do anything 🥲 (beyond fibro)

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 3d

I don't normally do this, but I've been burning the candle at both ends.

Other half had a major op earlier this year and now I'm in hospital for an investigation.

Regardless of what's wrong, I need rest, but I've had little work this year.

I'd appreciate if anyone is able to help out.

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

It does play with seratonin and dopamine though, so just be careful if you're on any MH meds.

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

Yeahhhh me and codeine are about the same. Ended up throwing up in Jan cos I took 1 tablet a day for 3 days 😂

Dont know if it's worth looking into but they gave me nefopam when I came home from surgery 2. Its an analgesic instead of an opiate. I took like 2 a day (instead of 6) and it was great 😅

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

🥲 terrifying. The good news is they all seem to be wearing nonsense earrings and tucking their hair behind their ears so they should be easy to spot

EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

They have no canines...but they also appear to habe only incisors on the top row and that is somewhat terrifying. Suggests they dont need to grind food before digestion. Just cut and swallow 🥲

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

I still can't get over how terrifying these teeth are.

Ai generated teeth. There appears to be three front teeth on the top row. All of the top row also seem to be incisors. And the bottom row (which shouldnt be visible in the smile displayed) look like a row of too small indescriminate brown and white teeth. The lips around then do not match the angles of the teeth either leaving the smile with an uncanny not quite rightness.

EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

WHAT

WHAT IS HAPPENING

EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

GOOD LORD

I couldnt find any information about deleting my Loop Circle account on the site so I emailed them...

AND GOT A RESPONSE FROM AN AI 🙃🙃🙃

Email reads:

Hello Emma,

I'm sorry to hear that you're not happy with the recent email. To delete your Loop Circle account, please email community@loopearplugs.com with the subject line "Request to delete Loop Circle account." Keep in mind that this will also delete your rewards, points, and entire Loop account, including order history and addresses.

Thanks.

Aura

This message was generated by Aura, Loop Earplugs' virtual champion

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

The red flag should have been when they started stealing content creator's reviews for marketing. I thought they'd improved as they got a scheme in place to pay people... but apparently a plagiarism is still not a concern.

EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

What gets me is this seems to be a club email because it has my name...and I already own 3 pairs. So this is literally AI generated club spam that achieves nothing but making me mad.

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

What gets me is I have 3 sets of these things and every time I so much as glance at their site I get "WE SAW YOU LOOKING" in my inbox. Which is creepy as hell. This seems to be a club email...which just... dont send me your AI generated spam I will leave and never come back you idiots.

EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

Looking even closer at this email, these images put the reviews they've included into so much doubt. They're from "Katriona", "Kristi", and "Kelsey" 🙃🙃🙃 all of them mention being ND and all of them have the same voice.

Why do I feel like I got the generated for ND email???

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me why I woke up to a marketing email from Loop earplugs filled with AI generated people?

Look at the earrings, and the teeth on the blond person.

Rainbow hair was above a quote supposedly from a person with ADHD who works in MH 🫠

I used to suggest these to people. Not anymore 🙃

A rainbow haired girl. Skin is overly smooth, features are bordering on cartoonish in rendering. Eyes look wrong. In her ear is a loop ear bud and an earring that has absolutely no definitive shape.

And woman, seemingly 40s, with blond hair. Features are, again, cartoonishly smooth. She's smiling with her mouth open revealing a top row that doesnt quite make sense, and a darker bottom row in shadow like an underbite, but if you look closley none of the lines make sense. Underbite also doesnt make sense with jawline. In the ear is a loop earrplug and an earring that has no discernable shape.

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 4d

To those of you who love TSwift and hate AI, I'm sorry for your loss 💙

I've had a look and those vids are 100% AI. Lettering shifts, shoe pairs, reflections and shadows dont make sense.

In one vide there's a metal horse with 3 front legs for a second 🥲 and a coathanger completely disappears.

EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 4d

It withstands the strawman/ironman testing

EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 4d

A tiny foot poking out from under a yorkie butt

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 4d

Reasons to get a tiny boy #1:

Picture of a yorkie cuddled between legs

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 5d

I watched an interesting...Financial Times reel today about how "social media's" use of algorithm has moved it away from being social into a time suck and that use of it peaked in 2022 and has been on a decline ever since...everywhere but north america 🥲

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EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah. Honestly I'm not /pleaaseeed/ that it has the AI. But I will take being able to turn it off and not having all the data you could possibly imagine being scraped by google. I imagine the long game will be eventually taking more data but hopefuly other secure browsers improve by then 😅

EM Harding @em-writing.bsky.social · 5d

To be clear I'm not intereated in buying the AI Friend, I just wanted to explain it to my dad 😅