Fran Lacuata (she/her)
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December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Follow the By the Sword channel on WhatsApp: whatsapp.com/channel/0029... #hema #sword #historicalfencing #historicaleuropeanmartialarts
Today is the Cheese Day where we inexplicably purchase a year’s worth of cheese and expect to eat it in two weeks.
December 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Today is the Cheese Day where we inexplicably purchase a year’s worth of cheese and expect to eat it in two weeks.
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Good Yule and happy solstice ☀️
December 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Good Yule and happy solstice ☀️
Anyone else get Mouth of a Sauron vibes off the VF close up of Leavitt?
December 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Anyone else get Mouth of a Sauron vibes off the VF close up of Leavitt?
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.
December 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.
Being in bed with what’s likely the start of a migraine, on a day with no plans. Blessing or curse?
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Being in bed with what’s likely the start of a migraine, on a day with no plans. Blessing or curse?
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Who invented non-reflective glass?
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Who invented non-reflective glass?
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
If you’re looking for supportive, ethical and extremely fun fitness and holistic health coaching with a Fantasy Fiction Twist, I can highly recommend Fantasy Fitness by Brenna. They have a $1 membership offer atm - I’ll be sharing more soon! www.facebook.com/share/r/16pC...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If you’re looking for supportive, ethical and extremely fun fitness and holistic health coaching with a Fantasy Fiction Twist, I can highly recommend Fantasy Fitness by Brenna. They have a $1 membership offer atm - I’ll be sharing more soon! www.facebook.com/share/r/16pC...
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Remember: DO NOT LEAVE NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF A BOOK BECAUSE AMAZON DAMAGED IT!!!! This does NOTHING to affect Amazon, only the author who had nothing to do with the damage! Amazon has an extremely lenient return and replacement policy, PLEASE just use that instead.
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Remember: DO NOT LEAVE NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF A BOOK BECAUSE AMAZON DAMAGED IT!!!! This does NOTHING to affect Amazon, only the author who had nothing to do with the damage! Amazon has an extremely lenient return and replacement policy, PLEASE just use that instead.
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Having been a Brownie, Guide and young leader, and then had a Brownie daughter, I’ve always been proud of Girlguiding’s inclusivity. So I’m devastated to hear that they’ve decided to exclude trans girls from the organisation. Sign here to protest (and appeal directly if you have contact with them).
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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December 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Having been a Brownie, Guide and young leader, and then had a Brownie daughter, I’ve always been proud of Girlguiding’s inclusivity. So I’m devastated to hear that they’ve decided to exclude trans girls from the organisation. Sign here to protest (and appeal directly if you have contact with them).
Admiring these dust bathing beauties and listening to The House of Sacrifice by @annasmithspark.bsky.social #grimdark #chickens #sff #notsacrificial
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Admiring these dust bathing beauties and listening to The House of Sacrifice by @annasmithspark.bsky.social #grimdark #chickens #sff #notsacrificial
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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
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
Had a fab day at Kew followed by dinner at “Ted Lasso’s favourite pub”. Now it’s time for d&d
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Had a fab day at Kew followed by dinner at “Ted Lasso’s favourite pub”. Now it’s time for d&d
Breakfast for the fluffosauruses
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Breakfast for the fluffosauruses
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All of which illustrates how infuriating it is when dipshits say that AI can 'help me to brainstorm ideas'. It can't do that. It can plaster a deepfake smile onto the corpse of zombie capitalism as it shambles towards the precipice of climate catastrophe, but it can't create meaningful literature.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
All of which illustrates how infuriating it is when dipshits say that AI can 'help me to brainstorm ideas'. It can't do that. It can plaster a deepfake smile onto the corpse of zombie capitalism as it shambles towards the precipice of climate catastrophe, but it can't create meaningful literature.
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I'm not actually against stealing art. I just think that if you actually want to stick it to the man you should mean it. Start heisting art from hedge funds and billionaires who use it as collateral, not pirating books and music which is stealing from the pockets of your fellow workers.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I'm not actually against stealing art. I just think that if you actually want to stick it to the man you should mean it. Start heisting art from hedge funds and billionaires who use it as collateral, not pirating books and music which is stealing from the pockets of your fellow workers.
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We are not trivialising LLMs.
Copyright theft is not trivial.
Environmental damage is not trivial.
Unreliability is not trivial.
Risk to human cognition is not trivial.
Ignoring consent when shoving it into every fucking thing while making us pay our hard-earned money for it is not trivial.
Copyright theft is not trivial.
Environmental damage is not trivial.
Unreliability is not trivial.
Risk to human cognition is not trivial.
Ignoring consent when shoving it into every fucking thing while making us pay our hard-earned money for it is not trivial.
August 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We are not trivialising LLMs.
Copyright theft is not trivial.
Environmental damage is not trivial.
Unreliability is not trivial.
Risk to human cognition is not trivial.
Ignoring consent when shoving it into every fucking thing while making us pay our hard-earned money for it is not trivial.
Copyright theft is not trivial.
Environmental damage is not trivial.
Unreliability is not trivial.
Risk to human cognition is not trivial.
Ignoring consent when shoving it into every fucking thing while making us pay our hard-earned money for it is not trivial.