Melissa Dowell
@glukkake.bsky.social
Product designer, screenprinter, perpetually exhausted pigeon
Reposted by Melissa Dowell
Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
Much love to you, Bob. I know doing that isn’t easy and I hope things start to feel better soon. <3
January 7, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Much love to you, Bob. I know doing that isn’t easy and I hope things start to feel better soon. <3
Reposted by Melissa Dowell
AP confirms apnews.com/article/vene...
At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela's Caracas
At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. Venezuela’s government does not immediately respond to a request for comment.
apnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
AP confirms apnews.com/article/vene...
I merely thought the word “walkies” and she was up and insistent that I get dressed. I am now braving the winds with her
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I merely thought the word “walkies” and she was up and insistent that I get dressed. I am now braving the winds with her
What is this, if not the reward of everything that I worked hard for?
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What is this, if not the reward of everything that I worked hard for?
Reposted by Melissa Dowell
The news that AI was being trained on stolen works?
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
Addressing "Documentation Debt" in Machine Learning Research: A Retrospective Datasheet for BookCorpus
Recent literature has underscored the importance of dataset documentation work for machine learning, and part of this work involves addressing "documentation debt" for datasets that have been used wid...
arxiv.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The news that AI was being trained on stolen works?
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
I moved down here in 2020 and just bought a wee house this summer to settle down in. I love this city <3
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I moved down here in 2020 and just bought a wee house this summer to settle down in. I love this city <3
Come visit! New Orleans is fab
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Come visit! New Orleans is fab