Mars (perpetually in retrograde)
@idesofmars.bsky.social
mars • she/her • 🏳️🌈 • au/dhd • writer • witch • cosplayer • gamer
swiftie + dune feels + godfather stanning + myth trash on main
waifu of @hobbitvibe.bsky.social
private/own opinions • 🔞 pls
swiftie + dune feels + godfather stanning + myth trash on main
waifu of @hobbitvibe.bsky.social
private/own opinions • 🔞 pls
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Happy Dragon Age day! Art post Edition! So so grateful to be back in the community and have my obsession reignited 💚 despite the haters i will always love this silly little franchise ✨
#dragonage #dragonageday #dorianpavus #solas #dragonagetarot #rookocs
#dragonage #dragonageday #dorianpavus #solas #dragonagetarot #rookocs
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Happy Dragon Age day! Art post Edition! So so grateful to be back in the community and have my obsession reignited 💚 despite the haters i will always love this silly little franchise ✨
#dragonage #dragonageday #dorianpavus #solas #dragonagetarot #rookocs
#dragonage #dragonageday #dorianpavus #solas #dragonagetarot #rookocs
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December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Please for the love of god call your reps and tell them to vote no to KOSA and other bad internet bills otherwise we lose everything we have
You need to do it now, today is the day
You need to do it now, today is the day
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Please for the love of god call your reps and tell them to vote no to KOSA and other bad internet bills otherwise we lose everything we have
You need to do it now, today is the day
You need to do it now, today is the day
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If they think our concerns over free speech is a "farce", that'd make the people pushing these bills un-American, don't you think? #stopageverification #stoponlineidchecks
Sign: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Find and call your rep: www.congress.gov/members/find...
Sign: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Find and call your rep: www.congress.gov/members/find...
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If they think our concerns over free speech is a "farce", that'd make the people pushing these bills un-American, don't you think? #stopageverification #stoponlineidchecks
Sign: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Find and call your rep: www.congress.gov/members/find...
Sign: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Find and call your rep: www.congress.gov/members/find...
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Call the Energy and Commerce majority number and demand these bills go through more and detailed hearings because they cannot be rammed through with such little thought
(202) 225-3641
(202) 225-3641
wants this to be the last meeting on this matter before they turn bills into laws.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Call the Energy and Commerce majority number and demand these bills go through more and detailed hearings because they cannot be rammed through with such little thought
(202) 225-3641
(202) 225-3641
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I remember when millennials used to get this shit. IF YOU WANT FOLKS TO SPEND MORE, THEY NEED TO MAKE MORE.
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I remember when millennials used to get this shit. IF YOU WANT FOLKS TO SPEND MORE, THEY NEED TO MAKE MORE.
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With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
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This is also good advice for authors. Don't let the worse interpretation of your work stop you from making it. Think of the people who will see the best in your work.
Also I think learning the skill of saying "I don't have an opinion on it, but didn't want to watch it" is important too.
Also I think learning the skill of saying "I don't have an opinion on it, but didn't want to watch it" is important too.
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is also good advice for authors. Don't let the worse interpretation of your work stop you from making it. Think of the people who will see the best in your work.
Also I think learning the skill of saying "I don't have an opinion on it, but didn't want to watch it" is important too.
Also I think learning the skill of saying "I don't have an opinion on it, but didn't want to watch it" is important too.
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• “I didn’t watch it, but TikTok told me it’s problematic.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
• “I didn’t watch it, but TikTok told me it’s problematic.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
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DEPLOY THE BOY
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
DEPLOY THE BOY
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Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
There's nothing wrong with literary porn, but some of the crap those guys wrote was "Have you actuallly ever HAD sex?"
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
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Language isn't even the same as information. It may be confused with it because information materializes through language. LLMs work in the level of what Saussure called "signifier"; the connection between that and the "signified" only happens in the mind of a person with relevant repertoire.
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Language isn't even the same as information. It may be confused with it because information materializes through language. LLMs work in the level of what Saussure called "signifier"; the connection between that and the "signified" only happens in the mind of a person with relevant repertoire.
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Going to be a pretty rough and bare Thanksgiving, but I don't feel okay asking for any kind of help when 1.) I have a lot lately, and 2.) others need it far more than me.
I get to make Funeral Potatoes, so something's a win in there.
I get to make Funeral Potatoes, so something's a win in there.
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Going to be a pretty rough and bare Thanksgiving, but I don't feel okay asking for any kind of help when 1.) I have a lot lately, and 2.) others need it far more than me.
I get to make Funeral Potatoes, so something's a win in there.
I get to make Funeral Potatoes, so something's a win in there.
IT'S TRUE AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT
Look I'm just gonna say it. Father Figure is the best track on that album and it's not even close.
youtu.be/98SmlWOKuME
youtu.be/98SmlWOKuME
Taylor Swift - Father Figure (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Taylor Swift
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
IT'S TRUE AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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AI is the new motion smoothing
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
AI is the new motion smoothing
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This is my number one soap box issue, I've been ranting about it for 10 years.
If your normal headlights are brighter than my high beams fuck yourself
If your normal headlights are brighter than my high beams fuck yourself
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This is my number one soap box issue, I've been ranting about it for 10 years.
If your normal headlights are brighter than my high beams fuck yourself
If your normal headlights are brighter than my high beams fuck yourself
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
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Happy anniversary, #DragonAgeInquisition. Together, we learned how to cut an expensive wig really poorly and make a lot of NOT THE BEES jokes. #cosplay
Photo (1): @emgiosia.bsky.social
Photo (1): @emgiosia.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Happy anniversary, #DragonAgeInquisition. Together, we learned how to cut an expensive wig really poorly and make a lot of NOT THE BEES jokes. #cosplay
Photo (1): @emgiosia.bsky.social
Photo (1): @emgiosia.bsky.social
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.