Lenora Rose
@lenorarose.bsky.social
Writer, potter, clerk. Canuck. She/her. Cis but knows trans women are women.
Where there is tea, there is hope.
Where there is tea, there is hope.
Holy forking shirt.
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Holy forking shirt.
I've now heard this from a few writers. Which depresses me intensely.
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I've now heard this from a few writers. Which depresses me intensely.
.... while showering!?!
I'm sorry, I'm a Winnipegger, and I cannot imagine for the life of me doing this.
Start a bit early, yes, but like WHILE scraping windows or grabbing bags to put into the trunk.
(Advice to this poor lady; next car, get an interior warmer & a timer plug; helps so so much.)
I'm sorry, I'm a Winnipegger, and I cannot imagine for the life of me doing this.
Start a bit early, yes, but like WHILE scraping windows or grabbing bags to put into the trunk.
(Advice to this poor lady; next car, get an interior warmer & a timer plug; helps so so much.)
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
.... while showering!?!
I'm sorry, I'm a Winnipegger, and I cannot imagine for the life of me doing this.
Start a bit early, yes, but like WHILE scraping windows or grabbing bags to put into the trunk.
(Advice to this poor lady; next car, get an interior warmer & a timer plug; helps so so much.)
I'm sorry, I'm a Winnipegger, and I cannot imagine for the life of me doing this.
Start a bit early, yes, but like WHILE scraping windows or grabbing bags to put into the trunk.
(Advice to this poor lady; next car, get an interior warmer & a timer plug; helps so so much.)
I just wanna know how this guy thought this was a viable architectural plan and even slightly a threat? Like it looks house shaped, who cares about diddly details like only one bathroom has a toilet, and another has 3 sinks...
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I just wanna know how this guy thought this was a viable architectural plan and even slightly a threat? Like it looks house shaped, who cares about diddly details like only one bathroom has a toilet, and another has 3 sinks...
The Secret of Roan Inish.
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The Secret of Roan Inish.
You mean the bit where he says he's very conscious of safety now? Not being put off theatre is not the same as "still ok with live steel".
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
You mean the bit where he says he's very conscious of safety now? Not being put off theatre is not the same as "still ok with live steel".
Nice to know you have that much disdain for parents trying to work with schools to support children's education. Yikes.
November 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Nice to know you have that much disdain for parents trying to work with schools to support children's education. Yikes.
Comic Sans = questionable taste or a belief it's supposed to make life easier for dyslexia.
AI: Indifferent to accuracy or truth entirely, indifferent to wasteful use of environmental and computing resources
These two critiques are not the same.
AI: Indifferent to accuracy or truth entirely, indifferent to wasteful use of environmental and computing resources
These two critiques are not the same.
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Comic Sans = questionable taste or a belief it's supposed to make life easier for dyslexia.
AI: Indifferent to accuracy or truth entirely, indifferent to wasteful use of environmental and computing resources
These two critiques are not the same.
AI: Indifferent to accuracy or truth entirely, indifferent to wasteful use of environmental and computing resources
These two critiques are not the same.
Lots of good graphics convey an idea not easily summed up just in the title and text. Just, ah, not the one this person chose.
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Lots of good graphics convey an idea not easily summed up just in the title and text. Just, ah, not the one this person chose.
If that presentation slide is what you, personally, think is an example of a good and valuable graphic in a presentation.... yes, you genuinely DO have insufficient idea what good graphic design is meant to be, or more importantly, to DO, well enough to explain why AI is IYHO adequate to the task.
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If that presentation slide is what you, personally, think is an example of a good and valuable graphic in a presentation.... yes, you genuinely DO have insufficient idea what good graphic design is meant to be, or more importantly, to DO, well enough to explain why AI is IYHO adequate to the task.
But apparently the only ones who count in their audience are the ones who already agree with them.
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
But apparently the only ones who count in their audience are the ones who already agree with them.
And you really think "elbows don't work like that" as a reaction to an AI generated image of kids is the same as "you picked red for your border"?
You're defending using an environmentally damaging plagiaristic crap tool, and dismissing the opinions of many who say it damages credibility. Why?
You're defending using an environmentally damaging plagiaristic crap tool, and dismissing the opinions of many who say it damages credibility. Why?
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
And you really think "elbows don't work like that" as a reaction to an AI generated image of kids is the same as "you picked red for your border"?
You're defending using an environmentally damaging plagiaristic crap tool, and dismissing the opinions of many who say it damages credibility. Why?
You're defending using an environmentally damaging plagiaristic crap tool, and dismissing the opinions of many who say it damages credibility. Why?
"Good looking". You've been told by several people that they do not, in fact, "look good".
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"Good looking". You've been told by several people that they do not, in fact, "look good".
Why not? Where in the grouping of "it's often inaccurate, often ugly, makes several people in your audience cringe, undermines their faith that you know what you're talking about" do we need a cry of "But nonetheless!"
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Why not? Where in the grouping of "it's often inaccurate, often ugly, makes several people in your audience cringe, undermines their faith that you know what you're talking about" do we need a cry of "But nonetheless!"
I've found a lot of people can only do the visual equivalent of skimming text when looking at an illustration, especially a stock one; they only notice the broad strokes of the picture seem "right", and not the issues. Folks like that are MORE likely to excuse AI art and undermine themselves.
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I've found a lot of people can only do the visual equivalent of skimming text when looking at an illustration, especially a stock one; they only notice the broad strokes of the picture seem "right", and not the issues. Folks like that are MORE likely to excuse AI art and undermine themselves.
In short, yes. Maybe it looks to the presenter like a picture of interested students with one raising her hand, but I'm seeing desk legs in impossible places or the detached elbow of the boy beside her, and the creepy yellow lighting. Ergo, not seeing the illustrated concept of "engagement" at all.
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In short, yes. Maybe it looks to the presenter like a picture of interested students with one raising her hand, but I'm seeing desk legs in impossible places or the detached elbow of the boy beside her, and the creepy yellow lighting. Ergo, not seeing the illustrated concept of "engagement" at all.
I suspect musicians and sound engineers everywhere just facepalmed and don't know why...
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I suspect musicians and sound engineers everywhere just facepalmed and don't know why...
If you don't have the budget for stock art, don't use stock art, or any art. Just don't do the equivalent of pouring a bunch of water down the sink and cranking up the heat several degrees all winter just to make some "art" and claim it's saving money.
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you don't have the budget for stock art, don't use stock art, or any art. Just don't do the equivalent of pouring a bunch of water down the sink and cranking up the heat several degrees all winter just to make some "art" and claim it's saving money.
Yes, the blank white wall probably looks better.
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Yes, the blank white wall probably looks better.
I didn't discount the words of the guy talking about using AI in at my work, but I did tell him afterwards that using AI "photos" in his slides meant that every picture made me cringe, and reduced my willingness to consider its utility. If you DO want folks cringing at your slides, then go ahead...
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I didn't discount the words of the guy talking about using AI in at my work, but I did tell him afterwards that using AI "photos" in his slides meant that every picture made me cringe, and reduced my willingness to consider its utility. If you DO want folks cringing at your slides, then go ahead...
Turns out companies don't like being told, "yes, you DO have to spend that money on making sure the equipment is up to code" and struggle to hear the second half: " because if you don't, it will both kill/hurt customers AND cost you 50x more when the chickens come home to roost."
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Turns out companies don't like being told, "yes, you DO have to spend that money on making sure the equipment is up to code" and struggle to hear the second half: " because if you don't, it will both kill/hurt customers AND cost you 50x more when the chickens come home to roost."