Ren 💜
@ragdollren.bsky.social
Proudly disgaybled chicagoan living in A2, indoor cat, human muppet and trans trekkie til I die. they/them/you
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Ren 💜
@ragdollren.bsky.social
· Jun 6
actually, using one less social media (this one) IS indicative of personal growth in my 30s. from tumblr I came, to tumblr I return. follow me on tumblr @ ragdoll-ren.
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There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
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keiko is the most normal person on star trek and it's not even close
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
keiko is the most normal person on star trek and it's not even close
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first winter in the Midwest?
everyone’s going to tell you to LaYeR.
I am telling you to skip that shit and just go right to a giant puffer coat with a hood. Yep, the ones that are basically just glorified blankets. Under the knee. BIG hood. A walking sleeping bag.
everyone’s going to tell you to LaYeR.
I am telling you to skip that shit and just go right to a giant puffer coat with a hood. Yep, the ones that are basically just glorified blankets. Under the knee. BIG hood. A walking sleeping bag.
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
first winter in the Midwest?
everyone’s going to tell you to LaYeR.
I am telling you to skip that shit and just go right to a giant puffer coat with a hood. Yep, the ones that are basically just glorified blankets. Under the knee. BIG hood. A walking sleeping bag.
everyone’s going to tell you to LaYeR.
I am telling you to skip that shit and just go right to a giant puffer coat with a hood. Yep, the ones that are basically just glorified blankets. Under the knee. BIG hood. A walking sleeping bag.
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Do you wish your Christmas sounded more like a 70s variety show? Check out our Muppeturgy Christmas playlist, with holiday favorites from five dozen celebrities who appeared on The Muppet Show!
A Muppeturgy Christmas
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December 23, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Do you wish your Christmas sounded more like a 70s variety show? Check out our Muppeturgy Christmas playlist, with holiday favorites from five dozen celebrities who appeared on The Muppet Show!
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For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
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we got about a jar of giardiniera worth of snow in Chicago
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
we got about a jar of giardiniera worth of snow in Chicago
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We got to make using AI to figure out personal gifts a social crime. Most gifts suck to begin with but now you’ve literally taken the thought out of it’s the thought that counts
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We got to make using AI to figure out personal gifts a social crime. Most gifts suck to begin with but now you’ve literally taken the thought out of it’s the thought that counts
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The Christkindlmarkt thing is so funny top to bottom. America so starved for vibrant public spaces and events that this winter craft fair gets Disneyland-level regional demand, and this is seen as a problem to be solved with cops and security
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Christkindlmarkt thing is so funny top to bottom. America so starved for vibrant public spaces and events that this winter craft fair gets Disneyland-level regional demand, and this is seen as a problem to be solved with cops and security
Housemates (siblings) and I may literally be trying to Parent Trap our divorced parents (my mom and their dad) together lol
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Housemates (siblings) and I may literally be trying to Parent Trap our divorced parents (my mom and their dad) together lol
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
Considered getting the new Enterprise Lego set for my Lego/Trekkie housemate, but then I found out it's $400. Thought that counts etc etc.
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Considered getting the new Enterprise Lego set for my Lego/Trekkie housemate, but then I found out it's $400. Thought that counts etc etc.
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clean plate club
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
clean plate club
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Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Every prompt to chatbot software is “generate me some text.” If it generated you some text, it performed its function correctly. It never lies, it never wants anything, it’s text generating software that generates text.
Hey @firepile.bsky.social I'd kill for this syllabus
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Hey @firepile.bsky.social I'd kill for this syllabus
How to make friends with housemate's 12 year old stepbrother:
Me: you wanna see something cursed?
Him: yeah! oh.
Me: you wanna see something cursed?
Him: yeah! oh.
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
How to make friends with housemate's 12 year old stepbrother:
Me: you wanna see something cursed?
Him: yeah! oh.
Me: you wanna see something cursed?
Him: yeah! oh.
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[1966]
JOSEPH WEIZENBAUM: I have created the chatbot ELIZA to demonstrate that a machine can produce a facsimile of human language without true understanding
EVERYONE: at last, we have invented a machine capable of true understanding that will replace humans
JOSEPH WEIZENBAUM: I have created the chatbot ELIZA to demonstrate that a machine can produce a facsimile of human language without true understanding
EVERYONE: at last, we have invented a machine capable of true understanding that will replace humans
August 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
[1966]
JOSEPH WEIZENBAUM: I have created the chatbot ELIZA to demonstrate that a machine can produce a facsimile of human language without true understanding
EVERYONE: at last, we have invented a machine capable of true understanding that will replace humans
JOSEPH WEIZENBAUM: I have created the chatbot ELIZA to demonstrate that a machine can produce a facsimile of human language without true understanding
EVERYONE: at last, we have invented a machine capable of true understanding that will replace humans
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OH is that quoted bit the cause of the day's issues? Gosh, here's the real secret.
Many writers don't need to pretend that they make their money from the book; they do make their money from the books.
They're just poor. They make as much money as their neighbors who are CNAs or Walmart greeters. 🧵
Many writers don't need to pretend that they make their money from the book; they do make their money from the books.
They're just poor. They make as much money as their neighbors who are CNAs or Walmart greeters. 🧵
i mean it's odd to say "tell us how you make your money" and then not actually let us respond, but
Hello, I make my money from writing books and through the kindness of people who bail me out of emergencies on ko-fi and kick in a few bucks a month on patreon
my biggest advance was $15k per book
Hello, I make my money from writing books and through the kindness of people who bail me out of emergencies on ko-fi and kick in a few bucks a month on patreon
my biggest advance was $15k per book
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
OH is that quoted bit the cause of the day's issues? Gosh, here's the real secret.
Many writers don't need to pretend that they make their money from the book; they do make their money from the books.
They're just poor. They make as much money as their neighbors who are CNAs or Walmart greeters. 🧵
Many writers don't need to pretend that they make their money from the book; they do make their money from the books.
They're just poor. They make as much money as their neighbors who are CNAs or Walmart greeters. 🧵
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Part of this guy’s belly appears to have been shaved.
Given his lore, we theorize that they started prepping to spay the “mom cat” that was brought in, and then someone noticed he had balls
Given his lore, we theorize that they started prepping to spay the “mom cat” that was brought in, and then someone noticed he had balls
Meet our new family member.
Rescuers found him living behind a liquor store near Livernois & 6 Mile.
They thought he was a girl because he was protecting and raising 3 sick kittens despite being only 6 months old himself. He’s not the mom or the dad, he’s the dad who stepped up 😭
Now he is home!
Rescuers found him living behind a liquor store near Livernois & 6 Mile.
They thought he was a girl because he was protecting and raising 3 sick kittens despite being only 6 months old himself. He’s not the mom or the dad, he’s the dad who stepped up 😭
Now he is home!
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Part of this guy’s belly appears to have been shaved.
Given his lore, we theorize that they started prepping to spay the “mom cat” that was brought in, and then someone noticed he had balls
Given his lore, we theorize that they started prepping to spay the “mom cat” that was brought in, and then someone noticed he had balls
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Are electrical outlets mad at me? Many users feel like they're looking at an angry little guy
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Are electrical outlets mad at me? Many users feel like they're looking at an angry little guy
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I've seen people say that getting attached to ChatGPT is like "believing the stripper really loves you", but that's not true. It's more like believing that the dryer personally composed that little jingle on a lonely sockless night just to win your affections.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I've seen people say that getting attached to ChatGPT is like "believing the stripper really loves you", but that's not true. It's more like believing that the dryer personally composed that little jingle on a lonely sockless night just to win your affections.
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And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
There has to have been at least one gay couple actually named Adam and Steve
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
There has to have been at least one gay couple actually named Adam and Steve
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risa furry convention
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
risa furry convention