Very much an awful view of native people, but a very interesting dystopian society novel. It had me hooked the whole time. I devoured it.
Mar 3, 2025
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Frighteningly relatable at times. Harrowing at others. What a read! And I'm not even finished :o
Jan 19, 2024
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In a far distant future when the Sun is dying + the Earth along with it, a journeyman torturer disgraces his guild and is banished to a distant town to serve as a headsman. The text is ostensibly a translation of his recovered memoir in which he recounts his travels.
Itās a masterful puzzle box that rewards an attentive reader. The protagonist is an annoying liar (I personally found this a challenging and engaging thing about the text). I highly recommend Ada Palmerās introduction, if you can find that particular edition.
This is the book that got me back into sci-fi but itās not a particularly casual read.
May 3, 2024
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Why not go through the process of blending those images yourself? Why not use process as an experiment? Why AI? What part are you playing? What makes it yours?
I think AI is impersonal. I think it is unethical when it has relied on the theft of actual peopleās actual physical (and because of the nature of art, often time emotional) labor. I also think it is unnecessary in creating art. I also think the environmental impacts are atrocious. I also think AIās biggest supporters are being maliciously ignorant because itās a fun new toy.
Is it ease? Is it efficiency? People talk about accessibility as if children donāt use crayons and stickers! As if graffiti artists donāt use postal labels as sticker, as if sand mandalas donāt exist, as if cardboard and tape arenāt in over abundance.
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Mar 1, 2025
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Maybe this isnāt so much a fix for staff, but I feel like the reposting of things has gotten a bit lame. I donāt want the āEveryoneā feed to be the same post 20 times with nothing added, especially when the thing being re-recād isnāt even a real reccomendation in the first place. I like this app because it is different than Instagram and Twitter and tumblr and the like. I feel like people are trying to interact similarly to those other apps here. I feel like we are all drifting back into creating the same social media AGAIN.
My vote would be to remove the feature entirely, but I see how it can be used thoughtfully
Mar 3, 2025