rose

rose, 17 hours ago to random

is it unethical to use an LLM to generate cease and desist letters to send to AI companies to remove information about or by you?

rose, 1 day ago to random

the insurrectionary wildcat strategy for union organizing

rose, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

using an AI to put myself in the background of thousands of google maps shots around the world. So, if people look me up in ClearViewAI, PimEyes, or whatever it's like a Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego deal.

rose, 2 days ago to random

While the politicians and NIMBY's were concerned about people camping outside and how that made them uncomfortable for the past few years, around 1500 people died in Multnomah County due to fentanyl overdose. Every few hours someone is dying due to overdose. This is not just unhoused people, but an epidemic affecting everyone in the community. Every single death is preventable, but instead of investing in real solutions programs keep being gutted to fund things like making the people most at risk of death criminals.

rose, 3 days ago to random

One thing I've changed my mind on as I've gotten older is that now I think rite of passage ceremonies are great. Counter cultures should adopt more of them. They are silly and cringe, but you can't transition to a new paradigm without them very easily.

rose, 3 days ago to random

🙅‍♀️ read the bread book

🙅‍♀️ read desert

💁‍♀️ listen to plantasia

rose, 4 days ago to random

oooh, Aminé is starting a new Portland summer music festival. First one in a number of years I'm excited about.

https://thebestdayeverfest.com/

rose, 4 days ago to random

good morning

Orville Peck & Willie Nelson - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BirJMnMcfBs

rose, 6 days ago to random

Apparently, the chief of police in Tillamook is in trouble, because he was afraid the evidence clerk would be harmed from contact fentanyl exposure. So, he went into evidence and stole all the fentanyl and threw it away.

:lmao_raccoon:

rose, 6 days ago to random

I woke up this morning and my cat was missing. One of the doors was unlocked and I found her sitting outside. I have no idea how she got out there. Maybe the solar storm teleported her or something.

rose, 19 days ago to random

holy shit. they actually called it "reply guy". seeing the Torment Nexus and copying it for profit is one thing, but seeing a reply guy and being like "I can monetize that" is a whole new type of evil.

sidereal, 2 months ago to random

Awhile back I met my ex-girlfriend's dad and we started talking about what was possibly our only shared passion, country music

I made some crack about how a lot of my friends were train hopping country musicians and he got real uncomfy. Like. "Whoa I don't know any of those fringes-of-society people"

It was like. What fringes of society? My grandpa hopped trains and so did Jimmie Rodgers. Where I come from, this is just wholesome Americana.

riotmuffin, 2 months ago to random

OK, so Sam Kerr, superstar footballer and Aboriginal Australian badass lesbian heroine, was charged in the UK with “racially aggravated harassment of a police officer”, which had everyone scratching their heads concerned for a few days

Then it came out that all she did (for better or worse) was call a cop a “stupid white bastard”, which is of course a completely regular and good thing to call a cop, and now she is even more beloved in Australia and beyond

rose, 2 months ago to random

no, you're crying at the opening of the Snufkin game that literally opens with Sigur Ros. WTF!? How is this game real? 😭

rose, 2 months ago to random

listening to music on an iPod for the first time in at least a decade

rose, 2 months ago to random

it cleaned up pretty nice

Back of a pink DS lite
A pink DS lite playing Advanced Wars: Days of Ruin

rose, 2 months ago to random

grumble grumble

a year ago I said that using an ad blocker was one of the most important and first steps a person can do to protect themselves on technology these days.

I then got a people telling me that was ridiculous and it was bad that I dared to suggest such a thing.

since then, CISA and the NSA have suggested that people use ad blockers to protect themselves online.

who are these people still defending using the internet without basic security that blocks entities trying to gather your PII and trick you into clicking malware links?

sometimes, I do actually know what I'm talking about.

end grumbling

rose, 2 months ago to random

what's happening in 2024 can no longer rightfully be referred to as "mental gymnastics". we are now witnessing "mental ragdolling"

rose, 3 months ago to portland

wow, wweek was never super left leaning, but I didn't expect them to take such a hard right turn in the past few years.

Today they have an article that argues #Portland should abolish the bottle deposit bill because it's a way for poor people and those suffering from drug addiction to get money. The article is very concerned that a drug addict may be able to get $5 a day by recycling.