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Seelix the Ninth
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I am a master of disguise & trained as a forensic anthropologist. I'm not (currently) a supervillain. they/them 💖💜💙 @seelix@wandering.shop
Joined August 2008

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‘A fraternity that is ultimately committed to nurturing A I for a posthuman future may care little for the social injustices committed by their errant infant today.’
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For my latest @ftopinion column, I look into #TESCREAL, a term coined by @xriskology & @timnitGebru. It’s a mix of futuristic beliefs driving some big names in tech & #AI - and it usefully sheds light on where we’re at. ft.com/content/edc303
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Hey Apple: no more eps of your hit show about workers using collective action to fight back against an exploitative tech company until you give your real-life workers a fair deal. THANK YOU to the Teamsters and IATSE crew who honored our picket line!
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I was home sick watching soaps the day Columbine happened, so I saw it unfold live on television. I thought for sure they’d make sure it was an isolated incident. I’m 40 too, and the folks in power have done fuck all to honor the kids killed that day.
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Columbine happened when I was in high school. I’m now 40. No one wants a quick solution. We’ve been asking for one for over 25 years. twitter.com/HuffPost/statu…
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I love fabric so much. I'm playing around with fabrics for my Signet from Twilight Mirage and found this accidental moire! The video shows Desert Rose taffeta then Sargasso Sea chiffon, both from Silk Baron. Then it shows two pieces temporarily spray-basted together.
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Testing before spending time with people is a simple kindness that can prevent a lot of pain. 💙
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Narrowly missed getting exposed this week at a family dinner. My elderly parents had the good sense to test when they had symptoms, and sent this to me a couple of hours before we were to meet. They are very medically vulnerable and thankfully they were able to start antiviral… Show more
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Twitter has a feature that reminds you to do alt text! I leave it on because even if I just wrote a short description, it's important I'm bad at it on build threads though because I'm usually using 4739583 images and describing them in the text 😅 I need to do better
Twitter popup that says "Don't forget to make your image accessible"
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"You can kill anyone making a scene in a public space if you're personally uncomfortable" is a hell of a stance from the same people who've been throwing tantrums in Target over its masking policies for the last three years.
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And please, please, please remind me when I forget! I will absolutely write a second tweet describing the photo, or delete and repost with proper alt text! I really want to get better at it.
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I know it's a hard habit to get into, and it can be challenging to do it to start with. I still forget sometimes! We're all human! What I like to do is pretend I'm doing a radio interview and trying to describe a photo in a fun and engaging way to the radio audience
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Cosplayers. You spend serious hours and money making your gorgeous costumes and getting fantastic photos of them. Pleeeeeaaaase try to spend 30 seconds and write an alt text so that I don't feel icky RTing them!
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For many transgender people, it feels like the world is getting smaller with every new anti-trans law. The Florida bathroom ban eliminates an entire area where people like me can travel freely and exist. Subscribe to support my work.
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Every friend group has that one friend who pays for all the vacations, and the oil paintings of the vacations, and your kids’ tuition, and buys your mom’s house and lets her live there rent free for life, and plans to turn the house into a museum of you. You know that friend?
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Such an insightful thread from on why opt-out doesn’t work. In short, it is completely aligned with Silicon Valley’s modus operandi of creating harms at the systems level, & outsourcing a “remedy” at an individual level which has 0̷ chance of scaling to the problem.
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I haven't put this thought into a cohesive thread yet: Opt-out cannot work. Opt-in is the only way. Anything less is unethical. #CreateDontScrape #EthicalAi 🧵1/7
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We have proposals that would prevent the studios from eliminating the writers' room; they refused to discuss them. We have proposals to protect screenwriters from free work, that would have *COST THEM NOTHING TO IMPLEMENT*: They rejected them and offered an "educational meeting."
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it’s been talked about to death at this point but elon prioritizing bluechecks in replies really has destroyed the average reply section. used to be the best, most relevant, or funniest replies got visibility. now reply sections are indistinguishable from Qanon facebook pages
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