links list (the Internet may be getting worse)
Mar. 12th, 2026 08:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
muccamukkThe Battle Against Enshittification
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dw_dev: AI and Dreamwidth.
Great post from![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png)
mark about exactly how DW could use AI (potentially spam filtering), and how it will never use it (feeding your posts into the maw).
404 Media: 'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back.
The Verge: Grammarly is using our identities without permission.
Wired: Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI 'Expert Review' Feature.
I'm sure everyone enjoys getting sued by Stephen King.
The Flytrap: Sex Workers Versus the Algorithm.
Mostly about payment processors, but also about filtering:
The Guardian: The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all.
Canadian Politics
(I'm actually saving fewer links about this, because it's mostly pretty disheartening. And I can't deal.)
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TheBreach: Pierre Poilievre is misleading the public about refugee healthcare (Video: 3 minutes).
The Tyee: Advocates Hope a Ruling Will Change RCMP Treatment of Indigenous Witnesses.
Nominally good news, but so much about this case pisses me off. $7k each? Seriously? Reminder that the one person who got state protection in all of this, the guy who (allegedly) abused all those people, is John Furlong. Fuck that guy.
The Breach: A notorious RCMP unit shaped B.C. universities’ reaction to Palestine encampments.
Category: jackbooted thugs.
Kind of Cool, Actually:
HeatherCoxRichardson: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Reckoning with Jason Herbert Podcast (Video: 1:43 hours).
Words cannot express how validating this was. Lo! How many long years have I said that AL:VH is the most historically accurate Lincoln movie? HCR agrees.
The Tyee: What Can You Do with Used Plastic and 3D Printers? Meet Two Pros.
Not sure how scalable this is, but it's a cool project.
The Narwhal : In northeast B.C., fresh food is scarce. This First Nation hopes geothermal energy could change that.
Cool project to restore food security after Site C fucked it up, hopefully they can get funding.
NorthernBallet: Northern Ballet's Gentleman Jack | Costumes (Video: 2 minutes).
I've really been enjoying the promo clips for this new ballet. I hope there's some way to watch it online.
dw_dev: AI and Dreamwidth.Great post from
mark about exactly how DW could use AI (potentially spam filtering), and how it will never use it (feeding your posts into the maw).404 Media: 'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back.
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
The Verge: Grammarly is using our identities without permission.
When users select the 'expert review' button in the Grammarly sidebar, it analyzes their writing and surfaces AI-generated suggestions 'inspired by' related experts. Those 'industry-relevant perspectives' include the likes of Stephen King, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Carl Sagan, among many others.
Wired: Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI 'Expert Review' Feature.
I'm sure everyone enjoys getting sued by Stephen King.
The Flytrap: Sex Workers Versus the Algorithm.
Mostly about payment processors, but also about filtering:
the endless dance around content bans requires constantly coming up with new ways to craft video titles and content that are frustrating not only for adult performers, but also their customers.
The Guardian: The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all.
Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon.
Canadian Politics
(I'm actually saving fewer links about this, because it's mostly pretty disheartening. And I can't deal.)
Desmond Cole fact checks his misinformation and explains how blaming the most vulnerable distracts us from fighting for good health care for all.
The Tyee: Advocates Hope a Ruling Will Change RCMP Treatment of Indigenous Witnesses.
But critics say the Canadian rights tribunal didn’t go far enough after finding police discrimination.
Nominally good news, but so much about this case pisses me off. $7k each? Seriously? Reminder that the one person who got state protection in all of this, the guy who (allegedly) abused all those people, is John Furlong. Fuck that guy.
The Breach: A notorious RCMP unit shaped B.C. universities’ reaction to Palestine encampments.
From Fairy Creek to university campuses, CRU-BC is positioning itself as the go-to police force for repressing dissent.
Category: jackbooted thugs.
Kind of Cool, Actually:
Words cannot express how validating this was. Lo! How many long years have I said that AL:VH is the most historically accurate Lincoln movie? HCR agrees.
The Tyee: What Can You Do with Used Plastic and 3D Printers? Meet Two Pros.
Not sure how scalable this is, but it's a cool project.
The Narwhal : In northeast B.C., fresh food is scarce. This First Nation hopes geothermal energy could change that.
Cool project to restore food security after Site C fucked it up, hopefully they can get funding.
I've really been enjoying the promo clips for this new ballet. I hope there's some way to watch it online.
Called On Account of Rain
Mar. 11th, 2026 08:35 pmcornerofmadnessNothing but storms, high winds and tornado warnings (nothing spinny here in PA but who knows about back home).
So I did nothing but taxes (smaller refund and less pay in general, shocker) and grading ALL the things. I worked from 11-7. My brain is tired now.
So you'll get my books and one thing I've been forgetting for forever.
What I Just Finished Reading:
At Death's Dough - a so-so mystery. It took forever to get started and the ending was dumb
The Final Problem - mystery set in the 60s talk about dumb endings
I Want to be a Wall - a lavender marriage with an aro-ace BL loving girl and a gay man in love with his childhood friend. It was decent but not even for me to read more.
What I am Currently Reading:
The Snow Child - so far depressing. It's for my ugly prompt of dealing with infertility. It's a retelling of the
Violet Thistlewaite is not a villain any more so far, I really like this one
What I Plan to Read Next: With Friends Like These, La Grand Familia, and Luna Park history
I keep forgetting to post aboutkingstoken's reading challenge which you can see here. It's a prompt bingo. I'm going for a black out.
This is what I have so far (too tired to link them up, sorry, also I need to get up soon. Been sitting too long)
I'm just sharing the ones I've done
Main character over 30 The Final Problem by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Graphic novel/comic book Heavy Vinyl Complete Collection by Carly Usdin
Set at a school/university - Murder Made Her Wicked by Elizabeth Hobbs
No sex/romance - Murder in the Ranks by Kristi Jones
Figures without facial features on the cover - Murder Made Her Wicked by Elizabeth Hobbs
Crime/mystery - Sugar and Vice by Eve Calder
Book Older than you are - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Female author - Tell-Tale Treats: A Magical Fortune Cookie Novel by Jennifer J. Chow
A favorite author blurbed it - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar
Banned book - Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler & Damian Duffy
YA/Children’s - A Curious Kind of Magic by Mara Rutherford
So I did nothing but taxes (smaller refund and less pay in general, shocker) and grading ALL the things. I worked from 11-7. My brain is tired now.
So you'll get my books and one thing I've been forgetting for forever.
What I Just Finished Reading:
At Death's Dough - a so-so mystery. It took forever to get started and the ending was dumb
The Final Problem - mystery set in the 60s talk about dumb endings
I Want to be a Wall - a lavender marriage with an aro-ace BL loving girl and a gay man in love with his childhood friend. It was decent but not even for me to read more.
What I am Currently Reading:
The Snow Child - so far depressing. It's for my ugly prompt of dealing with infertility. It's a retelling of the
Violet Thistlewaite is not a villain any more so far, I really like this one
What I Plan to Read Next: With Friends Like These, La Grand Familia, and Luna Park history
I keep forgetting to post about
kingstoken's reading challenge which you can see here. It's a prompt bingo. I'm going for a black out.This is what I have so far (too tired to link them up, sorry, also I need to get up soon. Been sitting too long)
I'm just sharing the ones I've done
Main character over 30 The Final Problem by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Graphic novel/comic book Heavy Vinyl Complete Collection by Carly Usdin
Set at a school/university - Murder Made Her Wicked by Elizabeth Hobbs
No sex/romance - Murder in the Ranks by Kristi Jones
Figures without facial features on the cover - Murder Made Her Wicked by Elizabeth Hobbs
Crime/mystery - Sugar and Vice by Eve Calder
Book Older than you are - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Female author - Tell-Tale Treats: A Magical Fortune Cookie Novel by Jennifer J. Chow
A favorite author blurbed it - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar
Banned book - Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler & Damian Duffy
YA/Children’s - A Curious Kind of Magic by Mara Rutherford
[Ashen Masks] Smaragdine #8, Color Spray #20, Watchet #7
Mar. 11th, 2026 01:54 pmtally posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
rainbowficName: Think of the Books
Story: Ashen Masks
Colors:
Rating: Everyone
Warnings: I don't use warnings.
Summary: A librarian receives an offer he is not allowed to refuse.
Story: Ashen Masks
Colors:
- Smaragdine #8: Tima (Icelandic): Being unwilling to spend time or money on a particular thing even though you can afford it.
- Color Spray #20: comprehend languages
- Watchet #7: it'll be fine
- Supply - Seed Beads
- Supply - Canvas
Rating: Everyone
Warnings: I don't use warnings.
Summary: A librarian receives an offer he is not allowed to refuse.
( Think of the books... )
I did a thing
Mar. 10th, 2026 10:49 pmcornerofmadnessI sent in my two panel ideas to the Gettysburg Steampunk Festival. I wasn't going to go but when it didn't pan out with the Louisville panels. Trying for a little fun in a world on fire.
Today mom and I went out to meet my younger cousin for her birthday and went off to Trader Joe's. I wish I had one closer to me. Mine is 90 miles off in Columbus. Even here the closet one is about 35 minutes away. Picked up some cool things.
The writing zoom went well tonight too.
So for fannish 50 I have something fromkitarella_imagines
i. Look at your last 10** fics.
ii. Make a list of their first lines of dialogue, with any necessary description. No cheating, I mean don't go through your fics looking for the best line of dialogue.
iii. Post them and we'll see if we can guess what the story will be about from the dialogue.
Kitarella also mentioned it's okay to go back further than the last 10 if the opening dialogue isn't that interesting.
Feel free to play along
( here's mine )
Today mom and I went out to meet my younger cousin for her birthday and went off to Trader Joe's. I wish I had one closer to me. Mine is 90 miles off in Columbus. Even here the closet one is about 35 minutes away. Picked up some cool things.
The writing zoom went well tonight too.
So for fannish 50 I have something from
kitarella_imaginesi. Look at your last 10** fics.
ii. Make a list of their first lines of dialogue, with any necessary description. No cheating, I mean don't go through your fics looking for the best line of dialogue.
iii. Post them and we'll see if we can guess what the story will be about from the dialogue.
Kitarella also mentioned it's okay to go back further than the last 10 if the opening dialogue isn't that interesting.
Feel free to play along
( here's mine )
[127] RESIDENT EVIL (various)
Mar. 10th, 2026 09:27 pmzombieproof posting in icons---RESIDENT EVIL 4 (REMAKE)
[x]55 leon scott kennedy
[x]3o luis serra
[x]o2 leon & luis
[x]o2 ingrid hunnigan
---RESIDENT EVIL: INFINITE DARKNESS
[x]23 leon scott kennedy
---RESIDENT EVIL 6
[x]o6 leon scott kennedy
[x]o9 helena harper
( i have no good cut text for this )
[x]55 leon scott kennedy
[x]3o luis serra
[x]o2 leon & luis
[x]o2 ingrid hunnigan
---RESIDENT EVIL: INFINITE DARKNESS
[x]23 leon scott kennedy
---RESIDENT EVIL 6
[x]o6 leon scott kennedy
[x]o9 helena harper
( i have no good cut text for this )