Naomi
@enting.bsky.social
Science and yarn geek; posts likely to include gardening, cat pics, and cooking. Photos mine unless otherwise noted.
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Naomi
@enting.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Good morning, pocket friends! I have opened a ko-fi shop with some of my woodcut and linocut prints — please take a look!
ko-fi.com/enting_print...
(The grasshopper-and-yarrow print is a work in progress.)
ko-fi.com/enting_print...
(The grasshopper-and-yarrow print is a work in progress.)
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My little art shop has a collection of nature drawings. All one of a kind originals at affordable prices for gifts.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Mushrooms #AnimalArt #Rabbit #Badger #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #bsnm
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Mushrooms #AnimalArt #Rabbit #Badger #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #bsnm
October 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
My little art shop has a collection of nature drawings. All one of a kind originals at affordable prices for gifts.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Mushrooms #AnimalArt #Rabbit #Badger #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #bsnm
folksy.com/shops/thewee...
#Mushrooms #AnimalArt #Rabbit #Badger #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #bsnm
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Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline
February 9, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline
I did some printing this afternoon, for the first time in too long: test prints of my new tiger swallowtail block!
#Art #SciArt #EntingPrints
#Art #SciArt #EntingPrints
October 4, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I did some printing this afternoon, for the first time in too long: test prints of my new tiger swallowtail block!
#Art #SciArt #EntingPrints
#Art #SciArt #EntingPrints
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A common overlooked sign of living in survival mode is achieving something and feeling absolutely no sense of accomplishment, just a little “thank goodness that’s over” and moving on to the next thing.
January 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A common overlooked sign of living in survival mode is achieving something and feeling absolutely no sense of accomplishment, just a little “thank goodness that’s over” and moving on to the next thing.
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Having seen the Joyce Carol Oates very bad, not good tweet about romance and AI, I can't help thinking about the way that romance has been treated as a punching bag for so long and always by people who are completely unwilling to engage with the genre and know little about it.
October 4, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Having seen the Joyce Carol Oates very bad, not good tweet about romance and AI, I can't help thinking about the way that romance has been treated as a punching bag for so long and always by people who are completely unwilling to engage with the genre and know little about it.
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The Holidays with the Wongs box set has been discounted for the first time in three years! Get all four novellas for $3.99 USD/$4.99 CAD (50% off).
Holidays with the Wongs: The Complete Series
Amazon | Kobo | B&N | Apple | Google Play | Smashwords | Goodreads Four holiday romance novellas about the Wong siblings! Book 1: A Match Made for ThanksgivingBook 2: A Second Ch…
jackielaubooks.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The Holidays with the Wongs box set has been discounted for the first time in three years! Get all four novellas for $3.99 USD/$4.99 CAD (50% off).
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Wake up babe, new penguin just dropped.
New gentoo penguin species discovered by US and Chilean experts
Southeastern gentoo penguin look almost identical to other gentoo penguins, so until recently experts thought they were all the same species.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Wake up babe, new penguin just dropped.
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A small quality-of-life thing I recently discovered is that if there is some artwork you really like or some photos that make you happy you can get them printed as a custom calendar (there are several print sites that do this) and every month a lovely new bit of joy is there for you on your wall.
September 29, 2026 at 7:40 PM
A small quality-of-life thing I recently discovered is that if there is some artwork you really like or some photos that make you happy you can get them printed as a custom calendar (there are several print sites that do this) and every month a lovely new bit of joy is there for you on your wall.
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Random midweek sale, because I'm tired of being afraid of promoting these pieces with the world the way it is. I'm here, I'm queer and I refuse to live in fear.
www.adornedbyshivani.com/product/fk-i...
#bsnm
www.adornedbyshivani.com/product/fk-i...
#bsnm
F**K I*E Pendant
Yes I know that's a lot of bleeping but I'm doing my best. However, you won't have to bleep yourselves when you wear these in public. Rock your 2026 solidarity swag and strut your stuff. Image descrip...
www.adornedbyshivani.com
September 29, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Random midweek sale, because I'm tired of being afraid of promoting these pieces with the world the way it is. I'm here, I'm queer and I refuse to live in fear.
www.adornedbyshivani.com/product/fk-i...
#bsnm
www.adornedbyshivani.com/product/fk-i...
#bsnm
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A win on fair use: court rejects fair use defense of AI training
Whoa: Third Circuit affirms “grant of summary judgment in favor of Thompson Reuters for copyright infringement and rejecting the fair use defense of ROSS Intelligence in its use of Westlaw headnotes in memos used to train its AI model.” chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-new…
BREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI training
Opinion under seal for now.
chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com
September 29, 2026 at 8:04 PM
A win on fair use: court rejects fair use defense of AI training
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Hmmmm. Setting aside the Oprah part, this windows vs mirrors thing is a corruption of Dr Rudine Sims Bishop's foundational work on kidlit about windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors. scenicregional.org/wp-content/u...
September 29, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Hmmmm. Setting aside the Oprah part, this windows vs mirrors thing is a corruption of Dr Rudine Sims Bishop's foundational work on kidlit about windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors. scenicregional.org/wp-content/u...
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i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
September 29, 2026 at 5:02 AM
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Well, this article is a series of twists and turns at every paragraph, I was not prepared for "moose eating our broccoli" conflicts.
Moose Tracks
In Maine’s northernmost county, broccoli farming helps drive the local economy. That’s why it’s so important to keep moose—and their hunters—out of the growing fields.
ambrook.com
September 29, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Well, this article is a series of twists and turns at every paragraph, I was not prepared for "moose eating our broccoli" conflicts.
Today’s garden update: the tomatillos are producing extremely well, plus a nasturtium and a red coneflower.
September 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Today’s garden update: the tomatillos are producing extremely well, plus a nasturtium and a red coneflower.
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Looking for life sciences 🧪 faculty/staff/trainers who want science communication to be more valued w/in academia
We built an NSF-funded coaching program to help you w/ #SciComm in job & award apps, promotion materials, curriculum proposals, etc.
We want to help you get more respect, credit, & pay
We built an NSF-funded coaching program to help you w/ #SciComm in job & award apps, promotion materials, curriculum proposals, etc.
We want to help you get more respect, credit, & pay
September 29, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Looking for life sciences 🧪 faculty/staff/trainers who want science communication to be more valued w/in academia
We built an NSF-funded coaching program to help you w/ #SciComm in job & award apps, promotion materials, curriculum proposals, etc.
We want to help you get more respect, credit, & pay
We built an NSF-funded coaching program to help you w/ #SciComm in job & award apps, promotion materials, curriculum proposals, etc.
We want to help you get more respect, credit, & pay
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Other states besides Texas with voter registration deadlines over the next 7 days:
Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.
Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.
Texas, the voter registration deadline is coming up next week.
If you live in Texas and want to vote, be sure to check that you are registered properly — even if you you think you did what you had to.
A statewide database to check: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...
If you live in Texas and want to vote, be sure to check that you are registered properly — even if you you think you did what you had to.
A statewide database to check: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...
September 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Other states besides Texas with voter registration deadlines over the next 7 days:
Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.
Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.
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I've talked to a few journal editors who are concerned about similar problems re: anonymous reviewers. If a peer reviewer wants a little help & feeds your unpublished submission into an AI system, they've just shared your proprietary work & broken confidentiality. A nightmare to think about
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
nyti.ms
September 27, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I've talked to a few journal editors who are concerned about similar problems re: anonymous reviewers. If a peer reviewer wants a little help & feeds your unpublished submission into an AI system, they've just shared your proprietary work & broken confidentiality. A nightmare to think about
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This thread by @theradr.bsky.social is more leaning on how easy it was to transition to ghost, and about that platform’s positive qualities and values than necessarily negative about substack, but might be useful to demonstrate there are genuine alternatives.
bsky.app/profile/ther...
bsky.app/profile/ther...
I want to talk about my move from Substack to Ghost for a second, and what it's been like working with a nonprofit tech company that actually lives its values.
Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x
First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +
Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x
First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +
Ghost: Independent technology for modern publishing
Beautiful, modern publishing with newsletters and premium subscriptions built-in. Used by Sky, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.
ghost.org
September 26, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This thread by @theradr.bsky.social is more leaning on how easy it was to transition to ghost, and about that platform’s positive qualities and values than necessarily negative about substack, but might be useful to demonstrate there are genuine alternatives.
bsky.app/profile/ther...
bsky.app/profile/ther...
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Internet, I'm raising money in honor of Scarleteen's seven million visitors in 2026 and I'm at $1,000, $500 short of my goal—and the fundraiser is only $800 away from its goal. Help me take it over the top? Link to fundraiser in my reply!
September 27, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Internet, I'm raising money in honor of Scarleteen's seven million visitors in 2026 and I'm at $1,000, $500 short of my goal—and the fundraiser is only $800 away from its goal. Help me take it over the top? Link to fundraiser in my reply!
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(this is, of course, also why "it's fine to use 'AI' to generate text/images/etc. as long as a human checks the output" is not a workable position. the human "checking the output" is highly likely to be unconsciously biased toward uncritically accepting the computer's output!)
This is consistent with a phenomenon researchers have documented in other contexts, namely that people believe computers even when the clear physical evidence in front of their eyes contradicts the computer. privacysos.org/blog/bias-al...
Bias All the Way Down: Research Shows Domino Effect When Humans Use Face Recognition Algorithms – Privacy SOS
privacysos.org
September 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
(this is, of course, also why "it's fine to use 'AI' to generate text/images/etc. as long as a human checks the output" is not a workable position. the human "checking the output" is highly likely to be unconsciously biased toward uncritically accepting the computer's output!)
Today’s garden update, from shortly before it started raining steadily: one more daylily flower, on one of my very favorite varieties — I thought they were already done for the season until I saw this one on my way home from a bird walk!
September 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Today’s garden update, from shortly before it started raining steadily: one more daylily flower, on one of my very favorite varieties — I thought they were already done for the season until I saw this one on my way home from a bird walk!
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take a moment this weekend to read this distressing portrait of the decadeslong attack on immigrants in a Maryland county, 50 miles from DC
especially if you’re in the DMV, to know what’s happening at your doorstep boltsmag.org/frederick-co...
especially if you’re in the DMV, to know what’s happening at your doorstep boltsmag.org/frederick-co...
“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts
Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo...
boltsmag.org
September 27, 2026 at 6:20 PM
take a moment this weekend to read this distressing portrait of the decadeslong attack on immigrants in a Maryland county, 50 miles from DC
especially if you’re in the DMV, to know what’s happening at your doorstep boltsmag.org/frederick-co...
especially if you’re in the DMV, to know what’s happening at your doorstep boltsmag.org/frederick-co...
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locked out of discord servers? Friends locked out? if youre a US citizen, you should yell at your representatives re: AV laws
at the end of the day, its US law that is gonna be twisting ANY platform into complying
panicking does nothing. if you want to make a diference, contact your senators and demand they vote no on KOSA, as an example of one such bill
www.badinternetbills.com
panicking does nothing. if you want to make a diference, contact your senators and demand they vote no on KOSA, as an example of one such bill
www.badinternetbills.com
September 23, 2026 at 10:51 PM
locked out of discord servers? Friends locked out? if youre a US citizen, you should yell at your representatives re: AV laws
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pls note the bats have been carefully depicted HANGING FROM THEIR LITTLE BRANCHES on this radial phylogeny (bats drawn by Fiona Reid, whose portfolio is here --> fionareid.ca)
September 23, 2026 at 10:46 PM
pls note the bats have been carefully depicted HANGING FROM THEIR LITTLE BRANCHES on this radial phylogeny (bats drawn by Fiona Reid, whose portfolio is here --> fionareid.ca)
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
apnews.com
September 23, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.