distressed damsel
@calliopium.bsky.social
queer australian writer, psychologist-in-training, and parent to an unruly toddler. 🏳️🌈💛🤍💜🖤✍️🍉😷
they/them
profile pic by dracoryss/vic.
header by babbi draws.
they/them
profile pic by dracoryss/vic.
header by babbi draws.
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Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
September 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour.
This is the statement they published on Instagram:
This is the statement they published on Instagram:
September 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour.
This is the statement they published on Instagram:
This is the statement they published on Instagram:
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Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
September 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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yeah sure whatever, let lara croft cook potato stew on her phone for 2m0s of damage resistance who gives a shit anymore
September 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
yeah sure whatever, let lara croft cook potato stew on her phone for 2m0s of damage resistance who gives a shit anymore
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taps the sign like very aggressively
September 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
taps the sign like very aggressively
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NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice.
Give it a read:
Give it a read:
Hating AI is good, actually
LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 20, 2026 at 11:58 PM
NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice.
Give it a read:
Give it a read:
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Medallion's humming... that can only mean one thing! It's time to announce The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past! ⚔️
May 27, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Medallion's humming... that can only mean one thing! It's time to announce The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past! ⚔️
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so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...
I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
thedreydossier.substack.com
May 29, 2026 at 3:01 AM
so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...
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Trans is beautiful🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Love wins
Love wins
February 23, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Trans is beautiful🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Love wins
Love wins
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The kids don't know about the Amanda Bynes poster hastily airbrushed to avoid implying she endorsed peace
March 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
The kids don't know about the Amanda Bynes poster hastily airbrushed to avoid implying she endorsed peace
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I have been activated like a sleeper agent.
The official trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2 is out.
February 2, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I have been activated like a sleeper agent.
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meanwhile it's already free on itch!
if a book about two variously nonbinary youths making horny bad decisions in magic 1820s Paris sounds fun to you, I would recommend you download it there. ~10 sex scenes, some murders, zero dollars feliciadavin.itch.io/vandj
if a book about two variously nonbinary youths making horny bad decisions in magic 1820s Paris sounds fun to you, I would recommend you download it there. ~10 sex scenes, some murders, zero dollars feliciadavin.itch.io/vandj
The Scandalous Letters of V and J (French Letters, Book 1) by FeliciaDavin
queer romance told in letters, set in magic 1820s Paris
feliciadavin.itch.io
January 26, 2026 at 8:44 PM
meanwhile it's already free on itch!
if a book about two variously nonbinary youths making horny bad decisions in magic 1820s Paris sounds fun to you, I would recommend you download it there. ~10 sex scenes, some murders, zero dollars feliciadavin.itch.io/vandj
if a book about two variously nonbinary youths making horny bad decisions in magic 1820s Paris sounds fun to you, I would recommend you download it there. ~10 sex scenes, some murders, zero dollars feliciadavin.itch.io/vandj
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HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW.
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW.
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WA weekly COVID update: Week ending 9 Nov 2025
🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.2% est. (+0.4%)
🔹PCR cases: 107 (+32.0%)
🔹Hospitalisation: Average of 17 cases per day (-5.5%)
🔹ICU: 7-day average of 1 case (-50.0%)
Source: health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...
🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.2% est. (+0.4%)
🔹PCR cases: 107 (+32.0%)
🔹Hospitalisation: Average of 17 cases per day (-5.5%)
🔹ICU: 7-day average of 1 case (-50.0%)
Source: health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
WA weekly COVID update: Week ending 9 Nov 2025
🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.2% est. (+0.4%)
🔹PCR cases: 107 (+32.0%)
🔹Hospitalisation: Average of 17 cases per day (-5.5%)
🔹ICU: 7-day average of 1 case (-50.0%)
Source: health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...
🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.2% est. (+0.4%)
🔹PCR cases: 107 (+32.0%)
🔹Hospitalisation: Average of 17 cases per day (-5.5%)
🔹ICU: 7-day average of 1 case (-50.0%)
Source: health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
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October 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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October 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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My first Campaign 4 art, and as is tradition, I came up with my own takes on the characters going mostly from the in-game descriptions & vibes during the first episode as a fun character design challenge that I do each campaign
#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleArt #CriticalRolefanart #fanart #bskyart
#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleArt #CriticalRolefanart #fanart #bskyart
October 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My first Campaign 4 art, and as is tradition, I came up with my own takes on the characters going mostly from the in-game descriptions & vibes during the first episode as a fun character design challenge that I do each campaign
#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleArt #CriticalRolefanart #fanart #bskyart
#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleArt #CriticalRolefanart #fanart #bskyart
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE HAPPY HELLO SUNSHINE DAY!! ☀️☀️☀️
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE HAPPY HELLO SUNSHINE DAY!! ☀️☀️☀️
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as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?