CompassRose
@compass-rose.bsky.social
Podficcer. Artist. Avid reader. Rampantly multifandom. Too old for nonsense. AO3: compassrose, because I wasn't fast enough to grab it here. (they/them) (icon by @rosalarian)
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This made me laugh this week.
October 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
This made me laugh this week.
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Ah yes, what if everyone was miserable and on edge and the whole world was a tissue of lies you had to fumble your way through every waking hour day after day after day after day after day
"To fight back, Americans need to learn the counterspy techniques of C.I.A. officers: using multiple sources to check information; testing those sources regularly for reliability; never getting complacent and trusting one source without thinking."
The number of dangers and the amount of work AI is already causing and will cause us is astounding.
Yet we keep getting advice on how to make it work for us. FU if that is your advice.
Yet we keep getting advice on how to make it work for us. FU if that is your advice.
October 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Ah yes, what if everyone was miserable and on edge and the whole world was a tissue of lies you had to fumble your way through every waking hour day after day after day after day after day
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We can learn from our queer elders 🫶🏻
September 27, 2026 at 6:37 PM
We can learn from our queer elders 🫶🏻
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"the author of that harry potter story leads an insane cult that's captured much of the media in this country" is a different person if you're in the UK or the US
September 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
"the author of that harry potter story leads an insane cult that's captured much of the media in this country" is a different person if you're in the UK or the US
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Y’all Come Eat! ❤️🔥🤪👍🏾
August 7, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Y’all Come Eat! ❤️🔥🤪👍🏾
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being trans means sometimes you walk into somebody's house and they've got all seven novels in the Wine Kampf series on the bookshelf, plus a twee little poster that says something like "Proud Witch of House Goebbels"
August 7, 2026 at 7:11 AM
being trans means sometimes you walk into somebody's house and they've got all seven novels in the Wine Kampf series on the bookshelf, plus a twee little poster that says something like "Proud Witch of House Goebbels"
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new issue of Vizier Monthly is out
August 6, 2026 at 4:39 AM
new issue of Vizier Monthly is out
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The answer to "why does everything suck now" almost ALWAYS goes back to "venture capital."
Which goes back to "a lot of people have too much money and don't know what to do with it."
Which goes back to:
"We need to tax rich people more."
It's like it's the solution to 99% of our problems!!
Which goes back to "a lot of people have too much money and don't know what to do with it."
Which goes back to:
"We need to tax rich people more."
It's like it's the solution to 99% of our problems!!
July 21, 2026 at 10:36 AM
The answer to "why does everything suck now" almost ALWAYS goes back to "venture capital."
Which goes back to "a lot of people have too much money and don't know what to do with it."
Which goes back to:
"We need to tax rich people more."
It's like it's the solution to 99% of our problems!!
Which goes back to "a lot of people have too much money and don't know what to do with it."
Which goes back to:
"We need to tax rich people more."
It's like it's the solution to 99% of our problems!!
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I don't use this word lightly, but this is evil.
"the American Astronomical Society said the endeavor cannot be considered to serve the public interest and would waste taxpayer $ by wrecking the work of federally funded astronomical facilities even as it brought untold risks to people and wildlife" Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...
F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry (Gift Article)
A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for a three-mile-wide patch.
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM
I don't use this word lightly, but this is evil.
I did feel very butch today as I ripped fuckthorn out of the hedge with my new pullerbear. Unfortunately, the only hot person in my area was me, sweating freely.
The Buckthorn Removal Singles Club meets every Sunday at a Minneapolis park to remove invasive plant species and create connections.
Twin Cities singles trade dating apps for buckthorn removal
The Buckthorn Removal Singles Club meets every Sunday at a Minneapolis park to remove invasive plant species and create connections.
www.mprnews.org
July 13, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I did feel very butch today as I ripped fuckthorn out of the hedge with my new pullerbear. Unfortunately, the only hot person in my area was me, sweating freely.
Fuck this. Listen to a full cast of podficcers reading Ian Johnston’s public domain translation for the love of it instead. archiveofourown.org/works/57114529
June 29, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Fuck this. Listen to a full cast of podficcers reading Ian Johnston’s public domain translation for the love of it instead. archiveofourown.org/works/57114529
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by request i'm going to share a quick thread of collections where people have pulled together articles / resources / arguments about ai harms and how to resist them
this is by alphabetical order in my bookmarks, it's not comprehensive, feel free to add to the list of lists
this is by alphabetical order in my bookmarks, it's not comprehensive, feel free to add to the list of lists
June 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
by request i'm going to share a quick thread of collections where people have pulled together articles / resources / arguments about ai harms and how to resist them
this is by alphabetical order in my bookmarks, it's not comprehensive, feel free to add to the list of lists
this is by alphabetical order in my bookmarks, it's not comprehensive, feel free to add to the list of lists
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The true risk is: "an AI salesman will exploit your boss's infinite horniness for replacing mouthy workers with pliable machines to sell him a chatbot that *can't* do your job, and then your boss will fire you and replace you with that inept, defective chatbot."
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June 17, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The true risk is: "an AI salesman will exploit your boss's infinite horniness for replacing mouthy workers with pliable machines to sell him a chatbot that *can't* do your job, and then your boss will fire you and replace you with that inept, defective chatbot."
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This is what AI is doing to your microscope images. You can trust your lasers but do you trust your pipeline?
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This is what AI is doing to your microscope images. You can trust your lasers but do you trust your pipeline?
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I’m observing this a little from the other end- I am a mature (mid thirties) grad student. Some of my younger classmates are struggling, and sometimes *I* am struggling with things I used to do pretty seamlessly.
Look, I am not making excuses, but a few things have changed between 2011 and now.
Look, I am not making excuses, but a few things have changed between 2011 and now.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I’m observing this a little from the other end- I am a mature (mid thirties) grad student. Some of my younger classmates are struggling, and sometimes *I* am struggling with things I used to do pretty seamlessly.
Look, I am not making excuses, but a few things have changed between 2011 and now.
Look, I am not making excuses, but a few things have changed between 2011 and now.
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The combination of fascism covid more fascism genocide capitulation to fascism and the clear goal of AI tech bros to eradicate the workforce and make all jobs and future goals irrelevant as we all slide into poverty while eleven rich people become gods is really doing a number on us.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The combination of fascism covid more fascism genocide capitulation to fascism and the clear goal of AI tech bros to eradicate the workforce and make all jobs and future goals irrelevant as we all slide into poverty while eleven rich people become gods is really doing a number on us.
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Fascists appeal to the imaginary past, so it is important to be able teach people who aren’t fascists about actualities. History isn’t a set of facts. It is a contested narrative based on contested evidence.
July 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Fascists appeal to the imaginary past, so it is important to be able teach people who aren’t fascists about actualities. History isn’t a set of facts. It is a contested narrative based on contested evidence.
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Also, if you're concerned about personal safety:
History shows that, under fascism, staying passive comes with no better odds of survival than engaging in civil, covert, or even military resistance. So you might as well resist in whatever way your skills, age, ability,.and conscience permit.
History shows that, under fascism, staying passive comes with no better odds of survival than engaging in civil, covert, or even military resistance. So you might as well resist in whatever way your skills, age, ability,.and conscience permit.
There is always something you can do to gum up the works of fascism.
A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer.
Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore.
They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.
A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer.
Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore.
They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.
February 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Also, if you're concerned about personal safety:
History shows that, under fascism, staying passive comes with no better odds of survival than engaging in civil, covert, or even military resistance. So you might as well resist in whatever way your skills, age, ability,.and conscience permit.
History shows that, under fascism, staying passive comes with no better odds of survival than engaging in civil, covert, or even military resistance. So you might as well resist in whatever way your skills, age, ability,.and conscience permit.
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I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
January 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
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Happy Friday! It's been 24 hours since this launched and it's 1/3 funded. Get your queer monster smut in hard copy form so you can read it when the power is out or when the powers that be say no more smut online.
I am kickstarting another book of smut! Get it in print so it won't matter when all porn is banished from the internet!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...
July 12, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Happy Friday! It's been 24 hours since this launched and it's 1/3 funded. Get your queer monster smut in hard copy form so you can read it when the power is out or when the powers that be say no more smut online.
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The 9th and FINAL chapter of "i only came here for you" is up! The fic is done!!!
🗡️ 13.5k words for the chapter/86k for the fic
🗡️ Xie Yun asks questions
🗡️ A'Fei actually answers them
🗡️ The comfort part of the emotional hurt/comfort
🗡️ Hot sex
🗡️ A happy ending!
archiveofourown.org/works/514133...
🗡️ 13.5k words for the chapter/86k for the fic
🗡️ Xie Yun asks questions
🗡️ A'Fei actually answers them
🗡️ The comfort part of the emotional hurt/comfort
🗡️ Hot sex
🗡️ A happy ending!
archiveofourown.org/works/514133...
i only came here for you - Chapter 9 - ScarlettStorm - 有翡 | Legend of Fei (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
March 3, 2024 at 11:53 PM
The 9th and FINAL chapter of "i only came here for you" is up! The fic is done!!!
🗡️ 13.5k words for the chapter/86k for the fic
🗡️ Xie Yun asks questions
🗡️ A'Fei actually answers them
🗡️ The comfort part of the emotional hurt/comfort
🗡️ Hot sex
🗡️ A happy ending!
archiveofourown.org/works/514133...
🗡️ 13.5k words for the chapter/86k for the fic
🗡️ Xie Yun asks questions
🗡️ A'Fei actually answers them
🗡️ The comfort part of the emotional hurt/comfort
🗡️ Hot sex
🗡️ A happy ending!
archiveofourown.org/works/514133...
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1) The head of T&S is not the person making decisions about individual moderation actions;
2) Viewing a post in the thread means not having whatever T&S tools and info is built into the report system (agent safety features, context about past reports, metadata about the account)
2) Viewing a post in the thread means not having whatever T&S tools and info is built into the report system (agent safety features, context about past reports, metadata about the account)
February 29, 2024 at 7:23 AM
1) The head of T&S is not the person making decisions about individual moderation actions;
2) Viewing a post in the thread means not having whatever T&S tools and info is built into the report system (agent safety features, context about past reports, metadata about the account)
2) Viewing a post in the thread means not having whatever T&S tools and info is built into the report system (agent safety features, context about past reports, metadata about the account)