A Queer Kettle of -Ish

I'm a middle-aged Gendershrug Queer feminist Pagan autistic American who spends too much time on tumblr. Primarily I blog about gender, sexuality, race, and politics, but you'll also encounter cute dogs, random fandoms, general geekery, and a surprising amount of language stuff, Shakespearean trivia/humour, and Mr. Rogers. I really miss Mr. Rogers. Also, my crayfish from time to time.  This blog will piss off Nazis, bigots, racists, sexists, homophobes, transphobes, terfs, swerfs, evangelicals, most Republicans, and anyone who thinks that "Social Justice Warrior" is an insult.

[aqueerkettleofish]

A post for pinning:

I accept anon asks, but if you're being confrontational, I'm really only going to bother replying if I can use you as a volunteer strawman.

If this sounds like I just shitcan any anon asks that make points I don't want to engage with, you're right. I'm not obligated to give you anonymous time on my blog.

Nor am I obligated to reply to your response, but you're much more likely to get a response if you actually reblog with commentary

Don't worry.... 95% of you idiots who think you're making a great point attacking me on anon make wonderful volunteer strawmen.

Seriously, somehow the combination of "I need to argue with this person" and "I don't want to put my name on it" is almost guaranteed to produce easily refuted stupidity.

I don't bother with asks telling me I should stop using the word queer anymore.

I will occasionally reblog donation posts when the people or circumstances reach a specific criteria, but don't ask me to reblog your donation post if we don't have conversations.

I will very rarely reblog anything that says I have to reblog it. Even if it was something I might have reblogged without being ordered to. It's my blog, you don't get to decide its content.

I try to avoid any content that a large number of people would consider triggering, and sometimes if I don't I'll put a warning. But I'm probably not going to be willing to tag a specific trigger. This is less "I don't care" than "Keeping track of everyone's triggers is more effort than I can manage in these trying times in which I can barely walk at the same time, much less chew gum."

[aqueerkettleofish]

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

To be clear, what happened was the hackers asked Meta AI to send password reset codes to their own email.

I am beyond astonished. This isn't just "the AI messed up". This is "we gave the AI the access to do things that humans should not be able to do."

[thememedaddy]

[aqueerkettleofish]

I am regularly assaulted by the memory of walking to the local convenience store with a dollar and getting a candy bar AND a soda.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I appreciate their trying to make this training more than just a lecture, but the idea of building the training into a series of space missions actually makes this NASA brat find the whole thing unsettling.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, talking about "Evangelizing" the concept is... not okay.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Nice art, but if the stars are moving like that, we're not heading to Jupiter. We're heading to Abigail.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, the people behind this training have never actually used the product in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I'm not sure the people who CREATED this have used it in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, if you're going to use "Uranus" in training, you've got to be careful how you enunciate it.

(It's actually not supposed to be pronounced like that, but the incorrect pronunciation is so common that they get a pass.)

[aqueerkettleofish]

I get the metaphor, but GPS require 4 satellites, not 3.

[aqueerkettleofish]

OH MY GOD SOMEONE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT AN OVER-RELIANCE ON METRICS IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO PRODUCTIVITY.

[aqueerkettleofish]

...and then they move on to say that THESE metrics are good. They're not.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I appreciate their trying to make this training more than just a lecture, but the idea of building the training into a series of space missions actually makes this NASA brat find the whole thing unsettling.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, talking about "Evangelizing" the concept is... not okay.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Nice art, but if the stars are moving like that, we're not heading to Jupiter. We're heading to Abigail.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, the people behind this training have never actually used the product in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I'm not sure the people who CREATED this have used it in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, if you're going to use "Uranus" in training, you've got to be careful how you enunciate it.

(It's actually not supposed to be pronounced like that, but the incorrect pronunciation is so common that they get a pass.)

[aqueerkettleofish]

I get the metaphor, but GPS require 4 satellites, not 3.

[aqueerkettleofish]

OH MY GOD SOMEONE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT AN OVER-RELIANCE ON METRICS IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO PRODUCTIVITY.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I appreciate their trying to make this training more than just a lecture, but the idea of building the training into a series of space missions actually makes this NASA brat find the whole thing unsettling.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, talking about "Evangelizing" the concept is... not okay.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Nice art, but if the stars are moving like that, we're not heading to Jupiter. We're heading to Abigail.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, the people behind this training have never actually used the product in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I'm not sure the people who CREATED this have used it in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, if you're going to use "Uranus" in training, you've got to be careful how you enunciate it.

(It's actually not supposed to be pronounced like that, but the incorrect pronunciation is so common that they get a pass.)

[aqueerkettleofish]

I get the metaphor, but GPS require 4 satellites, not 3.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I appreciate their trying to make this training more than just a lecture, but the idea of building the training into a series of space missions actually makes this NASA brat find the whole thing unsettling.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, talking about "Evangelizing" the concept is... not okay.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Nice art, but if the stars are moving like that, we're not heading to Jupiter. We're heading to Abigail.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, the people behind this training have never actually used the product in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I'm not sure the people who CREATED this have used it in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, if you're going to use "Uranus" in training, you've got to be careful how you enunciate it.

(It's actually not supposed to be pronounced like that, but the incorrect pronunciation is so common that they get a pass.)

[aqueerkettleofish]

I appreciate their trying to make this training more than just a lecture, but the idea of building the training into a series of space missions actually makes this NASA brat find the whole thing unsettling.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, talking about "Evangelizing" the concept is... not okay.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Nice art, but if the stars are moving like that, we're not heading to Jupiter. We're heading to Abigail.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, the people behind this training have never actually used the product in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I'm not sure the people who CREATED this have used it in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I appreciate their trying to make this training more than just a lecture, but the idea of building the training into a series of space missions actually makes this NASA brat find the whole thing unsettling.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, talking about "Evangelizing" the concept is... not okay.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Nice art, but if the stars are moving like that, we're not heading to Jupiter. We're heading to Abigail.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, the people behind this training have never actually used the product in a live environment.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I appreciate their trying to make this training more than just a lecture, but the idea of building the training into a series of space missions actually makes this NASA brat find the whole thing unsettling.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, talking about "Evangelizing" the concept is... not okay.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Nice art, but if the stars are moving like that, we're not heading to Jupiter. We're heading to Abigail.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I appreciate their trying to make this training more than just a lecture, but the idea of building the training into a series of space missions actually makes this NASA brat find the whole thing unsettling.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, talking about "Evangelizing" the concept is... not okay.

[aqueerkettleofish]

I appreciate their trying to make this training more than just a lecture, but the idea of building the training into a series of space missions actually makes this NASA brat find the whole thing unsettling.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, this is less about the content of the article than its headline.

133 Years Later, An Iconic Villain Is Finally Getting The Spotlight

Sherlock Holmes' nemesis will star in a new TV drama.

I would argue that Moriarty has gotten nothing BUT spotlight. The guy literally appeared once, and is referenced a few other times, but that's it. And yet, every adaptation ever made has dedicated more attention to the character than Doyle did.

[beardedmrbean]

[charlesoberonn]

[charlesoberonn]

The Y-Axis isn't that bad. Plus they have precise figures for every 2 years on the graph itself. This isn't a misleading graph.

[charlesoberonn]

The improvement is actually greater than this graph shows, since while house fires more than halved, the US population increased by 51% from 220 million to 332 million.

The number of house fires per 1000 people per year went from 3.289 to 1.023, a 69% reduction.

[enthusispastic]

nice.

[scienceshenanigans]

nice

[ruffboi-mags]

nice

[tinyyellowflowers-blog]

Peer review, this was also my experience

[cipheramnesia]

Honestly, lemme tell ya, being on fire isn't an easy thing to do or sustain.

[prismatic-bell]

I also cannot overstate how much better electrical systems are these days. The house I grew up in didn't have circuit breakers. Most of our wall outlets were for two-prong, not three-prong, until my dad replaced them. "Eh, I'll take a look...this ain't bad, just need the needlenose and some alligator clips" was a sentence I heard more than one Boomer-age parent say when what they should have been saying was "I'll call the electrician." There were a lot fewer wall outlets, so they tended to get overloaded easily.

Better electrical practices are also a huge part of this.

[aqueerkettleofish]

And then there was the ever-popular fix of "Don't have a fuse? Shove a penny in there and introduce multiple fire vectors while removing the safety functionality that a fuse provides."

[aqueerkettleofish]

#....you used pennies instead of fuses?!

To be clear, I didn't... I don't think I've actually lived in a house with a fusebox. But yeah, that was a stupid thing that people did.

[beardedmrbean]

[charlesoberonn]

[charlesoberonn]

The Y-Axis isn't that bad. Plus they have precise figures for every 2 years on the graph itself. This isn't a misleading graph.

[charlesoberonn]

The improvement is actually greater than this graph shows, since while house fires more than halved, the US population increased by 51% from 220 million to 332 million.

The number of house fires per 1000 people per year went from 3.289 to 1.023, a 69% reduction.

[enthusispastic]

nice.

[scienceshenanigans]

nice

[ruffboi-mags]

nice

[tinyyellowflowers-blog]

Peer review, this was also my experience

[cipheramnesia]

Honestly, lemme tell ya, being on fire isn't an easy thing to do or sustain.

[prismatic-bell]

I also cannot overstate how much better electrical systems are these days. The house I grew up in didn't have circuit breakers. Most of our wall outlets were for two-prong, not three-prong, until my dad replaced them. "Eh, I'll take a look...this ain't bad, just need the needlenose and some alligator clips" was a sentence I heard more than one Boomer-age parent say when what they should have been saying was "I'll call the electrician." There were a lot fewer wall outlets, so they tended to get overloaded easily.

Better electrical practices are also a huge part of this.

[aqueerkettleofish]

And then there was the ever-popular fix of "Don't have a fuse? Shove a penny in there and introduce multiple fire vectors while removing the safety functionality that a fuse provides."

[aqueerkettleofish]

Doing required training at work, and I am irritated by the reality of the need for active shooter training. At least this time there's a trigger warning; last time it used a real 911 call audio from someone calling by getting shot at and just DROPPED IT ON US.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Got through that, and now I'm being traumatized by very bad typos that shouldn't be in professional training.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Some of this cybersecurity stuff... it's like, yes, this is good advice, but... like... we should put this in a test during the employment interview, and if they needed to be told not to plug a USB they found on the ground into your work laptop, maybe you don't hire that fool.

[aqueerkettleofish]

"If you need further information, contact the help desk..." Motherfucker, I AM the help desk, and I don't have further information.

[aqueerkettleofish]

New record for "phrase intended to let the test-taker know this is the wrong option":

Let's do it! What's the worst that could happen?

[aqueerkettleofish]

I am sad that we need to have training now on the usage of GenAI, but I'm pleased that the training is actually pretty good. (Rather a lot of "Don't trust it with data. Don't trust what it tells you.")

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, but why is this tech guy wearing a hard hat and a hi-vis vest?

[aqueerkettleofish]

Oh, look, the portrayal of a conversation with IT. I *am* IT. Our office doesn't look like that.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Oh, look, the image of what seems to be a man is accompanied by text describing the person with she/her pronouns. Inclusiveness or sloppiness?

[aqueerkettleofish]

Doing required training at work, and I am irritated by the reality of the need for active shooter training. At least this time there's a trigger warning; last time it used a real 911 call audio from someone calling by getting shot at and just DROPPED IT ON US.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Got through that, and now I'm being traumatized by very bad typos that shouldn't be in professional training.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Some of this cybersecurity stuff... it's like, yes, this is good advice, but... like... we should put this in a test during the employment interview, and if they needed to be told not to plug a USB they found on the ground into your work laptop, maybe you don't hire that fool.

[aqueerkettleofish]

"If you need further information, contact the help desk..." Motherfucker, I AM the help desk, and I don't have further information.

[aqueerkettleofish]

New record for "phrase intended to let the test-taker know this is the wrong option":

Let's do it! What's the worst that could happen?

[aqueerkettleofish]

I am sad that we need to have training now on the usage of GenAI, but I'm pleased that the training is actually pretty good. (Rather a lot of "Don't trust it with data. Don't trust what it tells you.")

[aqueerkettleofish]

Okay, but why is this tech guy wearing a hard hat and a hi-vis vest?

[aqueerkettleofish]

Oh, look, the portrayal of a conversation with IT. I *am* IT. Our office doesn't look like that.