Whimsical is my middle name

she/her, it/its. Botanist and lichen knowledge holder. Also have major vampire special interest, and am disabled. Please ask me questions! I love answering questions!

[disastertransbian]

uhm that wasn't a magical girl transformation you just said "it's time to go puppy mode" and hit the bong like 8 times

[magicfriend1000000000000000]

was a normal girl tonight. talked with my words and everything. waited for my turn to speak. didnt bite anyone. hope they liked me.

[innerchildabortionclinic]

trauma dashboard

[sapphia]

your first commandment is stop being a tool for colonialism. your second commandment is join a union.

[w0nderland42]

i get that americans love their cultural imperialism, but it really does piss me off that june is “international” pride month just because something happened in the united states.

in aotearoa, june isn’t our pride, it’s theirs. marsha p johnson and sylvia rivera are their historical figures, not ours. the phrase that “you owe your rights to Black trans women” is true there, but here we owe our rights to (mostly) Māori historical figures. i have the freedoms i do because of the legacy of an entirely different set of people operating in an entirely different context at entirely different times.

But because of american cultural imperialism, most queer people in Aotearoa don’t even know our own queer history. Carmen Rupe, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, the Dorian Society, Gillian Laundon, Georgina Beyer, and the Wolfenden Association are some of our queer history. We should know their names! we should know what they did for us! but because of the power of the american imperial machine, we don’t.

our national pride month should be july, the month that the Homosexual Law Reform Act passed in 1986. our two largest cities hold their pride festivals in february and march, respectively. american queer history has very little (or nothing, depending on who you ask) to do with our queer history. anecdotally, from my own queries, queer youth in aotearoa know more about american queer history than our own.

anyway, happy pride, americans. i’m truly sorry that most of you don’t see the negative impact your nation’s culture has on the rest of the world. and to the rest of the world reading this, try searching for your own country and culture’s queer history, don’t accept the american narratives as your own. we deserve our own histories divorced from the cultural hegemony of the USA.

[rainbowgaez]

ok guys but imagine how hard it's gonna hit if something good ever happens again

[kinuko]

[flopstat]

who would win

gayle waters-waters

lestat de lioncourt

Voting ended onMar 16

[sunflowers-and-scales]

“this character did not act in the most objectively logical way possible!” is not ! actually valid literary criticism

[sunflowers-and-scales]

i have trust that the media literacy enjoyers will find this one idk

[acceptableduraz]

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 5 days 15 hours

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 5 days 16 hours

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 5 days 16 hours

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

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[mikkeneko]

thepioden

Reblogged imhereformysciencefriends

2h

odyver

13h

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive0.1%

under 18, AI is a net negative3.7%

18-29, AI is a net positive1%

18-29, AI is a net negative50%

30-45, AI is a net positive1.1%

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive0.1%

46-60, AI is a net negative3.2%

over 60, AI is a net postive<0.1%

over 60, AI is a net negative0.4%

19,681 votes • Remaining time: 6 days 10 hours

odyver

13h

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)15.6%

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)31.3%

Rarely (once every couple of years)13.7%

Never :(1.5%

17,250 votes • Remaining time: 6 days 10 hours

odyver

13h

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined<0.1%

under 18, less inclined3.5%

18-29, more inclined0.2%

18-29, less inclined50.9%

30-45, more inclined0.2%

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined<0.1%

46-60, less inclined3.2%

over 60, more inclined<0.1%

over 60, less inclined0.4%

17,318 votes • Remaining time: 6 days 10 hours

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

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#as a trained museum professional (nonpracticing):#there are usecases for large-model analytical AI in museum research#such as leveraging the frankly nonsensically large datasets in ex. natural history collections databases#but using generative AI for curation and exhibits is inimical to the spirit of the enterprise imo#pay designers#if you can't afford designers that is why god created grad students - via @thepioden

[dash-n-step]

the english language is truly a wonder

[scribeofpnakotis]

all hail william the werewolf, proto-enby

[wretchedly]

Diversity win! The werewolf in your village goes by þei

[aphel1on]

top tier character when "what is wrong with them" requires an answer that begins with "How much time do you have"

[bugshroom]

the biggest basket fungus i have ever seen

[priorwalterxxxii]

last day of pride month lets all look at this tweet im im love with again. happy Pride bitchh!

[manuciruja]

awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?

[manuciruja]

i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users

[smadsel]

would be remiss not to mention that the rainbow notably straight up just removed the trans flag colors from it. like they’re gone. it’s the progress flag minus the trans flag colors.

[smadsel]

that’s not the whole flag, now is it

[manuciruja]

hey staff what the fuck

[villainessbian]

hey staff don't you think you're being too on-the-nose

[shrodingers-catgirl]

HEY STAFF DONT YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING TOO ON-THE-NOSE

[manuciruja]

awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?

[manuciruja]

i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

"In the ADA, or your country's equivalent-" I'm sorry but it's only one step below assuming everyone is American to assume that every other country in the world has a relevant direct equivalent to the ADA