Help me out, Internet. I saw someone talking about a cross-posting service a while back, maybe @pratik@writing.exchange? What is that service called? Thanks!
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Me just now: I think my boots don’t look as cool with the laces looser on the foot and tighter on the ankle.
Also me: Kimberly, you are a middle-aged school librarian. You don’t need to look cool.
Stepping away from timelines and replies for a little while, but still planning to share resources and blog. If you want to be sure I see what you have to say, every post on my website has a Reply by email button.
Sharing more resources to help you defend libraries. Kelly Jensen works so hard on the Book Riot Literary Activism newsletter. It is the best place I know of to get news about censorship. Sign up here.
π Read Please Don’t Use Generative AI To Mimic Historical Figures.
This is all kinds of a bad idea. The BlueSky thread linked in the post shares a conversation that makes me think the LLM wasn’t trained on Anne Frank’s writing, given its ignorance of the ethnic part of Jewish identity.
ππ¬ “Kill the protestors, arrest the leaders, gaol the journalists. It’s what they do. It’s what tyrants do.” K. J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence
Just… In case you were wondering whether romance tackles serious issues.
Information is my love language!
GLSEN is my go-to resource for LGBTQ+ issues in K-12 education.
The Trevor Project is a suicide prevention and crisis intervention program for LGBTQ+ young people.
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Your mind is valuable.
Your attention is an important part of your mind.
Stop treating it like slop.
Finished reading: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder π
This was a good book to read today, full of helpful ideas. Reading notes coming soon. Highly recommend.
Not everything I post on my personal site is getting pushed through to social media. If you want to learn how you can see all of it, I have a /follow page.