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nicole

Today’s fast-breaker was lunch at Staropolska, a Polish restaurant recommended to me by a friend and fellow food tourist.

My eyes were bigger than my stomach: I barely conquered a single potato pancake before I fell over in defeat. The sour rye soup was fantastic as well.

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Also, I really miss Chibi. Can’t wait for return snuggles on Saturday.

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nicole

The hardest part about being in Chicago has been _being_ in Chicago. The alone parts, in particular.

I haven’t travelled very much since coming out. And when I do, I surround myself with the people who love me most. (There is no better armor) Being out and about in strange environs by myself (or even just with workmates) is about as far from my comfort zone as can be.

It’s probably good for me.

Too bad I’ll be spending the rest of this trip locked up inside, writing performance reviews. 😝

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Trans Selfie; Wonderful Top 

I feel like my face has been all manner of bloated, swollen, and inflamed since arriving in Chicago (lack of sleep; salty food; alcohol), but there have also been moments where I felt pretty good about how I’m presenting. Walking around Logan Square yesterday was one of them. (I really love this knit mesh buttoned top. It’s one of the few I’m comfortable wearing without also wearing jacket)

The scale in this morning’s airbnb, though …. 😂 I guess I _lived_ yesterday. 💕

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Deep Space 90210

Jadzia: If you die at work does all your unused vacation time spill out like a loot drop?

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Out of Print Archive

Review for Space Channel 5 on Dreamcast from DC-UK 15 - November 2000 (UK)

you can download this issue in full here:
outofprintarchive.com/catalogu

#retrogaming
#Sega #Dreamcast

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Revival at Dove’s Luncheonette.

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PaulWay

I love how so much of the AI debate is on things like:

* Will AI take people's jobs?
* Will AI destroy creativity?
* Will AI take over the world?
* Will AI be used to make people poorer?

And not:

* Will corporations that use AI get rid of people's jobs?
* Will corporations that use AI destroy creativity?
* Will corporations that use AI try to take over the world?
* Will corporations that use AI make people poorer?

Because these LLMs and machine learning systems and so forth aren't just wandering around randomly out there - they're owned by corporations. The corporations are the ones putting them to use. The executives that run those corporations are the ones making the decisions to pay people less, to increase their profits, to make creative people act as subeditors for LLMs.

It's the corporations, and the ethics-free systems that govern them, that cause these things. They're the ones pushing to have more AI.

The rest of us would be happy just having a bit more humanity in the world.

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Lambdachro

Le thermocats

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nicole

Sigh.

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Marcin ✌️:blobSmileSweating:

@nicole And it's never too late to learn ☝️

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Forty-five birthday candles this year. I might regret how many decades it took for me to come out of the closet were it not for the fact that I never believed it could happen at all. 🎂

😇 Forever an opsimath. 😇

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Killy 🧙‍♀️ Witches 🎃

okay so I said before that despite having no trans characters and, as far as I know, no trans creatives working on it, #Silo is the absolute TRANSIEST thing I’ve seen this year. and this week’s episode took it to… TRANSIESTEST? wow.

I love it so much.

I’m ready to go Clean.

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nicole

Back in Chicago for the first time since 2015. I’m here to host a team meetup, but also to visit with friends I haven’t seen since my last visit, and, therefore, haven’t ever really seen _me_. 🫥

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james

My favourite trans conference, Summer Games Done Quick, is on for the next week.

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nicole

Trying to figure out the posing in this photo. Like, what was the photographer going for exactly?

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Trans Selfie 

Last week, when we launched Pocket 8 on iOS, I had the opportunity to wear a suit for the first time in a decade, and an EYE PATCH. (A tradition for Pocket releases; also, I have a stye).

Now I just want to wear this combo all of the time. 🥰

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Laura Lis Scott

#bellhooks
#queer

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Jillian Hurley

I have been asked to stop using the word MANSPLAINING.

It probably is time to be more politically correct.

In the future I will be using the clinical diagnosis CORRECTILE DYSFUNCTION.

You’re welcome.

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I’ve been homeless before, but never homeless like these people. I can’t even imagine.

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