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I am so thrilled right now. One of the SkyKnit test-knitters sent me a dishcloth she knitted from a neural network generated pattern called "diamond diamonds". It is amazing to hold an artifact like this in my own hands. Up close I can see all the weird organic asymmetries that the SkyKnit folks say are so mind bending.
Thank you so much, SylviaTX!

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so some undergrad just approached me with a survey on smartphone behaviors. from the demographic info at the end:

q: and are you male or female?
a: [smiles] good question
q: fair enough, would you like to pick one?
a: [grins] i definitely would not
q: ok, the next question is: would you consider yourself "extremely feminine," "average feminine," "gender neutral," "average masculine," or "extremely masculine"?
a: [right away] average feminine
[to self:] new D&D alignment chart acquired

English could really do with having clusivity in its first person plural pronouns

I re-watched Arrival for the first time since I saw it in theaters, and yeah it's still one of the best films I've ever seen.

I'm increasingly starting to think that "justice" might be a fake idea.

"Reciprocity" and "exchange" are two different concepts, and I think capitalism has poisoned us to think of the former in terms of the latter.

TFW cleaning your desk is an archaeological dig of unopened mail.

today I learned that HSPICE ("the 'gold standard' for accurate circuit simulation," which I use every day) was developed by Ashawna Hailey, who was trans, and her twin brother Kim. they went on to deliver the first 8080 clone for AMD.

#representationmatters

New #linguistic thing I heard from a teenager at the seder: "I think I've just been atted at," in response to shade being thrown

I'm often so-so about proclaming myself as trans; that word in combination with my queer+masc presentation can sorta give the wrong idea about my story. Today, though, I'm here to remind folks that trans includes many different paths and approaches, and they're all valid.

beep boop playing WKTD for the express purpose of getting a screenshot for an essay.

Coffeeshop is now playing "Personal Jesus" and I really hope that was a seasonal choice.

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