Emmie ⚔️

Happy International Women’s Day 🫶💕
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And for the lady, perhaps audiobooks that support indie bookstores instead of mega corporations doing questionable things.

a close up of a cat yawning with its mouth wide open . Alt: a close up of a cat screaming

Ugh, I'm in the worst reading slump and going quickly through the hollanov books did not make it easier to pick up some fantasy. I tried to listen to some other dumb hockey romance books but I hate most of the narrators for them.

Uh-oh! Worst person you know learned therapy words

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“And what kind of king would Camelot want?” 🏰⚔️🐉 #merlinbbc

Rereading one of my favorite romances since Mass Effect knocked me out of my normal reading schedule. It's been a good year of re-reads so far.

I cried for like three hours straight last night, realized I didn't have any more of my migraine prevention meds when I took my pills, and then woke up with a migraine.

I've learned nothing from all of this, just so you know.

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

If you see this, post a knight

ONE DAY HE WILL BE DAMMIT.

Everyone in the 2100s will be gay and in space and I love that for them.

I only know 2B is her name bc she's an emote on twitch 😂 Never played them

Of course you're a 2B enjoyer

I just did my first male shep playthrough of Mass Effect trilogy and am in dire need of some gay (or lesbian) space stories ASAP to fill the void.

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...

Article: The political effects of X’s feed algorithm Abstract: Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects1. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk’s platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users’ feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X’s algorithm has persistent effects on users’ current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

Figure 2. ITT estimates of feed-setting changes on engagement and political attitudes. ITT effect estimates of switching the algorithm on and off (in s.d.). Left, effect of moving from the chronological to the algorithmic feed for users initially on the chronological feed. Right, effect of moving in the opposite direction for users initially on the algorithmic feed. For each outcome, the results of two specifications are reported. Blue, unconditional estimates with robust s.e., controlling only for the initial feed setting and, where applicable, pre-treatment outcome levels. Orange: conditional estimates, controlling for pre-treatment covariates using GRFs; 90% and 95% CIs are reported. Numerical effect sizes and P values correspond to the conditional estimates (all tests are two-sided). The unit of observation is respondent. From top to bottom, sample sizes are n = 4,965, n = 3,337, n = 4,965, n = 4,965, n = 4,596, n = 4,596 and n = 4,850. Tests are described in Methods. Supplementary Information Table 2.16 reports the exact numerical point estimates, s.e., CIs and sample sizes for every specification. All outcomes are standardized. Additional results are presented in Supplementary Information section 2. PCA, first principal component from principal component analysis.

X's algorithm is in fact doing what you think it's doing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I keep hearing that the Epstein files are so big if we held everyone accountable everything would collapse. And no it wouldn’t. These rich guys don’t do any actual work. They aren’t actually important or useful they are just rich.

Her music videos are really fun and Taste is probably one of my favorites for sure!

You right, you right. I suppose the correct way for me to say that is that I personally would never approach relationships like that or put up with that kind of bullshit just to be with a dude, but some women certainly do and some definitely play mind games for sure.

A lot of her songs aren't really pro feminism, but dammit they are catchy. Like Good Graces is super fucked up from a healthy relationship standpoint, but it's so fun to sing along!

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

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In celebration of Black History Month we're highlighting the lives & legacies of great Black Americans. Today we celebrate librarian, author, literacy advocate, and the new host of Reading Rainbow, Mychal Threets. Also, Happy Birthday Mychal! 🥳 www.ala.org/news/2025/12... @mychal3ts.bsky.social 📖💕

I NEED EVERYONE TO STOP HOLDING THEIR BODY IMAGE TO A STANDARD SET BY MEN WHO ARE ATTRACTED TO TEENAGERS.

I’ve literally been saying this since I was a teenager:

we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

yooooo let's gooooo

Man do I miss Mom right now.

this happened to me too 😆

AAA executives:
“If this game doesn’t sell 12,000,000,0000,000 copies in 7 seconds everyone is fired”

Indie developers:
“I have sold 30 copies of the game, this means I can finally afford cheese”