Notices by Lili Saintcrow (lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com), page 7

...I cannot adequately express my disgust for this nonsense. Ugh. https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-will-now-use-content-from-wired-vogue-and-the-new-yorker-in-chatgpts-responses-193057432.html

Oh, hell, this book wants ANOTHER outline I'll throw away the moment it decides to take a left turn.

The Muse is punishing me for something. I haven't the faintest clue *what*, mind you, but I know when I'm being poked at.

"It is a wonder that the archaeological establishment were fooled for so long by Billy & Charley, when their pseudo-medieval designs include Arabic dates that were not used in Europe before the fifteenth century." https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/08/10/billy-charleys-shadwell-shams-i/

@cstross “People ask why I keep a hammer next to the printer, which is old enough to buy its own cigarettes and lacks wifi. Except for hackers and techies--they don't ask, they look, nod, and know I mean business.”

Morning Walk Report: Another cloudy-cool day. Boxnoggin nervous at slamming car doors, jumpy when the crows swung close to politely inquire about peanuts, needing lots of reassurance. Birch trees soaking up sprinkler water. Summer roses trembling on the edge of blown.

Proof pages corrected and scheduled for sendoff, I think you guys are going to like this little romance.

...now I look at my inbox and weep afresh. Miles to go before I sleep, as Frost would have it.

"The technology that was at this time last year being somberly touted as so powerful that it posed an existential threat to humanity is now worrying investors because it is apparently incapable of generating passable marketing emails reliably enough." https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-great-degeneration-is-this-the

It's such a relief to have candidates who aren't appealing to fascists' nonexistent "better natures". Such a relief to feel like multiple ongoing moral injuries might be at least acknowledged, if not treated.

I keep wanting to pinch myself after peeking at the news.

I might be playing D&D again, and this pleases me.

*is hopeful*

May we all dance naked around a bonfire in celebration! (Or go to bed early, depending on individual preference.)

"I shouldn't have been 39 weeks pregnant, open heart surgery and then next week birthing another one, and then two years later, birthing another one while there's still another surgery..." https://people.com/former-tradwife-reveals-ugliness-behind-scenes-of-lifestyle-exclusive-8685399

Later in the article, there's a particularly telling quote. "When you're pouring into that person, you don't get anything back...They just keep taking."

This is what "tradwife" influencers are selling. It's a fantasy built on the broken bodies of exploited women.

"But what Nieder says his research suggests is that, in the 320 million years since birds and primates split, each has developed different brain structures, but those differently composed brains have developed similar cognitive capabilities." https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-crows-are-so-smart-they-re-challenging-what-we-know-about-evolution

Morning Walk Report: Boxnoggin working off stress from yesterday's storm, feral rabbits EVERYWHERE, marvelous cloud cover and coolness, echinacea flowers and something like chrysanthemums in full bloom.

Today's run went smoothly, though not without intense effort. Park deserted save for one other runner (mutual chin-tips), sidewalks populated only by runners as well save for the one lady with a toddler in a stroller, a baby carrier strapped to her chest, and two golden retrievers.

I salute her.

For the Saturday evening crowd: If you're into portal fantasies, MOON'S KNIGHT is $.99USD in ebook this weekend. https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/the-books/moons-knight/

I can't mention this book without the "gratuitous swearing" review, which TO THIS DAY tickles me pink.

"In our testing, TechCrunch discovered that the USPS website shared the postal address of a logged-in USPS Informed Delivery customer with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap." https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/18/usps-shared-customer-postal-addresses-with-meta-linkedin-and-snap/

Right. It's been fun, but I've got a hot date with a cavalry detachment moving through broken country and then planning a (fictional! FICTIONAL!) bank heist, so off I go.

Morning Walk Report: Boxnoggin thrilled at cutting through a deserted park, an army of crows pursuing what seemed to be a an owl (poor thing was out far too late), sprinklers chugging away, small early fallen plums wrinkling as they dry on the sidewalk.