🔗 memes, grant writing, rumicat

Happy Saturday! I figured out that I can bulk-open my synced tabs from my phone to my computer, which makes putting these posts together just a little bit easier. Huzzah!

On Dreamwidth

osteophage created some site logos (SVG format) for fandom-friendly websites, including Dreamwidth, Squidgeworld and AO3!

vampiremedia is hosting a friending meme!

journalsandplanners put up this 12 question meme for stationery fans that’s been going around a bit over here.

Art, Music, etc.

Grant Writing For Creatives runs the first Monday of each month and is hosted online via Zoom.

A fun game that reminds me of happy early web days: Pointer Pointer.

MIT campus radio station WMBR has an online stream for those looking for more online radio options.

BIPOC in Fiber is a “BIPOC-led initiative celebrating Black, Indigenous and People of Colour working in the fibre industry” and they have a huge directory of people and businesses.

For Site Owners

rumicat is a new newsletter service for small lists, free for (idk exactly) a small amount of subs, and then only $4.99/month for up to 5k subscribers. They have a Substack importer you can use if you want to switch over. And if you’re on a desktop when you visit, check out the cat’s eyes!

Here’s an anti-AI robot list to put in your site’s .htaccess file, if you don’t want them to be able to crawl your website.

If you’re a big Trekkie, you’ll probably want this free Star Trek website template! (Dreamwidth peeps: someone else made a version for us, too!)

Cherokee, Osage, and the Indigenous North American Type Collection: “After five years of community-partnered research with First Nations and Inuit communities in Canada and the United States, Typotheque is proud to announce the release of new Cherokee and Osage script fonts. Accompanying these is the Indigenous North American Type Collection, a large set of fonts that support the Indigenous communities in North America and their unique writing systems, in terms of digital access, use, and local typographic needs.” (via ysabetwordsmith)

AI is Bullshit

I Am An AI Hater:

To speak politely about AI, you put disclaimers before criticism: of course I’m not against it entirely; perhaps in a few years when; maybe for other purposes, but. You are supposed to debate how and when it should be used. You are supposed to take for granted that it must be useful somewhere, to someone, for something, eventually. People who are rich and smart and respected are saying so, and it would be arrogant to disagree with such people.

But I am a hater, which is a kind of integrity. It means I am willing to disagree with anyone, even if it is rude. “But I only use it to–” “Actually if you just—” “The new models–” “I was making fun–” Stop. You’re embarrassing yourself. I am embarrassed for you.