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Rivqa Rafael

@rivqa.bsky.social
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I used to be a writer like you, then I took a psychology PhD to the knee Queer, neurodivergent, antizionist Jewish psychologist and lapsed writer/editor on unceded Gadigal/Wangal land. Views my own. Pronouns: she/her/king. linktr.ee/rivqarafael

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Rivqa Rafael @rivqa.bsky.social · 13h
One of the more inconsequential impacts of AI on me personally is a real reluctance to share any creative work. I've been getting into photography recently but do I want to post any of my pictures? What's the point of art that isn't shared, though?
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 14h
Delightful also to hear real eagle noises. In movies eagles are always dubbed with hawks, since hawks found fierce and eagles sound like adorable squeakers.
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Rivqa Rafael @rivqa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This month's fundraiser closes tomorrow. Ibtissam's leg is thankfully healing well, but Jana just burned her leg while cooking for the family, and I'm worried about infection in the conditions where the family is living. Please chip in and/or share if you can.
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Rivqa Rafael @rivqa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't want to alarm anyone but we're getting close to the end of the month and this campaign still has a way to go
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"If LLMs were a toy, they’d be taken off the shelves. If LLMs were a drug, they would be banned." And Zitron argues the end-of-humanity stuff is as overblown as more or less every other AI company promise, which ... scans, actually
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/09/2026
SUGGESTIONS: - Stop making the same mistake repeatedly - Please www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
News headline about a monarch hosting AI executives amid rising threat concerns, accompanied by a close-up portrait of an elderly man in a suit smiling at a public event.Guardian news page headline reports fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber Cop30 delegations; accompanying photo shows three power-station smokestacks releasing smoke into an orange sky with a small airplane silhouette.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“You can’t “communication skill” your way out of a housing shortage” ~ @drmarcususg on TikTok
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What is consciousness? What is sentience? These are philosophical question that have been asked since the dawn of time. How lucky we are to live in a time where 7 people in Northern California realised the answer is “being able to predict the most statistically significant next word in a sentence”
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K (she/her/dr) @kkinsf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm reading this as now people have to worry if their therapist is wearing an apple watch. I wouldn't want it to summarize what I said to any clinician treating me so I assume my patients won't want that either, at least not without their explicit consent! Ripe for inadvertent HIPAA violations.
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The first two bullet points in the first screenshot seem to contradict each other. The audio "flows into a protected buffer" but isn't recorded? What's flowing, then?
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 08/09/2026
I missed this while I was off socials:
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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ahem. *gets up to podium* I have a book. You can buy it from me. It’s really good. Very good book. Lots of words. Short stories inspired by Palestinian folklore. Queer, and many people say the words are beautiful. Please buy. soniasulaiman.com/product/mune...
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Muneera and the Moon: Stories Inspired by Palestinian Folklore
There was…and there was not. In these stories inspired by Palestinian folklore, a daughter of darkness, a djinn, pours out her soul to the moon. Time travelers discover that the battle of Meg…
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S.L.Johnson @sljohnson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Sydney (and Australia) writer peeps: we're trying our hand at putting on a con for speculative fiction writers. Tickets will be live soon. scribes.com.au/consyderation/ Please share.
Fantasy background with the following information on top: Sydney Speculative Scribes and Westwords present Consyderation, a collision of the speculative and the literary. 11-13 September 2026, Old Government House, Parramatta. https://scribes.com.au/consyderationImage of Siang Lu on a black background with grey buildings. Text reads: Consyd Guest of Honour: Siang Lu. Miles Franklin Award-winning author of Ghost Cities.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 07/09/2026
["Hey, it looks like you're waiting for ideal conditions to do that thing you've been wanting to do. Need I remind you that ideal conditions do not exist and will never happen? - I'm aware - Wow, rude" inside a yellow speech bubble pointing to the Microsoft Office Assistant, Clippy.]
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Rivqa Rafael @rivqa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Some of you know that I'm part of a collective fundraising for a growing of families in Gaza. Last month was the poorest response we've had in a while, but it's a new month now and that means a new PayPal pool link. Please donate and/or share if you can. www.paypal.com/pools/c/9shoYR4NHi
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To Gaza with Love
We are a collective based in and around Gadigal land, raising money for 6-8 families in Gaza. Over the last 12-18 months, each of us has formed strong relationships with each of 'our' families - we c...
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Describing his views as "anti-immigrant" is pretty mild IMO.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
VACCINES CAUSE ADULTS
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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JULY 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's June's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...
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Some Queer Short SFF - June 2026 | Charles Payseur
Hi all! I’m still a mess in general but the show continues, this month with works from June—and there are quite a few, thanks in large part
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Capt. Eden Jackson 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Vtuber @queerbuccaneer.gay · 27/08/2026
Hey yo any trans folks who wanna learn some Graphic Design basics of me up. I can't find you work, but I can teach you the basics and point you in the right direction.
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Robin Rimbaud - Scanner @scannerdot.com · 27/08/2026
Farewell today to the high priestess of polka dots, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026). Her work was unforgettable and for her, a means to survival. It’s playful, psychedelic, compulsive, beautiful and slightly unsettling all at once. Into infinity and beyond Yayoi! 🔴🟡⚫️
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Current patient consent requirements and procedures are “not fit for purpose” for the artificial intelligence juggernaut now arriving in healthcare, a national conference on AI issues in radiation and radiation oncology has heard
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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Sandy Parsons @zazzeaux.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here!
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Rivqa Rafael @rivqa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Frogstomp by silverchair, but I'm of an age where cassette is more significant (Everything Changes by Take That)
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Michelle Manus @michellemanus.com · 15/08/2026
This thread up and down. There is no "perfect" victim, and so much of how readers respond to certain portrayals, insisting they're "wrong", is a perpetuation of that perfect victim myth that is so harmful to all those who have experienced SA and respond differently than people believe they should.
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Katie (the other one) @kayfabegamergirl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thinking, as I often do, about this tumblr post
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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
please enjoy my post featuring a bunch of tools to navigate the age of AI! 👉 because the machine must break (true empowerment in the age of AI tools) - www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/bec... anti-AI tools, AI protection, and data pois*ning projects. there's so much! #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieWeb
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because the machine must break (true empowerment in the age of AI tools)
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Gin Valentine @chekhovsgundam.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Everything was beautiful and nothing fit
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Rivqa Rafael @rivqa.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This gut punch in poem form (and Bogi's other excellent posts) are more than worth a few bucks
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026
I'm going to keep saying this until it's rote practice: If you are in official connection with let alone in charge of an archive of data, if is your professional & moral responsibility to secure that archive, as a backup or otherwise, against just such an emergency, so we're not Hoping some kid did.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Major COVID study that fueled vaccine skepticism retracted over 'misinformation' www.scientificamerican.com/article/majo...
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Major COVID study that fueled vaccine skepticism retracted over ‘misinformation’
This study was originally published in 2024 and was criticized as being misleading by other scientists at the time
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Tansy Rayner Roberts @tansyrr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If you love my cozy fantasy Regency Teacup Magic series, the latest book in the series is out this week! Pre-order Saucers & Sorcery before Saturday and I'll send you a bonus story scene about Basil the hedgehog! mailchi.mp/tansyrr/sauc...
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Your bad art is better than AI slop.
four frame comic. first frame shows a typical AI poster that says : All chatgpt flyers look the same, especially with this font! the text above it reads : I won't go to your event if the poster was made by AI. second frame shows a still frame from a Hank Green youtube video. text above reads : I won't read your post or email and I won't watch your video if they were made with AI. third frame shows an AI restaurant poster of burgers and chicken in a window. text reads : I won't patronize your shop  or restaurant if it is advertised with AI. last frame shows an MS paint window with badly written : Your bad art is better than AI slop. text reads : if you can't take the time or make the effort to interact with me yourself, then why should I do it?
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The TikTok girlies are referring to Amanda Palmer as “steampunk Ghislaine Maxwell” and damn
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout
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Rivqa Rafael @rivqa.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
'You can't get [this condition] in [that body part]' while Googling same
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liz duck-chong @lizduckchong.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The survey closes this weekend! If you haven’t filled it out yet, we’d love to hear from you ☺️
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 06/08/2026
Well.
“And people did this, just like you, you and me. These people did not come from another planet. [...] They were human beings, just like us. And it was not Hitler who arrested me, not Goering, not Goebbels. The grocer, the janitor, the tailor, the shoemaker, the baker, they suddenly got a uniform, a swastika armband, and there they were, the master race”
― Karl Stojka
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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Google Docs leaks private information - www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/c...
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From the IndieDev community on Reddit: A player found out the ACTUAL name of my game's upcoming character from the Google Search AI - I had never told the name to anyone.
Explore this post and more from the IndieDev community
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Rivqa Rafael @rivqa.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Has anyone made a 'maybe the real horror' joke about this newsletter business or
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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
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+ All the people who are anti-Al or want to slow Al progress, I have one question:
If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other
Al tool?
Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
Would you actually be willing to give it up?
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Sorry to harp on this, but these CEOs keep bringing up the idea of a "public square" and I don't think they've ever been to a public square. I don't have the right to talk to anyone in a real-life public square! People get to tell me to go away.
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Rivqa Rafael @rivqa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Literally used to me until I got off my high horse and had supportive friends to help me learn how to have fun
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
really cool to see the guardian get in on hater week
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/07/2026
The major problem with this breezily depoliticised headspace is that it is specifically the speed, scale and geographic concentration of data centre demand growth that tends to make it specifically consume fossil fuels over renewable energy
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For those worried about the climate impacts
of data centers and Al. how that electricity is
generated arguably matters more than how
much it uses.
A query sewed by a data center on a coal-
dominated grid will have a much larger impact
than one running on a renewables- or nuclear-
heavy one.
How the growth of Al affects emissions
depends not just on its energy efficiency and
demand. but also on how clean the grids are
that supply it
— nannah Ritchie
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L*ed by 2.23:S
O What dæs the data say üut Al
i_æ?— more
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