Politics and Prejudice

 In a time when blind hatred and prejudice are too present in our government and nation, I used @resist.bot to ask my #Pennsylvania Reps and @governor.pa.gov to fight against ethnic intimidation! 

Please SUPPORT 

SB1024-1029 from PA Senator Jay Costa to protect civil rights, prevent ethnic intimidation, and better train law enforcement. 

And HB1902-1905 in PA, which also will reduce ethnic intimidation and better train our people. 

Equality, equity, and justice for all! Long live liberty and freedom.

DHS Operation Midway Blitz is a DISGRACE. 

SHAME on the entire United States for allowing such horrific treatment of living beings! Especially children and the elderly. 

Heads should be hung in disgrace. 

This should NOT be who we are as a society. This misbehavior must not be tolerated. No developed nation should consider such actions permissible.

Favorite Written by me #IWSG

 

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Lake Wallenpaupack is in Pennsylvania. 

"Lake Wallenpaupack received its name from the Lenni-Lenape Native Americans who called the area's central creek "Walinkpapeek" or "Wallinkpaupeek," a name that means "the stream of swift and slow water". The name was then applied to the valley and subsequently the large reservoir created by a dam on the Wallenpaupack Creek in the 1920s."

(🗣 Wall In Paul Pack )

"It's a large, man-made reservoir in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania, known for its extensive recreational opportunities including boating, fishing, swimming, and hiking. The 5,700-acre lake, created in 1926 for hydroelectric power and flood control, offers over 52 miles of shoreline and is a popular tourist destination."

"The former town that now lies under Lake Wallenpaupack in Pennsylvania is Wilsonville. This community, named after Judge James Wilson, was submerged in the early 1920s when Pennsylvania Power & Light (PP&L) built the dam to create the hydroelectric lake, relocating residents and clearing the land for the project."

This is one of my favorite writings because it made my mom so happy to see it. Sure, she appreciated the poems I had published over the years, and was always supportive. But she really loved this little piece. Showed it to everyone. 

Freedom of Speech matters to Authors

 https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1G7tcMwsQV/

Freedom of Speech is fragile and precious. There is a threat to writers, poets, artists ... A famous comedian gets serious about it in this short speech video. 

https://bsky.app/profile/newfie912.bsky.social/post/3lzhessvns222 A meme post fighting book censorship. 

"Ohhh myyy" check out the chair of banned books week! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CvhhScagR/

Bovine Land in the USA

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/175C3yFEXX/

AI Bad for Health

 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1B8kkyRd74/

This is American. 

It's a video of AOC discussing how AI is determining if humans get health care. 

Seriously. 

IWSG -- Em Dash and AI

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Two AI writer discussions appeared in my Facebook feed:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19bRo5drrz/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BWs4nY5EW/

So I guess using an Em Dash — means I am a robot. 🤖 (In html — is how to make it appear.) 

Is this related to the question? I don't use any of the stuff listed. I don't want AI to write for me, or to steal works of fellow writers. I'd like it to make chores easier, to assist with health care (assist, not take over, not be a primary), and tasks like that. 

Two pictures 📸 from my birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 

A journal and purple pens! 

I'm grateful I was able to celebrate with friends and family this year. And I'm thankful for the memories. 

IWSG unethical practice in the publishing industry

 

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Upon looking up examples, this seems to primarily be an issue for non-fiction writers, particularly with research papers. But plagiarism was mentioned. That, I guess. 

Honestly, I thought the examples would be about how certain genres seem mostly dominated by gender (scifi= male authors, romance = female authors). But that didn't come up at all in my search. 🤷‍♀️ Feels true though. 

My friend had a big writing achievement recently. I'd like to celebrate that. Woo Nathalie! Her fictional story takes place in Ancient Egypt (she's an expert), and I'm excited to read it one day.