A post from the archive 
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A better vision for Central Ohio
https://www.poppastring.com/blog/a-better-vision-for-central-ohio
#musings #columbus
Just published 
: If LLMs Can Code, Why Are We Building More IDEs?
https://www.poppastring.com/blog/if-llms-can-code-why-are-we-building-more-ides
#software #musings
Sorry I've been gone for a while. I got sucked into "keyboard activism" on the facialRecognition Book I mean Facebook.
I got to get away from these "ItS a R3pUbLiC" step on me types who can't see the tech billionaire who leeches off of and distort progressive policies, saw an opportunity to a whole new market of people to manipulate under the guise they are "on your side" when at the end of the day, all the suffering is just for money.
How are all of you?
I'm used to people following me on Twitch while I'm live, but I'm seeing follows even when I'm not live, which is heartening 
it means my non-live efforts are worthwhile enough for people to seek out my Twitch account in hopes of catching lives at some point 
It's a strange kind of paradox when a small fandom or group starts that's pretty cool. People love it, there's a small feeling of like "It'd be awesome if more people knew about this, etc." And then when it becomes huge, the feelings immediately become "I miss the old days when this was a smaller, tight-knit community."
..and the boat captain said; "Of course I'll take you out on my boat to see the sharks Donald, you're my Chum", and Mr Trump was never heard from again...
... If this were a Superman Movie we were all living right now, the world would welcome ZOD's takeover of the whitehouse and collectively say "Thank God!", to which ZOD would correct them replying "ZOD" ...
Surprises are Culturally Normalized Violence
We are all intentional beings, we must exercise our agency to feel empowered in our own lives and to actualize our truest sense of self.
As intentional beings, when we meet each other out in the world, we must respect that we are co-creating this life by respecting each others choice and freedom to do as we will. To, by word or action, disallow or invalidate the choice of another being is to do violence to them.
When we plan a surprise for someone, we remove their ability to choose. We can get lost in our own feelings about the surprise, the look on their face when, how meaningful we think the gift will be to them (our to our self), thinking they will love this.
You may have no idea what traumas someone has or what triggers lie undiscovered, they may not even know themselves. You have no idea what landmines you may step on that will hurt them, which is probably not what you intend.
As a culture in the West, we normalize being grateful for gifts, being grateful for someone expending resources on your behalf, especially if you didn't ask for it. Your choice is removed by surprises because you were never even given the chance to say no, or even yes!
Spoil the surprise. 
Always ask if someone would like you to get them that thing or plan a special event for their occasion. Don't assume, a surprise is never about you, it's about the person you may hurt. 
Random FJ Musing:
If kids are rebellious and do the opposite of what their parents want, is a child of witches "naughty" and "rebellious" by...doing good things to people?
Feel like there's a story in there somewhere.
nuance is a meaningless word in today's world.
A post from the archive :
AI mistakes are very different from human mistakes
https://www.poppastring.com/blog/ai-mistakes-are-very-different-from-human-mistakes
#artificialintelligence #musings
Why am I not losing weight? I ate so sensibly yesterday… except for finishing the tub of ice cream right before bed. #musings
I couldn’t sleep, so I got on my soapbox and let some thoughts out.
#LGBTQI #Blogger #ContentCreator #Musings #SleeplessMusings
https://lifetoldbystaceyyy.wordpress.com/2025/03/27/writing-prompts-lets-talk-acceptance/
Since I am a neurodivergent who has read the Communist Manifesto, it genuinely baffles me that people assume that communism, in general, is this overly bad thing, when they haven’t looked into it, they just know Stalinism, which was never communism, just totalitarianism.
I’m not saying we should all become communists, but it’s far less detrimental than capitalism.
I so wanna... what? Dunno... I feel like there is something missing in my Universe
[witchzard]