Heeeyyy Fedi!!! I have a question that I *know* a bunch of you are going to be able to answer. For the past couple decades I've wanted an electric guitar, but my ex always shot it down. So, now that I've escaped that abusive relationship, and with it nearing the holidays again, I've decided I'm going to finally get one. Last time I played guitar was in middleschool (and some bass in highschool), so I'm starting from scratch. My constraints: - 6 string electric guitar - under $200 - used/hand me down is great - pink would be awesome - probably right-handed (because that's what I learned on) Does anyone have a recommendation (or better yet, an old guitar near Seattle that could use the sweet, sweet love of a new owner?) I looked at Amazon (🤢) and found something that seems like it fits my needs, but I hate supporting them, *and* I have no idea if it's garbage or not. https://a.co/d/1Daaxxw #AskFedi #ElectricGuitar #Music #Recommendations #RepairReuseRecycle

Google's image-gen and editing apps *regularly* won't work on my photos if there's *any* hint of skin. Sometimes it will even reject editing simple (fully clothed) selfies of mine because it determines they're too risqué. I tried this photo numerous times, getting rejected over and over, until it finally accepted it. Same photo. Same edits. Different results. This reminds me of the research I did years ago on the racial, gender, and economic biases in the three main image-gen models (at the time). I showed statistically that each model associated women with domestic abuse victimhood, men with aggression & violence (specifically frat boys and Black men), racial minorities with poverty, and well-paid professions with white men. Now we're seeing more sexist bias in *AI tools* that are being put into commonly-used software. This makes me want to run tests on image edit rejection in Google Photos with variously femme and masc-presenting images in different states of undress. #Puritanical #Corporate #AI #BuiltInBias #Research