Auston Habershaw
@aahabershaw.bsky.social
Science Fiction/Fantasy author and English professor; shorts in Analog, F&SF, BCS, and elsewhere. Author of The Saga of the Redeemed and If Wishes Were Retail and also Faceless Galaxy; website aahabershaw.com Repped by @awfulagent.bsky.social He/Him
The hype cycle and inflated claims about AI this autumn are getting so bizarre that I feel it's only a matter of time before they out-gonzo the opening of the 1992 SF novel "Steel Beach", by John Varley: "In five years, the penis will be obsolete," said the salesman.
Every Single AI Dude: this machine gun I'm building sure is gonna kill lots of people! Everyone else: Stop building it! AI Dude (inserting magazine): there really should be guardrails! Everyone: JUST STOP! AI Dude (chambering round): this is inevitable!
If you can't cope with the garish aesthetic of kid stuff, it may be that having kids is not for you.
Mollz (ballz)@dopestatistics.bsky.social · yesterdayNO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO
Everywhere I go, everywhere I look, I see 20-something yo guys with *terrible* haircuts. Just absolute dogshit. I'm...I'm getting old, aren't I?
Look what I got! (Coming March 2027! Pre-orders now!) #mysterybooks #fantasybooks #inherexquisiteclutches
btw they do this so they don’t have to hire back the same crew on a raise 🤙 (speaking from experience)
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 3d agoA new report from Luminate has found that long gaps between seasons of streaming TV shows are leading to major losses in viewership. More than a 1 year gap is seen to largely cause a significant loss in viewership. (Source: luminatedata.com/reports/2026...)
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In Her Exquisite Clutches - Tachyon Publications
Every dragon needs a man on the inside. An art-collecting dragon— Angharad Stoneweaver—and a reformed delinquent—Sam Braun—team up to solve a seemingly unsolvable museum heist. Will they crack the cas...
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In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.
Not knowing what to do with the Muppet Show is kind of like not knowing what to do with water when you're stuck in the desert. Or maybe not knowing what to do with your partner's lips after a date. I'm sorry you're cripplingly stupid. Please don't make that my problem.
I realize variety shows aren't really a thing anymore. However, a variety show is exactly what people who will watch The Muppet Show are looking for. Don't complicate it.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 3d agoThere are currently no active conversations for a full ‘MUPPET SHOW’ series revival. Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on. (Source: Deadline)
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
Our autonomous vehicles don’t make human mistakes. Instead, they make errors that only a machine could make, like confusing a cyclist for an open roadway, or mixing up a pedestrian for an open roadway, or making a small oopsie and thinking that playing children are an open roadway." buff.ly/Ivzrldi
Our Self-Driving Cars Will Save Countless Lives, But They Will Kill Some of You First
“There’s going to be a couple years where cars are rocketing into highway embankments at seventy miles per hour due to completely impossible-to-predict event...
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Ummm...point of order? First Silicon Valley has to stop *behaving* like their political enemies. Which is why Democrats are treating them that way. They have accurately understood their behavior to be hostile to democracy and, honestly, human life at large.
CalMatters@calmatters.org · 4d agoOpinion | Democrats have lost Silicon Valley. Here's what it will take to win it back If Democrats want to become the party of the future again, they need to stop treating the people building the future like political enemies.
john fetterman is the first rat in history to climb onto a sinking ship.
I keep coming back to Biden's bad debate performance, which was largely down to a halting speech pattern even though what he said made sense substantively. OTOH Trump can say whatever batshit crazy stuff he wants & the press never bats an eye (in part) because he says it confidently.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoQ: Do you expect negotiations with Iran to restart? TRUMP: Ahhhhhh. We're not looking for it. This war with end immediately after our election.
"Hey, gang - I work for Skeletor, and he DEFINITELY knows the key to Grayskull's power! ALL KNEEL TO SKELETOR!" ... "What, NO! I'm not *with* Skeletor anymore. Why do you ask?"
Hey there, hey there - I got a book coming out in March! It's about a DRAGON who solves CRIMES and also does not want to GO OUT or TALK TO PEOPLE. So she's got a little guy who does it for her while she stays home with all her stuff. Pre-order IN HER EXQUISITE CLUTCHES now!
In Her Exquisite Clutches - Tachyon Publications
Every dragon needs a man on the inside. An art-collecting dragon— Angharad Stoneweaver—and a reformed delinquent—Sam Braun—team up to solve a seemingly unsolvable museum heist. Will they crack the cas...
tachyonpublications.com
Imagine being so famous that your driveway caving in is international news. Poor bastard. That's gonna cost him a mint. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Malibu residents evacuate after massive, expanding sinkhole opens at Nicolas Cage's house
Evacuation orders were issued for 31 Malibu homes due to a massive and expanding sinkhole in the driveway of Nicolas Cage's property.
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The thing is, even within the lifespan of the mainstream internet, things used to work a LOT more smoothly That was one of the huge arguments FOR mainstreaming the internet Now nothing is smooth. It’s crammed full of monetized barriers between user & task to boost stats & keep eyeballs locked in
Catherynne M. Valente@catvalente.bsky.social · 4d agoI think about this essay a lot. About the low-level stress & aggravation literally everything is now designed to incite & maintain. What this constant emotional histamine response to our digital-logistical environment does to us, how it degrades our days. www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
Never. It knows nothing. It is nothing. It exists only to create fraud and decrease critical thought.
Adrian Ogden@ade-on-drums.bsky.social · 5d agoRT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
I worked as the "front desk clerk" for a shady bed & breakfast which I am pretty sure was a front for a illegal rooming house/slumlord operation. I fought a rat for a towel at this job (I won).
SarahJSloat@sjane.bsky.social · 6d agoHappy labor day (USA). What's one of the oddest paid job you've had? Mine was probably as a reader for a medical professor at Rutgers, whose eyes were failing. I read him many academic texts, as well as Samuel Butler's "The Way of All Flesh."
I really hope Will Forte got paid extra for Coyote Vs Acme because he had to carry just about every scene on his goddamned *back.* Playing opposite a mute cartoon? Hard mode, guys.
My kid's elementary school started using an app to facilitate dismissal and, as should surprise no one, it is now much, much worse.
Yeah, this tracks. (I *do* pronounce my "r"s, though)
Mia Tsai says buy her books@itsamia.bsky.social · last wk.As said before, I'm from the Nortj but I stay in the South.
New England was being New England with it's full chest this morning
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buy @aahabershaw.bsky.social's book! tachyonpublications.com/product/in-h...
In Her Exquisite Clutches - Tachyon Publications
Every dragon needs a man on the inside. An art-collecting dragon— Angharad Stoneweaver—and a reformed delinquent—Sam Braun—team up to solve a seemingly unsolvable museum heist. Will they crack the cas...
tachyonpublications.com
