A lot of people don't know this, but when you brush a cat, you are legally required to show them the wad of cat hair that came off of them and tell them "this is enough for another whole cat"

write the book you want to read because you will have to read it over and over and over when revising

I feel attacked #booksky

When you (an editor or a critique partner or a classmate) comment on someone's writing, you can absolutely deal them a disabling injury if you're thoughtless about it. I'm not saying anyone should be dishonest or refrain from pointing out issues. I'm saying

Well that's shitty of them

mimi smartypants@mimismartypants.bsky.social · 4w ago

I volunteer sometimes at a food bank warehouse, sorting donations from grocery stores. On Monday's shift there were huge boxes of bagged salad, most with the literal Taylor Farms brand name. Dear grocery stores: don't make a charity compost your diarrhea salad! Do it yourself! Thanks!

Seen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take

i had no idea this would become so literal

You're going to get left behind if you don't use Al." Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long- form, and books without needing Al summaries.

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Accursed Dirt Beast 🔞@aftermoles.bsky.social · last mo.

If anyone is getting smacked with this - just use deer.social or another alternate client. Bsky is just an AT Protocol Client, and your Bsky account is an AT Protocol account - you can use your same Bsky account thru another AT Protocol Client, no migration or loss necessary. Could not be easier.

One of my Writing Discord Servers is launching an e-zine! We selected a GROWTH theme for the first one, so if you're tired of all the doom and gloom, come write with us! 🪴

Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We don't usually post on weekends, but when we do it's because we've got a BIG EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT like this one about our BIG EXCITING E-ZINE weeknightwriters.com... #WeeknightWriters

Been thinking about this the last ... couple days? ... since the "simplify your writing" posts began being bandied. It being early into the morning and I not being able to sleep, you're all about to get unfiltered 'tism stream of consciousness. But we've been heading here a while. 1/?

Krista D Ball is Canada's Snarky Potato@kristadb1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"You people are pissing me off" I'm twelve seconds in and I'm already locked in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbhk...

Hi, I’m selling these stickers and will donate 100% of sales to legal fees and bail funds for the Prairieland defendents. I will be sure to post reciepts! $4 each, DM to order, and please help me spread the word!

you have the power to play as a god to your own universe and story and you want to put it in the hands of a fascist slop machine? lmao get the fuck outta here!

Corey Jae White 🏳️‍⚧️@coreyjwhite.com · 2mo ago

It's theft, it's wrecking the environment, it's lazy, it's insulting to everyone involved (including yourself!), but the main reason I'd never use AI for story writing (or planning, or anything else), is that I just enjoy writing too much. The act of it. The struggle. Knowing when you pulled it off.

Uhhh... Wtf is going on in the meth lab downstairs?

Ryan Estrada@ryanestrada.com · 2mo ago

A cartoonist named Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada was tried as a terrorist and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having anti-Trump comics in his car. Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.

To everyone who helped bring the Obama Presidential Center to life, thank you. Michelle and I are so grateful for all your dedication and hard work over the years. I got a little teary-eyed tonight thinking about my mother-in-law, Marian Robinson.

Last and least, FWIW, my current AI policy for students. Subject to revision. Recommendations welcome.

Everyone shut up I finally got a video of Jyn doing her cartoon snoring thing

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english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework

Patrick Wyman@patrickwyman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You know who isn't getting radicalized? Guys who do ships in a bottle. Embrace model-building and avoid the pitfalls of right-wing extremism

Today Microsoft moved all its GitHub copilot subscribers to token-based billing. If you want to see what happens when people have to pay the actual costs of AI, the day is finally here. It's obvious that every customer sees the deep, meaningful value and isn't angry at all.

happy *quiet, chill* pride

PSA: Bluesky's new auto-tagging moderation stuff is a disaster. Disable it. Go into Settings on the Bluesky site and enable adult content and set everything to Warn at most, which makes posts opt-in. Hide just vanishes posts. Then go into Advanced/Bluesky Mod Service and do the same on everything.

Bsky is apparently gonna start flagging whole accounts as nsfw soon so if you don't already know about your moderation settings, highly suggest switching nsfw from Hide to Warn; otherwise many creators will completely vanish from your timeline when they roll this out.

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

Arraigned marriages are alive and well. Oh, whoops, I misspelled Arranged there. Whoops!

JackInPNW@jackinpnw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Nothing to see here, just the son of the President marrying the daughter of the accountant of a notorious child sex trafficker who was best friends with the groom's father. Oh, wait, you didn't know Junior's current new wife is the daughter of Jeffrey Epstein's accountant?

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

Chris Morran@themorrancave.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A US-born woman born was confronted by sheriff deputies in Louisiana who were convinced her ID and social security card were fakes. They turned her over to ICE, who shackled her & took her an hour away. Even after a lawyer convinced ICE of the woman's citizenship the sheriff says they did no wrong