Matthew D. Berkshier

@berkshierwrites.com

Writer of speculative fiction (usually horror) and poetry (usually blank verse). NO A.I.! 🚫🤖 https://berkshierwrites.com

Taking part in the #ArtRepostJuly challenge hosted by @whistberry.bsky.social The theme for Day #30 is #black&white so have an apt one I made about how much I despise "AI" 😈🎨🦇

Ink and marker Illustration of a bunch of people being inserted into a machine that grinds them up and spits out AI "art." The machine has the following levels written on the grinder: "Study" "Practice" "Inspiration" "Emotion" "Blood" "Sweat" "Tears" and "Luck"
⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie)@stinasdemons.com · 7d ago

Taking part in the #ArtRepostJuly challenge hosted by @whistberry.bsky.social but I forgot yesterday's The theme for Day #29 was #environment and I have no idea Here's some mushrooms hanging out in their environment 😆 😈🎨🦇

I'm seeing a lot of tweets to the effect of "a college degree is not about making money" which seem to be missing the necessary follow-up, "which means that the cost of college degrees shouldn't be borne by the individual"

A proposed rule fueled by Trump’s conspiracy theories would require the USPS to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—and give them the power to hold those ballots hostage. Urge them to say NO and help protect voting by mail: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...

Don’t Let Trump Sabotage Vote by Mail!

In a new proposed rule, the USPS would be required to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—as well as the power to stop those ballots from being delivered. Urge them to ...

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As a writer who initially unlisted their book early in their writing career--due to sheer embarrassment after realizing how bad it was because it was never edited--this is 100% MORE embarrassing than any mistake I could POSSIBLY make. Please, for the love of all that is holy, stop using this shit!

The interior of an A.I. slop-generated children's alphabet learning book, in which we learn that "A" stands for "tree," "C" stands for "Horse," "S" stands for "monkey," and so on.