Siri / Jen / Buckets

@bucketsjen.bsky.social

she/her Fascists can fuck off.

“Props. 41 and 42 would both amend the state constitution to stop Prop. 40 … Building a Better California, a group bankrolled by Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other billionaires, has raised more than $156 million to support Props. 41 and 42 and more than $88 million to defeat Prop. 40.”

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 5h ago

“Voters should be careful when they get to Propositions 41 and 42 on the November ballot. They are not what they seem … they are really poison pills, an electoral bulwark that billionaires hope will stop a tax on their wealth. We recommend voters say no to both.”

✨ Guest Spotlight: Jade Griffin ✨ Best known for her Call of Cthulhu TTRPG adventures and The Journals of Lacy Anderson Moore! Lovecraftian horror writer and TTRPG adventure designer. See them at SNAFU Con 2026! snafucon.com/guests

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Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

Use of artificial intelligence
By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

✨ Guest Spotlight: Gavin Black ✨ Best known for his fantasy novels Crop Burner and Journey Through the Forgotten! Reno-based fantasy author, playwright, and writing workshop instructor. See them at SNAFU Con 2026! snafucon.com/guests

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you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

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Spooky Season approaches! If you want to start getting into the mood, I highly recommend picking up this little collection of #horror shorts. Only $1 minimum on itchio (though I always suggest throwing in a few extra dollars if possible to support #indie authors doing cool shit). #booksky

Sylver W. Poulsen 🏳️‍⚧️@poulsens.eurosky.social · 4mo ago

I just released a series of horror shorts, all set in the same universe, called The Agency Of Whispers. It is 1$ but once I hit 50% on my Ko-Fi goal, I will set it to free. Itchio: sylverwpoulsen.itch.io/the-agency-o... Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/b225842862 #Booksky 🏳️‍🌈💙📚📢

The cover for The Agency Of Whispers.
It is a black background with a pair of yellow glowing eyes, a chin and nose lit from behind and a set of red lips covered by a finger shushing you.
The title is across the face, with Whispers being in a disappearing font.