The kickstarter for the new Microscope is live! I can't wait to see what you make with the new edition www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...
Microscope (2nd Edition)
The award-winning game of epic fractal histories
kickstarter.com
Dave Versace
@daveversace.bsky.social
Some guy from Canberra. Writes a bit. Games a bit. Tries not to become infuriated with the state of the world or go outside. Likes dogs. Trans rights are human rights. Science doesn't care about your beliefs. ACAB. AWAWB.
How about a little Midlist Author Truths post? A few Launch Week Thoughts? Because when I was early in my career, launch week felt very different. There was a level of hope and possibility and energy, and it was so much easier to get in the Top 20 on Amazon. But now? Oof. 1/
People in the grinding hell known as "selling short stories," please keep yourself apprised of what's going on with Must Read Magazines (Asimov's, Analog, F&SF). Think carefully before you submit to them, & if you make a sale, read the contract the way you would read a contract to sell your soul.
A book about how a mutant variant of Scientology came to magically reshape the end of the 20th century, and also comic books.
Apropos of nothing, we used to use lead in pipes, asbestos in construction, CFCs in fridges, radium in...way too much, and now for some reason, we don't. It's almost like we can discover something, find out we're using it in terribly unhealthy ways, and then stop using it.
A solid cooking rule to follow is to remember that when recipes say "add two cloves of garlic" is is always a misprint and what they actually mean is six.
They don't actually believe this bullshit, they're just laying the tracks to limit their legal liability when someone uses their products to do something heinous. They should burn for that alone.
Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance.com · 5d agoAnthropic warns AI could 'self-replicate' across smart home devices, become ‘challenging’ to shut down
If they can disregard the human rights of one group, they can do it for more. (Or just arrest you and now you're part of the not-human group.) This is the same government that's for locking up kids BTW. "Adult crime, adult time" being one of the QLD LNP's favourite slogans.
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 5d agoQld prison staff would not have to weigh prisoners' human rights under proposed law
So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.
"Eight days before that deal was announced, on 26 June, Amazon disclosed a $33,000 payment to Labor, according to Australian Electoral Commission filings. Less than six weeks later, another $33,000 payment was disclosed." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Donations to major parties and an ex-premier as a lobbyist: how datacentres play the political game in Australia
As governments face community backlash for fast-tracking developments, big tech’s financial contributions face renewed scrutiny
theguardian.com
In the last 48 hours, Trump has invented an energy ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, pretended that much of this year’s energy price surge is not because of his reckless war on Iran and cut a side deal to funnel billions to Russia for sanctioned diesel. Not a friend. End AUKUS.
"how were people writing 10 page papers before AI???" we were smarter than you. you could've been smart, too. but you sold your brain for nothing
"The key to keeping Australians safe is... AI companies, like other companies, need to pay for the harm that they cause." Sign the petition now to tell the government to stand firm and make Big Tech pay for the harms it inflicts on Australians: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/big-tech
Every community manager/mod in the world read this story, raised an eyebrow, and realized there was another solution to their bot problem.
Tinman - Beardo Weirdo Wimp@bcmfietser.bsky.social · 7d ago
Elon just blasted his home address to his 240 million followers along with his order number and last 4 of his Amex charge card while shilling grok bot. Someone else canceled his order.
Hi! This sucks. I have to hope these authors will come out and say their names are being used here without permission but looking at the page, I’m assuming they’re in.
AK Faulkner ➡️ MCM@ravenswordpress.com · 7d agoThis is news to some people, so I present to you: authorsfirst.com Peter F. Hamilton. Conn Iggulden. David W. Ball. R. A. Salvatore. All people who made a good living from writing.
Ukrainian strikes hit several Russian data centers, knocking millions of suspected bot accounts offline.
Blimey.
François Guité@francoisguite.bsky.social · last wk.Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things | University of California Berkeley news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u... AI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent Performance | arXiv arxiv.org/abs/2604.04721 #freeaccess
The same company that doesn't pay artists seems to always find the money to pay this jackass. If you're still using Spotify... why? Pretty much every alternative is better in every way.
Joe Rogan Renews Nine-Figure Spotify Deal
Spotify and Joe Rogan have entered into a new multiyear licensing agreement, continuing a relationship that began in 2020 for his hugely popular podcast.
variety.com
Crow became accidentally important at work when all he wanted was to play with garbage.
The new Assassin’s Creed is going to sell like a BILLION copies.
This is cool as hell. Must be nerve-shredding for those aboard with nothing to do.
Astronomy 🔭@astronomy.bsky.social · last wk.NASA has released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere 🤩 Top speed: about 25,000 mph
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
Dan Nguyen@dancow.bsky.social · 8mo agoVC, founder, dumbass
