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Beware of people saying those opposed to AI use in art & writing are gatekeepers. The true gatekeepers wait for the world to buy into their products. And once we do, they will gatekeep like hell! For more on why I don't use AI, check out this essay I published last year in @apexmag.bsky.social. 6/
"Why I Don't Write with Generative AI" by Jason Sanford
These words aren’t about the tech companies worth billions of dollars or how they created generative AI models by pirating the works of artists and writers without permission or payment. These words a...
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I’m Sarah, I write sort of introspective unsettling cuddly horror. My bestie says I wrap you up in a blanket and give you a mug of tea next to the fire and then tell a story that leaves you staring bleakly into the abyss. But at least you have tea? I loved Mexican Gothic and What Moves the Dead
Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 14h agoWelcome to Horror Writers Chat. It’s time to explore the past. Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed. (Horror set in the past.)
I rarely figure out much of a character’s past until I’ve started writing the story or book. I love getting to know my characters while I’m writing, so if I flesh them out too much before I get started, I lose interest! I’d rather dive in and sort things out later. It’s messy but fun!
Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 14h agoEven fictional characters have a past. Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters? Share an example.
This is what horror (and other) writers are angry about today. It’s gross for so many reasons, not least because the author is shilling an AI writing coach app.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · yesterdayThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
Listening to Someone You Can Build A Nest In this morning (by @wiswell.bsky.social ) whilst doing chores and enjoying it very much. One of my favorite bits: Homily: “Can we not talk about that right now?” Shesheshen: “Yes. I love not talking.” Me too, girl. Me too 🧙♀️
When I did my semester abroad in England, the English usually thought I was one of them. I honestly couldn’t help it. When my mom talks to my aunt who lives in Tennessee, she’ll pick up my aunt’s accent, and then I’ll pick it up from my mom. It takes hard concentration for me NOT to do it 😭
Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2w agoPeople are making fun of AOC for having a slight southern accent while speaking in Memphis but they clearly don’t know the pain of habitually and unconsciously imitating the speaking style of the people around you
Hard to miss what I've never used. And this dude is, as usual, conflating the things Machine Learning can do (and better than people) with GenAI, which pretends to do what machines can't, i.e. think, and reason.
Another instance of trans people being right and transphobes being wrong.
Transphobes Can't Read@lordaslan.bsky.social · yesterdaywow really
*grabs megaphone* *blasts this onto every set* *blasts this into every classroom* *blasts this at every actor I ever dated*
regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸@ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · yesterdayanya taylor-joy says women don't method act because we have things to take care of and can't lose our minds or be assholes
Today is the only day you can experience Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” on the day it is set. Audio: archive.org/details/brad... PDF: thephilosopher.net/bredberi/wp-...
Gah. I tried to upload Monster Mixer to Drivethrurpg but I can’t because I have a community content account, I guess, so I can’t publish my own. (I made content for V:tM ages ago that still sells.) Should I make a second account, then? Or just leave it on itch.io and not even fuss with DTRPG? 🤷🏻♀️
"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 3d agoEvery now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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ICE IS KILLING PEOPLE IN THE SHADOWS. Prisciliano Trejo Ricano begged for a doctor. He became the 50th person to die in ICE custody. Anne Frank wasn’t shot; she died of neglect in a camp. ICE uses the same playbook: murder by medical neglect. ICE DETENTION CENTERS ARE DEATH CAMPS.
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The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven
Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly
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Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 3d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
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ok lets try this again: i need side character names for the Hellraiser project i'm working on. if you want to donate your name to the cause, reply to or quote this with your best Hellraiser fanart or cosplay!
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.
never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.
The Republican Party has gone full mask-off Nazi; meanwhile the media narrative being pushed 24/7 is “ahhh! Democrats are being taken over by socialist radicals!!” and their terrifying examples are Miss Rachel, a doctor who wants you to have healthcare, and the friendliest mayor in American history.
hammancheez@hammancheez.bsky.social · 5d agoParty that spent the last decade grooming and funding and encouraging blind nazi ideologues to run for office and government positions : uh oh
