Eli Donovan
@elidonovanwriter.bsky.social
Author of adventurous SFF, usually with kissing. Hopeful romantic. Dino geek. https://linktr.ee/writerelidonovan
I'm just gonna say: it somewhat baffles me that people who are understandably skeptical of opaque LLMs as legitimate sources of information will suddenly go full on "the computer KNOWS" when they are using opaque tools to "detect" AI. The computer does not know.
Susanna Kearsley@susannakearsley.bsky.social · yesterday❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”
The first finalist is Time Traitors by @elidonovanwriter.bsky.social, a tale of dinosaurs, poachers and a broken time machine. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSL63L7S
I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
CNN@cnn.com · 7mo agoThe world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. https://cnn.it/4qxGTNX
Our community lost so many of its elders... the very people who battled and paid with their lives to bring us the rights and freedoms we have today... and it's painful for me to witness the disrespect, and even disdain, that the young LGBTQ+ folk have for the elders that remain.
The Amnesty report JKR doesn't want people to see. Download, distribute
kirakira High Cheers!!@kiraisgr8.bsky.social · 5d agoarchive.org/search?tab=a... right here in document search! archive.org/details/repo... or here for the doc itself i believe websites can self exclude from the wayback machine, which the archive respects in general, which is probably what they did
Artists/writers/creators in NYC - please feel free to sign the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social coalition's letter calling for a two year moratorium on "A.i." in the public schools! We're up to about 650 signatures - would love to get this over 1000! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Artists for an AI Moratorium in NYC Schools
NYC Artists, Writers, and Creatives Call for a Moratorium on AI in Public Schools CLICK HERE TO SIGN Dear Mayor Mamdani, As writers, musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, photographers, actors, di...
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Anyone doing any kind of Harry Potter promotion in 2026 has looked at the options and deliberately chosen evil.
I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.
Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · last wk.Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
This is probably silly, but every now and then I stop and look at things like viaducts, shopping carts, chickens eating corn, or cats rolling there and back in sunlight and think how incredibly unlikely all of this is in the grand scheme of things. We could've been a barren ball of rock.
Looking for someone to take a hotel room #DragonCon off our hands. It's in the Omni Atlanta at Centennial Park, and since Alyc and I aren't going after all, we'd love to transfer this to someone who will use it. Any takers?
Editorial cartoon: Schrodinger's McConnell. With thanks to @neolithicsheep.bsky.social for alerting me to this phrase :)
Never let someone tell you that you must excuse owning enslaved people or participating in killing Native people because someone was "of their time". Silas Soule was of the same time.
Patrick McCray@patrickmccray.bsky.social · 2w agoRemembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S...
A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work with the same urgency and ruthlessness to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w agoTikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. (Published 2022)
the guy who is jamming in the background in the last bit is my favorite person today
Warhammer Dan@jacketdan.bsky.social · 2w agoDudes rock
The ACLU has put together a know your rights guide for people within 100 miles of a border. If you are in that swath of land, please take a look at this and learn your actual rights. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless sto...
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This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.
punkitt ‼️🧣@punkitt.bsky.social · 12mo agomucho texto i know but i wanted to write a lil thing about how u can treat yourself nice!!
There's a lot of stuff Biden did wrong, but I never once went to bed/ woke up wondering if he'd declared economic/ actual war on random countries. I slept a lot better.
The Volatile Mermaid@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · last mo.I miss the great American tradition of not thinking about the president constantly.
DO NOT DO THIS. Congressional software literally checks if you're in the district or not. If you're not in the district/state, you're clogging up lines. If you want to help, as someone you know who lives in those states to call.
Sally Deal - 📞 Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 ⏰24/7!@sallydeal4.bsky.social · last wk.I was able to leave a message for Sen John Cornyn, but not for Thom Tillis. If you're unsuccessful via phone, please do try their websites & contact them that way. Your comments won't carry the same weight as if you lived in their state, but it's worth a shot. 3/4 www.tillis.senate.gov/email-me
being a billionaire and on the internet all day is crazy to me. if i had even five million dollars, you would not find me online whatsoever.
The Odyssey cost $250 million to make. Guess who got a tax break worth more than 30x that last year? Amazon—after firing 30,000 workers.
"This is a fun romp, full of romance, time travel, action, betrayal, secrets, quickening heartbeats, and even some kissing. You don’t have to work very hard to get me interested in a humans-in-the-Campanian story, and this delivered on the premise..." 😁
veronicascottauthor@veronicascott.bsky.social · 2w agoPretty great review for TIME TRAITORS by @elidonovanwriter.bsky.social from Dave Dobson of the SPSFC#5 team! Book available wide. davedobsonbooks.com/spsfc5-semif...
If anyone would like to see a short video of a baby Armadillo having a drink of milk, this is your lucky day.
I’d like to make it clear for all the people following me what the sheer gravity of the news is. Without this facility we can’t ensure constant communication with spacecraft beyond Earth orbit. If this facility is off-line, the Artemis program cannot send a crew to the Moon.
Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila
Circe: I have revealed your true nature! A mindless beast. Me: So, I'm a deer now? Circe: Yes! A base creature of- Me: -So I don't have to worry about the existential human contdition? I can kind of just wander & eat grass all day? Circe: I mean, yes. As a punishment. Me: *Already frolicking*
My room temp and correct take on tipping is that if you make a comfortable living you tip servers always and you tip them well because who the fuck do you think you are
