Because it apparently needs to be said: I have never fucking used the AI/LLM/chatbot/plagiarism machine and I never fucking will. If you use it, I think you're a bad person.
Ricky Manning
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TV (mostly sci-fi) writer/producer (Farscape, ST:TNG, &c.); consultant; instructor @ UCLA Extension & ifs filmschule köln. WGA+WGC. He/his. Avatar by Arne Ratermanis.
Downplay a book or movie: Green Card Kane The Man Who Knew A Little The Brisk and the Bothered
Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 6d agoDownplay a book or movie: "Reasonable Expectations"
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Ricky Manning@froonium.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
BARRY MANILOW: 🎵 His name was Jonah He had a bonah 🎵
jordan@jordantyranny.bsky.social · last wk.The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days.
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Thorne Identity@thorneidentity.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
He’s my governor & I do not want him as President. I have been saying this for 5+ years.
Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio)@kleinman.bsky.social · last wk.Gavin Newsom would be great as the 2028 nominee if you want to spend the entire campaign defending his personal life www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Happy birthday to Noma Dumezweni! Who plays the best sci-fi co-lead ever: the intrepid galactic explorer, Dr Mensah, Madame President! Mensah from #murderbot - the only TV show I know with a mature black woman co-lead 🥰💖✨I can’t wait for season 2! She’s a delight! Thank you Noma & @marthawells.com
Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12
Transphobes are uniformly trash and we don't need to pretend otherwise. It isn't complicated.
People who choose AI as their creative output: - hate people and having to work with them - are all hat and no cattle, which is to say, they have "ideas" but don't want to even learn the work to implement them - hate the craft itself, and care only about content, about product, about "end results"
This is why I won’t read your Substack, people.
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3w agoAnd as a commenter welcomes, guess who just welcomed Andrew Tate onboard? Yep, Substack.
If you're in the UK, go buy this book. If you're not in the UK, go to the UK, buy two copies, and bring me one, thanks!
Chris Chibnall@chrischibnall.bsky.social · last mo.A body in the pool complex, a holiday village locked down over the summer solstice, as DS Nicola Bridge and DC Harry Ward must deal with hundreds of potential suspects among guests and staff alike… #TheParkwoodMurders is out on 16 July. Preorder here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-par...
One thing I’ve noticed is that people who primarily tell others what to do are impressed by AI. The people who actually do the things are not impressed by AI. Gee, wonder why that might be.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3w agoGeorge Lucas Goes To The Dark Side, Says AI Is 'The Future' https://kotaku.com/george-lucas-artificial-intelligence-ai-museum-art-2000715801
It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.
Charles de Lint is a scab, pass it on. Writers, we do not do this shit. We stand with our fellow creative laborers and we hold the fucking line.
Evan May@gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 3w agoCharles de Lint has responded to the questions about his AI cover on FB. It boils down to "while it's bad the tool was created through theft, I'm still using it" which is ... not great. If artists are not going to stand with other artists, no one will. Highly disappointing.
Seconding all of this, every bleedin' word.
javier grillo-marxuach@okbjgm.bsky.social · 4w agolots of new people on my feed because of yesterday's jeremiad... and i feel some duty to give a little bit of a pep talk, because, yeah, i get it, that shit's kinda dire, so buckle up, here's the part where i tell you why it's worth it to deal with all the slings and arrows...
BULLET POINTS •No comment •I didn't do it •I wouldn't do it •I did it but she wanted it •Okay ALL of them wanted it •If I did, it's not an important issue •I will do better •This is orchestrated by my enemies •I'm a distraction & I shall spend more time with my wife & family •No comment.
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Reupping, mostly for @clairewillett.bsky.social
Ricky Manning@froonium.bsky.social · 9mo agoI'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again
If you haven't read the thread, READ THE THREAD; you'll enjoy it! And then support democracy! and Claire!
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · last mo.good morning, Team Schism! if you enjoyed this thread, might you also enjoy supporting democracy by making me read JD Vance’s shit-ass book and joining me for a Zoom where I scream about it? $75 live hang with Q&A www.32auctions.com/organization... $25 recording www.32auctions.com/organization...
Terrific! but "Pritzker Stinks On Ice" was RIGHT THERE
BlueCollarJazz@domguan.bsky.social · last mo.Good afternoon from the ICE facility at Broadview, Illinois, where protesters are preparing for their weekly Saturday demonstration. Passing cars coming off I-290 are greeted by protesters with megaphones. Sign: “PRITZKER IS WEAK ON ICE”
Longshot posting here but: I'm looking to sell my Star Trek: Las Vegas Copper ticket Trying to save money because of my injury and medical bills and don't have a trip to Vegas in me Can my fellow nerdy Trekkies please reshare and help me recoop some money?
Kurt Vonnegut: In my book I drew an asshole as a cautionary tale Anthropic: At long last, we have created the Vonnegut Asshole
Micah Lee@micahflee.com · last mo.I know this has been pointed out many times by many people but I just want to reiterate: Anthropic is basically using Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole as the Claude logo
Hey: wanna vote in the Logies (even if it's the first time ever) for best factual show: Lorin Clarke's ingenious doco on her dad: 'Not Only But Also John Clarke'. Yeah you do. Go here: ab.co/VoteLogies2026, it's the 2nd category.
"Something just brushed past my leg!" — Luke Skywalker, #StarWars Image credit: tempestkc on Threads #LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #USA
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and— I said look. Look with your eyes! Oh now you’ve gone and touched it. The paint is peeling. My beautiful paint! I’ll have to call my pool guy back. Vandal! Antifa! I said look And despair Nothing but the algae remains.