I was planning to review an academic book but the ai generated cover makes me doubt the books contents and the integrity of the academic

Kiki got a haircut

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

I made my fandom severance spell sheet a little clearer. Please use or share it; it works cosy-witch-book-brutal.neocities.org/fandomsevera...

The vampire lestat has finally made it to the UK and i really love that I have to turn up the volume when people are speaking and then quickly turn it back down for the music. Truly immersive

Aca-Urban-Horror-Colleagues I need 2 abstracts for a Companion on Urban Horror - Backrooms as a symptom/product/experience of the Urban. -Satanism and the City. At this stage just a 300 word abstract is needed. If interested contact me at: baconetti@gmail.com

Aca-Cryptid-Colleagues I need one more essay by end October for the Contagion & Cryptids collection on a “real world” cryptid (Mothman, Bigfoot, Jersey Devil, Slenderman etc) that also has a contagious nature to it. If interested contact me at: baconetti@gmail.com

Nan worked in a factory and gramp worked in a steel mill. G-gramp was a miner, I don't know what my G-gran was on paper but she was a respected medium in the area and everyone remembers her baking. I know she baked and decorated wedding cakes but I don't know in what capacity

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · last wk.

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

Deeply embarrassing. Shame shame shame

☀︎☆| ruined by tlovm@sunshue.bsky.social · 2w ago

citing chatgpt for a character design and eren yeager is a choice???

If a book with numerous glaring inaccuracies can win a prize then maybe I should stop being such a baby and look into publishing my PhD

A book on manga history that was so full of errors and false claims that I felt like I had to write a blog post about it to warn people got nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Academic Work. Truly post-truth society 🤷‍♂️ eikeexner.com/2025/11/26/n...

Early Manga Historiography, the Importance of Consulting Primary Sources, and the Limits of Peer Review

There’s a new book on manga history, Manga’s First Century: Creators and Fans Make Japanese Comics, 1905–1989, written by Andrea Horbinski and published by the University of California Press.…

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Dr Doom the Relentless, is it

Call for Chapters: Femininities in Video Games Edited by Dr Stephanie Harkin (RMIT University) & Heather Blakey (University of Western Australia) Palgrave Macmillan femininityinvideogames.my.canva.site

Just popping in for BTS and then merrily going on my way

I understand why people are some kind of angry about the half time show but some of us have been trapped in a non stop weeks long world cup nightmare and deserve a little BTS as a treat

Congratulations Akira Yoshida-san for moving back to his home country, Japan, where he will be representing Marvels line of Asian originals! 🥳 /s Comics please (never) change 🥳

Matthew Dow Smith@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

Whoa. www.marvel.com/articles/com...

Lol. Lmao, even

The Adventure Zone: Story and Song Graphic Novel is out in bookstores everywhere today! I'm so excited for you to get to read it!! We would never have made it this far without all of the time and attention and care you've given TAZGN over the years. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Pretending like I didn't have it preordered

Seven Seas Entertainment@sevenseasentertainment.com · 3w ago

AFTER THE DISABLED GOD OF WAR BECAME MY CONCUBINE (NOVEL) Vol. 3 A strange thesis becomes one professor’s new reality in this hit transmigration #danmei novel! #SevenSeasDanmei Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section: sevenseasentertainment.com/books/after-...

Went to see MCR on the weekend and put some colours on my face for a change

Aca-Neo-Victorian-Crime-Colleagues We have an emergency for an abstract on a South American perspective on Neo-Victorian Crime for a Companion on Neo-Victorian Crime. If it's of interest message me or drop me a line asap at: baconetti@gmail.com

We are happy to announce the dates for the 2027 edition of the Death, Dying & Disposal conference! We are still looking to expand our organizational team. Feel free to reach out to us by emailing Emma (emma.moormann@uantwerpen.be)

Just popping in to let you know that the Mr Freeze sour tip tops absolutely slap

witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

I am just so very sad at the moment

Making myself sad by having imaginary arguments over made up situations in my head ✌🏻

I went to buy a cheapo fountain pen just so see how it felt to write with and I ended up with a nib holder and a fancy bottle of ink

THE FIRST TEN PAGES PROGRAMME! Are you a BIPOC aspiring author searching for feedback on the first ten pages of your novel? The BFS is offering members anonymous feedback from industry professionals. The submission portal will be available soon for works of speculative fiction!

Look, it's the cyber version of that senior male academic in your department!

Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

Call for Papers! Death and grief in Nordic childhoods #booksky #academsky tidsskriftetbarn.no/index.php/ba...

Call for papers: Death and grief in Nordic childhoods | Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden

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