It's important to understand the distinction between plot and story. I put it like this: Plot is what happens, story is why you care about what happens. And story is always explored through characters. If all you do is get a summary of the plot you've missed the entire point of the book.

There are basically two types of AI users: (1) "I delegated all my thinking to the AI, I assume that's for the best." (2) "After 350 hours of coding I finally have a decent self-evolving harness loop that forces the model to actually follow the instructions in my prompt. It works 53% of the time."

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

I don’t even MTG but everything about this is so funny

Shivam Bhatt@shivambhatt.bsky.social · 3d ago

This weekend between Tactics Memoriam’s rule sections I wrote up a little gay pirate romance within the world of the TTRPG Want to make sure I scare away any bigotry in case the whole “trans affirming grid-based SRPG” concept isn’t immediately clear from jump

#TacticsOgre Ravness Loxaerion

Automatically numbered threads and the ability to turn off reposts for people you’re following are genuinely appreciated features, points to this app today

v1.130 is live! Want to follow someone for their posts but not their reposts? Now you can — turn on "Hide reposts in feeds" for any account you follow.

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Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 4d ago

RECALL: Taylor Farms is pulling pre-packaged salsa and guacamole for contaminated jalapenos.

Here's the thing. If I know/notice genAI used in any part of your project, no matter how small, I will assume you used it for all of it, and I won't be interested at all. Why should I care if you don't?

dr. hazel 🕯️@hazelmonforton.com · 4d ago

Seeing writers use AI to make “book covers” is so disappointing. Where is the professional respect?

If you missed it, Jenna rolled up her character before stream (character creation is quick!) and got: -Sky Knight -Drop dead gorgeous -A talented musician -Cool hat! She asked if she could be a cool hat that flies around rather than wearing a cool hat. To which I obviously said yes.

juli // ChildishFilipino@juliciel.bsky.social · 7d ago

Tonight we start a mini-campaign of TACTICS MEMORIAM on @helpactionneeded.bsky.social’s channel! Join us for an adventure in the Warrior’s Purgatory of Memoria, as these players command a full squad of characters in tactical battles and character advancing downtime, à la Fire Emblem Three Houses!

this sentiment is definitely applicable here

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juli // ChildishFilipino@juliciel.bsky.social · 7d ago

Tonight we start a mini-campaign of TACTICS MEMORIAM on @helpactionneeded.bsky.social’s channel! Join us for an adventure in the Warrior’s Purgatory of Memoria, as these players command a full squad of characters in tactical battles and character advancing downtime, à la Fire Emblem Three Houses!

Tonight we start a mini-campaign of TACTICS MEMORIAM on @helpactionneeded.bsky.social’s channel! Join us for an adventure in the Warrior’s Purgatory of Memoria, as these players command a full squad of characters in tactical battles and character advancing downtime, à la Fire Emblem Three Houses!

I just think that Katara muscles. sorry what were you saying

FEFW is so accurate bc weird white men really do just wash up on the beach in Boracay and proceed to annoy women and never leave

An embarrassing amount of my mental health is tied to if Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave will be good or not

D&D surely is the lingua franca of Actual Play, just like English is the linguistic lingua franca of Actual Plays. That doesn't mean you can't introduce people to new languages. Just like "actual" languages, the more TTRPGs you "speak", the more colorful your experience in the hobby will be.

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · last wk.

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Debate over the classical validity of Nolan’s Odyssey confuses me. From Odysseus’s first scene in the movie (adopting a dog from the casual culling of a puppy litter) it feels clear that we are seeing a modern man navigate a lionized violent world, both among humans and monsters. (1/3)

1 like = 1 completely dull, mundane fact about me.

Chris 🏳️‍🌈@gawkinggeek.bsky.social · 2w ago

1 like = 1 completely dull, mundane fact about me.

I truly feel for kids growing up now who will have to unlearn using AI, but if you've been writing for more than 2 years it is the easiest thing in the world to just Keep Doing The Thing You Did and ignore AI tools!! It makes me feel crazy that people act like this isn't the case!!!

Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈@midimyers.com · 2w ago

it's actually sad as hell to use AI for research when research is the fun part. you can just email people and call them on the phone and ask them questions about the thing that they have expertise in. you can read documents & learn cool shit. ok now i'm just talking about how being a reporter is fun

The sad thing is, even if ChatGPT/LLM addicts let it sink in that they’re unreliable and a bad source of info, they can’t just go back to Googling like before because that whole site is also ass now due to AI A handful of greedy tech magnates made this tech ubiquitous and we’re all worse off for it

jess m. 🌤️@jametc.bsky.social · 2w ago

it all just sort of makes sense, now, huh. all this shit was just generated by AI and he believed it all enough to parrot it on his podcast, and his fact checking team had to clean up after him this is a really massive blow to popular science. Everything is in question now. does he realize this?

I was just thinking about how "you need to become an influencer to sell books" is ruining everything

Delilah S. Dawson@delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 2w ago

I hate how what I need to do is write books, and yet I keep thinking, "Maybe if I wore increasingly weird glasses and sat in front of my taxidermy with a bubble pipe and did unhinged houseplant reviews I could go viral and sell some books." Doing the work doesn't feel like enough, some days.

Hit my Tactics Memoriam playtester with a stealth map today. They had to reach a lever undiscovered to open a gate, or be mobbed by enemies. They had a three turn win which involved teleporting, movement boosting, and creating stone pillars to cut off a guard’s line of sight. I was so proud!

Funniest part of seeing the Avatar Aang movie in theaters were the shy, soft millennial gasps at the shirtless scene, and then the scattered laughter at the soft millennial gasps

just what the scene needs! a heavy metal dark fantasy dungeon dragon clone! produced by a weirdly muscular middle-aged man with his own merch line and a disgraced corporate game designer! and get this, it's drenched in weirdly aggrieved edgy nostalgia! it's unlike anything we've seen before! yippee!

Polygon@polygon.com · 2w ago

Joe Manganiello has created a new official setting for D&D