I’m so tired of genAI apologists telling me I only hate it because I don’t understand it. I hate it *because* I understand it, you absolute toenail.
Lauren Thoman
@laurenthomanwrites.com
Nashville-based Chinese-American author of speculative fiction for teens and adults (next up: DREAD CHASER 2027 from S&S) 🐾 Pet your dog for me 🌱 Find me in my garden 🚫🧊 https://www.laurenthomanwrites.com/links Rep’d by Holly Root
In Ankara, Trump boarded the old AF1 jumbo jet in view of tv cameras. He was secretly shuttled minutes later to a smaller plane — Air Force C-32A — via airport catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies preflight, according to a US official and material reviewed by The Post.
Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat
The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel.
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I REALLY love this wrap, since it shows the ruins on the left which gives context for the giant tornado on the cover. Shows that it's not just the weather, but the world that is volatile. Such a great design.
Zoë van Dijk@creepcaptain.bsky.social · last mo.The full wrap illustration for @laurenthomanwrites.com 's DREAD CHASER, coming in January 2027. Sometimes I find it helps to give context for illustration designed in tandem with type/design - a full wrap includes the flaps.
You thought those people who climbed the Empire State Building were flying high today, but nope, surprise, it's me, I'm over the moon.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2mo agoI literally today just finished reading @laurenthomanwrites.com's upcoming novel Dread Chaser, which I enjoyed enough to give a blurb to.
I am SO thrilled to finally be able to reveal the electric cover (art by the brilliant @creepcaptain.bsky.social) and official synopsis for DREAD CHASER, my post-apocalyptic/dystopian/sci-fi/horror YA debut, coming January 5, 2027 to a bookstore near you!
Hard to pick a favorite horrific detail from this article but I think this one is mine:
Reminder that genAI companies don’t care what you use it FOR, whether it’s generating CSA imagery or propaganda or novel-length works, or if you “just” use it to organize notes or “research” or write emails. They just care that you use it. And the more you use it, the more this will keep happening.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3mo agoNearly 50,000 people in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, because it's redirecting that power to data centers. /1
TRAD PUB AUTHORS: We're almost at the point where we're ready to start soliciting blurbs for DREAD CHASER, so if you'd be interested in an early read of my YA post-apocalyptic bounty hunter adventure with monsters, shady government conspiracies, found family, and a Very Good Dog, please let me know!
The WSJ is reporting that AI, specifically Claude, was used in targeting for the attacks by the Epstein Empire. That would mean the use of AI led directly to the massacre of 115 schoolchildren and 20 volleyball players. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
A joint statement by data protection authorities from around the world about the dangers of LLM-generated deepfakes ico.org.uk/media2/fb1br...
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Actor Michelle Yeoh unveiled her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. She thanked her fellow colleagues for their support and her family, including her parents.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a @floodlightnews.org visual investigation. Thermal drone footage shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven, Miss., near Memphis.
'A different set of rules': Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouts clean air rules • Tennessee Lookout
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company continues to fuel its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a Floodlight investigation.
tennesseelookout.com
Authors, show me your tattoos to commemorate your books! Did you do covers? A symbolic image? Quotes? Something abstract? I think I'm going to start one that I add onto with each book and would love some ideas.
My phone insists on autocorrecting to Withering Heights every single time and you know what, I'm good with that
You can tell I'm coming up on my deadline because instead of working on EITHER book I'm supposed to turn in soon, I'm back over here trying to make Bluesky work again.
What's your random thing you think about all the time? Not prompted by current events or anything else, just always on your mind. For me it it's entropy. Just constantly thinking about how everything in the universe is slowly but surely endeavoring to melt into a puddle of inert cosmic goo.
Hats off to GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN DON'T DIE for absolutely roasting society's embarrassing prioritization of convenience and self-gratification over everything else, including our own wellbeing. More movies should aggressively shame their audiences about phone hypnosis/ gun violence/ social media/ AI.
Also, even though she's not here much, massive shoutout to @laurenthomanwrites.com who was canvassing everyday for @aftynbehn.bsky.social over the past few weeks. A great way to thank Lauren is to buy one of her books. bookshop.org/lists/books-...
Ariella Elm@ariellaelm.com · 9mo agoWhich means we have the obligation to make every single one of those seats as competitive as possible. These are not longshots, and they’re not a waste of time to fight for. Also, based on anonymous insiders that have been talking to the likes of Punchbowl News, 6/
There exists a book in which the gen-x/elder millennial childhood era is visited in such a way! @laurenthomanwrites.com’s I’ll Stop The World: bookshop.org/p/books/i-ll...
I'll Stop the World
Check out I'll Stop the World - <p><b>"Lauren Thoman's <i>I'll Stop the World</i> is a whip-smart mystery with a vibrant cast of characters that gives off great eighties vibes. I was absolutely dazzle...
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it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
Dr. Vin Gupta@vinguptamd.bsky.social · 11mo agoRegardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years. Speaks for itself.
TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
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Headed home from my first ever #DragonCon exhausted but happy. So much fun hanging with friends, meeting new ones, and getting to talk about books and stories and characters with passionate and talented people. If we hung out at all or if you enjoyed any of my panels, don’t be a stranger!
Surprise, I get to publish more books! So excited to finally be able to talk about my YA debut, DREAD CHASER, hitting shelves in 2027 from @simonandschuster.bsky.social, with the sequel coming in 2028! This book is absolute mayhem and I can't wait for y'all to read it. Some details in replies ⬇️
Replace "spongebob quotes" with "movie and actor trivia that people just use IMDb for now" and this is an actual scan of my brain
Dani Donovan 👩🏻🎨 ADHD Comics@danidonovan.com · 12mo agotbh my storage space dedicated to song lyrics is probably closer to 56%
I kept blaming Mondays for my struggle to hit my word count targets at the beginning of each week, but then I remembered the genocide and fascism and robots and our melting brains and the crumbling climate and the death of democracy and was forced to concede that the problem *may* not be Mondays
GOOD. The fact that this actually had to be spelled out like this is wild, but I’m glad at least one state finally did.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · last yr.Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services. www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
NEVER EVER USE CHATGPT FOR MEDICAL ADVICE, OMG, IT IS FANCY PREDICTIVE TEXT, IT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IT'S DOING
1. The extra marginal tax rate will affect millionaires' daily lives almost not at all, which is why in reality none of them would leave the state. 2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible. www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax'
Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.
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