Mel
@melistired.bsky.social
Writer, painter, frustrated gardener. Absolutely will never use AI. If you post AI images, I will block you. She/her.
AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5
You shouldn't have to worry about this happening...but unfortunately you do. Helpful advice on what to do if you suddenly find your book for sale under somone else's name selfpublishingadvice.org/spammers-and...
Spammers and Scammers: What to Do When Your Book Is Sold Under a False Name — The Self-Publishing Advice Center
Welcome to Spammers and Scammers, our third edition in this series where we look at different scams targeting our indie author and publisher community so we can stay educated and protected from bad ac...
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I'm a big fan of Upright Health (many of his mobility exercises have been EXCELLENT for me), but I feel like this video (with the accurate yet clickbait-y title) is something a lot of people might benefit from seeing.
How to Stop a Fall from Killing You
YouTube video by Upright Health
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Cover reveal days are such fun, huge days for authors. But you know who they can also be huge for? The illustrators. Don’t forget to credit them. Cover reveals always blow up outside of an author’s bubble, and someone who sees it could be that artist’s next gig. ❤️
The article is good. One point though: Scrivener doesn’t use AI. The generative AI function is Apple Intelligence and I would recommend all authors to turn it off. That will remove it from Scrivener and everywhere else. You can learn more from this article: www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...
Scrivener and AI: Why Do I See AI Prompts in My Scrivener Projects on Mac? - Literature & Latte
Seeing AI icons in Scrivener on Mac? That's Apple Intelligence built into macOS Sequoia and Tahoe. Scrivener itself contains no AI features.
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I have heard there's been a fancy new update that tells you when someone follows you from a starter pack Let's try it out, what do you say? Pleasantly surprise a few human artists :D
Bluesky should go back to invites, continue aggressive bot bans, create a Craigslist-style marketplace (since you’re more likely to buy/get services from a educated or good person on here than any other social network), and market this place like a walled garden protected from enshittification.
JESUS CHRIST WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE'S A TINY SHINY BIRD IN PANTALOONS
Avian Face-Tool 🦡@beakmoo.bsky.social · last wk.I just found out there's a creature called a puffleg hummingbird, that wears a tiny pair of fluffy white trousers.
Every day I’m roving around parts of Mars no one’s seen before and not once have I thought “you know what this spot needs? A shitty data center.”
Don Bluth and studio didn't animate multiple grisly death scenarios for Dirk the Daring just for you to say that AI was inevitable.
ULTRA🏝️BLAST@ultrakillblast.bsky.social · last wk.DRAGON'S LAIR (1983, Don Bluth)
The attack on Fauci is *just the start*. They will attack climate scientists next, then biologists, then anyone who doesn't toe the anti-science MAGA line. They want to silence reality. I signed the petition. It really does help. I'm asking all of you to do so as well. Please.
Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2w agoOK FOLKS! We all know the Fauci hearing was meant to intimidate scientists…holding him in contempt of court was a HUGE BAD PRECEDENT. So, we are yelling. @standupforscience.net SIGN OUT PETITION TO SENATE TO REVERSE HOLDING DR FAUCI IN CONTEMPT: zurl.co/SLjT8
😂 We poor Gen X’ers just can’t catch a break!
lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸@whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 2w agoImmediately skipping Gen X as a bit is absolutely nailing it.
I assume that Axon cameras have a similar quantity of interesting metals as Flock cameras, but might be harder to get to. FWIW, I took a quick peek at deflock.org and while the majority of cameras in MSP are Flock, there are a few Axon and quite a number of Insight cameras, an Axon partner.
Dr. Damien P. Williams is just… so tired.@wolven.blacksky.app · 2w agoWay too many people focusing on the names on the tools and not the sociotechnical, sociopolitical, and technopolitical systems and frameworks underlying their design, deployment, justification, and use.
Ea-Nasir as a meme is so funny to me, imagine a client sends you a pissy email and as a result, MILLENIA later, future people wielding sorcerous, unfathomable technology use it to clown on your ass
I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 worldshift2026.manyworldswriting.com
Worldshift 2026: The Speculative Fiction Writers' Conference
Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit
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environmentamerica.org/colorado/art... Check out these 150 beautiful photos of Colorado. Two of them were taken by me!
Colorado is beautiful
A photo gallery of the places we love, shared by friends, members, state leaders, and neighbors across the Centennial State in honor of Colorado's 150th anniversary
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Colorado turns 150 years young today. Happy sesquicentennial to the Centennial State.
Colorado turns 150 years young today. Happy sesquicentennial to the Centennial State.
The Colorado Sun has been celebrating many of the things unique about the Centennial State. Take a look at 150 things that just lean into Colorado's awesomeness.
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Happy 150th Birthday Colorado! 🥰
Scenic Colorado Lake and Mountains
ALT: Scenic Colorado Lake and Mountains
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Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.
*gags* It’s not even that it’s gold, it’s that it’s so BUSY. Like, you can use gold as an accent in a fancy government building! I don’t mind! But you can’t pop it in every single empty wall spot. Then it’s just rogue molding.
Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 3w agoDeputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
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
Update: Google just sent me a statement saying it is “rolling back” this AI feature that let anyone make completely bullshit satellite images. Comes after our demos of the tool and those from OSINT researchers. One of the worst AI tools I’ve ever seen bsky.app/profile/jose...
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 3w agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Welcome to our new #PlantsForMonarchs tool! Browse native plants by location, filter by plant type, growing conditions, & more, and find local or online suppliers that have those plants for sale! 🦋🌼👀 ➡️ plantsformonarchs.org
![Screenshot of a translation of this 4,000 letter, linked within the quote-skeeted article and reading as follows:
"Tell the Lady Zinu: Iddin-Sin sends the following message:
May the gods Samas, Marduk, and Ilabrat keep you forever in
good health for my sake.
From year to year, the clothes of the (young) gentlemen here
become better, but you let my clothes get worse from year to
year. Indeed, you persisted(?) in making my clothes poorer and
more scanty. At a time when in our house wool is used up like
bread, you have made me poor clothes. The son of Adad-iddinam,
whose father is only an assistant of my father, (has) two new sets
of clothes [break] while you fuss even about a single set of clothes
for me. In spite of the fact that you bore me and his mother only
adopted him, his mother loves him, while you, you do not love
me!"
Available at: https://lustria-online.com/threads/letters-from-mesopotamia.21099/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/bafkreigfdt7iykgm5s5e3t7nf3l2vssex5v3ihtg56lqrrgnhlceedh7mi)
