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Robin Johnson

@robinjohnson.bsky.social

Interactive fiction/gamedev/writer, audiodramatist, cat haver, bicycle centaur Producer/writer/HPL in @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast 🏆 IFComp, Xyzzys XP: Gute Fabrik, Kythera versificator.itch.io 🌈ADHAu covid is still a thing nazis are bad he/him

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Tiffany Morris@tiffmorris.bsky.social · 15h ago

So apparently that HWA pro-AI newsletter also uses Indigenous water rights issues as a prop, trivializing the activism by Indigenous peoples to protect our water including specific anti-data centre actions. I guess they figured why not alienate Indigenous horror writers while they’re at it?

“Sure. Sure. Yes, we know AI is using up resources. So does driving a car or a planes so does building a new home. So do a lot of things. Humans have always used up Earth’s resources and usually not nicely. There are reservations and other Indigenous communities in Canada that have never had clean water and have been ravaged by pipeline construction. But somehow that’s been okay for the past fifty or a hundred years, and very few people scream about that. But suddenly, AI is the enemy, not everything else we’ve been doing all along. Suddenly YOUR water might not be clean, so it’s a Big Deal”.
🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈@haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 4h ago

This. Like, a bunch of us who are speaking up are members of the organization, and even though we're not the board, we feel responsibility toward steering it in positive directions.

Emily C. Hughes@emilyhughes.bsky.social · 4h ago

that HWA newsletter op-ed was disgusting, juvenile, stupid, AND poorly written, but I do think we need to underline the distinction between "the organization allowed a bad essay to be published in an official communication" and "the HWA endorses this point of view"

The Midnight Society@midnightpals.bsky.social · 12h ago

Girón: oh so you don't like ai, huh?!?! Girón: well, news flash, hot shot! Girón: maybe you didn't know this Girón: but technology already exists! Girón: if you hate ai so much, why don't you stop using electricty, huh? or levers? or the wheel??? Girón: maybe you should stop using fire too huh????

The Midnight Society@midnightpals.bsky.social · 12h ago

Sèphera Girón: so i hear some of you writers don't like ai Girón: well, i'm tired of all you writers not liking ai! Girón: and i'm gonna let you all know it! Girón: i'm mad as hell! Girón: put that in the newspaper! Girón: or better yet Girón: put it in the HWA newsletter!

Robin Johnson@robinjohnson.bsky.social · 7h ago

I just literally spilt some beans, which is the third time in my life I have needed the pedantic sense of the word 'literally' (Another time something literally fell off the back of a lorry, and I can't remember what the other one was)

Sacha Coward@sachacoward.bsky.social · 8h ago

Let's talk about JK Rowling's 'bearded men'... I want to vent something that's been on my mind: The way transphobic groups and individuals are also actively homophobic. I've experienced it first hand, and know many others have too. 1/

madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 10h ago

“Protect users from discrimination and harassment” is doing a whole lot of heavy lifting for a code that is explicitly designed to target, harass, and enable discrimination against trans people, who should be protected by the Equality Act 2010

Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 10h ago

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

Quote from Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson: 'At the EHRC we want a society where everyone’s rights are respected and realised, so that we can all live well together. Our statutory guidance will help services across the country comply with the Equality Act, protecting service users from discrimination and harassment while reducing the risk of the provider being subject to litigation. As Britain’s equality regulator, our work doesn’t end upon publication of this guidance. We monitor compliance with the law and take enforcement action where proportionate and necessary, in line with our well-established regulatory model and decision-making framework.'
David K. Barnes@davidkbarnes.com · yesterday

Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI

Robin Johnson@robinjohnson.bsky.social · 10h ago

My dad used to have a jokey answer back in the day when people would occasionally ask what a word processor is: "You know what a food processor does to food?" which is a pretty accurate description of what an LLM does, much better than "AI" or even "generative", except there's no joke

BASH BACK@bashback.bsky.social · 5d ago

Amnesty UK have apologised to JK Rowling for rightfully calling out her anti-rights rhetoric. Shame on them. A human rights organisation should not cave to pressure from billionaires, especially those who wish to make supporting human rights a terrorist offence. xoxo BASH BACK

We are disappointed to see Amnesty withdraw their report on transphobia after legal threats from JK Rowling. This is further proof we cannot rely on 'allies' to fight for US, Our work has been so effective that Rowling has called for us to be proscribed as a terrorist group, but we're still fighting. We’ll only win trans liberation by fighting for it ourselves. Don't wait for 'allies' to step in and save us; take action now!
Hotep Kevin Nash@homunculusdick.bsky.social · 4w ago

I'm sick of this shit. Not having the tools isn't even an excuse anymore. Hip hop and punk rock Crews in the 80s were putting shows with these flyers. Some of them handwritten and hand drawn. No excuse.

handdrawn hip hop party flyer for galaxy 2000 with a handwritten DJ spinning records and the names of the DJs featured. MC Starski Lovebug and MC Kenny G. First 25 Jazzy Ladies free!a flyer for the grand master flash show also starring solo sounds easy E and his vicious 6 mc's. with a battle between spoonie gee vs starsky admission 5 bucks!A collection of hand drawn and printed punk rock flyers for black flag, misfits and circle jerk
404 Media@404media.co · 4w ago

Have you seen these ChatGPT ahh flyers? Well, we at 404 Media see them everywhere. “It might feel like you’re ‘saving time and money,’ but you’re actually slowly turning your brand into something generic like all the other brands out there using AI tools.”