Michael Staniforth
@staniforthmick.bsky.social
Author featured in A Coup of Owls, 4 horsemen pubs, and U is for Unexplained. Bisexual. He/They Trans rights are human rights. Author website: https://mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/
So pathetic when genAI shills call anti-AI critics 'gatekeepers' when they're doing fawning PR work for oligarchic nazis who own more wealth than the populations of entire countries, own every mass communication platform, & want to control all information & art in their favour.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 19h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
I am logged on for 2 hours to say I am appalled by what I read in the HWA newsletter. There are AI witch hunts ongoing where writers are being accused of using that garbage tech with no evidence. Telling ppl who use AI proudly to get out is not gatekeeping. Call out the writers and companies.
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"imagine AI was suddenly banned. Would you actually be willing to give it up?" I would parade through the streets with its processor on a spike screaming DEATH TO THE TYRANT! TODAY WE ARE FREE!
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 20h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
I really hope this takes off. There needs to be a creative storefront marketplace that actually bans genai and drop shipping, and I hope it's a 100% ban. Etsy is completely ruined and not artist friendly. Much luck to Fybe! fybe.art
This is the sort of blurb I want to see on the back of books.
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)@shengokai.blacksky.app · 2d agoOkay, I'm watching Pluribus. THESE FUCKING NERDS. YOU DON'T JUST WHIP UP A BATCH OF SOME UNKNOWN BIOLOGICAL FROM A SIGNAL YOU INTERCEPTED FROM SPACE. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING.
Somebody needs to explain to me this snobbery against rhyming poetry.
Seven months done reading one short story/poem a day! Eight begins! Day 213! I read Blue Moon by Chelsea Lane Campbell and Split by Joy Yin published in @gonelawn.bsky.social. A double bill of aborted space exploration to kick off. Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/s...
S/D/Y Aug 01 – Blue Moon by Chelsea Lane Campbell and Split by Joy Yin – Gone Lawn
I thought I would double bill these as they theme together so well. Blue Moon follows a couple, one of which has had a hard day and wishes to go to Pluto, which is of course impossible. There is a …
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Michael Staniforth@staniforthmick.bsky.social · last mo.Six months down! Halfway through my one story a day challenge for the year and still going strong baby! Day 182! I read Boochi by Arushi Karthik published by @stateofmatter.bsky.social. Sometimes, we should stray from the beaten path. Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/s...
Writers, sweet Baby Cthulhu, don't knock yourself out preemptively trying to prove you didn't use AI. The burden of proof is on the person who accuses you. I have a hearty 'fuck you' waiting for the first person who suggests it about my writing. My longhand first drafts are for me alone.
In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
I have been collating a list of articles which demonstrate all the awful things AI has done and is doing. These people have just been furnished with this list.
Dax, sapphic fantasy author@daxaeterna.ink · 6d agoBreaking my mental health hiatus to let yall know that an AI slop farm wants to know authors' opinions on AI. Do with this what you will. I will see you all next month. 💜 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This is just hate. That's all it is. Everyone involved with this documentary should be ashamed.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”
Whenever anyone tells me "AI does this better than a human" I think "No, AI does this better than you". In this case "this" means thinking.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.The 'singularity' refers to the point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.
Come on guys. I want to like and share your brilliant art, but you refuse to use alt text! It's not that difficult! Just bloody do it!
Devastating. We fund meaningless AI data centres that will only help to spread misinformation and cut the funding to actual world leading science. Just devastating.
Meg Schwamb@megschwamb.bsky.social · last wk."All scientific observations at Jodrell are expected to cease on the 1 April 2028 unless alternative funding can be found." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.
Today, we will be reporting on London Trans+ Pride. A sizeable crowd have already arrived at Langham Place, including @tacc.org.uk
Sex Matters is a charity that loves to hate trans people. And your tax money is paying for it. The stuff they spin isn’t just false, it’s dangerous. So we reported them to the Charity Commission with a dossier of evidence on their staff & trustees. ✊Help us fight back: https://goodlaw.social/anrx
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The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.
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Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · 2w agoWe need you 🏳️⚧️ The new Code of Practice comes into force on 5 August. It is harmful. It encourages discrimination. And it will make life so much harder for the trans people in our community. We’re fighting back. But we can’t do it without your support. Will you join us? 👇 goodlaw.social/qmhp
The Telegraph are unhappy there’s a government report that exposes *exactly* the kind of misinformation they publish as front page headlines on a daily basis! So, of course, they’re desperate to undermine it! 😆 Here’s the report they don’t want you to see… 👉🏻 usher.ed.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
Jurassic Park is one of the most important films of our time as it speaks on the subject of the responsibility that must go hand in hand with technology. Even just the lines "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" and...
If today's @chilluminatipod.fm episode isn't about Jimothy I am going to be very disappointed.
