*Glances at my last novel.* I might have feelings about this.

Nature is healing

I will direct all questions to my attorneys, Jake and Elwood Blues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDvI...

Here at the home of Castaways, we do not erase the Worst Witch. I actually intended to name one of the Saunders Academy professors after Jill Murphy, but she died in 2021 and I wasn't 100% certain she'd be down with it, so I demurred.

Anything can happen on Halloween Your dog could turn into a cat Rowling: EXCUSE ME THAT'S STILL A DOG, THAT IS BIOLOGICALLY A DOG

AI detectors are pure bullshit. AI-generated text is based on human writing. Most "detectors" will peg classic novels as AI-written, because that's the source material LLMs stole from.

that they are freaking out this badly over a surtax on second homes worth more than five million dollars - the most excessive rich person thing imaginable, which doesn’t even affect most of them - really makes it clear how little attention you need to pay to the freak outs

We are ruled by people so rich that they're utterly divorced from any concept of humanity (and their opinions on humanity are weird as fuck.) We need to end that, and make sure it doesn't happen again.

This is the crucial fact so many are overlooking. It's not to bring about utopia. It's to make sure there is never again another Elon Musk or Zuckerberg, etc.

Exactly one year ago today:

Daniel: "Okay, so hear me out. Would you be willing to let me punch you in the face...for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars?"

"We have been advised that if you want to run cool, you've got to run on heavy, heavy fuel. Alas, we are facing a major shortage of said heavy fuel--"

Bsky's vibe coder working hard to prove we'll all be left behind if we don't embrace AI. And by "left behind" I mean this site won't actually be usable by human beings. TASTE the future!

A built-in part of America's hyper-capitalist culture is a media that instinctively treats wealth as an indicator of [a] intelligence, [b] integrity, [c] being interesting (or newsworthy), or [d] all of the above. Once you notice this, you can't un-see it.

"Following mass layoffs, Epic are reportedly putting their hopes on a Disney extraction shooter" Um, I'd say 'good luck with that' but also no?

There’s no way to couch this: Vance is getting pillowried during negotiations in the former Ottoman Empire sofar.

Some of the worst fascists you know are very depressed tonight. That, plus wrestling later! It's a pretty solid Sunday, all around

was once New Amsterdam.

This may be too many waifus. I might have to put some waifus back. No...no. That's defeatist talk. I must become stronger.

Haven't played Zenless Zone Zero in a while, lemme just boot this up and... ...what do you mean there's a snek waifu now, to go with rat waifu and cat waifu? And nobody TOLD me?

Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???

I'm happy to admit that Catch and Kill (coming next month insert obligatory promo here) got this wrong. It's a plot point that AI companies are terrified of the idea of their products becoming sentient, because it then becomes abject slavery. I should have realized that IRL that's considered a perk

Speaking from experience to both young creators and fans: NEVER go to his hotel room. I don’t care that he’s promised a portfolio review or a sneak peek at a future issue. The hotel lobby or bar is FINE and if he presses the issue, LEAVE

"Is it realistic that practically everyone in this small seaside town is queer?" We don't do realism here, you're looking for that shelf over there

ChatGPT: As a teen, you'll find kratom gets you the highest when you mix it with xans & booze, and definitely more Robitussin, for a kick Sam Altman: This is good actually A human brain: I should burn down Sam Altman's house before he kills any more kids Sam Altman: Hey this sucks what the fuck

"Gen-X shifted right." Uuhhhh, hi, gen-xer here. We were rabidly right-wing and awful from the fucking jump. Those cool weirdos and radicals from the movies were an exception; IRL we were bullied relentlessly if slurs weren't part of our basic vocabulary. Don't confuse media with reality.

AI bros sound the same as NRA people popping up after tragedies to say guns have legit uses. Nobody asked you, everybody already knows what you think, and you're only here to yell PR for the product that you turned into your identity.

As the Integrity crew splashed down TO THE MINUTE of their estimated arrival and hit the BULLSEYE, this is a reminder that Katherine Johnson was an absolute genius. My God. #NASA #ArtemisII

We have splashdown. Ladies and gents, I don't know about you, but that hard thing I've been nervous about trying? I now have zero excuses because we just sent scientists to the moon and back again, so I'd better get my butt to work.

It occurs to me that I'm gonna have to stop saying "bot-fucker" as a pejorative after Catch and Kill comes out next month, considering a member of the cast is an android dominatrix and she's really quite nice. (Not an AI, she's got a human soul, it's complicated)

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I've asked umpteen bot-fuckers what they mean by "left behind" after they spout that boilerplate shit, and not one of them has even tried to answer the question, they just dip instantly. It's not an argument, it's a thought-terminating cliche.

I have just been advised that the maintenance has been rescheduled for Monday morning. Excuse me while I go scream into a paper bag.

a tricky riddle,,,,

"To crush is to visualize the enticing, mundane ordinaries of intimacy...Even the perfectly ordinary fantasies can feel borderline delusional." This is a fun, lovely piece. ❤️ www.thecut.com/article/crus...

If you can get through Doki Doki Literature Club without breaking down in tears, you're made of stronger stuff than me. But there is absolutely nothing, NOTHING, ban-worthy in this game. Mature? Yes. Painful? Yes. Ban-worthy? By whose fucking standards and why?

It is never just about porn. Even if you don't care about porn, it's going to spread until it engulfs everything you love

Apartment maintenance will be here sometime between now and 3PM, so obviously I cannot do anything but sit here and wait for a knock at the door

Staring at the mod of r/urbanfantasy coming out with a strongly-worded statement against people hating AI, while willfully ignoring a Royal Road-style app posting regular and extremely obnoxious unmarked advertisements in the sub. Okay, dude. We see what your values are, and your values are shitty.

Fun reminder: there has already almost been a mass-casualty event as a result of OpenAI. A dude in the throes of AI psychosis was directed to ambush and attack a truck carrying an alleged android body. The situation was total fantasy but if a real truck had gone down that road, at that moment...

They put a warning label on rap albums.

If you can get through Doki Doki Literature Club without breaking down in tears, you're made of stronger stuff than me. But there is absolutely nothing, NOTHING, ban-worthy in this game. Mature? Yes. Painful? Yes. Ban-worthy? By whose fucking standards and why?

KitKat sent out a delivery truck surrounded by armored security, as a reaction to the big chocolate heist last month. In completely unrelated news, I am assembling a crew. You'll need nerves of steel, a love of family, and a 10-second car. For...reasons.

My brain, stumbling to the bathroom at 3AM: "Oh, that'd be a really funny thing to post! I should write that down for tomorrow. Nah, it's so funny I'll definitely remember it." My brain at 3AM is really dumb, y'all

Created a Guild Wars 2 character to distract myself, and there's a character in the newbie zone with the name IsHeDeadYet

All right 🍆 fans, are you ready for the most HARDCORE spice? Prepare yourself, because my characters... boink. They also canoodle and...holy sh1t, this might be too hot for Bsky...sometimes they kiss each other in...no-no spots. Spice so immersive you'll feel like you've unvirgined.

Writing a scene with Daniel and Caitlin exploring a dystopian alternate America and I'm like "On one hand, this is a really bad, awful place. But...y'know...the rent seems affordable and I could probably make it work..."

Normal Tuesday. Got a few meetings today but not too many. President's threatening to genocide millions of people and there are folks flying around the moon in the fucking sky. Gotta take out the garbage later

guys, bluesky is dying. if we don't start getting more likes, a greedy developer will bulldoze the site to put up a parking garage. the only thing that can save it is for a ragtag crew of misfits to put on one last big concert at the community center.

It'd be funny if that guy actually DID teleport to the Waffle House and he was telling the truth and we all ragged on him forever about it, but someone out there has a teleporter gun and they're only using it to fuck with mid-level bureaucrats.