My daughter and her fiancé visited a night market yesterday and someone was selling FUCKING AI “ART”.

Watching the original “Jurassic Park” tonight as a tribute to our darling Sam Neill. God, what a great movie.

At the risk of sounding like an uncultured swine, I’m not going to see “The Odyssey” anytime soon, because in my opinion THREE HOURS IS TOO DAMN LONG FOR A RUNTIME.

If so sad and homicidal, why so pretty?

And this was the result of my appeal. Someone impersonated me, and I’m the one being punished? Fuck you, Reddit.

And I got another bot comment on one of my fics, AND someone on the bird app gave a huge unmissable spoiler for a “Criminal Minds” episode that won’t air in Canada until tomorrow. All first world problems, I know, but I’m feeling very grumpy atm.

Woke up to THIS bullshit, which is due to yesterday’s bullshit. I’m submitting an appeal, obviously.

Taika’s tribute to Sam Neill is very Taika. Sweet, affectionate, somewhat irreverent, and I bet Sam would love it.

I feel the same way about Lorazepam. No, I’m not abusing it, I only take it when I fly because FLYING FUCKING SCARES ME, OKAY?

I woke up to a bunch of Reddit messages (which is weird in and of itself, I never get those) that all basically said “OMG UR SO HAWT”. Huh? Upon further investigation, I realized my account had been hacked. Someone had posted AI thirst traps of a “girl” who looked no older than 16. Sheesh. 😡

That’s my beloved dirtbag-with-a-heart-of-gold Calico Jack!

I saw a post on Reddit yesterday from a restaurant whose menu showed AI generated food. Every food item had HOLES for some reason. As someone with trypophobia, it was nightmarish.

Try to live your life so that, when you shuffle off this mortal coil, the world mourns instead of celebrates. RIP, Sam Neill. You were an amazing actor and a stellar human, and the sun is shining a little less brightly today without you.

Chapter two of “Thirty-Six Hours” is up! Warning: this one gets pretty dark. https://archiveofourown.org/works/87141526/chapters/233475726#workskin

I took a pair of pants to a woman named Irina to get hemmed, and I was so tempted to say “Ooh, ‘Irina’, like Ilya Rozanov’s mother in #HeatedRivalry!”. But she was dour with a capital D, didn’t laugh once at any of my jokes (and I’m fucking hilarious, y’all), so I decided against it.

Plus, we had this crazy idea that we’d spent all that money on university tuition to learn stuff, not have it spoon-fed to us by a mindless glop-spewing robot.

Here's an older #OFMD fic that employs a camping theme! It's got Jack being a dick, Ed hating nature, and Stede in his birthday suit. If "Naked Came the Stranger" has been on your TBR list, this is your chance! archiveofourown.org/works/61038382

Get yer filthy minds out of the gutter, ya pervs.

Look, I’m a techie. If AI wasn’t so horrible for the environment, I’d be gleefully exploring what it could do (although I’d never pass its “work” off as my own, because fuck that). But it IS, Blanche! It IS horribly bad for the environment!

Here’s my fic for Day 8! “Not So Secret Anymore”. We’ve got our two favourite doofuses being bonkers for each other, Lucius being Lucius, and now I really want burgers. https://archiveofourown.org/works/88197741

Stede’s expression here, oh my God. He looks so jealous and possessive!

Yes, it’s true, I got today’s Wordle in three tries. Who wants to touch me?

I’m probably pretty late to the party, but I am LOVING “Widow’s Bay”.

Rockin my Pride on the Prairies tee! (Ignore how tilted the photo looks. I swear I wasn’t drunk!)

I applaud the sentiment and the fact that this is so #OFMD coded.

A friend told me last night that he “had to use AI” to illustrate a fandom work of his, because “I can’t draw”. I pointedly said “I can’t draw either, which is why I commissioned artists.” (HINT HINT) (cont’d)

Every now and again, I think about the earliest fics I wrote for the #OFMD fandom and cringe about some of the bad parts … … then I remember that I wrote those bad parts, just me, no fucking AI, and I feel a whole lot better.

Nothing quite like going to pick up what you thought was a bit of cat fur off the carpet only to find that it’s a GREAT BIG HUGE HONKIN BUG.

#WIPWednesday! Here's a snippet from the next chapter of "Thirty-Six Hours", which will be Ed-centric.

Is it possible to learn this magic?

For #TakeTwoTuesday, and because it’s this #OFMD fic’s anniversary, here’s “Chance and Chemistry”. Inspired by @denizb33.bsky.social’s “If I Were a Bell, I’d be Ringing”. We’ve got belly dancing! Strippers! Ed and Stede being stupid in love! https://archiveofourown.org/works/65986558

Look at this beautiful bookmark I got through the @ourfamilyourfight.bsky.social auction! All the thanks to @dimsimkitty.bsky.social for making it and @fakegeekboy.bsky.social for getting it to me!

Listen, I’m not saying that this snippet of my #OFMD fic “Daft and Dewy-Eyed Dopes” willed this into existence, but I’m not NOT saying it.

So, apparently using the name “Marcus” is a classic AI tell. As an AI hater who’s used that name in a fic before, let me say this:

Me, seeing another #HeatedRivalry fic “writer” admitting to using AI:

C’mon, shitty diet and advanced age, do your thang.

Whyyy don’t all TV series do a “Previously on” when they air a new season? #TheBear, I’m looking at you.

I’ll bring the homemade chocolate chip cookies!

I’m the blue in this conversation, and y’know, my friend is absolutely right. It IS cool.

For #TakeTwoTuesday, here’s an #OFMD fic that had its one year anniversary yesterday. “I’ll Make Your Heart Smile”, in which Izzy has a VERY embarrassing experience which in no way resembles something that happened to yours truly. Ahem. https://archiveofourown.org/works/66807298

And here’s the first chapter (a day late) of “Thirty-Six Hours”. Poor Stede has fallen into the hands of a psycho and is in dire straits, but I promise there’ll be a happy ending. https://archiveofourown.org/works/87141526

I’m a Brit by birth, but I’ve lived in Canada almost my entire life. Having six British Prime Ministers in seven years is fucking abnormal, right? It’s not just me thinking that?

@joe-hill.bsky.social on becoming a writer: "Everyone (who isn't a prodigy) has to do it the slow way, the hard way, one dull shovel-load of dirt at a time. That slow, hard work rewards a person by building up the mental and emotional muscles, (cont'd)

@blackdelphinium.bsky.social posted this fic idea 8 months ago, and tomorrow, I’m going to start delivering. You have been warned!

It was my MIL’s 85th birthday yesterday. All that could show up to celebrate did so, including my older daughter. When she was saying her goodbyes, MIL told her sharply “Nice seeing you at last! We never see you!”. Nothing is good enough for that woman. If I become that kind of MIL, slap me.

Folks on another social media platform clutching their pearls because Connor Storrie MIGHT have had a threesome, which is eye-rolling in and of itself. But. Someone asked “Since when is doing that a cancellable offence?”. Oh sweet summer child, let me tell you (continued)

Had dinner with some friends the other night. The conversation turned to travel. (Note: we’re Canadian.) Friend 1: “I had amazing lobster in Maine.” Me: “Oh, I’d love to visit Maine.” Friend 2 (who, despite being Canadian and gay to boot, adores Trump): “Then go!”.

WHY CAN’T I WRITE FASTER AND WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY WIPS AND WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS FOR MORE WIPS GODDAMN IT BRAIN WORK WITH ME FOR ONCE

I once rented one of the “Saw” movies and watched the “Making Of” extra. The pride and joy those artists put into that movie was, weirdly, pure delight to see. “Yeah, this is super graphic and gross, but can we make it MORE super graphic and gross?”. All practical effects, too.

I just had to buy that same shirt after @politestmenace.bsky.social wrote about it in one of her fics!