Hey all, I'm trying to get a baseline for how good people are at detecting whether fiction is AI-generated or human-written (most of the research on this is for nonfiction and my hypothesis is we're better with fiction). If you have time, give it a try? jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

Another @midimyers.com banger

🗣️ We're hosting an archival version of "plainlanguage.gov" to help make sure this trusted resource remains available to folks who need it.

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

been having a whole lot of “why i study what i do” convos lately. academics are such nerds, and we *remain* nerds despite all the things! we find real life-giving joy in being nerdy. and i’ll always love that about us. 💜

Here’s the things I believe to be true: - we need intellectual centers to study phenomena shaping our world, so we can better understand how their origins & their impact, with the perspective of time. - Creator/influencer studies is a growing field that does that work. - that is not what this is.

Hey nerds. Let's try and remember to use alt text when we can ok? Not just for art. For those memes, screenshots, funnies, day to day photos too. GIFs and videos too. (If you have your own website, you should check your images for alt text there too)

I cannot emphasize this enough: The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent. They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so. Doomers are not realists.

Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.

Just wanted to let you know that the ghosts are starting to balloon in for Halloween. #art

We are not witnessing the collapse of Democracy. We are living through the solidification of a fascist regime. We are not spectators. This is at our doorstep and like frogs in boiling water, we have normalized the thing trying to hurt us. Because the tactic is overwhelm, exhaust, and divide.

If you're in #HigherEd and have thoughts to share about #DigitalGovernance for mission-driven institutions, then @shelleykeith.bsky.social has a research study you can use to share said thoughts: cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Related note to a related note: there's a generic brand of chocolate mini donuts that could often be found in my local convenience stores. They were in a package of eight and were a pretty good price. The company uses the same package, but more expensive with only 6 and they rattle around similarly.

Accessibility is one of those things that can feel a bit overwhelming when you start learning about it, so I had a conversation with @sarasoueidan.com where we talked all about it, including what it is, why it matters, how to get started learning more about it, and a lot more. youtu.be/ndGKjhzmLXc

The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI) #webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

Hello folks, I am in need of non-fiction recommendations for: + Indigenous histories (esp from Canada & the Philippines) + Black history + Black Studies + Queer histories (esp from Canada and the Philippines) + Radicalization + Critical Race Theory Signal boost pls.

some princes don’t become kings 👑🗡️ #art #oc

I thought a good while about doing this given how everyone is hard up these days, and I also *don't* like asking for money. But here we are. Studying is expensive, and for Reasons, I can't take a loan this round. Please donate if you can! Otherwise, sharing helps.

hey bsky, I need A LOT of stuff and I don’t have money, so I’m running a sale! 20% off the whole shop. 💖 etsy.com/shop/luckydomino

It's Leon's birthday and they've requested more people play their game in celebration.

BLUESKY! My sitcom THE COMIC SHOP is out on YouTube! It’s about a struggling, Black-owned LA comic store, made 100% independently with heart. We’re bringing back Awkward Black Girl, The Guild & other indie YouTube classics. Ep 1 is live—share & HELP US FIND OUR AUDIENCE! 🙇🏾‍♀️📺

I read my timeline & think about how frustrating people are, how inconvenient, how inevitably irritating. We are tedious, untidy, difficult. We change in unexpected ways, we need, we get sick. We get in the way. Something (it has many names) draws us all together even so.

Do you feel it! 🎃

New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Tom Bombadil knew what was up.

Hey #booksky, want a free book? This giveaway of The Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic & Murder (open in your browser) is open for about two more days (1 day, 17 hours)! www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

I've been behind and only finished Episode 53 the other day. I thought to myself "What a wild way to end Book 1. I need to work on upping my game to reach those heights." But it turns out that Episode 54 is the end of Book 1 and 53 is only a prelude to that wild ride. Still got a lotta work to do.

@worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social EPILOGUE SCENES?!

Just a lil' FYI - The double Enny award winning Uncaged: Goddesses is a mere HANDFUL of copies away from hitting Adamantine on the DMG. If you're looking for quality high level 5e adventures involving neutral & evil goddesses - this is the book for you! www.dmsguild.com/product/3828...

A long, long time ago in a career far, far away my brother and I launched a successful software product and were immediately fired because we insisted on bug fixes instead of starting on the next release. I swore I wouldn't write software for other people ever again.

@bdavewalters.bsky.social Heya. Whatever happened with your Undisputed Academy series? I bounced off it at first but have some meds and study techniques and was hoping to give it another go.

@ohcatrina.bsky.social Your Batuuan apartment post reminded me of some photos and videos I took my first time at Galaxy's Edge: it was 45 minutes before closing and empty because it was raining. photos.app.goo.gl/6V4y5icwJWQf...

Asbestos as a metaphor for where I suspect we might be going with LLM tools: rapid push to shove it into everything as a "modern solution," then an eventual "oh shit" walkback.

If anyone is going to pax unplugged and wants a helper for their table, or a gopher/assistant/whatever I would love to come and work for you for free so long as you have a pass to spare.

Outside the Japanese American Museum, one of the few places chronicling the internment of Japanese American citizens in WW2, and threatening internment again. There are no words for how disgusting that is.

Finding Your Purpose is a workbook for anyone in and around higher education who is trying to remember what they're here for. It's especially directed towards graduate students and early career scholars. halperta.com/shalperta%20...

Friends, we got a call to action 👇 We have the right to know when and how our creative works are used, especially when it comes to GenAi! This is why we need regulation like California’s Ai Copyright Transparency Act #AB-412 ! If you agree, especially if in CA, please sign & share this petition!

Magic Realm is this for me.

While I'm on the topic: Luna's work is also outstanding. With so much corporate blah and genAI slop out there, encountering something human with personality is like a little short rest for the soul.

This is lovely work! Minimalist logotypes are pervasive and boring. They shouldn't have to fit arbitrary circular or squircular dimensions of a social media profile picture. Give me brutalist ascenders and neo-gothic descenders. Make it maximally skeuomorphic and asymptotically asymmetrical.

If you enjoyed playing The Dying Spire (Daggerheart) or Road to Broadhurst (Draw Steel) at Gen Con and you're spooling up projects for either (or any other game for that matter, I'm not picky) you should consider hiring me to write for you! Love designing foes and player facing materials.

GenAI is glorified autocomplete, but it can't even do *that* correctly. I opened up VSCode and was hit with pop-ups and sparklies, but I thought that maybe it could actually autocomplete a basic HTML5 skeleton for a quick page test I needed. HTML5 is forgiving, but you still need CLOSING TAGS.

In simplest terms: by the time they get down your line to you, you will have lost any comrade that can help. Instead, fight those attacking the friends at your sides. Parry for them. Take openings. Confound the opponent. Fight now, not later. You already are a target.

Also, unpaywalled here: Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are steps you can take to evade it.

I made a couple 5-room dungeons for this excellent compilation, including these 2 cozy rooms where PCs make comfort food and help an old lady vampire find resolution. #TTRPG #DnD #DnD5e

the thing about PhD-level experts is that their value isn’t in the memorized knowledge they have so much as their ways of thinking

[Carl Sagan voice] If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first stop reposting screenshots of tweets from fascist government agencies.

For folks of my generation, pay close attention to that list of names in the first column.