Like, I want to add up the total cost of life hours that everyone has lost to this message, because I think it has collectively killed several hundred people (just spread out over a population).

I KNOW I should go to an emergency room or call 911 in a medical emergency. I have lost years of my life to this part of your answering machine.

These book are so awesome

I have this, but haven't read it yet, every other @alexwhite.bsky.social book has been superb! The giveaway is over but you should still pick up their books.

Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers Book 1) by @alexwhite.bsky.social, which I *have* and *have read*. The sale was promo'd by the author, so I have to reward that, of course.

AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce

GUESS WHO GOT THE PSVR GAME OF THE YEAR?! ALIEN: ROGUE INCURSION, BABYYYY! blog.playstation.com/2025/12/18/p... (calling @unburntwitch.com)

Excited to have all of these new Star Trek followers! Where are they coming from, though?

Technically, giving someone a lighter makes them heavier.

Bluesky is always like, "Here's a reskeet reply to someone you blocked," and I always want to know who it was, because I readily throw so many into the block fires. I want blocking to work like adult content where I can hit "show" and be like, "Ohhhh yeah I remember hating that fucker."

The most impressive thing about Bari is her ability to violate ethical principles while indignantly claiming to defend them.

Happy Winter Solstice! Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025). You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!

Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.

Bjork has given us her hitbox. I expect the lab folks to have her frame data ready for the rest of us by EOB

While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most. Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.

This is the same as winning an award, right?

words kind of fail me on how much I hate this from many different angles anyway still being into Harry Potter is like dating a republican

I've been laughing at this all day. All three of these people nailed it. 10/10, no notes.

As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet. Forever.

Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.

This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.

"I'm not in denial... I'm in open rebellion." Same, Ethan Hawke. Same.

“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said

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“The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.“ Palantir will be used to identify domestic Trump critics soon enough.

Man that is NOT gonna turn out for you the way you think

Oh look. Another academic blowhard saying games aren't real art.

What's a great gift this holiday season? How about some coaching for that aspiring writer in your life (perhaps you)? I can help you with motivation, story structure, writer's block and more! DM me with your interest!

If you're in a shopping mood and looking for autographed copies of my books, go indie! Read It Again Books ships everywhere, and the autographs are free! read-it-again.com/alex-white-a...

Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from. tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this. 🧵⬇️

Adore the hell out of these books. Do the thing!

Hey #booksky buy the two books so far in Alex White's Starmetal Symphony series for anyone that loves #scifi, giant #robot battles, and music! They kick serious mech ass!

While none of my books are on sale for Black Friday, you should consider buying them, anyway! They make great gifts, and you can always burn them for warmth! Also, Bookshop.org has free shipping today! bookshop.org/p/books/augu...

This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.

I am thankful for A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social , and the whole of The Salvagers series. Alex's work is so insightful and inclusive. You're having all the fun in the world, but underneath it all is something tender and wonderful and serious.

Today, I worked on an adventure, wrote a song and edited a bit of book, all for paying customers. Life is okay sometimes.

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

How hard is "hard sci fi?" Most books are only really accurate on one axis. Listen to me and @starstryder.space go deep on everything from hard sci-fi to AI to sociology in fiction.

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Guess they’re gonna have to tear down all those New Deal buildings and artworks. For those who don’t study history, we’ve had socialism in America before, it was in response to unbridled wealth hoarding, and it directly led to one of the most prosperous periods the country has ever experienced.

I should add that we're still very much reporting on what's happening with civil rights in schools: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

we wrote about this! it won't always be this way! buttondown.com/ModernMediev...

It’s not just that people don’t know there are simpler ways to do things. It’s that they’re being TOLD to integrate Ai into everything. I’m reminded, again, of the radium craze. Radium is not magic and nor is Ai. Both are, unfortunately, harmful. Original from @mariyadelano.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI.

Meant to say that I finished @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social 's OATHBREAKERS and what a book! Though, reading about a couple of elites who'd destroy their people in service of little more than hubris, rivalry and greed feels... too relevant.

Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures