People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Irish News: "The human cost of political pageantry in Gaza. The enclave’s humanitarian needs remain vast and immediate." The civilians rely on our donations, no amount is too small. Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can take care of her family. And to others. ❤️🙏 chuffed.org/project/1587...

by the end of the year you will realize it’s not say Star Trek (important: that’s an eg. I have nothing against Star Trek) that’s rich and dense and incredible. It’s your own engagement that creates the incredible thing. Have fun with texts don’t ascribe god powers to them

Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice. Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.

We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier. Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

The grinch is a kind of green gorilla who hates certain things

"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction." "How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...

2/ Our readers deserve clear labeling on AI content, and we deserve job security. Sign our petition for a fair contract and we’ll keep you updated on our campaign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

#ai #mozilla #firefox #fuckAI #genAI #fuckGenAI

2025 has been a rough year. What's one piece of art that's brought you absolute joy despite everything?

can't win them all

I had to look for the Onion tag. But no...

“Whoever has no house now will establish none,” — Rainer Maria Rilke . . . This poem appeared in The Essential Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke, published by Ecco, 1999. Shared here with deep gratitude.

pals you gotta quit spotify

If you DM me a good memory I will pay for your Rascal subscription. First 100 people only.

Yup, as @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @marentierra.bsky.social and I say in Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno... "[Guardrails] pose an infinite regress of humans in the loop needed to make pretend of what AI was supposed to solve"

Yes. Legit-sounding book clubs (with web pages and Etsy merch shops and all) say they want to do your book, waste your time with 2 rounds of planning emails, then say they need your headshot, bio, and the “standard $212 administrative fee” or whatever. Scam scam scammity scam scam.

Who could have seen this coming except literally everyone share.google/GFaMy3K2Jjlo...

Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/

I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.

Ruba really needs help ❤️

Time to look into your settings, folks.

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

// Greebles are psychology's best creatures, so you know I had to turn them into flesh :) Read more about them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble... Then, tag yourself:

My favorite neurotoxin is conotoxin, produced by cone snails. It's interesting because there's not one conotoxin, it's a whole damn cocktail that fucks with sodium and potassium and calcium channels simultaneously, evolved to be absurdly broad spectrum. If it has nerves, the cone snail can kill it

We are going Super Social Justice Blue Hair and Pronouns. We are calling things "gay" and "queer" as compliments and honorifics. We are proudly being buzzkills and harpies and feminine and vegan and giving a sincere fucking shit about the environment and climate and well-being of the community.

@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

A baby girl was pepper-sprayed in the face by Department of Homeland Security agents as her parents drove her home from a weekend family shopping trip.

Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL

I just backed Apocalypse World: Burned Over on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

A cool Interesting Times topic would be "We Put Ross Douthat Into One of Those Drive-Thru Tubes at the Bank, and this is the Sound it Made When We Pushed the Button"

you gotta draw or the bad people will win

"Higher[ed] aims to create cognitively mature adults, which in turn requires us to ensure students learn to read, think and write all on their own. It is easier than we think: Creating tech-free spaces and incentivizing students to spend time in them requires no new resources. All it takes is will."

dipping my phone in the crockpot now, lick your screens taste the soup

OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

I want genAI to die. I want this AI trend to die. I want features like photo filters to go back to being called what they are and not AI. I want real art to feel valuable and real artists to be valued. I want photography and filmmaking and art and design and I want voice acting and editing. Not bots

We are hiring 3 tenure-track Creative Writing assistant professors (2 fiction, 1 poetry) here at UCF. jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/assista...

I have a new story, "Dirge and Gleam," up today at @lightspeedmagazine.com! Queer wizard school, ghosts, and a terrifying spider girl who just might be lonely. There's also a short interview and an audio version. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dirg...

This is wild and sweet, and it might make you feel better about making art, even imperfect art that hasn't found an audience yet. Some teenagers in the 90s make a record in their garage, then go their separate ways. Decades later, someone finds their old album, puts it online, and they blow up.

Why This Nineties High School Punk Band Is Suddenly Bigger Than Ever Everyone Asked About You broke up and went about their lives. Nearly three decades later, they're touring the U.S. thanks to some Japanese fans unearthing their old teenage music. Feature: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

i don’t do this often but some good folks are dealing with some serious medical bills and could use your support if you have a few dollars to spare. thank you!

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

no quarter given lmao

Since it's Black Speculative Fiction Month, I thought I'd share a story I love by a Black author each day. Since I'm starting 10 days in, I'll post a bunch to catch up. I'm going to do 15 from the Top 80 of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and 15 from Lightspeed/Nightmare.