I was stuck for a VERY long time. Tiamat did not care one little bit.

Prayers. (and scrivener)

now that grijalva is sworn in, the 8 democrats who caved should be like "hahahahhahah JUST KIDDING" right? that would make me respect them the tiniest bit more

Man. I know it was a travesty when they stuffed all that ghibli art into genAI datasets, but it's SO FUNNY that they can't get rid of the piss filter.

And the reason I'm looking for a dialogue is this: while I believe certain practices were effective 20 years ago, I suspect a lot of rules are outdated now. This not only affects authors trying to query, but readers, as well. I have concerns from both sides. 1/

I keep trying to open a dialogue with publishing professionals, but I am essentially a no one, and I've been repeatedly ignored. I'm not saying this for pity. I'm saying if you want things to change, someone with a bigger name is going to have to step up.

The next mutation is Siphonophore! This one was a lot of fun to design.

OH MY GOD I'M SO SURPRISED WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING

Everyone WANTED them to hold out and not cave. I have no idea why they would give up after 40 days.

There really is a conversation I want to have with literary agents and publishing in general, in good faith. There are things that I want to know--like why a "no" from one agent is a "no" from all, for example. And why comps are so important. I feel like the publishing industry is so opaque... 1/2

This is a flag warning so humans can delete the hallucinated information and edit the article correctly. This is a good thing that prevents AI abuse.

Did anyone order the Chicken Nugget?

More pittie marketing. This time featuring Bane, who has great taste in books. Check out the best book you'll ever read (Or at least an okay fantasy with fun characters to pass the time!) right here: mybook.to/tBuq

Where can I find out which democrats melted like a fucking ice cube in summer and which ones stood their ground?

Like seriously. Republican promises are worth less than dirt right now.

dems should have held the fucking line.

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The people being like "they should go to customers first!" need to shut the fuck up. If you work in a particular retail hellscape, you get first dibs.

Three children were killed by lawn darts in the 70’s and they were banned in the US. ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point? If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?

this was hilarious. you are slay'd.

I've decided to try pittie marketing. Lemme know what y'all think of my campaign. If it works, you can buy shadecursed here! mybook.to/tBuq

I hope you don't mind if I quote post this instead of replying. It's just something I think a lot of my followers would like to see answers to, as well, if you have the time to provide them. I do think a lot of my opinions are based on vibes, but they haven't come from a vacuum. 1/

I've been reporting dozens of ads where the "product" is an AI-generated image that never gets delivered. The big thing right now is advent calendars. All scams. And that's just small potatoes compared to some of the things people offer.

shoutouts to toby fox for just doing this when a platform tells him he HAS to add achievements to his games

I am honestly so excited about potentially making Shadecursed, Shadowbind, and (third book title to be revealed) into a series of games. I mean holy shit. I know I'd have to convince a studio to, you know... Do? It? but it's the perfect fit. It just makes me so excited.

This person took this when they called the race

I'm gonna be honest. After watching/playing Dispatch (by @adhocstudio.com the game format is what I want for Shadecursed and the whole Bestiary trilogy. I feel like the only people who could do it justice are game devs. 1/

We've got another review for you today, and this is a fun one by @edpool.bsky.social as he reviews Shadecursed: The Bestiary Book One by @chaoskirin.art! www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-... #AMoRaR

how is this shit not front page news? Check the URL. www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/

Got a pass today on a litmag submission. I was surprisingly OK with it. I kinda expected a pass from a prestigious magazine, but I was still kinda "eh, you win some, you lose some."

I work at a location where I can see a food truck distribution every Monday. The lot is usually about half full. Today, it was all the way full and they were turning people away because there was no food left.

Every time we do DST, everyone posts reminders about how it's bad for our health and we should end it, because of extensive studies that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it's bad for our health. Why do we still do this? Do we just LIKE suffering?

There's so much about paleontology that makes me excited, but so much that makes my heart hurt. Why were real paleontologists attacking someone who had valid theories about nanotyrannus--who then turned out to be right? Just like amateur paleontologists can't make decisions on vibes... 1/

The reason "experts" suggested that nanotyrannus was a juvenile T-Rex was because they had nothing to study. The fossil that revealed the truth was in a private collection for years. In order to Do Science, paleontologists need evidence. They can't just arbitrarily decide things on vibes. 1/2

Last day in the Water Department! Moving on to the city's IT department and I'm a little sad, but also relieved. This is what I've wanted to do with my life since I learned "computers" was something you could do for a job.

treating both sides as equally valid has done measurable harm *to* both sides. If someone believes something actually truly harmful and they get nyt reporters interviewing them in diners instead of saying "bruh, you know long-form birth certificates is a bullshit thing to be shook about" it ends bad

Something I think I need to post every day at this point... Generative AI CANNOT become GENERAL AI. They are not designed the same way. Not only that, but a real general AI can't work at all with our current power infrastructure. The companies who are trying to sell this as a thing... 1/2

I HATE how nature gave parrots self-healing EARS but also made them S U P E R L O U D so there is absolutely no consequences from their actions. Nature was just like "humans get bad knees. Dogs only live for 10 years. Parrots? allowed to SCREM with WILD ABANDON. FOREVER. A CRIMINAL:

the one good thing that came out of the trump administration, the one thing that history books will look favorably on and maybe even spend pages dissecting and analyzing for its sheer genius, is "covfefe"

gosh darn it, i knew he was too good to be true

I'm reading updates on Midnight Alpha and, wow, I had no idea that PuG DPS didn't do utility at all and left it to healers. I pretty much always DPS and I'm constantly de-enraging, soothing, interrupting, stunning, etc. My main interrupt on all my characters is the 8 button. 1/2

This is a great discovery! But also keep in mind that while not insignificant, wind turbines aren't even near the top way birds are killed. In fact, it's significantly overblown by right-wing lawmakers: www.sibleyguides.com/conservation...

Once more with feeling: You can't build general AI out of generative AI. They don't have the same framework. You can't create a thinking computer out of something not built to think. As far as generative AI goes, it's not even as intelligent as a fucking starfish.

Until Dawn except you play as Hannah

My dad sent me this

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