Chocobos of the Resistance

Hello, new followers! If any of you are attending Orycon this weekend, so am I! Check out the schedule of panels I will be speaking on.

I've been enjoying Deezer as an alternative. They don't really have a free version, but their paid version is cheaper than Spotify's, and they have actual AI regulation policies. www.deezer.com/en/

Friends and family reaching out to me this morning like, "New weird Dissidia game announced. How are you feeling? 🥺"

The fact that the only part of Orwell's 1984 that anyone talks about is its political thesis and not the heinously peak "men writing women" romance and sex scenes in the second act is proof that no one has ever actually read 1984.

I saw a leopard-print cybertruck today. Please keep me and my family in your thoughts as we navigate this troubling situation.

Finished the Hypnos quest in Hades II last night. Spoilers for that and the Hades II endgame in general. (not actually graphic, just spoilers)

A little message from our CEO and founder @andyhunter777.bsky.social ahead of Anti-Prime:

My schedule for Orycon 45 is up! If you're in Portland, OR the weekend after next, come stop by for panels about the publishing industry and writing queer stories! jasminegower.com/2025/10/06/o...

Using my inherent human free will to stay up until 2 am hitting credits on Hades II and ruining my whole sleep schedule for today even though I have many important grown up things I need to do.

As someone who uses MW for work, I suspect this pure genAI haterism (affectionate) is born from the fact that they figured out early on that genAI is a scam. After they fell for it.

Anyway, regarding the EA thing, I kept saying I didn't think Bioware was going to survive 2025, but I didn't think it was going to happen like this. Maybe now EA will be more inclined to actually sell its IPs, though.

Again, (fellow USians) call your reps to let them know you don't want to see any anti-trans anything coming out of Congress ever, but here are the facts of the current situation laid out. If any of my trans siblings are spiraling right now, hopefully this helps.

Two things that are true at once: 1) Cis people need to show up more frequently and louder for the trans community in the US (and everywhere) and signalling aggressively to politicians that they support pro-trans policies. 2) PinkNews is an alarmist rag and not a reliable news source.

I hear some of you want to buy queer books. I want to make queer book sales. Perhaps we are not so different, you and I. For the fantasy enjoyers: bookshop.org/p/books/moon...

Sunday night, time to go Lala Mode (dwarf edition). #ffxiv

🎵Went to the pumpkin patch and pet some goats and mazed some corn and bought some cider for when It Happens🎵 🍂🎃🌽🍎🍁

Home this Friday night with a migraine and decided to dip back into S4C's catalog because my Welsh is atrophying and I ended up finding my new favorite workplace cringe comedy. It's about people learning basic Welsh. (trans.: "The Welsh Lesson") www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The state has authorized pharmacists in Oregon to administer Covid-19 vaccines without a prescription.

They also go after old novels. I got one about my debut a couple days ago. Obviously AI when it referred to an award nomination as if it was a plot point. Also, they offered no website, socials, credentials, etc. The only way I could follow up/learn more would be to reply directly to the email.

It can get real doomer on here, so if you haven't seen any clips from Congress grilling the CDC or FBI from the past few days, I recommend it. This admin is weak. They're a bunch of sniveling little boys who are shocked to find out that they are dumbest ones in the room when speaking to adults.

Okay, to put an even sharper point on this: they are not even 9 months in and they are openly censoring *Jimmy fucking Kimmel* because he poked fun at the president for lack of empathy. These are desperate moves. They are desperate because they are weak and people are naming it.

shots shots shots shots shots shots (everybody) OK, here is the tale of how I finally got my COVID booster in Oregon: - I had to email my PCP for an Rx. For places that are requiring this, they require it even if you are high risk or 65+ - Took a week for her to get back, sent the Rx to Walgreens

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

So we can agree that all the pearl clutching about everyone being too mean about that dead podcaster is so the right doesn't have to talk about the fact that his killer was from a rival white supremacist gang and completely divert from the Epstein files, right?

STILL waiting to hear back from my doctor (probably just going to flee the state tomorrow to get my shots in WA), but word on the web is that one hospital in Oregon that is just going "fuck it" and handing out COVID shots is the one in my conservative hometown* in the boonies???

I've never set foot on 4chan once in my life, and I could tell on sight that those were 4chan memes because as a queer person I need to know that stuff to keep myself safe online. DEI in the FBI would have cracked that in the first 5 minutes.

any outlet that reported the “pro-trans ideology on bullet casings” thing owes the public an apology and an explanation if you are serious about turning down the temperature, start by showing some shame and regret for your role in turning it up in the first place by allowing yourself to be played

you can’t do shit about a police investigation or how big money will spin the news. but you know what you *can* do? help the actual people this will be/is being weaponized against. tap into the thread. make a few calls so people close to power know this *also* isn’t the time to bail on trans folks.

Under normal circumstances, Oregon has the best healthcare in the country. Currently, I've been waiting several days to hear back from my doctor if I (high risk) can even get a prescription for a vaccine, then I have to find a pharmacy that has them (my clinic doesn't).

If you have more than 15 keys on a carabiner, do I have an anthology for you...

The world is bleak right now, but today at my favorite thrift store I found a pair of Lucky jeans in *exactly my size* for $10, so things are lookin' up for Ol' Gower over here.

I know it's a holiday, but my neighbors can't be gleefully cheering and hollering in this kind of political environment, y'all're getting my hopes up.

Saw someone compare the energy in US right now to "day before a maybe snow day" and I think that encapsulates it pretty much perfectly.

Like many other authors, I'm finding out that my works impacted in the Anthropic case were never registered with the US copyright office by my publishers (even when contractually obliged to do so), so here are some possible next steps for those of us in that boat.

And here’s where to search: publicrecords.copyright.gov

People who use AI to """write""" are the most clownish people in the industry. What do you mean I just got two editing inquiries in a row from people who self-professed to using AI who couldn't be bothered to check what genre of books I actually edit?

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Extending my hand to shake yours in hater camaraderie 🤝

AFAIK, members of the class are still being determined for this case, so if you think you are one of the affected authors, you should send your contact info to the Plaintiffs' legal team if you would also like to financially ruin the entire AI industry: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

I've re-graduated therapy 🎉🎓 Now the Department of Feelings will return my diploma.

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details: LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... (This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

The script to oppose KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) AKA The Big Bullshit Censorship Bill is now up on @5calls.org We’ve already seen the results of this over the last few days in the U.K. with their Online Safety Act (OSA). Let’s make sure it dies off again. Call your reps ☎️

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Told my therapist about the Visa/MC/Stripe thing. Her take: "I haven't heard that. This is outside the realm of therapy, but what are some action items I can do to help? Call our reps?" Talk to people offline about this too! They also don't want payment processors controlling speech!

Anyone else here freelance on/use Reedsy? Because I just sent them an email asking them to divest (-ish, at least add other options) from Stripe. Happy to send it along to anyone who wants to use it as a blueprint.

The Gaza Soup Kitchen run by Hani Almadhoun and family is currently feeding 3000 people a day under the monstrous conditions of the engineered famine happening before our eyes. You can help feed at least a few people. Please donate: gofund.me/e37b4bae

After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)

I haven't heard anything back on this yet, but my Stripe dashboard is loading SOOOOO slow today. I am choosing to believe that is due to them being overloaded with my fellow complainers 👍