This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025

I don't want gen AI in my software I don't want gen AI in my phone I don't want gen AI in my email I don't want gen AI in my recipes I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation I don't want gen AI in my schools I don't want gen AI in my healthcare I don't want gen AI in my life

"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free, but it only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." -- Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965

Please enjoy a lovely shot of the Seattle skyline at dusk as penance.

Actually... the top grossing film that year was Men in Black. Titanic lifetime gross sooo... 2026 saved!

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. Welp... it's Titanic. 😅 Shit.

Shut the fucking kiddie porn machine down. Unplug it. Turn it off. Yeet it into the sea. Anyone with a brain knew this was the inevitable end result of these tools, and yet this article fails to blame the one group that made this misery possible - the AI shills.

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GENRE FICTION IS GREAT ON ITS OWN AND DOESN'T NEED AN INTERVENTION BECAUSE SOME READERS ARE EMBARRASSED ABOUT LIKING IT. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TEDTALK

“Something that I have found difficult for non-artists to understand is that the ‘early messy stuff’ that non-arty folks insist can be ‘fixed by a human artist later’ is where the best work is done. You cannot brute force your way to the end conclusion of an idea – you gotta work that out.”

"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!

Whenever anyone asks me why, I always say I was forced to choose between her and me but the truth is the decision came after a decade of trying while everyone else in the fam worked hard to protect the status quo. The available doors were keep taking hits forever or leave. So I left.

Congrats, kids!

Reminder: women's hockey ☺️

I am reminded of something P.D. James wrote in “Children of Men,” also about a university context:

Chuck Tingle is a treasure and I will be holding tight to "errors are not errors they are the spice of human expression"

The SAVE plan helped millions of people stay above water while repaying student loan debt. Now that Trump has officially shut it down, borrowers may now have to spend hundreds more per month paying off their loans. How is this supposed to lower people’s cost of living?

Teen Fantasy Reader Romance Averse Me bought "Can You Keep a Secret?" on a family trip to London and it altered my reading habits forever. I still own that now much loved, well worn copy. Sophie Kinsella is an amazing writer. I'm so sorry to hear of her passing.

Also, depression is expensive as fuck!

now you too can work without sleep for several weeks in order to generate 30 seconds of uncanny valley dogshit in service of an empty concept

Movie you've watched more than 6 times with a gif. No Star Wars or Trek, Marvel or LOTR.

Is this great policy in the room with us now? But, excellent idea. Rename the party. Tepublican on every ballot. T-Pubs for short.

#Novmemeber2025 The Damsel in Distress is played straight except the damsel is a powerful dragonknight held captive in a tower (mountain) and brainwashed, and needs the love of his life to rescue him.

Casserole. Goodbye, fren.

This.👇 With the latest update, I'm going to switch off Gmail. You cannot disable AI machine learning without disabling smart features and disabling smart features means being inundated by promotional and social junk. My decision to use your service does not mean you own me.

I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone

I have nothing to contribute. Trump cannot threaten the lives of Congresss without consequence. 25th Amendment now.

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical. You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!

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."

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

#RevPit #FiFRevPit #writersky For My Demon, My Supreme: I've always been fascinated by the Daedric Princes and apotheosis in Elder Scrolls setting. I came to it with a question: What if they fucked? Then: What if monster porn was a metaphor for self-actualization? Then: What if fated mates?

C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

Valentina can throw down when she needs to but this is 90% accurate. #FiFRevPit #WritingCommunity #writesky #prompts

#FiFRevPit #writercommunity #writesky Bells brings whatever Matron Grunt and Manny the Castle Stove deem appropriate, which might be six courses. The Demon Supreme brings demons, sex, and a BDSM floor show. (It's like inviting Sanguine. Everyone knows what they're signing up for.)

A DOWRY OF BLOOD x THE BACHELOR Holland only agrees to date Dracula on TV to boost her influencer career. When producer manipulation goes too far, she tries to leave, but finds the eliminated girls haven’t been sent home—they’ve been fed on. #questpit #W #A #H #comedy

Winters are unkind to a vila, especially one stuck in the world of mortals with no powers. Nor's only chance to return home are the Gods but their favor never comes for free. A samodiva punishes, and she never forgives A samodiva rewards, and she never forgets #QuestPit #Q #A #F

THE DEVIL LOVES A CEO: A Sapphic Paranormal Rom-Com She's a Fast-Fashion CEO and the worst person you've ever met. She's the literal devil and a total romantic. If they want love, the CEO will need to make some major changes to avoid eternal damnation. 😈 ❤️🔥 #QuestPit #PR #RF #A

F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN Pirates, explosions, and now robbing the TED conference? Ship’s cook Tai only wants to get back to their kitchen—if only there wasn't a terrifying human in it. And just why is she so fascinating, anyway? #QuestPit #Q #SF #LGBT #R #A

presenting the #agentsguide for my adult queer gothic horror romance wip featuring: 🥀 angel summoning cult 🥀 corruption arc(s) 🥀 extremely unreliable narrator 🥀 it’s all a metaphor for ocd the problem with angels is, sometimes, they talk back. ✨ready for betas in December 👀 #QuestPit #W #A #H

TERRY PRATCHETT x NAOMI NOVIK: Posey, an OCD-ridden anarchocommunist, is drafted into a magic military. When her pretty classmate doesn’t get expelled for ‘killing’ a teacher, she crafts a list of ways to get expelled, hoping to be the first in history. #ya #f #wip #questpit

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #M

An #agentsguide for #litagents & #editors! A snarky, heartfelt, found-family rom-com in sci-fi armor. 👽💃🏾 #amquerying #writersky

To win her best friend's love and heal her uncle, May will risk everything to steal HealthCorp's miracle pill. But when the CEO's disinherited son offers to help - and teach her the art of seduction - she'll learn just how deep a stain power and control can leave on a soul. #QuestPit #A #SFF #R #Q