Amorak Huey
@amorak.bsky.social
Loyola grad’s dad. BGSU dad. Poet. BGSU prof/director of creative writing. Proud union member. Co-founding editor @riverriverbooks.bsky.social. Auburn fan. Dodgers fan. I like board games & ttrpg. He/him. It's pronounced uh-MOR-ack. https://amorakhuey.com
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Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Note: I do not have a book called The Line Where We Met.
![Screenshot of an email reading:
Hi Huey,Your beautiful book The Line Where We Met
I hope you’re doing well. I recently came across The Line Where We Met and was immediately struck by the emotional depth and authenticity in your storytelling. The way you portray Cassidy’s need for stability, Jake’s unpredictable world as a lineman, and the push-and-pull of their connection feels vivid, grounded, and incredibly human.
I was also moved by the personal note you shared about your journey as a writer your perseverance and creativity shine through every part of your work.
I’d love the opportunity to connect and learn more about your process, your inspirations, and any upcoming projects you’re excited about. If you’re open to it, I would be thrilled to speak with you at your convenience.
Wishing you continued success,
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November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Note: I do not have a book called The Line Where We Met.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Every excuse everyone makes for why this is OK falls the fuck apart when everyone gets to make money on our work except for us.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Every excuse everyone makes for why this is OK falls the fuck apart when everyone gets to make money on our work except for us.
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"I was all mare, fawn, & galloped stallion
setting our fields ablaze, wild with want"
—Michal ‘MJ’ Jones
beestungmag.com/issue25/two-...
setting our fields ablaze, wild with want"
—Michal ‘MJ’ Jones
beestungmag.com/issue25/two-...
Two Poems by Michal ‘MJ’ Jones – beestung
beestungmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"I was all mare, fawn, & galloped stallion
setting our fields ablaze, wild with want"
—Michal ‘MJ’ Jones
beestungmag.com/issue25/two-...
setting our fields ablaze, wild with want"
—Michal ‘MJ’ Jones
beestungmag.com/issue25/two-...
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found wanting vs found longing
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
found wanting vs found longing
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Lumping them together as “AI” gives readers the impression that a single class of tool is discerning novel protein structures, teasing subtle patterns out of mountains of LHC data, writing a student’s History 101 paper, and arguing a ketamine-addled billionaire could post up Shaq in his prime. No.
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lumping them together as “AI” gives readers the impression that a single class of tool is discerning novel protein structures, teasing subtle patterns out of mountains of LHC data, writing a student’s History 101 paper, and arguing a ketamine-addled billionaire could post up Shaq in his prime. No.
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Commentator and journalist @salhachimi.bsky.social recounted his arrest and illegal 18-day detention by ICE at an FPF event this week.
"If the American public finds out the realities of what's happening, ICE will be dismantled in an instant," he said.
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"If the American public finds out the realities of what's happening, ICE will be dismantled in an instant," he said.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Commentator and journalist @salhachimi.bsky.social recounted his arrest and illegal 18-day detention by ICE at an FPF event this week.
"If the American public finds out the realities of what's happening, ICE will be dismantled in an instant," he said.
Watch more:
"If the American public finds out the realities of what's happening, ICE will be dismantled in an instant," he said.
Watch more:
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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That we are among a proletariat of poets of all the classes
Each ill-paid and surviving on nothing
Or on as little as one needs to survive
Steadfast as any farmer and fixed as the stars
—Bernadette Mayer
poems.com/poem/essay/?...
Each ill-paid and surviving on nothing
Or on as little as one needs to survive
Steadfast as any farmer and fixed as the stars
—Bernadette Mayer
poems.com/poem/essay/?...
Essay
I don't want to be a farmer but my mother was right
I should never have tried to rise out of the proletariat
poems.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
That we are among a proletariat of poets of all the classes
Each ill-paid and surviving on nothing
Or on as little as one needs to survive
Steadfast as any farmer and fixed as the stars
—Bernadette Mayer
poems.com/poem/essay/?...
Each ill-paid and surviving on nothing
Or on as little as one needs to survive
Steadfast as any farmer and fixed as the stars
—Bernadette Mayer
poems.com/poem/essay/?...
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“It’s reasonable for all poets to say that they work in STEM.”
Our greatest tool for fighting AI might actually be poetry.
Can “adversarial poetry” save us from AI?
Turns out, the Terminator movies would have been more realistic if Sarah Conner had a poetry MFA. In a new paper titled “Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large L…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“It’s reasonable for all poets to say that they work in STEM.”
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New research by @mctd.bsky.social shows the impact of generative AI on authors in the UK. They found over a third of novelists report their income has already been negatively impacted by AI and 85% expect their future income will be negatively impacted.
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
Impact of Generative AI on the Novel
A report examining how literary creatives being affected by GenAI and what measures they want see implemented by the government to protect the UK’s literary scene.
www.mctd.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New research by @mctd.bsky.social shows the impact of generative AI on authors in the UK. They found over a third of novelists report their income has already been negatively impacted by AI and 85% expect their future income will be negatively impacted.
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
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This. I've been working with "machine learning" since before the current AI-fever and it's an invaluable tool in science and engineering.
LLMs and GenAI are being misused in a criminally negligent way and using misplaced legitimacy to do it, and that misdirect cannot be allowed to continue.
LLMs and GenAI are being misused in a criminally negligent way and using misplaced legitimacy to do it, and that misdirect cannot be allowed to continue.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This. I've been working with "machine learning" since before the current AI-fever and it's an invaluable tool in science and engineering.
LLMs and GenAI are being misused in a criminally negligent way and using misplaced legitimacy to do it, and that misdirect cannot be allowed to continue.
LLMs and GenAI are being misused in a criminally negligent way and using misplaced legitimacy to do it, and that misdirect cannot be allowed to continue.
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If you want a _very_ brief poem this morning, @havehashad.com and I can provide.
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you want a _very_ brief poem this morning, @havehashad.com and I can provide.
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...
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and you should, it's really good! :D
Anyway, you can buy my latest SF novel from Waterstones if you are so inclined. www.waterstones.com/book/the-hei...
The Heist of Hollow London by Eddie Robson | Waterstones
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November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
and you should, it's really good! :D
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Like a person might have a background figure with indistinct arms by choice. But a human arm that merges with a tree branch of the exact same width and visual trajectory is a very specific detail.
AI slop does that because it prioritizes line continuity without understanding what the lines ARE.
AI slop does that because it prioritizes line continuity without understanding what the lines ARE.
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Like a person might have a background figure with indistinct arms by choice. But a human arm that merges with a tree branch of the exact same width and visual trajectory is a very specific detail.
AI slop does that because it prioritizes line continuity without understanding what the lines ARE.
AI slop does that because it prioritizes line continuity without understanding what the lines ARE.
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ICYMI
I wrote a tiny story abt the dangers of letting your kid read your high school yearbook 📚
gooseberry-pie.com/subway-was-r...
I wrote a tiny story abt the dangers of letting your kid read your high school yearbook 📚
gooseberry-pie.com/subway-was-r...
Subway Was Real When You Worked There - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Taylor Flowe on Unsplash by Lisa Thornton reads my son aloud from my senior yearbook and I’m not sure yet who the inscription is from but then he says no one has fallen out of my car lately a...
gooseberry-pie.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
ICYMI
I wrote a tiny story abt the dangers of letting your kid read your high school yearbook 📚
gooseberry-pie.com/subway-was-r...
I wrote a tiny story abt the dangers of letting your kid read your high school yearbook 📚
gooseberry-pie.com/subway-was-r...
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It’s a poetry taster on a winter’s evening 📚💙❄️ Hope to see you there!
@amorak.bsky.social @pittella.bsky.social @esylviapoet.bsky.social @martin65.bsky.social #poetry
@amorak.bsky.social @pittella.bsky.social @esylviapoet.bsky.social @martin65.bsky.social #poetry
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It’s a poetry taster on a winter’s evening 📚💙❄️ Hope to see you there!
@amorak.bsky.social @pittella.bsky.social @esylviapoet.bsky.social @martin65.bsky.social #poetry
@amorak.bsky.social @pittella.bsky.social @esylviapoet.bsky.social @martin65.bsky.social #poetry
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Picard management tip: As soon as you find out that a person is truly toxic, get them the hell off your ship.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Picard management tip: As soon as you find out that a person is truly toxic, get them the hell off your ship.
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Also sounds like people who don’t understand books. “I want to set my books up so nobody needs to talk about them online or writes fanfic” is such a wild thing for someone to say if they want to make money.
I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Also sounds like people who don’t understand books. “I want to set my books up so nobody needs to talk about them online or writes fanfic” is such a wild thing for someone to say if they want to make money.
“… Amorak Huey's Mouth is an exploration …”
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November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“… Amorak Huey's Mouth is an exploration …”
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
“I must break the language to tell it myself…” Donna Vorreyer
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“I must break the language to tell it myself…” Donna Vorreyer