Dick Laurent
@cblockus.bsky.social
If writing can accomplish anything anymore (or ever could), it’s writing like this: proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
We Had it Coming [EXCERPTS] • Protean Magazine
Three new short stories by Luke O'Neil—"The rules," "How to live," and "Something that was once potentially good"—are excerpted here from his new book of stories, We Had it Coming, out from OR Books.
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January 18, 2026 at 5:58 PM
If writing can accomplish anything anymore (or ever could), it’s writing like this: proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
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NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.
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Honestly pretty solid analysis
January 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Honestly pretty solid analysis
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I am not a politician, political strategist or anything remotely important to the public good, and *I* know that if Third Way warns me to do something, that means I should keep doing it and, in fact, do more of it.
ICE may be shooting people in the face, sending people to concentration camps, and illegally occupying our cities but, apparently, the Democrats think saying, "abolish ICE" is "emotional" and politically "lethal."
January 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I am not a politician, political strategist or anything remotely important to the public good, and *I* know that if Third Way warns me to do something, that means I should keep doing it and, in fact, do more of it.
You can always count on Wendig.
Chuck Wendig had a great response:
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
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December 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You can always count on Wendig.
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Look, this person doesn't understand what process is and how keeping it writer-based supports style and narrative, period. Thus, several things she suggests harmless if AI-driven are actually harmful. Also, the fallacy that AI is inevitable belies evidence of a bubble 1/2 file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
file770.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Look, this person doesn't understand what process is and how keeping it writer-based supports style and narrative, period. Thus, several things she suggests harmless if AI-driven are actually harmful. Also, the fallacy that AI is inevitable belies evidence of a bubble 1/2 file770.com/erin-underwo...
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This letter pretends it is reasonable and obvious but ultimately is an attempt to excuse a dozen or more ways of letting anti-human, pro-techlord, environment-destroying septic AI into our industry, organizations and processes. But there just isn’t an ethical use of generative AI, full stop.
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI
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Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
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Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
file770.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This letter pretends it is reasonable and obvious but ultimately is an attempt to excuse a dozen or more ways of letting anti-human, pro-techlord, environment-destroying septic AI into our industry, organizations and processes. But there just isn’t an ethical use of generative AI, full stop.
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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If you want to check my work or just play a more haunting, meaningful game of #dnd, pick up #BookofExtinction from @magehandpress.bsky.social. I spoke with so many incredible people to make this happen, and I'd love for you to meet them.
magehandpress.com/extinction/
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Preorder Book of Extinction by Mage Hand Press
Bring extinct animals to life in your D&D 5e campaign with the Book of Extinction. Unleash the power of the past today!
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December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If you want to check my work or just play a more haunting, meaningful game of #dnd, pick up #BookofExtinction from @magehandpress.bsky.social. I spoke with so many incredible people to make this happen, and I'd love for you to meet them.
magehandpress.com/extinction/
magehandpress.com/extinction/
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
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Cool. Spotted in Papua, New Guinea
October 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Cool. Spotted in Papua, New Guinea
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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i’ve been trying to think of the real actual applications of generative ai in it’s current state and the two things i have so far is it makes everyone more dumb and also every more paranoid
October 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
i’ve been trying to think of the real actual applications of generative ai in it’s current state and the two things i have so far is it makes everyone more dumb and also every more paranoid
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i’ll never get over this
October 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
i’ll never get over this
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there’s no other way to put this other than full military invasion into america
October 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
there’s no other way to put this other than full military invasion into america
One for the books.
September 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
One for the books.
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The fact that Kaleb Horton died begging for work instead having a column at some hip legacy mag is such an indictment of this industry. People should have been begging to put him on payroll. But nope, we've reserved that space for Ezra Klein
September 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The fact that Kaleb Horton died begging for work instead having a column at some hip legacy mag is such an indictment of this industry. People should have been begging to put him on payroll. But nope, we've reserved that space for Ezra Klein
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Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
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Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival
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September 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...
#Pennstatefootball should fire James Franklin tonight and immediately promote Jim Knowles to HC. If he couldn’t win tonight, he never will. He has taken the program as far as he is capable. The same problems persist every season. Enough is enough.
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
#Pennstatefootball should fire James Franklin tonight and immediately promote Jim Knowles to HC. If he couldn’t win tonight, he never will. He has taken the program as far as he is capable. The same problems persist every season. Enough is enough.
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If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.