Harm Wiggins
@harmwiggins.bsky.social
Educator. Many, many fandoms. Tabletop Gamer. Spouse/Parent. Reader/Writer. Introvert. Optimist. Believer in democracy, equality, and the future.
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This is such a fantastic point-by-point takedown of the entire stupid “open letter”… and also as I read it, I’m struck again by the simplicity and purity of the @anthonymoser.com approach
“The machine is disgusting and we should break it.”
“The machine is disgusting and we should break it.”
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
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…
terribleminds.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is such a fantastic point-by-point takedown of the entire stupid “open letter”… and also as I read it, I’m struck again by the simplicity and purity of the @anthonymoser.com approach
“The machine is disgusting and we should break it.”
“The machine is disgusting and we should break it.”
There's a stark trend of various nerd culture things that I like being unrelentingly crapped on by cultural hipsters and their devoted courtiers. No coherent reasons. Just moral superiority based on not liking things anymore.
It's just like being a teenager again.
It's just like being a teenager again.
a man in a blue jacket is driving a car and says " just like old times huh "
Alt: a man in a blue jacket is driving a car and says " just like old times huh "
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There's a stark trend of various nerd culture things that I like being unrelentingly crapped on by cultural hipsters and their devoted courtiers. No coherent reasons. Just moral superiority based on not liking things anymore.
It's just like being a teenager again.
It's just like being a teenager again.
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I wrote a Your Guide to Farscape story a few years ago and I'm always so happy to see folks get into the show, which I love a lot. Talked to Brian Henson of Jim Henson Company for this as well. This was such a labor of love: www.ign.com/articles/201...
April 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I wrote a Your Guide to Farscape story a few years ago and I'm always so happy to see folks get into the show, which I love a lot. Talked to Brian Henson of Jim Henson Company for this as well. This was such a labor of love: www.ign.com/articles/201...
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You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
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WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Well done, everyone, we're halfway out of the dark
December 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Well done, everyone, we're halfway out of the dark
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#EpsteinCoverup is so blatantly hamfisted, it's political malpractice if Dems don't attack full bore: Impeach Bondi as the means to make it a defining issue next year in run-up to midterms.
Removing this obviously distributed-a-billion-times photo of Trump w/Melania, Epstein, & Maxwell from the DOJ release of files only points out the FBI team's foolish, slapdash attempt to cover up *any existence* of the adjudicated sexual assaulter FOTUS in them.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#EpsteinCoverup is so blatantly hamfisted, it's political malpractice if Dems don't attack full bore: Impeach Bondi as the means to make it a defining issue next year in run-up to midterms.
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The time to demand Bondi’s resignation or impeachment is NOW. Press them hard, put them on the defensive, and make this a key issue in the midterms.
It highlights everything wrong with the GOP — cult like loyalty to Trump, complete lawlessness, elite entitlement, etc.
It highlights everything wrong with the GOP — cult like loyalty to Trump, complete lawlessness, elite entitlement, etc.
#EpsteinCoverup is so blatantly hamfisted, it's political malpractice if Dems don't attack full bore: Impeach Bondi as the means to make it a defining issue next year in run-up to midterms.
Removing this obviously distributed-a-billion-times photo of Trump w/Melania, Epstein, & Maxwell from the DOJ release of files only points out the FBI team's foolish, slapdash attempt to cover up *any existence* of the adjudicated sexual assaulter FOTUS in them.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The time to demand Bondi’s resignation or impeachment is NOW. Press them hard, put them on the defensive, and make this a key issue in the midterms.
It highlights everything wrong with the GOP — cult like loyalty to Trump, complete lawlessness, elite entitlement, etc.
It highlights everything wrong with the GOP — cult like loyalty to Trump, complete lawlessness, elite entitlement, etc.
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My advice: Like what you like and don't worry about anyone who tells you it's cringe. Life's short and the world's on fire, and as long as you're not hurting other people, you're fine. I mean, I still like U2, too! I don't care who knows it. If other people don't like that, that's a them problem.
I love U2. I feel like I could have glided along, enjoying them, if it wasn’t for that damned internet. Now I am on the defensive or lying low with my fandom. That’s happening somewhat now with Taylor Swift. She’s the biggest star in the world but the backlash has begun. “Mom pop”?
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My advice: Like what you like and don't worry about anyone who tells you it's cringe. Life's short and the world's on fire, and as long as you're not hurting other people, you're fine. I mean, I still like U2, too! I don't care who knows it. If other people don't like that, that's a them problem.
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A Muppet Family Christmas is the best Christmas movie and it ain’t close
December 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A Muppet Family Christmas is the best Christmas movie and it ain’t close
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I say this with love, CALL YOUR FUCKING SENATORS, especially the republican ones and give them the what-for about health insurance premiums and keeping the ACA funded.
Haunt them like they're Scrooge.
Haunt them like they're Scrooge.
Brian Fitzpatrick, one of only three Republicans who hail from a district that voted for Kamala Harris, filed a discharge and said "It feels more realistic that our push will inspire the Senate to come up with some kind of compromise." #PA01
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Moderate Republicans revolt against Mike Johnson to force a vote on health care
As the Senate remains stuck and many oppose extending the subsidies, Republicans from swing districts try and find a bipartisan fix, Eric Garcia writes
www.independent.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I say this with love, CALL YOUR FUCKING SENATORS, especially the republican ones and give them the what-for about health insurance premiums and keeping the ACA funded.
Haunt them like they're Scrooge.
Haunt them like they're Scrooge.
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Every now again someone tries to diss me by calling out my style of humor as "millennial" and I get indignant, SIR, I am Gen-X, the millennials got their humor from watching me
a close up of a young man 's face with headphones on .
Alt: "I learned it from watching you!"
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Every now again someone tries to diss me by calling out my style of humor as "millennial" and I get indignant, SIR, I am Gen-X, the millennials got their humor from watching me
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And making people think it "doesn't matter" is one of the Republican parties most successful voter suppression tactics ever. We have to make people aware Every Vote matters!
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
And making people think it "doesn't matter" is one of the Republican parties most successful voter suppression tactics ever. We have to make people aware Every Vote matters!
I quite like the snooty posturing by people with no interest in watching the tv show. Projecting all your dislike for something into faux objective reviews is an artform. I, for one, didn't tire of it after folks did it to every other geek thing ever
Plus... Guys, did you know the kids AGED? 😂
Plus... Guys, did you know the kids AGED? 😂
I posted this because I've been seeing an influx of people dunking on the SMALLEST of mistakes in the current and final season of Stranger Things. As if anything else is 100% perfect lol
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I quite like the snooty posturing by people with no interest in watching the tv show. Projecting all your dislike for something into faux objective reviews is an artform. I, for one, didn't tire of it after folks did it to every other geek thing ever
Plus... Guys, did you know the kids AGED? 😂
Plus... Guys, did you know the kids AGED? 😂
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WELCOME TO THE DAY OF MANY CALORIES
YOU SHALL CONSUME
YOU SHALL INGEST
YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO
BUT WAIT
THERE'S STILL PIE
YOU SHALL CONSUME
YOU SHALL INGEST
YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO
BUT WAIT
THERE'S STILL PIE
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
WELCOME TO THE DAY OF MANY CALORIES
YOU SHALL CONSUME
YOU SHALL INGEST
YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO
BUT WAIT
THERE'S STILL PIE
YOU SHALL CONSUME
YOU SHALL INGEST
YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO
BUT WAIT
THERE'S STILL PIE
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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the autistic experience of getting into trouble because you did exactly what someone asked you to do and not what they supposedly wanted you to do (which was something different to what they asked of you and something they hoped you'd somehow intuit, which you didn't).😞
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
the autistic experience of getting into trouble because you did exactly what someone asked you to do and not what they supposedly wanted you to do (which was something different to what they asked of you and something they hoped you'd somehow intuit, which you didn't).😞
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Mamdani says in his victory speech, “we will hire thousands of teachers.”
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Mamdani says in his victory speech, “we will hire thousands of teachers.”
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
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Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
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My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
I'm not at all digging this up due to a new progressive hero who used to be a mercenary and also said horrible things and also has horrible tattoos.
Nope.
www.npr.org/2021/07/01/1...
Nope.
www.npr.org/2021/07/01/1...
How A Former Spy Trained Conservatives To Infiltrate Progressive Groups
NY Times reporter Adam Goldman describes an undercover effort, headed up by an avid Trump supporter, that trained conservatives in espionage techniques and sent them to dig up dirt on progressives.
www.npr.org
October 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I'm not at all digging this up due to a new progressive hero who used to be a mercenary and also said horrible things and also has horrible tattoos.
Nope.
www.npr.org/2021/07/01/1...
Nope.
www.npr.org/2021/07/01/1...
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Not enough of you believe me right now, but "Rebuild The White House" is going to become one of the most popular slogans in American political history
October 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Not enough of you believe me right now, but "Rebuild The White House" is going to become one of the most popular slogans in American political history