Maxine Kaplan
@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social
Author of THE ACCIDENTAL BAD GIRL, WENCH, and more TK. My brand is feminist genre exercises. I collect old things and watch TV.
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The most simple fact is: It makes sense because your consumers care about it. Set aside any facts about AI and just treat it as a black box component. If buyers say it factors into their purchasing decisions, then it matters to you because the point of your service is to sell what they want to buy.
Opposing Steam’s AI Disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney Says Game Stores Should Drop "the AI tag" Because "it makes no sense" When "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
www.gamesradar.com/games/opposi...
#ai #gamedev #steam #epicgames #videogames #gaming
www.gamesradar.com/games/opposi...
#ai #gamedev #steam #epicgames #videogames #gaming
Opposing Steam's AI disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says game stores should drop "the AI tag" because "it makes no sense" when "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
Steam has actually made AI disclosures even more prominent
www.gamesradar.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The most simple fact is: It makes sense because your consumers care about it. Set aside any facts about AI and just treat it as a black box component. If buyers say it factors into their purchasing decisions, then it matters to you because the point of your service is to sell what they want to buy.
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No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
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I'll definitely support a worker-owned magazine. Subscription begun!
Exciting news! Thanks to our sale, we've rocketed all the way up to over 4,900 paying subscribers. This means we can cross another goal, a regular columnist, off our list. We plan to sort out the exact specifics in our own time, but for now, who do you think would be a good fit?
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I'll definitely support a worker-owned magazine. Subscription begun!
I think I'd be more interested in seeing Wicked: For Good if every consumer brand in America hadn't teamed up to convince me that I really want to see Wicked: For Good, incidentally an act two of a stage play where one could really skip act two and feel like you had enough.
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I think I'd be more interested in seeing Wicked: For Good if every consumer brand in America hadn't teamed up to convince me that I really want to see Wicked: For Good, incidentally an act two of a stage play where one could really skip act two and feel like you had enough.
If this holiday season someone tells you to pirate a piece of art, point their way to this thread
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If this holiday season someone tells you to pirate a piece of art, point their way to this thread
My hot take on pies is that tasty things in tasty crust tastes tasty send post
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
My hot take on pies is that tasty things in tasty crust tastes tasty send post
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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Big reminder that Good Game No Rematch is on sale for more than half off on Amazon right now for their Black Friday sale.
Perfect for anyone you know who loves video games. Or if you’re vaguely aware that a family member enjoys technology and jokes, it’s a decent swing.
Perfect for anyone you know who loves video games. Or if you’re vaguely aware that a family member enjoys technology and jokes, it’s a decent swing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Big reminder that Good Game No Rematch is on sale for more than half off on Amazon right now for their Black Friday sale.
Perfect for anyone you know who loves video games. Or if you’re vaguely aware that a family member enjoys technology and jokes, it’s a decent swing.
Perfect for anyone you know who loves video games. Or if you’re vaguely aware that a family member enjoys technology and jokes, it’s a decent swing.
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The senators are angered by Schumer & Gillibrand's lack of endorsement of Zohran Mamdani, and their handling of open seat Senate races.
They believe leadership is quietly pushing donors toward specific candidates: Angie Craig in Minnesota, Haley Stevens in Michigan, and Janet Mills in Maine.
They believe leadership is quietly pushing donors toward specific candidates: Angie Craig in Minnesota, Haley Stevens in Michigan, and Janet Mills in Maine.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The senators are angered by Schumer & Gillibrand's lack of endorsement of Zohran Mamdani, and their handling of open seat Senate races.
They believe leadership is quietly pushing donors toward specific candidates: Angie Craig in Minnesota, Haley Stevens in Michigan, and Janet Mills in Maine.
They believe leadership is quietly pushing donors toward specific candidates: Angie Craig in Minnesota, Haley Stevens in Michigan, and Janet Mills in Maine.
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
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And Carville had the audacity to invoke Mamdani's win to make his point? Mamdani didn't go "anti-woke" to win. Quite the opposite! www.readtpa.com/p/a-politici...
A Politician Actually Defended Trans People. It Shouldn't Be This Rare.
Many Democrats are treating trans people as politically toxic. NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani released a two-minute video proving there's another way.
www.readtpa.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
And Carville had the audacity to invoke Mamdani's win to make his point? Mamdani didn't go "anti-woke" to win. Quite the opposite! www.readtpa.com/p/a-politici...
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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ChatGPT could never make us feel this way. Humans still got it.
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ChatGPT could never make us feel this way. Humans still got it.
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More from my interview with WNYC's On The Media about whether Democrats need to substantially moderate their issue positions (the claims are especially re: social policy) to win elections: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
The Battle for the Future of the Democratic Party | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Progressive and centrist Democratic candidates had big wins in the 2025 elections. On this week’s On the Media, a data scientist fact-checks the claim that Democrats need moderate vot...
www.wnycstudios.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More from my interview with WNYC's On The Media about whether Democrats need to substantially moderate their issue positions (the claims are especially re: social policy) to win elections: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
This is an almost startlingly great point.
It's a flaw that's hampered Wicked all the way back to Gregory Maguire's 1995 book
Wicked: For Good takes a shot at fixing Wicked's biggest story problem
It's a flaw that's hampered Wicked all the way back to Gregory Maguire's 1995 book
www.polygon.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is an almost startlingly great point.
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I think the thing that Mamdani has here that other Dems don't is that he owes no loyalty to the old guard. A lot of Trump's mortal enemies actively tried to stop Mamdani. With a big smile, he beat the Dems that Trump hates and made them sad on TV. That's all Trump cares about.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I think the thing that Mamdani has here that other Dems don't is that he owes no loyalty to the old guard. A lot of Trump's mortal enemies actively tried to stop Mamdani. With a big smile, he beat the Dems that Trump hates and made them sad on TV. That's all Trump cares about.
Can you imagine how good Don Jr would feel if Trump ever clapped him on the shoulder like this?
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Can you imagine how good Don Jr would feel if Trump ever clapped him on the shoulder like this?
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I think we can all take a moment to enjoy how much this must be killing Andrew Cuomo to see.
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think we can all take a moment to enjoy how much this must be killing Andrew Cuomo to see.
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Trump thinks that, with immunity, anything he does is ipso facto legal. He seems not to know that US armed forces are not obligated to obey—in fact, are obligated not to obey—unlawful orders.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Trump thinks that, with immunity, anything he does is ipso facto legal. He seems not to know that US armed forces are not obligated to obey—in fact, are obligated not to obey—unlawful orders.
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The closer you look at Trump's 28-point "peace" plan, the worse it looks for Ukraine. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Is Basically an Early Christmas Gift for Putin
There's one essential thing the authors of this plan fail to understand about the war.
slate.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The closer you look at Trump's 28-point "peace" plan, the worse it looks for Ukraine. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Republicans will legit scream that the left must be antisemitic because a big city elected a Muslim mayor but then they’ll ardently go to the mat for Nazi flags and iconography.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Republicans will legit scream that the left must be antisemitic because a big city elected a Muslim mayor but then they’ll ardently go to the mat for Nazi flags and iconography.
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I can't even describe how much I love this.
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I can't even describe how much I love this.