Moth
@mothmariner.bsky.social
they/them. ttrpgs, mostly pathfinder 2e. nobigots/noai.
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Thistle claw - thorns that spill a tear
February 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Thistle claw - thorns that spill a tear
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I used to use detectors before realizing they are also basically LLMs and hallucinate answers just like any other LLM
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I used to use detectors before realizing they are also basically LLMs and hallucinate answers just like any other LLM
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To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 AM
To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.
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i often think about this review
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
i often think about this review
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Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon both helped start the modern anti-trans moral panic to distract from their paedophilia.
That is a fact. As documented in the files.
Also a fact is they hoped it would drive some trans people to sex work and into their arms.
Also a fact documented in the files.
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That is a fact. As documented in the files.
Also a fact is they hoped it would drive some trans people to sex work and into their arms.
Also a fact documented in the files.
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February 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon both helped start the modern anti-trans moral panic to distract from their paedophilia.
That is a fact. As documented in the files.
Also a fact is they hoped it would drive some trans people to sex work and into their arms.
Also a fact documented in the files.
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That is a fact. As documented in the files.
Also a fact is they hoped it would drive some trans people to sex work and into their arms.
Also a fact documented in the files.
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I just need some modern myth movies to give me the slightest dash of this✨
December 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I just need some modern myth movies to give me the slightest dash of this✨
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And in the space of those years of commercial availability, GenAI has not elevated a single artist. Nobody has found themselves in a successful, stable art position because of it. All it has done is erode existing opportunities and given people an alternative to clipart they never really needed.
February 7, 2026 at 9:08 AM
And in the space of those years of commercial availability, GenAI has not elevated a single artist. Nobody has found themselves in a successful, stable art position because of it. All it has done is erode existing opportunities and given people an alternative to clipart they never really needed.
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There is money for "education" if and only if that money is being directly funneled to corporations. Anything involving actual learning, however, well there's no magic money tree
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 AM
There is money for "education" if and only if that money is being directly funneled to corporations. Anything involving actual learning, however, well there's no magic money tree
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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I think often of the women in the Louis CK story—how they all left comedy and never went back, but he’s still going. It’s everywhere and it’s such a loss for them and for us—for things they’ll never make that we’ll never see.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
I think often of the women in the Louis CK story—how they all left comedy and never went back, but he’s still going. It’s everywhere and it’s such a loss for them and for us—for things they’ll never make that we’ll never see.
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The Wayback is now so load-bearing we should be protecting it with our actual lives
They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The Wayback is now so load-bearing we should be protecting it with our actual lives
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All the Epstein victims have suffered even more as a result of reporting, while the perpetrators avoid facing accountability at every level. What do people expect everyday victims to do? The whole system is backwards. It helps perpetrators and hurts victims.
February 2, 2026 at 5:17 PM
All the Epstein victims have suffered even more as a result of reporting, while the perpetrators avoid facing accountability at every level. What do people expect everyday victims to do? The whole system is backwards. It helps perpetrators and hurts victims.
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I think a network of millionaire and billionaire pedophiles that do sex crimes on a private island should be enough for people to realize “people shouldn’t have vastly more wealth than other people”
September 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I think a network of millionaire and billionaire pedophiles that do sex crimes on a private island should be enough for people to realize “people shouldn’t have vastly more wealth than other people”
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I've been hearing this refrain lately about AI-
"Everyone uses it, some people are just honest about it."
Bullshit. I can't stop search 'summaries' popping up, but otherwise it's not something I use or want in my writing process.
Never prompted ChatGPT.
Never spent AI credits on Microsoft/Adobe.
"Everyone uses it, some people are just honest about it."
Bullshit. I can't stop search 'summaries' popping up, but otherwise it's not something I use or want in my writing process.
Never prompted ChatGPT.
Never spent AI credits on Microsoft/Adobe.
January 27, 2026 at 12:19 PM
I've been hearing this refrain lately about AI-
"Everyone uses it, some people are just honest about it."
Bullshit. I can't stop search 'summaries' popping up, but otherwise it's not something I use or want in my writing process.
Never prompted ChatGPT.
Never spent AI credits on Microsoft/Adobe.
"Everyone uses it, some people are just honest about it."
Bullshit. I can't stop search 'summaries' popping up, but otherwise it's not something I use or want in my writing process.
Never prompted ChatGPT.
Never spent AI credits on Microsoft/Adobe.
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Physical media built secondhand markets, swaps, and libraries thanks to the First Sale principle. Without it, digital media is hollowing out those spaces and leaving us with cheap rentals.
Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off
In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era, many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form – and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them. Instead, we are stuck renting them, subject to all...
www.eff.org
January 23, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Physical media built secondhand markets, swaps, and libraries thanks to the First Sale principle. Without it, digital media is hollowing out those spaces and leaving us with cheap rentals.
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When you uncheck Smart Features, all email sorting ends. Google changing Gmail’s BASIC sort functions just to force everyone to let Google train off your emails is insane levels of corporate self harm, rivaled only by Microslop
This however is the kick I need to get off gmail l, because screw this!
This however is the kick I need to get off gmail l, because screw this!
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇
Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇
Gmail Users Were Automatically Opted In to This Controversial Setting. Here's How To Turn It Off.
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 AM
When you uncheck Smart Features, all email sorting ends. Google changing Gmail’s BASIC sort functions just to force everyone to let Google train off your emails is insane levels of corporate self harm, rivaled only by Microslop
This however is the kick I need to get off gmail l, because screw this!
This however is the kick I need to get off gmail l, because screw this!
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‼️ Friendly (or not) reminder that if you have an AI generated avatar/banner i'm going to banner you.‼️
Also, if you're not sure if an image is AI or not... Please ask an artist friend; I'm sure they have a better trained eye to be able to tell whether it is or not.
For everything else, as always...
Also, if you're not sure if an image is AI or not... Please ask an artist friend; I'm sure they have a better trained eye to be able to tell whether it is or not.
For everything else, as always...
January 22, 2026 at 10:25 AM
‼️ Friendly (or not) reminder that if you have an AI generated avatar/banner i'm going to banner you.‼️
Also, if you're not sure if an image is AI or not... Please ask an artist friend; I'm sure they have a better trained eye to be able to tell whether it is or not.
For everything else, as always...
Also, if you're not sure if an image is AI or not... Please ask an artist friend; I'm sure they have a better trained eye to be able to tell whether it is or not.
For everything else, as always...
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When the author of a mediocre boarding school fantasy story seeded conspiracy theories and dogwhistles about trans women into wider public discourse, trans women were told we were overreacting all the way until she started funding anti-trans lobbying to influence Supreme Court rulings.
January 21, 2026 at 9:42 AM
When the author of a mediocre boarding school fantasy story seeded conspiracy theories and dogwhistles about trans women into wider public discourse, trans women were told we were overreacting all the way until she started funding anti-trans lobbying to influence Supreme Court rulings.
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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If the BBC is going to insist on quoting Michael Foran as their academic expert on trans issues they should at least disclose his opaque links with the Gender Critical organisations involved in the litigation he is commenting on.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Latest NHS trans case ruling ramps up pressure for guidance
The nurses' partial victory adds pressure on the government to publish guidance for businesses that have single-sex spaces.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:19 PM
If the BBC is going to insist on quoting Michael Foran as their academic expert on trans issues they should at least disclose his opaque links with the Gender Critical organisations involved in the litigation he is commenting on.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...