Laura Scott
@pieinthe.bsky.social
🛸 sff writer, editor, book designer 🏳️🌈 https://lauralisscott.com
years ago there was this guy who bought ads all night every night touting his course on how to make a killing by placing classified ads just like he did to get super rich
alas he didn’t have a major media corporation providing free publicity
alas he didn’t have a major media corporation providing free publicity
To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 9, 2026 at 1:08 AM
years ago there was this guy who bought ads all night every night touting his course on how to make a killing by placing classified ads just like he did to get super rich
alas he didn’t have a major media corporation providing free publicity
alas he didn’t have a major media corporation providing free publicity
Reposted by Laura Scott
The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.
February 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.
not just any sportsball, it’s pointy ends sportsball
February 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
not just any sportsball, it’s pointy ends sportsball
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“Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you.
Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those
who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and
murder exist because of their silent consent.”
Bruno Jasienski, 1901-38
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_J...
Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those
who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and
murder exist because of their silent consent.”
Bruno Jasienski, 1901-38
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_J...
Bruno Jasieński - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 7, 2026 at 11:25 PM
“Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you.
Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those
who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and
murder exist because of their silent consent.”
Bruno Jasienski, 1901-38
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_J...
Do not fear friends. At worst, they may betray you. Fear those
who do not care; they neither kill nor betray, but betrayal and
murder exist because of their silent consent.”
Bruno Jasienski, 1901-38
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_J...
new eyeglasses reminding me what it’s like to see stuff instead of blobs
wow!
now wishing I’d gotten computer glasses instead
wow!
now wishing I’d gotten computer glasses instead
February 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
new eyeglasses reminding me what it’s like to see stuff instead of blobs
wow!
now wishing I’d gotten computer glasses instead
wow!
now wishing I’d gotten computer glasses instead
so Walmart is selling a #bootleg Blu-ray of Andor seasons 1 & 2 (with hinky edits and deletions)
with pretty slick packaging
turns out #Andor season 2 hasn’t even been released yet
caveat fucking emptor when buying from any megacorporation
with pretty slick packaging
turns out #Andor season 2 hasn’t even been released yet
caveat fucking emptor when buying from any megacorporation
tonight watching Andor on Blu-ray (a gift bought at Walmart) … and the show feels … off
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
February 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
tonight watching Andor on Blu-ray (a gift bought at Walmart) … and the show feels … off
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
February 7, 2026 at 5:41 AM
tonight watching Andor on Blu-ray (a gift bought at Walmart) … and the show feels … off
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
things are missing
most obvs: the Aldani sequence is missing half of Nemik’s manifesto talk!
no “oppression is brittle”
no “freedom requires no instruction”
!?!
wtf they made a fash friendly cut?
snake oil tech
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:49 AM
snake oil tech
Reposted by Laura Scott
If you want to appreciate good art that other people do, you can appreciate good art that other people do.
You don't become an artist by telling a machine to extrude an art.
You just get to pretend that you're a feudal patron invoking a serf to do your bidding.
You don't become an artist by telling a machine to extrude an art.
You just get to pretend that you're a feudal patron invoking a serf to do your bidding.
February 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
If you want to appreciate good art that other people do, you can appreciate good art that other people do.
You don't become an artist by telling a machine to extrude an art.
You just get to pretend that you're a feudal patron invoking a serf to do your bidding.
You don't become an artist by telling a machine to extrude an art.
You just get to pretend that you're a feudal patron invoking a serf to do your bidding.
Reposted by Laura Scott
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Reposted by Laura Scott
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
sure, throw a million more satellites into low orbit, what could go wrong?
Kessler Syndrome is merely hypothetical … until it’s not
Kessler Syndrome is merely hypothetical … until it’s not
Oh my gd.
Musk is fucking insane with this quoted sentence from the press release on SpaceX acquiring xAI.
"This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe."
(full press release in images)
Musk is fucking insane with this quoted sentence from the press release on SpaceX acquiring xAI.
"This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe."
(full press release in images)
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 AM
sure, throw a million more satellites into low orbit, what could go wrong?
Kessler Syndrome is merely hypothetical … until it’s not
Kessler Syndrome is merely hypothetical … until it’s not
Reposted by Laura Scott
Reposted by Laura Scott
'protect your peace' and 'pick your battles' are good advice for most, but it's ignorant not to know it as privilege. some people were minding their business when the battle picked them; some people are the battle
February 2, 2026 at 11:12 PM
'protect your peace' and 'pick your battles' are good advice for most, but it's ignorant not to know it as privilege. some people were minding their business when the battle picked them; some people are the battle
invest now!
February 2, 2026 at 8:39 PM
invest now!
the pedo bar and the nazi bar are the same bar
February 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM
the pedo bar and the nazi bar are the same bar
sunday afternoon musings about making a zine
February 1, 2026 at 11:38 PM
sunday afternoon musings about making a zine
spent the evening afk and can confirm that Sinners is even better on the fifth rewatch
February 1, 2026 at 6:56 AM
spent the evening afk and can confirm that Sinners is even better on the fifth rewatch
Reposted by Laura Scott
When I use the phrase “white-supremacist billionaire pedophile,” I am wondering, am I repeating myself?
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM
When I use the phrase “white-supremacist billionaire pedophile,” I am wondering, am I repeating myself?
out of spoons. time for Frieren s2e3
January 31, 2026 at 1:11 AM
out of spoons. time for Frieren s2e3
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Sadly, the push for anti-mask laws is back. The Alabama House has passed a bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor’s note.
House passes bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor's note
Anti-masking laws have never been taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court and have had mixed results in lower courts.
www.alreporter.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Sadly, the push for anti-mask laws is back. The Alabama House has passed a bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor’s note.
Reposted by Laura Scott
US measles cases this year already exceed the total for the whole of 2023 and 2024 combined, and it is only January. Yikes.
January 29, 2026 at 8:29 PM
US measles cases this year already exceed the total for the whole of 2023 and 2024 combined, and it is only January. Yikes.
Reposted by Laura Scott
Medicare for All.
A Green New Deal.
Tax the rich.
Get money out of politics.
End the genocide in Gaza.
No more illegal wars.
Abolish ICE.
These aren’t radical positions. They’re the bare minimum.
I stand on this in the State Senate, and I’ll stand on it in the U.S. Senate.
A Green New Deal.
Tax the rich.
Get money out of politics.
End the genocide in Gaza.
No more illegal wars.
Abolish ICE.
These aren’t radical positions. They’re the bare minimum.
I stand on this in the State Senate, and I’ll stand on it in the U.S. Senate.
January 28, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Medicare for All.
A Green New Deal.
Tax the rich.
Get money out of politics.
End the genocide in Gaza.
No more illegal wars.
Abolish ICE.
These aren’t radical positions. They’re the bare minimum.
I stand on this in the State Senate, and I’ll stand on it in the U.S. Senate.
A Green New Deal.
Tax the rich.
Get money out of politics.
End the genocide in Gaza.
No more illegal wars.
Abolish ICE.
These aren’t radical positions. They’re the bare minimum.
I stand on this in the State Senate, and I’ll stand on it in the U.S. Senate.
Looking at all the YouTubers who continue going on with their “content” but haven’t said a fucking thing
Pretty much everyone on IG who has been carefully quiet about politics is speaking out.
It’s. Weird.
I’m not on there all that much, but I think people have finally been given social permission to say the uncomfortable thing.
I think they realize not speaking up will be read as acceptance.
It’s. Weird.
I’m not on there all that much, but I think people have finally been given social permission to say the uncomfortable thing.
I think they realize not speaking up will be read as acceptance.
January 28, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Looking at all the YouTubers who continue going on with their “content” but haven’t said a fucking thing
Reposted by Laura Scott
