Tristan Beaver Brain Zelden
@tristanzelden.bsky.social
Author of The Huntress and the Trickster and Unfold (coming Dec 15) | Former entertainment journalist looking for a new career | Tattoo enthusiast, metalhead, gamer | [email protected] | https://linktr.ee/tristanzelden (He/Him)
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Quick intro for new followers:
I'm a former journalist seeking work (hit me up. I am interested in any comm work around entertainment/art). I am also the author of the urban fantasy novel The Huntress and the Trickster and working on some horror.
Where else I am: linktr.ee/tristanzelden
I'm a former journalist seeking work (hit me up. I am interested in any comm work around entertainment/art). I am also the author of the urban fantasy novel The Huntress and the Trickster and working on some horror.
Where else I am: linktr.ee/tristanzelden
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I've been asked before if I use Generative AI. And my answer is:
"No. Why would I want to undermine the economy, the environment, artistic expression, and human dignity, all at the same time?"
That's what all Gen AI is: a cancer that makes a very few rich people wealthier at the expense of all.
"No. Why would I want to undermine the economy, the environment, artistic expression, and human dignity, all at the same time?"
That's what all Gen AI is: a cancer that makes a very few rich people wealthier at the expense of all.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I've been asked before if I use Generative AI. And my answer is:
"No. Why would I want to undermine the economy, the environment, artistic expression, and human dignity, all at the same time?"
That's what all Gen AI is: a cancer that makes a very few rich people wealthier at the expense of all.
"No. Why would I want to undermine the economy, the environment, artistic expression, and human dignity, all at the same time?"
That's what all Gen AI is: a cancer that makes a very few rich people wealthier at the expense of all.
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Remember Friends With Death is free for now, all it will cost you is⏳ and 👻 #booksky #horrorsky
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Remember Friends With Death is free for now, all it will cost you is⏳ and 👻 #booksky #horrorsky
Fun fact: Unfold has almost more reviews on Goodreads than my debut, which released two years ago, and Unfold isn't releasing for another couple of weeks.
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Fun fact: Unfold has almost more reviews on Goodreads than my debut, which released two years ago, and Unfold isn't releasing for another couple of weeks.
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Genuinely gonna be a long way back to fix your image after a VP at your company says "Our 3D printed chicken soup is only good for poor people."
Campbell’s fired the VP recorded saying its meat ‘came from a 3D printer’
Campbell’s fired the VP recorded saying its meat ‘came from a 3D printer’
Welcome to 2025.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Genuinely gonna be a long way back to fix your image after a VP at your company says "Our 3D printed chicken soup is only good for poor people."
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NYC 🌆 Protest at Rockstar’s NY offices next Friday, Dec 5th with us! We will be there with organizers across the industry — let’s make the fight against their illegal union-busting international ✊
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NYC 🌆 Protest at Rockstar’s NY offices next Friday, Dec 5th with us! We will be there with organizers across the industry — let’s make the fight against their illegal union-busting international ✊
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
An author I am friends with and deeply admire read my upcoming book after giving her an ARC. She loved it, but what stuck with me was her saying that I am "masterful at creating fully developed, real world characters." 😭😭
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
An author I am friends with and deeply admire read my upcoming book after giving her an ARC. She loved it, but what stuck with me was her saying that I am "masterful at creating fully developed, real world characters." 😭😭
Just put a bullet in the head of this trilogy and release it now. Don't make the cast and crew wait for it to get slaughtered in reception and box office again. Just free them of this lol
THE STRANGERS are returning to screens for one last bloodbath in 2026, and a new trailer for CHAPTER 3 has just arrived.
THE STRANGERS CHAPTER 3 Exclusive Trailer And Release Date
THE STRANGERS are returning to screens for one last bloodbath in 2026, and a new trailer for CHAPTER 3 has just arrived.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Just put a bullet in the head of this trilogy and release it now. Don't make the cast and crew wait for it to get slaughtered in reception and box office again. Just free them of this lol
#HorrorWritersChat
It comes from losing one's humanity. Whether that is because of tech, possession, an alien, virus, or psychological. For me, while the other things can be factors, the psychological aspect is what's most interesting and what's far scarier.
It comes from losing one's humanity. Whether that is because of tech, possession, an alien, virus, or psychological. For me, while the other things can be factors, the psychological aspect is what's most interesting and what's far scarier.
[Moon entity. Observed. Depth distance. Calculated. Organic material: satisfactory.]
[Ablative carapace. Installed. Cortex. Pried.]
[Inquiry. Required for completion: WHEN IS DEHUMANISATION COMPLETE? LOSS OF BODY? OF WILL? AN ALIEN CONSCIOUSNESS IN ONE’S MIND?]
#HorrorWritersChat
[Ablative carapace. Installed. Cortex. Pried.]
[Inquiry. Required for completion: WHEN IS DEHUMANISATION COMPLETE? LOSS OF BODY? OF WILL? AN ALIEN CONSCIOUSNESS IN ONE’S MIND?]
#HorrorWritersChat
![Artwork by Alexandr Konev, which is a fan rendition of Logic, the final narrative boss of Fear & Hunger 2: Termina. A rotund reactor, with a thousand blinking lights on its smooth carapace, and flanked by two, metal exhaust pipes on each side, supports an alabaster, humanoid figurine, cut into multiple geometric shapes with deep, black lines that make them look like shards of glass. Pearly white cables are draped over the figurine’s head like hair. Marble figures of exquisite detail surround the figurine. Blue butterflies dance in the foreground in rich, colourful blurs.
Question 3:
[Moon entity. Observed. Depth distance. Calculated. Organic material: satisfactory.]
[Inquiry. Required for completion: WHEN IS DEHUMANISATION COMPLETE? LOSS OF BODY? OF WILL? AN ALIEN CONSCIOUSNESS IN ONE’S MIND?]
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November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
It comes from losing one's humanity. Whether that is because of tech, possession, an alien, virus, or psychological. For me, while the other things can be factors, the psychological aspect is what's most interesting and what's far scarier.
It comes from losing one's humanity. Whether that is because of tech, possession, an alien, virus, or psychological. For me, while the other things can be factors, the psychological aspect is what's most interesting and what's far scarier.
#HorrorWritersChat
I am more interested in how anything impacts society with a sample size. My characters and the horrors they go through are representative of something larger in society. There would be a political or social aspect to the greater themes of the story.
I am more interested in how anything impacts society with a sample size. My characters and the horrors they go through are representative of something larger in society. There would be a political or social aspect to the greater themes of the story.
[Grafting. In progress. Conveyor attachments. Plugged. Mining extraction. Tools. Inserted.]
[Spinal chord. Interwoven. Cranial examination. Reactivated.]
[Inquiry. Required for completion: INDUSTRIAL HORROR EXPLORES DEHUMANISATION. HOW WOULD YOU EXPLORE IT YOURSELF IN THE GENRE?]
#HorrorWritersChat
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[Inquiry. Required for completion: INDUSTRIAL HORROR EXPLORES DEHUMANISATION. HOW WOULD YOU EXPLORE IT YOURSELF IN THE GENRE?]
#HorrorWritersChat
![Artwork by Alexandr Konev, which is a fan rendition of Logic, the final narrative boss of Fear & Hunger 2: Termina. A rotund reactor, with a thousand blinking lights on its smooth carapace, and flanked by two, metal exhaust pipes on each side, supports an alabaster, humanoid figurine, cut into multiple geometric shapes with deep, black lines that make them look like shards of glass. Pearly white cables are draped over the figurine’s head like hair. Marble figures of exquisite detail surround the figurine. Blue butterflies dance in the foreground in rich, colourful blurs.
[Grafting. In progress. Conveyor attachments. Plugged. Mining extraction. Tools. Inserted.]
[Inquiry. Required for completion: INDUSTRIAL HORROR EXPLORES DEHUMANISATION. HOW WOULD YOU EXPLORE IT YOURSELF IN THE GENRE?]
No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!
#HorrorWritersChat](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usxg4rgbqfxz7cyqg72j7a4s/bafkreibfi4pxvshgmq7niudkidr6lt2344qvmp4q2m4yu6kf6mvv4ujciy@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I am more interested in how anything impacts society with a sample size. My characters and the horrors they go through are representative of something larger in society. There would be a political or social aspect to the greater themes of the story.
I am more interested in how anything impacts society with a sample size. My characters and the horrors they go through are representative of something larger in society. There would be a political or social aspect to the greater themes of the story.
#HorrorWritersChat
I am Tristan Zelden. I love writing about monsters but also how humans can be monsters too. The future is far scarier to me, especially as we are seeing the negatives of AI in real time, with environmental impact, psychosis, plagiarism, propaganda, false information, etc.
I am Tristan Zelden. I love writing about monsters but also how humans can be monsters too. The future is far scarier to me, especially as we are seeing the negatives of AI in real time, with environmental impact, psychosis, plagiarism, propaganda, false information, etc.
[Organic Material. Booted. Nerve System. Controller Liquids. Injected.]
[Material responsive. Cranial activity. Under control.]
[Inquiry. Required for completion: TELL US, WHO YOU ARE, WHAT DO YOU WRITE, AND WHAT INDUSTRIAL HORROR IS SCARIER? OF THE PAST, OR OF THE FUTURE?]
#HorrorWritersChat
[Material responsive. Cranial activity. Under control.]
[Inquiry. Required for completion: TELL US, WHO YOU ARE, WHAT DO YOU WRITE, AND WHAT INDUSTRIAL HORROR IS SCARIER? OF THE PAST, OR OF THE FUTURE?]
#HorrorWritersChat
![Artwork by Alexandr Konev, which is a fan rendition of Logic, the final narrative boss of Fear & Hunger 2: Termina. A rotund reactor, with a thousand blinking lights on its smooth carapace, and flanked by two, metal exhaust pipes on each side, supports an alabaster, humanoid figurine, cut into multiple geometric shapes with deep, black lines that make them look like shards of glass. Pearly white cables are draped over the figurine’s head like hair. Marble figures of exquisite detail surround the figurine. Blue butterflies dance in the foreground in rich, colourful blurs.
Question One
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November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I am Tristan Zelden. I love writing about monsters but also how humans can be monsters too. The future is far scarier to me, especially as we are seeing the negatives of AI in real time, with environmental impact, psychosis, plagiarism, propaganda, false information, etc.
I am Tristan Zelden. I love writing about monsters but also how humans can be monsters too. The future is far scarier to me, especially as we are seeing the negatives of AI in real time, with environmental impact, psychosis, plagiarism, propaganda, false information, etc.
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It's far from the biggest problem with AI-generated content, but it just makes it so easy to keep my wallet in my pocket.
Why would I spend $$ and time on your game/movie/show/book if you couldn't even be bothered to care enough to have humans create it. Obviously you don't care! So why should I?
Why would I spend $$ and time on your game/movie/show/book if you couldn't even be bothered to care enough to have humans create it. Obviously you don't care! So why should I?
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's far from the biggest problem with AI-generated content, but it just makes it so easy to keep my wallet in my pocket.
Why would I spend $$ and time on your game/movie/show/book if you couldn't even be bothered to care enough to have humans create it. Obviously you don't care! So why should I?
Why would I spend $$ and time on your game/movie/show/book if you couldn't even be bothered to care enough to have humans create it. Obviously you don't care! So why should I?
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Whoever at Instagram redesigned it so messages are at the bottom instead of where god intended, I’m going to arrest you
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Whoever at Instagram redesigned it so messages are at the bottom instead of where god intended, I’m going to arrest you
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One of the big tidal forces of the coming years is that the baseline reliability of things you see on a screen is going to decline.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
One of the big tidal forces of the coming years is that the baseline reliability of things you see on a screen is going to decline.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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When a small community learned ICE wrongfully detained a beloved neighbor, they collectively pushed for his release.
“When a lot of people get together, at least in my case, things are possible. Miracles happen,” Ruperto said.
Read my latest for @huffpost.com here
www.huffpost.com/entry/atlant...
“When a lot of people get together, at least in my case, things are possible. Miracles happen,” Ruperto said.
Read my latest for @huffpost.com here
www.huffpost.com/entry/atlant...
A Community Refused To Back Down After ICE Wrongfully Detained A Beloved Neighbor — And Won A Major Victory
“Trump's dark America is not going to penetrate Atlantic Highlands,” Mayor Lori Hohenleitner said.
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
When a small community learned ICE wrongfully detained a beloved neighbor, they collectively pushed for his release.
“When a lot of people get together, at least in my case, things are possible. Miracles happen,” Ruperto said.
Read my latest for @huffpost.com here
www.huffpost.com/entry/atlant...
“When a lot of people get together, at least in my case, things are possible. Miracles happen,” Ruperto said.
Read my latest for @huffpost.com here
www.huffpost.com/entry/atlant...
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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As was accidentally released by Ubisoft itself back in August, there's a Far Cry series coming to FX from Rob McElhenney and Noah Hawley.
It's be an anthology series like Hawley's Fargo, which... is smart to be honest. Each season, new person gotta FAR CRY.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
It's be an anthology series like Hawley's Fargo, which... is smart to be honest. Each season, new person gotta FAR CRY.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
‘Far Cry’ TV Series Set at FX From Noah Hawley and Rob Mac
FX has ordered a series adaptation of Ubisoft's "Far Cry" video games from Noah Hawley and Rob McElhenney, Variety has learned.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
As was accidentally released by Ubisoft itself back in August, there's a Far Cry series coming to FX from Rob McElhenney and Noah Hawley.
It's be an anthology series like Hawley's Fargo, which... is smart to be honest. Each season, new person gotta FAR CRY.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
It's be an anthology series like Hawley's Fargo, which... is smart to be honest. Each season, new person gotta FAR CRY.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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... and we're off! Cannot wait to work Scarlett on this. She is going to be amazing. deadline.com/2025/11/scar...
Scarlett Johansson To Star In New ‘Exorcist’ Movie From Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, Morgan Creek And Universal
Scarlett Johansson is set to star in the new 'Exorcist' movie from Blumhouse
deadline.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
... and we're off! Cannot wait to work Scarlett on this. She is going to be amazing. deadline.com/2025/11/scar...
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we have got to have a conversation about how some game sites handle sourcing because why do you have to scroll all the way to the bottom underneath the ads and database entries of this gamerant article to find out the source of this mysterious "recent interview?"
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
we have got to have a conversation about how some game sites handle sourcing because why do you have to scroll all the way to the bottom underneath the ads and database entries of this gamerant article to find out the source of this mysterious "recent interview?"
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Maybe you think it’s okay to get in here and insult and berate folks who use AI to make “art,” and I’m here to tell you that you’re right. Good job, everyone. Keep it up. Much love.
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Maybe you think it’s okay to get in here and insult and berate folks who use AI to make “art,” and I’m here to tell you that you’re right. Good job, everyone. Keep it up. Much love.
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this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
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This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)
Watched Hedda last night. I am not a period piece person and I didn't know anything about the play. I am just a fan of Tessa Thompson and Nia DaCosta. Wow, what a movie that starts one place and continues to evolve into something different. Full of surprises and gets fucked up in its own way.
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Watched Hedda last night. I am not a period piece person and I didn't know anything about the play. I am just a fan of Tessa Thompson and Nia DaCosta. Wow, what a movie that starts one place and continues to evolve into something different. Full of surprises and gets fucked up in its own way.
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The continued Rockstar coverage from @chrisbratt.bsky.social is so valuable. Important, on the ground journalism talking with those most affected without pulling punches.
What a crappy situation for those involved indicative of an entire industry in need of change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
What a crappy situation for those involved indicative of an entire industry in need of change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The continued Rockstar coverage from @chrisbratt.bsky.social is so valuable. Important, on the ground journalism talking with those most affected without pulling punches.
What a crappy situation for those involved indicative of an entire industry in need of change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
What a crappy situation for those involved indicative of an entire industry in need of change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...