Alex White
@alexwhite.bsky.social
Novelist: The Salvagers Trilogy, The Starmetal Symphony, Every Mountain Made Low, Alien and Star Trek
Games: Alien: Rogue Incursion and [CLASSIFIED]
I make blades on an anvil and music on synthesizers. She/They, y'all!
Games: Alien: Rogue Incursion and [CLASSIFIED]
I make blades on an anvil and music on synthesizers. She/They, y'all!
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Alex White
@alexwhite.bsky.social
· Jan 25
Hi, new followers! If you don't know me, I'm a novelist and narrative designer on games. If you want some giant robots and trans/enby joy, check out my latest!
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I should add that we're still very much reporting on what's happening with civil rights in schools: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I should add that we're still very much reporting on what's happening with civil rights in schools: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
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Finding Hope in History
History is about contingency, about possible worlds
buttondown.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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It’s not just that people don’t know there are simpler ways to do things. It’s that they’re being TOLD to integrate Ai into everything. I’m reminded, again, of the radium craze. Radium is not magic and nor is Ai. Both are, unfortunately, harmful.
Original from @mariyadelano.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Original from @mariyadelano.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
It’s not just that people don’t know there are simpler ways to do things. It’s that they’re being TOLD to integrate Ai into everything. I’m reminded, again, of the radium craze. Radium is not magic and nor is Ai. Both are, unfortunately, harmful.
Original from @mariyadelano.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Original from @mariyadelano.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
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AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI.
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI.
Meant to say that I finished @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social 's OATHBREAKERS and what a book! Though, reading about a couple of elites who'd destroy their people in service of little more than hubris, rivalry and greed feels... too relevant.
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Meant to say that I finished @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social 's OATHBREAKERS and what a book! Though, reading about a couple of elites who'd destroy their people in service of little more than hubris, rivalry and greed feels... too relevant.
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Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
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this is a really good point
Refugees have often smuggled valuables so that they aren’t completely destitute on arrival at their destination. Sewing coins or jewelry into clothing as a nest egg for starting a new life. This is deliberate impoverishment followed by complaints about dependence on state resources.
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
this is a really good point
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When you ask voters to choose between corporate profits and protecting our neighbors – it’s not even close. This year, Seattle voters chose the tax corporations to fund social housing (63%) and to pass the Seattle Shield Initiative to protect our neighbors (71%). Let’s keep it going!
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When you ask voters to choose between corporate profits and protecting our neighbors – it’s not even close. This year, Seattle voters chose the tax corporations to fund social housing (63%) and to pass the Seattle Shield Initiative to protect our neighbors (71%). Let’s keep it going!
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So, kinda tangential, but have you read @alexwhite.bsky.social 's SALVAGERS series? Because it starts out as a lot of things, but the first book is about a SF F1 driver getting roped into a conspiracy with a bunch of neerdowells going treasure hunting
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November 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
So, kinda tangential, but have you read @alexwhite.bsky.social 's SALVAGERS series? Because it starts out as a lot of things, but the first book is about a SF F1 driver getting roped into a conspiracy with a bunch of neerdowells going treasure hunting
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1/2
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make these things operate in the roads
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes.
momentummag.com/doordash-pla...
momentummag.com/doordash-pla...
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes | Momentum Mag | Momentum Mag
DoorDash has begun rolling out Dot, its new autonomous delivery robot — a sleek, all-electric bot that can hit speeds of up to 20mph.
momentummag.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
make these things operate in the roads
Hey, folx! If your company is hiring a design, UX or marketing role, I'd love for you to reach out. The market is tough right now, and personal referrals mean the world!
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hey, folx! If your company is hiring a design, UX or marketing role, I'd love for you to reach out. The market is tough right now, and personal referrals mean the world!
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Funny how we all just “have to” accept AI as progress even if it’s janky and either has demonstrated no improvements to productivity or outright tanks it, but we never had to accept remote work despite every study showing it improves productivity AND workers lives.
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Funny how we all just “have to” accept AI as progress even if it’s janky and either has demonstrated no improvements to productivity or outright tanks it, but we never had to accept remote work despite every study showing it improves productivity AND workers lives.
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
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2 Neighbor 2 Totoro
My Neighbor: Totoro Drift
My Neighbor: Totoro Drift
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
2 Neighbor 2 Totoro
My Neighbor: Totoro Drift
My Neighbor: Totoro Drift
I know that the use of the letter S for ALIENS was possibly the greatest sequel marketing idea of all time, but hear me out:
TOTOROS
TOTOROS
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I know that the use of the letter S for ALIENS was possibly the greatest sequel marketing idea of all time, but hear me out:
TOTOROS
TOTOROS
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The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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For coming from a party that loves to crow about supporting small business, Trump’s cuts to the ACA are the biggest attack on small business people imaginable
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
For coming from a party that loves to crow about supporting small business, Trump’s cuts to the ACA are the biggest attack on small business people imaginable
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I hadn't intended to do a Nanowrimo in November, but this idea has persisted and after talking with @alexwhite.bsky.social earlier this week I've got the juices flowing and 1500 words of a first draft so far.
Toying with a story idea about a traveling circus/festival/entertainment ship which travels space and visits remote mining operations, etc. The cross between a Casino + Cruise ship + A food truck. It shows up at a remote location and stays for a few weeks before traveling to the next destination.
November 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I hadn't intended to do a Nanowrimo in November, but this idea has persisted and after talking with @alexwhite.bsky.social earlier this week I've got the juices flowing and 1500 words of a first draft so far.
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Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Zohran's speech made me tear up so many times. I want his belief to flourish everywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Zohran's speech made me tear up so many times. I want his belief to flourish everywhere.
For the love of god, Georgia: Go vote for your Public Service Commissioners. Unless you're going to vote Republican. Then don't. Stay home. Hang out. Have a sandwich.
Then unfollow me.
Then unfollow me.
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
For the love of god, Georgia: Go vote for your Public Service Commissioners. Unless you're going to vote Republican. Then don't. Stay home. Hang out. Have a sandwich.
Then unfollow me.
Then unfollow me.
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I'm going to continue to spam the skyline about this election because it is vitally important!
Georgia! Find your precinct > mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
& vote Peter Hubbard & Alicia Johnson for Public Service Commission!
Georgia! Find your precinct > mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
& vote Peter Hubbard & Alicia Johnson for Public Service Commission!
October 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm going to continue to spam the skyline about this election because it is vitally important!
Georgia! Find your precinct > mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
& vote Peter Hubbard & Alicia Johnson for Public Service Commission!
Georgia! Find your precinct > mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
& vote Peter Hubbard & Alicia Johnson for Public Service Commission!
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If you know anyone in Georgia, please tell them to vote! This election is extremely important 😭
hey georgia, early voting is happening now -- please vote out the shitty republicans who keep increasing our electricity bills for no reason and show them we can kick them to the curb if they don't work for the people!!!!!!
find your early voting precincts here:
mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
find your early voting precincts here:
mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
October 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If you know anyone in Georgia, please tell them to vote! This election is extremely important 😭