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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 16h

its kind of funny that ai causes individuals to experience psychosis but has also has caused an industrial psychosis where instead of labor and material capitalists just throw all their money into a hole marked "delusion"

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NaNo 2.0 @nano2point0.bsky.social · 7d

NaNo 2.0 is LIVE. We're so glad you're here, because #NaNoWriMo is only 30 days away. Hope you're ready to write! ✍️ nano2.org #WritingCommunity #NaNo2point0

Text: NaNo 2.0 is now live! on a light blue and white checkered background. NaNo 2.0 in bold blue lettering with a fountain pen illustration. Hand holding megaphone. Bright gold stars. Text: Your source for all things NaNoWriMo!

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NaNo 2.0 @nano2point0.bsky.social · 7d

NaNo2.org is your source for all things #NaNoWriMo, including: helpful writing resources, a revamped Young Writer's Program, and fun writer swag! Read our first blog post by Chris Baty, original founder of NaNoWriMo: nano2.org/posts/2025/w... #NaNoWriMo #NaNo2point0 #WritingCommunity

Spiral notebook open to a page with "What is NaNo 2.0?" paper clipped to the top. Images of a hand writing, an arrow, a star, a paper clip, an open book. Text: A resource site created by a small group of long-time NaNoWriMo enthusiasts, including original founder Chris Baty. We came together after the official nonprofit closed in 2025 to support people taking part in the challenge. Note: be ready to write on November 1!"

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Amelia @ameliagm.bsky.social · 6d

My friends did this, and it's awesome! I can't wait to write 50k words this November!

NaNo 2.0 @nano2point0.bsky.social · 7d

NaNo2.org is your source for all things #NaNoWriMo, including: helpful writing resources, a revamped Young Writer's Program, and fun writer swag! Read our first blog post by Chris Baty, original founder of NaNoWriMo: nano2.org/posts/2025/w... #NaNoWriMo #NaNo2point0 #WritingCommunity

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Amelia @ameliagm.bsky.social · 9d

I have horrible social anxiety, but this is so important. I called Senator Schumer and both my senators. Everyone needs to call! Do not let them cave!

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 23d

so: what do we need you to do? two things.

1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi

what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵

Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown.

[you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt.

[you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it.

[you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.

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Amelia @ameliagm.bsky.social · 15d

I'm happy to see Thomas relaunching his newsletter (not on substack!) and I just subscribed. I find his writing to be the best about the current state of America, and encourage folk to read it!

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15d

Some major personal news:

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

On why I left academia, why I left America, and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:

Onward. Forward. Steady:

Onward. Forward. Steady.

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

steady.page

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 15d

Been saying this since forever.
Everything that happens in “taboo erotic books” is in fact the SAFEST version of a bdsm fantasy because no human is involved. The barn is not happening between characters. It’s them who allow the READER to live their bdsm fantasy through them.
And yes, even

FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 16d

as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 16d

would anyone like my recommendations of gay romance books i really liked. i have a bunch up my sleeve now, they are pretty much all fairly raunchy historical fiction

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Amelia @ameliagm.bsky.social · 16d

I feel similar. Like, I liked it but I kind of hated that I liked it and I mostly just wanted to have like a 3 hour discussion about it

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 17d

A tutorial on how to use the “notify me” tag to request that your library add a title. Here’s me requesting an audiobook by @charliejane.bsky.social:

1) Use “deep search” at the bottom of the author’s page

2) Click “notify me”

3) Click through info page

4) The bell icon means you did it right!

Libby screenshot at the bottom of an authors catalogue reads, “deep search

Deep searching is available for this list.
It looks for titles that your library doesn't have.”

Screenshot of Charlie Jane Anders’s audiobook, “Lessons in Magic and Disaster” which shows the “Notify me” tag next to the preview of the book cover.

Book cover is purple with yellow text. Below, a book summary begins, “In the vein of Alice Hoffman and Charlie Jane Anders's own All the Birds in the Sky comes a multicast audiobook full of love, disaster, and...”

After clicking “notify me” the Libby app reads:

This title is not in your library's catalog.
Tag it to receive a notification if the library acquires copies.

Tagging a title with Notify Me doesn't guarantee that a library will acquire it, but Libby shares your interest (anonymously) with your libraries. If they add the title to the collection, we'll let you know right away.

Screenshot of Charlie Jane Anders’s audiobook, “Lessons in Magic and Disaster” which shows the “Notify me” tag next to the preview of the book cover but now also shows a bell icon, highlighted pale yellow, which means I’ve successfully requested the title and will be notified if my library gets it.

Book cover is purple with yellow text. Below, a book summary begins, “In the vein of Alice Hoffman and Charlie Jane Anders's own All the Birds in the Sky comes a multicast audiobook full of love, disaster, and...”

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BeeSky @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 18d

Everything is really scary and chaotic for Trans individuals right now. Regardless of whatever lies and fear that is spread, we know that the world is better with Trans people in it. You are all worth fighting for, and we will continue to advocate for your rights and your safety.

An illustration decorated with smiling pansies and leaves that says "Trans rights are human rights. We will love and protect each other "

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22d

Trans rights are human rights.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 28d

Whether or not you support political violence won’t change where we’ve come to, nor where we’ve been for some time in this country. I am quite taken aback by how many people only invoke the term ‘political violence’ when it happens to a person with power. It’s political violence the other way too.

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · Sep 9

Gotta give it up for wetlands. They look cool and do cool stuff like mitigate flooding, improve water quality, harbor biodiversity, control erosion, and so much more!

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Amelia @ameliagm.bsky.social · Sep 9

I really loved this book. It's such a sweet reframing of one of the villains in P&P, and it works so well.

Lee Welch @leewelchwriter.bsky.social · Sep 9

Could I interest you in my latest m/m romance historical MR COLLINS IN LOVE, a Pride and Prejudice retelling from the point of view of young autistic clergyman Mr Collins. He's in love with his gardener (not valet! He doesn't have a valet) books2read.com/u/mgByoD

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · Sep 6

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:

1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial

: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

www.theregister.com

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Every person who says "of course there are some uses for LLMs" should be forced to immediately list what those uses are, taking into account that:

a) they cannot be accurate and there is no way to make them accurate

b) they have been repeatedly shown to make users dumber and worse at their jobs

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Skulryk @skulryk.bsky.social · Sep 4

SO THE REAL TAKEAWAY FROM THIS SHOULD BE: if you want a million more undertales and stardew valley and indie gems that connect with you on an emotional level you never thought possible, pass Universal Basic Income and Health Care and give away arts grants for games like they're candy.

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Amelia @ameliagm.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks! I like yours!

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Amelia @ameliagm.bsky.social · Sep 4

I don't know if it's related to gender or just random, but my husband and I each have this shirt. He has folks compliment it every time he wears his. I have never had any comment on mine. It's weird!

Ethan @strangebirds.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’ve worn my @aftermath.site “Destroy AI” shirt with art by @kim-hu.com a few times and every time I get compliments from new people.

Check it out here: aftermath-shop.fourthwall.com/products/des...

Destroy AI T-Shirt (Black)

Support human workers. Support human artists. Unisex shirt in a "natural" colorway. Art by Kim Hu, who rules.

aftermath-shop.fourthwall.com

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Amelia @ameliagm.bsky.social · Sep 3

I started tracking my written word counts on Trackbear exactly a year ago, shortly after I started writing. In that year, I've written more than 215k words. Hoping to do even more this coming year!

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Dan Johnson @coil.bsky.social · Aug 28

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:

At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

AI impoverishes us at every step of the process:
- data centers pollute our environment
- energy use drives up costs
- content theft robs creators of income
- the actual output is used to displace workers and depress wages
- using it harms our mental health and impairs our competence
- the flood of AI slop is damaging our sociopolitical landscape

All in service of making a worse product - and world - to enrich a handful of already spectacularly wealthy people

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Amelia @ameliagm.bsky.social · Aug 28

I took a 3-4 week break from writing for a variety of reasons, and started again a couple days ago with a new project. The first day was a bit of a struggle, but now I'm back in it and all I want to do is write!

Amelia @ameliagm.bsky.social · Aug 27

Also, and this is the thing that AI bros will never understand, I am energized by writing. I do not need the writing to be faster, because the writing is the point.

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · Aug 26

No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"

We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Aug 27

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

arstechnica.com

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