Amy
@amybutmoreso.bsky.social
Scientist. Wife. Mother. Order may vary.
She/Her
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I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
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we simply do not talk enough about how much of modern capitalism has pivoted away from providing goods and services in exchange for money and into inconveniencing and harassing people with fees, surcharges, and delayed invoicing for long enough that they give you money just to make it stop
October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
we simply do not talk enough about how much of modern capitalism has pivoted away from providing goods and services in exchange for money and into inconveniencing and harassing people with fees, surcharges, and delayed invoicing for long enough that they give you money just to make it stop
A cozy garment and a warm beverage are delightful on chilly evenings.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:37 AM
A cozy garment and a warm beverage are delightful on chilly evenings.
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If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
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Every time someone says "I can't write X, editors will never buy it" an angel loses its wings
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
January 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Every time someone says "I can't write X, editors will never buy it" an angel loses its wings
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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If this ISN'T designed to break mail-in voting, what IS it for?
Of course that's what it's for!
Destroying the postal service has been a goal of Trump for years, because he's always known that in-person voting is much harder to do if you're poor, don't have time, a car, or good public transport.
Of course that's what it's for!
Destroying the postal service has been a goal of Trump for years, because he's always known that in-person voting is much harder to do if you're poor, don't have time, a car, or good public transport.
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If this ISN'T designed to break mail-in voting, what IS it for?
Of course that's what it's for!
Destroying the postal service has been a goal of Trump for years, because he's always known that in-person voting is much harder to do if you're poor, don't have time, a car, or good public transport.
Of course that's what it's for!
Destroying the postal service has been a goal of Trump for years, because he's always known that in-person voting is much harder to do if you're poor, don't have time, a car, or good public transport.
Finished? I am a retired soldier of the Gallacian Army.
Currently reading? I am an independently wealthy (via a grandfather’s trust) Floridian with a penchant for environmental causes and an anger management problem.
Currently reading? I am an independently wealthy (via a grandfather’s trust) Floridian with a penchant for environmental causes and an anger management problem.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Finished? I am a retired soldier of the Gallacian Army.
Currently reading? I am an independently wealthy (via a grandfather’s trust) Floridian with a penchant for environmental causes and an anger management problem.
Currently reading? I am an independently wealthy (via a grandfather’s trust) Floridian with a penchant for environmental causes and an anger management problem.
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I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now
December 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now
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and frankly, if your response to "they're shoving this broken fucking technology into literally every tool we use" is not, "so how do we stop them?" but instead "so how do I avoid this impacting my awards eligibility?" then I don't think we're having the same debate.
December 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
and frankly, if your response to "they're shoving this broken fucking technology into literally every tool we use" is not, "so how do we stop them?" but instead "so how do I avoid this impacting my awards eligibility?" then I don't think we're having the same debate.
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I did a test to see if I could remember all the Roman numerals, but I forgot 1, 1000, 51, 6 and 500.
IM LIVID!
IM LIVID!
December 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I did a test to see if I could remember all the Roman numerals, but I forgot 1, 1000, 51, 6 and 500.
IM LIVID!
IM LIVID!
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My brother once said that the most useful thing law school teaches you is that many things you think are political problems are actually legal problems, and many things you think are legal problems are actually political issues.
And boy HOWDY ain’t that the truth.
And boy HOWDY ain’t that the truth.
January 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My brother once said that the most useful thing law school teaches you is that many things you think are political problems are actually legal problems, and many things you think are legal problems are actually political issues.
And boy HOWDY ain’t that the truth.
And boy HOWDY ain’t that the truth.
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
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It could be one more weird anomaly in this unending cycle of what the fuck.
December 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It could be one more weird anomaly in this unending cycle of what the fuck.
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The people obsessed with FREEDOMS are the first ones to shuck personal responsibility when it comes to bigotry.
No one "made you" a racist, homophobe, a misogynist, an antisemite, an Islamophobe. You FREELY CHOSE THAT. Despite many other decent paths, you freely, knowingly chose bigotry.
No one "made you" a racist, homophobe, a misogynist, an antisemite, an Islamophobe. You FREELY CHOSE THAT. Despite many other decent paths, you freely, knowingly chose bigotry.
December 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The people obsessed with FREEDOMS are the first ones to shuck personal responsibility when it comes to bigotry.
No one "made you" a racist, homophobe, a misogynist, an antisemite, an Islamophobe. You FREELY CHOSE THAT. Despite many other decent paths, you freely, knowingly chose bigotry.
No one "made you" a racist, homophobe, a misogynist, an antisemite, an Islamophobe. You FREELY CHOSE THAT. Despite many other decent paths, you freely, knowingly chose bigotry.
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Important 🧵.
I've friends writing in every branch of fiction. Pay attention when a sales silo is hit.
Books are under attack on multiple fronts. Care when it erupts in another area--because this is another mirror/shadow of "real life."
Certain groups are coming for all of us eventually.
I've friends writing in every branch of fiction. Pay attention when a sales silo is hit.
Books are under attack on multiple fronts. Care when it erupts in another area--because this is another mirror/shadow of "real life."
Certain groups are coming for all of us eventually.
It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
December 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Important 🧵.
I've friends writing in every branch of fiction. Pay attention when a sales silo is hit.
Books are under attack on multiple fronts. Care when it erupts in another area--because this is another mirror/shadow of "real life."
Certain groups are coming for all of us eventually.
I've friends writing in every branch of fiction. Pay attention when a sales silo is hit.
Books are under attack on multiple fronts. Care when it erupts in another area--because this is another mirror/shadow of "real life."
Certain groups are coming for all of us eventually.
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“When we ignore the digital harm, the only moment that becomes visible is when the victim finally breaks,” Alexander said.
not just digital. this is a standard DARVO tactic. evil forces abuse in secret then wait til the victim strikes out, to punish them. yeah, i said it: evil.
not just digital. this is a standard DARVO tactic. evil forces abuse in secret then wait til the victim strikes out, to punish them. yeah, i said it: evil.
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her.
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“When we ignore the digital harm, the only moment that becomes visible is when the victim finally breaks,” Alexander said.
not just digital. this is a standard DARVO tactic. evil forces abuse in secret then wait til the victim strikes out, to punish them. yeah, i said it: evil.
not just digital. this is a standard DARVO tactic. evil forces abuse in secret then wait til the victim strikes out, to punish them. yeah, i said it: evil.
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The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
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Cutting support for ABA services without investing an equal amount into other therapies in a safe environment where autistic kids can stay while parents go to work is going to be an economic disaster for those families.
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Cutting support for ABA services without investing an equal amount into other therapies in a safe environment where autistic kids can stay while parents go to work is going to be an economic disaster for those families.
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Saying it again, anthropomorphized "chatbot" user interfaces to LLMs should be illegal.
There's zero reason these interfaces have to be like this—other than companies making people addicted to them.
There's zero reason these interfaces have to be like this—other than companies making people addicted to them.
There really is no justification for this company’s existence.
Her daughter was unraveling, and she didn’t know why. Then she found the AI chat logs.
A majority of teens are interacting with AI companions, and many of their parents have no idea.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Saying it again, anthropomorphized "chatbot" user interfaces to LLMs should be illegal.
There's zero reason these interfaces have to be like this—other than companies making people addicted to them.
There's zero reason these interfaces have to be like this—other than companies making people addicted to them.
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God forbid women have hobbies.
Scientists Discover ‘Black Widow’ Exoplanet That Defies Explanation
An exoplanet located 750 light years from Earth has an atmosphere unlike anything previously known.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
God forbid women have hobbies.
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It’s gonna have to start with the people who use automation tools NOT saying “AI.” It’s not gonna start with people who use these tools complaining Bluesky is mean to them for saying “not all AI” or “no true Scotsman.”
Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all under "AI".
December 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It’s gonna have to start with the people who use automation tools NOT saying “AI.” It’s not gonna start with people who use these tools complaining Bluesky is mean to them for saying “not all AI” or “no true Scotsman.”
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There is no ethical use of AI because the continued existence of the AI industry is directly harmful to (alongside everyone else) the interests of everyone whose labour makes books exist—writers of fiction & nonfiction, illustrators, translators, researchers, editors, everyone.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There is no ethical use of AI because the continued existence of the AI industry is directly harmful to (alongside everyone else) the interests of everyone whose labour makes books exist—writers of fiction & nonfiction, illustrators, translators, researchers, editors, everyone.