Leo Korogodski
@cyberhuman.bsky.social
An immigrant from Ukraine, now residing near Philadelphia. Software developer by day, science fiction author whenever time allows. PhD in Math from the MIT. Graduate of Viable Paradise and Futurescapes writing workshops.
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Ethnic Nations or No-Majority?
Opinion #7 in the Transgressive Science Fiction Series
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Imagine a nation where no single group dominates, neither by race nor by faith nor by ethnicity. Would it be pulled in different directions? Or would it be more resilient and superior to ethnic states?
Read now and share with your community!
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Read now and share with your community!
tinyurl.com/4bykzech
Reposted by Leo Korogodski
these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Imagine a nation where no single group dominates, neither by race nor by faith nor by ethnicity. Would it be pulled in different directions? Or would it be more resilient and superior to ethnic states?
Read now and share with your community!
tinyurl.com/4bykzech
Read now and share with your community!
tinyurl.com/4bykzech
Ethnic Nations or No-Majority?
Opinion #7 in the Transgressive Science Fiction Series
tinyurl.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Imagine a nation where no single group dominates, neither by race nor by faith nor by ethnicity. Would it be pulled in different directions? Or would it be more resilient and superior to ethnic states?
Read now and share with your community!
tinyurl.com/4bykzech
Read now and share with your community!
tinyurl.com/4bykzech
The final post in my Transgressive Science Fiction series is more political in nature. Imagine a nation where no group has absolute majority—not by race, faith, nor ethnicity—and then compare it to ethnic states. Which is superior? tinyurl.com/4bykzech 1/8
Ethnic Nations or No-Majority?
Opinion #7 in the Transgressive Science Fiction Series
tinyurl.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The final post in my Transgressive Science Fiction series is more political in nature. Imagine a nation where no group has absolute majority—not by race, faith, nor ethnicity—and then compare it to ethnic states. Which is superior? tinyurl.com/4bykzech 1/8
Having finally read The Murderbot Diaries, I have added a section on the series to my opinion piece on whether artificial minds must be emotional or rational (see the link below), the essay #2 in my Transgressive Science Fiction series.
tinyurl.com/44x54shc
tinyurl.com/44x54shc
Artificial Minds: Emotional or Rational?
Transgressive Science Fiction #2
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October 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Having finally read The Murderbot Diaries, I have added a section on the series to my opinion piece on whether artificial minds must be emotional or rational (see the link below), the essay #2 in my Transgressive Science Fiction series.
tinyurl.com/44x54shc
tinyurl.com/44x54shc
Reposted by Leo Korogodski
One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Reposted by Leo Korogodski
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Reposted by Leo Korogodski
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
This em-dash thing is just another case of laziness. People want a SIMPLE criterion to detect AI. They won’t accept that no simple rule would do. It will always be the forest you must look at yo detect AI, never the trees.
Periodically the discussion on AI turns to em-dashes being a sign of AI generated text, and, because I was curious, I searched to see how many em-dashes were in some of my recent stories.
# of em-dashes in various stories:
Colors of the Immortal Palette: 81
If a Digitized Tree Falls: 39
Carnival Nine: 36
Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War: 35
Our Chatbots Said "I Love You," Shall We Meet?: 14
We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read: 7
Colors of the Immortal Palette: 81
If a Digitized Tree Falls: 39
Carnival Nine: 36
Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War: 35
Our Chatbots Said "I Love You," Shall We Meet?: 14
We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read: 7
September 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This em-dash thing is just another case of laziness. People want a SIMPLE criterion to detect AI. They won’t accept that no simple rule would do. It will always be the forest you must look at yo detect AI, never the trees.
A good book and a good series!
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When a client persuades him to play an ancient game of throwing bones Ty finds himself deep in debt, and in danger...
Buy now: geni.us/whilegodssl
September 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A good book and a good series!
Cyberhumans, their minds always online, can speak any language fluently. In reality, they speak hodgepodge of languages in almost every sentence. But everyone has a favored language, usually related to their heritage—which can be anything.
#Septopolis 11
Nothing clever, it's on the tin. Languages: just one? Several? Did it (or plural) evolve from another language in your world as something mutually intelligible or is it just a regional dialect?
#WritingCommunity #Writesky
Nothing clever, it's on the tin. Languages: just one? Several? Did it (or plural) evolve from another language in your world as something mutually intelligible or is it just a regional dialect?
#WritingCommunity #Writesky
September 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Cyberhumans, their minds always online, can speak any language fluently. In reality, they speak hodgepodge of languages in almost every sentence. But everyone has a favored language, usually related to their heritage—which can be anything.
A snippet from Book 2 in my series (not a single mention of “gold” in Book 1, alas). #WritingPrompt
September 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A snippet from Book 2 in my series (not a single mention of “gold” in Book 1, alas). #WritingPrompt
My Bk 1’s four main characters live at a cutthroat military school, where the survival pressure pushes them into tight teams that usually become polyamorous families.
The stress is constant, from vicious rivalry to training bordering on torture. They release it with each other.
#AwesomeCharacters
The stress is constant, from vicious rivalry to training bordering on torture. They release it with each other.
#AwesomeCharacters
Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters
Life can be stressful sometimes. So, how does your character handle stress?
Do they talk it out? Drink? Meditate? Fight? Go for a run? Bottle it up indefinitely? Have a good cry?
Is it a healthy technique?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Life can be stressful sometimes. So, how does your character handle stress?
Do they talk it out? Drink? Meditate? Fight? Go for a run? Bottle it up indefinitely? Have a good cry?
Is it a healthy technique?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
My Bk 1’s four main characters live at a cutthroat military school, where the survival pressure pushes them into tight teams that usually become polyamorous families.
The stress is constant, from vicious rivalry to training bordering on torture. They release it with each other.
#AwesomeCharacters
The stress is constant, from vicious rivalry to training bordering on torture. They release it with each other.
#AwesomeCharacters
An interesting approach.
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August 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
An interesting approach.
I have updated my essay on artificial minds (aka AI), the essay #2 in my Transgressive Science Fiction series, with a section on artificial minds in fantasy.
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Artificial Minds: Emotional or Rational?
Transgressive Science Fiction #2
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August 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I have updated my essay on artificial minds (aka AI), the essay #2 in my Transgressive Science Fiction series, with a section on artificial minds in fantasy.
medium.com/@leonidkorog...
medium.com/@leonidkorog...
Reposted by Leo Korogodski
NEW: A major AI copyright legal showdown just took a huge twist today. Facing a class action on behalf of book authors that could've seen it pay over a TRILLION in damages for alleged piracy, Anthropic has agreed to settle instead: www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought By Book Authors
Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.
www.wired.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
NEW: A major AI copyright legal showdown just took a huge twist today. Facing a class action on behalf of book authors that could've seen it pay over a TRILLION in damages for alleged piracy, Anthropic has agreed to settle instead: www.wired.com/story/anthro...
The last, seventh essay in my Transgressive Science Fiction series will be political. Comparing majority-minority states to ethnic ones.
August 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The last, seventh essay in my Transgressive Science Fiction series will be political. Comparing majority-minority states to ethnic ones.
Alarming if true.
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
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August 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Alarming if true.
I have updated my essay on diverse hive minds (the first one in my Transgressive Science Fiction series) with a section on Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
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medium.com/@leonidkorog...
Hive Minds: Diverse or Totalitarian?
Transgressive Science Fiction #1
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August 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I have updated my essay on diverse hive minds (the first one in my Transgressive Science Fiction series) with a section on Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
medium.com/@leonidkorog...
medium.com/@leonidkorog...
People just want to find a “simple” way to tell if something has been written by an AI. But that makes light of the human ability to judge the whole. It will always be the forest, never any tree. Always the whole style, never a grammar idiosyncrasy.
July 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
People just want to find a “simple” way to tell if something has been written by an AI. But that makes light of the human ability to judge the whole. It will always be the forest, never any tree. Always the whole style, never a grammar idiosyncrasy.
I’m a very, ahem, dashing writer, too. 😊
They’ll have to pry the em dash from my cold dead hands. 🩷
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I’m a very, ahem, dashing writer, too. 😊
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Reposted by Leo Korogodski
"-le" is a forgotten suffix in English - it's integrated so far into words that we no longer register it. It indicates continuousness: to sparkLE is to repeatedly spark, to scribbLE is to continuously scribe, etc.
Which implies that to chortLE is to repeatedly do something called a chort.
Which implies that to chortLE is to repeatedly do something called a chort.
-le - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
en.wiktionary.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"-le" is a forgotten suffix in English - it's integrated so far into words that we no longer register it. It indicates continuousness: to sparkLE is to repeatedly spark, to scribbLE is to continuously scribe, etc.
Which implies that to chortLE is to repeatedly do something called a chort.
Which implies that to chortLE is to repeatedly do something called a chort.
Lungarni di Pisa at night. The riverbanks of Arno.
June 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Lungarni di Pisa at night. The riverbanks of Arno.
Sunset in Pisa along the Arno riverbanks. The Leaning Tower isn’t the only interesting thing about the place. Here, you can see Santa Maria della Spina and La Torre Guelfa.
June 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Sunset in Pisa along the Arno riverbanks. The Leaning Tower isn’t the only interesting thing about the place. Here, you can see Santa Maria della Spina and La Torre Guelfa.
Reposted by Leo Korogodski
On the #Toretsk direction, soldiers found a bird’s nest made with fiber optic cables from drones. War leaves its mark everywhere.
📷: Soldier of the Support Forces Battalion, 12th Azov Brigade
📷: Soldier of the Support Forces Battalion, 12th Azov Brigade
June 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
On the #Toretsk direction, soldiers found a bird’s nest made with fiber optic cables from drones. War leaves its mark everywhere.
📷: Soldier of the Support Forces Battalion, 12th Azov Brigade
📷: Soldier of the Support Forces Battalion, 12th Azov Brigade