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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · 1d

Hot dogs 💯💯. If you're using AI to make "art", you're just indulging in cheap plagiarism so you can avoid the hard-work part of making art.

"You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings..."

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

www.theguardian.com

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Aysha @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · Jun 17

I told you guys

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · 13d

What an incredible piece @hexliterary.bsky.social. I honestly feel privileged to have read it. @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social , you're such a talent monster, dear god!
hexliterary.com?p=2878

The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen

There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · 17d

oooh the way my blood pressure spiked when reading this headline 😂😂 scitechdaily.com/scientists-j...

Scientists Just Found a Way to Simulate the Universe on a Laptop

Mapping the Universe’s vast structure no longer requires endless supercomputer time. Effort.jl brings cosmic modeling to laptops without sacrificing accuracy.

scitechdaily.com

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · 20d

No disclaimer for stories drafted by AI? Guess no more clicks for BI from me!
www.theverge.com/news/779739/...

Business Insider reportedly gives journalists green light to write stories with AI — and it won’t tell readers

The policy makes Insider one of the first major US newsrooms to permit such extensive use of the technology.

www.theverge.com

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Indigo Rue @indigorue.bsky.social · 23d

My story is out in Small Wonders today!

“What was supposed to happen was this: on the faire’s opening day, Princess Lilaclaire would visit the pond, kiss a frog into a prince, share a candy apple with him to test their true love, and live happily ever after.”

Read to see what actually happened…

Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 23d

Something has gone awry at the faire this year, and Princess Lilaclaire is not having a great time. Check out "Princess Lilaclaire and the Witch's Frog Faire" by @indigorue.bsky.social today and see what happens when the frogs just aren't cooperating:

Princess Lilaclaire and the Witch’s Frog Faire - Small Wonders

"How's that saying go?" Elsamina scooped a frog from the pond with a long-handled net. "You gotta kiss a few of these before you find your prince." She lifted the slimy creature towards Lilaclaire's lips and cackled. "Pucker up!"

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Sep 8

thank you so much for reading 🥰🥰

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Sep 8

Anyone working on tech dystopia pieces, reality is here to show us up again! Ewww ew ew ew www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Sep 7

Only 5500 lightyears away! 😍😍 A girl can dream....

Stunning new image of baby stars captured by JWST

webbtelescope.org/contents/med...

Pismis 24 (NIRCam Image)

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Sep 5

Read this POWERFUL flash by Nadia Radovich. It's meta, it's audacious, looove it.

M. R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · Sep 5

I need you to read this, I need you to read this, yes that means you, please go read this story right this minute—

Nadia Radovich @nadiaradovich.bsky.social · Sep 5

I think this is the best thing I have ever written: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/sile...

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Sep 4

In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5. Today it’s 0.7%. Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why. Trust the science, it’s been proven to work safely and efficiently time and time again.

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Sep 2

Love this!

Duncan MacMaster The Sweetheart of the Internet @duncanwriter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material.

Oh my.

Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Because Thursdays were ours"😭😭 All the feels and some gorgeous sensory details in this flash stunner from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social

Ashleigh Adams 🖋️📚✨ @ashdoeswords.bsky.social · Sep 1

Absolutely SQUEALING with joy to have a piece up in NFFR today! This whole issue is just incredible - congrats on 10 years @nffr.bsky.social 🍾🥂

newflashfiction.com/thursdays-sm...

Thursdays Smell Like You by Ashleigh Adams | Issue #38

They smell like orange peel and oaky bourbon, same as your breath after three Old Fashioneds.

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you so much for reading! Glad you enjoyed :)

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · Sep 1

“What’s your argument against generative AI?”

Do you mean the environmental, economic, social, ethical, cognitive, creative, or practical argument? Because I feel like any one of those, even in isolation from one another, makes using it a non-starter.

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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · Aug 31

Our closer for August is “The Color of Things” by Eleanor Lennox. A piece that gives you a one-sides glimpse into a failing relationship against a backdrop of jungle. Big White Lotus vibes!
#flashfiction #writingcommunity
@eleanorlennox.bsky.social

www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

The Color of Things

At noon, they ate fried river fish out of banana leaves with their fingers. The guide ate with them. Laura had forgotten his name but could not bear to ask it now. Craig called for salt, and Laura …

www.flashfictiononline.com

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Aug 31

Could not agree more - it's been unsettling the last few years, how the reading of stories has been re-framed as the consumption of content--and the likening authors to influencers, all of us working on "content creation". Big eww.

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Aug 31

Completely agree! Only way it would maybe work (it still wouldn't work) is if Obi-Wan was pretty much a complete non-entity, forced to reconcile with the limitations of what the Force brings to the table in such a struggle. Schooled by Kleya.

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Aug 30

I LOOOVE the tentacle. The tentacle is everything.

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Aug 29

My story is free to read today at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! Come for the jungle, stay for the climax of extreme Midwestern passive aggressiveness 😁https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-color-of-things/

The Color of Things

At noon, they ate fried river fish out of banana leaves with their fingers. The guide ate with them. Laura had forgotten his name but could not bear to ask it now. Craig called for salt, and Laura …

www.flashfictiononline.com

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Aug 12

THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVER. Love Nerdforge! Meanwhile my half-finished library book nook rots in a file cabinet youtu.be/qXY_kLNr3y0?...

I Built an Entire Fantasy Street in my Bookshelf

YouTube video by Nerdforge

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · Aug 12

SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR MEMORIES, THEY'RE KILLING THE EARTH, ALSO WE'RE BUILDING NEW AI CENTERS feels absurdly farcical and dystopian while perfectly illustrating Stage 4 End-Stage Capitalism in all its dipshit horror.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · Aug 12

The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643

UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall

The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.

jrnl.ie

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Aug 11

😆😆 spot on

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Eleanor Lennox @eleanorlennox.bsky.social · Aug 11

As someone obsessed with generation ships and space travel generally, this is really cool. Well done to the Chrysalis research team! www.livescience.com/space/space-...

Proposed spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri

The design for a 36 mile long spacecraft, called Chrysalis, includes libraries, tropical forests and structural manufacturing facilities, all supported by artificial gravity.

www.livescience.com

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · Aug 6

They keep asserting they're going to put AI in everything, including critical, dangerous systems. Meanwhile, AI is like, "sure, eat those yard mushrooms, the word strawberry has 88 Rs, I'm Mecha Hitler, here's Taylor Swift naked when you didn't even ask for it and she has eleven fingers lol"

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