Emi Enache
@emienache.bsky.social
Software engineer & voracious gamer. Tell me about your favourite video/board game or fantasy novel. He/him.
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
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Because I guess it requires repeating - we kiss robots here, but that does NOT include genAI and LLMs.
They are not sentient, they are not real intelligence. They are built upon the stolen work of generations of passion and skill, and the exploitation of poor communities and the environment.
They are not sentient, they are not real intelligence. They are built upon the stolen work of generations of passion and skill, and the exploitation of poor communities and the environment.
January 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Because I guess it requires repeating - we kiss robots here, but that does NOT include genAI and LLMs.
They are not sentient, they are not real intelligence. They are built upon the stolen work of generations of passion and skill, and the exploitation of poor communities and the environment.
They are not sentient, they are not real intelligence. They are built upon the stolen work of generations of passion and skill, and the exploitation of poor communities and the environment.
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Ok, I'll try.
“We do not need allies more devoted to order than to justice. I hear a lot of talk these days about our direct action talk alienating former friends. ... If our direct action programs alienate our friends … they never were really our friends.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964
“We do not need allies more devoted to order than to justice. I hear a lot of talk these days about our direct action talk alienating former friends. ... If our direct action programs alienate our friends … they never were really our friends.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964
January 2, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Ok, I'll try.
“We do not need allies more devoted to order than to justice. I hear a lot of talk these days about our direct action talk alienating former friends. ... If our direct action programs alienate our friends … they never were really our friends.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964
“We do not need allies more devoted to order than to justice. I hear a lot of talk these days about our direct action talk alienating former friends. ... If our direct action programs alienate our friends … they never were really our friends.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964
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That smile at the end is the smile of not merely approval but the relieved joy of a creator finding exactly the right thing that works.
Akihiro Miwa perfects Moro's laugh in the recording sessions for Princess Mononoke
From: How Princess Mononoke Was Born (1998), dir. Toshiro Uratani, Buena Vista Home Entertainment
From: How Princess Mononoke Was Born (1998), dir. Toshiro Uratani, Buena Vista Home Entertainment
December 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
That smile at the end is the smile of not merely approval but the relieved joy of a creator finding exactly the right thing that works.
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
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Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
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I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
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Yo speak authoritatively about the things you know about and stop assuming everyone already knows what you're talking about, you're probably kind of an expert at a couple things by now, seriously fr, not all the way but it's about time to embrace a confidence of time. You know what you're about now.
October 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yo speak authoritatively about the things you know about and stop assuming everyone already knows what you're talking about, you're probably kind of an expert at a couple things by now, seriously fr, not all the way but it's about time to embrace a confidence of time. You know what you're about now.
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It's actually really important to revisit media you enjoyed as a child so you can be like "wow uh oof ouch that was not as good as I remember" before the nostalgiamadness sets in. I learned this in my formative years hanging out on Transformers forums in 2007 watching 30-year-olds mad at the movie
September 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's actually really important to revisit media you enjoyed as a child so you can be like "wow uh oof ouch that was not as good as I remember" before the nostalgiamadness sets in. I learned this in my formative years hanging out on Transformers forums in 2007 watching 30-year-olds mad at the movie
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Playing console & PC games at home is seen as the default experience, but I'd bet that the majority of people in the 2000s experienced games in these social places, paying by the hour.
It's vastly underrepresented in academia & retrogaming debates but it's key to understanding things like F2P games
It's vastly underrepresented in academia & retrogaming debates but it's key to understanding things like F2P games
October 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Playing console & PC games at home is seen as the default experience, but I'd bet that the majority of people in the 2000s experienced games in these social places, paying by the hour.
It's vastly underrepresented in academia & retrogaming debates but it's key to understanding things like F2P games
It's vastly underrepresented in academia & retrogaming debates but it's key to understanding things like F2P games
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This. Is. Why. I. Paint.
October 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This. Is. Why. I. Paint.
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I think this clip might be the single best illustration of how unbelievably stupid fascism is.
You see a fake video. You know it's fake, but it makes you feel ways. Good ways. But you don't feel good ways about now. Something is wrong. Clearly it's that foreigners exist. Hurt them! They hide good!
You see a fake video. You know it's fake, but it makes you feel ways. Good ways. But you don't feel good ways about now. Something is wrong. Clearly it's that foreigners exist. Hurt them! They hide good!
September 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I think this clip might be the single best illustration of how unbelievably stupid fascism is.
You see a fake video. You know it's fake, but it makes you feel ways. Good ways. But you don't feel good ways about now. Something is wrong. Clearly it's that foreigners exist. Hurt them! They hide good!
You see a fake video. You know it's fake, but it makes you feel ways. Good ways. But you don't feel good ways about now. Something is wrong. Clearly it's that foreigners exist. Hurt them! They hide good!
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EARTH MUST DIE
Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE
Please RETWEET and WISHLIST
Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE
Please RETWEET and WISHLIST
September 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
EARTH MUST DIE
Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE
Please RETWEET and WISHLIST
Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE
Please RETWEET and WISHLIST
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September 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Goodnight, I’m hoping to wake up to a slew of posts from anti-woke “comedians” who have spent years complaining about cancel culture and the oppression of free speech, defending Kimmel and condemning the F.C.C.
Unless it was only an issue when you wanted to make jokes about the trans community?
Unless it was only an issue when you wanted to make jokes about the trans community?
September 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Goodnight, I’m hoping to wake up to a slew of posts from anti-woke “comedians” who have spent years complaining about cancel culture and the oppression of free speech, defending Kimmel and condemning the F.C.C.
Unless it was only an issue when you wanted to make jokes about the trans community?
Unless it was only an issue when you wanted to make jokes about the trans community?
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In the '80s and '90s, CJ Cherryh questioned and critiqued our assumptions about how gender is expressed and understood, creating science fiction narratives that reflect trans identity and experience. It's time for a retrospective.
reactormag.com/exploring-ge...
reactormag.com/exploring-ge...
Exploring Gender and Trans Identity in the Worlds of C.J. Cherryh - Reactor
The Chanur series poses key questions about gender roles, expression, and identity.
reactormag.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In the '80s and '90s, CJ Cherryh questioned and critiqued our assumptions about how gender is expressed and understood, creating science fiction narratives that reflect trans identity and experience. It's time for a retrospective.
reactormag.com/exploring-ge...
reactormag.com/exploring-ge...
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helpful to remember that even marcus aurelius said you don’t need to have a take on everything
September 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
helpful to remember that even marcus aurelius said you don’t need to have a take on everything
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A lot of my followers and general sphere understands this but it's really important we recognize that even if we don't like some art for personal moral reasons, we need to defend its right to exist. We went from no rape to no cat ears in less than two months. Everyone who warned about this was right
September 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A lot of my followers and general sphere understands this but it's really important we recognize that even if we don't like some art for personal moral reasons, we need to defend its right to exist. We went from no rape to no cat ears in less than two months. Everyone who warned about this was right
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Chat, is it a good look for me to block official findings on the new service I'm launching in six days that puts human beings in a fast moving coffin?
June 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Chat, is it a good look for me to block official findings on the new service I'm launching in six days that puts human beings in a fast moving coffin?
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But HANG ON, it gets weirder. Two.
Remember the Butcher in Diablo?
I saw it in Ancient Evil and thought "ah a reference". Well, no. Trial By Magic did it first in '95: a chef cooking and eating human meat who welcomes the player with "fresh meat". See my reaction.
Blizzard...?? Were you uh...??
Remember the Butcher in Diablo?
I saw it in Ancient Evil and thought "ah a reference". Well, no. Trial By Magic did it first in '95: a chef cooking and eating human meat who welcomes the player with "fresh meat". See my reaction.
Blizzard...?? Were you uh...??
September 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
But HANG ON, it gets weirder. Two.
Remember the Butcher in Diablo?
I saw it in Ancient Evil and thought "ah a reference". Well, no. Trial By Magic did it first in '95: a chef cooking and eating human meat who welcomes the player with "fresh meat". See my reaction.
Blizzard...?? Were you uh...??
Remember the Butcher in Diablo?
I saw it in Ancient Evil and thought "ah a reference". Well, no. Trial By Magic did it first in '95: a chef cooking and eating human meat who welcomes the player with "fresh meat". See my reaction.
Blizzard...?? Were you uh...??
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The head-snapping change in the US media from "brutal animal, all of them must pay" to "Poor misguided saint" once it became clear that the shooter of Charlie Kirk was white and straight is bile-inducing.
www.wsj.com/us-news/who-...
www.wsj.com/us-news/who-...
Tyler Robinson’s Descent From Promising Student to Murder Suspect
The 22-year-old suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk spent much of his time online and had become increasingly political, according to relatives. ‘I have no idea why he did this.’
www.wsj.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The head-snapping change in the US media from "brutal animal, all of them must pay" to "Poor misguided saint" once it became clear that the shooter of Charlie Kirk was white and straight is bile-inducing.
www.wsj.com/us-news/who-...
www.wsj.com/us-news/who-...
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me: it's been so long since i saw the end credits of a game that affected me emotionally
also me: time for some gaming [starts up an endless roguelite or survival game]
also me: time for some gaming [starts up an endless roguelite or survival game]
September 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
me: it's been so long since i saw the end credits of a game that affected me emotionally
also me: time for some gaming [starts up an endless roguelite or survival game]
also me: time for some gaming [starts up an endless roguelite or survival game]
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If you want to actually solve the problem, instead of punishing itch, start calling payment cos
Collective Shout, which is run by people who get published by Spinifex, a very terf-seeming organization, apparently needed 1,000 people to yell at visa to get this done.
We got more than 1000 people.
Collective Shout, which is run by people who get published by Spinifex, a very terf-seeming organization, apparently needed 1,000 people to yell at visa to get this done.
We got more than 1000 people.
July 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
If you want to actually solve the problem, instead of punishing itch, start calling payment cos
Collective Shout, which is run by people who get published by Spinifex, a very terf-seeming organization, apparently needed 1,000 people to yell at visa to get this done.
We got more than 1000 people.
Collective Shout, which is run by people who get published by Spinifex, a very terf-seeming organization, apparently needed 1,000 people to yell at visa to get this done.
We got more than 1000 people.