Alecto
@eta-volantis.bsky.social
30+ | They/them | Multifandom - Mostly D&D, Warhammer 40k, FFXIV, some original content | May contain NSFW content so follow at your own risk | you can also find me on https://eta-volantis.tumblr.com/
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I just love that Konrad's narrative role is basically to roll around on the floor naked and covered in blood and trash yelling "AT THE END OF THE DAY YOURE JUST LIKE MEEEE. WE ALL SMELL LIKE SHIT HERE." at the other primarchs
January 1, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I just love that Konrad's narrative role is basically to roll around on the floor naked and covered in blood and trash yelling "AT THE END OF THE DAY YOURE JUST LIKE MEEEE. WE ALL SMELL LIKE SHIT HERE." at the other primarchs
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Frankly with the epic rise of shit content on the Internet, we are due a resurgence of personal blogs; the issue will be actually finding them in the shit. The deluge has ended the Internet as we know it.
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Frankly with the epic rise of shit content on the Internet, we are due a resurgence of personal blogs; the issue will be actually finding them in the shit. The deluge has ended the Internet as we know it.
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[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
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Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
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Rian Johnson is really good at morality plays
Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Rian Johnson is really good at morality plays
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Why am I against generative AI? Because it's trained on hard work stolen from me and my writer and artist friends, and because its use devalues that same hard work.
December 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Why am I against generative AI? Because it's trained on hard work stolen from me and my writer and artist friends, and because its use devalues that same hard work.
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Again: they thought they’d win a shattering court victory with the Harry Potter lady’s money, then the public would rise up in gratitude, salute them as heroes and stomp all over transgender people on their behalf. That hasn’t happened, because the public mostly aren’t vicious cranks, like they are.
December 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Again: they thought they’d win a shattering court victory with the Harry Potter lady’s money, then the public would rise up in gratitude, salute them as heroes and stomp all over transgender people on their behalf. That hasn’t happened, because the public mostly aren’t vicious cranks, like they are.
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Conventions, if you use AI do not be surprised if creators turn down your invitations to be guests or even to be on panels.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
December 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Conventions, if you use AI do not be surprised if creators turn down your invitations to be guests or even to be on panels.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.
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Hands down the best snowboarding game ever made and I will always die on that hill 🧡
December 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hands down the best snowboarding game ever made and I will always die on that hill 🧡
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you get into warhammer and you find yourself saying stuff like: "oh those are the blood angels. theyre kind of vampire-coded because they have a 'blood curse.' their primarch is named 'sanguinius'" and you start to die of embarrament about liking this and then you remember "count dooku"
December 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
you get into warhammer and you find yourself saying stuff like: "oh those are the blood angels. theyre kind of vampire-coded because they have a 'blood curse.' their primarch is named 'sanguinius'" and you start to die of embarrament about liking this and then you remember "count dooku"
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The more AI gets hyped by people, the more I hate it. It's such a sad state that such technology intended for the benefit of humankind gets exploited.
I'm all for progress, but there is a clear indication that what the big tech is currently pushing are all for profit, with disregard of common good.
I'm all for progress, but there is a clear indication that what the big tech is currently pushing are all for profit, with disregard of common good.
December 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The more AI gets hyped by people, the more I hate it. It's such a sad state that such technology intended for the benefit of humankind gets exploited.
I'm all for progress, but there is a clear indication that what the big tech is currently pushing are all for profit, with disregard of common good.
I'm all for progress, but there is a clear indication that what the big tech is currently pushing are all for profit, with disregard of common good.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Protection features bsky has:
NUCLEAR BLOCK- neither of you can see each other's posts, you no longer exist to each other)
DETACH QUOTES- if someone quotes your post with something you don't like you can "detatch" your original post and it appears blank under their quote
NUCLEAR BLOCK- neither of you can see each other's posts, you no longer exist to each other)
DETACH QUOTES- if someone quotes your post with something you don't like you can "detatch" your original post and it appears blank under their quote
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Protection features bsky has:
NUCLEAR BLOCK- neither of you can see each other's posts, you no longer exist to each other)
DETACH QUOTES- if someone quotes your post with something you don't like you can "detatch" your original post and it appears blank under their quote
NUCLEAR BLOCK- neither of you can see each other's posts, you no longer exist to each other)
DETACH QUOTES- if someone quotes your post with something you don't like you can "detatch" your original post and it appears blank under their quote
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Even though bsky has management issues, I believe my trans friends if they say this is some real fearmongering going on. It comes at a very suspicious time.
Twitter users are spreading some crazy misinfo about Bluesky amid this AI art situation. I have a really cynical read on all this — I think there’s fearmongering on Twitter to prevent people from leaving. “Please don’t walk out of the jail, even though the door is open”
December 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Even though bsky has management issues, I believe my trans friends if they say this is some real fearmongering going on. It comes at a very suspicious time.
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I feel like I'm losing my whole mind seeing these "using spellcheck is the same as using genAI to write your whole entire book" takes in the SFWA discussion.
December 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I feel like I'm losing my whole mind seeing these "using spellcheck is the same as using genAI to write your whole entire book" takes in the SFWA discussion.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.
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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.
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Treat a published work that was later divulged to be AI-generated the same way you would if you found out it was manually plagiarized from a different book. Same situation, just the plagiarism has been automated and averaged out a bit, and the plagiarist is also a scab and a cultural arsonist.
December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Treat a published work that was later divulged to be AI-generated the same way you would if you found out it was manually plagiarized from a different book. Same situation, just the plagiarism has been automated and averaged out a bit, and the plagiarist is also a scab and a cultural arsonist.
It's genuinely frustrating that those people are also conflating general AI (machine learning, stuff that improves functionality, etc) with generative AI (midjourney, stable diff, LLMs like ChatGPT, etc.) because they are not the same. I want the former, and want the latter erased from my devices.
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's genuinely frustrating that those people are also conflating general AI (machine learning, stuff that improves functionality, etc) with generative AI (midjourney, stable diff, LLMs like ChatGPT, etc.) because they are not the same. I want the former, and want the latter erased from my devices.
It's also just EVERYWHERE and it's so frustrating. No, I do not want Copilot/other gAI integrated in my phone. Or my laptop. Or at work. Or in a tablet. They are trying so hard to take the choice from you. I have a brain, I do not need it to do the thinking for me. It is so invasive.
There's a lot of talk about how "it's inevitable" and "everyone's using it" in regards to gAI and I think it's pretty clear folk are misjudging just how much hatred there is toward it, the more the industry fucks with our jobs, tech, prices, privacy.
You use this shit & your blacklisted to me.
You use this shit & your blacklisted to me.
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It's also just EVERYWHERE and it's so frustrating. No, I do not want Copilot/other gAI integrated in my phone. Or my laptop. Or at work. Or in a tablet. They are trying so hard to take the choice from you. I have a brain, I do not need it to do the thinking for me. It is so invasive.
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THIS.
I am waiting for one, literally ONE major company, to lean hard into AI counter programming with their products and marketing. It’s RIGHT THERE. It’s worth a FORTUNE. “Hate ‘AI’ in everything? We got you!” But they Will. Not. Do it.
Lemmings and cowards and greedy visionless hacks, all of ‘em.
Lemmings and cowards and greedy visionless hacks, all of ‘em.
December 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
THIS.
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Getting ChatGPT to churn out homework answers does not endow anyone with "a mindset of lifelong learning."
I feel sick even typing this.
I feel sick even typing this.
December 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Getting ChatGPT to churn out homework answers does not endow anyone with "a mindset of lifelong learning."
I feel sick even typing this.
I feel sick even typing this.
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"Proper safety requirements, training and assurance of equity should be paramount before any technology is implemented for student use."
Agreed. Reports link these "A.i." products to deaths, suicides, cognitive decline, and right wing propaganda.
So let's NOT implement them for student use, right?
Agreed. Reports link these "A.i." products to deaths, suicides, cognitive decline, and right wing propaganda.
So let's NOT implement them for student use, right?
December 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"Proper safety requirements, training and assurance of equity should be paramount before any technology is implemented for student use."
Agreed. Reports link these "A.i." products to deaths, suicides, cognitive decline, and right wing propaganda.
So let's NOT implement them for student use, right?
Agreed. Reports link these "A.i." products to deaths, suicides, cognitive decline, and right wing propaganda.
So let's NOT implement them for student use, right?