Fatale Distraction
@fatale-distraction.bsky.social
Queer, disabled gamer, crafter, reader, and writer. She/her/they/them. There’s no LGB without the T. 🏳️⚧️ Ao3 and Tumblr under the same username. 💕 ANTI-AI.
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Here’s MY Summer 2025 reading list. I used fucking Canva to do a better job in less than thirty minutes than that shitty AI article did, and I used 99% less potable water to do so.
Cannot believe people are actually being paid to do LESS work than this.
Cannot believe people are actually being paid to do LESS work than this.
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Sigh. Yeah.
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Sigh. Yeah.
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there is a genre of person who hates AI in *their* field but sees how it could be useful in *other,* less prestigious, fields; ignore them. they are not trying to save the ship. they are just racing you to the lifeboats
Translators, illustrators, researchers and editors all do creative, human work that is important and cannot be reproduced in part or in whole by AI any more than writers. Their interests are our interests. To legitimize the use of AI to replace them is a failure of principle as much as strategy.
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
there is a genre of person who hates AI in *their* field but sees how it could be useful in *other,* less prestigious, fields; ignore them. they are not trying to save the ship. they are just racing you to the lifeboats
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The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
24 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Judge overturns CA school policy on outing trans kids, rules parents have right to know & teachers a right to tell them but no mention of child's rights. Case likely bound for Supremes. Weirdly CA law allows abortion w/o parental notification.
Federal judge rules California teachers are allowed to ‘out’ transgender students to parents
The ruling applies to all public schools in California and is a victory for two teachers who claimed that district policies violated their constitutional free speech and religious rights.
edsource.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
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I'd argue it's worse than a blank page, in the same way that garment pieces cut slightly off the grain are worse than not having cut yet.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I know I don’t talk about writing much. It is because I am writing so slowly.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'd argue it's worse than a blank page, in the same way that garment pieces cut slightly off the grain are worse than not having cut yet.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
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From Better Homes & Gardens: Christmas Ideas, 1956. Illustrator: Roy Mathews. This scan is from my own vintage magazine collection.
#wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
#wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
December 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
From Better Homes & Gardens: Christmas Ideas, 1956. Illustrator: Roy Mathews. This scan is from my own vintage magazine collection.
#wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
#wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
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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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And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
“You see, if these things we spent a lot of time and money to cover up had been true, someone would’ve said something!”
As if we haven’t all been saying the same thing since 2016.
As if we haven’t all been saying the same thing since 2016.
The Trump DOJ is running scared and so they're putting out this kind of dreck on social media:
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“You see, if these things we spent a lot of time and money to cover up had been true, someone would’ve said something!”
As if we haven’t all been saying the same thing since 2016.
As if we haven’t all been saying the same thing since 2016.
Why is Geoffrey Berman’s name redacted like no one could just look up who was the Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York in May of 2020?????
THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Why is Geoffrey Berman’s name redacted like no one could just look up who was the Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York in May of 2020?????
Speaking of which I finished listening to Corey Doctorow’s #enshittification today on @libbyapp.com. I rarely purchase books after having already listened to/read them, but this one is getting a buy. Everyone should read it. We all need to get on board with the disenshittification process ASAP.
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Speaking of which I finished listening to Corey Doctorow’s #enshittification today on @libbyapp.com. I rarely purchase books after having already listened to/read them, but this one is getting a buy. Everyone should read it. We all need to get on board with the disenshittification process ASAP.
I’m not a writer or in publishing, but I spend an obscene amount of cold hard cash on books every year and I’ve permanently boycotted WAY bigger fish over way less. “AI” has no place in publishing. If a pub needs a slop-bot to edit, they suck at their job and should resign in shame and disgrace.
Hearing murmurs that publishing houses are pushing editors to use AI in their work. How can writers help employees push back against this? If you work in publishing & don’t feel comfortable replying directly, I am opening up my DMs.
December 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I’m not a writer or in publishing, but I spend an obscene amount of cold hard cash on books every year and I’ve permanently boycotted WAY bigger fish over way less. “AI” has no place in publishing. If a pub needs a slop-bot to edit, they suck at their job and should resign in shame and disgrace.
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🖋️ “Congress: Impeach and Remove Pam Bondi from the Office of Atty. General” hit 100 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PSOHPU to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PSOHPU to 50409
Congress: Impeach and Remove Pam Bondi from the Office of Atty. General
Text SIGN PSOHPU to 50409 — Today I take pen in hand to write and urge you to begin impeachment proceedings for Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Not only has she lied to Congress and the public she allegedly serves she continues her horrific record on civil rights and her actions border on sedition and undermine our democratic processes.
Pam Bondi's support for efforts to overturn the 2020 election was already deeply alarming and disqualifying for the role of the nation's top law enforcement officer.
The Attorney General must be committed to upholding the rule of law and protecting our democratic institutions, not undermining them for political gain.
There isn’t a single civil rights organization that hasn’t spoken against her. Many civil rights organizations have detailed her problematic stances on crucial matters such as voting rights, LGBTQ rights, the census, and access to health care and reproductive rights.
These positions indicate that she is the very antithesis of the rule of law, which is a fundamental responsibility of the Attorney General.
Her continuous lying for the cameras about the Epstein case, including her utter failure to investigate Epstein when she was Attorney General in Florida adds to her soiled record.
The Justice Department's independence from political influence is paramount, especially in these times of heightened threats to our multiracial democracy and fundamental rights. Bondi's responses during Senate hearings have only made her seem weaker and more ingratiating to the lawlessness that now confounds our country.
If it were possible, a full investigation into her complicity in crimes throughout this administration ought to be a next step. However in the absence of that, calling for her eventual impeachment and removal is the only option.
As your constituent, I ask that you prioritize the protection of civil and human rights. Pam Bondi isn’t capable, reasonable or truthful.
Impeach and remove Pam Bondi. Thank you.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
🖋️ “Congress: Impeach and Remove Pam Bondi from the Office of Atty. General” hit 100 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PSOHPU to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PSOHPU to 50409
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cartoonishly evil, completely corrupt and bumbling incompetence are, like, *the* defining traits *and trifecta* of this entire stupid era
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
cartoonishly evil, completely corrupt and bumbling incompetence are, like, *the* defining traits *and trifecta* of this entire stupid era
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December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
ABA shouldn’t be the gold standard for anything. It’s predatory toward parents, abusive toward patients, and takes advantage of under-trained “therapists” who often don’t have so much as a certificate in childcare, childhood development, developmental disabilities, etc etc etc.
State and federal audits have raised questions about improper payments for a popular autism treatment. But as states move to rein in costs, families worry their access to the treatment could be disrupted.
@realbrambo.bsky.social and @arjonesreports.bsky.social report ⤵️
@realbrambo.bsky.social and @arjonesreports.bsky.social report ⤵️
It’s the ‘Gold Standard’ in Autism Care. Why Are States Reining It In? - KFF Health News
States facing yawning budget shortfalls have begun cutting Medicaid reimbursements for a wide variety of services. In some states, dramatic cuts are targeting therapies that many families of autistic ...
kffhealthnews.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
ABA shouldn’t be the gold standard for anything. It’s predatory toward parents, abusive toward patients, and takes advantage of under-trained “therapists” who often don’t have so much as a certificate in childcare, childhood development, developmental disabilities, etc etc etc.
I’m baffled by people voluntarily traveling under the current admin. Planes falling out of the sky and ICE snatching people up with absolutely no rhyme or reason. Girlfriend and I are on a self-imposed travel ban for the indefinite future.
Traveling this holiday season? There are steps you can take to safeguard your privacy if your phone or laptop is searched by immigration agents at the airport or other port of entry.
Know your rights and protect your information.
Know your rights and protect your information.
Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated. | ACLU
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.
www.aclu.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I’m baffled by people voluntarily traveling under the current admin. Planes falling out of the sky and ICE snatching people up with absolutely no rhyme or reason. Girlfriend and I are on a self-imposed travel ban for the indefinite future.
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New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
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Broke: democrats won’t want the Epstein files released because of bill Clinton
Woke: democrats demand the Epstein files released because of bill clinton
Bespoke: bill clinton demands the Epstein files released because of bill Clinton
Woke: democrats demand the Epstein files released because of bill clinton
Bespoke: bill clinton demands the Epstein files released because of bill Clinton
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Broke: democrats won’t want the Epstein files released because of bill Clinton
Woke: democrats demand the Epstein files released because of bill clinton
Bespoke: bill clinton demands the Epstein files released because of bill Clinton
Woke: democrats demand the Epstein files released because of bill clinton
Bespoke: bill clinton demands the Epstein files released because of bill Clinton
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There's no real social benefit to commercial gambling and there's a massive difference between the sudden heavy investment in casinos across NYC and your weekly poker game with a 20 dollar buy in.
I am not a moral absolutist about gambling. I’ve been to Vegas and Atlantic City and several casinos in Connecticut and Maryland, and I used to play pick up poker with buddies in college. But the degree to which our society has expanded it in recent decades strikes me as a sickness, a rot.
December 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There's no real social benefit to commercial gambling and there's a massive difference between the sudden heavy investment in casinos across NYC and your weekly poker game with a 20 dollar buy in.
….is this sarcasm…????
Because literally everybody could tell you this
Because literally everybody could tell you this
*stares in Queer as Folk*
December 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
….is this sarcasm…????
Because literally everybody could tell you this
Because literally everybody could tell you this
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‘Tis the season for avoiding your relatives while furiously typing your yuletide fic on your phone, using family drama as real-time reference material, and decking your doc’s halls with so many festive em dashes...
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
‘Tis the season for avoiding your relatives while furiously typing your yuletide fic on your phone, using family drama as real-time reference material, and decking your doc’s halls with so many festive em dashes...
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Mystified by Dems worriedly telling everyone to be careful because the letter is probably fake. There's no proof it's fake. Just take the win! Act like Republicans for once and run with it. Assume it's real. Donald Trump is a pedophile. Make headlines. Do TikTok videos. Shove it down their throats.
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Mystified by Dems worriedly telling everyone to be careful because the letter is probably fake. There's no proof it's fake. Just take the win! Act like Republicans for once and run with it. Assume it's real. Donald Trump is a pedophile. Make headlines. Do TikTok videos. Shove it down their throats.
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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 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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
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Just gonna point out that the people who are resigning from Heritage Foundation NOW were fine with Project 2025.
Quitting because of a right-wing slapfight about exactly how much Nazism is acceptable is not the same as quitting because you fixed your moral compass.
Quitting because of a right-wing slapfight about exactly how much Nazism is acceptable is not the same as quitting because you fixed your moral compass.
December 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Just gonna point out that the people who are resigning from Heritage Foundation NOW were fine with Project 2025.
Quitting because of a right-wing slapfight about exactly how much Nazism is acceptable is not the same as quitting because you fixed your moral compass.
Quitting because of a right-wing slapfight about exactly how much Nazism is acceptable is not the same as quitting because you fixed your moral compass.