Elizabeth (H.) Bonesteel (she/her)
@lizmonster.bsky.social
Some SF hack. Not your NPC. Trans rights are human rights, now and always.
Two of the best books I've ever read never got published.
Readers loving Shesheshen and Homily has filled my life with brightness.
But the truth is, a lot of really honkin' good books never get published. Wrong day, wrong editor, wrong mood, wrong breakfast. The lack of virtue in the system is why it's so important to lift up writers who touch your soul.
But the truth is, a lot of really honkin' good books never get published. Wrong day, wrong editor, wrong mood, wrong breakfast. The lack of virtue in the system is why it's so important to lift up writers who touch your soul.
I mean, it helps that it’s really fuckin’ good.
December 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Two of the best books I've ever read never got published.
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Theft is theft, even when it’s laundered. GenAI is laundering stolen labor.
I genuinely feel like I’m going insane with organizations that should be against plagiarism excusing plagiarism with LLMs. It’s plagiarism!! What more do you need to hear? Do you accept plagiarized entries? No? Ok then!
I genuinely feel like I’m going insane with organizations that should be against plagiarism excusing plagiarism with LLMs. It’s plagiarism!! What more do you need to hear? Do you accept plagiarized entries? No? Ok then!
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Theft is theft, even when it’s laundered. GenAI is laundering stolen labor.
I genuinely feel like I’m going insane with organizations that should be against plagiarism excusing plagiarism with LLMs. It’s plagiarism!! What more do you need to hear? Do you accept plagiarized entries? No? Ok then!
I genuinely feel like I’m going insane with organizations that should be against plagiarism excusing plagiarism with LLMs. It’s plagiarism!! What more do you need to hear? Do you accept plagiarized entries? No? Ok then!
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GenAI cannot summarise anything because it cannot analyse anything because there is no intelligence there. This entire premise starts with a lie and the deceit builds from there.
The “AI” has not read the book. Even if the book was in its training data, it has just absorbed it as a set of statistics. It will juggle you a “summary” that might or might not relate to the conclusions of the actual text. The only way you’ll know is to read it yourself.
This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
December 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
GenAI cannot summarise anything because it cannot analyse anything because there is no intelligence there. This entire premise starts with a lie and the deceit builds from there.
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These people have been told that the chatbox is an everything machine. The way out can't be to provide a better everything machine because that can't exist.
Because hundreds of millions of people are already using these tools and finding utility in them. And they're not crazy, they are reasonable. Telling them, "no, you have to do without", will make them think, "Oh, I guess the critics are crazy and the AI bros are the reasonable ones."
December 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
These people have been told that the chatbox is an everything machine. The way out can't be to provide a better everything machine because that can't exist.
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I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.
I just saw a great take on writers using "AI" - people don't like to read something that's clearly written by "AI", so we need to respect that and make sure it seems natural.
So...put as much effort into tricking people into thinking we made an effort as we would into actually writing. Outstanding.
So...put as much effort into tricking people into thinking we made an effort as we would into actually writing. Outstanding.
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.
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the way people talk about AI is like it's a stalker you ought to be nicer to
December 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
the way people talk about AI is like it's a stalker you ought to be nicer to
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That’s what these ‘debates’ are really about: framing old fashioned oppression as some kind of high-brow concern for women’s happiness.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
December 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
That’s what these ‘debates’ are really about: framing old fashioned oppression as some kind of high-brow concern for women’s happiness.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
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None of this is “good faith political debate,” and it’s not a coincidence that all these outlets are suddenly interested in the same “discussion” at the same time.
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
December 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
None of this is “good faith political debate,” and it’s not a coincidence that all these outlets are suddenly interested in the same “discussion” at the same time.
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
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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 2:24 PM
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.
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They think writers can be replaced because they don't understand what writing is effective, yes, but don't discount the desire to cut human labor out of the process entirely, not just for "cost savings" but because the management class and especially the investor class just fucking hate humans.
Is that why people think that ChatGPT and other AI(?) could replace authors - the people in management can't recognize good writing and so assume that no one else can, either? It seems like that would quickly be dismissed witjh any sort of beta readership, but.
December 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
They think writers can be replaced because they don't understand what writing is effective, yes, but don't discount the desire to cut human labor out of the process entirely, not just for "cost savings" but because the management class and especially the investor class just fucking hate humans.
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You know what? To hell with being circumspect.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
You know what? To hell with being circumspect.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
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There comes a point where professionals in an industry ought to ask if an industry award is worthy of the prestige attached to it. Especially if the organisation handing out the award is consistently doing Some Bullshit.
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
There comes a point where professionals in an industry ought to ask if an industry award is worthy of the prestige attached to it. Especially if the organisation handing out the award is consistently doing Some Bullshit.
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I agree with this 👇
Any LLM use should be disqualifying. It tarnishes the awards as a whole to allow for 'some' disclosed use.
Any LLM use should be disqualifying. It tarnishes the awards as a whole to allow for 'some' disclosed use.
I'm very disappointed in SFWA's soft stance on LLM and the Nebulas. Any use of LLM, disclosed or not, should not be awards eligible. It's plagiarism and crap, period
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I agree with this 👇
Any LLM use should be disqualifying. It tarnishes the awards as a whole to allow for 'some' disclosed use.
Any LLM use should be disqualifying. It tarnishes the awards as a whole to allow for 'some' disclosed use.
Is this a joke?
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Is this a joke?
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Some savvy broadcaster out there should do counterprogramming about the actual state of feminism, what is working, what needs improvement, with a diverse panel of smart women. It would be awesome. Anyway. I’m around.
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Some savvy broadcaster out there should do counterprogramming about the actual state of feminism, what is working, what needs improvement, with a diverse panel of smart women. It would be awesome. Anyway. I’m around.
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If ICE gets to decide against all evidence that your documentation is fake, just because they say so, then there is no law. For anyone, but especially for Black and brown people the Supreme Court has declared are warrantless arrest targets.
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was born in Maryland. She has a valid U.S. birth certificate, medical and immunization records, and sworn affidavits.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If ICE gets to decide against all evidence that your documentation is fake, just because they say so, then there is no law. For anyone, but especially for Black and brown people the Supreme Court has declared are warrantless arrest targets.
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Another dev shared this with me in reference to how senior leaders in tech seem to exist in a different world to engineers when it comes to discussing AI.
Fear of reporting up bad news, rewarding dishonest over-optimism, has created this trend for decades.
brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/t...
Fear of reporting up bad news, rewarding dishonest over-optimism, has created this trend for decades.
brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/t...
The Wetware Crisis: the Thermocline of Truth : Bruce F. Webster
brucefwebster.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another dev shared this with me in reference to how senior leaders in tech seem to exist in a different world to engineers when it comes to discussing AI.
Fear of reporting up bad news, rewarding dishonest over-optimism, has created this trend for decades.
brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/t...
Fear of reporting up bad news, rewarding dishonest over-optimism, has created this trend for decades.
brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/t...
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speaking of which, I have a new piece out today about how the Trump admin is making it harder for people of color to enter the workforce, harder for us to remain in the workforce, and harder for us to do anything about it
There's a word for that:
Resegregation
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
There's a word for that:
Resegregation
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
December 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
speaking of which, I have a new piece out today about how the Trump admin is making it harder for people of color to enter the workforce, harder for us to remain in the workforce, and harder for us to do anything about it
There's a word for that:
Resegregation
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
There's a word for that:
Resegregation
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
For no particular reason:
Back in the 90s, I was chatting with a male co-worker, who (for some reason) decided to share with me his experience with "reverse discrimination."
1/8
Back in the 90s, I was chatting with a male co-worker, who (for some reason) decided to share with me his experience with "reverse discrimination."
1/8
December 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
For no particular reason:
Back in the 90s, I was chatting with a male co-worker, who (for some reason) decided to share with me his experience with "reverse discrimination."
1/8
Back in the 90s, I was chatting with a male co-worker, who (for some reason) decided to share with me his experience with "reverse discrimination."
1/8
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“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
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As I wrote today: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
December 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
As I wrote today: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
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Just so I’ve been 100% clear on this recently, and not just through reposting people saying things better than I think I’d be able to: the attack on trans rights—especially on trans healthcare—is hate. It’s not science. It’s not "protecting" kids. It’s 100% fucking hate, and it’s wrong.
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just so I’ve been 100% clear on this recently, and not just through reposting people saying things better than I think I’d be able to: the attack on trans rights—especially on trans healthcare—is hate. It’s not science. It’s not "protecting" kids. It’s 100% fucking hate, and it’s wrong.
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And before someone says "well YOU don't seem capable of respecting THEM"
Congratulations, thank you for reinventing the paradox of tolerance, I do not in fact respect people who hate when other people just live their lives.
Congratulations, thank you for reinventing the paradox of tolerance, I do not in fact respect people who hate when other people just live their lives.
December 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
And before someone says "well YOU don't seem capable of respecting THEM"
Congratulations, thank you for reinventing the paradox of tolerance, I do not in fact respect people who hate when other people just live their lives.
Congratulations, thank you for reinventing the paradox of tolerance, I do not in fact respect people who hate when other people just live their lives.
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The issue isn't "are we capable of talking to each other."
It's "are we capable of respecting each other."
It's "are we capable of respecting each other."
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The issue isn't "are we capable of talking to each other."
It's "are we capable of respecting each other."
It's "are we capable of respecting each other."
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Every trans person--including every trans child--deserves the chance to be fully themselves. I'm so sick of seeing trans folks harmed repeatedly and unrelentingly, against all reason and scientific precedent. To my trans friends--I'm so sorry the world keeps trying to dim your light.
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Every trans person--including every trans child--deserves the chance to be fully themselves. I'm so sick of seeing trans folks harmed repeatedly and unrelentingly, against all reason and scientific precedent. To my trans friends--I'm so sorry the world keeps trying to dim your light.