the partner bought the new Katamari game with a gift card he got as a present and I've already played it for 5 hours... on top of also being in the middle of my first Metaphor ReFantasio playthrough.
December 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
the partner bought the new Katamari game with a gift card he got as a present and I've already played it for 5 hours... on top of also being in the middle of my first Metaphor ReFantasio playthrough.
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Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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We’re just normal men
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
We’re just normal men
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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.
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look not to say that she isn’t doing the right thing here but it is baffling to me that anyone three years ago let alone in the year of our Lord 2025 still uses Twitter
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
look not to say that she isn’t doing the right thing here but it is baffling to me that anyone three years ago let alone in the year of our Lord 2025 still uses Twitter
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every day this becomes more true
December 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
every day this becomes more true
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It's down thread but I'm stealing "the process of searching is the process of learning" as one of the aphorisms I annoy my students by overusing, second only to "writing is thinking".
So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.
February 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It's down thread but I'm stealing "the process of searching is the process of learning" as one of the aphorisms I annoy my students by overusing, second only to "writing is thinking".
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Everyone is all about Viggo's toe, but my *my* favourite LotR "did you know" is that Ian McKellan and Christopher Lee won Fight Of The Year, and their combined ages was more than the combined ages of everyone else who was nominated.
December 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Everyone is all about Viggo's toe, but my *my* favourite LotR "did you know" is that Ian McKellan and Christopher Lee won Fight Of The Year, and their combined ages was more than the combined ages of everyone else who was nominated.
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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Guys there isn’t a billionaire I’m not willing to strip of their wealth. Even if they’re doing things with their money I like.
Nonetheless, I'm willing to strip billionaires of all their wealth to allow them to shine.
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Guys there isn’t a billionaire I’m not willing to strip of their wealth. Even if they’re doing things with their money I like.
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The funny thing is there are absolutely traits skills and characteristics that financially super successful people have and they are:
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The funny thing is there are absolutely traits skills and characteristics that financially super successful people have and they are:
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
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It’s like watching someone trying to win a marathon by using a car to get to the finish line, and when people ask what the fuck they reply well what else was I supposed to do I don’t have any desire to run or walk.
December 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
It’s like watching someone trying to win a marathon by using a car to get to the finish line, and when people ask what the fuck they reply well what else was I supposed to do I don’t have any desire to run or walk.
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Lmfao every AI defense piece is like "AYY I FUCKIN SUCK BRO HOPEFULLY THIS FUCKIN STEAL YOUR SHIT MACHINE WILL MAKE ME SUCK SLIGHTLY LESS OK"
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Lmfao every AI defense piece is like "AYY I FUCKIN SUCK BRO HOPEFULLY THIS FUCKIN STEAL YOUR SHIT MACHINE WILL MAKE ME SUCK SLIGHTLY LESS OK"
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This is probably one of the topics I hope to tackle in the local paper, ie how LLM evangelism is more about marketing and selling the promise of labor discipline than it is a utopian technology
When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is probably one of the topics I hope to tackle in the local paper, ie how LLM evangelism is more about marketing and selling the promise of labor discipline than it is a utopian technology
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Just a few pieces of the incredible art that graced YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY.
And we're looking for more! As well as generous donors to help make our upcoming companion volume, YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, an equally gorgeous tome.
Details here:
tinyurl.com/kfdrp7mu
And we're looking for more! As well as generous donors to help make our upcoming companion volume, YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, an equally gorgeous tome.
Details here:
tinyurl.com/kfdrp7mu
December 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just a few pieces of the incredible art that graced YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY.
And we're looking for more! As well as generous donors to help make our upcoming companion volume, YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, an equally gorgeous tome.
Details here:
tinyurl.com/kfdrp7mu
And we're looking for more! As well as generous donors to help make our upcoming companion volume, YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, an equally gorgeous tome.
Details here:
tinyurl.com/kfdrp7mu
I lost my Grandma this year and this bullshit can fuck all the way off.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I lost my Grandma this year and this bullshit can fuck all the way off.
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got to meet Cynthia Doll (of the Boulet Brothers Dragula) last night and she was so sweet! i was already a fan, but doubly so now. 🥰
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
got to meet Cynthia Doll (of the Boulet Brothers Dragula) last night and she was so sweet! i was already a fan, but doubly so now. 🥰
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Alligator
Bobcat
Ermine
Pronghorn
Beaver
Alligator
Bobcat
Ermine
Pronghorn
Beaver
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Kangaroo rat
Ptarmigan
Spider Monkey
Bighorn Sheep
Moose
Kangaroo rat
Ptarmigan
Spider Monkey
Bighorn Sheep
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Coyote
Roadrunner
Tarantula
Crested caracara
Night heron
Coyote
Roadrunner
Tarantula
Crested caracara
Night heron
December 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Alligator
Bobcat
Ermine
Pronghorn
Beaver
Alligator
Bobcat
Ermine
Pronghorn
Beaver
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I have literally seen shitposts on Bluesky cited by Gemini as factual, in statements screenshotted by the original shitposter themselves and reposted to Bluesky.
Never, ever, ever, EVER trust AI, gang.
Never, ever, ever, EVER trust AI, gang.
A """funny""" thing I've noticed is that if you see a buckwild and totally made up claim on Reddit and then search that claim on Google, trying to source it, the Gemini AI summary will be like "oh, yeah, that totally happened, and my source is that three hour old Reddit thread you were just reading"
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I have literally seen shitposts on Bluesky cited by Gemini as factual, in statements screenshotted by the original shitposter themselves and reposted to Bluesky.
Never, ever, ever, EVER trust AI, gang.
Never, ever, ever, EVER trust AI, gang.
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Looks like I've got at least one more newsletter in me before 2025 closes out! This one's inspired by the gay hockey show and the Discourse and has me rambling about how characters of color are hamstrung by the white default.
romancing-the-stoned.beehiiv.com/p/why-is-a-f...
romancing-the-stoned.beehiiv.com/p/why-is-a-f...
Why is a Flat POC the Go-To Order for Interracial Romance?
When it comes to IR romance and screen adaptations, who gets to be heated, offensive, *and* nice? Not us!
romancing-the-stoned.beehiiv.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Looks like I've got at least one more newsletter in me before 2025 closes out! This one's inspired by the gay hockey show and the Discourse and has me rambling about how characters of color are hamstrung by the white default.
romancing-the-stoned.beehiiv.com/p/why-is-a-f...
romancing-the-stoned.beehiiv.com/p/why-is-a-f...
when i feed cat treats (that my picky senior cat has decided are no longer fresh enough) to the grocery store parking lot crows, my favorites are the ones that do this "cram as many as you can into beak" maneuver
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
when i feed cat treats (that my picky senior cat has decided are no longer fresh enough) to the grocery store parking lot crows, my favorites are the ones that do this "cram as many as you can into beak" maneuver
very Tender is the Flesh vibes
I had to write about Horses for @aftermath.site aftermath.site/horses-indie...
December 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
very Tender is the Flesh vibes
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Tiny snake friend pins, mushroom pins and mushroom magnets are up in my etsy shop today! These are hand sculpted and painted.🐍🍄💜✨https://www.etsy.com/shop/JessicaFink
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tiny snake friend pins, mushroom pins and mushroom magnets are up in my etsy shop today! These are hand sculpted and painted.🐍🍄💜✨https://www.etsy.com/shop/JessicaFink