Margaret Jordan
@metajordan.bsky.social
Writer. Kitchen gremlin. An orange cat rules my life.
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When you're grumpy because three annoying ghosts kept you up all night.
December 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
When you're grumpy because three annoying ghosts kept you up all night.
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I saw a tiktok that said:
"You deserve a break. Stop healing. Crash Out. Choose Violence. Do. It. For. The. Plot"
And i feel like this is the energy we should enter 2026 with
"You deserve a break. Stop healing. Crash Out. Choose Violence. Do. It. For. The. Plot"
And i feel like this is the energy we should enter 2026 with
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I saw a tiktok that said:
"You deserve a break. Stop healing. Crash Out. Choose Violence. Do. It. For. The. Plot"
And i feel like this is the energy we should enter 2026 with
"You deserve a break. Stop healing. Crash Out. Choose Violence. Do. It. For. The. Plot"
And i feel like this is the energy we should enter 2026 with
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Although this is the first year they'll actively be trying to shoot him down.
North American air defense troops ready for 70th year of Santa tracking
North American air defense troops ready for 70th year of Santa tracking
A newspaper misprint began a Christmas Eve tradition joining holiday cheer with military technology
Seventy years ago, a child phoned the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) looking for Santa Claus – and found him, or at least some kindly military personnel who were willing to play along by helping the youngster to track Santa's location as he zipped around the globe.…
dlvr.it
December 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Although this is the first year they'll actively be trying to shoot him down.
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yes, this is why when you see actual artist time lapses (not ones where someone just hides the AI image they're tracing) there is a ton of time spent just on figuring out the blocking and fixing problems on a structural level. Slop is slop because it is noise without problem solving
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 9:28 AM
yes, this is why when you see actual artist time lapses (not ones where someone just hides the AI image they're tracing) there is a ton of time spent just on figuring out the blocking and fixing problems on a structural level. Slop is slop because it is noise without problem solving
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The survey is open to non-members (I am not one) and to readers (who here is not &c.) so I encourage you to share your feelings on the matter. Don't assume that everyone already understands that AI is bad or why! I mean, people *should*, but you could say that about a lot of things.
SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to [email protected] to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to [email protected] to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The survey is open to non-members (I am not one) and to readers (who here is not &c.) so I encourage you to share your feelings on the matter. Don't assume that everyone already understands that AI is bad or why! I mean, people *should*, but you could say that about a lot of things.
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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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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 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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.
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One thing that really stands out about this week's California storms is the highly unusual risk of severe thunderstorms, both overnight Tue Wed and then again late Wed into Thu. Multiple low-topped supercells may generate very strong wind gusts and even a few tornadoes. #CAwx
December 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
One thing that really stands out about this week's California storms is the highly unusual risk of severe thunderstorms, both overnight Tue Wed and then again late Wed into Thu. Multiple low-topped supercells may generate very strong wind gusts and even a few tornadoes. #CAwx
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So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
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The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
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CA storm update: #1 risk is serious flash flood threat in SoCal mountains & adjacent valleys on Wed (inc. LA metro). #2 concern is possibility of severe t-storm outbreak along CA coast Tue-Thu. #3 concern is uncertainty re: NorCal winds. Will discuss in livestream @ 1pm PT. #CAwx
December 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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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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the only way we save this world is by making ugly art in the same room as each other
I'm very tolerant of bad aesthetics - I actually frequently LOVE bad art when it comes from real human beings! But when it's churned out by a fucking machine? It has zero meaning and zero value and actually degrades the reputation and message of the person throwing it at us.
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
the only way we save this world is by making ugly art in the same room as each other
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Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
AI is not going to go away
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
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It Wouldn't Surprise You If This Headline Was About 318 People Being Shot In 12 Different Public Places https://theonion.com/it-wouldnt-surprise-you-if-this-headline-was-about-318-1819574532/
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It Wouldn't Surprise You If This Headline Was About 318 People Being Shot In 12 Different Public Places https://theonion.com/it-wouldnt-surprise-you-if-this-headline-was-about-318-1819574532/
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GENRE FICTION IS GREAT ON ITS OWN AND DOESN'T NEED AN INTERVENTION BECAUSE SOME READERS ARE EMBARRASSED ABOUT LIKING IT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TEDTALK
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TEDTALK
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
GENRE FICTION IS GREAT ON ITS OWN AND DOESN'T NEED AN INTERVENTION BECAUSE SOME READERS ARE EMBARRASSED ABOUT LIKING IT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TEDTALK
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TEDTALK
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It is soooo normal for a country to have a TV news report about its gulag system removed from the broadcast
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It is soooo normal for a country to have a TV news report about its gulag system removed from the broadcast
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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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I'm only halfway through what I think is my first viewing of this version since 1984, but I'd like to go on the record as saying that George C. Scott is so good as Scrooge that it boggles the freaking mind.
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I'm only halfway through what I think is my first viewing of this version since 1984, but I'd like to go on the record as saying that George C. Scott is so good as Scrooge that it boggles the freaking mind.
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An extremely satisfying set of videos is coming in a few years.
December 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
An extremely satisfying set of videos is coming in a few years.
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Sports romance is wonderful because loving a sport always makes you feel terrible.
I honestly feel
Bad for people
That don’t read romance. They have no idea that they could feel this way ALL THE TIME.
Bad for people
That don’t read romance. They have no idea that they could feel this way ALL THE TIME.
December 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Sports romance is wonderful because loving a sport always makes you feel terrible.
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
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I know that the administration is trying to demoralize the country, and to a point it' working, but I don't think he's counting on the First Infantry of Perimenopause.
It's hard to demoralize volcanic lava rage.
It's hard to demoralize volcanic lava rage.
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I know that the administration is trying to demoralize the country, and to a point it' working, but I don't think he's counting on the First Infantry of Perimenopause.
It's hard to demoralize volcanic lava rage.
It's hard to demoralize volcanic lava rage.
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.