M.H. Cali
@mhcaliwrites.com
Award Nominated Writer of both Comics & Novels. Queer heroines and badass characters with heart are my jam.
Founder & Manager of @42fold.studio
Neurobiologist by trade.
🐕🎶🎥🌴🌊 | she/her | No AI |
Published wide/Kobo+
🌐 mhcaliwrites.com
🌐 bio.site/MHCali
Founder & Manager of @42fold.studio
Neurobiologist by trade.
🐕🎶🎥🌴🌊 | she/her | No AI |
Published wide/Kobo+
🌐 mhcaliwrites.com
🌐 bio.site/MHCali
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Get Ready for The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical
From MH Cali - Get Ready for The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical
www.backerkit.com
🦄Pre-launch page is live for my next graphic novel!
Join awesome tales about the chaotic love lives of a queer bunch of mythical beings where feels & shenanigans reign supreme
💙📚🌈
The line-up of artists is INSANE & the main cover by @notanotheralex.bsky.social
✨ www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Join awesome tales about the chaotic love lives of a queer bunch of mythical beings where feels & shenanigans reign supreme
💙📚🌈
The line-up of artists is INSANE & the main cover by @notanotheralex.bsky.social
✨ www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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George Lakoff and I pushed this simple and reasonable idea years ago. When I returned to journalism, I realized the problem. Editors care more about SEO and controversy (=clicks) than about whether the headline is destroying truth. Incentive is to bait engagement at all cost.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
George Lakoff and I pushed this simple and reasonable idea years ago. When I returned to journalism, I realized the problem. Editors care more about SEO and controversy (=clicks) than about whether the headline is destroying truth. Incentive is to bait engagement at all cost.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
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If any fellow authors or any writers, editors, indie creators who have a project set to be publisehd/released next year, check out the end of the year promo of @42fold.studio!
Amazingly talented artists that will for sure deliver mind-blowing art for your books or creations 📚💙📚🌈📚🌶️ #comics #art
Amazingly talented artists that will for sure deliver mind-blowing art for your books or creations 📚💙📚🌈📚🌶️ #comics #art
🎨In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early this year!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈
Shop small this holiday season, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🌐 42fold.studio
Shop small this holiday season, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
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November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If any fellow authors or any writers, editors, indie creators who have a project set to be publisehd/released next year, check out the end of the year promo of @42fold.studio!
Amazingly talented artists that will for sure deliver mind-blowing art for your books or creations 📚💙📚🌈📚🌶️ #comics #art
Amazingly talented artists that will for sure deliver mind-blowing art for your books or creations 📚💙📚🌈📚🌶️ #comics #art
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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I'm worried that there are some things slipping through (or soon to) as: LLM-generated manuscript, goes to editor using LLM to summarize, goes to reviewers using LLM to review, and not a single bit of the whole process is done by a human, is actual science, or is useful at all.
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I'm worried that there are some things slipping through (or soon to) as: LLM-generated manuscript, goes to editor using LLM to summarize, goes to reviewers using LLM to review, and not a single bit of the whole process is done by a human, is actual science, or is useful at all.
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When this launch in January you don’t want to miss it! The sheer amount of creative talents I had the honor of collaborating with is out of this world✨🦄
@illaurastrates.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com
@lengog.bsky.social
@illaurastrates.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com
@lengog.bsky.social
the pre-launch page for @mhcaliwrites.com's next book is live! w/ an absolutely MONSTROUS line-up of #comics artists, The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical dives into the dating lives of demons, monsters and cryptids!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
(thanks for letting me go ham on this #art!)
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
(thanks for letting me go ham on this #art!)
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When this launch in January you don’t want to miss it! The sheer amount of creative talents I had the honor of collaborating with is out of this world✨🦄
@illaurastrates.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com
@lengog.bsky.social
@illaurastrates.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com
@lengog.bsky.social
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🎄Holiday Card Raffle🎄
For every 5€ donated, you enter a raffle to receive a handwritten holiday card including an exclusive print.
5€= 1 ticket, 10€ = 2 tickets etc.
For every 50€ total reached, one random winner is picked.
More info and participation:
ko-fi.com/jaws_stone/g...
For every 5€ donated, you enter a raffle to receive a handwritten holiday card including an exclusive print.
5€= 1 ticket, 10€ = 2 tickets etc.
For every 50€ total reached, one random winner is picked.
More info and participation:
ko-fi.com/jaws_stone/g...
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🎄Holiday Card Raffle🎄
For every 5€ donated, you enter a raffle to receive a handwritten holiday card including an exclusive print.
5€= 1 ticket, 10€ = 2 tickets etc.
For every 50€ total reached, one random winner is picked.
More info and participation:
ko-fi.com/jaws_stone/g...
For every 5€ donated, you enter a raffle to receive a handwritten holiday card including an exclusive print.
5€= 1 ticket, 10€ = 2 tickets etc.
For every 50€ total reached, one random winner is picked.
More info and participation:
ko-fi.com/jaws_stone/g...
If any fellow authors or any writers, editors, indie creators who have a project set to be publisehd/released next year, check out the end of the year promo of @42fold.studio!
Amazingly talented artists that will for sure deliver mind-blowing art for your books or creations 📚💙📚🌈📚🌶️ #comics #art
Amazingly talented artists that will for sure deliver mind-blowing art for your books or creations 📚💙📚🌈📚🌶️ #comics #art
🎨In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early this year!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈
Shop small this holiday season, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🌐 42fold.studio
Shop small this holiday season, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🌐 42fold.studio
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If any fellow authors or any writers, editors, indie creators who have a project set to be publisehd/released next year, check out the end of the year promo of @42fold.studio!
Amazingly talented artists that will for sure deliver mind-blowing art for your books or creations 📚💙📚🌈📚🌶️ #comics #art
Amazingly talented artists that will for sure deliver mind-blowing art for your books or creations 📚💙📚🌈📚🌶️ #comics #art
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@skyepatridge.bsky.social is amazing at capturing the heart of characters, their essence & what makes them special. It translates into vibrant pieces that bleed of dynamism & emotions. She works in all genres with a soft spot for horror, romance & erotica 💙📚🌈📚🌶️
We are privileged to represent her💖
We are privileged to represent her💖
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@skyepatridge.bsky.social is amazing at capturing the heart of characters, their essence & what makes them special. It translates into vibrant pieces that bleed of dynamism & emotions. She works in all genres with a soft spot for horror, romance & erotica 💙📚🌈📚🌶️
We are privileged to represent her💖
We are privileged to represent her💖
When this launch in January you don’t want to miss it! The sheer amount of creative talents I had the honor of collaborating with is out of this world✨🦄
@illaurastrates.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com
@lengog.bsky.social
@illaurastrates.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com
@lengog.bsky.social
the pre-launch page for @mhcaliwrites.com's next book is live! w/ an absolutely MONSTROUS line-up of #comics artists, The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical dives into the dating lives of demons, monsters and cryptids!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
(thanks for letting me go ham on this #art!)
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
(thanks for letting me go ham on this #art!)
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When this launch in January you don’t want to miss it! The sheer amount of creative talents I had the honor of collaborating with is out of this world✨🦄
@illaurastrates.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com
@lengog.bsky.social
@illaurastrates.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com
@lengog.bsky.social
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It’s been such a joy to work with @notanotheralex.bsky.social & all the amazing artists on this!
💖 @illaurastrates.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @lengog.bsky.social & more!✨
Give it a follow to see what we’ve been up to🦄👀
💖 @illaurastrates.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @lengog.bsky.social & more!✨
Give it a follow to see what we’ve been up to🦄👀
the pre-launch page for @mhcaliwrites.com's next book is live! w/ an absolutely MONSTROUS line-up of #comics artists, The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical dives into the dating lives of demons, monsters and cryptids!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
(thanks for letting me go ham on this #art!)
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
(thanks for letting me go ham on this #art!)
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It’s been such a joy to work with @notanotheralex.bsky.social & all the amazing artists on this!
💖 @illaurastrates.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @lengog.bsky.social & more!✨
Give it a follow to see what we’ve been up to🦄👀
💖 @illaurastrates.bsky.social @matthtaylor.com @fellhound.bsky.social @jaws-stone.bsky.social @galacticjonah.bsky.social @lengog.bsky.social & more!✨
Give it a follow to see what we’ve been up to🦄👀
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Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends🦃 We are thankful for authors & creators who still value human-made things today💖
If you need art & would like to support independent artists + shop small, we currently have an End of the Year promotion!
💙📚🌶️📚🌈
Contact us ✨
🌐 42fold.studio
If you need art & would like to support independent artists + shop small, we currently have an End of the Year promotion!
💙📚🌶️📚🌈
Contact us ✨
🌐 42fold.studio
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends🦃 We are thankful for authors & creators who still value human-made things today💖
If you need art & would like to support independent artists + shop small, we currently have an End of the Year promotion!
💙📚🌶️📚🌈
Contact us ✨
🌐 42fold.studio
If you need art & would like to support independent artists + shop small, we currently have an End of the Year promotion!
💙📚🌶️📚🌈
Contact us ✨
🌐 42fold.studio
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🦄Pre-launch page is live for my next graphic novel!
Join awesome tales about the chaotic love lives of a queer bunch of mythical beings where feels & shenanigans reign supreme
💙📚🌈
The line-up of artists is INSANE & the main cover by @notanotheralex.bsky.social
✨ www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Join awesome tales about the chaotic love lives of a queer bunch of mythical beings where feels & shenanigans reign supreme
💙📚🌈
The line-up of artists is INSANE & the main cover by @notanotheralex.bsky.social
✨ www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Get Ready for The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical
From MH Cali - Get Ready for The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical
www.backerkit.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🦄Pre-launch page is live for my next graphic novel!
Join awesome tales about the chaotic love lives of a queer bunch of mythical beings where feels & shenanigans reign supreme
💙📚🌈
The line-up of artists is INSANE & the main cover by @notanotheralex.bsky.social
✨ www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Join awesome tales about the chaotic love lives of a queer bunch of mythical beings where feels & shenanigans reign supreme
💙📚🌈
The line-up of artists is INSANE & the main cover by @notanotheralex.bsky.social
✨ www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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Only six days left to reach the bonus comic goal! I may be crazy but crazier things have happened.
Make these holidays hella gay 👩🏼❤️💋👩🏾
Make these holidays hella gay 👩🏼❤️💋👩🏾
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Only six days left to reach the bonus comic goal! I may be crazy but crazier things have happened.
Make these holidays hella gay 👩🏼❤️💋👩🏾
Make these holidays hella gay 👩🏼❤️💋👩🏾
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Canadians, cast your vote for Canadian word of the year!
And if you haven't already, check out the spectacular Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles (OED-style), which published its third edition in May dchp.arts.ubc.ca
And if you haven't already, check out the spectacular Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles (OED-style), which published its third edition in May dchp.arts.ubc.ca
2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Canadians, cast your vote for Canadian word of the year!
And if you haven't already, check out the spectacular Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles (OED-style), which published its third edition in May dchp.arts.ubc.ca
And if you haven't already, check out the spectacular Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles (OED-style), which published its third edition in May dchp.arts.ubc.ca
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🎨In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early this year!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈
Shop small this holiday season, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🌐 42fold.studio
Shop small this holiday season, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🌐 42fold.studio
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎨In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early this year!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈
Shop small this holiday season, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🌐 42fold.studio
Shop small this holiday season, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🌐 42fold.studio
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Hi, I'm a NY times bestseller and a multiple National Magazine Award-winning journalist.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Hi, I'm a NY times bestseller and a multiple National Magazine Award-winning journalist.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
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BREAKING via @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: The CDC's internal email server now lists Louisiana physician Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, as the agency's principal deputy director -- "an irresponsible choice," according to one public health expert.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Opinion | Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position
Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, has a questionable public health track record
www.medpagetoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BREAKING via @jeremyfaust.bsky.social: The CDC's internal email server now lists Louisiana physician Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, as the agency's principal deputy director -- "an irresponsible choice," according to one public health expert.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
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🎨In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈
Shop small, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🎨 by the amazing @skyepatridge.bsky.social & @lianakangas.com
🌐 42fold.studio
Shop small, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🎨 by the amazing @skyepatridge.bsky.social & @lianakangas.com
🌐 42fold.studio
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🎨In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈
Shop small, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🎨 by the amazing @skyepatridge.bsky.social & @lianakangas.com
🌐 42fold.studio
Shop small, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🎨 by the amazing @skyepatridge.bsky.social & @lianakangas.com
🌐 42fold.studio
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈
Shop small, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🌐 42fold.studio
🎨 below by @illaurastrates.bsky.social & @morganbeem.bsky.social
Shop small, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
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🎨 below by @illaurastrates.bsky.social & @morganbeem.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In need of art for your current or future book or project? Our end of the year sale struck early!💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈
Shop small, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🌐 42fold.studio
🎨 below by @illaurastrates.bsky.social & @morganbeem.bsky.social
Shop small, support independent artists & let's create some magic together!
Contact us to grab your discount✨
🌐 42fold.studio
🎨 below by @illaurastrates.bsky.social & @morganbeem.bsky.social
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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I dared to look at the Reddit sub for the theft place, and 1) those people don't understand that when they say "down with corporations" that creators are not part of corps 2) they refuse to acknowledge libraries + free library apps exist
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I dared to look at the Reddit sub for the theft place, and 1) those people don't understand that when they say "down with corporations" that creators are not part of corps 2) they refuse to acknowledge libraries + free library apps exist
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Perso, je propose de réguler les IA actuelles, protéger les données personnelles des citoyen•nes, protéger le droit d'auteur et ne pas inciter à la course écocidaire de l'IA comme si c'était un concours de qui a la plus grosse.
🇪🇺 IA: l'Europe doit lever les obstacles à l'adoption de l'intelligence artificielle pour éviter de se "mettre en péril" face aux États-Unis et à la Chine pionniers en la matière, a estimé lundi la présidente de la Banque centrale européenne (BCE), Christine Lagarde.
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Perso, je propose de réguler les IA actuelles, protéger les données personnelles des citoyen•nes, protéger le droit d'auteur et ne pas inciter à la course écocidaire de l'IA comme si c'était un concours de qui a la plus grosse.