Nathan Hall (WIP A Fort in Winter)
@nathanhallwrites.bsky.social
He/him. Writer, editor, Wheel of Time lover. SPFBO 8 Semi-finalist.
Pinned
In pretty dire straits. $500 worth. Will work for, borrow, etc., money in the next couple days. Anything helps get us closer to where we need
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Translation: "If you don't use AI then the guys using our chips can't pretend to make money and can't pay the loans they took out to pay for the original loans they took out for all the money they're not making and it all falls apart and we can't sell chips to fuel the money they're not making."
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Translation: "If you don't use AI then the guys using our chips can't pretend to make money and can't pay the loans they took out to pay for the original loans they took out for all the money they're not making and it all falls apart and we can't sell chips to fuel the money they're not making."
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Did you even ask the elephant if it wanted to be addressed? Can an elephant not simply exist in a room without The Man making demands of it
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Did you even ask the elephant if it wanted to be addressed? Can an elephant not simply exist in a room without The Man making demands of it
OK. Elementary has gotten better. It was pretty good. For a while, it's been pretty darn good. And now that he's settled into the role, I think the Sherlock performance is also great.
Holmes lives in this fun space where every decent adaptation adds to the larger character.
Holmes lives in this fun space where every decent adaptation adds to the larger character.
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
OK. Elementary has gotten better. It was pretty good. For a while, it's been pretty darn good. And now that he's settled into the role, I think the Sherlock performance is also great.
Holmes lives in this fun space where every decent adaptation adds to the larger character.
Holmes lives in this fun space where every decent adaptation adds to the larger character.
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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Just a reminder that I wrote a book and you absolutely should not read it if you hate chonky first books of multi-volume fantasy series with ornate and byzantine world-building with mostly Asian/Global-South coded characters.
An epic revisitation of the myth of Cupid and Psyche as seen through the eyes of a memory-wiped storytelling mermaid-siren living in a house-share with an automaton-building Javanese engineer with a traumatic past. 🧜♀️
#Booksky 💙 📚 #Romancelandia
mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/p...
#Booksky 💙 📚 #Romancelandia
mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/p...
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Just a reminder that I wrote a book and you absolutely should not read it if you hate chonky first books of multi-volume fantasy series with ornate and byzantine world-building with mostly Asian/Global-South coded characters.
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i love how the gov’t is spying on every aspect of our lives 24/7 but when you have to ask them for anything they’re like “we’ve never heard of you?? in fact some of the guys in our office think you might be simply some sort of trick of the light?? à la Pepper’s Ghost? fax us 8 years of tax returns”
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i love how the gov’t is spying on every aspect of our lives 24/7 but when you have to ask them for anything they’re like “we’ve never heard of you?? in fact some of the guys in our office think you might be simply some sort of trick of the light?? à la Pepper’s Ghost? fax us 8 years of tax returns”
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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I love the idea of there just being a corpse stand at the market where necromancers can study the dead bodies for sale.
Wait, now I want to write a short story about someone who signs a contract to sell his body to one of these stands and has to stay in shape or they'll take his money back.
Wait, now I want to write a short story about someone who signs a contract to sell his body to one of these stands and has to stay in shape or they'll take his money back.
One of our players just got demi-plane, and the very first thing he did was stuff it with the badass corpses of our defeated foes so we can sell them to our local necromancer later.
Everything is loot if you keep a flexible mind! #DnD
Everything is loot if you keep a flexible mind! #DnD
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I love the idea of there just being a corpse stand at the market where necromancers can study the dead bodies for sale.
Wait, now I want to write a short story about someone who signs a contract to sell his body to one of these stands and has to stay in shape or they'll take his money back.
Wait, now I want to write a short story about someone who signs a contract to sell his body to one of these stands and has to stay in shape or they'll take his money back.
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Hey. I don't know about y'all. But when I say "Universal" I mean UNIVERSAL.
I don't care whether or not a kids parents can pay for school lunch, just give them access to food if they want or need it.
Period.
Same for healthcare, housing, clean water etc.
Basic. Human. Needs.
I don't care whether or not a kids parents can pay for school lunch, just give them access to food if they want or need it.
Period.
Same for healthcare, housing, clean water etc.
Basic. Human. Needs.
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hey. I don't know about y'all. But when I say "Universal" I mean UNIVERSAL.
I don't care whether or not a kids parents can pay for school lunch, just give them access to food if they want or need it.
Period.
Same for healthcare, housing, clean water etc.
Basic. Human. Needs.
I don't care whether or not a kids parents can pay for school lunch, just give them access to food if they want or need it.
Period.
Same for healthcare, housing, clean water etc.
Basic. Human. Needs.
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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"No matter how hard I work, every year it seems more difficult to get by"
Agree: 64%
Neutral: 18%
Disagree: 15%
Innovative / Nov 18, 2025 / n=1500 / Online
Agree: 64%
Neutral: 18%
Disagree: 15%
Innovative / Nov 18, 2025 / n=1500 / Online
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"No matter how hard I work, every year it seems more difficult to get by"
Agree: 64%
Neutral: 18%
Disagree: 15%
Innovative / Nov 18, 2025 / n=1500 / Online
Agree: 64%
Neutral: 18%
Disagree: 15%
Innovative / Nov 18, 2025 / n=1500 / Online
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
This is the most Cowboy Bebop thing I've ever seen. And I've seen Cowboy Bebop.
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is the most Cowboy Bebop thing I've ever seen. And I've seen Cowboy Bebop.
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Thank you to everyone who’s shared or donated. It’s immensely appreciated!
Hey everyone. Hate that I have to post this. My dog was hit by a car tonight and suffered a shattered leg and damage to her intestines. Surgery and medical expenses are roughly $20,000. It’s been a rough year and anything helps.
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
Donate to Surgery and recovery for Catcher, organized by Luke Tarzian
Hi everyone. My name is Luke. I’m starting this campaign for my dad and our dog. Catcher… Luke Tarzian needs your support for Surgery and recovery for Catcher
gofund.me
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you to everyone who’s shared or donated. It’s immensely appreciated!
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Californians are buying ice scrapers at Home Depot, then immediately returning them....bogging down the entire store, until Home Depot refuses to allow ICE to loiter at their location to detain innocent people.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Californians are buying ice scrapers at Home Depot, then immediately returning them....bogging down the entire store, until Home Depot refuses to allow ICE to loiter at their location to detain innocent people.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
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Bro it’s a goddamn miracle we survived 2025 (I mean, there is still time) so in 2026 it should be FUCK IT, WE BALL.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Bro it’s a goddamn miracle we survived 2025 (I mean, there is still time) so in 2026 it should be FUCK IT, WE BALL.
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I have 99 problems right now and money would solve 98 of them.
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I have 99 problems right now and money would solve 98 of them.
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Hey everyone. Hate that I have to post this. My dog was hit by a car tonight and suffered a shattered leg and damage to her intestines. Surgery and medical expenses are roughly $20,000. It’s been a rough year and anything helps.
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
Donate to Surgery and recovery for Catcher, organized by Luke Tarzian
Hi everyone. My name is Luke. I’m starting this campaign for my dad and our dog. Catcher… Luke Tarzian needs your support for Surgery and recovery for Catcher
gofund.me
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Hey everyone. Hate that I have to post this. My dog was hit by a car tonight and suffered a shattered leg and damage to her intestines. Surgery and medical expenses are roughly $20,000. It’s been a rough year and anything helps.
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
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I’m not saying they saw my skeets but they did.
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I’m not saying they saw my skeets but they did.
Binging Elementary to straighten out my sleep schedule to return to work.
Good show. Good Sherlock. Great Watson. Fun popcorn.
It struck me that Holmes adaptations and zombie stories have something in common. They take place in a world that has never seen them before.
Good show. Good Sherlock. Great Watson. Fun popcorn.
It struck me that Holmes adaptations and zombie stories have something in common. They take place in a world that has never seen them before.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Binging Elementary to straighten out my sleep schedule to return to work.
Good show. Good Sherlock. Great Watson. Fun popcorn.
It struck me that Holmes adaptations and zombie stories have something in common. They take place in a world that has never seen them before.
Good show. Good Sherlock. Great Watson. Fun popcorn.
It struck me that Holmes adaptations and zombie stories have something in common. They take place in a world that has never seen them before.
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This is an older article I still link to all the time because it continues to be so relevant. electricliterature.com/taylor-swift...
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is an older article I still link to all the time because it continues to be so relevant. electricliterature.com/taylor-swift...
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love this: "The question is whether adoption [of AI] follows sustainable frameworks that deliver genuine local benefit, or extractive patterns that concentrate wealth offshore while imposing infrastructure burdens and environmental costs on local communities."
mumbrella.com.au/how-australi...
mumbrella.com.au/how-australi...
How Australia's creative industries defeated the tech giants on AI copyright
In August, something remarkable happened on Melbourne talkback radio. Caller after caller phoned in—not about the housing crisis or cost of living, but about copyright law. Specifically, about whether...
mumbrella.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
love this: "The question is whether adoption [of AI] follows sustainable frameworks that deliver genuine local benefit, or extractive patterns that concentrate wealth offshore while imposing infrastructure burdens and environmental costs on local communities."
mumbrella.com.au/how-australi...
mumbrella.com.au/how-australi...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.