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Watching City of the Living Dead now that it's back on Shudder and this is legit a fantastic Call of Cthulhu adventure run by a GM who really likes gore.
May 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Watching City of the Living Dead now that it's back on Shudder and this is legit a fantastic Call of Cthulhu adventure run by a GM who really likes gore.
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ALERT: important and savvy phone banking scam. this one is tricky and could catch anyone (even you)
You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraudulent payment.
"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?
The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."
🧵 1/4
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraudulent payment.
"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?
The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."
🧵 1/4
May 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
ALERT: important and savvy phone banking scam. this one is tricky and could catch anyone (even you)
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This article is amazing because it quotes several women explaining why they dislike AI, then counters with a bootlicking worm of a "man" arguing that AI is inevitable actually (with no logical reasons or argument given) and that's it, that's the story.
Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.
www.bbc.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This article is amazing because it quotes several women explaining why they dislike AI, then counters with a bootlicking worm of a "man" arguing that AI is inevitable actually (with no logical reasons or argument given) and that's it, that's the story.
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UPDATE: white smoke has *also* been spotted in the city center of Avignon,,, bad news folks!!!
May 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
UPDATE: white smoke has *also* been spotted in the city center of Avignon,,, bad news folks!!!
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If a poster's response to literally everything is "SO YOU AGREE IT'S TIME FOR ARMED REVOLUTION" then
1) they're a fed trying to entrap you or,
2) they are absolutely not ready for armed revolution on anyfucking level and will betray or fail you in a heartbeat
1) they're a fed trying to entrap you or,
2) they are absolutely not ready for armed revolution on anyfucking level and will betray or fail you in a heartbeat
May 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If a poster's response to literally everything is "SO YOU AGREE IT'S TIME FOR ARMED REVOLUTION" then
1) they're a fed trying to entrap you or,
2) they are absolutely not ready for armed revolution on anyfucking level and will betray or fail you in a heartbeat
1) they're a fed trying to entrap you or,
2) they are absolutely not ready for armed revolution on anyfucking level and will betray or fail you in a heartbeat
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Strange Days, one of my favorite movies and one of the best cyberpunk films ever made, turns 30 this year.
I feel so damn old right now. But still, glad I didn't check out early when I wanted to. I wouldn't want to miss a thing.
I feel so damn old right now. But still, glad I didn't check out early when I wanted to. I wouldn't want to miss a thing.
May 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Strange Days, one of my favorite movies and one of the best cyberpunk films ever made, turns 30 this year.
I feel so damn old right now. But still, glad I didn't check out early when I wanted to. I wouldn't want to miss a thing.
I feel so damn old right now. But still, glad I didn't check out early when I wanted to. I wouldn't want to miss a thing.
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My first question for my new publisher (Aethon, home of the upcoming Neon Meridian series) was "do you use AI in any way?" and I was exceedingly pleased that the response was a visceral "hell, no."
Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.
May 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My first question for my new publisher (Aethon, home of the upcoming Neon Meridian series) was "do you use AI in any way?" and I was exceedingly pleased that the response was a visceral "hell, no."
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Good lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down!
www.404media.co/republicans-...
www.404media.co/republicans-...
Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
www.404media.co
May 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Good lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down!
www.404media.co/republicans-...
www.404media.co/republicans-...
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Here's a thread about some books I like.
I've been talking intermittently about books, particularly Urban Fantasy, that I've bounced off of recently.
Here are some authors I really enjoyed:
Here are some authors I really enjoyed:
May 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Here's a thread about some books I like.
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“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” -Dune
The Buttlerian Jihad wasn’t about a “Skynet”. It was about the power of the capital class to manipulate all they own.
The Buttlerian Jihad wasn’t about a “Skynet”. It was about the power of the capital class to manipulate all they own.
May 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” -Dune
The Buttlerian Jihad wasn’t about a “Skynet”. It was about the power of the capital class to manipulate all they own.
The Buttlerian Jihad wasn’t about a “Skynet”. It was about the power of the capital class to manipulate all they own.
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Say hello to our next #eurorust25 speaker 🦀 Welcome aboard, Victoria!
@drakulix.de is an engineer at @system76.bsky.social , building the Rust-based COSMIC DE. With experience on Smithay and a background teaching Rust, she brings expertise in systems programming and open-source.
➡️ eurorust.eu
@drakulix.de is an engineer at @system76.bsky.social , building the Rust-based COSMIC DE. With experience on Smithay and a background teaching Rust, she brings expertise in systems programming and open-source.
➡️ eurorust.eu
March 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Say hello to our next #eurorust25 speaker 🦀 Welcome aboard, Victoria!
@drakulix.de is an engineer at @system76.bsky.social , building the Rust-based COSMIC DE. With experience on Smithay and a background teaching Rust, she brings expertise in systems programming and open-source.
➡️ eurorust.eu
@drakulix.de is an engineer at @system76.bsky.social , building the Rust-based COSMIC DE. With experience on Smithay and a background teaching Rust, she brings expertise in systems programming and open-source.
➡️ eurorust.eu
@craigschaeferbooks.com Your website has removed mention of the Charlie McCabe series!! 😭😭😭😭
March 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
@craigschaeferbooks.com Your website has removed mention of the Charlie McCabe series!! 😭😭😭😭
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My Arkansas is diverse, inclusive, Queer, immigrant-friendly, and Not Here To Fucking Comply.
Just so yall know.
Just so yall know.
Protest at my small town courthouse yesterday lit me up. Lit all of us up. Local musicians singing songs, Democratic officials were speaking. Cars honking in support. a lot of folks said it was the biggest protest they had seen at that courthouse. Best sign: Hate never made any country great.
February 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My Arkansas is diverse, inclusive, Queer, immigrant-friendly, and Not Here To Fucking Comply.
Just so yall know.
Just so yall know.
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Case in point & a great org yall can support if you like www.arabortionsupport.org
February 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Case in point & a great org yall can support if you like www.arabortionsupport.org
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
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A new series being launched by one of my favourite authors in my birthday week 🤩, magic school + ocean settings & Heather’s striking characters.
Castaways sounds like just the right kind of chaotic fun that’s needed right now 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Castaways sounds like just the right kind of chaotic fun that’s needed right now 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
It's been long overdue: today marks the launch of Castaways, a new series and a new adventure. (Cover by the wonderful Rebecca Frank.) Come to a school of magic at reality's edge.
Castaways
Amazon.com: Castaways eBook : Schaefer, Craig: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A new series being launched by one of my favourite authors in my birthday week 🤩, magic school + ocean settings & Heather’s striking characters.
Castaways sounds like just the right kind of chaotic fun that’s needed right now 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Castaways sounds like just the right kind of chaotic fun that’s needed right now 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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Forget who it was who said it, but every "she slept her way into the job," is, implicitly, "he gated power behind sexual favors."
September 21, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Forget who it was who said it, but every "she slept her way into the job," is, implicitly, "he gated power behind sexual favors."
Scaling Pains? Not at all, the pain is scaling quite well.
September 22, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Scaling Pains? Not at all, the pain is scaling quite well.
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A thing I've done now a couple of times for friends in crisis that seems to be a new concept to them each time (so am sharing it here for you to know about in case) is to create a Team Them group chat.
You set it up. Not Friend in Crisis.
You get consent, & ask them who belongs in it. 1/x 🧵
You set it up. Not Friend in Crisis.
You get consent, & ask them who belongs in it. 1/x 🧵
July 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
A thing I've done now a couple of times for friends in crisis that seems to be a new concept to them each time (so am sharing it here for you to know about in case) is to create a Team Them group chat.
You set it up. Not Friend in Crisis.
You get consent, & ask them who belongs in it. 1/x 🧵
You set it up. Not Friend in Crisis.
You get consent, & ask them who belongs in it. 1/x 🧵
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Hi this is VERY IMPORTANT CONTEXT from a Jewish Studies professor at Columbia about EVERYTHING that has gone down, including cops, encampment, and the utter lack of expertise at the table, despite actual antisemitism scholars employed by university BEGGING to be put to use:
On Columbia Protests, DA Newsletter May 2024
Columbia protests: An interview with Prof. Marianne Hirsch An interview with Professor Marianne Hirsch Dear Zoe, When it was announced in March that Columbia University President Minouche Shafik would
myemail-api.constantcontact.com
May 2, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Hi this is VERY IMPORTANT CONTEXT from a Jewish Studies professor at Columbia about EVERYTHING that has gone down, including cops, encampment, and the utter lack of expertise at the table, despite actual antisemitism scholars employed by university BEGGING to be put to use:
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Have these people ever seen the bill for even just childbirth, even assuming you have “good” insurance (for the US) and you have anyone of any medical competency of any sort involved??? Midwife/doctor/homebirth/hospital/whatever —
To say nothing of all of the everything else. I just.
To say nothing of all of the everything else. I just.
May 2, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Have these people ever seen the bill for even just childbirth, even assuming you have “good” insurance (for the US) and you have anyone of any medical competency of any sort involved??? Midwife/doctor/homebirth/hospital/whatever —
To say nothing of all of the everything else. I just.
To say nothing of all of the everything else. I just.
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They beat up Dartmouth's former chair of Jewish Studies and banned her from campus. To protect the Jews, you see.
May 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM
They beat up Dartmouth's former chair of Jewish Studies and banned her from campus. To protect the Jews, you see.
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“We later found out that Hamas had offered on Oct 9 or 10 to release all the civilian hostages in exchange for the IDF not entering the Strip, but the govt rejected the offer...."
"Bibi knows that the moment the hostages are released, Smotrich & Ben Gvir will leave the govt.”
AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING.
"Bibi knows that the moment the hostages are released, Smotrich & Ben Gvir will leave the govt.”
AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING.
‘No doubt’ Netanyahu preventing hostage deal, charges ex-spokesman of Families Forum
Haim Rubinstein claims Israel rejected early Hamas offer to free all civilians if IDF didn't enter Gaza, lays out PM's alleged political meddling that led him to quit last month
www.timesofisrael.com
April 28, 2024 at 8:07 PM
“We later found out that Hamas had offered on Oct 9 or 10 to release all the civilian hostages in exchange for the IDF not entering the Strip, but the govt rejected the offer...."
"Bibi knows that the moment the hostages are released, Smotrich & Ben Gvir will leave the govt.”
AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING.
"Bibi knows that the moment the hostages are released, Smotrich & Ben Gvir will leave the govt.”
AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING.
@craigschaefer.bsky.social Hey! Got my hands on Dig Two Graves. Super excited! Say, any news about Charlie McCabe?
April 27, 2024 at 3:52 AM
@craigschaefer.bsky.social Hey! Got my hands on Dig Two Graves. Super excited! Say, any news about Charlie McCabe?
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You know what, point to all the superhero writers who have their villains lay out the plan in detail out loud. You were right. They do indeed do that. It turns out the thing you got wrong is the part where the good guys stop them. You didn't write unrealistic villains, you wrote unrealistic heroes.
April 17, 2024 at 9:37 PM
You know what, point to all the superhero writers who have their villains lay out the plan in detail out loud. You were right. They do indeed do that. It turns out the thing you got wrong is the part where the good guys stop them. You didn't write unrealistic villains, you wrote unrealistic heroes.