Stevie Kroft
@steviek.bsky.social
Reader, writer, and rarely relevant
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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1. Today, 95 Democrats voted to "honor the legacy" of Charlie Kirk, calling him a "model for young Americans."
Kirk was notable for practicing anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-trans extremism, racism, and violent rhetoric.
Among the yes votes was Trans Rep. Sarah McBride.
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Kirk was notable for practicing anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-trans extremism, racism, and violent rhetoric.
Among the yes votes was Trans Rep. Sarah McBride.
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95 House Dems, Including Trans Rep McBride, Vote To "Honor The Legacy" Of Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk, an anti-LGBTQ+ activist who was killed a week ago, had a history of hateful rhetoric and extremism.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
1. Today, 95 Democrats voted to "honor the legacy" of Charlie Kirk, calling him a "model for young Americans."
Kirk was notable for practicing anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-trans extremism, racism, and violent rhetoric.
Among the yes votes was Trans Rep. Sarah McBride.
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Kirk was notable for practicing anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-trans extremism, racism, and violent rhetoric.
Among the yes votes was Trans Rep. Sarah McBride.
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Charlie Kirk was a bad person and his death is cause for celebration, writes journalist Evan Urquhart.
Read our very special free speech edition of Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Read our very special free speech edition of Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Charlie Kirk is Dead. Here’s Why I’m Celebrating! — Assigned
It’s a wonderful thing to outlive a someone who spent his life working for your elimination. That's why I'm celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk.
www.assignedmedia.org
September 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Charlie Kirk was a bad person and his death is cause for celebration, writes journalist Evan Urquhart.
Read our very special free speech edition of Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Read our very special free speech edition of Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
I found Lucky Day by @chucktingle.bsky.social out in the wild today. I had been meaning to get the ebook, but this is even better.
August 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I found Lucky Day by @chucktingle.bsky.social out in the wild today. I had been meaning to get the ebook, but this is even better.
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"One common strategy is to have the school run by a violent or authoritarian regime, which is used to justify why sparring sessions are conducted in rooms full of live grenades"
mythcreants.com/blog/how-to-...
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How to Craft a Tense School Plot That Isn’t Absurd
What if the world wasn't entirely silly?
mythcreants.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"One common strategy is to have the school run by a violent or authoritarian regime, which is used to justify why sparring sessions are conducted in rooms full of live grenades"
mythcreants.com/blog/how-to-...
mythcreants.com/blog/how-to-...
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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August 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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August 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
August 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?
A timely piece from Mythcreants about AI. Helpful for those of us who have writing friends who "just use AI a little bit."
mythcreants.com/blog/dont-fa...
mythcreants.com/blog/dont-fa...
Don’t Fall for AI: Nine Reasons for Writers to Reject Slop
Some shortcuts aren't worth taking.
mythcreants.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A timely piece from Mythcreants about AI. Helpful for those of us who have writing friends who "just use AI a little bit."
mythcreants.com/blog/dont-fa...
mythcreants.com/blog/dont-fa...
It has occurred to me that some spec fic writers may not know about Mythcreants. It's a great site that analyzes books and shows, and gives great advice, whether you write fantasy, sci-fi, romantasy, whatever. I've read their posts for years, and now I do some of their copyediting.
mythcreants.com
mythcreants.com
Mythcreants
Fantasy & Science Fiction for Storytellers
mythcreants.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It has occurred to me that some spec fic writers may not know about Mythcreants. It's a great site that analyzes books and shows, and gives great advice, whether you write fantasy, sci-fi, romantasy, whatever. I've read their posts for years, and now I do some of their copyediting.
mythcreants.com
mythcreants.com
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If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
I've been saying this, and friends/family just respond with "I only use it to make my emails sounds more professional." Aggravating that people are cool with destroying the environment and using a plagiarism machine just to avoid learning proper grammar.
You know you can just not use AI, right?
You can make a choice not to be part of this.
Even if your job uses it, YOU don’t have to in your normal life. You don’t have to let your kids use it.
You didn’t have it three years ago. You can just…be on Team Human. You can choose.
You can make a choice not to be part of this.
Even if your job uses it, YOU don’t have to in your normal life. You don’t have to let your kids use it.
You didn’t have it three years ago. You can just…be on Team Human. You can choose.
June 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I've been saying this, and friends/family just respond with "I only use it to make my emails sounds more professional." Aggravating that people are cool with destroying the environment and using a plagiarism machine just to avoid learning proper grammar.
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The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI:
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
May 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI:
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
Just watched the video. Teary-eyed and about to read about how I can help.
“Pretrial (Let Her Go Home),” a protest anthem advocating for jailed mothers who can’t afford bail, draws on Fiona Apple’s experience in recent years observing bail hearings
Listen here: pitchfork.com/news/fiona-a...
Listen here: pitchfork.com/news/fiona-a...
May 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Just watched the video. Teary-eyed and about to read about how I can help.
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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It’s so weird spending 5 years working on something in service to others and then it’s out in the world and you have to spend all your time being like “hey will you buy this and read it bc it’s the biggest thing I’ve ever done and I would hate for it to go to waste” 😂
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bookshop.org/p/books/let-...
Let's Move the Needle: An Activism Handbook for Artists, Crafters, Creatives, and Makers; Build Community and Make Change! a book by Shannon Downey
Create change in the world with this inspiring guide to social activism, from the artist and craftivist behind Badass Cross Stitch. Craftivism, or the space where art and activism meet, is a powerful...
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December 13, 2024 at 9:45 PM
It’s so weird spending 5 years working on something in service to others and then it’s out in the world and you have to spend all your time being like “hey will you buy this and read it bc it’s the biggest thing I’ve ever done and I would hate for it to go to waste” 😂
bookshop.org/p/books/let-...
bookshop.org/p/books/let-...
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I just co-authored a piece with @cnygren.bsky.social on exactly this! It’s short!
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March 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I just co-authored a piece with @cnygren.bsky.social on exactly this! It’s short!
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Im seeing endless workshops on "how to use AI/incorporate AI in the classroom" etc, does anyone know of workshops on how to refuse AI?
Not even be critical of AI (which is often just one or two slides of handwaving-but-it-is-here) but to refuse it in the classroom and in our research?
Not even be critical of AI (which is often just one or two slides of handwaving-but-it-is-here) but to refuse it in the classroom and in our research?
March 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Im seeing endless workshops on "how to use AI/incorporate AI in the classroom" etc, does anyone know of workshops on how to refuse AI?
Not even be critical of AI (which is often just one or two slides of handwaving-but-it-is-here) but to refuse it in the classroom and in our research?
Not even be critical of AI (which is often just one or two slides of handwaving-but-it-is-here) but to refuse it in the classroom and in our research?
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I get why techbros and their ilk like gen-AI: artists and writers to them are just an obstacle to be bypassed. But I'll never get an author/artist/musician who uses it. "I want to be a writer." No you don't. You fetishize ideas but hate the work. You don't respect the craft or its practitioners.
March 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I get why techbros and their ilk like gen-AI: artists and writers to them are just an obstacle to be bypassed. But I'll never get an author/artist/musician who uses it. "I want to be a writer." No you don't. You fetishize ideas but hate the work. You don't respect the craft or its practitioners.
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NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
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Stand with trans Americans. You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...
www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...
Stand With Trans Americans
You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Stand with trans Americans. You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...
www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...
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1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster.
Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
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Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
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Senate Dems Show Spine, And National Sports Ban Bill Dies
The failed legislation reflects a wider effort to disallow trans women (or anyone suspected of being a trans woman) from women’s sports and spaces.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster.
Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
Subscribe to support our journalism.