Ali
@aefaith.bsky.social
Writer, nerd, cat petter
🏷️ She/Her | 🏳️🌈 Ace | 🐲 Welsh
(Profile kitty is named Maximillion)
🏷️ She/Her | 🏳️🌈 Ace | 🐲 Welsh
(Profile kitty is named Maximillion)
The fact it took this long is a travesty
December 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The fact it took this long is a travesty
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My debut novel, The Paradox Paradox, IS FINALLY AVALIABLE! Get the eBook here RIGHT NOW for just £5!
www.patreon.com/nerdcubed/shop
www.patreon.com/nerdcubed/shop
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My debut novel, The Paradox Paradox, IS FINALLY AVALIABLE! Get the eBook here RIGHT NOW for just £5!
www.patreon.com/nerdcubed/shop
www.patreon.com/nerdcubed/shop
Better to have snost and lost than never to have snost at all
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Better to have snost and lost than never to have snost at all
A cat clearly bothered by fireworks #bonfirenight
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A cat clearly bothered by fireworks #bonfirenight
Several health issues... Wants to get to heaven... Vp says he's ready to take over... Hasn't been seen in days... No scheduled appearances... Pizza at the pentagon... yeah no I'm sure trump is fine guys
August 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Several health issues... Wants to get to heaven... Vp says he's ready to take over... Hasn't been seen in days... No scheduled appearances... Pizza at the pentagon... yeah no I'm sure trump is fine guys
I can think of nothing I want less.
August 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I can think of nothing I want less.
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voice is the primary method for interacting with computers on star trek because it is on TV, not because it's a good idea
Microsoft's Windows lead has teased the future of Windows will be more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal in the wake of AI, promoting voice as a primary input method for using your PC. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface
In a new video, Microsoft CVP and Windows boss Pavan Davuluri has teased that the future of Windows will consist of a truly ambient and multi-modal experience made possible by AI that will redefine…
www.windowscentral.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
voice is the primary method for interacting with computers on star trek because it is on TV, not because it's a good idea
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The UK Online Safety act is trying to ban access to Wikipedia.
It ain't about safety.
It ain't about safety.
July 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The UK Online Safety act is trying to ban access to Wikipedia.
It ain't about safety.
It ain't about safety.
The UK government's response to the petition against the Online Safety Act is that they have no intention of repealing it and are working to implement it as quickly as possible so that "users can benefit from it's protections". Ha.
July 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The UK government's response to the petition against the Online Safety Act is that they have no intention of repealing it and are working to implement it as quickly as possible so that "users can benefit from it's protections". Ha.
Absolutely loved fantastic four first steps. I'm a sucker for people pulling together in times of crisis, sue me
July 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Absolutely loved fantastic four first steps. I'm a sucker for people pulling together in times of crisis, sue me
If I had a nickel every time everyone around me suddenly cared a whole lot about something that completely passed me by and I couldn't understand why, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
July 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If I had a nickel every time everyone around me suddenly cared a whole lot about something that completely passed me by and I couldn't understand why, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
Cat under an umbrella... Catbrella... Umbrecat...
July 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Cat under an umbrella... Catbrella... Umbrecat...
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"And after a lifetime of reading and experiencing different stories, I’ve realized the best stories always connect us with other people[...]But generative AI doesn’t connect you with other people. Instead, it cobbles together a simulation of being connected with others."
Brilliant essay, as always!
Brilliant essay, as always!
And if you want to know exactly why I don't use generative AI in my writing, I have a new essay about that on @apexmag.bsky.social.
Yes, genAI is fast but it only produces passable results. Good storytelling demands far more than merely "passable." 2/
www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
Yes, genAI is fast but it only produces passable results. Good storytelling demands far more than merely "passable." 2/
www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
"Why I Don't Write with Generative AI" by Jason Sanford
These words aren’t about the tech companies worth billions of dollars or how they created generative AI models by pirating the works of artists and writers without permission or payment. These words a...
www.apexbookcompany.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"And after a lifetime of reading and experiencing different stories, I’ve realized the best stories always connect us with other people[...]But generative AI doesn’t connect you with other people. Instead, it cobbles together a simulation of being connected with others."
Brilliant essay, as always!
Brilliant essay, as always!
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Things that supposedly "every writer does" that I've never done:
- draft out of order
- create multiple digital files for a single story
- moodboards/playlists
- commission character art
- being obsessed with coffee
#amwriting #writersky
- draft out of order
- create multiple digital files for a single story
- moodboards/playlists
- commission character art
- being obsessed with coffee
#amwriting #writersky
July 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Things that supposedly "every writer does" that I've never done:
- draft out of order
- create multiple digital files for a single story
- moodboards/playlists
- commission character art
- being obsessed with coffee
#amwriting #writersky
- draft out of order
- create multiple digital files for a single story
- moodboards/playlists
- commission character art
- being obsessed with coffee
#amwriting #writersky
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while it is certainly thrilling for all the erotica buckaroos to see my rise into mainstream success, i find THIS direction of starting at horror and then discovering tinglers to be VERY fun. GODSPEED BUCKAROO
So @chucktingle.bsky.social is a very good horror writer. But apparently he writes other, spicier stories. I've not read any yet. I may do so
July 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
while it is certainly thrilling for all the erotica buckaroos to see my rise into mainstream success, i find THIS direction of starting at horror and then discovering tinglers to be VERY fun. GODSPEED BUCKAROO
Writing a chapter and struggling to fit a plot important conversation with the mc and another, minor, character, and also fitting in another important character. Then it hits me: just have the plot important conversation with the second character.
July 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Writing a chapter and struggling to fit a plot important conversation with the mc and another, minor, character, and also fitting in another important character. Then it hits me: just have the plot important conversation with the second character.
It was so hot in my room yesterday that when I left a wispa bar in it for one hour, I came back and found it was liquid
July 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It was so hot in my room yesterday that when I left a wispa bar in it for one hour, I came back and found it was liquid
Why does my nan have the smallest clip I've ever seen
July 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Why does my nan have the smallest clip I've ever seen
Tell me why Sainsbury's just sent disinfectant as a substitute for chocolate, hello???
July 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Tell me why Sainsbury's just sent disinfectant as a substitute for chocolate, hello???
Too hot. Had a shower five minutes ago and I'm already hot and sweaty again
June 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Too hot. Had a shower five minutes ago and I'm already hot and sweaty again
What a day. End of both alien stage and squid game
June 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What a day. End of both alien stage and squid game
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It speaks volumes about the current Labour government in the UK that their proposed bill to cut back eligibility for disabled payments is hemorrhaging support from their own side, yet the Tories are willing to back it.
June 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It speaks volumes about the current Labour government in the UK that their proposed bill to cut back eligibility for disabled payments is hemorrhaging support from their own side, yet the Tories are willing to back it.
It's a tough life being a cat
June 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It's a tough life being a cat