A.J. Demas
@ajdemas.bsky.social
Romance novelist, bringing you imaginary history and queer joy. Also known as Alice Degan. (She/her) AI hater.
Buy my books at sextonscottage.com for the cozy yet spicy treat you have been craving! 😉
Buy my books at sextonscottage.com for the cozy yet spicy treat you have been craving! 😉
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Gen A.I. barons want us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to build hell and have us pay for it.
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Gen A.I. barons want us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to build hell and have us pay for it.
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Parting fairies leave gifts
for newborn princess.
Parting fairies leave gifts
for newborn princess.
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 AM
F340.1
Parting fairies leave gifts
for newborn princess.
Parting fairies leave gifts
for newborn princess.
My day was off to such a productive start before this …
Recently I found myself on Antipope Instagram, where there are endless reels of the current Antipope of the Palmarian Catholic Church.
This is, of course, extremely my jam, and I started reading up on them hoping to find some wild theology, but instead I found something WAY better...
This is, of course, extremely my jam, and I started reading up on them hoping to find some wild theology, but instead I found something WAY better...
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
My day was off to such a productive start before this …
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I really truly would pay extra for appliances that don’t sing.
They’re leaving money on the table here.
They’re leaving money on the table here.
January 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I really truly would pay extra for appliances that don’t sing.
They’re leaving money on the table here.
They’re leaving money on the table here.
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And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
January 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
Excellent thread about a great article (about a show which I unfortunately have not been able to watch). Surprise appearance in the article by one of my favourite podcasters saying smart things about one of my favourite writers!
I like this article a lot, and the line "When these characters cook for each other, the implications are strictly emotional" got me square in the chest.
Women are feral for Heated Rivalry. What does that say about men?
The explosive popularity of the gay hockey TV drama reveals women’s desire for sex and romance without violence or hierarchy
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Excellent thread about a great article (about a show which I unfortunately have not been able to watch). Surprise appearance in the article by one of my favourite podcasters saying smart things about one of my favourite writers!
This is very interesting, but I feel like given the name of the tool they should be wary of the results. Like they’ll work, but not in the way you think they’ll work?
this is why i use "predictive model" and ask "what does it predict?"
they used a tool that predicts whether an "amino acid in a protein is likely to contact whatever chemicals that structure can bind"
and one that "predicts whether any given protein is likely to form a stable structure"
they used a tool that predicts whether an "amino acid in a protein is likely to contact whatever chemicals that structure can bind"
and one that "predicts whether any given protein is likely to form a stable structure"
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
This is very interesting, but I feel like given the name of the tool they should be wary of the results. Like they’ll work, but not in the way you think they’ll work?
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the hollowing of local news has given rise to a dearth of coverage about the masculine urge to slide down stuff
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
the hollowing of local news has given rise to a dearth of coverage about the masculine urge to slide down stuff
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become ungovernable
January 11, 2026 at 12:53 PM
become ungovernable
Ugh, YES
There's stiff competition, but the 1 tech enshittification emanation I dislike the most is, I think, the near-demise of paying once for something then owning it. Give me a piece of tech with onboard software, give me a game, give me an email client. Charge me once, give a couple of years of support.
January 11, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Ugh, YES
Keep going back through the quote posts until you get to the reply about the salad, and then … you’re welcome.
Rule number one… horniness is a national security threat
it became a national security interest it was so bad.
January 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Keep going back through the quote posts until you get to the reply about the salad, and then … you’re welcome.
Of alle the shires endes in alle of Engelond, why do they have to wende to Canterbury?
i bet the people in Canterbury got annoyed every april by all the folk who goon on pilgrimages
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Of alle the shires endes in alle of Engelond, why do they have to wende to Canterbury?
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Every year chocolates get smaller and more expensive. Extrapolating backwards, in 1906 a Creme Egg would have been the size of Rochester Cathedral and they would have paid you 12 guineas to eat it.
January 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Every year chocolates get smaller and more expensive. Extrapolating backwards, in 1906 a Creme Egg would have been the size of Rochester Cathedral and they would have paid you 12 guineas to eat it.
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An incantation to soothe anger from nearly 4 millennia ago for those in need of one.
It begins by telling us what anger is and does.
“Anger goes like a wild bull, it continually leaps forth like a dog.”
Anger is like a lion and a wolf.
It is fierce. It runs. It tears at one’s face and stomach.
It begins by telling us what anger is and does.
“Anger goes like a wild bull, it continually leaps forth like a dog.”
Anger is like a lion and a wolf.
It is fierce. It runs. It tears at one’s face and stomach.
January 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM
An incantation to soothe anger from nearly 4 millennia ago for those in need of one.
It begins by telling us what anger is and does.
“Anger goes like a wild bull, it continually leaps forth like a dog.”
Anger is like a lion and a wolf.
It is fierce. It runs. It tears at one’s face and stomach.
It begins by telling us what anger is and does.
“Anger goes like a wild bull, it continually leaps forth like a dog.”
Anger is like a lion and a wolf.
It is fierce. It runs. It tears at one’s face and stomach.
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If you have a special something that others cannot duplicate or doesn't feel focus-grouped to death, readers will eagerly await your next book
You are writing to market: YOUR market. The good thing is that I write these things because I like them and my readers also like them, so it isn't a drain
8/
You are writing to market: YOUR market. The good thing is that I write these things because I like them and my readers also like them, so it isn't a drain
8/
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
If you have a special something that others cannot duplicate or doesn't feel focus-grouped to death, readers will eagerly await your next book
You are writing to market: YOUR market. The good thing is that I write these things because I like them and my readers also like them, so it isn't a drain
8/
You are writing to market: YOUR market. The good thing is that I write these things because I like them and my readers also like them, so it isn't a drain
8/
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I say this often but it bears repeating: if you make your money from creating art then you NEED to find an art or craft where you just do it for fun and don't try to be perfect or make any money from it, and when anyone tells you to monetise it you say 'No', because otherwise your soul will die.
Have needle. Have thread. Have scraps of paper. Have free will. Have made a notebook.
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I say this often but it bears repeating: if you make your money from creating art then you NEED to find an art or craft where you just do it for fun and don't try to be perfect or make any money from it, and when anyone tells you to monetise it you say 'No', because otherwise your soul will die.
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The spirit of Ea-nāṣir lives on ;)
londondaily.com/trader-buys-...
londondaily.com/trader-buys-...
Trader buys $36 million of copper and gets painted rocks instead - London Daily
Commodities trader Mercuria says it is the victim of fraud. Thieves in Turkey switched painted paving stones for copper
londondaily.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The spirit of Ea-nāṣir lives on ;)
londondaily.com/trader-buys-...
londondaily.com/trader-buys-...
I love this
as promised: I'm back and I have Opinions fozmeadows.substack.com/p/against-ai
January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I love this
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One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
January 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
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I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
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This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
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if you like to look at real estate listings that are good instead of bad please enjoy my collection of norwegian cottage listing photos bsky.app/profile/died...
back when i first signed up for twitter i made a side account that was just interiors i saved from norwegian cottage real estate listings and i wish i had kept up with it because i'm sure these will eventually end up lost to time and the grayzone remodel plague
December 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
if you like to look at real estate listings that are good instead of bad please enjoy my collection of norwegian cottage listing photos bsky.app/profile/died...
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My wife reading a joke from a cracker: why do they call it the Dark Ages?
Me: they don’t
Her: because there were lots of knights.
Everyone: hahaha
Me: ok let me stop you there. Number one…
Me: they don’t
Her: because there were lots of knights.
Everyone: hahaha
Me: ok let me stop you there. Number one…
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
My wife reading a joke from a cracker: why do they call it the Dark Ages?
Me: they don’t
Her: because there were lots of knights.
Everyone: hahaha
Me: ok let me stop you there. Number one…
Me: they don’t
Her: because there were lots of knights.
Everyone: hahaha
Me: ok let me stop you there. Number one…
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Caution: room is rapidly filling with ramen
December 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Caution: room is rapidly filling with ramen
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Towards A Holistic Understanding of Mom and Dad's Fridge: Organizing Soda Cans and Leftovers in the Age Of Post-Semiotic "Third Segment" Middle Drawers
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Towards A Holistic Understanding of Mom and Dad's Fridge: Organizing Soda Cans and Leftovers in the Age Of Post-Semiotic "Third Segment" Middle Drawers