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writer & narrative designer || stonecoast mfa || she/her || alexiskaegi.com

stories in flame tree, abyss & apex, deep magic, neopets, ashe cove
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alexis @alexiskaegi.bsky.social · Oct 17
hi, bluesky! I'm Alexis, a writer/copywriter/narrative designer with a deep love for the fantastic and the fantastically mundane. 🌱🧚

I've published short stories with Abyss & Apex, Flame Tree Press, and Deep Magic. Currently adapting my siren tale into interactive fiction via Ink! 🖤
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philnobilejr.bsky.social
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
Loooved the discussion at tonight’s Clarion West Deep Dive! “Enshittification and the Rot Economy” with Cory Doctorow and @edzitron.com (expertly moderated by @brightwhitney.bsky.social).

10/10, would have sat for another few hours. Missed the boat on the electrician route tho
Cory Doctorow, Whitney Beltrán, and Ed Zitron sitting in conversation on a stage. A Clarion West banner and a Seattle Public Library Foundation banner are behind them.
October 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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sunsetvisitor.studio
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Screenshot of a Reddit comment that says: There's a potent quote about the Hong Kong protests in 1000xResist that applies so deeply; FATHER: You remember? In the streets...hundreds of thousands marching shoulder to shoulder... Biggest demonstrations in HK history. The world watched it all happen. Heard our voices. Saw us bleed. MOTHER: So? FATHER: So if we stayed silent? didnt stand up for ourselves? They would say...this is how it always was. They would say...this is what the people wanted. But no. They can't say that. Because it has gone down in history... That we resisted fiercely. That we fought for a different future...until we couldn't. That legacy lives in us. Screenshot of a protest poster that says: "So if we stayed silent? .... They would say, this is how it always was. They would say, this is what the people wanted. But no. They can't say that. Because it has gone down in history that we resisted fiercely. --1000xRESIST"
October 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
so moving is ALWAYS hard, huh?
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
sorry to the submission grinder homies but I’m the problem*

*the one who updates their rejection stat a month late 😔
October 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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abeehatariqart.bsky.social
Screenshot of text I’ve written that reads: I really want to rant about the way the world is going and how the creative industries are being destroyed and how those two things are so closely tied together and I want to complain about how hard it is to just exist and create right now and how it feels like you always need to be 'on' and the pressure to always be making content and be visible that's pushed on us by this capitalist fast tech-driven world we're in right now and how it's stifling creativity in the worst way and how it feels like you need to choose between being visible and actually making good art and experimenting and being a human being but I am exhausted and all my energy has been drained
September 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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larrynemecek.bsky.social
“AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society, and our descendants will be digging it out for generations.”
jbau.bsky.social JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · Sep 28
This whole section really.
Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job. AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:
September 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
latest gastronauts is an absolute banger yall
September 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
I have successfully adapted to ZERO vanilla in my morning coffee routine. This has been a long journey. I am free
September 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
Started Citizen Sleeper at 7 and suddenly it’s 11pm omg
September 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
I am determined to jump into Critical Role via campaign 4. So far the trailer and teasers have me hyped 🙂‍↕️ in BLeeM we trust!!
September 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
Happy little things thread!

1. I GM’d my first oneshot this weekend using Pointy Hat’s The Pantomime King! It was very fun and I learned a lot. Players seemed to like it, too :)
September 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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sardonicus.eu
man rolling rock up hill how it started how its going
September 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things. I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father. Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking. She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking. I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person. My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right". None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing, enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got. Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived. Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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rosemaryjones.bsky.social
For my friends who want to propose panels for Norwescon (hi @gabrielle-h.bsky.social!). And anyone else interested in this Northwest Easter-time convention. One GOH is @tkingfisher.com.
norwescon.org Norwescon @norwescon.org · Sep 5
News From Norwescon September 2025: NWC48 planning has begun, introducing our guests of honor, register for Norwescon today, see us at the Washington State Fair, panelist applications and panel suggestions are open, and we're always wel… buff.ly/hmvr8Gx
News From Norwescon September 2025
NWC48 planning has begun, introducing our guests of honor, register for Norwescon today, see us at the Washington State Fair, panelist applications and panel suggestions are open, and we're always welcoming...
buff.ly
September 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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kathbarbadoro.bsky.social
Remember how if a kid choked on a little plastic toy they used to stop selling the toy
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · Aug 29
Something about the two stories about ChatGPT's involvement in suicides/murder that came out this week that really stuck out to me: OpenAI basically has a boilerplate response when their product gets people killed.

"Deeply saddened"

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
WSJ: An OpenAI spokeswoman said the company has reached out to the Greenwich Police Department. “We are deeply saddened by this tragic event,” the spokeswoman said. “Our hearts go out to the family.” NYT: Ms. Raine started reading the conversations, too. She had a different reaction: “ChatGPT killed my son.” In an emailed statement, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, wrote: “We are deeply saddened by Mr. Raine’s passing, and our thoughts are with his family. ChatGPT includes safeguards such as directing people to crisis help lines and referring them to real-world resources. While these safeguards work best in common, short exchanges, we’ve learned over time that they can sometimes become less reliable in long interactions where parts of the model’s safety training may degrade.”
August 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
What are your go-to PowerPoint party presentation topics?

I have finally convinced coworkers to do this but I only have two days and am blanking 😳
August 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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annamegill.com
Lazing on the couch with a good book. Today's read:
The cover of a book titled More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI by John Warner An excerpt of text from Warner's book that is quoted in the following posts of this thread
August 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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amybrown.xyz
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
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
Reading at the park 💖
A yellow lab mix with white markings is lying on the grass, looking into the distance with one paw on a colorful blanket.
August 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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randomtuesday.bsky.social
If you are a creator on Patreon fill out the survey and tell them a resounding no to generative AI.

It’s quick and easy, most the questions are multiple choice.
erenangiolini.com Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini.com · Aug 16
I have made a public post on Patreon with information on this, providing some guidance for Patreon Creatives and Patrons on how to take action against this delirious strategy Patreon is considering.
You are all welcome to share.
It contains a link to the survey and info on how to email Patreon.
August 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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annaguirre.bsky.social
If you don't use it, you lose it.
hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Aug 12
“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
www.bloomberg.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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iamerror.bsky.social
I am genuinely terrified everyone will forget, or has already forgotten, how different people were 15-20 years ago. Since then, all technological innovation has worked toward the goal of sapping human attention as a commodity and society is far worse for it.
merrittk.com merritt @merrittk.com · Aug 10
i believe that short form video is maybe one of the worst things people have ever come up with and it should be regulated at least as much as cigarettes
August 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
alexiskaegi.bsky.social
What’s getting me through this month: this Kiri Overwatch skin that uses fountain pens for kunai 🥹 take all my money blizzard fr fr
Kiriko Overwatch in her newest Sophomore skin, which is school themed. It includes blue, gold-nib fountain pen kunai and lined-paper ofuda with cute fox drawings and stickers.
July 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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annacwebs.bsky.social
OKAY HERE IT IS

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LABOR IN THE USA AND WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MODERN GAMES INDUSTRY

youtu.be/OmV1QTzfyRo?...
July 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM