Ali Lanier
@alilanier.bsky.social
Writer @ CD Projekt RED
words @ Ms, Bust, Boston Hassle, Origins, Atticus Review, + elsewhere
Video games and comics and all around sapphic shenanigans
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words @ Ms, Bust, Boston Hassle, Origins, Atticus Review, + elsewhere
Video games and comics and all around sapphic shenanigans
🏳️🌈📝🎮
She/her
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Happy birthday to the one and only, Hayao Miyazaki.
January 5, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Happy birthday to the one and only, Hayao Miyazaki.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
Every day, we make choices
December 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Every day, we make choices
Extremely cat-shaped cat
December 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Extremely cat-shaped cat
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Sorry if this is a bit personal but does this shit make anyone else feel completely fucking insane
December 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Sorry if this is a bit personal but does this shit make anyone else feel completely fucking insane
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"The work that client firms are settling for is not better when it’s produced by AI, but it’s cheaper, and deemed 'good enough.'”
This is exactly what I feared. Not that AI would replace good writing (it can't), but that good writing would cease to be valued
This is exactly what I feared. Not that AI would replace good writing (it can't), but that good writing would cease to be valued
When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"The work that client firms are settling for is not better when it’s produced by AI, but it’s cheaper, and deemed 'good enough.'”
This is exactly what I feared. Not that AI would replace good writing (it can't), but that good writing would cease to be valued
This is exactly what I feared. Not that AI would replace good writing (it can't), but that good writing would cease to be valued
For no particular reason, here’s a refresher on the Paradox of Tolerance
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox...
December 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
For no particular reason, here’s a refresher on the Paradox of Tolerance
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox...
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TER-RRRRYYYY
THAT KILLS PEOPLE TERRRRY.
THAT KILLS PEOPLE TERRRRY.
Well, that ramped up quickly. #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
TER-RRRRYYYY
THAT KILLS PEOPLE TERRRRY.
THAT KILLS PEOPLE TERRRRY.
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Very important news everyone
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Very important news everyone
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Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
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Mamdani wins
Live Updates: Mamdani Wins N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race After Highest Turnout in Decades
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Mamdani wins
Carrying on the proud tradition of utilizing the office swords as part of my Halloween costume
#SwordsBeforeLords
#SwordsBeforeLords
October 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Carrying on the proud tradition of utilizing the office swords as part of my Halloween costume
#SwordsBeforeLords
#SwordsBeforeLords
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Color me shocked.
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Color me shocked.
The annual village scarecrow contest is up and running!
October 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The annual village scarecrow contest is up and running!
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This is how you blurb
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is how you blurb
I’ve never seen game devs run as fast as when someone says “last call for the coffee cart”
a cartoon of spongebob squarepants with his mouth open
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants with his mouth open
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I’ve never seen game devs run as fast as when someone says “last call for the coffee cart”
I originally read this as “Y2K/90s rusty skater cords in gay”
…which, also yes.
…which, also yes.
October 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I originally read this as “Y2K/90s rusty skater cords in gay”
…which, also yes.
…which, also yes.
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sci-fi shows and games did not predict 2025 correctly
October 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
sci-fi shows and games did not predict 2025 correctly
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Ouch. This one cuts to the bone.
October 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Ouch. This one cuts to the bone.