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Phano
Phano delivers wondrous, thought-provoking content about the future to the questioning masses—beautiful stories, essays, interviews, reviews and art to make sense of our world in constant change. We w...
www.phano.com
I'm really proud/happy/excited to say that my story "Endling" is now live at Phano.
www.phano.com/articles/end...
It's a story about the Fermi Paradox, Philosophy, being from the global south, and making a VERY questionable moral decision (over and over again).
www.phano.com/articles/end...
It's a story about the Fermi Paradox, Philosophy, being from the global south, and making a VERY questionable moral decision (over and over again).
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He’s going to destroy both companies hell yes
SPACEX AND XAI MERGER PREMISED ON CAPITAL FLOWS FOR AI STARTUP, SOURCES SAY -- WSJ
February 6, 2026 at 3:42 AM
He’s going to destroy both companies hell yes
This is an impressive feat of engineering - but the 4EA cognitive scientist part of my brain is screaming that the scaffolding is doing a massive part of the work - www.anthropic.com/engineering/...
Building a C compiler with a team of parallel Claudes
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 AM
This is an impressive feat of engineering - but the 4EA cognitive scientist part of my brain is screaming that the scaffolding is doing a massive part of the work - www.anthropic.com/engineering/...
Michael Morgan suggests that the fact we live in a world where genocide exists should be cause for moral shame. I think that the point below should encourage a broadening of Morgan's source of shame.
This isn't history. It is our present.
Does that change how you want to live?
This isn't history. It is our present.
Does that change how you want to live?
Extrapolating in another direction: I also often think of just how much human potential has been lost because of systemic racism, classism and imperialism. All the joy, innovation, art and more that we didn’t get - the opportunity cost of systems where one or a few men (its usually men) benefit.
This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So:
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
February 6, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Michael Morgan suggests that the fact we live in a world where genocide exists should be cause for moral shame. I think that the point below should encourage a broadening of Morgan's source of shame.
This isn't history. It is our present.
Does that change how you want to live?
This isn't history. It is our present.
Does that change how you want to live?
I'm really proud/happy/excited to say that my story "Endling" is now live at Phano.
www.phano.com/articles/end...
It's a story about the Fermi Paradox, Philosophy, being from the global south, and making a VERY questionable moral decision (over and over again).
www.phano.com/articles/end...
It's a story about the Fermi Paradox, Philosophy, being from the global south, and making a VERY questionable moral decision (over and over again).
Phano
Phano delivers wondrous, thought-provoking content about the future to the questioning masses—beautiful stories, essays, interviews, reviews and art to make sense of our world in constant change. We w...
www.phano.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I'm really proud/happy/excited to say that my story "Endling" is now live at Phano.
www.phano.com/articles/end...
It's a story about the Fermi Paradox, Philosophy, being from the global south, and making a VERY questionable moral decision (over and over again).
www.phano.com/articles/end...
It's a story about the Fermi Paradox, Philosophy, being from the global south, and making a VERY questionable moral decision (over and over again).
Reposted by Blaize K.
🔥 Phano 14 up at www.phano.com 🔥
Come chase darkness across worlds, peer into the radio spectrum for life, and win more than you know what to do with in three new free-to-read stories...
- “Endling” by Blaize M. Kaye
- “The Water's Country” by Miah O'Malley
- “Winning” by E. M Dasche
Come chase darkness across worlds, peer into the radio spectrum for life, and win more than you know what to do with in three new free-to-read stories...
- “Endling” by Blaize M. Kaye
- “The Water's Country” by Miah O'Malley
- “Winning” by E. M Dasche
Phano
Phano delivers wondrous, thought-provoking content about the future to the questioning masses—beautiful stories, essays, interviews, reviews and art to make sense of our world in constant change. We w...
www.phano.co
February 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM
🔥 Phano 14 up at www.phano.com 🔥
Come chase darkness across worlds, peer into the radio spectrum for life, and win more than you know what to do with in three new free-to-read stories...
- “Endling” by Blaize M. Kaye
- “The Water's Country” by Miah O'Malley
- “Winning” by E. M Dasche
Come chase darkness across worlds, peer into the radio spectrum for life, and win more than you know what to do with in three new free-to-read stories...
- “Endling” by Blaize M. Kaye
- “The Water's Country” by Miah O'Malley
- “Winning” by E. M Dasche
Reposted by Blaize K.
2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.
Ten(ish) of the Best African Speculative Short Fiction Stories of 2025 - Reactor
Here are some of the speculative fiction gems that may have flown under the radar in 2025...
reactormag.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.
Really happy to have my story "The Last Faithful Servant of the Empire" out in Aurealis #187 today (thanks @genni.bsky.social and the rest of the crew <3) - grab it here aurealis.com.au/store/aureal...
Aurealis #187 — Aurealis
aurealis.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Really happy to have my story "The Last Faithful Servant of the Empire" out in Aurealis #187 today (thanks @genni.bsky.social and the rest of the crew <3) - grab it here aurealis.com.au/store/aureal...
Reposted by Blaize K.
A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 PM
A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.
Why is this even a thing, ffs. Who are those people who are perfectly capable of writing an email but who get gmail to write it for them?
Anyways, apparently you can turn it off.
Anyways, apparently you can turn it off.
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Why is this even a thing, ffs. Who are those people who are perfectly capable of writing an email but who get gmail to write it for them?
Anyways, apparently you can turn it off.
Anyways, apparently you can turn it off.
Reposted by Blaize K.
right now we have the worst of all worlds, where copyright lasts basically forever and can be used to prevent normal people from engaging in all kinds of creative endeavors...but corporations can steal all your stuff without paying for it and use it to compete with you and put you out of a job.
After years of corporations like Nintendo suing regular people for fan projects, of course people want to see LLM companies face the same consequences.
A phenomenon I find interesting is the yearning for corporations to launch copyright nukes on the AI companies. Which is to say there is such a feeling of hopelessness and a kind of legal void around this stuff that many people are demanding someone, anyone, do something about it in court.
January 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
right now we have the worst of all worlds, where copyright lasts basically forever and can be used to prevent normal people from engaging in all kinds of creative endeavors...but corporations can steal all your stuff without paying for it and use it to compete with you and put you out of a job.
Friends. Why has it taken me so long to read "The Last Unicorn"? Why did nobody tell me????
Astonishing. Absolutely heart ravaging.
I'm a fool for having waited so long. Don't be as foolish as I, read it immediately if you haven't.
Astonishing. Absolutely heart ravaging.
I'm a fool for having waited so long. Don't be as foolish as I, read it immediately if you haven't.
January 28, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Friends. Why has it taken me so long to read "The Last Unicorn"? Why did nobody tell me????
Astonishing. Absolutely heart ravaging.
I'm a fool for having waited so long. Don't be as foolish as I, read it immediately if you haven't.
Astonishing. Absolutely heart ravaging.
I'm a fool for having waited so long. Don't be as foolish as I, read it immediately if you haven't.
I've spent more time than I care to admit thinking about what Frank Ramsey would have ended up doing if he hadn't died at 26.
January 25, 2026 at 5:03 AM
I've spent more time than I care to admit thinking about what Frank Ramsey would have ended up doing if he hadn't died at 26.
So I have at least three stories coming out this year that I'm extremely proud of. What interesting is that, for me, they represent something like a step change in what I've been able to write.
That's not to say that they're better than my "old" stuff, or that I expect them to do anything ...
That's not to say that they're better than my "old" stuff, or that I expect them to do anything ...
January 23, 2026 at 4:58 AM
So I have at least three stories coming out this year that I'm extremely proud of. What interesting is that, for me, they represent something like a step change in what I've been able to write.
That's not to say that they're better than my "old" stuff, or that I expect them to do anything ...
That's not to say that they're better than my "old" stuff, or that I expect them to do anything ...
Reposted by Blaize K.
I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
Almost got into a yelling match with my gym buddy about the nature of art and AI :D Getting into the distinctions between aesthetic experience, natural beauty, intention, etc.
We're good. We don't really go to lift weights. Just to hang out being unspeakably nerdy. Sometimes it gets intense.
We're good. We don't really go to lift weights. Just to hang out being unspeakably nerdy. Sometimes it gets intense.
January 21, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Almost got into a yelling match with my gym buddy about the nature of art and AI :D Getting into the distinctions between aesthetic experience, natural beauty, intention, etc.
We're good. We don't really go to lift weights. Just to hang out being unspeakably nerdy. Sometimes it gets intense.
We're good. We don't really go to lift weights. Just to hang out being unspeakably nerdy. Sometimes it gets intense.
Reposted by Blaize K.
There’s only one place where code must be flawless, and unreadable.
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest.
Every year the entries are absurdly good…and there’s still room for more!
You’ve got until March 13th to enter.
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest.
Every year the entries are absurdly good…and there’s still room for more!
You’ve got until March 13th to enter.
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
There’s only one place where code must be flawless, and unreadable.
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest.
Every year the entries are absurdly good…and there’s still room for more!
You’ve got until March 13th to enter.
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest.
Every year the entries are absurdly good…and there’s still room for more!
You’ve got until March 13th to enter.
Rereading early Coetzee for something I'm working on, thought I'd share this; the most precious novel in my library - a 1st edition of Coetzee's "Dusklands" (his first novel) put out by Ravan press in 1974.
January 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Rereading early Coetzee for something I'm working on, thought I'd share this; the most precious novel in my library - a 1st edition of Coetzee's "Dusklands" (his first novel) put out by Ravan press in 1974.
Instead of posting a new story, I'll post a story about the story - blog.bomoko.net/2026/01/refl...
Reflections on "Acorn, Honey, Fat, and Foxglove"
I recently had a story “ Acorn, Honey, Fat, and Foxglove ” published at “The Literary Fantasy Magazine”. It’s a story I’ve been working on s...
blog.bomoko.net
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Instead of posting a new story, I'll post a story about the story - blog.bomoko.net/2026/01/refl...
Reposted by Blaize K.
hey @wtalabi.bsky.social I finally started Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon and it's fucking great
January 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
hey @wtalabi.bsky.social I finally started Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon and it's fucking great
Finally finished an eldritch body horror homage to "Home Alone", inspired by a Patricia Churchland quote, set in Amanzimtoti, about a boy who works at the Bluff Meat Supply and spends his time watching "The Golden Girls", while taking care of his Dad who lives in their downstairs bathroom.
January 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Finally finished an eldritch body horror homage to "Home Alone", inspired by a Patricia Churchland quote, set in Amanzimtoti, about a boy who works at the Bluff Meat Supply and spends his time watching "The Golden Girls", while taking care of his Dad who lives in their downstairs bathroom.
Reposted by Blaize K.
I have drafted a motivation for my university to leave X/Twitter, arguing that posting to it risks feeding our PR images into the porn and harassment machine (so leading to staff, students or others being harassed) and that being there violates our official stance against gender-based violence. /1
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I have drafted a motivation for my university to leave X/Twitter, arguing that posting to it risks feeding our PR images into the porn and harassment machine (so leading to staff, students or others being harassed) and that being there violates our official stance against gender-based violence. /1
I think it might be really interesting to look into the intersection of chatbot psychosis (and chatbots generally) and evolutionary biology. I'm obviously not the first person to think there's a strong analogy between these systems and parasites - direct.mit.edu/isal/proceed...
Can We Tell if ChatGPT is a Parasite? Studying Human–AI Symbiosis with Game Theory
This work asks whether a human interacting with a generative AI system can merge into a single individual through iterative, information-driven interactions. We model the interactions between a human,...
direct.mit.edu
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I think it might be really interesting to look into the intersection of chatbot psychosis (and chatbots generally) and evolutionary biology. I'm obviously not the first person to think there's a strong analogy between these systems and parasites - direct.mit.edu/isal/proceed...
Been off social media for about a decade now - despite agreeing that it's terrible, and perhaps against my better judgement, I'm making an account here so I can follow people I think are awesome. Don't expect many posts - this machine is bad for my mental health.
December 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Been off social media for about a decade now - despite agreeing that it's terrible, and perhaps against my better judgement, I'm making an account here so I can follow people I think are awesome. Don't expect many posts - this machine is bad for my mental health.