Brandy St. John
@brandystjohn.bsky.social
Writer. Musician. Former wardrobe stylist for rock stars. Current writing instructor at Oregon State University.
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Brandy St. John
@brandystjohn.bsky.social
· Nov 11
A fun fact about me is I was the wardrobe stylist for Jack White for six years. I designed these suits and sewed the buttons on by hand (with two assistants.)
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oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.
How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.
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This stunning Hoopoe did the right thing for a change and just sat on this rock next to my car for a photo session 😂 Most have gone but we always have a few winter here. #birds #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #Alicante #canonphotography
September 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This stunning Hoopoe did the right thing for a change and just sat on this rock next to my car for a photo session 😂 Most have gone but we always have a few winter here. #birds #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #Alicante #canonphotography
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Useful thread from Courtney Milan about the pirated-books lawsuit against Anthropic, and about who can be part of it, and more.
Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file.
Here is the class certification:
Here is the class certification:
August 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Useful thread from Courtney Milan about the pirated-books lawsuit against Anthropic, and about who can be part of it, and more.
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...
June 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...
Read this, coupled with the New York Times article "Google Plans to Roll Out Its A.I. Chatbot for Children Under 13."
“The whole thing feels like Black Mirror.”
“He would listen to the bot over me.”
“It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.”
Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:
“He would listen to the bot over me.”
“It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.”
Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:
People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies
Marriages and families are falling apart as people are sucked into fantasy worlds of spiritual prophecy by AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT
www.rollingstone.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Read this, coupled with the New York Times article "Google Plans to Roll Out Its A.I. Chatbot for Children Under 13."
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Today, @theatlantic.com published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems.
Here's what you can do: authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
Here's what you can do: authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
March 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Today, @theatlantic.com published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems.
Here's what you can do: authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
Here's what you can do: authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
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See you at AWP25 in LA!
Midwest Prose
Co-hosted by Pleiades, The Dodge Magazine, & Rescue Press
7 PM, Thursday, 03/27 @ Pico Union Project
1153 Valencia Street, Los Angeles CA 90015
Readers: Heather Christle, Jason McCall, Alina Stefanescu, CJ Shuttle, Alyssa Perry, Madeline McDonnell
Midwest Prose
Co-hosted by Pleiades, The Dodge Magazine, & Rescue Press
7 PM, Thursday, 03/27 @ Pico Union Project
1153 Valencia Street, Los Angeles CA 90015
Readers: Heather Christle, Jason McCall, Alina Stefanescu, CJ Shuttle, Alyssa Perry, Madeline McDonnell
March 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
See you at AWP25 in LA!
Midwest Prose
Co-hosted by Pleiades, The Dodge Magazine, & Rescue Press
7 PM, Thursday, 03/27 @ Pico Union Project
1153 Valencia Street, Los Angeles CA 90015
Readers: Heather Christle, Jason McCall, Alina Stefanescu, CJ Shuttle, Alyssa Perry, Madeline McDonnell
Midwest Prose
Co-hosted by Pleiades, The Dodge Magazine, & Rescue Press
7 PM, Thursday, 03/27 @ Pico Union Project
1153 Valencia Street, Los Angeles CA 90015
Readers: Heather Christle, Jason McCall, Alina Stefanescu, CJ Shuttle, Alyssa Perry, Madeline McDonnell
Bring back angry music. We neeeeeeeed it right now.
February 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Bring back angry music. We neeeeeeeed it right now.
Excited to discuss this Friday in my Visual Analysis of Popular Music course!
February 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Excited to discuss this Friday in my Visual Analysis of Popular Music course!
In my Short Story Writing class (300 level), I had my students read "A Temporary Matter" by Jhumpa Lahiri. Before we discussed it, I asked them to get in groups and write an AITA (Am I the Asshole?) style post that summarized the story. They had a blast and the posts were spot on.
January 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
In my Short Story Writing class (300 level), I had my students read "A Temporary Matter" by Jhumpa Lahiri. Before we discussed it, I asked them to get in groups and write an AITA (Am I the Asshole?) style post that summarized the story. They had a blast and the posts were spot on.
I haven't seen this mentioned over here, but David Lynch's children have asked people to join them for a ten minute worldwide group meditation on his birthday Monday at noon PST.
January 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I haven't seen this mentioned over here, but David Lynch's children have asked people to join them for a ten minute worldwide group meditation on his birthday Monday at noon PST.
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911: what is your emergency
ME: i don’t know what day it is
911: sir it’s- oh fuck what day is it
ME: i don’t know what day it is
911: sir it’s- oh fuck what day is it
December 28, 2024 at 12:54 AM
911: what is your emergency
ME: i don’t know what day it is
911: sir it’s- oh fuck what day is it
ME: i don’t know what day it is
911: sir it’s- oh fuck what day is it
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So happy to have an essay on (purportedly) bad Elvis movie songs in this year's Oxford American Music issue! I'll link a few of my fave awesome/awful tunes below.
Alongside fresh perspectives on Memphis legends—including @elenavox.bsky.social’s deep dive into the “very best of the very worst” of Elvis’s discography, and beyond!
December 12, 2024 at 1:24 AM
So happy to have an essay on (purportedly) bad Elvis movie songs in this year's Oxford American Music issue! I'll link a few of my fave awesome/awful tunes below.
Last week, a man died in a plane crash while transporting rescue dogs. I was deeply saddened, because we're mourned for the life we lived and the choices we made. Think of the word "wake." What will be left in your wake? A glimmer of humanity? Or record-breaking profits?
December 4, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Last week, a man died in a plane crash while transporting rescue dogs. I was deeply saddened, because we're mourned for the life we lived and the choices we made. Think of the word "wake." What will be left in your wake? A glimmer of humanity? Or record-breaking profits?
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If I vowed to organize 100 notable small press books for 2025, who's in as reviewers? All genres, all small & micro presses.
(Does this already exist? If no, why not? If yes, disregard everything to this point.)
(Does this already exist? If no, why not? If yes, disregard everything to this point.)
November 27, 2024 at 3:36 AM
If I vowed to organize 100 notable small press books for 2025, who's in as reviewers? All genres, all small & micro presses.
(Does this already exist? If no, why not? If yes, disregard everything to this point.)
(Does this already exist? If no, why not? If yes, disregard everything to this point.)
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Psst: just in time for the buying of bookish gifts to give, there's a week-long sale on this Dorothy "starter pack" bundle at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social! Sale ends Nov. 28.
www.nyrb.com/products/dor...
www.nyrb.com/products/dor...
Dorothy Sampler
Dorothy is a feminist publisher based in St. Louis and distributed by New York Review Books. Over the past fiften years, the press has built a celebrated list of fiction and critical writing by women,...
www.nyrb.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Psst: just in time for the buying of bookish gifts to give, there's a week-long sale on this Dorothy "starter pack" bundle at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social! Sale ends Nov. 28.
www.nyrb.com/products/dor...
www.nyrb.com/products/dor...
My colleague at Oregon State University, poetry Professor Jen Richter, is interviewing Margaret Atwood Tuesday on our campus. You can watch the free livestream via the link below.
Provost's Lecture featuring Margaret Atwood | LIVESTREAM REGISTRATION
Please register for the LIVESTREAM of the Provost's Lecture featuring Margaret Atwood to watch the event online.
oregonstate.qualtrics.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:10 PM
My colleague at Oregon State University, poetry Professor Jen Richter, is interviewing Margaret Atwood Tuesday on our campus. You can watch the free livestream via the link below.
A fun fact about me is I was the wardrobe stylist for Jack White for six years. I designed these suits and sewed the buttons on by hand (with two assistants.)
November 11, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A fun fact about me is I was the wardrobe stylist for Jack White for six years. I designed these suits and sewed the buttons on by hand (with two assistants.)
Started NAPOLEON last night and had to turn it off due to the horrible pacing. Couldn't get through ELVIS for the same reason. 60 second scenes that feel like watching the trailer instead of the film? No thanks. It doesn't have to be Tarkovsky slow, but give the actors time to work up to the crying.
June 4, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Started NAPOLEON last night and had to turn it off due to the horrible pacing. Couldn't get through ELVIS for the same reason. 60 second scenes that feel like watching the trailer instead of the film? No thanks. It doesn't have to be Tarkovsky slow, but give the actors time to work up to the crying.
My superpower is arriving at every industry right when it is saturated/ unattainable (housing, academia, fiction publishing). How does it feel left out here in the cold?
February 19, 2024 at 12:07 AM
My superpower is arriving at every industry right when it is saturated/ unattainable (housing, academia, fiction publishing). How does it feel left out here in the cold?
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My story “Death and the Lady” is on the Selected Shorts Podcast right now, as read by actor Denis O’Hare (from American Horror Story). It's Episode #22, “Reality Checks,” which also includes stories by Louise Erdrich and Delmore Schwartz.
t.co/ZUxwIQmVii
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https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts/episodes/reality-checks-2
t.co
February 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
My story “Death and the Lady” is on the Selected Shorts Podcast right now, as read by actor Denis O’Hare (from American Horror Story). It's Episode #22, “Reality Checks,” which also includes stories by Louise Erdrich and Delmore Schwartz.
t.co/ZUxwIQmVii
t.co/ZUxwIQmVii
When I was in my twenties, I dreamt I was at the beach in Santa Monica and aliens invaded the sky. No ships, just a presence. I was filled with terror. The aliens arranged the clouds into sky writing that read, "Give us your sharks."
January 28, 2024 at 1:25 AM
When I was in my twenties, I dreamt I was at the beach in Santa Monica and aliens invaded the sky. No ships, just a presence. I was filled with terror. The aliens arranged the clouds into sky writing that read, "Give us your sharks."
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Speaking of the collapse of traditional cultural journalism model, myself and this amazing lineup are launching our writer owned co-op Flaming Hydra at the end of the month. flaminghydra.com/welcome/
January 18, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Speaking of the collapse of traditional cultural journalism model, myself and this amazing lineup are launching our writer owned co-op Flaming Hydra at the end of the month. flaminghydra.com/welcome/