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C.H. Crab
@chcrab.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hey bsky, I have a very open question for you all.
Why do you create art?
Why do you create art?
I wouldn't know how to stop
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i'm fascinated by how much people love and are amazed by chat gpt saying "nice catch!" and "great observation!" because i personally find the condescension and obsequiousness the most skin-crawling thing about how LLMs "talk"
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
i'm fascinated by how much people love and are amazed by chat gpt saying "nice catch!" and "great observation!" because i personally find the condescension and obsequiousness the most skin-crawling thing about how LLMs "talk"
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Any publisher that does not see the value of human translation and localisation should do the world a favour and get out of the publishing business.
Harlequin France is canceling contracts with translators to use AI.
Publishers rushing to cut their own feet off befuddles me.
Publishers rushing to cut their own feet off befuddles me.
"Bradage de la traduction, plan social invisible : Harlequin passe à l’IA"
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
December 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Any publisher that does not see the value of human translation and localisation should do the world a favour and get out of the publishing business.
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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Yolo often stands with his little back toes crossed, which I find ridiculously cute!
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Yolo often stands with his little back toes crossed, which I find ridiculously cute!
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
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eyyy i lettered this
Augustin's ink work is phenomenal
Augustin's ink work is phenomenal
Joe the Pirate: The Life and Times of Marion Barbara Carstairs was reviewed through Publisher's Weekly! 👀 Coming in 2026, read this as a teaser to this fantastic work by Hubert and Virginie Augustin as translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger! www.publishersweekly.com/9781638991571 🏳️⚧️🚤
Joe the Pirate: The Life and Times of Marion Barbara Carstairs by Hubert
Outrageous queer socialite and boat racer Marion Barbara “Joe” Carstairs (1900–1993) roars to life in this fearless and seductiv...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
eyyy i lettered this
Augustin's ink work is phenomenal
Augustin's ink work is phenomenal
it's even worse when those categories get imported wholesale into the discourse of a whole different country, which would surely have its OWN markers of generational difference. really exposes how surface-level these discussions tend to be.
i see so many people talk abt generational divides as a way of understanding politics or culture or just as a kind of horoscope personality quiz type thing and it does start to grind on my nerves after a while bc i just don't think generational differences have That Much explanatory power
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
it's even worse when those categories get imported wholesale into the discourse of a whole different country, which would surely have its OWN markers of generational difference. really exposes how surface-level these discussions tend to be.
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firebird motel sign, cheyenne, wyoming, 1980
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
firebird motel sign, cheyenne, wyoming, 1980
long may she terrorize the Wasteland
Happy 10th birthday to the Final Pam
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
long may she terrorize the Wasteland
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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pachnelephalosaurus statue, public park, route 40, dinosaur, colorado, 1991
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
pachnelephalosaurus statue, public park, route 40, dinosaur, colorado, 1991
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morning murps
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
morning murps
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quick psa: if you use GDrive, go into Settings -> Manage Apps and make sure the Gemini AI horseshit is turned off.
Just got a heads-up about it elsewhere, and sure enough, Gemini had been turned back on without my permission
Just got a heads-up about it elsewhere, and sure enough, Gemini had been turned back on without my permission
October 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
quick psa: if you use GDrive, go into Settings -> Manage Apps and make sure the Gemini AI horseshit is turned off.
Just got a heads-up about it elsewhere, and sure enough, Gemini had been turned back on without my permission
Just got a heads-up about it elsewhere, and sure enough, Gemini had been turned back on without my permission
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dog and cat hospital, sandy boulevard, portland, oregon, 1980
October 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
dog and cat hospital, sandy boulevard, portland, oregon, 1980
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Fact-checking should be legally required for all nonfiction books and publishers should pay for it
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Fact-checking should be legally required for all nonfiction books and publishers should pay for it
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RECIPE FOR TROUBLE is OUT TODAY! in ebook/audio/print a.co/d/ee50VJW! but you can also find it via bookshop.org, b&n, libro.fm, many places! talking up my own work is not an area of strength! i hope you enjoy my loving queer homage to the golden age of romcoms in this trying time!
October 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
RECIPE FOR TROUBLE is OUT TODAY! in ebook/audio/print a.co/d/ee50VJW! but you can also find it via bookshop.org, b&n, libro.fm, many places! talking up my own work is not an area of strength! i hope you enjoy my loving queer homage to the golden age of romcoms in this trying time!
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OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.
and since he really does have a quote for everything, in the wise words of Sir Terry Pratchett: “Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.”
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.
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BANG BANG!!
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Extended First Look at The Vampire Lestat ft. Sam Reid | Premieres 2026 | AMC+
YouTube video by amc+
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October 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
BANG BANG!!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr0q...
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As discord suffers a massive data breach of people's personal data and ID documents congrats to the UK Government for bringing in the undercooked law that made it absolutely inevitable this would happen, repeatedly
October 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
As discord suffers a massive data breach of people's personal data and ID documents congrats to the UK Government for bringing in the undercooked law that made it absolutely inevitable this would happen, repeatedly
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Me during every ai conversation at my company
October 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Me during every ai conversation at my company
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Eisner-and-Ignatz-nominated Rigsby WI Book 2: Burn it Down is a ❤️PROJECT WE LOVE❤️ on Kickstarter!!!
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Rigsby WI - Volume 2: Burn It Down, by SE Case
The second volume of SE Case's Eisner-nominated webcomic about the brutal disaster of being a teen in the early 2000s!
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October 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Eisner-and-Ignatz-nominated Rigsby WI Book 2: Burn it Down is a ❤️PROJECT WE LOVE❤️ on Kickstarter!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...