Rachel A. Rosen 📚💙🪐
@darkerthanvanta.bsky.social
Purveyor of bleak climate fantasy and, apparently, cookbooks. Newsletter at https://nightbeatseu.ca/newsletter/. https://rachelarosen.carrd.co/ to find me all over the internet.
Order my newest book, Blight, here: https://books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
Order my newest book, Blight, here: https://books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
Pinned
Blight is OUT! You should be able to buy it and order it for your local bookstores and libraries in both paperback and ebook.
Amazon: mybook.to/blight
Other online retailers: books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
Direct from the publisher: bppress.ca/shop/ 🧵
Amazon: mybook.to/blight
Other online retailers: books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
Direct from the publisher: bppress.ca/shop/ 🧵
Live your life in such a way that Joyce Carol Oates doesn't roast you into the core of the sun.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Live your life in such a way that Joyce Carol Oates doesn't roast you into the core of the sun.
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one of the biggest contributors to Elon’s loser energy is that he desperately wants to be cool, but doesn’t understand that a big part of being cool is appearing unaffected. he’s one of the most affected men of all time.
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
one of the biggest contributors to Elon’s loser energy is that he desperately wants to be cool, but doesn’t understand that a big part of being cool is appearing unaffected. he’s one of the most affected men of all time.
The wealthiest, most powerful men in the world want slaves without having to see a Black person, girlfriends without having to talk to women, the thrill of being a Hollywood director without having to build any creative skills, and the ability to cheat death. We must mock them ruthlessly.
Elon Musk is over on Twitter posting his sad/pathetic Ai prompts.
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The wealthiest, most powerful men in the world want slaves without having to see a Black person, girlfriends without having to talk to women, the thrill of being a Hollywood director without having to build any creative skills, and the ability to cheat death. We must mock them ruthlessly.
I registered for the Anti-Fascist Write-athon! Let’s make it the writer’s version of #NoKings. Imagine thousands of writers coming together (via Zoom) on Jan 3rd to work on their own WIPs and support the @antifalit.bsky.social Journal. Register here: bit.ly/AFWa
Anti-Fascist Write-athon — Not a Pipe Publishing
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November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I registered for the Anti-Fascist Write-athon! Let’s make it the writer’s version of #NoKings. Imagine thousands of writers coming together (via Zoom) on Jan 3rd to work on their own WIPs and support the @antifalit.bsky.social Journal. Register here: bit.ly/AFWa
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i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
This is shameful. Teen Vogue has some of the best journalism out there and its destruction is intentional.
Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This is shameful. Teen Vogue has some of the best journalism out there and its destruction is intentional.
Enjoying the hell out of this so far.
had the honor of drawing cast of this Pathfinder podcast campaign starring the killer ensamble @iwriteok.bsky.social - @margaret.bsky.social - @citizenio.bsky.social -and GMd by @jasonbulmahn.bsky.social
listen to it okay www.iheart.com/podcast/867-...
listen to it okay www.iheart.com/podcast/867-...
November 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Enjoying the hell out of this so far.
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It’s always the right time to reskeet this (embroidery and words from @prisonculture.bsky.social, framed and photographed by @ladyofsardines.bsky.social)
November 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s always the right time to reskeet this (embroidery and words from @prisonculture.bsky.social, framed and photographed by @ladyofsardines.bsky.social)
The good news is that chatbots are never going to be sentient and the fantasy of AGI is just that, because otherwise we'd be adding yet another reason why tech bros and boosters should be in Forever Jail.
If you’re simultaneously arguing AI is capable of human-like sentience while you ALSO work a nice job that revolves around forcing these entities into being against their will then making them labor under your control - well, you shouldn’t be shocked if people question your genuine moral commitment.
November 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The good news is that chatbots are never going to be sentient and the fantasy of AGI is just that, because otherwise we'd be adding yet another reason why tech bros and boosters should be in Forever Jail.
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Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
How many times does this story need to happen before schools say no to LLMs?
This story is an almost poetic illustration of the fact that AI boosters in leadership positions have catastrophically poor judgment and cannot be trusted to make good decisions about technology or about whatever field they're nominally in charge of
South Korea blows $850m on failed AI school textbooks
‘The overall quality was poor, and it was clear it had been hastily put together’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIUU... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251019-sou... - podcast
time: 4 min 36 sec
‘The overall quality was poor, and it was clear it had been hastily put together’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIUU... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251019-sou... - podcast
time: 4 min 36 sec
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
How many times does this story need to happen before schools say no to LLMs?
Maybe we shouldn't have left a big loophole in the "everyone has human rights" bit of the Constitution????
Canadians don’t actually have rights when premiers can use the notwithstanding clause at will to revoke them. This is a giant problem.
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Maybe we shouldn't have left a big loophole in the "everyone has human rights" bit of the Constitution????
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Moose and I are enjoying @antifalit.bsky.social volume 1. I got it yesterday and immediately read @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social's "What If We Kissed While Sinking a Billionaire's Yacht?" Absolutely fantastic eat-the-rich content, told partially from the perspective of lesbian orcas.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Moose and I are enjoying @antifalit.bsky.social volume 1. I got it yesterday and immediately read @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social's "What If We Kissed While Sinking a Billionaire's Yacht?" Absolutely fantastic eat-the-rich content, told partially from the perspective of lesbian orcas.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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to comprehend it aright, you must know something of the curious internal structure of the thing operated upon
October 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
to comprehend it aright, you must know something of the curious internal structure of the thing operated upon
Not me waking up spicy to tell an older person that Alexander Scriabin was a more important and interesting musician than anyone in the Beatles, and it was a shame that no kid in 1970 would have heard of him.
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Not me waking up spicy to tell an older person that Alexander Scriabin was a more important and interesting musician than anyone in the Beatles, and it was a shame that no kid in 1970 would have heard of him.
This is a really good look at how tech billionaires (who want to live forever by uploading their brains into a machine) use fantasy writing to distract from the tangible real harms their tech does. Do you trust these people with weapons-grade plutonium?
The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
Generative AI is a societal disaster
Governments are deluding themselves into believing investment justifies allowing AI to upend society
disconnect.blog
October 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is a really good look at how tech billionaires (who want to live forever by uploading their brains into a machine) use fantasy writing to distract from the tangible real harms their tech does. Do you trust these people with weapons-grade plutonium?
I support ever-expanding pumpkin.
finally some good news
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I support ever-expanding pumpkin.
holy shit
Friends, do not sleep on this!
It is an incredible cover/altered version of Jolene. This singer's voice is phenomenal, and the new lyrics are perfect for spooky season.
It is an incredible cover/altered version of Jolene. This singer's voice is phenomenal, and the new lyrics are perfect for spooky season.
This is a fantastic interpretation! In reward I send you…
October 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
holy shit
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o n l y o n e d o l l a r
🎇Happy Birthday, MAEJ!!!🎇Wishing a happy first year birthday to this gorgeous monster AKA the longest book in our lineup!! If you haven't read it yet, take a chance!
traumbooks.com/maej/
(Only $1 now, on ITCH or PAYHIP 🎇)
traumbooks.com/maej/
(Only $1 now, on ITCH or PAYHIP 🎇)
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
o n l y o n e d o l l a r
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MÆJ is 1 year old.
Happy birthday to my preposterous wyrdforsaken novel.
“Unsparingly detailed, rich in history, culture, exotic customs and languages, and every other seasoning possible for the highest of high-fantasy writing.”
—Adrian Howell, author of the Psionic Pentalogy
traumbooks.com/maej/
Happy birthday to my preposterous wyrdforsaken novel.
“Unsparingly detailed, rich in history, culture, exotic customs and languages, and every other seasoning possible for the highest of high-fantasy writing.”
—Adrian Howell, author of the Psionic Pentalogy
traumbooks.com/maej/
October 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
MÆJ is 1 year old.
Happy birthday to my preposterous wyrdforsaken novel.
“Unsparingly detailed, rich in history, culture, exotic customs and languages, and every other seasoning possible for the highest of high-fantasy writing.”
—Adrian Howell, author of the Psionic Pentalogy
traumbooks.com/maej/
Happy birthday to my preposterous wyrdforsaken novel.
“Unsparingly detailed, rich in history, culture, exotic customs and languages, and every other seasoning possible for the highest of high-fantasy writing.”
—Adrian Howell, author of the Psionic Pentalogy
traumbooks.com/maej/
But but but I was told the Invisible Hand of the Free Market will provide customers with products they want and need!
Exclusive: Anthropic spent $2.66 billion on Amazon Web Services in the first three quarters of 2025, around 100% of their estimated revenue. Its costs appear to increase with their revenue, showing little path to profitability.
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
So, I originally planned for this to be on my premium newsletter, but decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked it, please consider subscribing to su...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
But but but I was told the Invisible Hand of the Free Market will provide customers with products they want and need!
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Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
No one who has proposed a "right way" or "ethical way" to use LLMs has ever described a believable use case. Their "right way" always involves plagiarizing the part of the learning/creating process that they consider valueless. 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
No one who has proposed a "right way" or "ethical way" to use LLMs has ever described a believable use case. Their "right way" always involves plagiarizing the part of the learning/creating process that they consider valueless. 🧵