Xauri'EL Zwaan
@xauriel.satan.social
Lunarpunk Satanist Cyberqueer, Feral Goth Trash Goblin, Speculative Fiction Author, Capitalism Disliker. Ze/zer/zir
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It makes me want to scream and break shit when AI bros openly admit that they're feeding an economic bubble, and that this bubble bursting will be a catastrophe on the order of the GFC at least, but they're continuing to do it because they think they can save themselves by somehow magically […]
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November 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
It makes me want to scream and break shit when AI bros openly admit that they're feeding an economic bubble, and that this bubble bursting will be a catastrophe on the order of the GFC at least, but they're continuing to do it because they think they can save themselves by somehow magically […]
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One of my biggest beefs with Oxford-comma absolutists* is that I frequently see people put commas in places where they are grammatically inappropriate, almost certainly because someone has drilled into their head that items in lists ABSOLUTELY ALWAYS MUST be separated by commas. You are causing […]
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November 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
One of my biggest beefs with Oxford-comma absolutists* is that I frequently see people put commas in places where they are grammatically inappropriate, almost certainly because someone has drilled into their head that items in lists ABSOLUTELY ALWAYS MUST be separated by commas. You are causing […]
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I'm liking the Avatar set so far, but my god the rake on cosmetics this round. Three separate sets of avatars (each with less than the mass avatar drops for Final Fantasy), and 3 separate sets of emotes, one of which is 10K FREAKING GOLD. Yes, I know it has voice lines, but it's fucking EMOTES […]
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November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I'm liking the Avatar set so far, but my god the rake on cosmetics this round. Three separate sets of avatars (each with less than the mass avatar drops for Final Fantasy), and 3 separate sets of emotes, one of which is 10K FREAKING GOLD. Yes, I know it has voice lines, but it's fucking EMOTES […]
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SaskParty supporters drive me fucking mental. They still blame today's NDP for things that happened literal decades ago, yet keep voting for Moe and his insane clown posse despite years of blatant corruption and mismanagement. They even take SaskParty policies and outcomes and attribute them to […]
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November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
SaskParty supporters drive me fucking mental. They still blame today's NDP for things that happened literal decades ago, yet keep voting for Moe and his insane clown posse despite years of blatant corruption and mismanagement. They even take SaskParty policies and outcomes and attribute them to […]
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"You don't have the right to anything that requires you to take something from someone else!" You dillholes never seem to have a problem with the taxes required to pay for road paving, or the fire department, or anything else that serves your personal protection or convenience. But somehow as […]
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November 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"You don't have the right to anything that requires you to take something from someone else!" You dillholes never seem to have a problem with the taxes required to pay for road paving, or the fire department, or anything else that serves your personal protection or convenience. But somehow as […]
Stoicism Bro: You can only control your own reactions to things, including your emotional reactions
Us: Yes, and also virtue is the only thing of value
Stoicism Bro:
Stoicism Bro: Wait, that's not...
Stoicism Bro: (frantically pages through Marcus Aurelias)
Stoicism Bro: Fuck
Us: Yes, and also virtue is the only thing of value
Stoicism Bro:
Stoicism Bro: Wait, that's not...
Stoicism Bro: (frantically pages through Marcus Aurelias)
Stoicism Bro: Fuck
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Stoicism Bro: You can only control your own reactions to things, including your emotional reactions
Us: Yes, and also virtue is the only thing of value
Stoicism Bro:
Stoicism Bro: Wait, that's not...
Stoicism Bro: (frantically pages through Marcus Aurelias)
Stoicism Bro: Fuck
Us: Yes, and also virtue is the only thing of value
Stoicism Bro:
Stoicism Bro: Wait, that's not...
Stoicism Bro: (frantically pages through Marcus Aurelias)
Stoicism Bro: Fuck
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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When I'm asked what kind of friend groups I have:
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
When I'm asked what kind of friend groups I have:
Kevin O'Leary so desperately wants senpai Mamdani to notice him, it's just cringe. Stop trying to make being the next right-wing griftfluencer celebrity happen, Kevin, it's not going to happen
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Kevin O'Leary so desperately wants senpai Mamdani to notice him, it's just cringe. Stop trying to make being the next right-wing griftfluencer celebrity happen, Kevin, it's not going to happen
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Unpopular GenX opinion: learning the weird slang used by the kids these days doesn't have to be difficult and confusing if you don't come to it with an attitude of resentment
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Unpopular GenX opinion: learning the weird slang used by the kids these days doesn't have to be difficult and confusing if you don't come to it with an attitude of resentment
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You hear a lot about Jesus hanging out with "beggars, prostitutes, and tax collectors", and hearing that might make you think "one of these things is not like the others..." The context to that is that in ancient Rome, taxes were collected through a system called "tax farming" in which local […]
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November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
You hear a lot about Jesus hanging out with "beggars, prostitutes, and tax collectors", and hearing that might make you think "one of these things is not like the others..." The context to that is that in ancient Rome, taxes were collected through a system called "tax farming" in which local […]
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A new story has grabbed me by the throat and won't let go. It's an absolutely horrible little thing about an AI grandma and it's probably going to end up in the 3k-4k range, a series of tight vignettes about 300 words each. Exactly what I've been looking for
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A new story has grabbed me by the throat and won't let go. It's an absolutely horrible little thing about an AI grandma and it's probably going to end up in the 3k-4k range, a series of tight vignettes about 300 words each. Exactly what I've been looking for
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I hear the word "fintech" and it just automatically translates in my mind as "unregulated financial products"
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I hear the word "fintech" and it just automatically translates in my mind as "unregulated financial products"
If you don't yet know about it, I'd like to introduce you to InkFoundry. It's a curated archive of free-to-read, paid-publication genre short stories with an AO3-style tag system for discoverability. Check it out; you might just find your new favourite story there!
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November 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
If you don't yet know about it, I'd like to introduce you to InkFoundry. It's a curated archive of free-to-read, paid-publication genre short stories with an AO3-style tag system for discoverability. Check it out; you might just find your new favourite story there!
inkfoundry.net/writer/xauri...
inkfoundry.net/writer/xauri...
I have a new Patron-only post up on Patreon! Subscriptions start at only $5USD/month, which includes immediate access to my exclusive patron discord and free copies of three -- count 'em, THREE -- short ebooks!
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Patron Update: November 2025 | Xauri'EL Zwaan
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November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I have a new Patron-only post up on Patreon! Subscriptions start at only $5USD/month, which includes immediate access to my exclusive patron discord and free copies of three -- count 'em, THREE -- short ebooks!
www.patreon.com/posts/patron...
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I just don't understand people who are down on furries. Can you imagine how rad it would be if people just randomly wore animal costumes around, like as an everyday thing. This is the world that is being taken from us
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I just don't understand people who are down on furries. Can you imagine how rad it would be if people just randomly wore animal costumes around, like as an everyday thing. This is the world that is being taken from us
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One of my GenZ colleagues was defending billionaires to us yesterday and I'm like OK, first off you little business-school bootlicker,
(kidding, I restrained myself. But I am going to have to have a serious talk with that young man about the appropriation of surplus labour value)
(kidding, I restrained myself. But I am going to have to have a serious talk with that young man about the appropriation of surplus labour value)
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
One of my GenZ colleagues was defending billionaires to us yesterday and I'm like OK, first off you little business-school bootlicker,
(kidding, I restrained myself. But I am going to have to have a serious talk with that young man about the appropriation of surplus labour value)
(kidding, I restrained myself. But I am going to have to have a serious talk with that young man about the appropriation of surplus labour value)
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I've been seeing and hearing lots of ads for the provincial lotteries and the local indigenous casinos lately, which tells me they're coming under some serious market pressure from the privately-owned gambling apps that are constantly barraging my ears with podcast ads
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I've been seeing and hearing lots of ads for the provincial lotteries and the local indigenous casinos lately, which tells me they're coming under some serious market pressure from the privately-owned gambling apps that are constantly barraging my ears with podcast ads
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Look, I understand that you can "it's just your opinion" about the quality of AI-generated text or images. Code is different. It's not a matter of taste. Code either works or it doesn't. And every actually computer-savvy person out there is saying that code created by GenAI DOES NOT WORK. All of […]
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November 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Look, I understand that you can "it's just your opinion" about the quality of AI-generated text or images. Code is different. It's not a matter of taste. Code either works or it doesn't. And every actually computer-savvy person out there is saying that code created by GenAI DOES NOT WORK. All of […]
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You can say what you will about the quality of the new Jurassic Park movies but the core plot conceit that capitalists would completely ignore past experiences and keep opening new dinosaur parks even when the last one led to mass death is spot-on
November 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
You can say what you will about the quality of the new Jurassic Park movies but the core plot conceit that capitalists would completely ignore past experiences and keep opening new dinosaur parks even when the last one led to mass death is spot-on
I am never going to knowingly buy a product that includes AI-generated material or is advertised using AI-generated material, full stop. I don't understand why they would think we're so hungry for new "content" that we will accept this junk. I have over 2000 unplayed games in my steam library
I had someone say it was a bad take of me to not want to engage with alot of current media because of it
Yall I have enough dvds, ttrpg books, video AND board games to last me the rest of my life if I really felt like it
Gen ai assholes think we're just gonna forgo quality and morals for slop lmao
Yall I have enough dvds, ttrpg books, video AND board games to last me the rest of my life if I really felt like it
Gen ai assholes think we're just gonna forgo quality and morals for slop lmao
Someone called me a liar for saying I wouldn't buy any new games if every game suddenly had gen AI content in it, as if old games don't exist. These people are Desperate.
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I am never going to knowingly buy a product that includes AI-generated material or is advertised using AI-generated material, full stop. I don't understand why they would think we're so hungry for new "content" that we will accept this junk. I have over 2000 unplayed games in my steam library
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I had someone say it was a bad take of me to not want to engage with alot of current media because of it
Yall I have enough dvds, ttrpg books, video AND board games to last me the rest of my life if I really felt like it
Gen ai assholes think we're just gonna forgo quality and morals for slop lmao
Yall I have enough dvds, ttrpg books, video AND board games to last me the rest of my life if I really felt like it
Gen ai assholes think we're just gonna forgo quality and morals for slop lmao
Someone called me a liar for saying I wouldn't buy any new games if every game suddenly had gen AI content in it, as if old games don't exist. These people are Desperate.
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I had someone say it was a bad take of me to not want to engage with alot of current media because of it
Yall I have enough dvds, ttrpg books, video AND board games to last me the rest of my life if I really felt like it
Gen ai assholes think we're just gonna forgo quality and morals for slop lmao
Yall I have enough dvds, ttrpg books, video AND board games to last me the rest of my life if I really felt like it
Gen ai assholes think we're just gonna forgo quality and morals for slop lmao
"But the leopards weren't supposed to eat *my* face," cries President of the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"But the leopards weren't supposed to eat *my* face," cries President of the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party
Do not use AI to create ghosts of your dead relatives. Do you want a haunted phone, because that's how you get haunted phones
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Do not use AI to create ghosts of your dead relatives. Do you want a haunted phone, because that's how you get haunted phones