Liz Thurmond
@countmystars.bsky.social
TV/screen/audio writer, copyeditor, witch. Nerdy shit forever. She/her.
http://www.thurmondediting.com
http://www.thurmondediting.com
I enjoy the fact that there is a type of dog called a “lurcher” and it is not one tenth as ominous as the name suggests.
December 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I enjoy the fact that there is a type of dog called a “lurcher” and it is not one tenth as ominous as the name suggests.
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The courts have ruled multiple times that AI output isn't copyrightable because it has no author meaning:
1) AI writing is public domain. You don't own any of it.
2) You can't be sure that the writing in your piece isn't stolen, because authorship be damned, you are responsible for what you sell.
1) AI writing is public domain. You don't own any of it.
2) You can't be sure that the writing in your piece isn't stolen, because authorship be damned, you are responsible for what you sell.
I can't understand how "writing is my dream job" and "ugh, can't the robot do it?" coexist comfortably inside the same skull, but a lot of people live in cognitive dissonance.
December 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The courts have ruled multiple times that AI output isn't copyrightable because it has no author meaning:
1) AI writing is public domain. You don't own any of it.
2) You can't be sure that the writing in your piece isn't stolen, because authorship be damned, you are responsible for what you sell.
1) AI writing is public domain. You don't own any of it.
2) You can't be sure that the writing in your piece isn't stolen, because authorship be damned, you are responsible for what you sell.
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Has it occurred to anyone else, knowing the internet is undefeated in Benoit Blancing (I mean, they're dumb but plse), they've done this so in the future when a pic they don't like leaks they can point and say, "See you can't trust anything. It could be fake. Like that one time we published a fake."
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Has it occurred to anyone else, knowing the internet is undefeated in Benoit Blancing (I mean, they're dumb but plse), they've done this so in the future when a pic they don't like leaks they can point and say, "See you can't trust anything. It could be fake. Like that one time we published a fake."
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The death of the secret identity is a big part of this. When your hero has a double life, it’s more organic to create a supporting cast around the civilian side.
This is a big thing I think a lot of mainline series have lost - interacting with a non-powered civilian supporting cast, which also is connected to a lot of series just being about a hero or team solely working to protect themselves/feeling in a bubble away from the more mundane world
In comics, you need those moments between big storylines so you can build out the world and feature your supporting cast.
And YES, you need a robust supporting cast. Your hero is nothing without a community to interact with.
And NORMAL people too. You can’t have an entire ensemble of capes!
And YES, you need a robust supporting cast. Your hero is nothing without a community to interact with.
And NORMAL people too. You can’t have an entire ensemble of capes!
December 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The death of the secret identity is a big part of this. When your hero has a double life, it’s more organic to create a supporting cast around the civilian side.
I left a 3/4 full jug of All Free & Clear in the laundry room and somebody stole it.
I hope it was the jackass who uses Gain just so I don’t have to smell that when I walk past the laundry room
I hope it was the jackass who uses Gain just so I don’t have to smell that when I walk past the laundry room
December 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I left a 3/4 full jug of All Free & Clear in the laundry room and somebody stole it.
I hope it was the jackass who uses Gain just so I don’t have to smell that when I walk past the laundry room
I hope it was the jackass who uses Gain just so I don’t have to smell that when I walk past the laundry room
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yall this is so, so funny to me 😂
December 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
yall this is so, so funny to me 😂
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saw cute gingerbread houses!
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
saw cute gingerbread houses!
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“AI used as much water as the water industry this year” is fucking wild
December 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“AI used as much water as the water industry this year” is fucking wild
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Also, Gay Up The Place whenever possible. And befriend cats. But yeah, that covers it.
LIFE RULES:
Insulate your house with books to ward off evil
Oppose the zombie AI apocalypse
Never click on a link to the Daily Mail
Use double the recommended amount of garlic
Always stop to say hi to sheep
And to horses too (but in a fake posh voice)
I think that's more or less everything covered?
Insulate your house with books to ward off evil
Oppose the zombie AI apocalypse
Never click on a link to the Daily Mail
Use double the recommended amount of garlic
Always stop to say hi to sheep
And to horses too (but in a fake posh voice)
I think that's more or less everything covered?
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Also, Gay Up The Place whenever possible. And befriend cats. But yeah, that covers it.
Sometimes Threads is hilarious and sometimes it’s hell.
Today in Hell, a woman asked if she’s being a drama queen because some attendees of her party didn’t order the outfit and didn’t do the task (satin pajamas, and a PowerPoint presentation on what they’ve accomplished this year)
LAST night…
Today in Hell, a woman asked if she’s being a drama queen because some attendees of her party didn’t order the outfit and didn’t do the task (satin pajamas, and a PowerPoint presentation on what they’ve accomplished this year)
LAST night…
December 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sometimes Threads is hilarious and sometimes it’s hell.
Today in Hell, a woman asked if she’s being a drama queen because some attendees of her party didn’t order the outfit and didn’t do the task (satin pajamas, and a PowerPoint presentation on what they’ve accomplished this year)
LAST night…
Today in Hell, a woman asked if she’s being a drama queen because some attendees of her party didn’t order the outfit and didn’t do the task (satin pajamas, and a PowerPoint presentation on what they’ve accomplished this year)
LAST night…
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not a great feeling to know that multiple dudes from my assigned reading at uni are in the Epstein files
December 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
not a great feeling to know that multiple dudes from my assigned reading at uni are in the Epstein files
Widget couldn’t wait for the new mattress to finish expanding to its full size. “Dis mine.”
December 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Widget couldn’t wait for the new mattress to finish expanding to its full size. “Dis mine.”
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Let's remind them what it's like to be caught in public *willimgly* engaging in behavior profiting from damage done to your colleagues. ...Active unfollowing. No more online support. *Digital shunning.*
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Let's remind them what it's like to be caught in public *willimgly* engaging in behavior profiting from damage done to your colleagues. ...Active unfollowing. No more online support. *Digital shunning.*
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AI slop is now DNA deep in academic research and case law. Awesome.
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
AI slop is now DNA deep in academic research and case law. Awesome.
Everyone’s in $$$ loungewear sets in neutrals or pale pink, or in sports bras with leggings that are semi-sheer and involve camel toe, thigh gaps and deliberate wedgies, also in neutrals or pale pink, and I’m stalking the Gap Factory website for them to drop the price of the maroon joggers I want
December 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Everyone’s in $$$ loungewear sets in neutrals or pale pink, or in sports bras with leggings that are semi-sheer and involve camel toe, thigh gaps and deliberate wedgies, also in neutrals or pale pink, and I’m stalking the Gap Factory website for them to drop the price of the maroon joggers I want
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The story seed nobody asked for.
King County warns of toilet rats after record flooding
King County warns of toilet rats after record flooding
Rats could climb up your toilet as a result of recent flooding from atmospheric rivers, King County officials say. Enter "wet rat winter."
www.seattletimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The story seed nobody asked for.
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A script is well-structured, it flows well, the story math checks out, and yet... readers aren’t responding to it. There’s a good chance they’re getting ahead of the story, ‘cuz it’s too predictable. Here’s a quick #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread on ANTICIPATION and SUBVERTING EXPECTATIONS.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A script is well-structured, it flows well, the story math checks out, and yet... readers aren’t responding to it. There’s a good chance they’re getting ahead of the story, ‘cuz it’s too predictable. Here’s a quick #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread on ANTICIPATION and SUBVERTING EXPECTATIONS.
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We all look gnarly with a hyper powered lens on our skin showing pores, follicles, sebum, flakes, etc, with or without makeup.
The choice to use the shot like that was brilliant.
And Pulitzer Worthy as a Resistance Statement, imo.
The choice to use the shot like that was brilliant.
And Pulitzer Worthy as a Resistance Statement, imo.
December 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We all look gnarly with a hyper powered lens on our skin showing pores, follicles, sebum, flakes, etc, with or without makeup.
The choice to use the shot like that was brilliant.
And Pulitzer Worthy as a Resistance Statement, imo.
The choice to use the shot like that was brilliant.
And Pulitzer Worthy as a Resistance Statement, imo.
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When you haven't pissed off your photographer, Vanity Fair does this.
December 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
When you haven't pissed off your photographer, Vanity Fair does this.
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THIS. *They stole your fellow writers' FUCKING HEARTS' BLOOD to power their fancy-ass text-based writer-imitation machine.* You wanna get all NUANCED about that? Your easygoing take on that issue will sooner or later (most likely sooner) be used to steal *your* stuff. Let's see how *you* like it. 🫤
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS. *They stole your fellow writers' FUCKING HEARTS' BLOOD to power their fancy-ass text-based writer-imitation machine.* You wanna get all NUANCED about that? Your easygoing take on that issue will sooner or later (most likely sooner) be used to steal *your* stuff. Let's see how *you* like it. 🫤
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Defending SFWA's take about AI as an author communicates you've used it.
You used it "before anyone told you it was bad" doesn't fly because everyone said it was bad from the get go. You chose to ignore the critics.
Dunno what to say other than sci fi writers would know better, you'd think.
You used it "before anyone told you it was bad" doesn't fly because everyone said it was bad from the get go. You chose to ignore the critics.
Dunno what to say other than sci fi writers would know better, you'd think.
December 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Defending SFWA's take about AI as an author communicates you've used it.
You used it "before anyone told you it was bad" doesn't fly because everyone said it was bad from the get go. You chose to ignore the critics.
Dunno what to say other than sci fi writers would know better, you'd think.
You used it "before anyone told you it was bad" doesn't fly because everyone said it was bad from the get go. You chose to ignore the critics.
Dunno what to say other than sci fi writers would know better, you'd think.
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"The big venture-funded AI companies are machines for taking money from venture capitalists and setting it on fire. The chatbots are just the excuse for them to do that. The companies are simply not sustainable standalone businesses."
‘AI is here to stay’ — is it, though? What do you mean, ‘stay’?
When some huge and stupid public chatbot disaster hits the news, the AI pumpers will Kramer into the mentions to say stuff like “you have to admit, AI is here to stay.” Well, no, I don’t. Not unles…
pivot-to-ai.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"The big venture-funded AI companies are machines for taking money from venture capitalists and setting it on fire. The chatbots are just the excuse for them to do that. The companies are simply not sustainable standalone businesses."
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Start today if you want to read The Dark is Rising on the days the story happens, in the run up to Christmas! Link below to the excellent BBC audio version, if you'd rather listen:
This is a great time to start The Dark is Rising, for anyone who wants to read it when it's set. The BBC audio version is available and great: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... #TheDarkIsReading
BBC Sounds - The Dark Is Rising - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of The Dark Is Rising on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Start today if you want to read The Dark is Rising on the days the story happens, in the run up to Christmas! Link below to the excellent BBC audio version, if you'd rather listen:
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And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
All I want for Christmas (besides $$$) is for someone who isn’t a bigot to come up with a term that means “someone without magical ability” so I have a single word to use to refer to non-pagans when talking to witchy folk AND to refer to people who don’t like genre fiction when talking to writers.
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
All I want for Christmas (besides $$$) is for someone who isn’t a bigot to come up with a term that means “someone without magical ability” so I have a single word to use to refer to non-pagans when talking to witchy folk AND to refer to people who don’t like genre fiction when talking to writers.