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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
This is a huge crisis that we must do our part on by rejecting generative AI. The more it infiltrates our systems, the more fucked we are over time.
jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 7d
NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.
January 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM
eightmegs.bsky.social
I was messing around with graphical tweaks in the Quake engine with a view to making a walking simulator, but I accidentally overwrote the palette file with a compressed image and I practically tie dyed the game.
January 15, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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wnwagner.bsky.social
Washington friends: Do you want your state to spend $2 billion building a dam on the Chehalis that won't even generate electricity when there are cheaper solutions that won't drown an important salmon-bearing river? Learn more:
wildsalmoncenter.org/projects/che...
Chehalis River - Wild Salmon Center
A proposed dam threatens Washington's Chehalis River. But a more comprehensive approach to restoration would solve salmon habitat and flood problems.
wildsalmoncenter.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
Here's my take on Left Hand of Darkness, btw. orionmagazine.org/article/left...
Landscape, Change, and the Long Road Ahead - Orion Magazine
Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness is a classic for its portrayal of gender, but is it also sometimes, for the modern reader, a climate change parable?
orionmagazine.org
January 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
They speak of justice while ruling through fear. They speak of sovereignty while stealing the vote. They speak of dignity while condemning their own people. I learned that those who insist the most on calling themselves "the good ones" are often the ones most afraid to face themselves. The Maduro regime wraps itself in flags, in anti-imperialist rhetoric, in a false epic where any criticism is labeled as betrayal. They claim to defend Venezuela, yet they stole the people's voice when they refused to respect the elections. That act alone strips away any moral authority. But do not be mistaken. The fact that a tyrant is real does not automatically turn an external aggressor into a savior. The United States does not act out of love for democracy. It acts out of interest. It always has. The language changes, the enemy changes, but the method remains the same: pressure, punishment, displays of power. And as always, the blow is not absorbed by those in power, but by ordinary people. The Venezuelan people are trapped between two narratives that do not represent them. One that oppresses them from within, and another that exploits them from outside. One that claims legitimacy without real elections. Another that claims justice without taking responsibility for the human consequences of its actions. I do not defend Maduro. I point at him. But I also refuse to accept that a global power can appoint itself as a moral judge while its history is written in interventions, sanctions, and broken countries. Pain does not need propaganda. Hunger does not understand geopolitics. Dignity is not imposed with missiles, nor with dictatorships. While some sell themselves as the good ones to justify repression, and others sell themselves as the good ones to justify aggression, the result is always the same: more suffering, more rage, more generations learning that force replaces justice. And once again, pain is inherited.
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
we've all been there
On my way to cry near a lighthouse bumper sticker
January 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM