Kai Butler
@kaibutlerauthor.bsky.social
Kai Butler, author of MM PNR and UF books. Likes cats and dogs. #mmromance
I know to many this is a taboo topic, but it really encapsulates my feelings on the issue. As I struggle through the early chapters of my new work, I find myself returning to the idea that the struggle is the point.
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"Why I Don't Write with Generative AI" by Jason Sanford
These words aren’t about the tech companies worth billions of dollars or how they created generative AI models by pirating the works of artists and writers without permission or payment. These words a...
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July 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I know to many this is a taboo topic, but it really encapsulates my feelings on the issue. As I struggle through the early chapters of my new work, I find myself returning to the idea that the struggle is the point.
www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...
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Why is this? It's largely because
1) Republicans eliminated tax credits that help pay for health coverage
2) R's set tips, seniors, and overtime provisions to expire in 2029 (the year Trump leaves office), while making permanent cuts for corporations / the wealthy
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
1) Republicans eliminated tax credits that help pay for health coverage
2) R's set tips, seniors, and overtime provisions to expire in 2029 (the year Trump leaves office), while making permanent cuts for corporations / the wealthy
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
May 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Why is this? It's largely because
1) Republicans eliminated tax credits that help pay for health coverage
2) R's set tips, seniors, and overtime provisions to expire in 2029 (the year Trump leaves office), while making permanent cuts for corporations / the wealthy
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
1) Republicans eliminated tax credits that help pay for health coverage
2) R's set tips, seniors, and overtime provisions to expire in 2029 (the year Trump leaves office), while making permanent cuts for corporations / the wealthy
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
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Big local news scoop by @startribune.com: " Target has... never to an inauguration fund until this year. Target’s donation came shortly before the company publicly retreated from its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals."
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April 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Big local news scoop by @startribune.com: " Target has... never to an inauguration fund until this year. Target’s donation came shortly before the company publicly retreated from its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals."
www.startribune.com/target-gave-...
www.startribune.com/target-gave-...
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No, I’m sorry, if you’re telling people posting cat photos is a distraction from the real issues, you’re a Fed and you’re trying to make the movement eat itself.
April 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
No, I’m sorry, if you’re telling people posting cat photos is a distraction from the real issues, you’re a Fed and you’re trying to make the movement eat itself.
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It's all fun and games until …
"Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries."
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"Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries."
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ChatGPT action dolls: What are the concerns?
As online users create Barbie-like dolls of themselves, experts urge caution over AI's energy and data use.
www.bbc.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
It's all fun and games until …
"Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Wait.
So all I have to do to undermine Zuck and Meta a little bit is...talk about a book?
OK
So all I have to do to undermine Zuck and Meta a little bit is...talk about a book?
OK
Careless People and Barbra Streisand | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books Amazon iconAudible iconAutographed iconBook Bub iconBooksprout iconBuy Me a Coffee iconEmail iconFacebook iconGoodreads i...
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
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March 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Wait.
So all I have to do to undermine Zuck and Meta a little bit is...talk about a book?
OK
So all I have to do to undermine Zuck and Meta a little bit is...talk about a book?
OK
Betrothed to the Emperor is available now!
Direct on my site (readerlinks.com/l/4600252) preorder on Amazon (readerlinks.com/l/4600893).
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February 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Betrothed to the Emperor is available now!
Direct on my site (readerlinks.com/l/4600252) preorder on Amazon (readerlinks.com/l/4600893).
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February 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
For sale direct now (readerlinks.com/l/4600252). Preorder up on Amazon.
I can confirm that this works. Just spent half an hour finally getting to talk to a real person, but was able to turn it off and I no longer see the "helpful" prompt offering to summarize a five sentence email for me
OKAY. Here is how to actually turn off Gemini AI for your google workspace!
1) contact google support from admin panel and keep asking for a supervisor/to speak to a person.
2) ask them to enable settings in "Gemini for google workspace"
3) turn it off.
I just did this and it worked.
1) contact google support from admin panel and keep asking for a supervisor/to speak to a person.
2) ask them to enable settings in "Gemini for google workspace"
3) turn it off.
I just did this and it worked.
January 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I can confirm that this works. Just spent half an hour finally getting to talk to a real person, but was able to turn it off and I no longer see the "helpful" prompt offering to summarize a five sentence email for me
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OKAY. Here is how to actually turn off Gemini AI for your google workspace!
1) contact google support from admin panel and keep asking for a supervisor/to speak to a person.
2) ask them to enable settings in "Gemini for google workspace"
3) turn it off.
I just did this and it worked.
1) contact google support from admin panel and keep asking for a supervisor/to speak to a person.
2) ask them to enable settings in "Gemini for google workspace"
3) turn it off.
I just did this and it worked.
January 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
OKAY. Here is how to actually turn off Gemini AI for your google workspace!
1) contact google support from admin panel and keep asking for a supervisor/to speak to a person.
2) ask them to enable settings in "Gemini for google workspace"
3) turn it off.
I just did this and it worked.
1) contact google support from admin panel and keep asking for a supervisor/to speak to a person.
2) ask them to enable settings in "Gemini for google workspace"
3) turn it off.
I just did this and it worked.
Whenever I listen to Sabrina Carpenter's Lie to Girls, I imagine an epic Poker Face fanvid that I will never make.
a woman wearing a hat and sunglasses is holding a bag that says ' fresh ' on it
Alt: A scene from the Peacock TV show Poker face where the main character is wearing a trucker hat and holding a large sub sandwich
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Whenever I listen to Sabrina Carpenter's Lie to Girls, I imagine an epic Poker Face fanvid that I will never make.
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Ah yes, I see it's the time of year when the Philanthropy Industrial Complex (Big P for short) seeds negative stories about Mackenzie Scott because everything about the way she gives money undercuts their entire model...
fortune.com/article/mack...
fortune.com/article/mack...
MacKenzie Scott's game-changing philanthropy still mystifies nonprofits: 'Her gifts are super generous, but unfortunately, they don’t provide long term sustainability'
"What they are saying with trust-based philanthropy is to offer support beyond a check," Indiana University's Pamela Wiepking says, "and that’s typically not what she is doing.”
fortune.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Ah yes, I see it's the time of year when the Philanthropy Industrial Complex (Big P for short) seeds negative stories about Mackenzie Scott because everything about the way she gives money undercuts their entire model...
fortune.com/article/mack...
fortune.com/article/mack...