Micah Dean Hicks
@micahdeanhicks.com
Author. NEA Fellow. New book VULTURE GOLD coming 2026! Lover of stories and story games. He/Him. Never AI.
Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.
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Micah Dean Hicks
@micahdeanhicks.com
· Oct 16
I have a new story, "Dirge and Gleam," up today at @lightspeedmagazine.com!
Queer wizard school, ghosts, and a terrifying spider girl who just might be lonely.
There's also a short interview and an audio version.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dirg...
Queer wizard school, ghosts, and a terrifying spider girl who just might be lonely.
There's also a short interview and an audio version.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dirg...
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Time to look into your settings, folks.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Time to look into your settings, folks.
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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// Greebles are psychology's best creatures, so you know I had to turn them into flesh :)
Read more about them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble...
Then, tag yourself:
Read more about them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble...
Then, tag yourself:
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
// Greebles are psychology's best creatures, so you know I had to turn them into flesh :)
Read more about them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble...
Then, tag yourself:
Read more about them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble...
Then, tag yourself:
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My favorite neurotoxin is conotoxin, produced by cone snails.
It's interesting because there's not one conotoxin, it's a whole damn cocktail that fucks with sodium and potassium and calcium channels simultaneously, evolved to be absurdly broad spectrum.
If it has nerves, the cone snail can kill it
It's interesting because there's not one conotoxin, it's a whole damn cocktail that fucks with sodium and potassium and calcium channels simultaneously, evolved to be absurdly broad spectrum.
If it has nerves, the cone snail can kill it
May 31, 2024 at 5:55 AM
My favorite neurotoxin is conotoxin, produced by cone snails.
It's interesting because there's not one conotoxin, it's a whole damn cocktail that fucks with sodium and potassium and calcium channels simultaneously, evolved to be absurdly broad spectrum.
If it has nerves, the cone snail can kill it
It's interesting because there's not one conotoxin, it's a whole damn cocktail that fucks with sodium and potassium and calcium channels simultaneously, evolved to be absurdly broad spectrum.
If it has nerves, the cone snail can kill it
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We are going Super Social Justice Blue Hair and Pronouns. We are calling things "gay" and "queer" as compliments and honorifics. We are proudly being buzzkills and harpies and feminine and vegan and giving a sincere fucking shit about the environment and climate and well-being of the community.
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We are going Super Social Justice Blue Hair and Pronouns. We are calling things "gay" and "queer" as compliments and honorifics. We are proudly being buzzkills and harpies and feminine and vegan and giving a sincere fucking shit about the environment and climate and well-being of the community.
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@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social just passed away. What a heartbreaking loss. And a reminder of how important Teen Vogue was.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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A baby girl was pepper-sprayed in the face by Department of Homeland Security agents as her parents drove her home from a weekend family shopping trip.
Baby Pepper-Sprayed by DHS Thugs During Family Grocery Trip
Parents say an agent fired an irritant from a moving car.
trib.al
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A baby girl was pepper-sprayed in the face by Department of Homeland Security agents as her parents drove her home from a weekend family shopping trip.
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Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL
The boyfriend of a friend of my son's has spent several weeks in a psych ward due to Chat GPT induced psychosis. He isn't suicidal but AI encouraged him down a toxic and paranoid wormhole until he became completely delusional. Evil stuff.
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL
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I just backed Apocalypse World: Burned Over on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I just backed Apocalypse World: Burned Over on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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A cool Interesting Times topic would be "We Put Ross Douthat Into One of Those Drive-Thru Tubes at the Bank, and this is the Sound it Made When We Pushed the Button"
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A cool Interesting Times topic would be "We Put Ross Douthat Into One of Those Drive-Thru Tubes at the Bank, and this is the Sound it Made When We Pushed the Button"
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you gotta draw or the bad people will win
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
you gotta draw or the bad people will win
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"Higher[ed] aims to create cognitively mature adults, which in turn requires us to ensure students learn to read, think and write all on their own. It is easier than we think: Creating tech-free spaces and incentivizing students to spend time in them requires no new resources. All it takes is will."
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Higher[ed] aims to create cognitively mature adults, which in turn requires us to ensure students learn to read, think and write all on their own. It is easier than we think: Creating tech-free spaces and incentivizing students to spend time in them requires no new resources. All it takes is will."
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dipping my phone in the crockpot now, lick your screens taste the soup
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
dipping my phone in the crockpot now, lick your screens taste the soup
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OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
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I want genAI to die. I want this AI trend to die. I want features like photo filters to go back to being called what they are and not AI. I want real art to feel valuable and real artists to be valued. I want photography and filmmaking and art and design and I want voice acting and editing. Not bots
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I want genAI to die. I want this AI trend to die. I want features like photo filters to go back to being called what they are and not AI. I want real art to feel valuable and real artists to be valued. I want photography and filmmaking and art and design and I want voice acting and editing. Not bots
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We are hiring 3 tenure-track Creative Writing assistant professors (2 fiction, 1 poetry) here at UCF. jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor, Creative Writing - Orlando, Florida, United States
The Opportunity:The College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for 3 tenure-earning, 9-month, assistant professors to teach Creative Writing (...
jobs.ucf.edu
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We are hiring 3 tenure-track Creative Writing assistant professors (2 fiction, 1 poetry) here at UCF. jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/assista...
I have a new story, "Dirge and Gleam," up today at @lightspeedmagazine.com!
Queer wizard school, ghosts, and a terrifying spider girl who just might be lonely.
There's also a short interview and an audio version.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dirg...
Queer wizard school, ghosts, and a terrifying spider girl who just might be lonely.
There's also a short interview and an audio version.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dirg...
October 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I have a new story, "Dirge and Gleam," up today at @lightspeedmagazine.com!
Queer wizard school, ghosts, and a terrifying spider girl who just might be lonely.
There's also a short interview and an audio version.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dirg...
Queer wizard school, ghosts, and a terrifying spider girl who just might be lonely.
There's also a short interview and an audio version.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dirg...
This is wild and sweet, and it might make you feel better about making art, even imperfect art that hasn't found an audience yet.
Some teenagers in the 90s make a record in their garage, then go their separate ways. Decades later, someone finds their old album, puts it online, and they blow up.
Some teenagers in the 90s make a record in their garage, then go their separate ways. Decades later, someone finds their old album, puts it online, and they blow up.
Why This Nineties High School Punk Band Is Suddenly Bigger Than Ever
Everyone Asked About You broke up and went about their lives.
Nearly three decades later, they're touring the U.S. thanks to some Japanese fans unearthing their old teenage music.
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Everyone Asked About You broke up and went about their lives.
Nearly three decades later, they're touring the U.S. thanks to some Japanese fans unearthing their old teenage music.
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is wild and sweet, and it might make you feel better about making art, even imperfect art that hasn't found an audience yet.
Some teenagers in the 90s make a record in their garage, then go their separate ways. Decades later, someone finds their old album, puts it online, and they blow up.
Some teenagers in the 90s make a record in their garage, then go their separate ways. Decades later, someone finds their old album, puts it online, and they blow up.
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Why This Nineties High School Punk Band Is Suddenly Bigger Than Ever
Everyone Asked About You broke up and went about their lives.
Nearly three decades later, they're touring the U.S. thanks to some Japanese fans unearthing their old teenage music.
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Everyone Asked About You broke up and went about their lives.
Nearly three decades later, they're touring the U.S. thanks to some Japanese fans unearthing their old teenage music.
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
October 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Why This Nineties High School Punk Band Is Suddenly Bigger Than Ever
Everyone Asked About You broke up and went about their lives.
Nearly three decades later, they're touring the U.S. thanks to some Japanese fans unearthing their old teenage music.
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Everyone Asked About You broke up and went about their lives.
Nearly three decades later, they're touring the U.S. thanks to some Japanese fans unearthing their old teenage music.
Feature: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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i don’t do this often but some good folks are dealing with some serious medical bills and could use your support if you have a few dollars to spare. thank you!
Donate to Help a Beautiful Little Girl After a Traumatic Dog Attack, organized by Alfred McGuire
Help a Beautiful Little Girl Heal After a Traumatic Dog Attac… Alfred McGuire needs your support for Help a Beautiful Little Girl After a Traumatic Dog Attack
www.gofundme.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
i don’t do this often but some good folks are dealing with some serious medical bills and could use your support if you have a few dollars to spare. thank you!
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books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip
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no quarter given lmao
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
no quarter given lmao