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the idea slumlord✨
@mollytanzer.bsky.social
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Award-winning author of novels and short stories, including the official Jirel of Joiry revival “Jirel and the Mirror of Truth.” S-tier manga adaptrix, GenAI/LLM disliker. Abolish ICE. (she/her)

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the idea slumlord✨ @mollytanzer.bsky.social · Nov 12
Oh wait what’s this!
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ernie.tedium.co
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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spacethey.gay
my wife, she just told me she's poly... poly not gonna sleep with me no more! no respect i tell ya
Rodney Dangerfield, an older white man with bugged out eyes, is wearing a black suit and red tie, and is on a stage performing stand up comedy
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
I've been skeptical about the stories of "BlueSky scolds" but the level of finger-wagging over people feeling a modicum of enjoyment re: the bonkers meeting between Trump and Mamdani...come on. It's not doing a bamboozle on us. You're not seeing the Real Truth we're blind to. We're just goofin'
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
Entirely true!!
budbuddyguy.bsky.social 🧟Zombuddy🧟‍♂️ @budbuddyguy.bsky.social · 12h
I'm sick of this psyop that turkey sucks. I can only assume it derives from Big Ham. Oh, turkey is too dry? Learn how to brine properly, put some gravy on it, go for the dark meat. BuT iT's ToO bLaNd! Any protein can be too bland if you're balls at cooking it!
nameshiv.bsky.social Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 13h
One side effect of half the world being in the throes of a fascist takeover is that comments like "turkey sucks" that used to lead to a 4 hour slapfight and approximately 135 blocks are now met with "well thats just like your opinion man" and thats progress
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
Not me thinking “hmmmmm what could Jirel do that would make Conan this mad…” 🤔
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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sadvil.bsky.social
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?

We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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bbolander.bsky.social
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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maureenjohnsonbooks.com
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
Sure. Why not
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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adamchristopher.me
Anyway time to post this again.

AI is a tool of fascism.
Batman breaking a rifle in half from a 1986 comic. The rifle has a label "AI (even if you're making fun of it)" and Batman is saying "This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it."
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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andrewsfuller.com
Signed copies of my book Constellations of Ruin at the wonderful Broadway Books in Portland, if you want to read stories about octopus missions, dancing houses, fungal marathons, living islands, multiple ends of the world, salmon spirits, and more.
A stack of books Constellations of Ruin, with more books in the background.
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.

We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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eekhaut.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
And Side by Side They Wander is now up on NetGalley and on Goodreads! GR is bad etc etc but it does help authors if you indicate you "want to read" their forthcoming books. So feel free to hop on over and let the algo know, and if you do NetGalley, well, feel free to request it!
And Side by Side They Wander
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
One of the reasons Hellboy 2 was no good 👇
saracentury.bsky.social Sara Century @saracentury.bsky.social · 2d
Environmentalist in a movie: We want to save the Earth...
Protagonist: Sounds cool...
Environmentalist in a movie: ...by killing all the people AHAHA!
Protagonist: Oh now that's just too far.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
Sometimes, when I’m feeling down, I stop and remind myself that season 4 of the CW’s “bras and torsos delivery service” show Riverdale was an elaborate send-up of The Secret History, and I don’t feel so alone anymore.
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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asherelbein.bsky.social
I cosign every single word of this

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I do understand: you want permission. There’s a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don’t look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn’t notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don’t need me to believe it’s useful, you just want me to be polite about it. But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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roxiqt.com
This might be an unpopular opinion but what this baby seal is doing is very special to me, personally.
screenshot of a YouTube video still of a chubby baby seal laying on the snow with the caption "In the glittering backlight, a fat baby seal is doing nothing special."
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
This is what integrity looks like. "Do it for all of us, or don't do it at all." Let's hope the folks who bought our legacy magazines are shamed into better behavior and we won't have to consider them scoundrels any longer.
scottedelman.bsky.social Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 4d
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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samiraahmed.bsky.social
Dems rushing to welcome MTG into our big tent where the fuck were you when Mamdani was running? Because only one of them was screaming about Jewish space lasers and embracing white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
o no
melissagiragrant.com Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 5d
writers! do not date writers
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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jamellebouie.net
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
greatunclebob.bsky.social Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 5d
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
SFF's contributions are so embarrassing, but I guess it's all pretty embarrassing. Some of these I never saw, and they missed a few that were maybe too niche/genre (FanFicGate; The Hugos: By Raytheon!; Let's All Melt Down About Cozy Horror), but this is FANTASTIC:
What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket
We are gathered here to celebrate the brief, bright, Roman Candle life of Literary Twitter, a mesmerizing and maddening place where the most talented writers used to rub shoulders with the most unb…
lithub.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
I remember saying during the 2016 election that while I don't think Trump has eaten human flesh, given his fastidiousness, I'm 100% certain he's been in a room where human flesh was being eaten.
ejacobslaw.com Ethan Jacobs 🇺🇦 @ejacobslaw.com · Jul 27
Trump is so panicked he must have killed and eaten several children on Epstein Island.
November 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
mollytanzer.bsky.social
I got snipped at the last time I went off on Trope Derangement Syndrome…but every time I see one of those graphics I get incredibly sad for my profession. Art is more than the sum of its TV Tropes tags! Our work is not “content!!” Let us not go gentle into that extremely online night!!!
indrapramitdas.bsky.social Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 6d
I get why authors are compelled to do it, but few things make me want to read a book/story less than those tropelist pointing to the book marketing banners. I really wish they'd go away, but I guess they Do work as a marketing tactic on more people than they're off-putting to.
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM