Lex
@sigourney-cleaver.bsky.social
I'm a researcher and avid enjoyer of horror books and TTRPGs.
Co-host of the RPG Reanimators gaming podcast https://pnc.st/s/rpg-reanimators
Co-host of the RPG Reanimators gaming podcast https://pnc.st/s/rpg-reanimators
Cancelled my #Spotify account after using it daily for almost 10 years because they refuse to stop posting 🧊 ads. If they can choose to ignore ethics and human decency bc it "doesn't violate their terms of service", I can choose not to give them my money.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Cancelled my #Spotify account after using it daily for almost 10 years because they refuse to stop posting 🧊 ads. If they can choose to ignore ethics and human decency bc it "doesn't violate their terms of service", I can choose not to give them my money.
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Here's how @theguardian.com is reporting on the shutdown. This is how you do it.
![Transcribing reporting from The Guardian:
There are concerns that Trump could use the shutdown to lay off more government employees. The concerns arose because Trump himself said he might do this.
“When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs, so we’d be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected and the Democrats – they’re going to be Democrats,” Trump said on Tuesday.
The 79-year-old president continued to attack the Democratic party, adding: “No country can afford to pay for illegal immigration, healthcare for everybody that comes into the country. And that’s what they are insisting. [Democrats are not insisting on this.] They want open borders. [Democrats don’t.] They want men playing in women’s sports. They want transgender for everybody. [There is no part of the Democratic platform that insists all Americans transition gender.] They never stop. They don’t learn. We won an election in a landslide. [Trump won the popular vote by 1.5%.] They just don’t learn. So we have no choice. I have to do that for the country.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5qftjapjadqjdjzxtqflawvn/bafkreifkzmyf3eomsigtb37wdl4kavz5stx3t6dt4row7xjg7sbbxbvphq@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's how @theguardian.com is reporting on the shutdown. This is how you do it.
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What the Debate Me bros have done is found a way to filibuster the self-evident humanity of a person or group by making it an endless topic of debate.
As Toni said: "None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing."
It's not my job to prove my equality to those who think me inferior
As Toni said: "None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing."
It's not my job to prove my equality to those who think me inferior
The NCGOP will lie right to your face and say they believe in equal rights while actively undermining basic civil rights. Debating them is like playing make-believe. #ncpol
September 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What the Debate Me bros have done is found a way to filibuster the self-evident humanity of a person or group by making it an endless topic of debate.
As Toni said: "None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing."
It's not my job to prove my equality to those who think me inferior
As Toni said: "None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing."
It's not my job to prove my equality to those who think me inferior
Any company that uses those A I voiceovers in their ads just did a terrific job guaranteeing they won't get my business
August 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Any company that uses those A I voiceovers in their ads just did a terrific job guaranteeing they won't get my business
Yesss my @haileypiperfights.bsky.social collection grows! So excited to crack this one open!!
August 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Yesss my @haileypiperfights.bsky.social collection grows! So excited to crack this one open!!
@friede.bsky.social Doing some reflection on terminology, I feel like the word "modules" is very D&D coded compared to "scenarios", or at least as someone primarily involved in horror TTRPGs, I primarily hear "scenarios" being used. Are there any resources you're aware of about this split or usage?
August 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@friede.bsky.social Doing some reflection on terminology, I feel like the word "modules" is very D&D coded compared to "scenarios", or at least as someone primarily involved in horror TTRPGs, I primarily hear "scenarios" being used. Are there any resources you're aware of about this split or usage?
This was a great talk to attend, and I highly recommend giving it a watch/listen. I hope you get to feeling better soon @sarahgailey.bsky.social! 💖
I got to deliver a talk on the history and legacy of the Hays Code and the Comics Code, contemporary censorship efforts, and the necessity of identifying with criminality. You can watch and read the whole thing here:
Read Like a Criminal
Big Gay Read 2025 Keynote Speech
stone-soup.ghost.io
July 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This was a great talk to attend, and I highly recommend giving it a watch/listen. I hope you get to feeling better soon @sarahgailey.bsky.social! 💖
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Teaching AI literacy.
(GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
(GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
July 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Teaching AI literacy.
(GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
(GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)
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I've seen some talk about how we are witnessing the end of the professoriate as we know it and this may be true, but I think it's bigger: it's the decimation of the mission-oriented profession.
Want to make a middle-class living serving the public good? Capitalism doesn't want that for you.
Want to make a middle-class living serving the public good? Capitalism doesn't want that for you.
July 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I've seen some talk about how we are witnessing the end of the professoriate as we know it and this may be true, but I think it's bigger: it's the decimation of the mission-oriented profession.
Want to make a middle-class living serving the public good? Capitalism doesn't want that for you.
Want to make a middle-class living serving the public good? Capitalism doesn't want that for you.
Mulling on gen AI and is this the first example of the Diffusion of Innovations theory bell curve reversing on itself? Many early adopters seemingly realized its capped potential & dangers as the diffusion passed into the "late majority" phase while the tech is blindly fueled by capitalist greed
July 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Mulling on gen AI and is this the first example of the Diffusion of Innovations theory bell curve reversing on itself? Many early adopters seemingly realized its capped potential & dangers as the diffusion passed into the "late majority" phase while the tech is blindly fueled by capitalist greed
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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"Men who sell machines that mimic people want us to become people who mimic machines. They want techno feudal subjects who will believe and do what they’re told. We, as people, are being strategically simplified. This is a fascist process."
organizingmythoughts.org/some-thought...
organizingmythoughts.org/some-thought...
Some Thoughts on Techno-Fascism From Socialism 2025
"This is the endgame of our isolation."
organizingmythoughts.org
July 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"Men who sell machines that mimic people want us to become people who mimic machines. They want techno feudal subjects who will believe and do what they’re told. We, as people, are being strategically simplified. This is a fascist process."
organizingmythoughts.org/some-thought...
organizingmythoughts.org/some-thought...
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
There should be a personality test based around how many of X items you would pack for a Y day trip.
Q: You are going out of town for a 2 night driving trip. How many books should you pack?
A. 0, I have my phone
B. 1, I might be able to finish it in that time
C. At least 3, plus my eReader
Q: You are going out of town for a 2 night driving trip. How many books should you pack?
A. 0, I have my phone
B. 1, I might be able to finish it in that time
C. At least 3, plus my eReader
July 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There should be a personality test based around how many of X items you would pack for a Y day trip.
Q: You are going out of town for a 2 night driving trip. How many books should you pack?
A. 0, I have my phone
B. 1, I might be able to finish it in that time
C. At least 3, plus my eReader
Q: You are going out of town for a 2 night driving trip. How many books should you pack?
A. 0, I have my phone
B. 1, I might be able to finish it in that time
C. At least 3, plus my eReader
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Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a keynote speech at the Locus awards. You can view the speech and read the full text here.
stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/
stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/
Hammer Speech
Last night, I got to stand up in front of the audience at the Locus Awards ceremony. I wound up presenting the Locus Award for Best Short Story (congratulations, Isabel J. Kim!) – but first, I deliver...
stone-soup.ghost.io
June 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a keynote speech at the Locus awards. You can view the speech and read the full text here.
stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/
stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/
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Every day I wake up and check the news to see if it's The Big Day. I can't wait for The Big Day!!
February 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Every day I wake up and check the news to see if it's The Big Day. I can't wait for The Big Day!!
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Someone in the replies called this doordash for bears and I can't stop laughing
"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
AllTrails launches AI route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members
One of the world’s most popular hiking apps has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers sa...
www.nationalobserver.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Someone in the replies called this doordash for bears and I can't stop laughing
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QUEEN OF TEETH: Woman + a vagina monster growing in her + woman from the company at fault who hunts them = threesome 🦷😈
ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT: Toxic sapphic vampire ruins everything 🫀
A GAME IN YELLOW: Sapphic couple meets third woman for BDSM using a cursed mind-altering play as a sex toy 💛
ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT: Toxic sapphic vampire ruins everything 🫀
A GAME IN YELLOW: Sapphic couple meets third woman for BDSM using a cursed mind-altering play as a sex toy 💛
June 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
QUEEN OF TEETH: Woman + a vagina monster growing in her + woman from the company at fault who hunts them = threesome 🦷😈
ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT: Toxic sapphic vampire ruins everything 🫀
A GAME IN YELLOW: Sapphic couple meets third woman for BDSM using a cursed mind-altering play as a sex toy 💛
ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT: Toxic sapphic vampire ruins everything 🫀
A GAME IN YELLOW: Sapphic couple meets third woman for BDSM using a cursed mind-altering play as a sex toy 💛
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Given the news out of SCOTUS today about healthcare for trans kids in Tennessee, now is the time to support orgs doing good:
Trans Youth Emergency Project: southernequality.app.neoncrm.com/forms/60
Transgender Law Center: transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
OUTMemphis: www.outmemphis.org/donate
Trans Youth Emergency Project: southernequality.app.neoncrm.com/forms/60
Transgender Law Center: transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
OUTMemphis: www.outmemphis.org/donate
Craft Fair for Trans kids - Donate to TYEP
Thank you for supporting the Campaign for Southern Equality's Trans Youth Emergency Project via the Our Flag Means Death Craft Fair!
Your donation helps families of transgender youth nationwide navig...
southernequality.app.neoncrm.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Given the news out of SCOTUS today about healthcare for trans kids in Tennessee, now is the time to support orgs doing good:
Trans Youth Emergency Project: southernequality.app.neoncrm.com/forms/60
Transgender Law Center: transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
OUTMemphis: www.outmemphis.org/donate
Trans Youth Emergency Project: southernequality.app.neoncrm.com/forms/60
Transgender Law Center: transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
OUTMemphis: www.outmemphis.org/donate
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This lawsuit is brutal. One of the exhibits is the letter Universal sent to Midjourney, including a quote from a 2022 Forbes interview that I bet midjourney regrets
June 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This lawsuit is brutal. One of the exhibits is the letter Universal sent to Midjourney, including a quote from a 2022 Forbes interview that I bet midjourney regrets
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A good percentage of my friends are conservative. That percentage is 0, which is a good percentage of conservative friends to have
June 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A good percentage of my friends are conservative. That percentage is 0, which is a good percentage of conservative friends to have
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This is 100% my philosophy too.
I'll always prefer to make weird stuff I love, for a small group of weirdos, over twisting me and my work into unnatural shapes for mass appeal.
You really don't need millions of followers to make a living as a creative, just like ~500-1000 folk who always show up.
I'll always prefer to make weird stuff I love, for a small group of weirdos, over twisting me and my work into unnatural shapes for mass appeal.
You really don't need millions of followers to make a living as a creative, just like ~500-1000 folk who always show up.
these two posts have been my guiding star as far as audience size:
June 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is 100% my philosophy too.
I'll always prefer to make weird stuff I love, for a small group of weirdos, over twisting me and my work into unnatural shapes for mass appeal.
You really don't need millions of followers to make a living as a creative, just like ~500-1000 folk who always show up.
I'll always prefer to make weird stuff I love, for a small group of weirdos, over twisting me and my work into unnatural shapes for mass appeal.
You really don't need millions of followers to make a living as a creative, just like ~500-1000 folk who always show up.
Just finished Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud.
The wild setting threw me for a loop at first, but was difficult to put down once the story got going. A dark and surreal cascade of spiderwebs tickling my brain that ended in an interesting and horrific cascade. 5 out of 5🕸️s
The wild setting threw me for a loop at first, but was difficult to put down once the story got going. A dark and surreal cascade of spiderwebs tickling my brain that ended in an interesting and horrific cascade. 5 out of 5🕸️s
June 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just finished Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud.
The wild setting threw me for a loop at first, but was difficult to put down once the story got going. A dark and surreal cascade of spiderwebs tickling my brain that ended in an interesting and horrific cascade. 5 out of 5🕸️s
The wild setting threw me for a loop at first, but was difficult to put down once the story got going. A dark and surreal cascade of spiderwebs tickling my brain that ended in an interesting and horrific cascade. 5 out of 5🕸️s
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New in PN: Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age"
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age"
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control."
www.publicnotice.co
June 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New in PN: Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age"
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social