Z. M. Wilmot
@zmwilmot.com
SFF writer, tin whistler, bodhranist, juggler, errant sociologist, and staunch advocate for the Oxford comma.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
Snow hits differently when your partner drives a plow.
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Snow hits differently when your partner drives a plow.
Wow. Just finished Ann Leckie's Raven Tower. I was unsure of it at first, but then it got so good.
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Wow. Just finished Ann Leckie's Raven Tower. I was unsure of it at first, but then it got so good.
A moment of silence for the last box of pre-new recipe Annie's shells I ate yesterday. I'll miss them.
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A moment of silence for the last box of pre-new recipe Annie's shells I ate yesterday. I'll miss them.
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I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
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Dear Google,
Stop suggesting your AI nonsense to me. I do not want it. I have never wanted it, and never will. The suggestions are disruptive and enraging and make me want to never use your services again. Just because you sunk your fortunes into AI slop doesn't mean we have to use it.
Love,
Us.
Stop suggesting your AI nonsense to me. I do not want it. I have never wanted it, and never will. The suggestions are disruptive and enraging and make me want to never use your services again. Just because you sunk your fortunes into AI slop doesn't mean we have to use it.
Love,
Us.
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Dear Google,
Stop suggesting your AI nonsense to me. I do not want it. I have never wanted it, and never will. The suggestions are disruptive and enraging and make me want to never use your services again. Just because you sunk your fortunes into AI slop doesn't mean we have to use it.
Love,
Us.
Stop suggesting your AI nonsense to me. I do not want it. I have never wanted it, and never will. The suggestions are disruptive and enraging and make me want to never use your services again. Just because you sunk your fortunes into AI slop doesn't mean we have to use it.
Love,
Us.
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If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
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Incredible to see our Dem leaders pass a resolution condemning socialism while our greatest socialist mayor hasn't even been sworn in and has already gotten the president to admit to being a fascist
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Incredible to see our Dem leaders pass a resolution condemning socialism while our greatest socialist mayor hasn't even been sworn in and has already gotten the president to admit to being a fascist
I think the sequels to the original Rayman actually detracted from the amazing creativity of the first.
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I think the sequels to the original Rayman actually detracted from the amazing creativity of the first.
Am I one of the lonely few who thinks the original #Rayman game is the best by far? Like, I don't even think the others are comparable.
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Am I one of the lonely few who thinks the original #Rayman game is the best by far? Like, I don't even think the others are comparable.
Playing through #Silksong again and... I think it's actually easier than #HollowKnight.
October 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Playing through #Silksong again and... I think it's actually easier than #HollowKnight.
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hiromu arakawa the woman that you are
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
hiromu arakawa the woman that you are
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I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
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This is fantastic.
It is much bigger than one election in NYC.
It is much bigger than one election in NYC.
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is fantastic.
It is much bigger than one election in NYC.
It is much bigger than one election in NYC.
And now, my favorite #Silksong bosses: 5. Lace; 4. TROBBIO! (normal and tormented) 3. Karmelita; 2. Lost Lace; 1. First Sinner. Honorable mentions: Widow, Phantom, GMS, Nyleth.
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
And now, my favorite #Silksong bosses: 5. Lace; 4. TROBBIO! (normal and tormented) 3. Karmelita; 2. Lost Lace; 1. First Sinner. Honorable mentions: Widow, Phantom, GMS, Nyleth.
Finished #Silksong, 100%. Loved it more than #HollowKnight. Very hard, but... not harder than Hollow Knight? I believe we may have collectively forgotten how hard Hollow Knight was when it first came out.
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Finished #Silksong, 100%. Loved it more than #HollowKnight. Very hard, but... not harder than Hollow Knight? I believe we may have collectively forgotten how hard Hollow Knight was when it first came out.
I had forgotten how addictive the initial exploration of #HollowKnight was. #Silksong, I think, exceeds the original in that regard.
September 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I had forgotten how addictive the initial exploration of #HollowKnight was. #Silksong, I think, exceeds the original in that regard.
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign shows how Left-led coalitions can expand the electorate and bring in centrists without adopting centrist politics.
@daniarajendra.bsky.social and @rvilkomerson.bsky.social report
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
@daniarajendra.bsky.social and @rvilkomerson.bsky.social report
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
How Zohran Mamdani Achieved Escape Velocity from Politics as Usual
An optimistic, disciplined Left can draw centrists into the coalition—by rejecting their politics.
inthesetimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign shows how Left-led coalitions can expand the electorate and bring in centrists without adopting centrist politics.
@daniarajendra.bsky.social and @rvilkomerson.bsky.social report
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
@daniarajendra.bsky.social and @rvilkomerson.bsky.social report
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
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This article is everything we need right now. Acts of resistance matter and they add up, no matter how small they feel.
“It might be that all we can do right now is to harass and document ICE’s goons as they try to kidnap and abduct people from our block, or courthouse, or house of worship.” 1/3
“It might be that all we can do right now is to harass and document ICE’s goons as they try to kidnap and abduct people from our block, or courthouse, or house of worship.” 1/3
On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance
At a moment when large-scale resistance can feel futile,
there are other ways to oppose, engage, and fight back.
www.thenation.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This article is everything we need right now. Acts of resistance matter and they add up, no matter how small they feel.
“It might be that all we can do right now is to harass and document ICE’s goons as they try to kidnap and abduct people from our block, or courthouse, or house of worship.” 1/3
“It might be that all we can do right now is to harass and document ICE’s goons as they try to kidnap and abduct people from our block, or courthouse, or house of worship.” 1/3
In honor of the imminent #Silksong, I decided to finally beat the Radiance. Not nearly as difficult as I remember it being when I initially played #HollowKnight and said "Nah, I don't feel the need to beat her."
August 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
In honor of the imminent #Silksong, I decided to finally beat the Radiance. Not nearly as difficult as I remember it being when I initially played #HollowKnight and said "Nah, I don't feel the need to beat her."