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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 15h

I think this is where a term like “queer” is very useful. It avoids putting historical people into specific categories that we can’t know they fit into.

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 17h

It’s exactly what you think it is: people forgetting bisexuality is an option. At the time, “sexuality” wasn’t really a concept, so you’re not going to find contemporary sources spelling it out like that. But if you’re going to use the term, yeah, you should really consider all the options.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 23h

Truly this is the “hold my beer” level of S-tier P&P retellings — took about three pages to get me from the classic “ugh, that horrible little Collins man” to “I would lay down my life for him”

Lee Welch @leewelchwriter.bsky.social · 1d

* audiobook giveaway * The audiobook of my m/m romance Pride and Prejudice retelling MR COLLINS IN LOVE is out today from Tantor Audio, read by the amazing Joel Leslie. To win a free Audible download code, repost this post and I'll pick a winner in about 12 hours.

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Audiobook cover of Mr Collins in Love by Lee Welch, read by Joel Leslie and published by RB Media. Cover is green, with ferns, white potato flowers and red raspberries, also a blackbird in flight and a horse and gig.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 22h

To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.

YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 23h

Fish sauce. sextonscottage.com/products/swo...

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🪦"Pushing Up" Daisy 🥀 @daisyfm.net · 2d

What if corporations talked about other things we don't want the same way they talk about AI?

"Poisonous mushrooms are here to stay, so here's 10 delicious poisonous mushroom recipes!"

"Mosquitoes are here to stay, so our new line of laptops are filled with live mosquitoes!"

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Michel Lacombe @michellacombe.bsky.social · 4d

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 5d

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing thread! I especially like the Canadians showing up to say, “Well first of all, the bagel has to come from St-Viateur…” 😂 I mean, they’re not wrong.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 7d

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A Spirit Halloween costume called "Former Gifted Child." It's empty. Nothing included. When people ask, "What are you supposed to be?" Just Reply, "I was supposed to be a lot of things."

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 7d

Generative AI, in both form and content, and whether looked on favourably or critically, seems to embody a collective hopelessness about the prospect of human learning and creativity, if not human knowledge altogether. It’s as if climate change had fans.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 7d

In ponds, pools and rivers, Stay Belows feel the cooling, notice the littering of acorns and leaves upon the surface. We feel the first chill as desire for gloves, hug of sweater. They feel it as a hunger. An instinct for one final feast before taking to the mud for the long sleep of winter.

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 7d

I think he means his third mom…

AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · 7d

Dude posted this saying his daughter will be his "second mom" thinking this is a positive message about little girls. 😒

pregnant woman asks her husband: "What are you expecting, a boy or a girl?" "

The husband replies: "If it's a boy, I'll teach him math, we'll work out together, teach him how to fish, etc." "

The woman, laughing, asks: "What if it's a girl?" "

The husband smiles and says, "If it's a girl, I won't have to teach her anything." She will teach me everything: how to dress, how to eat, what to say and what not to say. Very soon, she'll become like a second mom to me, and even without doing anything special, she'll always consider me as her hero. She'll understand when I tell her no and she'll still compare her future husband to me. No matter how old she gets, she will always want me to treat her like my little princess. She'll fight for me against the world, and if anyone hurts me, she'll never forgive them. "

The woman, a little intrigued, asks: "You mean your daughter would do all this, but not your son?" "

The husband says, "No, no! My son could do this too, but he will have to learn

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 7d

I was a world-class procrastinator in university (I still am, tbh), but it didn’t make me cheat on assignments, which is what using AI is.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 7d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 7d

Newfoundland. (I’m not from there, but my mom is, so I grew up pronouncing it correctly.)

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 7d

You’re supposed to be able to fit many little tents inside your big tent, I think.

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David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 8d

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 10d

I'm sorry, but for budget reasons, your chariot to the afterlife is scheduled to be pulled by a chicken.

Small votive dedication to Hades showing a man in a chariot and, sorry, a chicken. With greek inscription.

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 10d

So this is one kind of AI (Adobe’s prediction software) hyping another kind of AI. But only one of them is making money off of this scenario.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 10d

AI-assisted online shopping is still booming, new U.S. holiday e-commerce forecast shows.

Adobe predicts AI-assisted online shopping to grow 520% during the 2025 U.S. holiday season | TechCrunch

AI-assisted online shopping is still booming, new U.S. holiday e-commerce forecast shows.

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Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 11d

[holding my phone in my hand and opening a social media app to make a post] i would simply resist the cursed amulet's tempting whispers of power and infamy

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11d

Explaining to my wife that I cannot simply “read the books I’ve already bought and haven’t read” like some kind of peasant.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 12d

Today's artist w/out a known birthday: Luis Egidio Meléndez, brilliant still-life painter from Madrid. Also quite able in other areas, as displayed in his self-portrait w/ an academic drawing, 1747. Plus Historical Hottie du jour!

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EAC Ceramics @eacummins.bsky.social · 11d

I was very lucky this morning to capture on video one of the juvenile pots venturing out into the art studio for the first time. As you can see It’s still a bit skittish and has a lot of growing up to do before it can join the other pots on display. #pottery #art #ceramics #ceramicart

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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 11d

If you're looking for a spooky read this October, my entire Sacred Dark trilogy is dripping with gothic drama, featuring three queer romances about witches, shifters, and ghosts.

Buy the series: tinyurl.com/j2jjvucx
Book pages: www.maypetersonbooks.com/books/

Lord of the Last Heartbeat, by May Peterson. Cover depicts a cyan flower blooming through silver chains.

The Immortal City, by May Peterson. Cover depicts a mountain city in violet and blue tones.

The Calyx Charm, by May Peterson. Cover depicts a smiling young trans woman with flowing red hair and violet eyes, surrounding by swirling violet magic.

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