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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 19h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 22h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 19h

fantastic

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 19h

is a japanese multi-tailed fox deity a monster or an animal asking for a friend

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 21h

why do some bluetooth devices have so much trouble connecting to one device after it's been connected to another

like i'm sorry i didn't know i would have to go through a ritual forgetting of the device and re-pairing like it cheated on my laptotp with my cell

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 21h

omg it's back, thank god

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Maru 💐 @marureviere.bsky.social · 1d

this has sm meme potential

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 21h

and I have a migraine so I cant even do much 😫

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 22h

the focus on realism in western, English language culture is ruining imaginations and inhibiting artistic expression.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 23h

Internet is out. I'll either be able to focus on things I want to do and feel good about not being distracted or I'll be unable to do anything at all

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 1d

for the 3rd playthrough of Silent Hill f i'm going ot try to cheat slightly less with my mods

but as a treat i'm going to use the mod that removes fox mask's mask

FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 1d

crying at a bunch of people singing a song

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Aug 1

I seriously want to underline this because the real obscenity to me is when people are more invested in destroying artists for making lines and colors on a canvas then they do systematic abuse of the people those artists work for. If it's shiny, pretty, and feels good to you, the outrage isn't there

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Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 2d

The real danger of censorship isn’t just the books we lose today, but the stories that will never be written tomorrow.

When fear silences creativity, we all lose, especially young readers searching for connection, comfort, and truth. Let’s make sure every story still has a chance to be told.

Judy Blume quote: it’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 2d

reminds me of Sandra Melgar, who was convicted of the murder of her husband after he was found stabbed to death and she was found tied up in the closet

FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 3d

🫂🫂

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 3d

watching guys play silent hill f is really frustrating

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 3d

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Here's a treasurE from our archives ;) patreon.com/locus

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 3d

no one knows how to do a good takedown of a successful but shitty book anymore. it's a lost art. 😔

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 3d

just read a review telling people to "be careful" reading this novella, upset that a greek myth retelling didn't warn for on-page cheating

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 3d

i didn't even watch more than 10 minute sof the video because i don't know anythinng about the book itself. but from the way she started i'm not surprised at all.
maybe i should go back and watch her be so passionately wrong

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 3d

slkfa;alsdkfj it was her latest one
i think i've only watched one of hers before but somehow i remembered her name

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 3d

i wonder if this is about the same video i started to watch because i thought an author did something scandalous it would be fun to hear about and it turned out she wrote a topic with less sensitivity than some people would like? 👀

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 3d

okay i ignore them a lot because i'm not actually attracted to male anatomy personally so i have a weird tension between what i find hot in fiction and what characters should realistically do lmao

i don't care so much about how people write sex in fanfic but everyone should learn basic sex ed 😔

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FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 3d

look i love a good "resolve this canon" fic when i'm in the mood. i also love "look at these fucked up people" fic.

but i'm firmly of the camp that fanfic works because canon exists as it is. both need space to be distinct and different as creative expressions.

Sara Hinkley @boneysoups.bsky.social · 3d

Someone at the TVL NYCC panel asked if the writers had considered "solving" the louis-lestat-armand love triangle with a throuple and the response was an emphatic NO (lol) and i have a take brewing that readers/fans are drawn to imagining solutions where writers are more about loving problems

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