Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
librarian, archivist, historian, author, Ignyte award-winning & Hugo-nominated writer and critic, rat obsessive, hella queer
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A queer Black librarian, local historian, writer, and author. They write about speculative fiction and young adult literature for Tor.com and Locus Magazine, as well as on their blog, bookjockeyalex.c...
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Greetings new followers! I'm a high school librarian and book critic specializing in speculative fiction. I'm also a historian and archivist who has written two books on marginalized history in California. Also do some sensitivity/authenticity reading. Link in profile.
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Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
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Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
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December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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An important part of Korean culture is your mom cooking fried chicken for Robocop
September 13, 2024 at 5:03 AM
An important part of Korean culture is your mom cooking fried chicken for Robocop
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Courtney once told me probably the most important writing advice I've ever gotten (and that I reminded myself of today while writing crap): if we never write books that stretch our craft, our craft never stretches.
YOU have to draft the crap for it to ever become a real book.
YOU have to draft the crap for it to ever become a real book.
Some books have portions that are like walking through a dark room and stubbing your toe on every piece of furniture to get a map of where you need to be.
And the only thing worse than doing that is...not doing it.
And the only thing worse than doing that is...not doing it.
December 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Courtney once told me probably the most important writing advice I've ever gotten (and that I reminded myself of today while writing crap): if we never write books that stretch our craft, our craft never stretches.
YOU have to draft the crap for it to ever become a real book.
YOU have to draft the crap for it to ever become a real book.
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I know y'all are being funny but this is just canonically untrue 😂
(Buffy and Angel sleep together in "I Will Remember You," in Angel S1, which runs concurrent with Buffy S4, Buffy turns 18 in "Helpless" in S3)
(Buffy and Angel sleep together in "I Will Remember You," in Angel S1, which runs concurrent with Buffy S4, Buffy turns 18 in "Helpless" in S3)
Angel never tried to sleep with Buffy once she turned 18.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I know y'all are being funny but this is just canonically untrue 😂
(Buffy and Angel sleep together in "I Will Remember You," in Angel S1, which runs concurrent with Buffy S4, Buffy turns 18 in "Helpless" in S3)
(Buffy and Angel sleep together in "I Will Remember You," in Angel S1, which runs concurrent with Buffy S4, Buffy turns 18 in "Helpless" in S3)
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@corybooker.com has the 60-minute CECOT segment available on his channel. Watch it while you can. In other places, Paramount has taken the video down - "copyright," don't you know. Share. The more who witness, the better.
youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
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The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See
YouTube video by Cory Booker
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December 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
@corybooker.com has the 60-minute CECOT segment available on his channel. Watch it while you can. In other places, Paramount has taken the video down - "copyright," don't you know. Share. The more who witness, the better.
youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
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in honor of the odyssey discourse, please read this post i have been thinking of nonstop for the last 24 hours
December 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
in honor of the odyssey discourse, please read this post i have been thinking of nonstop for the last 24 hours
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Awesome news, EMS are severely underpaid, and also lol
December 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Awesome news, EMS are severely underpaid, and also lol
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Christmas Eve Eve
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Christmas Eve Eve
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Small note: if you see a fat person out exercising, you don’t need to give them advice!
December 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Small note: if you see a fat person out exercising, you don’t need to give them advice!
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Someone said you couldn’t do Heated Rivalry for Lesbians and I think you could. If you cast 2 hot women, who could actually act and gave them good scripts that were funny and upbeat, people would watch.
December 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Someone said you couldn’t do Heated Rivalry for Lesbians and I think you could. If you cast 2 hot women, who could actually act and gave them good scripts that were funny and upbeat, people would watch.
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Absolutely stunning that OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft were able to buy off an entire teachers’ union for just $23 million.
We know students, like the rest of the world, are using AI. Teachers need to be equipped to deal w/all the issues AI creates. Our approach starts with maximizing safety & privacy and empowering educators to make educational decisions, so AI tools can benefit not harm www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI has become the norm for students. Teachers are playing catch-up.
At a New York City training session, educators explored how artificial intelligence could support teaching while also discussing their concerns around the technology.
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Absolutely stunning that OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft were able to buy off an entire teachers’ union for just $23 million.
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2) when deciding if a clear rule is a GOOD rule, the absolute last thing you should be doing is crafting a rule and then looking to see if it excludes people you like and respect and frantically redrafting it if it does so that those people are eligible for your contest
December 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
2) when deciding if a clear rule is a GOOD rule, the absolute last thing you should be doing is crafting a rule and then looking to see if it excludes people you like and respect and frantically redrafting it if it does so that those people are eligible for your contest
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So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
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If a link to one AI-prompt scandal from a romantasy author is enough to disqualify the whole genre as non-literary and anti-art, why isn’t all sff similarly invalidated by the SFWA scandal from like yesterday, where a major author copped to using AI text in a book?
December 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If a link to one AI-prompt scandal from a romantasy author is enough to disqualify the whole genre as non-literary and anti-art, why isn’t all sff similarly invalidated by the SFWA scandal from like yesterday, where a major author copped to using AI text in a book?
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Camped out here on Two Things Can Be True Hill:
1. The romance genre has a history deeply entwined with white supremacy, ableism, and the most reductive kind of stereotypes. Like every genre.
2. Painting all romantasy readers as “zombies” is also a reductive stereotype, and misogynist to boot.
1. The romance genre has a history deeply entwined with white supremacy, ableism, and the most reductive kind of stereotypes. Like every genre.
2. Painting all romantasy readers as “zombies” is also a reductive stereotype, and misogynist to boot.
December 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Camped out here on Two Things Can Be True Hill:
1. The romance genre has a history deeply entwined with white supremacy, ableism, and the most reductive kind of stereotypes. Like every genre.
2. Painting all romantasy readers as “zombies” is also a reductive stereotype, and misogynist to boot.
1. The romance genre has a history deeply entwined with white supremacy, ableism, and the most reductive kind of stereotypes. Like every genre.
2. Painting all romantasy readers as “zombies” is also a reductive stereotype, and misogynist to boot.
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Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight
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December 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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if the president of the American Federation of Teachers—a union which represents not just primary and secondary school teachers, but also many college professors—cannot meaningfully distinguish between AI ed tech sales pitches and responsible pedagogy, she has no business representing educators.
December 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
if the president of the American Federation of Teachers—a union which represents not just primary and secondary school teachers, but also many college professors—cannot meaningfully distinguish between AI ed tech sales pitches and responsible pedagogy, she has no business representing educators.
Teachers need to be equipped to deal with all the issues AI creates, such as driving children to suicide. Our approach starts with maximizing safety and privacy when forcing children to use the Environmental Devastation & Plagiarism Machine.
We know students, like the rest of the world, are using AI. Teachers need to be equipped to deal w/all the issues AI creates. Our approach starts with maximizing safety & privacy and empowering educators to make educational decisions, so AI tools can benefit not harm www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI has become the norm for students. Teachers are playing catch-up.
At a New York City training session, educators explored how artificial intelligence could support teaching while also discussing their concerns around the technology.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Teachers need to be equipped to deal with all the issues AI creates, such as driving children to suicide. Our approach starts with maximizing safety and privacy when forcing children to use the Environmental Devastation & Plagiarism Machine.
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Randi has a storied history of being on the wrong side of key political issues when big money is involved (see also: healthcare). Almost makes you wonder why this person has been president of one of the biggest labor unions in the U.S. for *seventeen* years now.
December 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Randi has a storied history of being on the wrong side of key political issues when big money is involved (see also: healthcare). Almost makes you wonder why this person has been president of one of the biggest labor unions in the U.S. for *seventeen* years now.