Christine Joy
@joyofchristine.bsky.social
BA PoliSci. Proudly queer. She/Her
Punching Nazis is always morally correct.
Mostly posting about hockey, politics, my cats. I'm in my Smug Bitch era.
You can find my fics here: https://archiveofourown.org/users/CJ_Sonneault/works
Punching Nazis is always morally correct.
Mostly posting about hockey, politics, my cats. I'm in my Smug Bitch era.
You can find my fics here: https://archiveofourown.org/users/CJ_Sonneault/works
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Christine Joy
@joyofchristine.bsky.social
· May 12
archiveofourown.org
26,000 words of lesbian Dragon Age (Origins) fic. If that's your sort of thing.
archiveofourown.org/works/641028...
archiveofourown.org/works/641028...
I was reminded today, again, how I lucked the fuck out with getting the endo I did.
Truly, a magnificent man that does medicine the way it should be.
Truly, a magnificent man that does medicine the way it should be.
December 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I was reminded today, again, how I lucked the fuck out with getting the endo I did.
Truly, a magnificent man that does medicine the way it should be.
Truly, a magnificent man that does medicine the way it should be.
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I posted to this effect yesterday BUT ALSO: there will always be a nonzero number of indie game developers who will reject AI. We don't have to reward companies that sell out to the fascist slop machine.
The dorks who insist AI is inevitable, especially in the games industry, deeply underestimate how much I’ll just shrug and play retro games for the rest of my life.
Like the PS1 & PS2 libraries alone are enough for multiple lifetimes.
Fuck you, make me.
Like the PS1 & PS2 libraries alone are enough for multiple lifetimes.
Fuck you, make me.
here’s the full spew
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I posted to this effect yesterday BUT ALSO: there will always be a nonzero number of indie game developers who will reject AI. We don't have to reward companies that sell out to the fascist slop machine.
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Imagine the apollo project tried to get to the moon by building a jet airliner, and when that didn't work they spent a trillion dollars building bigger ones. That is how misconceived current LLM translation efforts are: they cannot work and we knew why decades ago.
When I was at uni -- before I graduated with mediocre pass degrees in linguistics and comp.sci -- I thought I might be able to do useful work in machine translation. Turns out I can, turns out "this will obviously never work don't spend a trillion on it" is something that hasn't been said enough.
So current "AI" translations work by slotting in the word they think is most likely for the *local* context, which is marginal for low-context texts like recipes but obviously unsuitable for narrative text where callbacks matter. I have thoughts on why managers don't understand this, but...
December 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Imagine the apollo project tried to get to the moon by building a jet airliner, and when that didn't work they spent a trillion dollars building bigger ones. That is how misconceived current LLM translation efforts are: they cannot work and we knew why decades ago.
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Nothing grates me more than when AI game dudes are like "Don't you wish you could ask an NPC aNyThInG?" Absolutely fucking not. If you don't understand that every piece of writing is made with intention, character, and meaningful choice... you probaby shouldn't be directing a fucking video game.
December 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Nothing grates me more than when AI game dudes are like "Don't you wish you could ask an NPC aNyThInG?" Absolutely fucking not. If you don't understand that every piece of writing is made with intention, character, and meaningful choice... you probaby shouldn't be directing a fucking video game.
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start a sentence with however.
start a sentence with but.
start a sentence with and.
live life on the edge
start a sentence with but.
start a sentence with and.
live life on the edge
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
start a sentence with however.
start a sentence with but.
start a sentence with and.
live life on the edge
start a sentence with but.
start a sentence with and.
live life on the edge
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You'll probably never have an idea that no one else has ever had, because that's not how human cognition works. And yet you have the power to execute even the blandest and most common idea in ways that no other human being, living or dead or yet unborn, would ever do.
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You'll probably never have an idea that no one else has ever had, because that's not how human cognition works. And yet you have the power to execute even the blandest and most common idea in ways that no other human being, living or dead or yet unborn, would ever do.
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"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
Don't come into my replies to defend AI companies when I've literally just compared that shit to corium, you dense motherfuckers.
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Don't come into my replies to defend AI companies when I've literally just compared that shit to corium, you dense motherfuckers.
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I don't know why the idea of developing concept art with AI is somehow meant to convince us that AI isn't replacing creative professions, when concept art is one of the single most creative and imaginative parts of the entire development process.
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I don't know why the idea of developing concept art with AI is somehow meant to convince us that AI isn't replacing creative professions, when concept art is one of the single most creative and imaginative parts of the entire development process.
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GOOD.
BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Skate Canada to stop holding national, international events in Alberta | CBC News
Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
GOOD.
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They will have to pry the triplet structure out of my cold, dead, broken hands.
And if anyone claims the words I dug out from the ADHD mines in my brain and put out into the world are fucking AI, we'll find out if I can push a full Diaper Genie through a screen to the commenter on the other side.
And if anyone claims the words I dug out from the ADHD mines in my brain and put out into the world are fucking AI, we'll find out if I can push a full Diaper Genie through a screen to the commenter on the other side.
I haven’t yet been accused of using AI to write—I love semicolons and em dashes, I FUCKING LOVE EM—but the first person who does that to me is going to be made a goddamn example of
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
They will have to pry the triplet structure out of my cold, dead, broken hands.
And if anyone claims the words I dug out from the ADHD mines in my brain and put out into the world are fucking AI, we'll find out if I can push a full Diaper Genie through a screen to the commenter on the other side.
And if anyone claims the words I dug out from the ADHD mines in my brain and put out into the world are fucking AI, we'll find out if I can push a full Diaper Genie through a screen to the commenter on the other side.
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The only acceptable amount of genAI usage is zero, IMO.
December 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The only acceptable amount of genAI usage is zero, IMO.
I won't be touching anything made by @larianstudios.com until they rip AI out of the workflow, root and stem.
I don't care what they're using it for. It's a theft machine that's killing people, our planet, and creating an economic bubble that's going to ruin tens of millions of lives when it pops.
I don't care what they're using it for. It's a theft machine that's killing people, our planet, and creating an economic bubble that's going to ruin tens of millions of lives when it pops.
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I won't be touching anything made by @larianstudios.com until they rip AI out of the workflow, root and stem.
I don't care what they're using it for. It's a theft machine that's killing people, our planet, and creating an economic bubble that's going to ruin tens of millions of lives when it pops.
I don't care what they're using it for. It's a theft machine that's killing people, our planet, and creating an economic bubble that's going to ruin tens of millions of lives when it pops.
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Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
December 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
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Please let’s bite back any feelings of personal disappointment *or* vindication about the powerful people who are shown to be Epstein’s friends and clients and remain dedicated to *uniformly* demanding their blood.
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Please let’s bite back any feelings of personal disappointment *or* vindication about the powerful people who are shown to be Epstein’s friends and clients and remain dedicated to *uniformly* demanding their blood.
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Sorry I think using AI for placeholders is also bad
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
December 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sorry I think using AI for placeholders is also bad
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
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hi, this is super fucked up
New Kindle feature offers instant spoiler-free answers to questions about your books
“Ask this Book” is now available on the Kindle iOS app in the U.S. for thousands of English-language books.
www.aboutamazon.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
hi, this is super fucked up
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No. It still gives her a boost and extra money to use for her hate campaigns. Just give up on it. There are plenty of better books, games and movies.
Voor wie het interesseert: het spel Hogwart's Legacy is tot 18 december helemaal gratis verkrijgbaar in de Epic Games Store. Normaal kost het spel 60 euro. www.polygon.com/hogwarts-leg...
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
No. It still gives her a boost and extra money to use for her hate campaigns. Just give up on it. There are plenty of better books, games and movies.
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just because the harry potter game is free to claim doesn't mean that doing so isn't supporting jk rowling
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
just because the harry potter game is free to claim doesn't mean that doing so isn't supporting jk rowling
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Remember when Hogwarts Legacy was coming out and a bunch of people were all "Oh, but I have to play it, it's the most important game of all time" and then it released and immediately left public awareness because the only memorable thing about it was how antisemitic the plot was?
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember when Hogwarts Legacy was coming out and a bunch of people were all "Oh, but I have to play it, it's the most important game of all time" and then it released and immediately left public awareness because the only memorable thing about it was how antisemitic the plot was?
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Hey Canadians! It's not a Commons petition but it still would be helpful to Heather for you to sign this so as she pushes it in the House, she has numbers behind her. She is calling on the government to use the disallowance clauses in the Constitution to block the legislations
Sharing is allyship
Sharing is allyship
Add your name: Stand up for human rights in Alberta
www.heathermcpherson.ca
December 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Hey Canadians! It's not a Commons petition but it still would be helpful to Heather for you to sign this so as she pushes it in the House, she has numbers behind her. She is calling on the government to use the disallowance clauses in the Constitution to block the legislations
Sharing is allyship
Sharing is allyship
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We’ve had lots of new followers recently (welcome!) and thought it was a good moment to reintroduce who we are, how we work, and what we stand for.
So we’ve brought the answers together in one place.
So we’ve brought the answers together in one place.
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We’ve had lots of new followers recently (welcome!) and thought it was a good moment to reintroduce who we are, how we work, and what we stand for.
So we’ve brought the answers together in one place.
So we’ve brought the answers together in one place.
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hp fans still not beating the "haven't read any other book" allegations
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
hp fans still not beating the "haven't read any other book" allegations
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This is a complete, plain language summary of the devastating changes being made to supports for disabled Albertans by the UCP's blandly named Bill 12: The Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, including ideas helping to resist these attacks.
#abpoli
www.zacharyweeks.ca/blog/bill-12...
#abpoli
www.zacharyweeks.ca/blog/bill-12...
Bill 12 and ADAP: What Alberta’s New Disability Law Means for AISH Recipients and Disabled Albertans — Zachary Weeks
Bill 12 introduces major changes to AISH and creates the new ADAP program. This plain-language breakdown explains how Bill 12 affects disability benefits, appeal rights, and the everyday lives of disa...
www.zacharyweeks.ca
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is a complete, plain language summary of the devastating changes being made to supports for disabled Albertans by the UCP's blandly named Bill 12: The Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, including ideas helping to resist these attacks.
#abpoli
www.zacharyweeks.ca/blog/bill-12...
#abpoli
www.zacharyweeks.ca/blog/bill-12...
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tbh a lot of "transfem culture" just feels like fandom shit
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
tbh a lot of "transfem culture" just feels like fandom shit