Maureen Yost-Zahn
@beaniezee.bsky.social
Fantasy writer by night, cat herder 24/7, will jump out of a moving car to pet your dog | 💍 | NJ➡️PNW | VP22 / Viable Paradise 2018
I’m also on the others apps as [@]beaniezee
I’m also on the others apps as [@]beaniezee
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Oh Jesus.
I watched AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH in Portugal today and I just want everyone to know that the entire movie was subtitled in English in Papyrus.
The entire movie.
The entire movie.
December 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Oh Jesus.
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What kills me is that from the comms/ media end .
Everyone is complaining that copy ain’t hitting, adds don’t feel good . And there’s no “voice”
It’s not working practically, or strategically
It’s just destroying the planet in the interim
Everyone is complaining that copy ain’t hitting, adds don’t feel good . And there’s no “voice”
It’s not working practically, or strategically
It’s just destroying the planet in the interim
This how they did in my team in Jan. They kept them long enough to train bots, then fired them. I'm currently surviving doing work of 4 people, at breakneck pace. If you wonder why I have clear eyed view of where we are with LLMs, this is why. I was ground 0 www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forc...
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
What kills me is that from the comms/ media end .
Everyone is complaining that copy ain’t hitting, adds don’t feel good . And there’s no “voice”
It’s not working practically, or strategically
It’s just destroying the planet in the interim
Everyone is complaining that copy ain’t hitting, adds don’t feel good . And there’s no “voice”
It’s not working practically, or strategically
It’s just destroying the planet in the interim
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I mean good on him, but kind of insane he had to pretend to be a predator in order to help people.
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I mean good on him, but kind of insane he had to pretend to be a predator in order to help people.
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Apart from the fact that they are taking his name out of documents after already releasing the documents, and how absolutely crazy that is, they had so many months to redact this stuff! There were stories about hundreds of FBI agents being put to work redacting. How are they still redacting???
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Apart from the fact that they are taking his name out of documents after already releasing the documents, and how absolutely crazy that is, they had so many months to redact this stuff! There were stories about hundreds of FBI agents being put to work redacting. How are they still redacting???
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This is like the British Museum complaining that someone took their stuff
December 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This is like the British Museum complaining that someone took their stuff
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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If AI folk believed their own hype they wouldn’t get mad about “stolen prompts” so much
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If AI folk believed their own hype they wouldn’t get mad about “stolen prompts” so much
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Maybe we should just ... put it back. You know, given the way things are already going...
December 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Maybe we should just ... put it back. You know, given the way things are already going...
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Americans censoring American institutions. Americans: "Is this Soviet style?"
Nah, bud, pure homegrown fascism.
Nah, bud, pure homegrown fascism.
The stench of Soviet-style censorship is overwhelming in this piece about the administration’s efforts to control the “tone” with which US history is presented in Smithsonian museums. Gift article.
White House Chides Smithsonian for Delayed Turnover of Records on Programming
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Americans censoring American institutions. Americans: "Is this Soviet style?"
Nah, bud, pure homegrown fascism.
Nah, bud, pure homegrown fascism.
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I've said it before, I'll say it again:
If you were hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein and hurting children, I don't care WHO you are, or what party you belong to.
If you hurt kids, you don't belong to ANY party except the pedo party.
And you belong in prison for life.
PERIOD.
If you were hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein and hurting children, I don't care WHO you are, or what party you belong to.
If you hurt kids, you don't belong to ANY party except the pedo party.
And you belong in prison for life.
PERIOD.
December 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I've said it before, I'll say it again:
If you were hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein and hurting children, I don't care WHO you are, or what party you belong to.
If you hurt kids, you don't belong to ANY party except the pedo party.
And you belong in prison for life.
PERIOD.
If you were hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein and hurting children, I don't care WHO you are, or what party you belong to.
If you hurt kids, you don't belong to ANY party except the pedo party.
And you belong in prison for life.
PERIOD.
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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"At least 16 files from Epstein release disappeared from the DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation."
EXPLANATION: The DOJ is engaging in a sloppy, ham-fisted coverup to protect rich pedophiles. That's why the files went missing.
EXPLANATION: The DOJ is engaging in a sloppy, ham-fisted coverup to protect rich pedophiles. That's why the files went missing.
December 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"At least 16 files from Epstein release disappeared from the DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation."
EXPLANATION: The DOJ is engaging in a sloppy, ham-fisted coverup to protect rich pedophiles. That's why the files went missing.
EXPLANATION: The DOJ is engaging in a sloppy, ham-fisted coverup to protect rich pedophiles. That's why the files went missing.
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*singing* l'm a writer and l'm ok
I dream all night
And I scheme all day
Non-writers: So when does the writing happen?
*singing louder*
I'M A WRITER AND I'M OK
I dream all night
And I scheme all day
Non-writers: So when does the writing happen?
*singing louder*
I'M A WRITER AND I'M OK
December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
*singing* l'm a writer and l'm ok
I dream all night
And I scheme all day
Non-writers: So when does the writing happen?
*singing louder*
I'M A WRITER AND I'M OK
I dream all night
And I scheme all day
Non-writers: So when does the writing happen?
*singing louder*
I'M A WRITER AND I'M OK
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This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 AM
This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
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Pam Bondi has just released The [REDACTED] Commandments:
December 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Pam Bondi has just released The [REDACTED] Commandments:
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I ended up writing a Genre Grapevine column about all this that goes into more detail than my Bluesky thread possibly could. Check it out for additional details.
I also urge all SFWA members to contact the organization about this change. 8/
www.patreon.com/posts/146249...
I also urge all SFWA members to contact the organization about this change. 8/
www.patreon.com/posts/146249...
SFWA changes Nebula Award rules to allow partial LLM usage | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
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December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I ended up writing a Genre Grapevine column about all this that goes into more detail than my Bluesky thread possibly could. Check it out for additional details.
I also urge all SFWA members to contact the organization about this change. 8/
www.patreon.com/posts/146249...
I also urge all SFWA members to contact the organization about this change. 8/
www.patreon.com/posts/146249...
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You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
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That Musk and Sachs and other tech billionaires backing and working for Trump are white South Africans who left after apartheid fell is not a coincidence bsky.app/profile/coll...
When I was a teenager one of the most unmitigatedly good things anyone could do was oppose, vigorously, apartheid. There were concerts. International boycotts. Whole-ass action movies. We protested at consulates.
Among the nominees just confirmed is Leo Brent Bozell III, a far-right activist and critic of the fight to end apartheid, who Collins just approved to be the United States AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH AFRICA.
Vile and irredeemable. tinyurl.com/5fwv4dzc #MEpolitics
Vile and irredeemable. tinyurl.com/5fwv4dzc #MEpolitics
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 AM
That Musk and Sachs and other tech billionaires backing and working for Trump are white South Africans who left after apartheid fell is not a coincidence bsky.app/profile/coll...
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The next few days are going to be hard. The fear is palpable. So please, if you’re at all wondering: I wish you could see how much the world needs you. Right now, all that matters is getting to morning.
* thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
* pflag.org/resource/support-hotlines/
* translifeline.org/
* thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
* pflag.org/resource/support-hotlines/
* translifeline.org/
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The next few days are going to be hard. The fear is palpable. So please, if you’re at all wondering: I wish you could see how much the world needs you. Right now, all that matters is getting to morning.
* thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
* pflag.org/resource/support-hotlines/
* translifeline.org/
* thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
* pflag.org/resource/support-hotlines/
* translifeline.org/
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STOP USING THAT SHIT.
AI consumed as much water as the water bottle industry this year.
It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study.
www.theverge.com/news/845831/...
It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study.
www.theverge.com/news/845831/...
AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
It’s guzzling up even more water than expected.
www.theverge.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
STOP USING THAT SHIT.
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Friendly reminder that if you experience any adverse consequences using a bathroom in Texas while transgender, and you want to talk to a journalist, hit me up
December 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Friendly reminder that if you experience any adverse consequences using a bathroom in Texas while transgender, and you want to talk to a journalist, hit me up
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These are the "good and decent people" who didn't survive the Reagan presidency.
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
These are the "good and decent people" who didn't survive the Reagan presidency.