Carter Pagan for Yule
@carterpaynewrites.com
At 41 years old I decided to write a novel and my neurodivergence was like "we got this."
Gamer
Coffee lover
Musician
He/Him
🚫 GenAI
WIP: Tales From The Marigold Mining Corporation
www.carterpaynewrites.com
Gamer
Coffee lover
Musician
He/Him
🚫 GenAI
WIP: Tales From The Marigold Mining Corporation
www.carterpaynewrites.com
Mispronouncing soy sauce in a Schmitty way.
December 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Mispronouncing soy sauce in a Schmitty way.
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Do not trust anything you read or see from The Escapist. Their quality and accuracy has crashed through the floor. The real team jumped ship and formed @secondwindgroup.com.
What is on the website now is powered by barely legal casinos and gambling. They hide dirty advertisements as reviews. 🎰🎲🃏
What is on the website now is powered by barely legal casinos and gambling. They hide dirty advertisements as reviews. 🎰🎲🃏
December 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Do not trust anything you read or see from The Escapist. Their quality and accuracy has crashed through the floor. The real team jumped ship and formed @secondwindgroup.com.
What is on the website now is powered by barely legal casinos and gambling. They hide dirty advertisements as reviews. 🎰🎲🃏
What is on the website now is powered by barely legal casinos and gambling. They hide dirty advertisements as reviews. 🎰🎲🃏
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AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re-
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
January 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re-
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
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Happy Big Long Night to northern hemisphere pals.
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˙slɐd ǝɹǝɥdsᴉɯǝɥ uɹǝɥʇnos oʇ ʎɐp ƃuo˥ ƃᴉq ʎddɐH
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˙slɐd ǝɹǝɥdsᴉɯǝɥ uɹǝɥʇnos oʇ ʎɐp ƃuo˥ ƃᴉq ʎddɐH
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Happy Big Long Night to northern hemisphere pals.
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˙slɐd ǝɹǝɥdsᴉɯǝɥ uɹǝɥʇnos oʇ ʎɐp ƃuo˥ ƃᴉq ʎddɐH
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˙slɐd ǝɹǝɥdsᴉɯǝɥ uɹǝɥʇnos oʇ ʎɐp ƃuo˥ ƃᴉq ʎddɐH
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It's a whole genre it's beautiful
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's a whole genre it's beautiful
Guilty people acting guilty
WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Guilty people acting guilty
I just learned how big wombats are and I am not okay. I always assumed the were like the size of a groundhog.
I can't credit the photo, it was from a reddit post from four years ago, but apparently they're about a meter (3.3 feet) long and between 25 and 40 kg (55 to 88 lbs).
I can't credit the photo, it was from a reddit post from four years ago, but apparently they're about a meter (3.3 feet) long and between 25 and 40 kg (55 to 88 lbs).
December 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I just learned how big wombats are and I am not okay. I always assumed the were like the size of a groundhog.
I can't credit the photo, it was from a reddit post from four years ago, but apparently they're about a meter (3.3 feet) long and between 25 and 40 kg (55 to 88 lbs).
I can't credit the photo, it was from a reddit post from four years ago, but apparently they're about a meter (3.3 feet) long and between 25 and 40 kg (55 to 88 lbs).
Hey remember when we were like, "they're gonna do this thing" and then everyone else was like, "you're overreacting?"
I'm so tired of being right.
I'm so tired.
I'm so tired of being right.
I'm so tired.
The devil works hard but Jonathan Mitchell works harder:
“A Waco justice of the peace who refused to marry same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Friday that asks the courts to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges…Hensley is represented by Jonathan Mitchell.”
“A Waco justice of the peace who refused to marry same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Friday that asks the courts to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges…Hensley is represented by Jonathan Mitchell.”
Waco judge asks federal courts to overturn same-sex marriage
Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
www.texastribune.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Hey remember when we were like, "they're gonna do this thing" and then everyone else was like, "you're overreacting?"
I'm so tired of being right.
I'm so tired.
I'm so tired of being right.
I'm so tired.
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And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
It wasn't a long read!
Wondering if anyone would be willing to blurb this post. It isn't a long read!
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It wasn't a long read!
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Tropes that are never not funny*, a thread, maybe:
Someone saying complete gibberish followed by, "you know what I mean" or something similar.
*to me
Someone saying complete gibberish followed by, "you know what I mean" or something similar.
*to me
December 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Tropes that are never not funny*, a thread, maybe:
Someone saying complete gibberish followed by, "you know what I mean" or something similar.
*to me
Someone saying complete gibberish followed by, "you know what I mean" or something similar.
*to me
High fat cheese or what I call my latest WIP
December 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
High fat cheese or what I call my latest WIP
First, no its not here to stay. None of the companies are actually making anything close to a profit.
Second, what the actual fuck? You can simply, you know, not use it. Anything you use generative AI for, even if its just "concept art" or "getting ideas" is coming from a poisoned well.
Second, what the actual fuck? You can simply, you know, not use it. Anything you use generative AI for, even if its just "concept art" or "getting ideas" is coming from a poisoned well.
"It’s time to face reality, AI is here to stay" - Kingdom Come: Deliverance head Daniel Vávra says Larian got a "crazy shitstorm" for doing what "absolutely everyone else is doing", and that while he's "no fan of AI generated art" it's going nowhere.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-tim...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-tim...
‘It’s time to face reality, AI is here to stay’: Kingdom Come Deliverance studio head responds to Larian backlash | VGC
Daniel Vávra says AI is a frightening prospect but has its uses, and that “absolutely everyone else” is using it…
www.videogameschronicle.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
First, no its not here to stay. None of the companies are actually making anything close to a profit.
Second, what the actual fuck? You can simply, you know, not use it. Anything you use generative AI for, even if its just "concept art" or "getting ideas" is coming from a poisoned well.
Second, what the actual fuck? You can simply, you know, not use it. Anything you use generative AI for, even if its just "concept art" or "getting ideas" is coming from a poisoned well.
This is how the world ends, not with a bang nor with a whimper, but with the masses crying out as one, "this is so fucking stupid"
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is how the world ends, not with a bang nor with a whimper, but with the masses crying out as one, "this is so fucking stupid"
This is a great analogy. Why do all that work just to get to the top of that wall?
Because the work IS the point. The work is why you do it.
It's the same with anything creative.
Because the work IS the point. The work is why you do it.
It's the same with anything creative.
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This is a great analogy. Why do all that work just to get to the top of that wall?
Because the work IS the point. The work is why you do it.
It's the same with anything creative.
Because the work IS the point. The work is why you do it.
It's the same with anything creative.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called The Mountain Trolls
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Jefferson Fellowship
*pained* A Lord of the Rings cover band called Orcestral Manoeuvres In the Dark
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called The Mountain Trolls
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White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’
White House adds insulting plaques below Biden and Obama portraits
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’
They're straight up evil
NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya.
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
They're straight up evil
Here's my thoughts on this
December 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Here's my thoughts on this
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AI powered consulting firm with no actual clients listed and their "testimonials" from "clients" include names and titles but also no compamy names or actual pictures.
You cannot convince me their entire website wasn't built with AI and that all of this is fake.
Anyway, here's Kaylee
You cannot convince me their entire website wasn't built with AI and that all of this is fake.
Anyway, here's Kaylee
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
AI powered consulting firm with no actual clients listed and their "testimonials" from "clients" include names and titles but also no compamy names or actual pictures.
You cannot convince me their entire website wasn't built with AI and that all of this is fake.
Anyway, here's Kaylee
You cannot convince me their entire website wasn't built with AI and that all of this is fake.
Anyway, here's Kaylee
This is some straight up dystopian-ass shit
Being the director of the FBI and releasing a couples podcast while a mass shooter is on the loose is a wild choice
lot of awful and insane stuff going on. but if you really want to have a brain bleed this holiday season don't lose sight of Stephen Miller's wife doing a video podcast with the FBI director and his gf about their love life
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is some straight up dystopian-ass shit
Wait, are the pictures of Trump in the white cowboy hat REAL?
December 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Wait, are the pictures of Trump in the white cowboy hat REAL?
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We just murdered eight more people in boats.
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We just murdered eight more people in boats.