Pani Mauser
@panimauser.bsky.social
Unearthly critter and a unicorn
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If you did not give a shit about it, or saw something out of the corner or your eye and was like, enh, whatever, who cares about downloading books from romance authors, they're all alike...
Just please, please think for a second.
Just please, please think for a second.
December 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you did not give a shit about it, or saw something out of the corner or your eye and was like, enh, whatever, who cares about downloading books from romance authors, they're all alike...
Just please, please think for a second.
Just please, please think for a second.
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The news that AI was being trained on stolen works?
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
Addressing "Documentation Debt" in Machine Learning Research: A Retrospective Datasheet for BookCorpus
Recent literature has underscored the importance of dataset documentation work for machine learning, and part of this work involves addressing "documentation debt" for datasets that have been used wid...
arxiv.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The news that AI was being trained on stolen works?
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot.
The first archive they stole was largely romance.
arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241
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The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
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It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
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So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
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This isn't mine and I don't remember where I got it from, but you had best believe it's getting shared every year around this time.
December 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This isn't mine and I don't remember where I got it from, but you had best believe it's getting shared every year around this time.
How I'm turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party:
December 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
How I'm turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party:
Don't you just love when a bit that is supposed to be the very last part of the build - the one that was getting in a way of everything for the last couple of weeks - is nowhere to be found now that it is time to attach it 😑😑😑
December 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Don't you just love when a bit that is supposed to be the very last part of the build - the one that was getting in a way of everything for the last couple of weeks - is nowhere to be found now that it is time to attach it 😑😑😑
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There's a lot of talk about how "it's inevitable" and "everyone's using it" in regards to gAI and I think it's pretty clear folk are misjudging just how much hatred there is toward it, the more the industry fucks with our jobs, tech, prices, privacy.
You use this shit & your blacklisted to me.
You use this shit & your blacklisted to me.
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
There's a lot of talk about how "it's inevitable" and "everyone's using it" in regards to gAI and I think it's pretty clear folk are misjudging just how much hatred there is toward it, the more the industry fucks with our jobs, tech, prices, privacy.
You use this shit & your blacklisted to me.
You use this shit & your blacklisted to me.
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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i had to drop what i was doing to make this
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
i had to drop what i was doing to make this
The thing that realy bakes my bacon about genAI being used for placeholder assets is that this is how you train junior artists.
By outsourcing it to plagiarism doomsday device you loose out on a whole new generation of _experienced_ artists in your studio! Why would you kill your own future?
By outsourcing it to plagiarism doomsday device you loose out on a whole new generation of _experienced_ artists in your studio! Why would you kill your own future?
December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The thing that realy bakes my bacon about genAI being used for placeholder assets is that this is how you train junior artists.
By outsourcing it to plagiarism doomsday device you loose out on a whole new generation of _experienced_ artists in your studio! Why would you kill your own future?
By outsourcing it to plagiarism doomsday device you loose out on a whole new generation of _experienced_ artists in your studio! Why would you kill your own future?
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December 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Tonight's reading - Demolisher by @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social
Spoilers, opinions etc in the thread, so mute if you want to avoid them!
Spoilers, opinions etc in the thread, so mute if you want to avoid them!
December 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Tonight's reading - Demolisher by @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social
Spoilers, opinions etc in the thread, so mute if you want to avoid them!
Spoilers, opinions etc in the thread, so mute if you want to avoid them!
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Sit and twist for Xmas
December 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Sit and twist for Xmas
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Merry Christmas from Sir Pablo! 🦖
December 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Merry Christmas from Sir Pablo! 🦖
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don't worry, guys, the most human parts of the game- the artistic development- is all we're replacing with the plagiarism machine! all the final stuff you play with will have a human labour veneer so we can avoid being cancelled
December 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
don't worry, guys, the most human parts of the game- the artistic development- is all we're replacing with the plagiarism machine! all the final stuff you play with will have a human labour veneer so we can avoid being cancelled
I am glad I did not preorder Dark Heresy 😒😒😒
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I am glad I did not preorder Dark Heresy 😒😒😒
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Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
AI is not going to go away
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
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He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
December 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
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My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
The number 1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The number 1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
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I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
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once again screaming at people about her public document full of historical clothing references and resources (which had it's most recent update on the 12th of january last year!)
heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...
heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...
Claire Hummel's Historical Fashion Reference & Resources - 🟧Heystack
A comprehensive list of historical fashion resources, including patterns, textiles, embroidery and more! - 🟧Heystack
heystacks.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
once again screaming at people about her public document full of historical clothing references and resources (which had it's most recent update on the 12th of january last year!)
heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...
heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...