Viv Jackson
@vivienjackson.bsky.social
Wrote some books about love & robots. Mostly an editor these days. Mom, gamer, wannabe Jedi, structurally a hobbit. She/her
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Solemn pledge to my editing clients: I will never feed your original work to Grammarly or some other AI that would use it for nefarious and thievy purposes. The only eyes on it will be mine.
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I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
Scotland is adorable.
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Scotland is adorable.
Is it very pathetic that even though I know they’re AI-written scams, I’m still enjoying these “I just found your book and it’s brilliant here let me review it for the low low price of a buncha money” emails?
December 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Is it very pathetic that even though I know they’re AI-written scams, I’m still enjoying these “I just found your book and it’s brilliant here let me review it for the low low price of a buncha money” emails?
Call them “slutty” if you wish, but my books are all sex-positive, and I’m proud of that.
Why is sex-as-punishment or sex-as-suffering elevated as art, but as soon as you see characters having sex for the pure pleasure of it, it's immediately dismissed? Why do we have so many graphic depictions of sexual assault and sexual trauma and so very few of sexual fulfillment? Rly makes u think
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Call them “slutty” if you wish, but my books are all sex-positive, and I’m proud of that.
Can confirm: some fluffy little chonk just scared all the birds from the feeder a minute ago.
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Can confirm: some fluffy little chonk just scared all the birds from the feeder a minute ago.
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Texas' 2025 congressional map is at the center of a legal battle, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Dec. 4 that Texas could use the new map for the 2026 primaries while that fight plays out.
Use our lookup tool to see what your district looks like under the new map.
Use our lookup tool to see what your district looks like under the new map.
Texas congressional maps: Find your current district
Texas Republicans drew new districts aimed at picking up five more seats. This tool compares previous and proposed districts.
www.texastribune.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Texas' 2025 congressional map is at the center of a legal battle, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Dec. 4 that Texas could use the new map for the 2026 primaries while that fight plays out.
Use our lookup tool to see what your district looks like under the new map.
Use our lookup tool to see what your district looks like under the new map.
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The entire U.S. population is in the low hundreds of millions (340m), meaning that according to NoemMath, nearly all of us were on track for a cocaine-related death. I am so grateful to have been saved.
Noem: You have saved hundreds of millions of lives with the Cocaine you’ve blown up in the Caribbean
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The entire U.S. population is in the low hundreds of millions (340m), meaning that according to NoemMath, nearly all of us were on track for a cocaine-related death. I am so grateful to have been saved.
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Authors win discovery ruling in lawsuit against Open AI that could help prove willful copyright infringement (over the use of pirated datasets for AI training)
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Authors win discovery ruling in lawsuit against Open AI that could help prove willful copyright infringement (over the use of pirated datasets for AI training)
Tis the season now, officially.
If Thanksgiving starts the Christmas season, it's not too early for this
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Tis the season now, officially.
No, on Thanksgiving I don’t want to think about what my country is doing to the world.
But this is reality. I’m so sorry, world. We deserve your scorn.
But this is reality. I’m so sorry, world. We deserve your scorn.
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
No, on Thanksgiving I don’t want to think about what my country is doing to the world.
But this is reality. I’m so sorry, world. We deserve your scorn.
But this is reality. I’m so sorry, world. We deserve your scorn.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
The whole fam is here for Thanksgiving. There's cleaning and cooking and game playing and massive loud beautiful chaos. I'm in my office finishing up an editing project. I thought I wouldn't be able to work with all this activity, but I'm getting stuff done.
I ... might be able to write again?
I ... might be able to write again?
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The whole fam is here for Thanksgiving. There's cleaning and cooking and game playing and massive loud beautiful chaos. I'm in my office finishing up an editing project. I thought I wouldn't be able to work with all this activity, but I'm getting stuff done.
I ... might be able to write again?
I ... might be able to write again?
"I don’t think [Elon] has the power he thinks he has, or that a lot of people think he has, to damage Wikipedia. We’ll be here in a hundred years and he won’t."
Brutal. I love it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
Brutal. I love it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"I don’t think [Elon] has the power he thinks he has, or that a lot of people think he has, to damage Wikipedia. We’ll be here in a hundred years and he won’t."
Brutal. I love it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
Brutal. I love it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
Today I learned that burnt lentils smell a little bit like weed. Hey, at least it wasn't the turkey!
#WhoLetHerCook
#WhoLetHerCook
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Today I learned that burnt lentils smell a little bit like weed. Hey, at least it wasn't the turkey!
#WhoLetHerCook
#WhoLetHerCook
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@whitehouse-47.bsky.social Stand by Ukraine, they are the victims. Fuck Putin and fuck Trump. Russia is our enemy! Russians out of all of Ukraine including Donbas and Crimea.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
@whitehouse-47.bsky.social Stand by Ukraine, they are the victims. Fuck Putin and fuck Trump. Russia is our enemy! Russians out of all of Ukraine including Donbas and Crimea.
Funny because it’s true. Sad because it’s true.
You could get Trump to play in a mariachi band and drop the 82nd Airborne on Crimea if you peeled him away from Stephen Miller and Witkoff long enough.
New meme format just dropped:
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Funny because it’s true. Sad because it’s true.
We need to stop inviting the monster to dinner and telling him he looks snazzy. Chris Murphy is right. We have already normalized too much.
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We need to stop inviting the monster to dinner and telling him he looks snazzy. Chris Murphy is right. We have already normalized too much.
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Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
FAFO AI might be the most 2024esque thing a human could say. But I’m okay being old-fashioned like that.
When the housing bubble popped, it affected the whole economy because housing/mortgages are necessary.
Nobody needs AI slop. No bailouts for the dipshits who bought and sold the beans and it turns out they weren't magical ones.
Nobody needs AI slop. No bailouts for the dipshits who bought and sold the beans and it turns out they weren't magical ones.
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
FAFO AI might be the most 2024esque thing a human could say. But I’m okay being old-fashioned like that.
Solemn pledge to my editing clients: I will never feed your original work to Grammarly or some other AI that would use it for nefarious and thievy purposes. The only eyes on it will be mine.
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Solemn pledge to my editing clients: I will never feed your original work to Grammarly or some other AI that would use it for nefarious and thievy purposes. The only eyes on it will be mine.
I suspect Trump’s permission to vote for release of Epstein files really means his minions have finally finished scrubbing his name from said files.
This part. He could have released them in January on day 1 of his presidency, and he CHOSE not to.
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I suspect Trump’s permission to vote for release of Epstein files really means his minions have finally finished scrubbing his name from said files.
Especially this one.
OPERATION ENEMIES TO LOVERS
OPERATION JUST ONE BED
OPERATION JUST ONE BED
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Especially this one.
The comments had me rolling.
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The comments had me rolling.
Why Trump’s self-inflicted inflation feels so much worse than Biden’s pandemic-recovery inflation. Also why it is likely to devolve rather than improve unless the SCOTUS grows a spine.
When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Why Trump’s self-inflicted inflation feels so much worse than Biden’s pandemic-recovery inflation. Also why it is likely to devolve rather than improve unless the SCOTUS grows a spine.