Ali Lanier

This fight still needs fighting

BALLAD FOR BLACK CASSANDRA was a new type of personal project for me that I'm still very fond of. You can read it for free in this thread:
bsky.app/profile/oliv...

or pick up the PDF here:
oliveoilcorp.itch.io/ballad-for-b...

Google with AI buttons

Google without AI buttons

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

Look at this criminal who knows his paws are not supposed to be on the bed.

He also knows he’s a very important part of post surgery recovery

FREE 📚 alert: I love free things and learning so I’m super grateful for the beloveds from @versobooks.bsky.social and @haymarketbooks.org for helping us grow in understanding ICE and this moment by sharing FREE books.

Download them via this link:

lithub.com/what-to-read...

Publishing for Minnesota Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

Today's a perfect day to check out Publishing for Minnesota's fundraiser auction, which benefits Minnesotans impacted by ICE. It runs through 11:45 EST tomorrow, 1/29. You can bid on more than 500 offerings from authors, agents, and editors (including me).

www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

A video documentary where Hayao Miyazaki is saying "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself"

Happy birthday to the one and only, Hayao Miyazaki.

I am tired of Earth. These people.

Pokemon rumble spheal casting a spell The text says "WOOSH. YOU WILL NOW HAVE A GOOD 2026" happy new year

David Lynch in the filming set speaking in the megaphone. He says “Okay, let's try that again, but this time good.”

Here’s to 2026

Pale wash jeans with Walter whites face stamped all over them for some reason

Every day, we make choices

Extremely cat-shaped cat

Sorry if this is a bit personal but does this shit make anyone else feel completely fucking insane

"The work that client firms are settling for is not better when it’s produced by AI, but it’s cheaper, and deemed 'good enough.'”

This is exactly what I feared. Not that AI would replace good writing (it can't), but that good writing would cease to be valued

For no particular reason, here’s a refresher on the Paradox of Tolerance

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox...

I love the future

TER-RRRRYYYY

THAT KILLS PEOPLE TERRRRY.

Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...

Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.

www.ign.com/articles/uns...

I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott

Text reads: Fed up with your world? Visit ours. Clarkesworldmagazine.com The Clarkesworld robot (center) looks to the right at the cover of Clarkesworld #230, which is in yellow, orange, and brown and features a futuristic cityscape with a small craft approaching. Cover art is "Neo Mars" by Guy Warley.

In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Very important news everyone

Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.

Live Updates: Mamdani Wins N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race After Highest Turnout in Decades

Mamdani wins

Carrying on the proud tradition of utilizing the office swords as part of my Halloween costume

#SwordsBeforeLords

Color me shocked.

The annual village scarecrow contest is up and running!

This is how you blurb

a cartoon of spongebob squarepants with his mouth open ALT: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants with his mouth open

I’ve never seen game devs run as fast as when someone says “last call for the coffee cart”

I originally read this as “Y2K/90s rusty skater cords in gay”

…which, also yes.

sci-fi shows and games did not predict 2025 correctly