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Rachel A. Rosen ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿช

@darkerthanvanta.bsky.social

Purveyor of bleak climate fantasy and, apparently, cookbooks. Newsletter at https://nightbeatseu.ca/newsletter/. https://rachelarosen.carrd.co/ to find me all over the internet. Order my newest book, Blight, here: https://books2read.com/u/mYVl9P

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what's being sold with regards to AI is not a product that will help you out but instead an anxiety about falling behind that AI will help alleviate. the market for it will collapse as it becomes clear that people who don't use AI aren't really losing out all that much.

05.12.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I don't have a spotify b/c they're the worst but I am pretty sure that I have the musical tastes of a 65-year-old British man.

04.12.2025 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Intersection Between Activism & Fiction With Author Rachel A. Rosen

I'm on The Fiction Lab podcast with
Katrina Schroeder, talking about the intersection between activism and fiction. Check it out! www.thefictionlab.com/p/the-inters...

03.12.2025 23:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

whaaaaa I love himb

03.12.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œAI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to itโ€ wrong. I donโ€™t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

01.12.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21826    ๐Ÿ” 8832    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 190    ๐Ÿ“Œ 284

Generative AI is fully banned in my courses. For myriad reasons, including that Indigenous homelands are being drained of water for techbros.

03.12.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

imagine if the media covered book releases the way they do AI

"Ramdas ' new book is the greatest book ever, say industry experts*"

* the industry expert we asked was Ramdas

03.12.2025 01:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 295    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Last night I was asked why I bothered to tell people that they shouldn't use ChatGPT. What difference does one person make, etc.? The answer is that all of us, collectively, can end this plague.

02.12.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly arenโ€™t fucking around.

01.12.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9259    ๐Ÿ” 2738    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62    ๐Ÿ“Œ 113

Congrats! That's a hell of a lineup.

30.11.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜AI is here to stayโ€™ โ€” is it, though? What do you mean, โ€˜stayโ€™? When some huge and stupid public chatbot disaster hits the news, the AI pumpers will Kramer into the mentions to say stuff like โ€œyou have to admit, AI is here to stay.โ€ Well, no, I donโ€™t. Not unlesโ€ฆ

Here's an overview of the reasons why its prevalence is likely to diminish after the burst.

pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/a...

17.11.2025 09:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I kinda want it now.

30.11.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Imagine having so few problems in your life that you care a lot about Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811). It must be so relaxing.

29.11.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Natureโ€™s latest AI-generated paper โ€” with medical frymblal and Factor Fexcectorn Natureโ€™s open-access sideline Nature Scientific Reports is the โ€œweโ€™ve got Nature at homeโ€ of scientific publishing. It appears to run any garbage for a mere $2,690 processing charge. A snip, Iโ€™m suโ€ฆ

Autistic friends, you doing okay? How is your medical frymbal going? Do you have at least a quarter bicycle wheel?

29.11.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For sure. There are a lot of factors, from changes in educational philosophy to the way social media is built to distract to covid cognitive damage to the very obvious defunding of our entire education system. The one group I don't blame are the Kids Todayโ€”they are a product of material conditions.

29.11.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover for Marten Norr's high-seas dark fantasy, Demon Engine. Organic vines and sinews are interlocked with brass gears in a frame around the book's title and author's name. In the background is the sea. The story follows a troubled demon-binder who must help the Navy who ruined his life for a final, dangerous mission. Cover designed by Marten Norr. Book released by tRaum Books.

Cover for Marten Norr's high-seas dark fantasy, Demon Engine. Organic vines and sinews are interlocked with brass gears in a frame around the book's title and author's name. In the background is the sea. The story follows a troubled demon-binder who must help the Navy who ruined his life for a final, dangerous mission. Cover designed by Marten Norr. Book released by tRaum Books.

"Everything fantasy should be." ๐ŸŽ‡๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’ฅThanks for reviewing DEMON ENGINE by Marten Norr!!! If you haven't checked this one out yet, the audio book is especially fantastic.
traumbooks.com/demon-engine/

28.11.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

people who are in the "AI" tech sphere simply do not understand how much people resent and do not want these enshittification plagarism algorithms and the airchoking data centers that they are needed to run on. no more pedo anime mechahitler archive broadcast nodes with bespoke private security

26.11.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 141    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is so bittersweet b/c my friend died of cervical cancer. I hope everyone from now on can avoid this horror.

27.11.2025 12:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the aristocrats! but like literally

27.11.2025 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Right to Say "No" A reminder: Second Breakfast is on hiatus until the new year. Well, sort of, as here's a Second Breakfast email in your inbox. There are a couple of weeks' worth of news articles to link to, to be sur...
25.11.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
2025 Rachel A Rosen Award Eligiblity. Blight (The Sleep of Reason Book 2), Novel, What If We Kissed While Sinking a Billionare's Yacht?, Antifa Lit Journal Vol. 1, Short story. There is a cute black cat looking beseechingly at you with an arrow posted towards her that says "gratuitous cat for visibility." A stack of books are in the background of an obvious canva template.

2025 Rachel A Rosen Award Eligiblity. Blight (The Sleep of Reason Book 2), Novel, What If We Kissed While Sinking a Billionare's Yacht?, Antifa Lit Journal Vol. 1, Short story. There is a cute black cat looking beseechingly at you with an arrow posted towards her that says "gratuitous cat for visibility." A stack of books are in the background of an obvious canva template.

Here's what I published in 2025, should you be the sort of person who nominates obscure Canadian weirdo authors for awards of any sort.

25.11.2025 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

For real. I love the intricate borders and backgrounds.

24.11.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

these are so rad omg

24.11.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A black and white digital ink illustration on a toned paper background. An homage to the original illustrations by Garth Williams for E. B. Whiteโ€™s book โ€˜Charlotteโ€™s Webโ€™. Standing in a wooden doorway to a barn is a contented looking young pig. Across the top hall of the doorway are several spiderwebs that have the words โ€˜Maybe it will happen todayโ€™ webbed into them. The spider who made them is hanging down on a filament at the pigโ€™s eye level.

A black and white digital ink illustration on a toned paper background. An homage to the original illustrations by Garth Williams for E. B. Whiteโ€™s book โ€˜Charlotteโ€™s Webโ€™. Standing in a wooden doorway to a barn is a contented looking young pig. Across the top hall of the doorway are several spiderwebs that have the words โ€˜Maybe it will happen todayโ€™ webbed into them. The spider who made them is hanging down on a filament at the pigโ€™s eye level.

19.11.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 440    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Digital ink drawing on a toned paper background. Taken from a famous photo of Woody Guthrie, standing and looking straight into the lens of the camera with a cigarette extending from pursed lips. One hand is resting on the body of his guitar and the other of holding a harmonica. Rough hand lettering around the front of the guitar reads โ€˜Maybe it will happen todayโ€™.

Digital ink drawing on a toned paper background. Taken from a famous photo of Woody Guthrie, standing and looking straight into the lens of the camera with a cigarette extending from pursed lips. One hand is resting on the body of his guitar and the other of holding a harmonica. Rough hand lettering around the front of the guitar reads โ€˜Maybe it will happen todayโ€™.

15.07.2025 13:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 371    ๐Ÿ” 98    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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No I won't provide context
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22.11.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

always enjoy seeing people speak out against ai

22.11.2025 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 629    ๐Ÿ” 70    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Imagine having so few problems.

22.11.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps. Opt out of AI tracking now! | Tuta First Android, now Gmail, Photos, Drive an more: Google is allowing Gemini AI access to all your data โ€“ even your emails, photos, calls, and texts. Follow these steps to turn off Gemini AI on Android ...

I swear we all did this a couple months ago but now we have to do it again.

21.11.2025 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think about this all the time.

21.11.2025 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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