Paolo Manalo

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡

Wrath is the Alpha and Vineyard is the Omega. This is or should be what The Grapes of Wrath is about. Yes.

"her memory is a cloud she can't hold..."

Lots of feels with this poem for my mum. Sent with love for anyone with a parent or loved one with Alzheimer's/dementia. It's a journey.

(And thank you @poetsorg.bsky.social and Rick Barot for sharing this one. It means a lot.)

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

Isa na akong ganap na tropical depression.

Simula at Wakas album of SB19 in a jewel case with a Stell photocard on top of it.

Ordered this physical album from Japan to celebrate all the milestones of SB19 this Simula at Wakas era. Pulled a Stell photocard.

Bartz v Anthropic: Find Out if You May Be Part of This Class Action - Writer Beware Almost exactly a year ago, a group of authors filed suit against AI company Anthropic over its creation of an enormous library of digitized books to train its Claude LLMs. In addition to purchasing an...

New #WriterBeware blog post: A brief backgrounder on authors' class action lawsuit against Anthropic for unauthorized AI training, plus how you can find out if your books may be included and how to add yourself to a contact list for official class action notices writerbeware.blog/2025/08/15/b...

sandwich guy got charged with one count of monte cristo

The Poet at Seven And on the porch, across the upturned chair, The boy would spread a dingy counterpane Against the length and majesty of the rain And on all fours crawl in it like a bear, To lick his wounds in secret, in his lair; And afterwards, in the windy yard again, One hand cocked back, release his paper plane, Frail as a mayfly to the faithless air. And summer evenings he would spin around Faster and faster till the drunken ground Rose up to meet him; sometimes he would squat Among the foul weeds of the vacant lot, Waiting for dusk and someone dear to come And whip him down the street, but gently, home.

Unconscionable to let the great Donald Justice’s centenary pass without posting a poem. This paean to childhood from his debut collection seems only fitting.

Five mannequins wearing one set of outfits worn by SB19 in the Dungka! music video with a placard in the background that says "KULTURA PANGALAGAAN!"

DUNGKA! sa Simula at Wakas Experience ng SB19.

etching of a centaur captioned According to Greek mythology, Chiron was a half horse, half human doctor. This made him the Centaur for Disease Control.

I will *never* apologize for a post

A copy of Conversations with my Self(ies): Poems by Pierra Calasanz-Labrador with illustrations by Wiji Lacsamana. The cover has an illustration of a mirror that reflects someone, face unseen, in a long dress and red shoes taking a photo.

For my lockdown comrades, And for Toto, always. And in loving memory of Daddy Julian Labrador, editor and friend Randy Bustamante, and fur kids Fredly and Captain Tsubasa. Dear Paolo, Fellow weaver of words -- here's to celebrating the joy in everyday things. Pierra

Received a copy of Conversations with my Self(ies): Poems by Pierra Calasanz-Labrador with illustrations by Wiji Lacsamana.

White on black glow-in-the-dark cat book bag containing the book Songs of Our Breakup by Jay E. Tria.

Found my cat book bag! I'm now determined to finish Jay E. Tria's Playlist series this year. It's Book 1's (Songs of Our Breakup) 10th anniversary.

Rizal: *writing sequel to Noli me tangere*

Me: I'm not gonna let you filibuster, bitch!

Yes 💯

What I loved about it is finding that right situation that pressures late 30s/early 40s characters into doing something expected of them at that age but they also have their respective agencies to resist the situation if they wish.

Copy of Totally Engaged by Mina V. Esguerra next to a coffee mug.

Finishing the Six 32 Central series of @minavesguerra.com with Totally Engaged. It's one of the few stories in Philippine literature that touch on "aging out" in PH-US migration narratives.

Print copy of So Forward by Mina V. Esguerra with a Kasama Una Pabitin fountain pen

Getting back to my own reading momentum and working on the pandemic TBR pile starting with So Forward by @minavesguerra.com

And my soldiers are SB19 💦

Can I just say how fucking ridiculous it is that queer and nsfw art is more heavily regulated than the fucking plagiarism machine destroying our planet that is genAI

Friends, I wrote a piece on poet Laura Gilpin, who died of glioblastoma in 2006.

She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”

With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.

www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...

Differences of Opinion I He Tells Her He tells her that the earth is flat - He knows the facts, and that is that. In altercations fierce and long She tries her best to prove him wrong. But he has learned to argue well. He calls her arguments unsound And often asks her not to yell. She cannot win. He stands his ground. The planet goes on being round.

Couldn't let Wendy Cope's 80th birthday pass without posting this absolute knock-out punch of a poem.

I thought it was just me.

NO IT FUCKING ISNT ALL THE CREATIVES ARE FUCKING **BROKE**

Oh, what a thing to do
And it was all yellow
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

A copy of Murder by Cheesecake, A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery by Rachel Ekstrom Courage

Thank you for being a fiend, a murderous one.

Two capped Kasama fountain pens showing the palm tree logo on the finials.

EDC Kasama fountain pens

RIP Fanny Howe 1940–2025

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The Patient Teacher

Who is talking in this story?
Where did the monkey go?
Why doesn’t Tina untangle the tangle?
Settle down you boys at the back there!
Who the fuck is talking in this story?

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