Alison Stine

There can be no Firefly without Wash.

This was a great day. Thanks to @edmondchang.bsky.social and @ohiouniversity.bsky.social for bringing me back and all the students, community members, and writers for coming out and having some inspiring conversations.

American publishing regularly punishes women in their 50s by simply not interviewing them for new jobs in the way @saribotton.bsky.social describes here. So it’s great revenge that she launched Oldster magazine on her own, now with 70k subscribers.

A lot of folks seem extremely eager to outsource the work of being human, and I just have to ask: What are they all doing instead? What is more important than doing the work of being human?

Some folks are sending students to use claude to teach themselves how to code for class instead of just...teaching the students to code. So now I'm giving them extra resources so they can actually learn.

I reported on economics for one (1) year and everything I learned discouraged me from having children, especially in the US. Living with my toddler nephew for five weeks full-time killed the last 5 percent of possibility I might have kids.

When the New York Public Library's wealthy trustees tried to get rid of physical books, & turn the beloved main branch (guarded by the two lions) into a kind of upscale mall, they presented this as inevitable too.

People fought back—turns out people really like books!—& they had to drop the plan.

So anyway I guess this is what it feels like to be one of the tiny humans running through the streets while the giant supervillain monsters are fighting by throwing passengers trains and apartment buildings at each other

The Pentagon had demanded the AI company loosen ethical guidelines on its systems or face severe consequences.

This sentence in The Guardian says a lot about where we are as a country.

Congrats!

Some dudes will try anything to become better writers except reading women. If they only knew…

There is no amount of money in the world that would lead me to fight a Vietnamese refugee that grew up in Louisiana

(Also I really want to try a Korean style Po’ Boy)

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One of my unfounded conspiracy theories about generative AI is that to fake the "intelligence" they simply packed in a very high unpredictability factor. Rogue actions feel like a choice, a decision of intellect, while predictability does not; predictability is already served by non-AI software.

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

The Star Tribune has 11 staff photographers, f-t videographer and 3 photo editors.

The Washington Post just ditched every staff photographer, many of their graphics people, and the editor responsible for all the visuals–photos, video, graphics, data, and design. She is a legend. Now out of work.

of the two articles currently circulating about Sheri’s Ranch which feature Jupiter Jetson, this one is way more worth your time. there is a fascinating and important story in the unfolding workers’ rights movement in Nevada’s legal brothels that will resonate with anyone who’s been a contractor

My long COVID med makes me sick for a few hours after I take it, but I'm not waking up with a headache for the first time in years.

What Is It That Makes Used Bookstores So Wonderful? After I recently lamented on social media about how much I miss used bookstores, a couple of people pointed out that I could get used books here or there. They usually cited those used books supers…

I wrote about my love of used bookstores a couple of years ago for @crimereads.bsky.social

crimereads.com/what-is-it-t...

Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon | CNN Business Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition.

The AI critics have, once again, been right about everything www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/t...

Heads up folks: @thetnholler.bsky.social posted an AI-generated video this morning that was a deepfake of the captain of the U.S. women’s hockey team, and they seem to be promoting it as if it’s a real video. So watch out for that and don’t spread fakes.

The rise of rejection sensitive dysphoria: ‘My chest feels like it’s collapsing’ It makes rejection, teasing or criticism feel unbearable, often prompting a strong physical reaction. Sufferers describe life with a condition that is only just starting to be understood

A very good piece on rejection-sensitive dysphoria, a subset of ADHD that can be debilitating. Despite popular belief, it’s a thing!

Just had my week-long, no headache stretch broken by Zoom. Oh well. We had a good run.

Me too. Neither is helping, that's for sure.

I'm just tired all the time.

A New Wharton Study on AI Warns of a Growing Problem: Cognitive Surrender Casual users should pay special attention

This is a mental war that we have to win. It's not about being a luddite, it's about destroying or retaining the ability to think. It's about how insidious this becomes in a situation where generative AI is adopted and then subverted intentionally.

www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/a-new-whar...

A.I. Isn't People How many Reddit posts does it take to learn to read?

Yesterday I wrote about what AI is (math) and isn’t (people) and someone in the comment said it’s the best thing anyone ever wrote about AI. I’m just gonna take that at face value and so should you. www.todayintabs.com/p/a-i-isn-t-...

I'm not entirely sure how they did it, but they've completely cleared the streets around my office in Midtown #NYC.

They paid a lot of people good wages to do the job effectively, thank you for coming to my socialism talk

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.”

They pulled a Target.