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![A screen capture of my Blue Sky profile header, on a white background with (mainly) black serif font text. The landscape background is a faintly classical 19th Century fabric design I got from somewhere and forgot where. My avatar is all present and correct in the circular area where it always goes, showing my true tuxedo cat nature. I am staring accusingly at you all as I know what you're up to.
Beyond the usual 'Edit Profile' and stack button in the top right area below the mosaic, here is the text I use for my profile:
[In large, bold text] Alexander Hay
@alexanderhay.myatproto.social
4.6k followers
5.4k following
6.8k posts
Writer of weird fiction. Querying away. Dank Goblin. NUJ member. That's definitely me in the profile photo. Blocks AI on sight.
alexanderhay.co.uk
alexanderhay.neocities.org/
instagram.com/alexanderhayauthor/
orcid.org/0000-0003-1965-9764](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7wkxedboqzysjzsgetugxq6l/bafkreidsw5lbc7lf4jhkqbshhqgjkg5gjhnnwtgmpkduh3iph7sg5sxpjy)
![Pro-AI mark 'Glasgalf' posts the following missive on Facebook, dated 19/01/2026, 17:08 GMT, claiming that if you disagree with AI, you may as well be shooting guide dogs or something.
"Disappointed but not surprised, no wonder the left gets nowhere. Can't even try to improve accessibility without being called a traitor, a bastard blah blah
"Honestly go fuck yourselves, I will NOT apologise for making my life and others easier
"This all or nothing with AI is fucking pish, medicine and accessibility is one area it should absolutely be used in
"Should it be used to steal art? Fuck no, but if you want to burn bridges with people over it, off you go then
"I have no issue with people disliking AI, I probably 90% hate it, it should be a tool to assist humans, not replace them
"Yes there's software that already exists but I've had that before, needed to use a PC, had to pay for it if I wanted a good version, this is already installed onto my phone, it's free, it's accessible.
"Edit - why I use it in this one particular use..."
[Much mewling later.]
"...So yeah people could maybe argue I should just use more effort and find alternatives, but I don't see the merit in that argument, I'm a small page, a small fly in the scheme of AI usage, and I use it for one small purpose
"But now I'm a traitor 🙄"
[He then foots this message with a pro-AI meme, because he's incapable of standing his argument up otherwise.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7wkxedboqzysjzsgetugxq6l/bafkreih7465kxnmrzujkge7q7b3gsr7w32hrdrt4zpmeek4oyy4xbswh7a)
![A post from a Guardian Politics live thread, 12/01/2026. It features a mixture of bold, italicised and standard modern serif text, plus a red hyperlink, and a red text/icon share button at the bottom.
The text reads like so:
"14m ago 16.54 GMT
"Kendall says law passed last year making creation of consensensual, intimate images criminal offence will come into force this week
"Kendall says the decision by X last week to restrict the Grok AI deepfake tool to subscribers does not go anywhere near far enough.
"She goes on:
"Under the Online Safety Act, sharing intimate images without someone’s consent, or threatening to share them, including images of people in their underwear, is a criminal offence for individuals and for platforms.
"My predecessor [Peter Kyle] rightly made this a priority offence, so services have to take proactive action to stop this content from appearing in the first place.
"The Data Act, passed last year, made it a criminal offence to create or request the creation of nonconsensual and intimate images.
"And today I can announce to the house that this offence will be brought into force this week, and that I will make it a priority offence in the Online Safety Act.
"This means individuals are committing a criminal offence if they create or seek to create such content, including on X. And anyone who does this should expect to face the full extent of the law..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7wkxedboqzysjzsgetugxq6l/bafkreidftg6g6e5zfoki73sfakkqz44uezzssbzgvgfasjj6s3w2nrxia4)
![An excerpt from a Guardian live thread, published on 28/07/2025, at 14.19 BST.
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The excerpt says:
"Starmer says Online Safety Act will not censor Trump's Truth Social social media company
"Q: Are you worried the Online Safety Act is going to censore Truth Social, your social media site?
"Trump jokes that he does not think that is likely.
"Starmer says the act is not about censoring sites. He says the UK is committed to free speech. But children should be protected from things like suicide sites.
"Trump says Congress passed similar legislation, supported by his wife. He goes on:
"I cannot imainge [sic] him censoring Truth Social … I only say good things about him and his country."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7wkxedboqzysjzsgetugxq6l/bafkreihjiquhvfhrstlxyz65d5acxx5ocaszpn6bnjd6imp2nz7vkvvl3m)
