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Alex Z

@alexzoubine.bsky.social
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Writer, Author, Poet | Producer of BIOME | First Reader @ The Colored Lens | Story Reviewer | Dog lover | Analytics Aficionado

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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 10h
Beautiful autumn morning in my garden...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
There does seem to be an interesting subset of folks who seem huffily annoyed that creators might want to be compensated for their stolen work by the people whose intentional acts of theft has literally allowed to become billionaires, I mean, how dare we, right
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 13h
This is so wholesome: "California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids" Can we please take NFL pay packages and give them to people like this instead? apnews.com/article/nobe...
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California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids
The kids were asleep in the family home in Stanford, where their father had been speaking in the middle of the night with journalists and well-wishers. Deisseroth, who is 54, shared this year’s medici...
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 14h
Seriously - lawyers for authors/media should wrangle tech company law offices into this Tell them: either LLMs can scrape and surface ALL data - including source code for your programs - or you fight for all IP rights and thereby keep your own products safe Can't have it both ways #tech #ai #book
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 14h
An idea: In a classroom/library, put a book in an intimidating cage and plexiglass box. Making it look like it's in prison. Put a sign over it that says "Do Not Read This Book" Near the end of the year/semester, ceremoniously open the box & read the book together
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Journalism is dead. Long live Journalism.
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is incredibly dangerous A tiny nudge in one direction or another across tens of millions of users... Or perhaps one "hallucinated" fact in a handful of key zip codes... www.npr.org/2026/10/05/n...
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People are asking ChatGPT to help them decide how to vote in the midterms
Voters are already voting in the midterms. This year, some voters are trying something new to get ready for the election: asking AI to help research their ballot and even decide who to vote for.
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trp ending daylight savings time will be the epitome of a broken clock being right twice a day...
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How does half a stick of butter... just vaporize in the microwave?
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Erin Cullen @erinrcullen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Listen to my story! Then go listen to everything else Biome has published. The stories are wonderful, the audio production is top notch, and each installment provides a deep dive into one facet of a unifying theme that is both constrained and infinitely complex. So thrilled to be a part of it 💚🍃☘️
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I reallt appreciate how the author of this video does a fair job showing the complexity of seemingly simple concepts such as financial "inequality" m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2b0...
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Has Inequality Ever Been Worse?
YouTube video by Economics Explained
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
PSA: The death penalty is a deep and ugly stain on every person who supports it
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/PrXXA... Pretty much...
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Try BusinessAI for Business™️ today!
YouTube video by Emily Mattheson Voice, Inc.
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biomespec.bsky.social @biomespec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Episode 1 (Season 2) has landed. Check it out on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1taF... Or any of your favorite podcast apps: rss.com/podcasts/bio... #podcast #art #story #fiction #writingCommunity #bookSky #scifi #fantasy #horror #art
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pieces like this frustrate me because they feel moralizing & judgmental without considering "the other side." Maybe ordering Starbucks coffee ahead of time means you can leave home a bit later, spending more time with your kids [more in thread] www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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One Reason People Are Spending So Much Time Alone
There is a social cost to many modern conveniences.
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time to wake up! ⏰️ September is ending! (Green Day reference)
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is important that you know this
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Sarah Dorner @sarahdorner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If anyone is interested in a science fiction story of a Québécois family on Venus, I strongly recommend @derekkunsken.bsky.social ‘s House of Styx.
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"In economics, things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.” - Rüdiger Dornbusch
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stories about alien minds are some fascinating and memorable This one is among the most unique and the perfect start to Biome, Season 2 Welcome, say the Fanduan Welcome Home 💙 #writingCommunity #bookSky #podcast #story #art
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you watch just one thing this day. Or week. Or month. Or year... Let it be this m.youtube.com/watch?v=66we...
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You Think You're Powerless. Here's The Proof You're Wrong
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Elegy as the Four Seasons Summer is never Fall is again Winter is forever Spring is when - Katie Peterson Paris Review, Autumn 2025 #poem #poetry #art #bookSky #writingCommunity
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why don't more people use/own shoehorns? They're incredibly convenient...
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Do I feel awful because of the weather? Or is there some other voodoo that makes me feel like someone has pummeled my head and stomach? Bah.
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Cage @ridiculouscage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"why would I deceive you?"
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"When visiting a home shared by two or more people, it’s always fun to (silently) guess at whose taste is reflected in which corner, or whose design sense ultimately prevailed"
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Madness.
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 25/09/2026
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Mainstream Fantasy Fiction feat. @thecoloredlens.bsky.social @heartlines-spec.com @biomespec.bsky.social @brickcave.bsky.social et al. duotrope.com...
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Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Mainstream Fantasy Fiction feat. @thecoloredlens.bsky.social @heartlines-spec.com @biomespec.bsky.social @brickcave.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/fee-free-mainstream-fantasy-fiction-qtIN1usF
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's that time of year again... Changing leaves. Colder wind. My dog crying because his arthritis is flaring up 😢
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👁️Leovincible🩻 @leovincible.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kelling
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Can one spend one's entire life doing nothing but good (or neutral) things and still be evil?
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Well - now I know why I won't be sleeping tonight...
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Spending a quiet, rainy day recording podcast episodes and writing a short story Cozy day I think I shall make a point of avoiding the news today...
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Spooky Sara (Endless Halloween🔪🩸🪦) @pashion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy Caturday Y'all.....
A small little girl cat named Baby who is mostly white with grey and peach  she is partially feral but loves me she looks wild and in the picture with the sun behind her and shadows over her eyes  her eyes are usually green bright green she has one docked ear because she was a rescue cats of bluesky catsofbluesky
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When I have something important and out of the ordinary coming up, I leave myself an obnoxious number of reminders Like... I get them every hour for several hours leading up to whatever it will be... starting the day before Consequently, I also don't resent an avalanche of reminders from others...
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Honestly? Same.
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Murdered by AI? Not likely. You'll need a lot more than fancy auto-complete to kill all humans www.cnn.com/2026/09/17/t...
cnn.com
How do experts think AI would kill us, anyway? | CNN Business
Industry insiders are once again warning that a superpowered artificial intelligence could exterminate the human race. But how? And which scenarios are actually plausible?
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What's the proper emphasis to read this statement? You're not ALL going to be dead in 10 years You're not all going to be DEAD in 10 years You're not all going to be dead in TEN years You're not all going to be dead in 10 YEARS Every emphasis seems a bit grim in its own way...
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sam Altman as a dentist: I am doing so many tooth extractions, it scares me! My team had resorted to dragging people off the street so that we can remove as many teeth as we can. Why isn't anyone stopping me?? #ai #technology #humor #medicine #science #writingCommunity
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
AI does creative writing astonishingly poorly... (This in reaction to the winner of the "AI Odyssey remake" or whatever they're calling it over on x)
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I just want a government that is so competent and dull, I could only stand to watch clips of it as bedtime ASMR
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm pretty sure you need to check with your insurance company before you can take this class (For those without insurance, most states have a hotline you can call between the hours of 11am and 11:16am to see if you qualify for assistance enrolling in the class)
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RJB / Mallacore 🇨🇦 @rjb-mallacore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hey artists, share something!💛 #scifi
A vast city inside a megastructure.
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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 14/09/2026
At the Beijing city gate.
Man sitting in front of the Beijing city gates
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Kennedy Center as a building... seems not to have gotten very much love over the decades... www.city-journal.org/article/the-...
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The White Elephant on the Potomac
More than two decades after its completion in 1971, Washington, D.C.’s massive John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts still receives reverential treatment in the press and public mind. It is a...
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sam Altman as a phlebotomist: my team and I are drawing so much blood it scares me! We've sent out roving vans to take as much blood as we can from anyone we see. Why? We'll figure it out later. Who's going to stop me?
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sam Altman as the CEO of a demolition company: we are so demolishing so many buildings, it scares me! We've rigged explosives to just about every building in this city and we didn't keep track of where we put them - but we can figure that out later.
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
These are inspired by the ridiculous article (linked) quoting Sam Altman's social media posts. On one hand, he says he's scared. On the other, he and his team are cutting corners and refusing to build common-sense guardrails... finance.yahoo.com/technology/a...
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on AI: 'We could lose control'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suddenly seems so disturbed by the nightmare-inducing AI monster he has helped create that he is having a hard time sleeping.
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Alex Z @alexzoubine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sam Altman as a brain surgeon: my team and I are doing so mant brain surgeries, it scares me! We've been operating at breakneck speeds, so I'm not even sure what we're cutting anymore. Won't somebody please stop me?
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