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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 28/09/2026

These AI companies should be responsible for everything they do, and they fact nobody is holding them accountable is driving me insane: aftermath.site/ai-agents-resp...

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026

Declines also just correlate with the rise of the AI bubble on somewhat coincidental terms. *all* at-home entertainment was overinvested in during the peak of covid, and we're experiencing a hangover crash from that, for example, which is now being compounded by AI-driven misinvestment.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026

In both film and video games, you see a ton of *project cancellations* and a general difficulty in funding new projects, which wouldn't be the case if AI was displacing workers in producing those products—you'd expect the opposite, in fact, if it was becoming cheaper to make a movie/game.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026

It really doesn't make sense to attribute those job losses to AI-the-technology, because if that were the case we'd be observing AI outputs displacing conventional entertainment products, and they're clearly not. Rather, the impact of AI is that AI-the-business is crowding out other investment.

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 26/09/2026

Is there any particularly good journalism / reporting on Vance and his links to Thiel and the Silicon Valley lot? I feel like he’s getting skimmed over a lot in press coverage and would like to read a deeper dive on his politics. He feels a bit too under the radar for my liking.

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 26/09/2026

ai lawyer [addressing jury]: people said it was a mistake for my client to hire an ai lawyer, but I will prove that he’s innocent prosecution: objection! ai lawyer: i appreciate the pushback because you know what? i messed up. i ignored the evidence that he’s obviously guilty. the defence rests.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Without due process, you'll have no way of showing ICE that you're a citizen" is pretty effective messaging for normies! Do I wish everyone cared about undocumented migrants as much as they care about themselves? Sure. But they don't, and it's fine to have different messages for different audiences

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 24/09/2026

Peter in the new Fire Emblem is the most relatable character I’ve ever encountered in a videogame, because after doing almost anything he’ll say “Kinda need a snack”

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 24/09/2026

I remember someone said extreme wealth is the equivalent of getting kicked in the head by a horse everyday. Jensen Huang is 63 years old and doesn't know his own address? The only legitimate reason for that at this stage of his life is brain degeneration.

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WIRED @wired.com · 20/09/2026

The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information. www.wired.com/story/metas-...

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Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me

The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 23/09/2026

Me on my way to play more Fire Emblem and you reminding me of my many deadlines

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ALT: theodora smacking tobias

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 23/09/2026

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is basically Persona 5 Royal x Advance Wars, so I’m afraid you will never see me again

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 23/09/2026

I started with Cai, then switched to Theodora, completed her Part 1, now have gone back to Cai. Then I will play Dietrich as a treat

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 21/09/2026

The best way to fight back against the Paramount/Warner Brothers merger is to support independent artists, journalists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and everyone else who has been walking a very hard path to putting things out into the world.

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Ben Siemon @benjaminjs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There's no way this doesn't make everything for the entertainment industry and consumers much much worse.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is EXACTLY what I was worried about with the Paramount merger: They weren't going to make 30 movies per year. That was my issue with it. Now we have 30 movies! Thank you Gavin Newsom! You saved democracy! 🫡 🇺🇸 🗽 🦅

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 20/09/2026

“Are you alright?” “Not really”

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/09/2026

"I’ve requested this meeting because I’ve noticed a concerning trend: It doesn’t seem like you’re reading my mind. This is quite troubling because tasks I’ve never mentioned before are falling through the cracks."

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As Your Manager, I Don’t Think It’s Too Much to Ask That You Read My Mind

“I just can’t keep reminding you to do things I haven’t told you about. I don’t know how many warnings I’ve given you now. How many have there been? You shou...

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 19/09/2026

Lots of lovely Thomas & Friends fans reaching out - thank you for all the questions! I will get to them when I can. I want to make a little thread here just to answer some FAQs:

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I am actively looking for work as I wait for contract payments to land. Happy to share decks, samples and portfolio work across books, TV and advertising!

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

way too much time is spent in coddling the feelings of professional whiners and trying to help them feel less bad instead of simply saying so fucking what if they're crying and going back to living our lives the way we were before we had this pointless interruption

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 19/09/2026

Henry was probably my favourite to write for! But loved Deepak too. I got to name him and come up with his personality, so it means a ton to have contributed something like that to the franchise.

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 19/09/2026

Had a couple of questions about this: you’ll have to wait for the full series to come out I’m afraid!

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 19/09/2026

As this question has come up a few times, I would like to just let folks know that Rosie was not written with an accent and writers typically have no say in casting! 🚂

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/09/2026

This is why I hate "just a tool" so so so much. You can make a calculator without access to every calculation. You can make photoshop without access to all photos. Someone show me a genai tool that didn't require all of our labour in its production. It's plagiarism software.

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 18/09/2026

I started playing the new Fire Emblem tonight and am both enjoying it and invested in the story so far… despite completely bouncing off Metaphor: Refantazio, which I recall feeling almost exactly like this game

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Will ó the Wisp🍵 @will-o-wisp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So glad to see this show getting shout outs longest time it felt like I was the only one who remembers watched and enjoyed it

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🥺 Such a great performance

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 18/09/2026

Debra Wilson is the voice of Kira in Dogs in Space and she was an absolute stand-out in a very stacked voice cast. Completely brilliant performer. Cast her in everything! This is my favourite scene she did. Apparently it made her cry when she read it! And it always gets me when I watch it too!

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 17/09/2026

According to my mum - so take with salt to taste - my first words (yes, plural) were “the coupling snapped”. In related news, a special episode comes out on YouTube for a certain preschool franchise today (Thursday), and I was hired to write it. It’ll be on Netflix at the end of the month.

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 17/09/2026

In related news: today I saw a trailer for a new sitcom called Break Clause about a couple who have to keep living together in London after they break up, and THEY ABSOLUTELY STOLE MY IDEA 😠😠😠😠

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the most masculine video on the internet right now

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 17/09/2026

Should I cancel my physical pre-order of Fortune's Weave and just download it given I left it until yesterday and Amazon haven't even updated the order since it was received

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 17/09/2026

Guess what happens if you try to find evidence of this from a news source that isn't a social media account. If your guess was "there's absolutely fucking nothing", ding ding ding! You're correct! Just because an account has "news" in their name, doesn't mean they're legitimate. Do better, guys.

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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’ve had a conversation like this at every networking event I’ve been to in the last year:

The umbrella academy driving meme. Chekhov is driving from right to left and making eye contact with Five as he drives left to right.
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Top: diversifying into animation because the games industry is a binfire
Bottom: diversifying into games because the animation industry is a binfire.

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 15/09/2026

So I don’t want to comment on that specific case without knowing the full circumstances but I do want to say, in a more general sense, that “someone had the same idea” happens more often than “someone stole your idea”.

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 10/09/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: I have decided to rate the dancing of every character in Mario Kart World

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Once again reminding folks that "thinking" models of LLMs work by recursively creating more elaborate prompts for themselves which is the same as "thinking" only so long as you believe that the entirety of human thought boils down to generating sentences which might explain why AI posters think so

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 16/09/2026

Absolutely furious that the reviews for the new Fire Emblem are so good because now I’m gonna have to play it aren’t I Nintendo you win again

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Fade In @fadeinpro.com · 16/09/2026

If you want a shot of a mouse running along the floor, you could pay a talented VFX artist to do it. You could pay for stock footage. But when you instead choose to pay an "AI" company to generate it for you, you're taking the creative work of others without permission, attribution, or compensation.

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 15/09/2026

God, today’s @thenewsagents.co.uk on the far right in the UK at the moment - covering the “Danny Tommo” stuff - is genuinely chilling. We can’t let these scumbags represent our country in any fucking way.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Reading for pleasure is linked to better cognition, mental health, empathy, memory, and more gray matter. (There are probably confounding factors, but let's just choose to believe it's causal.)

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Reading for pleasure boosts memory, empathy and mental health | New Scientist

Fewer people are reading for pleasure, but getting lost in a good book has repeatedly been linked to substantial cognitive benefits

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