Reposted by Joel DaneKyle Aisteach @badwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026With apologies to Tom Lehrer, it's important to keep your career progress in perspective. Whenever I'm feeling down about my lack of success, I remind myself that when H.P. Lovecraft was my age, he'd been dead for eight years. 051
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Oh, no! Not at all. I'm thrilled to have it out there again. Just ... you know: aarrrrraakl;ajdkdkj! 000
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026What you anti-AI activists refuse to admit is that THIS IS A PROVEN BUSINESS MODEL. The industry is perfectly on track. Sheesh. Just wait for the plan to _ripen_. You're going to feel pretty silly when AI hits the maturity of 'too big to fail/bail out with staggering amounts of public money.' 000
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Catching up to Ornstein & Mann 2012! Better late I guess ... 100
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Is there an element of: Dems, knowing fully well that Good Thing X isn't achievable, sensibly don't try it. Yet our voters don't (all) demand they -achieve- Good Thing X. We want them to try and fail and KEEP TRYING forever, like Rs with xenophobia, authoritarianism, and widening the wealth gap. 010
Reposted by Joel DaneSenator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Governor just signed my bill to allow people to sue ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents for violating people’s constitutional rights. Starting immediately, people can sue federal agents retroactive to abuse occurring in March 2025. 201050266
Reposted by Joel DaneMeerkat Press @meerkatpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Loved this review of aNother Nemesis at the Science Fiction & Poetry Association! "Humor, satire, and honesty pervade the poems ... An interesting and thought-provoking collection." zurl.co/QiMrp #anOtherNemesis @genni.bsky.social @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social 045
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 23/09/2026u/librarypatron: I love reading! Me: username checks out 000
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Many responses to this begin with 'I am a human artist' and as an SFF author I must say this is not the first contact we were hoping for. 030
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I LOVED Dimova's FOUL DAYS series and cannot wait to sink my eyeballs into her newest! 030
Reposted by Joel DaneAmanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So delighted to be bringing this book with its simply gorgeous cover to the UK. Retaining Maxine's whimsical and charming illustration was an absolute no-brainer - it fits the book so beautifully! And then our lovely Profile designers decided on a font that seemed to fit the story perfectly 😍 0126
Reposted by Joel DaneEn Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I know this might help electorally, but do not forget that the *vast* majority of Republicans still support Donald Trump. They have *not* 'learned their lesson' or had an 'epiphany' or whatever other horseshit that people who want to be buddies with Republicans might say. 1187
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The fact that rich people are better-positioned to influence the far future is WHY WE SHOULD EAT THEM. Debate me, cowards. 1362
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Tired: Old man shouting at clouds. Wired: Young man screaming at echoes. 000
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Surely the most pragmatic political lesson here is, "Unapologetically keep saying shit that makes the left swoon?" 130
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I genuinely love treating myself to superbougie drinks as celebration. God I'm boring. 110
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A stupidly expensive beverage, like a saffron turmeric latte sweetened with rambutan milk. 110
Reposted by Joel DaneHannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 04/09/2026They understood the assignment: 16612
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Oooh! Loads of Cherryh! www.humblebundle.com/books/best-c... lhumblebundle.comHumble Book Bundle: The Best of C.J. Cherryh by Daw BooksEnter new universes of adventure and mystery with this bundle of ebooks by C.J. Cherryh! Pay what you want and support BINC! 221
Reposted by Joel DaneI Me Mine-lo @hawgle.bird.gay · 02/09/2026500 yrs from now scientists are gonna use the gradual shift from full fursuits to poodling to just fursuiting with the head as a sign of economic decline exactly like the Roman Empire's 56417
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I mean, it has to rely upon inconceivably-large-to-humans datasets to complete the sentence/action. I don't doubt automation exists! A car-making robot 'knows' the next step in building a car. It 'knows' far better than I, and will attach bolts with superhuman speed. LLM is linguistic automation. 110
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I don't. You could be a bot! To be honest, I don't know anyone who is worse than me at distinguishing what is AI-derived and what is human. But there are bots we all know are bots, yes? And that is what lets me distinguish. 100
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Is that true? I'm hardly an expert but I've heard that LLMs very much do not have 'mental models' of the world. And actually, I think it's fascinating that using massive, massive datasets to predict likely responses to linguistic prompts mimics minds. 430
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 29/08/2026They're not really communicating, are they? They're serving tremendously-sophisticated autocomplete prompts to each other, then responding to those prompts in tremendously-sophisticated ways, and most horrifying, the content of the autocompletion is derived most from shit we posted online. 640
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Why is Clinton elevated to 'Average?' I mean, I know that asking 'why' is a fool's errand with these people, but still. 020
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Their minds will be blown when they realize exactly HOW LONG a paperclip can hold a couple pieces of paper together. 110
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Why Are Young People Rejecting the Unemployment-Maximizing Machine? 010
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Out now! The best-looking audio drama you'll listen to all year! 020
Reposted by Joel DaneAlexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 18/08/2026THE LAST INFINITY is out now! Come check out my book about time traveling disaster gays and the terrible things I put them through: books2read.com/b/bwMZ99. #TimeTravelAuthors #WritingCommunity 11312
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026My company, Artifacts of Human Intellection, pays humans to draft words to feed into the writer-replacement machine because the writer-replacement machine cannot replace writers. Buy my stock now! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-e...talkingpointsmemo.comThe Era of Literal AI Book-Chomping Has BegunHere is an update on a story you may not yet have... 001
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I want a browser plug-in that changes every instance of 'AI' to 'deep fake.' 020
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Wait. Is there an Ants & Wizards newsletter to which one can subscribe? (Myrmecology & Mages?) 000
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 14/08/2026My theory is, it's the beard. That's the beard of a fella who knows how to connect the dots. 110
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I LOVED the first book in this smart, swashbuckling Master & Commander & Magic novel, and look at this review for the second one! Highly recommended! www.readingreality.net/2026/08/a-bo...readingreality.netA+ #BookReview: The Silver Hand by Shawn CarpenterMy Review: The Silver Hand is the follow-up to the absolutely marvelous first book in the Tides of Magic series, The Price of Redemption. And it was well worth the damnable two year wait to get it. Wh... 120
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Why? WHYYYYYYYYYYYY? (Also, a box of tissues to dry my eyes.) 010
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Listen to celebrities say my words for zero dollars and zero cents! Here at Crazy Joelie's, WE'RE GIVING THEM AWAY! www.audible.com/pd/Marigold-...audible.comMarigold BreachCheck out this great listen on Audible.com. Starring Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto! After crash-landing on a mysterious planet with no memory and a sentient AI implant in his brain keeping him alive, a soldier searches for answers about his past. There are only four things Lucan knows with ... 021
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The bad news: men naturally gravitate toward Crime and Punishment, Dune, and the Way of Kings. The good news: I am now proudly trans. 010
Joel Dane @joeldane.bsky.social · 07/08/2026All they ask for is _polite_ authoritarianism. Is that too much? 010