Reposted by Mitchell HoganJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I give up. I’m moving into a cave. 743479673
Reposted by Mitchell HoganMike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Good morning. As a (comparatively) successful author I feel it’s time to branch out in my career. As a result, I’m excited to be stepping into the world of professional football. Since I’m physically incapable of playing football at a professional level I will be hiring what I call a “ghostballer” 18770175
Reposted by Mitchell HoganEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Publishers defend stuff like this as a worthwhile dice roll or "It seemed like a good idea at the time" when in fact "MrBeast has millions of fans and none of them have ever read a book, and no James Patterson reader knows who MrBeast is" was actually a pretty easy thing to foresee. 1642664
Reposted by Mitchell HoganCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/08/2026I realize this is just me, but if I were administering a $1.5 billion settlement with hundreds of thousands of rights holders, I would keep my settlement website reasonably updated. It would cost a lot less than answering the same 3 questions over and over again. 1246833
Reposted by Mitchell HoganEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period. 105138735602
Reposted by Mitchell HoganIndie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 28/07/2026LMFAO 9124814140
Reposted by Mitchell HoganVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 13/07/2026For anyone who remembers the long-running Google Books lawsuit, the allegations in this latest AI training class action infringment lawsuit will seem especially galling www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...publishersweekly.comPublishers, Authors File Class Action Lawsuit Against GoogleHachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, and Elsevier, as well as author Scott Turow, are looking to block the tech giant from engaging in alleged copyright infringement of millions of texts to develop ... 04422
Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Mr Stonebowl Burwood school holiday adventure. 010
Reposted by Mitchell HoganChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 20/06/2026I do love that AI inadvertently confirms that our brains work like a muscle, too — use it or lose it. In this way relying on AI is like using a robot to lift weights, like running a marathon in a Honda Civic. You get nothing out of it. 131998713
Reposted by Mitchell HoganHart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Michigan Governor caught on hot mic with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, discussing citizen opposition to AI data centers, bragging how she ignores their concerns: “We’re used to people saying 'f*ck no,' & doing it anyway.”🇺🇸 40758262617
Reposted by Mitchell HoganVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 05/06/2026Annals of AI fuckups: an author forwarded me the email below, in which the book club scammer mistakenly sent the AI output instead of the intended email pitch. Note the "strategic analysis", which illustrates the scammers' boiled-frog approach 16367148
Reposted by Mitchell HoganVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 02/06/2026Reminder: even if you're sure it's a legit transaction, DON'T pay for a publishing- or marketing-related service w/ wire transfer, bank apps like Zelle, or the peer-to-peer option w/ platforms like Cash App. Scammers love these because they are hard or impossible to reverse. 1/3 17030
Reposted by Mitchell HoganPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 30/05/2026The way these "AI checkers" work is very, very simple. It feeds part of the text into an LLM. If the LLM predicts, correctly, the missing text, it scores that as proof the LLM produced the text. And LLM's literally stole *every fucking book and forum post ever fucking written* to train on. 52442887
Reposted by Mitchell HoganPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 26/05/2026An interesting warning for writers: There have been ads, making their rounds on social media, advertising writing contests with large prizes. Beware-- some of these contests are tricks to get you to submit files that will then be used to train AI models (LLMs). READ THE FINE PRINT! 26241
Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026In 1990 I lost my father to suicide, and this June I'm completing 3,307 push-ups in 24 days to raise awareness and funds for mental health in Australia. It's open for anyone to join and it's for a good cause, so feel free to join me! www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/...thepushupchallenge.com.auDonate to level up mental health in AustraliaHelp raise funds for much-needed mental health services and initiatives by donating to my page. I’m completing The Push-Up Challenge to support this great cause and would love your help to reach my fu... 012
Reposted by Mitchell HoganSunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026It’s really frightening. 30219006879
Reposted by Mitchell HoganVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 17/05/2026Trademark extortion scheme alert! 2nd example I've seen of identical email, tho sent out w/ different names/addresses/company names. Goal is to scare writers into responding so they can be pressed to pay big $$$ to "preserve their rights". Needless to say, this is not how trademark or copyright work 28678
Reposted by Mitchell HoganDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 14/05/2026Spotted on Tumblr… 230130483066
Reposted by Mitchell HoganDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI 5945501580
Reposted by Mitchell HoganTricia Dearborn @triciadearborn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for “structuring” or "organising" 13965455
Reposted by Mitchell HoganDiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 01/05/2026The Academy has banned AI from ever winning an Oscar. • Only roles “demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” can be nominated for acting Oscars • Screenplays “must be human-authored” to qualify for a nomination 7262541574
Reposted by Mitchell HoganRick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026AI psychosis is just “I really think the stripper likes me” for guys who don’t leave their house 8178411962
Reposted by Mitchell HoganGreg the Sorcerer @gregthesorcerer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This kind of mixed use urban planning is illegal in America 220155273931
Reposted by Mitchell HoganJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/04/2026OR JUST WRITE THE THING YOURSELF FOR FUCK'S SAKE IT WILL TAKE LESS TIME THAN WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS mashable.com/article/sinc...mashable.comSinceerly is an AI tool to 'un-AI' your writingA new ouroboros in the tech world has emerged. 14357111327
Reposted by Mitchell HoganEthan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I have a book on submission right now, pray for me 10799103
Reposted by Mitchell Hoganmore mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 25/04/2026can't stop thinking about this guy bragging about how he's outsourced forming a bond with his son like it's a Life Hack. you can't come up with a helicopter story good enough for a six year old? this shit makes people so fucking lazy and simultaneously teaches them how to justify it to themselves 820932
Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026The Knock-on Effect NSW Cup ANZAC Day game Wests Magpies vs Raiders. Great to catch up with some friends I haven't seen for a while! 010
Reposted by Mitchell HoganKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/04/2026Just FYI there’s an account on here called @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social (with over 200k followers) that is posting a bunch of AI slop (including a “Saturn polar hexagon” with 8 sides) and claiming it’s NASA imagery. If you see anything posted by them, it’s likely fake. 16039521637
Reposted by Mitchell HoganGoldie Chan 💚 @goldie.bsky.social · 23/04/2026OMG Look at what NASA just dropped! Your initials in landsat! science.nasa.gov/specials/you... 12819
Reposted by Mitchell HoganThe Alberta Socialist @voxsocialism.bsky.social · 17/04/2026You absolutely SHOULD NOT go around telling people that data centers are full of gold, silver, palladium, copper, and that the data centers are almost entirely unstaffed. 22089223124
Reposted by Mitchell HoganCatherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The use of “hallucinate” is a stroke of true evil genius in the AI world. In ANY other context we’d just call them errors & the fail rate would be crystal clear. Instead, “hallucinate” implies genuine sentience & the *absence* of real error. Aw, this software isn’t shit! Boo’s just dreaming! 261163343
Reposted by Mitchell HoganVyrmithrax27 @vyrmithrax.bsky.social · 22/03/2026We should institute reverse hunger games where the richest people in the world fight to the death every year, and all the assets of the dead get spread evenly amongst the rest of the world population. 12610
Reposted by Mitchell HoganElise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Death is inevitable. Laundry is inevitable. One of the blueberries being ungodly tart is inevitable. Ai is not. We can say no to it. We don’t want it. It is not here to stay if we don’t support it 12719245
Reposted by Mitchell HoganPhil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 11/03/2026In case you're wondering what kind of prose an 18,000 word per day regime produces, here's an excerpt from "Earth, the Marauder", one of Burks's science fiction novelettes, set "deep within the gnome-infested tunnels of the moon". 2326
Reposted by Mitchell HoganElizabeth Spann Craig @elizabethspanncraig.com · 13/03/2026Why These Contract Clauses Are Scary: writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w... @victoriastrauss.com #wkb5ewriterbeware.blogWhy These Contract Clauses Are Scary - Writer BewareThe clauses I’m going to discuss in this post come from the contract of Shadow Light Press, a publisher of fantasy and science fiction with deep ties to the LitRPG community. The contract stirred… 012
Reposted by Mitchell HoganMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026There’s nothing more obnoxious than when people celebrate being an asshole or “just saying what everyone’s thinking” Yeah, dude, most people have edgy thoughts, and learn to keep them inside. It’s called control. What you’re doing is like being really proud of constantly shitting yourself. 754946822
Reposted by Mitchell HoganCecilia Mok @ceciliamok.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Farmer's Market in Fuchsia is my new pattern design, inspired by the vibrant energy of local markets and some of my favourite produce. 073
Reposted by Mitchell HoganDK Mok @dkmok.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Recently found out that DuckDuckGo has a dedicated No AI search page. It automatically turns off AI-generated answers and filters out known AI-generated images. No more having to change the settings manually. noai.duckduckgo.com 09232
Reposted by Mitchell HoganAlan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Here's some more: Geneve Flynn Pamela Jeffs Lauren Elise Daniels Pauline Yates Alannah Pearson Grace Chan Elaine Cuyegkeng Nikky Lee Jacqui Greaves Tracie McBride Cassie Hart Darcy Coates 053
Reposted by Mitchell HoganAlan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Women In Horror Month! Here's an ANZ list of women horror writers you absolutely should read. Kaaron Warren Angela Slatter Kirstyn McDermott Joanne Anderton J S Breukelaar Lisa L Hannett Kyla Lee Ward A J Spedding Margo Lanagan Lee Murray Claire Fitzpatrick Chris Mason Cat Sparks Kathleen Jennings 43818
Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026It has been raining and/or overcast for weeks, and these little guys have popped up. 000
Reposted by Mitchell HoganOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 06/03/2026Happy Friday. Don’t skip school. 1634320856
Reposted by Mitchell HoganBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/03/2026A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren. 17872792277