John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 14/09/2026My shower wasn't this clean when I bought the house. 000 0
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 14/09/2026You think you're keeping yourself young at heart, and then one day a new set of scrub brushes is the highlight of your week. 110 1
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 10/09/2026Why interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/...interestingengineering.comUnitree's humanoid robot fights person autonomously using new modelUnitree's G1 humanoid fights autonomously using AI, showcasing a shift from remote control to independent robotic combat. 000 0
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 12/08/20264200 words over the past 3 days. I've been getting back to work after a lengthy downtime. Life has been lifing but I'm back on the horse or whatever. 140 4
Reposted by John A. Underwoodjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126187997 12.6K
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 21/05/2026How am I supposed to accomplish my ambitious goals for the day when it's raining and I have this perfectly good porch from which to watch said rain? 130 3
Reposted by John A. UnderwoodPhoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026can't help but think how even a scrap of a fragment of a fraction of the money being shovelled into genai deceit engines would be enough to keep FIYAH running for several thousand years at least 12811 28
Reposted by John A. UnderwoodCharlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 21/05/2026In case you need someone to give you either permission or a sign: Go write the weird thing. 38947 89
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 21/05/2026Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live: The Meat Puppets Parliament-Funkadelic Lords of Acid That 1 Guy Flogging Molly Willie Nelson Jimmy Buffett Todd Snider Peter Frampton CAKE 120 2
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 10/05/2026www.theverge.com/tech/925696/...theverge.comA hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mowerI’m fine. Yarbo owners might not be. 000 0
Reposted by John A. UnderwoodAlexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Today is a great day to check out a scifi book that has: ⭐queer characters over 40 ⭐enemies to lovers ⭐a disabled MC ⭐a mystery on a stranded spaceship ⭐grief, loss, love, and second chances ⭐people telling me they stayed up all night reading it books2read.com/u/mdBDo5books2read.comAvailable now at your favorite digital store!The Chamos Project by Alexis Ames 042 4
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 02/05/2026I feel this. I decided a few years ago that if anyone had the audacity to look sneeringly in my direction at a hotel breakfast bar, I would respond with "what are you doing in my house?" Like an escaped dementia patient thinking I'm somewhere else. 010 1
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 23/04/2026Other contacts in my phone: La Chupacabra Dirty Earl Fat Kitty Savannah Frandemonium 🐻 🫎 Pretzel Pal Tequila Bestie Wu Wes 100 1
Reposted by John A. UnderwoodIndie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 23/04/2026writing characters be like: [writer]: you're my baby [writer]: i love you [writer]: i will spend hours writing you [writer]: *adds a torture scene* [writer]: *adds break up scene* [writer]: *adds background angst* [writer]: *adds family drama* [writer]: i love you [writer]: *adds more pain* 2127765 277
Reposted by John A. UnderwoodBrianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026You asked, and I answered, because I am, if nothing else, a woman of the people. Warren Zevon prints are now available for pre-order in the shop, in an itty bitty run of 15! www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products... 1012526 125
Reposted by John A. UnderwoodDianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Do you like lesbians? Do you like books? Do you like lesbian books? Then you'll love the big lesbian bundle @elizamaresauthor.bsky.social put together for Lesbian Visibility Week, featuring Woman of Sorrow and Blood and 93 other sapphic books for just $40! itch.io/b/3635/lesbi... 36953 69
Reposted by John A. UnderwoodCasey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 17/04/2026Let’s all go to the library this weekend 3299 29
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 19/03/2026Last reskeet: complete fucking tangent and irrelevant in this rising tide of doom, but the snippet of text in that screenshot is a fundamental detail that Brian Herbert and KJA either missed or ignored and their prequels are terrible not solely because of it but it is a big factor. 000 0
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 17/03/2026AI will never be able to roll its eyes like I just did. 130 3
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 03/03/2026I stayed up all damn night and *did* get to see it, but clouds made this video pretty crap. 100 1
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 25/02/2026Not remotely any kind of expert, but all I can think is GIGO. Your AI is insufficiently reluctant to unleash nuclear armageddon? Only one way that happens. 000 0
Reposted by John A. UnderwoodThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 24/02/2026"The notion of making a living with A.I.-generated books appears to be based on the belief algorithms will be serving up book slop the same way we are force-fed other kinds of slop" I'm still not over losing my job as a book reviewer. Here's why we need book critics: buttondown.com/charliejane/...buttondown.comI'm Still Not Over Losing My Book Review GigYou can still get the Humble Bundle of every book by Annalee Newitz and myself published by Tor Books for a pittance — please select adjusted donation! — and... 11336100 336
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 08/02/2026Ongoing sale through Saturday. 4 books for $14 (or individually as low as 99 cents) 000 0
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 06/02/2026My birthday is Tuesday, so I'm having a Birthday E-Book Sale: modayode.com/2026/02/06/b...modayode.comBirthday E-Book SaleMy birthday is Tuesday, and to make myself feel better about continued aging, I’m having a sale on the electronic editions of all my books. The promotion is good everywhere (except the Zon). … 000 0
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 01/09/2025Annoyed but also somewhat amused to find my novel Serotonin Overload, in which a corporate trained AI can only imagine success in capitalist terms and thinks of humans as "inventory," and in which GIGO is a *major* theme, has apparently been stolen for the training of AI. Hilarious. 020 2
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 01/09/2025This absolutely fascinates my language nerd. When we say "isn't he," i.e. "is he not?" to answer in the affirmative is an agreement that he is ... so yes, this headline breaks Betteridges. BUT the literal meaning of the construction "is he not?" 110 1
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 10/08/2025Marvelous. www.livescience.com/technology/a...livescience.com'The best solution is to murder him in his sleep': AI models can send subliminal messages that teach other AIs to be 'evil,' study claimsMalicious traits can spread between AI models while being undetectable to humans, Anthropic and Truthful AI researchers say. 010 1
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 01/08/2025Just what we need. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comRadioactive wasp nest discovered at nuclear waste storage site in South CarolinaWasp nest was destroyed and disposed of after discovery near tanks used to store liquid nuclear waste 010 1
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 30/06/2025I drive an electric, so I don't really go in gas stations. But today I discovered the corner gas station sells 99 cent beer and that's all right. 110 1
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 20/06/2025Colonel Greenbeans is a work colleague, not like some random bar rat I met drunk. We have fucking meetings. 130 3
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 19/06/2025You think you're a responsible adult and all and then you realize your phone has contacts named "Colonel Greenbeans" 030 3
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 12/05/2025I don't even know where to start trying to explain what's been happening in my life since I last posted regularly. And I'm likely not coming back yet. IRL be fucked up right now. 120 2
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 07/05/2025I may give up on everything, drink a shit ton of white russians, and just write Big Lebowski fan fiction. 100 1
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 26/04/2025www.sciencealert.com/a-strange-ph...sciencealert.comA Strange Phrase Keeps Turning Up in Scientific Papers, But Why?Earlier this year, scientists discovered a peculiar term appearing in published papers: "vegetative electron microscopy". 021 2
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 04/03/2025I know I've gone quiet, dealing with some things. Stay well, friends and neighbors. 030 3
John A. Underwood @modayode.com · 25/02/2025This is still going over on #Booksprout by the way. I could use the reviews and eyeballs. Standalone #cyberpunk #thriller, free review copies available. Plenty of slots still open! 001 1