Reposted by Dr Abigail FineJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026AHHHHHHH THE ONLY REASON HE EVEN STAYS TO DIE AT TROY IN THE ILIAD IS TO AVENGE PATROCLUS. IT'S A POEM ABOUT HIS RAGE. THE OPENING LINES ARE PRETTY CLEAR WHY CAN'T A SINGLE DEFENDER OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION READ A SINGLE THING FROM THE WESTERN CANON AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 862837398
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I got Millie, my cat, a haunted house. Spooky season! 030
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineManisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...wired.comBook Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are RevoltingWorkers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. 27584325
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Spooky Season Update: visited the Sugarmynt Gallery in Pasadena for their “Halloween” and “Over the Garden Wall” display. Fantastic art! Immaculate photo opportunities! 000
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026anti-trust anti-trust Anti-Trust Anti-Trust ANTI-TrUST ANTI-TRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST When the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 banned mergers that threaten to significantly reduce competition, this is the sort of thing they had in mind. 37993327
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026Counter-proposal to Sam Altman: Go fuck yourself www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAccept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam AltmanBoss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver 842089361
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds. 269196936059
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Then last night I watched “Nosferatu” (1922) for the first time, and what a masterpiece. I think I’m going to have a vampire-heavy month, as I work on a “Nosferatu” project, I purchased “Carmilla” on a whim, and my book club is reading “Interview With The Vampire.” Exciting! 000
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Other Spooky Season festivities: last Tuesday I visited the “Horror” exhibit at the Academy Museum, Wednesday I went to an event for “She Did It,” a new horror movie produced by Kat McPhee and Tom Lenk, and on Thursday I did my first ever LA Haunted Hayride! 110
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Okay, I have finished this one! Definitely brought the spooky vibes, though for my money, “The Pale Horse” or “The Sittaford Mystery” might be the best spooky season Christies (no, not “Hallowe’en Party”). Onto Tim Curry’s “Vagabond”! 000
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And I just had Tim Curry’s autobiography, “Vagabond,” come in as an audiobook from my Libby holds. Once I’m done with Christie, that’s next on the docket. Again, not spooky, exactly, but Tim Curry! 💔 It fits the season. 010
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’m also listening to “By the Pricking of my Thumbs” by Agatha Christie, narrated by Hugh Fraser. Not exactly spooky, but a fun Tommy & Tuppence mystery (and new to me)! 100
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026To start off this October, I began a reread of Roger Zelazny’s “A Night in the Lonesome October.” I’ll read one chapter per day throughout the month. I love this novel, a perfect Halloween advent calendar. 100
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s October 1st! I had grand plans of reading so many Spooky Season novels and playing so many Spooky Season video games, but I’m not off to a good start. Still, October is a new month! 120
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just re-read “You Are Old, Father William,” from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures,” and it’s really giving all those AI videos of Mitch McConnell breakdancing and doing back flips. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are...en.wikipedia.orgYou Are Old, Father William - Wikipedia 000
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am begging people to know the difference between Old, Middle, and early/modern English. Shakespeare did NOT write in Old English. Not even close!!! Yes, this sub-skeeting things I saw on insta re: Egger’s R&J adaptation. 010
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineTyler @electriceden92.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As there is a new cat, so is there a new mouse. The cycle is unbroken 101475579
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026Trump says he's "banning the free press" 4112944881
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I listen to podcasts while commuting, cooking/meal prepping, and while working out. I rarely listen to long episodes in one sitting. And I rarely listen while working, because as you say, I can’t create words and simultaneously listen to words. But I do listen! 010
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineEric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"Sony let Kojima's next experimental game slip away to Xbox" "The hot new Looney Tunes movie was barely saved from oblivion by Ketchup Entertainment" "No one can figure out the premise for a new Muppet Show" we are living through an era of exceptionally high incompetence from corporate leadership 191867457
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I just bought this game a bit ago when it was on sale on Steam! Looking forward to digging in (eventually 😭)! 010
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...rollingstone.comTurning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryCore team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world. 129190418282
Reposted by Dr Abigail FinePaul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026[P] Even ignoring her tremendous contributions to music and entertainment, just spend a few going through at the "Philanthropy" section of her wiki. *That* is how to live a life. RIP to a genuine American treasure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_P...en.wikipedia.orgDolly Parton - Wikipedia 151568352
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I do think believing that using AI to pull together research for you for the purposes of writing fundamentally misunderstands why doing your own research is an important part of the writing process. 738777
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineDr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026What blows my mind with AI is the people who are like "how could you possibly function without it?" To which I say, "you, YOU literally did until what like 3 years ago? Did it degrade your brain that fast that you can't figure out how to do the thing you trained for years and earned a PhD to do?" 19889210
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers. 352232916640
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Yes, exactly!!! And they’re located in the Arts Tower! And one of the events with an AI flyer is for an artist showcase! 😭 100
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Right? I want to support indie bookstores, but not when they’re using AI and then BLOCKING comments and whole accounts that express disappointment. That’s not the ethos I want in my indie stores! 110
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Very disappointing. It’s a cool bookshop space, but the way they’re doubling down and blocking critical comments on socials is terrible. 110
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026“If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them.”theverge.comDave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’He called AI writing “pastiche nonsense.” 202376597
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineHarlot🔞 @harlotprincess.bsky.social · 17/07/2026guys, taco bell is the only place that reported the parasite on their lettuce because the trump administration decided companies don't have to report it anymore. that means taco bell is likely one of the safest places because they cared enough to report it anyway. don't be fuckin marks. 7598165
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineTaco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply 120125003554
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineRyan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Probably shouldn't have let a handful of weird business perverts unwind the cultural miracle of American research universities 23626695
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineK.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 21/05/2026thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis the "we're going to force this on you and you have no choice" is ALSO not helping 0297
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I realize I sound like old man yelling at clouds but... ...in my day WE READ ALL THE CITATIONS BEFORE WE CITED THEM. That's how you GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE TO CITE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. Signed: Someone who literally read two whole books on the color blue just to write a single 1000 word article. 371187245
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineJustine O-S 🪞 @justineodashs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Our audiobook is available TODAY wherever you get your listening media ♥️♥️♥️ 123
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 10/05/2026This article is exactly what I thought of watching Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” 030
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible. 238207315371
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 29/04/2026In light of the Supreme Court’s horrific gutting of the Voting Rights Act today 💔, and to help students respond to the many forms of voter suppression, teach about long, ongoing history of the fight for voting rights. Find K-12 lessons, primary docs, & books ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...zinnedproject.orgTeach the Struggle for Voting RightsTo help students respond to voter suppression, teach about the long history of the fight for voting rights. 06650
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 24/04/2026New episode available today on the first season of The Terror (2018)! We get into the lost Franklin Expedition, cannibalism, maritime norms, the show’s use of Inuit mythology, and why we as a species are drawn to historical mysteries. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...podcasts.apple.comThe Terror (2018)Podcast Episode · Historical Friction · April 24 · 1h 34m 062
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Do you love new, indie music and supporting small artists? Then back Emily Henry’s Kickstarter! 93% there, 9 days to go! If you havent heard her stuff, it’s consistently amazing and we NEED a new album! www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...kickstarter.comNEW ALBUM FROM EMILY HENRYI’m making a new album about love and heartbreak and joy and murder (shhh it’s fine) and I need YOUR HELP!!! LET’S GET ‘EM 🌸🔪 000
Reposted by Dr Abigail FinePublius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 16/04/2026It's amazing how quickly this went from @chucktingle.bsky.social horror novel to thing Hollywood is actually doing. 224649
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I am watching DropOut’s April Fools D20: On a Bus, having no real context for it because I haven’t seen the Gamechanger ep in which it originated, but I love it. 000
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I forgot what day it was, don’t scare me like that! 😂 020
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineDot @dotmaetrix.bsky.social · 31/03/2026In the spirit of trans visibility, lemme just plug my ongoing project to document as many pre-2010 games as possible that had a trans person on the dev team. You might be surprised by what's on there. There's games going right back to the sixties! dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictranslistdotmaetrix.neocities.orgA List Of Games By Trans People Before 2010 301289889
Reposted by Dr Abigail Finejess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared 43200158797
Reposted by Dr Abigail Finecait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10/03/2026in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy 90138293152