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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Every single person on Reddit has the media literacy of a wad of chewing gum and I worry that maybe every single person under 30 has the media literacy of a wad of chewing gum.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

At the National Zoo and I need you guys to know I would lay down in traffic for Linh Mai and her stick

Baby elephant attempting to maneuver a large stick with her trunk

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Random thought: staying in a hotel for work is the adult equivalent of an overnight field trip

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

This is also how I flirt with women but so far it’s not working

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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 05/04/2026

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

I know the tweet is Al generated when they use " ," before and.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Got a message from someone asking for one of my deleted/hidden fics: yes, this is totally fine. If I wrote something that came down and you miss it, shoot me a message and I’ll send it to you (in most cases). I have my reasons for why I took a lot of stuff down, but I don’t mind sharing privately.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I’m in higher ed where it is even more true

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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

“i was here for ao3 beta version” making me feel old because i’ve been reading fics before ao3 even existed

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

That’s so good to hear but I hope she takes all the time and space she needs — she deserved so much better than this.

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Walton Goggins' ao3 🍂🦋 @reylossance.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Don't forget to get your badges, y'all.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

This is what I was talking about with the AI witch-hunt thing last night, sigh. It’s so toxic and awful and unnecessary.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Gutted because I’ve really been enjoying this particular ultra-popular fic with everyone else, but considering what’s been going on (and as someone who took a lot of stuff down not too long ago), I get it. It sucks, but I get it. Hope the author finds their joy again, for them.

Screenshot of a Reddit post indicating that a work of fanfiction will not be finished.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I do worry that one of these days one of my past students or someone who’s attended one of my presentations will connect that me to here me and my soul will leave my body for a better world

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

RIGHT and even just using a grammar checker is enough to flag a piece of writing as AI even if the original construction is all you. It’s a huge equity issue that massively disadvantages non-native speakers and makes me want to kick the entire “detection” model in the shin. But that’s another story.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

*hands back soapbox* sorry I’ve just been up to here with AI governance stuff IRL and nobody knows what they’re doing and it’s all so fucking dumb and I hate seeing that dumb bleed into fandom, anyway how are you guys

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

No but literally this is a HUGE and documented issue with academic integrity, the fact that ESL speakers/writers are disproportionately flagged with false identifications. Just to make the whole thing even grosser.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

(FWIW my work has mostly been about taking a holistic skill-centered approach to scaffolding higher-order thinking skills as a pathway towards AI-resistant assessment. Yes, that is somehow connected to my new obsession with smutty hockey fanfiction, no I will not be taking questions at this time.)

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Believe me, I fucking hate AI, too. I don’t want it anywhere near my writing or the work I consume. But seeing people being driven to delete work just because of accusations when I literally JUST gave a conference presentation on why that thought process doesn’t work… sigh. The frustration is real.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Yes, AI has “tells”. Yes, certain models have specific voices and tones that hit a certain way. But you literally cannot know for sure if someone used AI for their writing unless they disclose it. That’s where we are with the newer models and “humanizers,” and it blows but it’s the reality.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

So there’s some kind of witchhunt happening with Heated Rivalry fic authors being accused of using AI by people who can “just tell” and as someone who’s been researching and presenting on this stuff statewide: no, you really can’t. That’s the problem, and randomly accusing people isn’t the answer.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I’m reading it now and I’m enjoying it a lot more than I expected to

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

My fellow writers might not want to hear this, but AI is a useful tool for certain aspects of the craft, like for instance when you’re engaged in the process of being a talentless shitbag hack who is too lazy to do any fucking writing.

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Mitch Wells @miatch.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The AI companies write in their T&C that their AI should only be used for entertainment purposes. I don't know how they can make it clearer that you shouldn't use it for research or really anything other than a toy.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

EMDR is like volunteering to get punched in the face very very hard but afterwards you get the best hug of your life

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I love that I told @mandylorian.bsky.social she needs to watch Heated Rivalry and I’m obsessed now when both of us were primarily concerned about whether the hockey was accurate (If any of you are writing fic 1) I want links 2) lmk if you need to learn hockey, I got you)

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Just finished reading the gay hockey books and am finally getting to the show months late (spring break, first downtime I’ve had in… way too long), give me your fic recs please

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ReyloArtBot @reyloartbot.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Reylo artists - posting drawings, paintings, digital, manips, video, or animation? Have a collection that includes artists? Tag it #reyloart & we'll RT it! Please check out, follow & give some love to our lovely March featured artist @moem.bsky.social !

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I love when people enjoy my work but also appreciate this person giving me a heads-up about my fics being on GoodReads, which I do NOT love. There’s something gross about hobbyist work created for fun getting a star rating. No one signed up for that. Even if it’s meant as a compliment, please don’t.

AO3 comment. Transcribed text: “Hi. So I really love this fic and wanted to reread it last noght while ao3 was down. In the process I found out someone had listed it as a published book on goodreads. It looks like there isn’t an easy way to report listed books as errors, so I thought I’d let you know. Sorry. It’s a sign someone really loved this fic I imagine, but from other authors’ comments when this happened to them I assume it’s also frustrating and violating. Sorry again.”

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

…well it’s been a minute since we had a classic Nor’easter. Stay safe, fellow mid-Atlanticans.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

So glad you enjoyed it! It’s an oldie but (I think) a goodie ❤️

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Yeah if this kid is my student I didn’t see a goddamn thing and he’s getting an anonymous Wawa gift card for lunch

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I’m giving a presentation at an AI-in-education conference at the end of the month. Am I allowed to just run a 20-minute scroll of the catastrophic hallucinations I experienced during testing and hit the mini bar

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Shout-out to the tiny, ancient old man with Coke-bottle-thick glasses at my doctor’s office this morning who, when asked for his last name at the desk, said, “Bond — like James” and gave the nurses a giant smile and hearty laugh. (I just know his grandkids love him.)

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Just a black lab and her Lambchop against the world

A black lab cuddled on top of a rainbow blanket with a small Lambchop plush lying against her muzzle

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Ozma @rowyourbot.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Since gamergate, I have have in the back of my mind what one might call ‘fascist recruiting tactics.’ Some of these could be called 1) unlock forbidden wishes, promise to satisfy them 2) use inequality to create envy + promise share of spoils 3) create belonging by promising ‘total acceptance.’

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

(She is an indoor-only cat, we respect birds in this house, we just would also like the birds to stay OUTSIDE of the house)

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

A Carolina Wren got in our house today and someone is still sulking that it was allowed to escape.

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author, Stage Combat Guy @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

It was brought up in an earlier thread that #authors who can't afford to hire an artist for their covers will turn to free, open-source options that may use gAI, and they don't necessarily know they're putting slop on their #novel. That's a fair point. So, what to do? Well, lemme tell ya... 🧵 (1/)

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 01/02/2026

I’m starting to think the people who are excited about “AI agents” have literally never used a computer in their lives

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OpenClaw is interesting, but will also drain your wallet if you aren't careful.
Last night around midnight I loaded my Anthropic API account with $20, then went to bed.
When I woke up, my Anthropic balance was $O.
Opus was checking "is it daytime yet?" every 30 minutes, paying $0.75 each time to conclude "no, it's still night."
Doing literally nothing, OpenClaw spent the entire balance. How?

The "Heartbeat" cron job, even though literally the only thing I had going was one silly reminder, ("remind me tomorrow to get milk")
1. Sent ~120,000 tokens of context to Opus
4.5
2. Opus read HEARTBEAT md, thought about reminders
3. Replied "HEARTBEAT_OK"
4. Cost: ~$0.75 per heartbeat (cache writes)
The damage:
- Overnight = ~25+ heartbeats
- 25 × $0.75 = ~$18.75 just from heartbeats alone
- Plus regular conversation = ~$20 total
The absurdity: Opus was essentially checking
"is it daytime yet?" every 30 minutes, paying $0.75 each time to conclude "no, it's still night."

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The whole interview is worth it

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

“But there are good—“ We’re past that. We’ve been past that for decades. The good ones get out or shift roles or get eaten by the system. And ICE is made up of the worst of the worst who push the “good” ones out in the first place. They will not stop and must BE stopped, now.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Make no mistake: they see all of us as the enemy and lose ZERO sleep over taking us down. They’re utterly convinced they’re in the right and firmly believe law enforcement is the persecuted minority under siege by violent, stupid civilians who just won’t listen. You cannot reason with them.

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the bri's knees @thereylovoid.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I grew up with a violent cop father who was completely protected and never faced consequences. His victims were silenced or blamed. He was lauded and decorated. Seeing that same dynamic become the MO of my country with ICE has been horrifying. I know this story. I lived this story. We are not safe.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

And he didn’t. He tried to help a woman who’d just been assaulted. There was nothing rash, stupid, or radical about what he did. He showed kindness. And they killed him for it.

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🎃trash🎃 (haunted) @dollarpbr.gay · 24/01/2026

“don’t give them what they want” they are manufacturing their justifications post-hoc. they are already doing what they want. you are not responsible for the actions of your oppressor. you are only responsible for keeping your neighbors safe and that will always be seen as defiance

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

All net proceeds of all these shirts, hoodies and onesies will go to aid organizations in Minnesota working to protect their neighbors from terror. Fuck ICE, stand with Minneapolis.

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