#ScribesAndMakers 22: Our next featured creator enjoys making maps. Have you ever made a map?

As a former DM, many. Also maps for fantasy story worlds.

#WritersCoffeeClub 15/10: What's the last thing you read to really impress you, prose-wise?

First two volumes of Becky Chamber's Wayfarer Series. The way to do space opera that's focused on characters instead of masculine heroes flying around in space blowing things up by themselves. Looking forward to the last two volumes!

So would the modern version of William Tell shooting an apple off his son's head be shooting the headphones off his son's head?
#modernize #fairytale

Mere Minutes With AI Causes a Sharp Drop in Persistence - Nautilus

https://nautil.us/mere-minutes-with-ai-causes-a-sharp-drop-in-persistence-1285736/

> How much cognitive offloading is too much?

#LLM #AI #cognition #persistence

"The purpose of an economy should be to promote long-term public values, not just short-term profits (this should be clearly and publicly stated, with both inspirational and measurable missions)." - Mariana Mazzucato #economics #quote #inequity #justice

Dating apps suck.

Love in the ruins: The paradox of modern romance

https://phys.org/news/2026-10-paradox-modern-romance.html

> Ask young adults about love in this day and age, and their diagnosis is bleak: They live in an individualistic society, dating has been reduced to an algorithm, and a generation is afraid to commit.

#romance #modern #paradox

@Wallflower

Idea for mood influenced cubicle decoration

Underface

Underneath my outside face
There's a face that none can see.
A little less smiley,
A little less sure,
But a whole lot more like me.

by Shel Silverstein

Very positive from Corey Doctorow!

https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/03/full-employment/

#ClimateChange #oligarchy

#ScribesAndMakers 1st Oct 2026. Draw a fish and share it. (It doesn't have to be brilliant.)

I don't know if the fish is brilliant, but it looks well-fed!

"'Books for the sake of books!' is the motto of authors and bookshelves (virtual or IRL) everywhere! - Me
#books #WritingCommunity #writers

Not explaining yourself to others may be self-care.

Just keep in mind it doesn't contribute to communication, community, or understanding, either.

Don't blame others for not thinking exactly like you, or being unable to read your mind.

#communication #community #understanding

#WritersCoffeeClub 28 Sep
Could you work without the internet? What would change?

I'd get more done without the distractions!!!

#writingcommunity #books #writersofmastodon

Hmm, the more you use AI, the easier you make it for your boss to replace you with AI?

Why are employees reluctant to disclose AI use to their bosses?

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-employees-reluctant-disclose-ai-bosses.html

> Countless employees across the country are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline workflows and increase productivity. Yet many are keeping these solutions to themselves.

#LLM #AI

Experience is what happened while you had other plans.- Me #quotes

May your great-grandmother's green-eyed goat's ghost gobble your gonads!
#alliteration #curse #DND

Crowbars are pretty rare. Most bars won't let crows in!
#bad #joke #pun

So the question about Rambo becomes, was his name really an acronym for his preferred sexual position? "Ram B.O."

Just finished reading Elizabeth Bear's book Ancestral Night.
Meh. Tediously slow, especially in the middle. Doesn't make me want to read the other two books in the White Space trilogy. Oh, well!
#book #reading

It's hard to predict who will be suicidal: It's easier to ensure people can't shoot themselves

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-hard-suicidal-easier-people.html

But we'd need to change Republican gun "control" policies.

#suicideprevention #Republicans #guns