Black Ties

The official website for my upcoming #graphicnovel BLACK TIES is now live.
More on the story, characters, author & illustrator — and a closer look at the rot beneath the halos.

Gods. Egos. Structural decay.

Step into the Senate of Gods here:
blackties.my.canva.site/home

#WritingCommunity #Comics

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Wow.

AI and bots have officially taken over the internet, report finds HUMAN Security's State of AI Traffic report found that bots have eclipsed human users, with automated traffic growing eight times faster than human activity.

#1 reason why we should all unplug and go read a book

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I think she needs to see a doctor ASAP. 😳

Stop letting AI write your content.

Jim Tilley - Spitting Image - Blue Villa Spitting Image Jim Tilley Those all-too-familiar features— angular nose and chin chiseled from rock, forehead jutting out— the profile that still adorns state highway signs long after his collapse des...

Recognition hits in the strangest places 👀 Jim Tilley gives us that shiver of familiarity we can’t shake in his latest poem Spitting Image 🗿

Live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

I don't think you men understand that us women want to come home after we work jobs too and wind down and not be responsible for your comfort too😫. We don't want to feel like we have to take care of a man-baby at home🫣. We want to feel like we're seen. Is that a lot to ask for?!

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How to Build a Story: Gunslinger Girl You can tell that Gunslinger Girl is really old, and not just because the animation looks old. You can tell it’s really old because, despite the name, it doesn’t actually use the modern Gunslinger Girl trope. But you know what else? That’s a good good thing. Okay, first of all, we have to remember that a lot of trope characters in anime are designed to be aspiration objects for the teen-aged Japanese kids who are the primary audience(s).

How to Build a Story: Gunslinger Girl

You can tell that Gunslinger Girl is really old, and not just because the animation looks old. You can tell it’s really old because, despite the name, it doesn’t actually use the modern Gunslinger Girl trope. But you know what else? That’s a good good thing.…

I think that the way people define "courage" is changing, and it's about time.

Bullying? Not courage.
Threatening? Not courage.
Coercing? Not courage.
Overt masculinity? You guessed it. Not courage.

Standing up for human values? Courage.
Being there.
Being supportive.
Speaking up.

Courage.

Henry L Sullivan III | Substack Henry L Sullivan III draws on his passion for philosophy and social activism to write novels that challenge our beliefs and invite us to think deeply about topics such as violence, entertainment, and ...

Henry L Sullivan III
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The Writer's Room: Alison McBain, B. Marcus Walker, Debra K Every, & Henry L Sullivan III Literary Genres, Aspirations, Marketing Books

The Writer's Room: Alison McBain, B. Marcus Walker, Debra K Every, & Henry L Sullivan III
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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

This is beyond infuriating. It's complete insanity. Now companies are literally stealing writers' identities & voices? What dumbass thought this was a good idea???

www.wired.com/story/gramma...

Calgary Public Library announces residency for an artist who uses AI. Not everyone is on board | CBC News The library is offering a 10-week community engagement residency, to be awarded to one artist “in any discipline who [uses] AI ethically as a collaborative partner in their creative process,” the CPL ...

This is NOT the way to go. "AI artist" is a contradiction in terms. You cannot "ethically" use AI since its source is unethical - AI steals the copyrighted work of artists with no compensation.

Prioritize REAL artists, not AI slop!!!

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This also doesn't take abusive relationships into consideration. 48% of women say they divorce bc of domestic abuse (and probably the numbers are much higher than reported). That's not a situation you stay in to "make the marriage work."

safeescape.org/divorce-and-...

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I didn't think Terminator was intended to be an instruction manual, but maybe I was wrong... 😳

Every American needs to watch this:

The Grammys. The Olympics. The Super Bowl. The message is that the world loves diversity. Don’t let the billionaires tell you otherwise.

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-...

Holy fuck.

Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71 Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...

Catherine O’Hara of Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek has died at age 71. RIP to one of the all-time greatest women in comedy. people.com/catherine-oh...

LOL, we totally are. 😆

So he's old AND broke then, LOL.

I'd rather be the big cheese... if I'm aging like milk, that is.

Well, here we are.

This is sickening and frightening that the whole world is gearing up for war against... America.

Trump shares altered map of U.S. flag covering Canada, Greenland In a late-night post to his Truth Social platform, U.S. President Donald Trump published an altered image of the American flag superimposed over a map that includes Canada and Greenland.

Aaaand.. a few days after I posted about Trump's ambitions to take Canada after he takes Greenland...

It won't stop. Venezuela was the first test & no one stopped him. He sees his actions as having no consequences. Now he's going to escalate.

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

One of the best arguments about the AI bubble that I've read in a while... & what comes after. By Cory Doctorow.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...