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New chapters have been posted this week, for alternate universes and Anne and Titus's first life.

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I've really been enjoying writing this week, going between different arcs, and thinking about potential posting plans. However I am always keeping up to date with the news, and I still worry about Bluesky failing.

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literal actual factual scumbag coward clown shit.

“Why do you want to shit on entire swathes of human endeavor and wreck the planet while you’re doing it? Why are you so determined to be awful and amoral? Everything about your priorities is messed up, and you should all be heartily ashamed, abashed and embarrassed.”

Can't quite believe this needs repeating, but:

If you're using commercialised LLM extruders for any reason - whether it's rewriting an email, deploying a "thinking partner" or doing "research" for your next book...

You are handling stolen goods

You are sanctioning plagiarism

Stop

The Substar TOS looks extremely similar to Patreon's now. Call your reps or we will lose everything

Tell them to stop the payment processor power grab, tell them to vote no on child online safety bills/ID verification. We need everyone

the targeting of any art that is "obscene" (terms of obscenity always to be decided at a whim) is fascistic yes but also how the only kinds of art that tends to be penalized is the individual/independent creators isn't lost on me. a patreon TOS would reject anything that can be streamed on netflix.

I missed this - it's outrageous. If you make a sports video game and you want to put real players in it, you have to licence them. I don't see how this is in any way different. If they want to use real people in their product, they should have to get permission and pay them.

Love you. 💜

Welcome Changes to the Lockwoods For those who don’t know EA is being bought out, and due to who’s buying the company I can no longer support them, so the Lockwoods will be transitioning from SimsLit to webno...

I never seem to do not ridonkulus, so my current work in progress (as seen here: www.thelockwoods.me.uk) started off a SimsLit, which has now become a still growing series of webnovels (my brain works best if I share things as I go), with one main arc that branches into a lot more.

Hopefully by now we've all learned to not trust platforms and not put all our eggs in one basket.

You can always find other places to contact/follow me on my website: www.sambeawesome.com/links

(I'm not going anywhere, just reminding y'all.)

Home - Human Authored In a world of generative AI, recognising human creativity is vital This is why we’re developing a Human Authored mark to enable all types of writers and literary translators to label their work as Hum...

I will not be using the Human Authored mark on any of my books.

Mainly because these people who are so-called champions of human art are using AI.

Jesus, shield me against hypocrisy.

Solidarity against AI theft means everyone. You can't campaign for 'don't use the word plagiariser' while using the image plagiariser. @societyofauthors.bsky.social

You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.

Basically, take the amount of money you think your favorite author gets, halve it, and then halve it again, and you have a number that's probably a lot closer to their actual earnings from writing.

"But I don't think they make that much!"

Halve that. Halve it again.

Pencil drawing of a rabbit with under a fill moon in front of some hops. Moon charms on hat.

Well then. You all were very keen on the mouse witch so perhaps you will also enjoy a rabbit witch.
Yes, those are hops.
No, I'm not sorry.

About — Don't Steal This Book AI companies are building their products by copying millions of books without permission or payment. The UK government is considering legalising this large-scale theft. We urge them to rule this out....

If AI developers wish to use our copyright work to build their software they can ask us for permission. If we agree, they can pay us to license it on clearly defined terms.
Tech companies ignoring copyright is theft. The UK government should uphold the existing law.
www.dontstealthisbook.com/about

Jaws | Patreon

Since bsky is most likely headed towards a wall at full speed, this is a good reminder that my patreon exists and can be used as a free newsletter. Whenever this page blows idk if I can be bothered to move again:

Patreon.com/only_jaws

Would mean the world if you sign up either way <3

imo society diminishing and disrespecting many forms of traditional crafts and skills such as sewing, ceramics, knitting, and even creating folk art as “old lady activities” has hurt us in immeasurable ways & is One of many reasons we’re much more wasteful and Lack basic life skills

I cannot emphasize enough that these people are being laid off for failing to do things that are literally impossible

Now your sims can bicker while dancing very flamboyantly too 😅

Dare to Dance Couples Dance Pose Pack now available for free to everyone ▶️www.patreon.com/posts/152578...

A cover for a Sims 4 posepack called Promenading, showing Sax and Fen walking and making each other laugh.

Couple poses for Sims walking arm-in-arm and generally being kinda silly. A very belated birthday gift for @surelysims.com 🥹

Free as always: www.tumblr.com/herecirmsims...

A painting of a figure holding a smaller figure, she’s partly plant and surrounded by nature and water falls

I remember the trees 🌴

New painting! I’ll have a shooting when it dried a bit.

60x90cm
Oil on canvas

Early bird offer until the 10th is up:

www.indicreates.com/oil-painting...

#tropical #art #dreamy #whimsical

Four-panel comic with two black cats sitting on grass under a pink sky. One cat says, “I thought life was supposed to make me happy.” The other replies, “Sometimes it just makes you stronger instead.” The first cat complains, “I don’t like this part.” The other answers, “Nobody likes it.” In the last panel it adds, “That’s why we will go through it together, okay?”

We’ll go through it together 🐈‍⬛🤍

Thank you to all the people who are good at talking about random things for hours.

Anyone can become disabled at any time.

Your life can change in an instant, no matter how strong and healthy you think you are.

People will leave you. Funds will dry up. Life will get tougher.

It’s not a moral failing.

It’s a minority group you can join anytime.

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A new invite for the Lockwoods Mastodon server. If you do join tell me here, and give me your Bluesky name over on Mastodon so I know who it is. Or, if you already have a Mastodon account, follow me. #TheLockwoods #TheLockwoodsMastodon

I'm not ignoring what's going on in the world, but one of the most important things I've learnt in the last few years is that we still need distractions. So I'm not going to focus on that, but instead keep writing, keep posting, and give people something else to think about. #TheLockwoods