Feed aggregator

Zaza took a quick look around the corner, then jerked her head back as bullets began to fly from the other direction.
"How did they get behind us?" she barked.
Tau barked back and pointed to the right.
"You pointed to the left!" Zaza said.
Tau growled and pointed to the right again. (2/3) #wss366

Zaza crept along the corridor, cradling a railgun. She was following Tau, who was nose-to-the-ground, following the scent of their quarry as they approached an intersecting corridor.
"And what does your #keen nose detect, Cap'n," she said.
He ruffed quietly and pointed to the left. (1/3) #wss366

#ScribesAndMakers Have you ever or would you ever do your own cover?

My publisher arranged for the covers of my books of fiction.
I did my own covers for my chapbooks of haiku, though. The first, *Poŝtmarkoj el Esperantujo* was a little clunky, but I thought the others were pretty OK. My favorite was probably the cover for *senokulvitre*.

An honor guard composed of Zaza and Popo escorted Racy and the Barlek through the vast and stately corridors.
"De pukkers dat run dis place has too much pukkin' money," observed the Barlek as he stumped along with his stick. (2/2) #wss366 from The Better Angels and the Complex Cuddletum Conundrum

An older Xerxes Mark III Courier docked at Diplomacy #Prime, an asteroid near the center of the galaxy dedicated to resolving disputes among the federated planets.
Captain Racy Reckless opened the hatch of *Never Back Down* and led a small party toward the Grand Council Chamber. (1/2) #wss366

My contribution to the xkcd 2501 genre. via https://marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-generator/

This is why you don't want AIs to have access to your data. We still have a very poor idea of how they can be subverted and used to persistently mislead you or exfiltrate your data. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/the-promptware-kill-chain.html

Revin and Grip sat in the little room behind the one-way mirror to watch events unfold. It was a farce: the men that would bully and arrest the girls on the street, flirted amiably with them here. Then, an older man with an armband walked up the gangplank and Revin shrank back in terror and #revulsion. 
Grip noticed Revin's reaction. "Do you recognize him? Who is that?" he whispered.
"It's my father," Revin hissed, with a shudder. #wss366

Tanuki-chan had little interest in the smart watches. #DogsOfMastodon

I had seen that the @arstechnica article, referenced in this slashdot post, had been deleted and wondered why. https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/02/14/0553208/autonomous-ai-agent-apparently-tries-to-blackmail-maintainer-who-rejected-its-code

I subscribe to Ars Technica and would like to see some cogent explanation for why their journalism included these hallucinated false quotes — and some persuasive statement expressing a commitment that this will never happen again — or I will cancel my subscription.

I decided to write a bit more about people mistakenly ascribing intentionality to AIs, and to situate my reasoning with social constructivism and Wittgenstein. https://stevendbrewer.com/the-language-game-ai-edition/

"Now, now, darling, she has a letter of introduction from our dear Bear-Bear."
"Bear-Bear?" she said, her voice suddenly filled with #affection. "Let me see it!" (4/4) #wss366 from The Ground Never Lies

Nila swiveled her chair and spotted Veronica.
"Who are you?" she snapped, in a grating voice. "What are you doing here?"
Veronica's temper rose and she prepared to give this rude woman a piece of her mind. But Elysia cut in first. (3/4) #wss366

She looked back to see that Elysia had put her mouth over Nila's nose.
Nila thrashed and pushed Elysia back.
"You know I hate it when you do that," she snarled.
"Then don't sleep in your office until noon," Elysia said, unapologetically. "Anyway, you have a guest." (2/4) #wss366

"Rise and shine, darling," she said, and kissed her on the forehead. Nila shifted, but didn't awaken. Elysia kissed her again, this time on the mouth. Veronica blushed and looked away. Then she heard a sudden snort of surprise and indignation. (1/4) #wss366

No. Stop saying shit like this. AIs can't "betray" people.

The bear thought for a moment.
"Do you think she would like to have a slumber party in a cave? They're not #lavish surroundings, but they have a certain charm."
Brunhilde's mother smiled. "I think she would like that very much." (3/3) #wss366

"Pardon me," he said. "But could I even fit in the front door of your home?"
"No," she said. "But she is an earnest child. And I thought it better I bring her invitation to you first, so that we can reach some accommodation that doesn't disappoint her." (2/3) #wss366

The bear was surprised when Brunhilde's mother approached him while doing his rounds.
He nodded to her and said, "Ma'am?"
"Brunhilde is having her birthday party in a week," she said, a little stiffly. "And she wanted to invite you to her slumber party."
He looked at her. (1/3) #wss366

#FensterFreitag Amherst College Science Center