John Scalzi

scalzi.com

21 October 2026 00:06

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

Ted Underwood

tedunderwood.com

17 October 2026 13:04

One reason I don’t feel like urging my humanist colleagues to embrace AI: there may be a U-shaped curve here. Reading paper books: durable appeal. Refracting culture through artificial reasoning engines: whoa! Compromises like “integrate AI cautiously in familiar tasks”? Not sure they’re stable.

Ryan Cordell

ryancordell.org

01 October 2026 20:23

I just want to say—very genuinely—how happy it makes me to have a job where in the same week I watched one student play (& then catalog) Zork from a 1980s floppy disk & computer, & then helped another student find a storage solution for sheepskins we’ll be using to make early modern inking balls

Susana Monsó

susanamonso.com

09 September 2026 12:02

Can anyone recommend a good introduction to philosophy of geology? Asking for a geologist friend.

Danny Fearns

dannyfearns.bsky.social

25 August 2026 15:51

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️