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Hi I'm Ten! Tenacity (xe/xir) autistic qtπ anarcho-hottie i like trains i write sci fi (mostly) i live in Brooklyn i wish i had a pup

ICYMI, there was fear that companies were scraping public AO3 fics to train their AI without the consent of AO3 or its users. That fear has been confirmed.

AO3 has written about what they’re doing (and what they’re not able to do), and they recommend restricting your work to AO3 registered users only. [Instructions here]

This gross misuse of the archive by techbros is why I’ve locked down my fics for the foreseeable future. I recommend the rest of you do the same.

this is such a perfect metaphor for capital. i'm sure someone else has said this, but the idea of a mindless machine strip mining everything human it can reach in the name of "progress" is exactly what capitalism is.

apropos of nothing, it was so sad that they made Ender's Game into just another blue and orange action/ sci-fi flick, when it should really have been a David Fincher psychodrama (complete with his signature "twist that reframes the entire movie"). Get the Social Network gang back together and have Aaron Sorkin write it. The only reason no one got the ball rolling on this is that they didn't trust an audience to grasp the social drama of the story, so they had to lean into the battle scenes--when the physical battle is perhaps the last important thing about the book!

  1. the whole "fast walk and fast talk" dynamic would obviously be perfect for all the Battle School exposition a film would have to do
  2. OBVIOUSLY Fincher's green lighting would be perfect
  3. the characters are already Fincherian, you just need to have the guts to not tone it down for the audience's comfort (got the distinct impression watching the 2013 movie that focus groups had been disturbed by the idea of kids being as cold-blooded as they often are in the book)
  4. Sorkin keeps the political philosophy and game theory interesting (and maybe drives away audiences who aren't interested in kid's movies about political philosophy and game theory; who needs such people anyway?!)

while we're at it, let's make it an ANIME, because let's face it child actors probably wouldn't work (or maybe aged up, but no, anime instead)

imagine Ender's Game + Fight Club + West Wing + Evangelion, this is gold right here and the only true reasons it never got to exist are that Orson Scott Card is an awful person (aka no Ender's Game amid cancel culture), and also this adaptation was in 2013 (predating Peak Niche as a media paradigm)

apropos of nothing, it was so sad that they made Ender's Game into just another blue and orange action/ sci-fi flick, when it should really have been a David Fincher psychodrama (complete with his signature "twist that reframes the entire movie"). Get the Social Network gang back together and have Aaron Sorkin write it. The only reason no one got the ball rolling on this is that they didn't trust an audience to grasp the social drama of the story, so they had to lean into the battle scenes--when the physical battle is perhaps the last important thing about the book!

  1. the whole "fast walk and fast talk" dynamic would obviously be perfect for all the Battle School exposition a film would have to do
  2. OBVIOUSLY Fincher's green lighting would be perfect
  3. the characters are already Fincherian, you just need to have the guts to not tone it down for the audience's comfort (got the distinct impression watching the 2013 movie that focus groups had been disturbed by the idea of kids being as cold-blooded as they often are in the book)
  4. Sorkin keeps the political philosophy and game theory interesting (and maybe drives away audiences who aren't interested in kid's movies about political philosophy and game theory; who needs such people anyway?!)

apropos of nothing, it was so sad that they made Ender's Game into just another blue and orange action/ sci-fi flick, when it should really have been a David Fincher psychodrama (complete with his signature "twist that reframes the entire movie"). Get the Social Network gang back together and have Aaron Sorkin write it. The only reason no one got the ball rolling on this is that they didn't trust an audience to grasp the social drama of the story, so they had to lean into the battle scenes--when the physical battle is perhaps the last important thing about the book!

when a marble movie plays a beloved classic rock hit during the climax: 😕🙁☹️🤢😴😴👎🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🚷🙄🥶

when the sopranos plays a kind of bad pop song that was mildly popular in quebec for 3 weeks in 1995 over a crane shot of james gandolfini eating cereal: 😲🤩🥳🥹👍👍👍👀👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🔥🔥🧨🎊🎉🏆🏆🏆

If you like DRACULA DAILY, you might like another spooky story about gay people told through several overlapping journals!

If your blorbo is Jonathan Harker, you might like Virgil, a 20something quarantining in their dead aunt's spooky house! If you like paprika-laden recipes, what about Virgil living off vodka and Oreos?!

Family Curse follows four family members generations apart, who are all independently trying to solve the mystery of their siblings' disappearances. Were they taken by fairies, aliens, or a secret third thing? Find out in this footnoted story of generational trauma!

I'm a queer, neurodivergent author publishing with the incredible @bottlecap-press. We have a shoestring budget, so I'm putting this out there to spread the word! The ebook is only $3.50, or you can find me around Prospect Park selling copies and giving tarot readings 🔮

Why not make this because I'm just a filthy commie.

My thoughts on Disability (getting paid because you can't hold down a job due to your disability).

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

  1. It should at least be minimum wage. (And minimum wage should cover average cost of living in that region.)
  2. Housing, electricity, and plumbing should just be covered. Also accessible transportation.
  3. Medical costs should be covered. 100%
  4. It should supplement food (and restrictions shouldn't be so limiting to the point where people with food allergies can't eat)
  5. You should not lose any amount of your disability just because you make a little income (if you can't make enough to live off of or hold down a full time job due to your disability, you should qualify)
  6. Marriage should have zero impact on your disability.
  7. You should be allowed to own a home (why the fuck can't you own a home? That's dumb shit.)
  8. It should cover any changes that you need to make to your home to make it accessible.
  9. If you rent a place and you suddenly get a short term disability (like cancer). Your apartment should be covered until you recover.
  10. If you rent a place and you suddenly get hit with a long term disability (like long covid or certain types of cancer) and you have to be moved (like if you're renting a condo for $1million a month. It's a bit of an exaggeration but it gets the point across for its reasonable to not expect the government to cover that). Then moving costs should be covered.

Before the capitalists (derogatory) come in my comments "You're just mad because you're too dumb to work so you want free shit." (Because they always do when I post a commie take).

I am disabled, and I have a full time job that pays me quite well (and is very accommodating to my disability). I just don't think people whose disability are more limiting than mine should suffer. Especially because every single disabled person knows that stress exacerbates symptoms.

Like the stress of being forced to live off what is the equivalent $2/hr for full time work, being forced to find a living space that covers that, and trying to find food you're allowed to eat on supplemented income with dietary restrictions (because most disabled people have to eat what most people consider "unhealthy" to manage our disability).

Before capitalists (derogatory) say "Your disability doesn't make you eat unhealthy food". You just want an excuse to eat junk food. People with cystic fibrosis often require calorie counts similar to Olympic athletes because they can't digest food right. People with POTS often require ridiculous sodium intakes to help manage the symptoms of low blood pressure. And people with migraines often need high carb "junk foods" to help manage the low blood flow that comes with a migraine flare-up.

The disabled body is fucking WEIRD and what's healthy to most people isn't necessarily healthy to us, and we've found our ridiculous ways of eating through trial and error to find out what best helps us function. If you don't live in our body, you can't tell us what's good for us.

-fae

I liked this post, scrolled for like another minute before I went “SHIT FUCK SHIT” and scrolled back to reblog it

I always reblog this one when I see it on my dash. When someone posts their own art, writing, or music here they are really hoping you will share it.