Do you go to Eastercon/Satelite/PictCon/Fantasycon/Norncon or any of the other volunteer run sf conventions? Do you go to Swancon or Worldcon? If so, you are eligible to vote in the Southbound GUFF race: sending a fan to Swancon, AU Candidate statements & ballot are here taff.org.uk/ballots/guff...
I'm glad I studied the making of Casablanca in a unit on History In Film. Read about its politics and purposes, its makers and refugee cast.
Then in the essay contrasted 'propaganda' in Casablanca and Zach Snyder's 300, heh.
UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say
He includes a long paragraph about the series in this 2015 roundup of her work.
aidanmoher.com/blog/feature...
- the government’s mixed public messaging on AI & copyright is hindering licensing
- the government should make a clear public statement that AI companies operating in the UK need to license their training data (which is the law)
4/5
They say:
- the government must not weaken copyright law, and should instead strengthen licensing, transparency & enforcement
- the government should stop prioritising large multinational tech firms
3/5
Thread. (TLDR: the House of Lords DCC report on AI came down hard on the correct side of the debate, rather than siding with industry lobbyists.)
Bessie Stringfield in stylish white overalls and a peaked cap, standing next to her motorcycle in B&W photo. #WHM26 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM
Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami US motorcyclist 1st African-American woman to ride across US solo, starting in 1930. #WWII 1 of few civilian motorcycle dispatch riders for US crossing US 8 times. Inducted in2 Motorcycle Hall of Fame b #OTD 5 Mar 1911/2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_...
Updated the list of labour unions in SFF with a ton of new entries. (Many found by @joachimboaz.bsky.social)
Everything from 19th Century utopian works to reactionary tomes from the 1970s.
List as HTML: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga...
List as Spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
NEW “We’re celebrating a tradition that is at its core about resisting occupation and maintaining community in the face of horrors. You can’t keep politics out of Irish music. No one should try, for two reasons. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, Minnesotans are ready for a big anti-fascist party.”
On the blog, @pematson.bsky.social (Trish E. Matson) reviews Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall, a space-opera disaster-lesbian religio-corporate-dystopia retelling of Moby-Dick that she thinks is great!
skiffyandfanty.com/b...
On the blog, @stephengm.bsky.social reviews a happy surprise: Free Planet, Volume 1. "If it wasn't clear by now, in addition to being very good comics, this is very good science fiction..."
skiffyandfanty.com/b...
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., blasted Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for her leadership decisions in the immigration enforcement ramp-up in Minneapolis. https://to.pbs.org/4smbTRk
Government officials and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned. n.pr/4lgOdeX
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
This completely misunderstands the research process including the point of doing literature reviews. Claude’s “analysis” treats research as paint by numbers regurgitation of pre-existing work.
Kustov & folks who share these views need to give up their jobs in favor of those who want to research.
All I can think about is Jeff Bezos saying that he slashed jobs at the Washington Post — including those of foreign correspondents in the Middle East — based on "the data," and a few weeks later a whole war breaks out in the Middle East that these laid off folks would have covered as true experts.
A federal judge clashed with Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor during a contempt hearing, after he accused the federal government of violating multiple court orders to return property to immigrants who had been unlawfully detained.
Another great thread from @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
Tillis to Noem: "A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog bc you hadn't invested the appropriate training, then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ... Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"
Tired: Reading national news about a local story
Wired: Reading the local independent press to get local stories before they're national
Blog: My Awards Eligibility Post for 2025.
TL;DR Best Editor Short Form: Jennifer Brozek,
and
Best Semiprozine: Augment Magazine by Jennifer Brozek, John Helfers, and Kathleen Hardy.
jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/20...
AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal.
The court ruled that a work must have a human creator in order to qualify for copyright.
(Link: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...)
When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
Catherine and Michael at a book table.
#Booksky Look for Catherine Lundoff and Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social at MarsCon Minneapolis this weekend! They’ll be working our table in the Makers Mart and will be on programming.
marscon.org/sides/26sche...
They've entered the town of Outskirt, where little is as it seems. Can @trendane.bsky.social, @taritoons.bsky.social, Undeveloped Bruce, and TheCroxxx discover its secrets? Find out at 12 p.m. EST with Free League's Dragonbane: The Secret of the Dragon Emperor! www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron
Okay fine one more author announcement, like as a treat.
@kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com.
As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.
Produced and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack and featuring the effects wizardry of Willis O'Brien, KONG was groundbreaking in its dizzying array of effects techniques, editing, pacing, sound design, a pioneering musical score.
#filmsky #moviesky #KingKong
