Big Sky Country
Today’s WorldEmber entry is a little short (it’s for one of the smaller areas of the Boomlands), but it’s got Silo People! Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
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The Lumberlands
The latest Diner Punks WordEmber entry takes us to Bigfoot country. Here’s the link to The Lumberlands. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Come Out To The Coast…
I’m going to assume you can finish the John McClane quote on your own. I just posted what happened to California after The Boom. You can read it here. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Salt & Dust
Just posted the region write-up for The Basin, which is home to apocalypse Mormons, speed-worshipping raider gangs who race across the Salt Flats, and Elvis Goddamn Presley. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Gone To Texas
I just posted the next Boomlands region description for The Dust Fields, which offers exciting career opportunities like being a slave for a water baron, digging around in radioactive slag for scrap, or raiding the other two groups. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
The Real Danger of AI
Last month I wrote several articles about why I don’t think AI art is the threat some people make it out to be. Today I’m going to talk about the thing that I do think is scary as hell about AI. Oddly, this doesn’t seem to be something people are too concerned about. I’ve mostly…
Understanding The Assignment: Heavy Metal’s Angry Mob
A while back, I saw a Kickstarter for the return of Heavy Metal magazine. Since I’ve always been at best a casual reader, I didn’t realize it had gone anywhere. But I feel like Heavy Metal magazine something that should exist in the world, so I backed it. I back a bunch of Kickstarters, and…
Let’s Talk About AI, Part 2
Last time I talked about some common reasons people give for pretending that we can keep AI from becoming a thing. Most of those involved legal or technical issues and tend to be the talking points of people who actually do creative work and are scared, but not scared enough to actually do research. I…
Let’s Talk About AI
Generative AI has become a go-to scare topic for slow news days in recent years, and it’s a frequent topic of internet yelling, usually by people with a very limited grasp of how the technology actually works. I’m not going to claim that I’m expert on the topic, but since I’ve actually used AI, I…