“We’re at the #Napster moment in the #AI race. (for #books) When we started streaming music in the early 2000s, most of it was stolen. That wasn’t going to work in the long run. Who could afford to be a musician if no one paid for music.” —Prof. #TobyWalsh, artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales

#OpEd / #Writers / #BlackBooks / #BlackInc / #tech / #BigTech / #theft / #Piracy / #Publishing / #UniNSW <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/i-have-been-an-ai-researcher-for-40-years-what-tech-giants-are-doing-to-book-publishing-is-akin-to-theft>

snot.*OC* #blackbooks #drawings #sketchbook #art #urbanart #graffiti #graffiticulture #graffitiart
#nsfw

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2025.
Theme: Butch/Femme, Protagonist Ethnic Identity: Black/African American:

https://iheartsapphfic.com/bookfinder-results/?displaytheme=butch-femme&displayethnicidentity=black-african-american

#blackhistorymonth #blackauthors #blackbooks #butchfemme #bookstodon #queerbookstodon #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #sapphic #lgbtq #lgbtqia
@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks

#introduction addendum with fandoms I enjoy hashtaged! In no particular order: #DoctorWho #StarTrek #StarWars #RedDwarf #Discworld #LordOfTheRings #Sandman #GoodOmens #OurFlagMeansDeath #BlackBooks #MidsommerMurders to name a few. I’ll probably think of more and edit this post occasionally.