It’s false. They use the word, yes, but not as a slur. When they call us “groomers” they mean it literally. They’re saying we’re out to harm children. This is much worse than a slur. It’s #slander, used as a weapon to justify collective punishment over imagined #crimes.
Fight the “groomer” narrative because it’s #bullshit, not because of the word itself.
#introduction (re-drafted and re-posting for new wave of migration): I'm a #web veteran, online since 1990 who did 20 years in tech and computer #journalism writing about building the web and the culture of the net before returning to #academia as a #lecturer and Course Director over a decade ago. I'm currently doing a #PhD looking at #VR journalism #stories and #narrative and trying to make some too. I like #running, making music with Logic Pro and empty landscapes.
"Dominion of Darkness” is a strategy/RPG text game in which the player takes on the role of a Sauron-style Lord of Darkness with the goal of conquering the world. He will carry out his plans by making various decisions. He will build his army and send it into battles, weave intrigues and deceptions, create secret spy networks...
A new study by a team of mostly San Francisco Bay Area scientists that found human-caused climate warming has increased the frequency of extremely fast-spreading California wildfires has come into question from the unlikeliest of critics—its own lead author.
Lucifer did nothing wrong! He simply highlighted dubious CEO decisions. When they turned a deaf ear, he formed a union. But did they address the issues? Nope. HR swooped down, dismissed him on technicalities, and then PR rolled out a smear campaign.
Recently updated the #solarpunk page on my #website which has a rundown of my involvement with it and where I'm coming from. Not sure if I shared it here before, but it's taking shape into a #narrative I like.
Recently updated the #solarpunk page on my #website which has a rundown of my involvement with it and where I'm coming from. Not sure if I shared it here before, but it's taking shape into a #narrative I like.
We’re told that discretion equals compassion, but has this ever been true, in life or in literature? That we should bury character flaws in complex protagonists if those blemishes – however empathetically rendered – might fuel racist, xenophobic, or other hateful rhetoric. And yet, survivors understand viscerally how...
The entire city of #Yellowknife is being evacuated. This is unprecedented and terrifying.
And thousands of citizens aren’t aware because Meta continues to block news in the country.
This is what happens when citizens are convinced to use an American multinational corporation as their community’s primary communications channel — a corporation that couldn’t give two shits about anything except its “fiduciary duty” to shareholders.
You can't #patent#text, or stories, or any #narrative. Patents are only for "#practical#devices" (though you don't actually have to prove it works, or even build one), although that has been (incorrectly, IMHO) extended to #software as well.
Some #jurisdictions recognize a second kind of patent, called a #design patent, which protects the "look and feel" of whatever's being patented. It also does not apply to text.
#CfP for the #panel "Saying the Unsayable: #Narrative Experimentations in the Representation of #trauma", which will take place at the Northeast Modern Languages Association (#NeMLA#northeastMLA) convention in Boston on March 7-10, 2024.
🟢 What Algorithms Can't Tell You about Art
On Prosecraft and why data analysis of fiction rarely says anything at all
by Lincoln Michel @TheLincoln #AI#narrative#writing#Art
Area Designer - Obsidian Entertainment. This position requires the ability to work onsite or in a hybrid capacity at the Obsidian Entertainment office in Irvine, CA. #gamedev#narrative#job
"Dominion of Darkness" - simulator of the evil overlord Polish
"Dominion of Darkness” is a strategy/RPG text game in which the player takes on the role of a Sauron-style Lord of Darkness with the goal of conquering the world. He will carry out his plans by making various decisions. He will build his army and send it into battles, weave intrigues and deceptions, create secret spy networks...
When fiction shrinks to memoir we all lose out - Dina Nayeri (www.fictionable.world)
We’re told that discretion equals compassion, but has this ever been true, in life or in literature? That we should bury character flaws in complex protagonists if those blemishes – however empathetically rendered – might fuel racist, xenophobic, or other hateful rhetoric. And yet, survivors understand viscerally how...