An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
I looked for a book about a kitten who would come running “hurry, scurry, worry” that I remembered from my childhood for yeeeeeears before a kind commenter on Twitter, responding to a post from seven months ago, helped me find it. ❤️
I’m so happy to be able to read this book again!!!
When the 15-year-old was little, we entertained them sometimes by giving them imaginary ponies. We’d describe a pony, and their imagination is so strong, it was like a real gift.
Lately, I’ve been rewarding them for doing difficult schoolwork with ponies drawn by Midjourney…
This is my favorite example so far of an AI trying to write text while I was working with it.
The cat ghost looks so hopeful and maybe a little pleased with itself, like it hopes you’re proud of how well it tried to spell “ghost.”
Out of curiosity, I made an account with a text generating AI program, and I’ve been wrestling with it to see if it’s useful or fun…
So far, it’s at least as hard as normal writing, possibly harder.
I wanted to start off with a project I’m invested in enough to bother with… but not so much that I’ll mind outside interference.
Then I remembered I had a first sentence stored away for a furry re-imaging of The Matrix and figured writing about AI with an AI could be fun… Continue reading “Experimenting with AI Writing”
I really love the music of Reina del Cid, and I especially love her album Candy Apple Red. Every song is good.
I also enjoy creating AI art, so I thought it’d be fun to put together a thread of song illustrations using Midjourney. Continue reading “Tribute to Candy Apple Red”
I love the album Rerun City by Reina del Cid, and I’ve been trying to write a novella inspired by it, off and on, for a few years.
However, the new AI art programs gave me a new way to express my love… Continue reading “Tribute to Rerun City”
My kid was trying to get up the courage to ask their teacher for help with something, so I asked Midjourney to “imagine courage,” so I could send them some courage. This is what I got:
The kid’s teacher was busy with another student, so I asked Midjourney to “imagine patience,” so I could send some patience along to them as well. Continue reading “Midjourney Illustrates Feelings”
[SPOILERS FOR OTTERS IN SPACE 4] Continue reading “Reaching the Bridge Between Universes”
Watching Bridgerton is a fun game, so long as I have a certain emotional distance from all the characters.
It depicts a horrifying & deeply misogynistic society, which hurts everyone in it. But it’s interesting watching them navigate the rules… Continue reading “Eloise Bridgerton”
I don’t know if I have the energy for it, now that I’ve waited until it wouldn’t be outrageous spoilers… but I have THOUGHTS and FEELINGS about how The Afterparty turned out.
The Afterparty is a show that I’ve ended up with incredibly mixed feelings about. Like… it was super fun to watch, and I kind of can’t deny that it was really well done… Continue reading “Yasper and the Afterparty”