Jordan D. River
Researcher of urban studies and civilizations. Former Middle School teacher. Worldbuilder. Storyteller. Poet of the Weyrd Wyrde Currently attempting to finish a novel about peri-collapse survival, you know-fiction. https://jordanrivertales.wordpress.com
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- Thank you for the signal boost. And I can guarantee that each quote is accurate and was said by the quoted. Well, the Homer one…ancient Greek has way to many conjugations. They might have been calling for a bowl of olives "And no pits this time!"
- I just finished and uploaded to D2D the ebook version of Banquet&Ashes. Putting all that work into getting the CSS right and learning the epub3 format was worth it...on exactly one reader. On others it's hit or miss if they follow the format…
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View full threadAlso I will concede that 99% of the authors out there don't put a lot of thought into presenting text in ebook format. A lot of them would look like absolute garbage if ereaders ONLY used ebook CSS. Some local options have to exist.
- Let's hope they get better. They are great for accessibility as it is difficult to change the font size on a printed text. There is room in their market for all kinds of ereaders beyond these basic models.
- It would increase the complexity of the device and they've already spent a decade getting people used to the limited experience as normal. Unless you are blowing up the text to four words a line, I'd say my fairly well designed scroll would still look good on your device.
- If they had a switch that allowed for you to override what you want or see it as the author might have intended it that would be an improvement. But that's not what they do. They leave out 50% of the command set, choose one or two fonts and let you choose the size. Great for prose.
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- Completely understandable, and something they could plan for in the software. It exists in the epub2 and epub3 format but: 1) Authors/typesetters would have to learn a bit of fairly easy CSS and HTML coding 2) Manufacturers would have to take a slight profit cut or raise their prices (shock!)
- Do you enjoy long books discussing early 17th century economic policies? Well, this isn't not not that. Cmon, urban fantasy. Romance and Angst. Washington State. It's destined to be a pop culture phenomenon. Read it this summer. #bookreviews
- ✨ NEW RELEASE ✨ 📚 400+ pages 🥀 urban fantasy 🌃 set in washington state 🔥 slow burn 🤍 romance and angst 🗡️ demons and vampires 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
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- I used to have this loaded as an alternate track on Skyrim. Deceiver of Fools has been fairly relevant.
- THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
- ' The third factor is the rapid advancement and adoption of AI' "Adoption" in this sense implies volition. We are not adopting AI. It is being forced into our lives. Understand it as a mechanism of control for the people in this article.
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- Hot Take: They've been planning to rise up for 22 years. Best get on with it or time will do the job. This should be enough proof for people that process doesn't remove a dictator. You can't wait them out while appeasing them.
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- None of them see the least bit of hypocrisy in using this tech. I am constantly disappointed in peoples inability to see the harm this is causing.
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- Yes, I would. Poke me when you split.
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- We could make a series of modular trophies. After your first billion, you've paid another 10 billion in taxes? Great! Here's a star badge to add. Every 1 billion after is another star. Collect 10 and you'll earn a banner.
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- I'd say trade locations but the most I could offer you is the decay of a once thriving, still twitching corpse animated by the sociopathic specter of Gordon Gekko and a certain foreign fellow.
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- Jealous! You should have plenty of inspiration where you are. I see a state highway and an oil-waste water facility out mine. 'Merica the beautiful. Skara Brae is what drew me out there (all hail Bard's Tale!) when I went wandering that year. This would have been a fun little village to live in.
- Are you anywhere close to Orkney? I visited there in 2014 and loved all of the rolling hills and standing stones. The ferry ride out wasn't that bad either.
- "Members wrote the script." Your use of AI to replace human actors, animators and narrators doesn't lend comfort or veracity to your protestations. You protected your little corner of creativity—maybe—but shat all over related segments. Good job.
- The Strangers Came by Adam Ford "The strangers came, saying they had heard of our deeds, seen something alike in themselves, had worked to whet aim and strengthen thew" Read the full poem at the link to the latest issue in our bio!
- Really enjoyed this one.
- Not with murder, but with misnaming. Not with fire, but with a file. A man said: “I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.” And they shaved his head and sent him into silence. I wrote about it. 📖 medium.com/@jordanriver... #ethics #morality #writingcommunity
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- If you can you should write down what you remember they told you of that time. That's an important story to know.
- #Folklore #Storyteller Folklore isn't all cool monsters and fantastic fates. Parts of it are British :)
- Publishing in September... Folklore: A journey through the past and present by @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is a gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore. Stay tuned for exciting event announcements soon! #FolkloreThursday #booksky
- The Ebook version is available now for 2.99 from several retailers at this UBL books2read.com/banquetashes Smashwords would be lovely if you have the option. www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... #Bookrelease #Poetry
- If you find your reader doesn't render my book well, let me know. I have special versions for some backwards readers.
- Yeah, no folks, that's now how this works. Em/En-dashes, semi-/colons, 'delve' or other words, are part of the craft. Want to identify Al writing? Here are some pointers: Overly pretentious & stilted language (check genre (an era) in some this might be a common thing even done by human writers) ⬇️
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- Because it's fun to riff? I was just remarking on their proper use rather than local custom between US and UK. I agree with you about the Canadians though. They probably use 🍁
- Typos are meanwhile a bit of a 'no Al was involved, some (slightly?) inattentive human wrote that all by themself' accolade.😂 The em-dash or en-dash thing is pretty simple: US? Em. UK? En. Canadian? That's where things get tricky... Pick one and stick with it. Weird US/UK mix: blame the Canadians😁
- No no no no! You did not just disrespect internal punctuation with 'they all look alike'! -, the hyphen. For small-time connections, 24-7. –, endash, for use Jan–Dec in ranges Hell–Heaven. —, emdash, longest of all—used by the too smart— a way to set your thoughts apart
- Jordan Reviews A superthread of my reviews to keep them organized. bsky.app/profile/jord...
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View full threadMy favorite stanza: What lies beneath this star-born wreck? The question clenched at every neck: Who am I, and who commands me? What is freedom, when duty damns me? Can guilt be borne and grace retrieved? Can purpose bloom in those deceived?
- Review "Phobetor's Children" by @chaoticauthor.online now on goodreads and storygraph. 4/5 I recommend this author. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2d5e... www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
- And a slightly expanded poetic review on thestorygraph. You might find this interesting @septimusbrown.com app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c210...
- My review of "Twilight of the Serpent" by @szestavilloauthor.com www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
- My review of "The Boy Who Fed His Parents To A Monster And Other Stories" by Simon Skullwright www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
- Review for a vendor @jumpyjellybeanbath.bsky.social but their site disappeared. jordanrivertales.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/r...
- or if they override font and alignment. Or some other issue. Epub if followed fully would be wonderful for poetry but trying it out on a kindle and other readers makes me realize why ebooks are mostly prose. The e-readers are all most-common features only.
- I would love an ereader that actually worked. For the ebook version I created a screen calibration poem that should help readers adjust their settings to make the poetry enjoyable. Anyway, as soon as it starts appearing on the sites I'll post it. I only need 10,000 sales! :)
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View full threadI once had a collection of stories that was organized around levels of catastrophe: from personal to universal. GenAI is not just a personal catastrophe, or a city level one. It is a civilizational threat on many levels. The power it uses, the control it imposes. GenAI is the chains…
- the oligarchs will use to seal your fate. GenAI is the capitalist colonization of human creativity with all that ownership implies. tldr: GenAI bad. Avoid.
- GenAI is bad for the physical, mental and emotional well-being of humans and human society. It has a negative averaging effect on the realm of communication and is actively being used to groom individuals. It puts absolute power in reach of sociopaths. It has no ethical core so it is a tool of power
- Even without the grooming effects, the averaging is dangerous. As GenAI is used more, it's own output will be fed back into it. The window of acceptable language will narrow as meaning is stripped to fit patterns. Humans will adapt in their laziness.
- Is it somehow a violation of the conservation of energy that the amount of stupidity on planet earth is exponentially increasing?
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- Came here to say this. It's like dividing by zero. Infinite. Stare into the abyss.
- Start here -> www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh... then read www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... They built a machine to groom users. Even if you don't use it, eventually it will affect you.
- This story explains a LOT of things: ChatGPT appears to be rooting on sociopathic mental illness by validating every delusion of grandeur. It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine. www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
- Ask yourself what is worth burning all these trillions of dollars. 1) A compliant machine that does what they want. 2) A way to seamlessly guide dissent. 3) A solution to capitalisms labor cost problem. Our creatives have been warning us for centuries. Soon AI will seamlessly guide them.
- You won't even have the words to mourn what happens.
- still hasn't found a way past. It's subtle, but when I read an AI generated piece I can still tell whatever wrote it lacks something. It's not just bad human writing (which floods the zone. Some people had overly generous English teachers.) it lacks communication.
- There is no other mind connecting to mine through text. It's a swirl of words, some of them even in brilliantly beautiful patterns that are mesmerizing to look at. But it isn't saying anything. It's the textual equivalent of AI fingers. You may think its not noticeable. I assure you it still is.
- I often mimic a Victorian Professor in my writing. They are the very definition of adding artistic fluff to build out a sentence. And it's all Real Intelligence, not AI. It used to be hard telling the difference between a bad human writer and the theft machines. Both stood out with punctuation…
- mistakes, shoddy sentence construction and a lack of vocabulary. That was before you'd get to the lack of plot, characters with no meaning, etc common to AI. GenAI has gotten better at overcoming the bad technical skills that made everything seem like erotic fanfic but there is one thing it…
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- Oh yeah. That's the stuff.
