So AI labs are buying old books by the pallet, slicing them apart, scanning the pages, and pulping what's left. The orders are keyed to ISBNs and blind to scarcity. Nobody in the pipeline checks whether the book being shredded is one of the last copies on earth. Some of them probably are. 1/6
@irismaybooks @archivemoons I remember reading a top tier fanfic of the first games when I was in middle school and if it was yours, I just want to shake your hand. That shit broke me
If the state of the world bums you out too much, I’d suggest joining a permaculture design course. Talking to cool people about regenerative alternatives for the future has been so good for my mental health
Though I suck at social media and barely post anything, I’d like to mention that there are 25 chestnuts, 15 beach plums, and 20 hazelnuts in buckets that will soon be planted around our town 🥰