TexanSince74

Honestly just here for the Polin, but I’ll probably be talked into some Philoise eventually. 😚

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

This is so sad. 🥺

[Hedgie @HedgieMarkets]

🦔AI companies are bulk-buying rare books, scanning them through high-speed machines that cut the spines off, and shredding the originals. A service called ISBNdb facilitates orders of up to a million books and keeps buyers anonymous. Pre-2022 books are premium because they're free of AI-generated text. A federal judge ruled the practice is fair use because eliminating the original means only one copy exists at a time. Anthropic hired the former head of Google Books partnerships to obtain "all the books in the world."

My Take
This got to me. A bookseller told 404 Media that rare books with almost no surviving copies are being fed into this pipeline. Books that survived wars, fires, and centuries of handling are being shredded so an AI can learn to write a better marketing email.
ISBNdb's website literally says "'AI company destroys two million books' is not a headline that generates sympathy," and they still built an entire business around making it happen quietly. They offer NDAs as a feature. They coach clients to call it "digital preservation."

I've covered AI companies scraping the internet, torrenting libraries, and stealing music. This is worse because it's irreversible. You can re-upload a website. You can reprint a bestseller. You can't replace the last three copies of an 18th-century botanical text once someone shreds them for training data. And the judge said it's legal. So it's going to accelerate.
"We shred rare books and offer NDAs so nobody finds out" is a legitimate business model in 2026. What a timeline.

Hedgie🤗

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@jenbeanic @dsnch92 Omg, this GIF. 🤣🤣🤣

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@Puffinslove @7897hippiechick And Violet is not the least bit concerned. She’ll probably run out and bribe the carriage drivers herself to keep a lid on it. 😆

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@bamberRae I noted that on first watch and thought, Nicola, you go girl! “Can I touch his hair? Please? Pen would.” She knows exactly what pleases Pen. 🥵

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@callbridgerton It just has a ring to it, don’t you think? 🤭

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@polinmelly Oh, 100%. This woman eschews technology unless absolutely necessary.

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@Feryal_Niazi @writergirl8 I don’t know which fic it was, but Colin was cooking for Pen. While shopping, he asked which of the fancy cheeses she preferred, which high-end pasta, etc. She has no idea, so she says she’s fine with whatever he wants. He thinks she doesn’t care and his feelings are so hurt.😣🍝

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@SinnaIsDead @Brave3001 It’s on my Marked for Later, too. Clearly we need to get on it!

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@bnbailey It’s pretty cute, right?!

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

They’re incredibly kitschy, but I found Polin at the beach. 🏖️😎🏄🏻‍♂️🌊

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@7897hippiechick *whispers “It was me.” 🫣 (But the next person will find them that way. 😍)

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@alcopop_beetle It really was amazing, right??!! 🤩

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@maguiibarbeito Siren, personified. 🤩

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

Fun! Now I need a full rewatch.

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@ashlaay07 Haha! But why would you ever try to lock Polin out like that??

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@Polin11301130 Cute!!!!

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@brainrotbbygirl It’s ironic to me because fanfic is the only place I’ve actually enjoyed Benophie (as Polin side characters, of course).

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@babyfeathers Wow, good lands, that’s a hot, hot piece of literature. 🥵

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@lauuuub @Jones25Jen I’m still itching for Colin to be a girl dad though. Where is our Baby Agatha?! 😩

[TexanSince74 @Texansince74]

@dyk3ery @pinkslsg S4 promo lighting was awful, too! As much money as Netflix spends on this show, I can’t imagine some decent lighting would’ve broken the bank. 🤨