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2026-02-20 15:19 UTC

@kalviter@hol.ogra.ph @Sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net we have long since been baffled as to why people treat that guy as anything other than a capitalist hack writer trying to sell you his books and speeches, but maybe this will break people's illusions finally

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@kalviter@hol.ogra.ph 2026-02-20 15:32

@atax1a@infosec.exchange @Sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net it is probably very silly for me, a hack sci-fi writer who does it for no money, to get too high and mighty about another person's writing but I will say that this excerpt of Unauthorized Bread, the thing I've seen quite a few people on here talk about as "brilliant", is quite... boring? indulgent? Idk, it's not my thing idk I feel the same way about all this as I do whenever Taylor Swift's private jet use get's brought up. Why are so many emotions pegged to the sainthood of some random person? Hopefully you're right and people manage to maintain a bit more skepticism in the future edit: forgot to attach the excerpt :cat_sadder: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/

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