Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author
@stephens.website
Self-published author, exploring the possibilities of the impossible. You can buy my ebooks at http://stephens.website/
If you're an A.I. pusher, you're getting blocked.
#ActuallyAutistic He/Him/His
If you're an A.I. pusher, you're getting blocked.
#ActuallyAutistic He/Him/His
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The first three novellas in my fantasy series "The Trials of Seffin Phel" have finally made it through editing, and they are available to purchase in epub format on my website. Be sure to check them out, along with any of my other writings there you would like to read. stephens.website
*blinks*
*blinks again*
*blinks again*
October 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
*blinks*
*blinks again*
*blinks again*
You know how they say it's not official until it's written down? It's written down. A.I. makes you stupid. It's like a succubus, except it's siphoning your *mental* energy.
"The findings backed up what anecdotes and surveys have increasingly found in recent years: An overreliance on AI for answers erodes our cognitive fitness."
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
news.berkeley.edu
October 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
You know how they say it's not official until it's written down? It's written down. A.I. makes you stupid. It's like a succubus, except it's siphoning your *mental* energy.
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Confession time: Some times, it'll sound like I'm humming "Mack the Knife", but I'm actually humming "Mac Tonight".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkfL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkfL...
McDonald's Mac Tonight Study Break Commercial (1988)
YouTube video by ButWaitTheresMore
www.youtube.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Confession time: Some times, it'll sound like I'm humming "Mack the Knife", but I'm actually humming "Mac Tonight".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkfL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkfL...
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[everybody disliked that.]
Windows is slowly morphing into an agentic OS. www.theverge.com/tech/1008801...
Microsoft tries to spark new life into Windows
Windows is slowly morphing into an agentic OS.
www.theverge.com
October 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
[everybody disliked that.]
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hm. now i feel even better about deciding to self-publish.
NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...
Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
www.wired.com
October 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
hm. now i feel even better about deciding to self-publish.
'Kay, there was a promo for "The Shield" that used the song "Mack the Knife" (unless I imagined it), but I'm having trouble finding it. Anyone have a link?
October 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
'Kay, there was a promo for "The Shield" that used the song "Mack the Knife" (unless I imagined it), but I'm having trouble finding it. Anyone have a link?
45 years old, and I'm only now realizing this is supposed to be a *golden* crocodile.
“How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!”
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!”
October 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
45 years old, and I'm only now realizing this is supposed to be a *golden* crocodile.
I feel like I use the word "explicitly" a lot.
October 9, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I feel like I use the word "explicitly" a lot.
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Please wish me luck. I’ve issued demands to my son’s school district and escalated with state and federal complaints. This long, holiday weekend will very much be the calm before the next major storm.
October 9, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Please wish me luck. I’ve issued demands to my son’s school district and escalated with state and federal complaints. This long, holiday weekend will very much be the calm before the next major storm.
Some times, my Random posters list will cast characters for the developing narrative.
October 9, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Some times, my Random posters list will cast characters for the developing narrative.
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The Jury had each formed a different view
(Long before the indictment was read),
And they all spoke at once, so that none of them knew
One word that the others had said.
(Long before the indictment was read),
And they all spoke at once, so that none of them knew
One word that the others had said.
October 9, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The Jury had each formed a different view
(Long before the indictment was read),
And they all spoke at once, so that none of them knew
One word that the others had said.
(Long before the indictment was read),
And they all spoke at once, so that none of them knew
One word that the others had said.
The book villain who stuck with me the longest:
Grand Admiral Thrawn. I was so impressed by him while reading Timothy Zahn's books that I think I've unconsciously judged every Star Wars villain against him ever since. 30 years or so of him being my favorite SW villain.
Grand Admiral Thrawn. I was so impressed by him while reading Timothy Zahn's books that I think I've unconsciously judged every Star Wars villain against him ever since. 30 years or so of him being my favorite SW villain.
The book villain who stuck with me the longest?
Mairon/Sauron 🗡️
The #1 ruinous, self-sabotaging, dramatic, problematic, shape-shifting, ✨ loser princess ✨
Mairon/Sauron 🗡️
The #1 ruinous, self-sabotaging, dramatic, problematic, shape-shifting, ✨ loser princess ✨
October 9, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The book villain who stuck with me the longest:
Grand Admiral Thrawn. I was so impressed by him while reading Timothy Zahn's books that I think I've unconsciously judged every Star Wars villain against him ever since. 30 years or so of him being my favorite SW villain.
Grand Admiral Thrawn. I was so impressed by him while reading Timothy Zahn's books that I think I've unconsciously judged every Star Wars villain against him ever since. 30 years or so of him being my favorite SW villain.
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Some things are incurable.
Get it through your heads that science is fantastic, but sometimes people are sick and will remain so
Get it through your heads that science is fantastic, but sometimes people are sick and will remain so
“If you’re really that sick you should be in the hospital”
Please stop saying this to chronically ill people.
If we went to the hospital every time we suffered, we would live there.
Hospitals can’t help us and they often make us worse.
We are on our own, and being subtly gaslit doesn’t help.
Please stop saying this to chronically ill people.
If we went to the hospital every time we suffered, we would live there.
Hospitals can’t help us and they often make us worse.
We are on our own, and being subtly gaslit doesn’t help.
October 9, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Some things are incurable.
Get it through your heads that science is fantastic, but sometimes people are sick and will remain so
Get it through your heads that science is fantastic, but sometimes people are sick and will remain so
Introduce ypurself as an anime character.
October 9, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Introduce ypurself as an anime character.
The Baari see things in terms of connections. Subject and object are the same thing to them in the moment of connection. You say the name of each, and then you say the nature of their connection. If Soba meets Seffin to slap him, you'd say "Sob'uSeffin slap". If their normal relationship is...
#Conlangity Day 7
GRAMMAR TIME! 🥳😂
What's the usual order of words in a sentence? In English, it goes Subject/Verb/Object, but many languages use a different order! How does your language do it?
Do descriptors (adj/adv) go before or after?
For more info about sentence structure, read the 🧵👇️!
GRAMMAR TIME! 🥳😂
What's the usual order of words in a sentence? In English, it goes Subject/Verb/Object, but many languages use a different order! How does your language do it?
Do descriptors (adj/adv) go before or after?
For more info about sentence structure, read the 🧵👇️!
![Daily prompt for the #Conlangity worldbuilding game:
DAY 7
[GRAMMAR] When forming a sentence in your conlang, what's the typical word order?
For example, is it [Subject][Verb][Object], or [Verb][Subject][Object]? Another variation?
Do descriptors like adjectives usually come before or after the words they describe?
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![Additional card with “HELPFUL TIPS,” light yellow text over the same background as the main prompt.
In grammar, the SUBJECT is the thing the sentence is about, the VERB is the action, and the OBJECT is the noun the action is happening to.
[Sub][Verb][Obj]
Steve pets the cat.
That's how we say it in English, but maybe in your conlang it might go:
[Verb][Obj][Sub]
Pets the cat Steve.
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In English, adjectives usually come before the nouns they describe:
The orange cat
But in some languages, the adjective often comes after the noun:
El gato naranja
So think about mixing it up!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:br2rslmo7elrd3hp5dfsx3ye/bafkreiecsk6hiwwxjkfwyodnthjdzdhxrioq4lodcfr7mpanzzil2mztb4)
October 9, 2026 at 5:48 AM
The Baari see things in terms of connections. Subject and object are the same thing to them in the moment of connection. You say the name of each, and then you say the nature of their connection. If Soba meets Seffin to slap him, you'd say "Sob'uSeffin slap". If their normal relationship is...
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Another classic, not sure if I've already posted this one here.
October 7, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Another classic, not sure if I've already posted this one here.
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the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
October 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
You’re invited to the Bluesky Hallowe’en party. Show off your costume.
(Appropriate for the after-party, too.)
(Appropriate for the after-party, too.)
October 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
You’re invited to the Bluesky Hallowe’en party. Show off your costume.
(Appropriate for the after-party, too.)
(Appropriate for the after-party, too.)
Humanity's worst tendency is to try to control what they should be trying to destroy.
"This technology that is ruining education has incredible potential to save education, if only I could figure out how to use it better to improve my students’ education."
buff.ly/cEmLBex
buff.ly/cEmLBex
I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers
“This technology that is ruining education has incredible potential to save education, if only I could figure out how to use it better to improve my students...
buff.ly
October 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Humanity's worst tendency is to try to control what they should be trying to destroy.
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“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
October 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
Man of Steel Magnolias
The Hunt for Red October Behind the Green Door
The Princess Bride of Chucky
October 9, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Man of Steel Magnolias
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The first three novellas in my fantasy series "The Trials of Seffin Phel" have finally made it through editing, and they are available to purchase in epub format on my website. Be sure to check them out, along with any of my other writings there you would like to read. stephens.website
September 2, 2026 at 10:41 AM
The first three novellas in my fantasy series "The Trials of Seffin Phel" have finally made it through editing, and they are available to purchase in epub format on my website. Be sure to check them out, along with any of my other writings there you would like to read. stephens.website
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Here's a free (but not spoiler-free) #Patreon post about my favorite scary movie franchise, #Scream. I talk about what makes it my favorite and about how you can actually guess who the killers are in each movie (and the TV series).
www.patreon.com/Stephens_Sit...
www.patreon.com/Stephens_Sit...
My Favorite Scary Movies | Stephen's Site
[This article will discuss spoilers across the entire Scream franchise, including the identities of the killers.] Maybe it's my autism, bu
www.patreon.com
October 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Here's a free (but not spoiler-free) #Patreon post about my favorite scary movie franchise, #Scream. I talk about what makes it my favorite and about how you can actually guess who the killers are in each movie (and the TV series).
www.patreon.com/Stephens_Sit...
www.patreon.com/Stephens_Sit...
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Cartoon: Wilderness Plan: https://mrf.lu/2fJ1g
Cartoon: Wilderness Plan
www.pilotonline.com
October 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Cartoon: Wilderness Plan: https://mrf.lu/2fJ1g
"Are you what they call "gay"?" | I’m in Love with the Villainess!
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October 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM