#TwiceForsaken Part 6 Chapter 27 - Pressure

In which Idrona finally picks a side.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55251556/chapters/167515474

made an #ao3 web extension that dims all works that don't list ur preferred ship first in the tags <3 lmk if u try it

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blorbo-beam/

Inappropriate Use of Libraries #ao3 #ArchiveOfOurOwn #fanfiction

inappropriate use of body parts #ao3 #ArchiveOfOurOwn #fanfiction

Inappropriate Use of the Internet #ao3 #ArchiveOfOurOwn #fanfiction

Ugh, I just reposted a post about it but I wanted to make a post about it too. RIP to any fic posted around/before mid February (ID#s 1-63,200,000), it's been scraped and added to a dataset. I guess OTW is taking legal action, and authors are also filing DMCA claims too. The scraper has moved the dataset to different sites, so there's that.

Link to reddit post detailing it: https://discuss.whatever.social/r/AO3/comments/1k6a3t6/ao3_has_been_scraped_again_for_genai_purposes/

This site is keeping track too: https://www.paperdemon.com/app/g/pdarpg/events/view/994/immediate-action-required-your-art-and-writing-has-been-scraped-and-published-in-an-ai-dataset/1

Heads up that every unlocked fic available on AO3 prior to March 2025 has been scraped and put into an AI dataset. The OTW filed a DMCA takedown on the original dataset so it's been disabled and can't be downloaded any more, but the dataset has already been uploaded to other sites.

How to lock all works:
Click "Hi, [ACCOUNT NAME]" at top of screen -> My Works -> Edit Works -> Select "All" -> Select "Edit" -> Scroll to "Privacy" at bottom of page -> Under "Visibility" select "Only show to registered users" -> Select "Update All Works"

Megathread with more info + how to request your own works be removed: https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/comments/1k6ie6v/ao3s_data_was_scraped_for_ai_what_to_know/

Siiiiggghhhh.......#AO3 got hit by another #ai scraper. So far it looks like someone at #OTW has filed a #DMCA take down but there was a counter notice.

This has forced me to put my fics to registered users only to protect them from these fucking AI scrapers. #fanfic #fanfiction

https://www.paperdemon.com/app/g/pdarpg/events/view/994/immediate-action-required-your-art-and-writing-has-been-scraped-and-published-in-an-ai-dataset/1

Public works on AO3 scraped again for generative AI, asshole scraper forcing authors to play whack-a-mole to try to get the dataset taken down:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/comments/1k6a3t6/ao3_has_been_scraped_again_for_genai_purposes/

There's a new chapter up for the Twin Worlds.

This time, there's a lot of magic to be revealed. Get ready for some surprises.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57662785/chapters/166999309

@paulk @strangeseawolf @QuokkaMocha @floofpaldi

#AO3
#TwinWorlds
#ReadingCommunity

inappropriate use of maple syrup #ao3 #ArchiveOfOurOwn #fanfiction

inappropriate use of ai technology #ao3 #ArchiveOfOurOwn #fanfiction

inappropriate use of a theremin #ao3 #ArchiveOfOurOwn #fanfiction

#TwiceForsaken Part 6 Chapter 27 - By First Light

In which many plans are set in motion.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55251556/chapters/166333813

Having migraines and chronic illness flare-ups has been brutal. However, I still managed to update the Shared Moments: Book 4: https://archiveofourown.org/works/59837869/chapters/165907621 #Korrasami #FanFiction

It took me months due to how sick I've been. Writing is my main mode of coping, and when I can't use it to cope, I struggle with despair. So to finally finish that chapter and push it out to #AO3 ? What a relief.

I just need to find a new balance with my health, my writing, my coping, my activism, and my resting. Ugh, it feels overwhelming when I write it out like that. #ChronicallyIll #NEISvoid

Inappropriate Use Of Find Familiar #ao3 #ArchiveOfOurOwn #fanfiction

Ashrah astral travels to fulfil her part of the deal with Ikalry, a journey that awakens the darkness within her.

Chapter 11 of Eternal Flame is out!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63099754/chapters/165561211

So, my 15 year old kindle is getting increasingly glitchy the longer I refuse to connect it to the Internet, and I'm looking for a new ebook reader before it dies completely. Recommendations requested!

Needs:
- epaper with backlight for night reading (this is the only way I can read with a headache)
- load on epub files via usb
- can handle ao3 fanfics (the images in these are part of what's glitching out my old kindle)
- preferably fits in my skirt pocket (so, 7inch or so)
- does not *require* internet connection ever. Not even to set the clock. (Again, kindle glitch has made it so I can't tell what books are newly added because the time is glitchy and apparently the Internet is the only known fix.)
- works with Calibre for transferring books
- it would be nice if it worked with Libby for my library too, but I kind of expect libby to enshittify so I'm not going to worry too much about it.

I suspect the logical replacement is a kobo, but I'm worried corporate enshittification will leave me in the same state I'm in now. I'd definitely prefer a free software option so I won't have to worry as much about some corporate changes making my books annoying, but I'm not a purist so this is more about having a device that works before this one dies on me.

Today is #EncourageAYoungWriterDay, so I'm going to head over to #AO3 and leave some positive comments on a few fics. After all, the odds are good that any writer I encourage there is younger than me.

Here's To the Ends of the Earth, part 2 of my little Dani/Rahne fic based on New Mutants #5 and #6, now in Rahne's POV, which was a very fun one to explore!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64493404