Alyssa M Torres

I am re-opening commissions now that I mostly have my brain back from the Autoimmune Brink. DM’s are ok to start a conversation. Check out more samples and my request form on my website www.alyssamtorres.com/commissions

ive talked on how i wont engage with writers who use ai, i wont eat at a restaurant with an ai menu, i wont have anything to do with it. but what this post illustrates is regardless of how OTHERS react, ultimately the worst part about using ai is that you are punishing YOURSELF and dont even know it

me: mom, what was I like as a little girl? my mom (completely fucking braindead): hey alexa describe a human kid or something

The U.S. has no national law for paid parental leave. But in states that do, more dads are using the benefit, sometimes more than moms. The change comes as Americans say having kids is unaffordable. n.pr/4eM9URV

Bad Art response to bad art

Daily bunny no.3482 seeks the Ancient Wisdom

On that Edward Hopper tip

Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found. n.pr/4zJgcde

Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...

The Abduction of Persephone, by Nicola Maria Rossi, early 18th c

Recipe for joy: Create new Wonder Woman animated series Let Gail write episodes, and Phil Jimenez and @gwillow.me and @kellythompson.bsky.social and Sophie Campbell. World peace breaks out Dogs learn to talk Beatles reform after George and John are discovered living in Akron, Ohio.

The U.S. is the only major economy where planet-warming pollution dramatically increased last year. The United Nations warns the planet is on track for catastrophic warming. n.pr/4zb8sRp

Debra go outside

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

If I ever get to have a sick custom game room, this will sit in a gilded frame and placed above my seat like TTRPG-esus blessing our table 😭

On April 5, 1977, people with disabilities occupied government buildings across the country with simple demands: access to education, jobs, and public spaces. It has been fifty years since the Section 504 sit-ins, but the fight for those with disabilities continues.

BREAKING: Anthropic reports an $80 billion net loss in the first half of 2026.

Election officials in Los Angeles County say their preliminary analysis of the federal government's list of 20,000 "likely" noncitizens registered to vote in California shows the list is "unreliable." n.pr/3Ubmnrj

Good Advice Fairy

Just got all my boys together to take on the wandering ronin who came to town. There’s like 15 of us and only one of him so pretty much the only thing that would give me any pause is if he was master of the devastating and lightning-fast iaidō style. But that’s not likely. Coward hasn’t even drawn h

Ban this entire evil industry.

The Rays will face the NL champion Milwaukee Brewers in the first matchup in which both teams are seeking their first World Series title since 1980. n.pr/4zFDb8Z

Bilbo holds the Ring while giving his birthday speech... Original art from #LOTR is now listed: ebay.io/m/3GiIfh

This is the way.

In leather pants and a power blazer, Cardi B brings a humble and humorous spirit to the Desk as she runs through a set packed with hits. n.pr/4i2LuEF

Dear fellow members of the Society of Authors, There's a meeting tonight from 6 p.m. UK time to discuss the dreadful Charter of Ethical AI Use in the Creative Industries - as analysed here www.kjcharleswriter.com/all-blog-pos.... Please log in and register for the 'listening session' under events.

🌸 2004 versus now 🌸 It has taken a village to get here~ Without you, I wouldn't be here to explore what life can offer and be. Thank you ♥️

"Getting in trouble for cutting down too many trees to make a golf course" is the kind of classic second-term scandal we could all laugh about if he wasn't also trying to subjugate and/or murder everyone on earth

I fight this battle with my grandmother on a regular basis. The taxes are paid (AT A HEAVY DISCOUNT FOR NYC) but she absolutely wouldn’t pay them if me and my mom weren’t keeping her honest.

In these frightening times, UFW staff is out in the fields talking to workers and sharing know your rights info including these "red cards." We're also watching for ICE activity on rural roads and sharing guidance with both union and non-union farm workers.

Netanyahu is a genocidal war criminal who belongs in the Hague, but Jews were not considered ethnic Poles based on the Polish government, and Polish Jewish last names were forced on families against their will. This kind of conspiratorial rhetoric about Jews faking their identity is gross.

A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.

Vote, y'all. If you're in NYC, go to vote.nyc for all the deets. If you're elsewhere, go to vote.org .

Meta took down the No Kings organizing page today - the biggest day of protest this fall. They provided zero explanation. It stayed down for the entire afternoon until most of the protests were done. Outrageous. Put this on the January investigation list.

The GOP controlled Guilford County NC board of elections removed the polling place from HBCU North Carolina A & T. Students responded by marching en masse to the nearest polling place on the first day of early voting. www.linkedin.com/posts/todd-s...

Ordered my grandmother’s Absentee Ballot!! Doing my best.

The View of the World from 9th Avenue, 1976, by Saul Steinberg.

Propelled by a lockdown bullpen and repeated comebacks, the Brewers swept the two-time defending champion LA Dodgers out of the playoffs Thursday in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. n.pr/3VSQpAG

Many years ago, i had a serious mental health crisis and was hospitalised for it. The care was actually really good and that week on a womens ward did in fact save my life. Had i been treated as the nhs now says i should be, i would have in fact, only been pushed deeper into my suicidal crisis

More than a third report at least one chronic diagnosis since moving near the former nuclear research and rocket engine testing site on the edge of the San Fernando Valley.

Horror and Disability is now out from the Horror Studies book series! Huge congrats, @drdarrengray.bsky.social 👏👏👏 www.uwp.co.uk/book/horror-... #horror #horrorstudies #newbook @uniwalespress.bsky.social

I love Steve Buscemi. If he's in it, I'll watch it. Can't wait to see Wild Horse Nine, w Sam Rockwell, another screen genius, and John Malkovich, who is usually weird-excellent, as well. See, even amid the gloom, there are things to look forward to. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/t...

Happy Holo-ween, Horizon! What do you think they’re watching? 👀💀🎃🎃 Collaboration by @kelsochronicles.bsky.social @kittleskittle1.bsky.social @nerdartist.bsky.social @escafiils.bsky.social ! #HorizonForbiddenWest #BeyondTheHorizon

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

An ICE officer shot and wounded a man today around 4:00 in Manhattan. Exact details are still coming in. I'm not seeing any further information other than that the man is at a hospital now.

Ivan Turgenev's "Execution of Troppmann" is a short essay, published in 1870, that gives a first-hand account of the writer attending a public execution in Paris. Turgenev's details how the drunk, unruly crowd turned a somber moment into a carnival. A deeply moving essay; I encourage you to read it.