AJ Aalto
@ajaalto.bsky.social
Author of the Marnie Baranuik Files and Closet Full of Bones. Canada, cats, cottaging, & kooky talk. She/her.
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I read an early copy of this and thought it was tremendous fun.
Hey! WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TREMENDOUS DINOSAUR FUN? THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU
Hey! WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TREMENDOUS DINOSAUR FUN? THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU
Happy release day to @peterclines.bsky.social!
His latest, GOD'S JUNK DRAWER, is out today!
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His latest, GOD'S JUNK DRAWER, is out today!
www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...
God’s Junk Drawer
From New York Times bestselling author Peter Clines, God’s Junk Drawer is a mind-bending tale of mystery and adventure set at the dawn of time.Welcome to the valley …Forty years ago, the Gather family...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I read an early copy of this and thought it was tremendous fun.
Hey! WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TREMENDOUS DINOSAUR FUN? THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU
Hey! WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TREMENDOUS DINOSAUR FUN? THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU
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I keep waiting for a credible report to come out on how the environmental costs of generative AI have been overstated but every article is like "lol no it's much worse than you imagine."
Tech Giants Are Trying to Cover Up the Environmental Impacts of Their Data Centers
Silicon Valley is using legal loopholes and NDAs to keep the public in the dark about the water and energy being consumed by generative AI.
progressive.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I keep waiting for a credible report to come out on how the environmental costs of generative AI have been overstated but every article is like "lol no it's much worse than you imagine."
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Re-upping this blog post, since I just heard from an author who hired what looked like a self-publishing service provider but actually was a ghostwriting scam, and just got hit up for $9,000 for a book order scam writerbeware.blog/2025/05/09/t...
Two to Avoid: Book Order Scams and Fake Reviews - Writer Beware
Scammers are nothing if not inventive. As writers become wise to their techniques, they invent new ones. Here are two newish frauds that appear to be on the rise. As with most writing scams these days...
writerbeware.blog
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Re-upping this blog post, since I just heard from an author who hired what looked like a self-publishing service provider but actually was a ghostwriting scam, and just got hit up for $9,000 for a book order scam writerbeware.blog/2025/05/09/t...
How did I forget that Kevin Bacon is in Friday 13th?!
October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
How did I forget that Kevin Bacon is in Friday 13th?!
One of the great joys of my life was listening to/watching Hawkeye & Trapper laugh themselves silly when Col. Blake knocked soot from the stovepipe right in his face. Alan Alda has given my dad & me so many good laughs. Grateful. ❤️
September 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
One of the great joys of my life was listening to/watching Hawkeye & Trapper laugh themselves silly when Col. Blake knocked soot from the stovepipe right in his face. Alan Alda has given my dad & me so many good laughs. Grateful. ❤️
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#Archéologie : découverte en #Italie, une tombe #étrusque inviolée vieille de 2600 ans dévoile ses #trésors ensevelis
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Archéologie : découverte en Italie, une tombe étrusque inviolée vieille de 2600 ans dévoile ses trésors ensevelis
Le 15 juillet, l’équipe de chercheurs du projet international des recherches archéologiques de San Giuliano (SGARP), dirigée par l'Université Baylor au
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September 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#Archéologie : découverte en #Italie, une tombe #étrusque inviolée vieille de 2600 ans dévoile ses #trésors ensevelis
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By the time you’re 30 you should have perfected…
- the weird little jog when someone holds the door but you’re a bit far away
- the overly delicate apology walk when somebody’s mopping the floor
- the fake ‘oh I forgot something’ turn-around when you realize you’re walking in the wrong direction
- the weird little jog when someone holds the door but you’re a bit far away
- the overly delicate apology walk when somebody’s mopping the floor
- the fake ‘oh I forgot something’ turn-around when you realize you’re walking in the wrong direction
September 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
By the time you’re 30 you should have perfected…
- the weird little jog when someone holds the door but you’re a bit far away
- the overly delicate apology walk when somebody’s mopping the floor
- the fake ‘oh I forgot something’ turn-around when you realize you’re walking in the wrong direction
- the weird little jog when someone holds the door but you’re a bit far away
- the overly delicate apology walk when somebody’s mopping the floor
- the fake ‘oh I forgot something’ turn-around when you realize you’re walking in the wrong direction
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The Marnie Baranuik Files, by @ajaalto.bsky.social (audiobook narration by Amy McFadden, who was spectacular)
I am *absolutely* biased, as I edited these goofy, heartfelt, hilariously-profane paranormal romance novels.
Buy her books! Feed my cats!
I am *absolutely* biased, as I edited these goofy, heartfelt, hilariously-profane paranormal romance novels.
Buy her books! Feed my cats!
September 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Marnie Baranuik Files, by @ajaalto.bsky.social (audiobook narration by Amy McFadden, who was spectacular)
I am *absolutely* biased, as I edited these goofy, heartfelt, hilariously-profane paranormal romance novels.
Buy her books! Feed my cats!
I am *absolutely* biased, as I edited these goofy, heartfelt, hilariously-profane paranormal romance novels.
Buy her books! Feed my cats!
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On grief, regret, and the unpredictability of life www.skeptophilia.com/2025/08/spea...
Speaking to the wind
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August 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
On grief, regret, and the unpredictability of life www.skeptophilia.com/2025/08/spea...
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You know, I guarantee, as someone who ran events for ten years... just fucking run WorldCon stuff through me. I can tell ya what's a terrible idea and snuff it out. Although, honestly, it's just about professional standards most of the time. How does some of this crap get out of committee?
August 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You know, I guarantee, as someone who ran events for ten years... just fucking run WorldCon stuff through me. I can tell ya what's a terrible idea and snuff it out. Although, honestly, it's just about professional standards most of the time. How does some of this crap get out of committee?
Helpful tip: Try not to get Vicks VapoRub in your eye.
August 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Helpful tip: Try not to get Vicks VapoRub in your eye.
Building the 2025 Halloween watch list. What’s your SCARIEST movie, your GORIEST movie, and your FAVOURITE scary movie?
a pumpkin with a face carved into it is lit up
ALT: a pumpkin with a face carved into it is lit up
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August 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Building the 2025 Halloween watch list. What’s your SCARIEST movie, your GORIEST movie, and your FAVOURITE scary movie?
I may or may not have had a butter tart for breakfast yesterday. Can not and will not—must not!—confirm, though if I did, I’m sure I had a perfectly valid excuse for such reckless tomfoolery.
August 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I may or may not have had a butter tart for breakfast yesterday. Can not and will not—must not!—confirm, though if I did, I’m sure I had a perfectly valid excuse for such reckless tomfoolery.
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The FDA warns public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination a radioactive isotope
FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart
The FDA is warning the public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination with Cesium-137.
abcnews.link
August 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The FDA warns public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination a radioactive isotope
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Dear Smithsonian.......send your historical records to Canada before they're destroyed.
August 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Dear Smithsonian.......send your historical records to Canada before they're destroyed.
Hear me out, though. Let’s just skip ahead to fall…
a poster that says hello autumn with leaves on it
ALT: a poster that says hello autumn with leaves on it
media.tenor.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Hear me out, though. Let’s just skip ahead to fall…
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Le nouveau passe-temps...
August 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Le nouveau passe-temps...
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🇨🇦 Canadian Shoppers:
Campbell Soup closed its Canadian plants a few years ago but they are putting a Canadian flag on soups sold in Canada. They justify it by stating that the soup recipes were created in Canada. This is deceptive advertising.
Campbell Soup closed its Canadian plants a few years ago but they are putting a Canadian flag on soups sold in Canada. They justify it by stating that the soup recipes were created in Canada. This is deceptive advertising.
August 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🇨🇦 Canadian Shoppers:
Campbell Soup closed its Canadian plants a few years ago but they are putting a Canadian flag on soups sold in Canada. They justify it by stating that the soup recipes were created in Canada. This is deceptive advertising.
Campbell Soup closed its Canadian plants a few years ago but they are putting a Canadian flag on soups sold in Canada. They justify it by stating that the soup recipes were created in Canada. This is deceptive advertising.
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ARAGORN: and you shall have my sword
LEGOLAS: and my bow
GIMLI: and my axe
ELROND: and my well-wishes
FRODO: …
ELROND: what
LEGOLAS: and my bow
GIMLI: and my axe
ELROND: and my well-wishes
FRODO: …
ELROND: what
August 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
ARAGORN: and you shall have my sword
LEGOLAS: and my bow
GIMLI: and my axe
ELROND: and my well-wishes
FRODO: …
ELROND: what
LEGOLAS: and my bow
GIMLI: and my axe
ELROND: and my well-wishes
FRODO: …
ELROND: what
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A strange tale out of 12th century England www.skeptophilia.com/2025/08/the-...
The green children
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August 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A strange tale out of 12th century England www.skeptophilia.com/2025/08/the-...
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Ah the first of conservatively 139 days of August. We meet again, old friend, you look uncomfortably sweaty
August 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ah the first of conservatively 139 days of August. We meet again, old friend, you look uncomfortably sweaty