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Keep creating--whether it's driven by your anger or helps dispel it or just because you can.
Don't let the AI drive you to distraction or despair.
Learn to live around the system they're trying to force down our throats.
Find an in-between space and make your mark.
We will prevail.
Don't let the AI drive you to distraction or despair.
Learn to live around the system they're trying to force down our throats.
Find an in-between space and make your mark.
We will prevail.
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If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
October 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
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There's nothing wrong with you.
There's something wrong with the world.
Keep being weird.
Keep howling against the storm.
Keep writing erotic stories about moon ghosts.
Keep being a spark in the darkness, and hope for a better tomorrow.
There's something wrong with the world.
Keep being weird.
Keep howling against the storm.
Keep writing erotic stories about moon ghosts.
Keep being a spark in the darkness, and hope for a better tomorrow.
September 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
There's nothing wrong with you.
There's something wrong with the world.
Keep being weird.
Keep howling against the storm.
Keep writing erotic stories about moon ghosts.
Keep being a spark in the darkness, and hope for a better tomorrow.
There's something wrong with the world.
Keep being weird.
Keep howling against the storm.
Keep writing erotic stories about moon ghosts.
Keep being a spark in the darkness, and hope for a better tomorrow.
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Many thanks @msnbc.com for highlighting our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Many thanks @msnbc.com for highlighting our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
August 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
You don’t ‘run the gambit.’
gamut = entire range or series
gauntlet = severe trial
Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy
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July 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Putting on my Publisher hat, I have an announcement:
Augur Press will be open to submissions of Novellas & Novelettes from both agented and unagented writers starting THIS WEEK!
It’s not open yet. But while we wait…
AMA about publishing with this fledgling small press.
Augur Press will be open to submissions of Novellas & Novelettes from both agented and unagented writers starting THIS WEEK!
It’s not open yet. But while we wait…
AMA about publishing with this fledgling small press.
July 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Putting on my Publisher hat, I have an announcement:
Augur Press will be open to submissions of Novellas & Novelettes from both agented and unagented writers starting THIS WEEK!
It’s not open yet. But while we wait…
AMA about publishing with this fledgling small press.
Augur Press will be open to submissions of Novellas & Novelettes from both agented and unagented writers starting THIS WEEK!
It’s not open yet. But while we wait…
AMA about publishing with this fledgling small press.
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Sorta like how the invention of vaults hurt the bank robbery business.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Sorta like how the invention of vaults hurt the bank robbery business.
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Why the FUCK would I pay actual human currency for what is essentially a text-to-speech kindle book? Why the FUCK would I ever want that?? THATS NOT THE POINT OF AN AUDIOBOOK.
May 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Why the FUCK would I pay actual human currency for what is essentially a text-to-speech kindle book? Why the FUCK would I ever want that?? THATS NOT THE POINT OF AN AUDIOBOOK.
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Discovery requires a willingness to get lost. Author Liz Michalski takes us along as she pushes her manuscript in the wrong direction, ultimately leading her to a better course, today at WU.
Writing With A Plan But Not A Map
If you’ve ever met me in real life, you know I’m your girl in a crisis. In my bag I keep everything from Band-Aids to Benadryl, while my car has a first aid kit, ice packs, socks, sneakers, and din…
writerunboxed.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Discovery requires a willingness to get lost. Author Liz Michalski takes us along as she pushes her manuscript in the wrong direction, ultimately leading her to a better course, today at WU.
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THIS IS A THESAURUS. IT ALREADY EXISTED
May 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
THIS IS A THESAURUS. IT ALREADY EXISTED
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Folks call your Senators now!! A ban on any state laws on GenAi for 10 YEARS is gonna do unthinkable harm!
For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste)
Need to find your representatives? Here you go:
5calls.org
For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste)
Need to find your representatives? Here you go:
5calls.org
May 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Folks call your Senators now!! A ban on any state laws on GenAi for 10 YEARS is gonna do unthinkable harm!
For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste)
Need to find your representatives? Here you go:
5calls.org
For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste)
Need to find your representatives? Here you go:
5calls.org
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Super, important report on how a monopolist has a different set of choices in how it uses your content. (I think it's from this exhibit which also caught my eyes in a big way - www.justice.gov/atr/media/13...) pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ho...
How Google forced publishers to accept AI scraping as price of appearing in search
Court documents reveal Google considered giving publishers AI opt-out and rejected the idea.
pressgazette.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Super, important report on how a monopolist has a different set of choices in how it uses your content. (I think it's from this exhibit which also caught my eyes in a big way - www.justice.gov/atr/media/13...) pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ho...
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In case you're worried that you don't know where your story is leading you...
March 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In case you're worried that you don't know where your story is leading you...
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give me your typos. your messy drawings. your silly memes. your cringey joys. your little doodles. your rewrites. your second attempts. your better attempts. your years-in-the-making stunning beauties that make you sigh with contentment at having perfected them at last.
just give me works by humans
just give me works by humans
April 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
give me your typos. your messy drawings. your silly memes. your cringey joys. your little doodles. your rewrites. your second attempts. your better attempts. your years-in-the-making stunning beauties that make you sigh with contentment at having perfected them at last.
just give me works by humans
just give me works by humans
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Free and fair access to information is one of the most important foundations of any functioning democracy.
This National Library Week, I stand with the IMLS and my friends at @authorsabb.bsky.social in support of the roles public libraries play in our communities.
#NationalLibraryWeek #RightToRead
This National Library Week, I stand with the IMLS and my friends at @authorsabb.bsky.social in support of the roles public libraries play in our communities.
#NationalLibraryWeek #RightToRead
April 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Free and fair access to information is one of the most important foundations of any functioning democracy.
This National Library Week, I stand with the IMLS and my friends at @authorsabb.bsky.social in support of the roles public libraries play in our communities.
#NationalLibraryWeek #RightToRead
This National Library Week, I stand with the IMLS and my friends at @authorsabb.bsky.social in support of the roles public libraries play in our communities.
#NationalLibraryWeek #RightToRead
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Hey! If you like what Cory Booker is doing right now, call your senators and ask them to do the same (now and in the future). Find their info at ☎️ reps.fyi!
This pointless stunt by Cory Booker is accomplishing nothing but drawing attention to the Trump administration’s wrongdoing and delaying the work of the Senate and energizing the Democratic base and, wait, hang on, let me come in again
April 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hey! If you like what Cory Booker is doing right now, call your senators and ask them to do the same (now and in the future). Find their info at ☎️ reps.fyi!
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I put together a list of sapphic publishers and authors who sell books directly to readers.
Note: This list is meant to give readers more option; it's not a call for a blanket boycott of Amazon since that would mean boycotting many indie authors.
jae-fiction.com/where-to-buy...
Note: This list is meant to give readers more option; it's not a call for a blanket boycott of Amazon since that would mean boycotting many indie authors.
jae-fiction.com/where-to-buy...
March 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I put together a list of sapphic publishers and authors who sell books directly to readers.
Note: This list is meant to give readers more option; it's not a call for a blanket boycott of Amazon since that would mean boycotting many indie authors.
jae-fiction.com/where-to-buy...
Note: This list is meant to give readers more option; it's not a call for a blanket boycott of Amazon since that would mean boycotting many indie authors.
jae-fiction.com/where-to-buy...
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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
So when do they have to pay the folks they stole from?
I mean, I'm not holding my breath...but accountability in times like these would be REALLY GOOD TO SEE IN ACTION.
techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/c...
I mean, I'm not holding my breath...but accountability in times like these would be REALLY GOOD TO SEE IN ACTION.
techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/c...
Court filings show Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted content for AI training | TechCrunch
Court filings suggest that Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted materials to train Meta's AI models, including models in its Llama family.
techcrunch.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
So when do they have to pay the folks they stole from?
I mean, I'm not holding my breath...but accountability in times like these would be REALLY GOOD TO SEE IN ACTION.
techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/c...
I mean, I'm not holding my breath...but accountability in times like these would be REALLY GOOD TO SEE IN ACTION.
techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/c...
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New: A default password shipped with a widely used access control system is exposing remote access to dozens of apartment buildings across the US & Canada, per a researcher.
Hirsch, which makes the system, won't fix the bug and says it's up to buildings to remediate.
techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/a...
Hirsch, which makes the system, won't fix the bug and says it's up to buildings to remediate.
techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/a...
A single default password exposes access to dozens of apartment buildings | TechCrunch
An unchanged credential allows anyone to virtually control door locks and elevators at dozens of apartment buildings across North America, a security researcher found.
techcrunch.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New: A default password shipped with a widely used access control system is exposing remote access to dozens of apartment buildings across the US & Canada, per a researcher.
Hirsch, which makes the system, won't fix the bug and says it's up to buildings to remediate.
techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/a...
Hirsch, which makes the system, won't fix the bug and says it's up to buildings to remediate.
techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/a...
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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
![[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihuubdwcftfkvvlnepoaf6pfxqulryfp7ydrydi5fe2pflwz63wgm@jpeg)
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality