Craig Shackleton
@craigshackleton.com
SFF writer and Swordplay instructor || Founder of Ottawa Swordplay || Lapsed TTRPG writer || AuDHD
Currently seeking a literary agent and writing more novels.
#IndigoEmployee || My posted opinions are my own, I don't speak for my employer.
Currently seeking a literary agent and writing more novels.
#IndigoEmployee || My posted opinions are my own, I don't speak for my employer.
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Craig Shackleton
@craigshackleton.com
· Aug 23
Time to admit that this has become a Butlerian Jihad stan account.
Okay. I am proud of this one!
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Feb 15th 2026 (Evil), in less than 12 minutes
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I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Feb 15th 2026 (Evil), in less than 12 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Okay. I am proud of this one!
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Feb 15th 2026 (Evil), in less than 12 minutes
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The pronoun labeler, which was by far the most useful labeler on the site, was deleted by its creator. But thanks to @ripperoni.com there’s a new one available. I highly recommend it. It’s a great way to share your pronouns or see someone else’s pronouns at a glance.
bsky.app/profile/pron...
bsky.app/profile/pron...
bsky.app
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 AM
The pronoun labeler, which was by far the most useful labeler on the site, was deleted by its creator. But thanks to @ripperoni.com there’s a new one available. I highly recommend it. It’s a great way to share your pronouns or see someone else’s pronouns at a glance.
bsky.app/profile/pron...
bsky.app/profile/pron...
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⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️
Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...
The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!
Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...
The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!
Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️
Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...
The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!
Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...
The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!
Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
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I liked humans, I liked watching them on the entertainment feed, where they couldn’t interact with me. Where it was safe.
February 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I liked humans, I liked watching them on the entertainment feed, where they couldn’t interact with me. Where it was safe.
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14 Feb 2026
February 14, 2026 at 6:17 PM
14 Feb 2026
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I don't know for sure that my pet rock doesn't possess consciousness beyond my understanding, therefore...
I'm pretty sure I know. They aren't. We're not going to really be able to make a lot of progress in dealing with the implications of this tech unless and until we get rid of all this "woo-woo" talk about LLMs. Anthropic pushing this line is PR, unserious.
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I don't know for sure that my pet rock doesn't possess consciousness beyond my understanding, therefore...
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it's not easy breeding deer for gigantism, but that's why I make the big bucks
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
it's not easy breeding deer for gigantism, but that's why I make the big bucks
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Please listen for all the times I whisper “oh my god” in horror when listening to Ash’s writing process
So @kmveohongs.bsky.social and I pressed record, then edit, then things escalated to distribute, and now here we are. Please enjoy the first part of this 4-part standalone podcast with series potential thanksbutnotforme.com
Thanks, but Not for Me
Two writers embark on the often hair-raising journey to become published novelists: a standalone podcast with series potential.
thanksbutnotforme.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Please listen for all the times I whisper “oh my god” in horror when listening to Ash’s writing process
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Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
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"We should consider the possibility" no they should consider the possibility of eating shit
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"We should consider the possibility" no they should consider the possibility of eating shit
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Oh my god yes. If I see one more grifter or lackey crying about how it's so mean that all they did was steal our work, laugh about taking our jobs, and destroy our environment, and now we're not NIIICE to them and it's not FAAAAIIIIIR.
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Oh my god yes. If I see one more grifter or lackey crying about how it's so mean that all they did was steal our work, laugh about taking our jobs, and destroy our environment, and now we're not NIIICE to them and it's not FAAAAIIIIIR.
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My friend @kevinhearne.bsky.social and I are joining two other authors in an evening event at the excellent Kemptville, Ontario coffee shop Bubba & Bugs. Sat. Feb. 28 at 7 pm, 19+, tickets $10, reserve by emailing bubbaandbugs@outlook.com.
February 11, 2026 at 11:23 PM
My friend @kevinhearne.bsky.social and I are joining two other authors in an evening event at the excellent Kemptville, Ontario coffee shop Bubba & Bugs. Sat. Feb. 28 at 7 pm, 19+, tickets $10, reserve by emailing bubbaandbugs@outlook.com.
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My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1
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All people are people. Or else nobody is.
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 AM
All people are people. Or else nobody is.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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CBC Gem crashes due to Canadians using it
CBC Gem crashes due to Canadians using it
TORONTO – With record numbers of Canadians viewing the Winter Olympic Games on CBC Gem, the streaming platform experienced several outages due to what’s being called “an unprecedented number of people...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
CBC Gem crashes due to Canadians using it
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Fund this book so I can fill it with art!
February 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Fund this book so I can fill it with art!
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So you can repudiate the AI “novelist” article without shitting on romance readers and writers. It’s extremely doable.
If it’s not your bag, that’s fine. I don’t do contemporary romance and I am extremely picky about the rest. That doesn’t make any of it bad.
If it’s not your bag, that’s fine. I don’t do contemporary romance and I am extremely picky about the rest. That doesn’t make any of it bad.
February 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
So you can repudiate the AI “novelist” article without shitting on romance readers and writers. It’s extremely doable.
If it’s not your bag, that’s fine. I don’t do contemporary romance and I am extremely picky about the rest. That doesn’t make any of it bad.
If it’s not your bag, that’s fine. I don’t do contemporary romance and I am extremely picky about the rest. That doesn’t make any of it bad.
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they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole
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OK one last shirt design, this one I just made because I personally wanted a shirt that said all this but couldn't find it anywhere. www.bonfire.com/ai-is-theft
February 10, 2026 at 8:11 PM
OK one last shirt design, this one I just made because I personally wanted a shirt that said all this but couldn't find it anywhere. www.bonfire.com/ai-is-theft
Marvel Mutants are a fictional marginalized group, so any real marginalized person can see themselves in and/or relate to the X-Men, without co-opting someone else's lived experience.
They can represent any marginalized person.
Which means they represent every marginalized person.
They can represent any marginalized person.
Which means they represent every marginalized person.
Please raise your hand if you are straight and still like the X-Men despite some lgbtq people ALSO liking them…
a woman is sitting in a crowd of people waving her hand .
ALT: a woman is sitting in a crowd of people waving her hand .
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February 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Marvel Mutants are a fictional marginalized group, so any real marginalized person can see themselves in and/or relate to the X-Men, without co-opting someone else's lived experience.
They can represent any marginalized person.
Which means they represent every marginalized person.
They can represent any marginalized person.
Which means they represent every marginalized person.