Rachel A. Rosen 📚💙🪐
@darkerthanvanta.bsky.social
Purveyor of bleak climate fantasy and, apparently, cookbooks. Newsletter at https://nightbeatseu.ca/newsletter/. https://rachelarosen.carrd.co/ to find me all over the internet.
Order my newest book, Blight, here: https://books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
Order my newest book, Blight, here: https://books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
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Blight is OUT! You should be able to buy it and order it for your local bookstores and libraries in both paperback and ebook.
Amazon: mybook.to/blight
Other online retailers: books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
Direct from the publisher: bppress.ca/shop/ 🧵
Amazon: mybook.to/blight
Other online retailers: books2read.com/u/mYVl9P
Direct from the publisher: bppress.ca/shop/ 🧵
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I didn't bother reading it (thank you for doing the unpleasant work, Kate!) but what bothers me most about this, I think, is the smug implication by the 'writer' that her time is so much more important than the reader's. "I use AI because I have better things to do than write for you!"
If you're wondering whether the "open letter about AI" on file 770 is worth reading and engaging, it is not. The whole thing is rhetorical mush so it was no surprise when I got to the end and she admitted "her" letter was itself written by AI. Useless bait.
December 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I didn't bother reading it (thank you for doing the unpleasant work, Kate!) but what bothers me most about this, I think, is the smug implication by the 'writer' that her time is so much more important than the reader's. "I use AI because I have better things to do than write for you!"
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Another way AI leads to suicide is that hearing people talk about it makes you want to jump into a jet engine
December 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Another way AI leads to suicide is that hearing people talk about it makes you want to jump into a jet engine
Chuck Wendig continues to be 100% correct about this and breaks down That Post beautifully.
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
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December 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Chuck Wendig continues to be 100% correct about this and breaks down That Post beautifully.
Glad you continue to be alive!
Credit (or blame, depending upon how you feel about me) for my continued survival also goes to @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social and @zillanovikov.bsky.social , the authors of The Sad Bastard Cookbook. Even if you have little money and even less energy, it'll help you.
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The Sad Bastard Cookbook by tRaum Books
by Rachel A. Rosen and Zilla Novikov || Food you can make so you don't die.
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December 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Glad you continue to be alive!
Published a novel and a short story, reprinted a few more short stories, put out 12 podcast episodes, 12 newsletters, and started the third novel. Learned how to 3D print and laser cut. Increased my step count to around 14K a day. Started a new job. Didn't die.
Quote this with what you accomplished in 2025.
Finished editing/published a novel and a novella. Wrote 2 full (non-first) drafts of another novel and finished the first draft of a 3rd.
Published 7 podcast eps. Painted a lot. Cried a lot, slept a little. Ran 1900+ mi. Best of times, worst of, etc.
Finished editing/published a novel and a novella. Wrote 2 full (non-first) drafts of another novel and finished the first draft of a 3rd.
Published 7 podcast eps. Painted a lot. Cried a lot, slept a little. Ran 1900+ mi. Best of times, worst of, etc.
Quote this with what you accomplished in 2025 no matter how small or big.
Finished writing a new newsletter goodie novella.
Played piano in front of an audience for the first time in 30 years. Did not die; did not keel over; did not burst into tears.
Played in several Zoom concerts.
Finished writing a new newsletter goodie novella.
Played piano in front of an audience for the first time in 30 years. Did not die; did not keel over; did not burst into tears.
Played in several Zoom concerts.
December 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Published a novel and a short story, reprinted a few more short stories, put out 12 podcast episodes, 12 newsletters, and started the third novel. Learned how to 3D print and laser cut. Increased my step count to around 14K a day. Started a new job. Didn't die.
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Incredible to see that after all the moralizing debates about piracy we had for 30+ years we're so suddenly at "this must happen 24/7/365 and we will make you use it."
December 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Incredible to see that after all the moralizing debates about piracy we had for 30+ years we're so suddenly at "this must happen 24/7/365 and we will make you use it."
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No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
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Stay safe out there y'all
December 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Stay safe out there y'all
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I find the idea that you need to know “how to use” AI tools really funny, as if it isn’t incredibly easy to type in prompts and the marketing these tools is that literally anyone can do it
December 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I find the idea that you need to know “how to use” AI tools really funny, as if it isn’t incredibly easy to type in prompts and the marketing these tools is that literally anyone can do it
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Dan why did we ever stress about being good at our jobs
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Dan why did we ever stress about being good at our jobs
The worst people in the world fired everyone who knew how to flatten a PDF.
OH MY GOD THEY DID
Oh did they do that thing where they're just another layer in the PDF.
December 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The worst people in the world fired everyone who knew how to flatten a PDF.
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iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Only a matter of time until a UC Berkeley law professor writes a memo justifying torture, a brave Vanity Fair writer gets tortured to say whether it hurts, and we have a national discussion about whether certain people should be tortured for our safety.
December 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Only a matter of time until a UC Berkeley law professor writes a memo justifying torture, a brave Vanity Fair writer gets tortured to say whether it hurts, and we have a national discussion about whether certain people should be tortured for our safety.
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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“try water fox or ice weasel” try chill penguin. install flame mammoth. you just download bubble crab. literally just use boomer kuwanger. sting chameleon has a search bar, use it to find toxic seahorse.
I asked what I should use instead of firefox and someone said “floorp” and I legitimately thought it was a bit for like five minutes. tech has gone beyond making the torment nexus real to making poob real.
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“try water fox or ice weasel” try chill penguin. install flame mammoth. you just download bubble crab. literally just use boomer kuwanger. sting chameleon has a search bar, use it to find toxic seahorse.
Thank you for using it!
@darkerthanvanta.bsky.social @zillanovikov.bsky.social the Sad Bastard Cookbook continues to help me make productive and effective food decisions when i'm too sore and stiff to think straight. Thanks so much still for putting it together and making it available for everyone!
December 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Thank you for using it!
This is so amazing!
Happy Solstice. I made a fan game for @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social ‘s story “What if We Kissed While Sinking a Billionaire’s Yacht” — Something simple to play while scheming for survival
radiantfracture.itch.io/pod
radiantfracture.itch.io/pod
Pod by radiantfracture
Count beans. Flip ships. Survive capitalism.
radiantfracture.itch.io
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This is so amazing!
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Did you miss this? Don't miss the book! It's got great essays across a range of SFF topics!
Subscribing is AUD30/yr and it gets you two 6-monthly ebooks (like this),
or you can buy the ebook (AUD20) or paperback (AUD35, inc shipping).
www.speculativeinsight.com
Subscribing is AUD30/yr and it gets you two 6-monthly ebooks (like this),
or you can buy the ebook (AUD20) or paperback (AUD35, inc shipping).
www.speculativeinsight.com
The July-Dec 2025 book collects the essays from those 6 months plus two excellent (and queer) exclusives: one about Southeast Asian SFF authors, another about villains who are kinda heroes (Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man...)
Subscribe for free ebook, or:
www.speculativeinsight.com/buy-collections
Subscribe for free ebook, or:
www.speculativeinsight.com/buy-collections
December 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Did you miss this? Don't miss the book! It's got great essays across a range of SFF topics!
Subscribing is AUD30/yr and it gets you two 6-monthly ebooks (like this),
or you can buy the ebook (AUD20) or paperback (AUD35, inc shipping).
www.speculativeinsight.com
Subscribing is AUD30/yr and it gets you two 6-monthly ebooks (like this),
or you can buy the ebook (AUD20) or paperback (AUD35, inc shipping).
www.speculativeinsight.com
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if i were to receive prophetic dreams heavy with meaning & tangled beyond comprehension, i would simply discern the correct interpretation and avert, rather than cause, the foretold catastrophe
December 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
if i were to receive prophetic dreams heavy with meaning & tangled beyond comprehension, i would simply discern the correct interpretation and avert, rather than cause, the foretold catastrophe
New episode day: Postcolonialism in SFFH with Suzan Palumbo: wizardsandspaceships.ca/2025/12/15/s...
Season 2, Episode 8: Postcolonialism in SFFH, ft. Suzan Palumbo - Wizards and Spaceships
The famous introduction to Star Trek lays out the mission of the Starship Enterprise: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone bef...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
New episode day: Postcolonialism in SFFH with Suzan Palumbo: wizardsandspaceships.ca/2025/12/15/s...
I'm participating in the Anti-Fascist Write-athon on January 3rd. I’ll be working on the third Sleep of Reason book and fighting fascism at the same time. Please consider donating to cheer me on. Donate here: square.link/u/Qh9lZMsi and be sure to put my name in. Thanks!
Donation to the Anti-Fascist Write-athon - Not a Pipe Publishing
Thank you for supporting a participant, all the artists, poets, and authors creating the Antifa Lit Journal, and all the charities we support through that journal! Be sure to write the name of the aut...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm participating in the Anti-Fascist Write-athon on January 3rd. I’ll be working on the third Sleep of Reason book and fighting fascism at the same time. Please consider donating to cheer me on. Donate here: square.link/u/Qh9lZMsi and be sure to put my name in. Thanks!
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Are you telling me that we are being dominated by people who are so BORING that they don't have ideas?
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Are you telling me that we are being dominated by people who are so BORING that they don't have ideas?
The other factor is that you can't assign homework anymore. We were able to read multiple assigned books when I was in high school because the assumption was you'd take them home and read them. For reasons, some legitimate and others not so much, you can't do that anymore.
You'll see this article posted a lot today. That's only because everyone should read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The other factor is that you can't assign homework anymore. We were able to read multiple assigned books when I was in high school because the assumption was you'd take them home and read them. For reasons, some legitimate and others not so much, you can't do that anymore.
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how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
Oh, I want them to ask my book something and get treated to an explosion of withering verbal harassment by a pissed off gay Newfoundlander wizard.
If you "Ask this book" with one of my books, my characters will all stop what they're doing and tell you to kill yourself.
Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. We’re adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you c...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Oh, I want them to ask my book something and get treated to an explosion of withering verbal harassment by a pissed off gay Newfoundlander wizard.