Ellen Rhudy
@ellenrhudy.bsky.social
Fiction writer with work in Story, Florida Review, Cream City Review. Instructional designer by day. Philadelphia!
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Today’s a great day to start masking again
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
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February 13, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Today’s a great day to start masking again
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I don't see how self-publishing world survives GenAI. It's going to be an absurd increase in slop books with no reason to expect any increase in paying readers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
February 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I don't see how self-publishing world survives GenAI. It's going to be an absurd increase in slop books with no reason to expect any increase in paying readers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
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🚨BREAKING: Late night decision leads to late night posting of new double A-side single for #bandcampfriday!
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tedleo.bandcamp.com/album/februa...
FEBRUARY 2026 DOUBLE A SIDE, by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
2 track album
tedleo.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM
🚨BREAKING: Late night decision leads to late night posting of new double A-side single for #bandcampfriday!
tedleo.bandcamp.com/album/februa...
tedleo.bandcamp.com/album/februa...
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Yup. If you’re going to have little kids at a press conference, you have to welcome the fact that they act like little kids. What’s creepy is when people line up a bunch of silent children who behave like Act 1 Von Trapps.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Yup. If you’re going to have little kids at a press conference, you have to welcome the fact that they act like little kids. What’s creepy is when people line up a bunch of silent children who behave like Act 1 Von Trapps.
Great post that kinda makes me want to reclaim my younger self who did things like make zines, make my own band T-shirts for my favorite band that didn’t have them, draw postcards and comics just for the fun of it...
Quick and dirty post on this countercraft.substack.com/p/why-litera...
February 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Great post that kinda makes me want to reclaim my younger self who did things like make zines, make my own band T-shirts for my favorite band that didn’t have them, draw postcards and comics just for the fun of it...
Had a dream that to comfort myself over my sense of failure as a writer, I opened up the NEW YORKER issue with my story in it. Then I woke up to a world where I feel like a failure as a writer and no important people at the New Yorker have published me. Man…
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Had a dream that to comfort myself over my sense of failure as a writer, I opened up the NEW YORKER issue with my story in it. Then I woke up to a world where I feel like a failure as a writer and no important people at the New Yorker have published me. Man…
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On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
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February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
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This is one of those quotes I think about more than any other.
February 1, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is one of those quotes I think about more than any other.
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SO STOKED
coming up on 2/3— one week from today 💿🎶
so excited to feature @eshanisurya.bsky.social & @kristinaten.bsky.social on the February edition of Track Changes along with their terrific books.
🎟️: feb-2026-track-changes.eventbrite.com
so excited to feature @eshanisurya.bsky.social & @kristinaten.bsky.social on the February edition of Track Changes along with their terrific books.
🎟️: feb-2026-track-changes.eventbrite.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
SO STOKED
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“She closed her eyes, hands resting on the egg’s box, and pictured a tiny man curled inside the shell. He resembled Wyatt, in khaki slacks and a pastel button-up”
@ellenrhudy.bsky.social does corporate dystopia so well.
@ellenrhudy.bsky.social does corporate dystopia so well.
New piece out in @southeastreview.bsky.social, all about egg babies! First fiction pub in…three years? www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...
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The Egg Baby Lena was late, and unconcerned by this fact until she reached the conference room, laptop and phones stacked precariously in her arms, and saw that every other woman in the office had man...
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January 24, 2026 at 5:41 PM
“She closed her eyes, hands resting on the egg’s box, and pictured a tiny man curled inside the shell. He resembled Wyatt, in khaki slacks and a pastel button-up”
@ellenrhudy.bsky.social does corporate dystopia so well.
@ellenrhudy.bsky.social does corporate dystopia so well.
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GIFT LINK: share.inquirer.com/pEIqAv
Another senseless killing in Trump’s senseless war against Americans | Editorial
The president's masked thugs have now executed two U.S. citizens in broad daylight on the streets of Minneapolis.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:13 PM
GIFT LINK: share.inquirer.com/pEIqAv
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they want to be murderers, they signed up to be murderers, they gleefully joined in order to be paid our tax dollars to commit murders with impunity. you can't reform that
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
they want to be murderers, they signed up to be murderers, they gleefully joined in order to be paid our tax dollars to commit murders with impunity. you can't reform that
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I missed this one when I took my brief holiday break. Fortunately it’s evergreen.
My latest comic breaking down the “generosity” of billionaires is live! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-genero...
January 22, 2026 at 6:39 AM
I missed this one when I took my brief holiday break. Fortunately it’s evergreen.
Very hard to work on my little novel about the peace corps at this specific moment in time!!
January 21, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Very hard to work on my little novel about the peace corps at this specific moment in time!!
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This thread is a whole journey. Enjoy, friends!
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
This thread is a whole journey. Enjoy, friends!
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Bandcamp has banned AI music.
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
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The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
Bandcamp Bans AI Music
AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the AI-generated psych-rock band the Velvet Sundown and the AI-generated metalcore band Broken Avenue racking up streams on Spotify? R...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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*David Attenborough voice* In the slick cold of a Minnesota winter, miles from a softer, warmer life that expected less of him, this agent learns the awkward way that he is ill-equipped to have followed his prey to a climate so different from his own.
January 12, 2026 at 2:58 AM
*David Attenborough voice* In the slick cold of a Minnesota winter, miles from a softer, warmer life that expected less of him, this agent learns the awkward way that he is ill-equipped to have followed his prey to a climate so different from his own.
I started donating recently after learning rules changed (mad cow disease: no longer a concern!) and it‘s such an easy way to feel like you’re doing a little good in the world. Highly recommend! www.redcrossblood.org
January 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I started donating recently after learning rules changed (mad cow disease: no longer a concern!) and it‘s such an easy way to feel like you’re doing a little good in the world. Highly recommend! www.redcrossblood.org
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Local TV news anchor and reporter in Denver
COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
January 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Local TV news anchor and reporter in Denver
Tried to start 2026 off right by donating platelets and something went wrong because HOLY SHIT did that hurt (like a 2-hr charley horse in one arm). Got home and immediately burst into tears from hours of politely saying “it hurts!”, so I guess I gotta find another way to be a good person this year
January 2, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Tried to start 2026 off right by donating platelets and something went wrong because HOLY SHIT did that hurt (like a 2-hr charley horse in one arm). Got home and immediately burst into tears from hours of politely saying “it hurts!”, so I guess I gotta find another way to be a good person this year
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This is a terrific thread!
H) As I said above, execution is all. Start with a prologue if you want, start with a dream if you want. Sprinkle your story with footnotes, yank that god out of the machine, put some tinsel on your squid and place it proudly on the mantelpiece, whatever. Just aim to do it as well as you can.
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is a terrific thread!
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
No question it’s Teenage Fanclub’s BANDWAGONESQUE. I acknowledge the art might make you think it’s not as good as it is (one of the most perfect albums not just of the 90s but all time imho)
No question it’s Teenage Fanclub’s BANDWAGONESQUE. I acknowledge the art might make you think it’s not as good as it is (one of the most perfect albums not just of the 90s but all time imho)
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
No question it’s Teenage Fanclub’s BANDWAGONESQUE. I acknowledge the art might make you think it’s not as good as it is (one of the most perfect albums not just of the 90s but all time imho)
No question it’s Teenage Fanclub’s BANDWAGONESQUE. I acknowledge the art might make you think it’s not as good as it is (one of the most perfect albums not just of the 90s but all time imho)
Merry Xmas! Just learned that the 40% price increase Microsoft is forcing on personal customers (for all the AI) is essentially, actually, a change in subscription type. Go to your account, select “cancel subscription,” and you’ll see the option to switch to the AI-free plan at your former price
December 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Merry Xmas! Just learned that the 40% price increase Microsoft is forcing on personal customers (for all the AI) is essentially, actually, a change in subscription type. Go to your account, select “cancel subscription,” and you’ll see the option to switch to the AI-free plan at your former price
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It got taken down from ytube, but it’s still up here, & I encourage everyone to take 15 minutes (13 + 2 to breathe afterward) to watch it. So much to say about civil v. criminal offenses, why ANYONE should wind up in a place like this, what America is doing, &w/in that, what CBS & Weiss are doing
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It got taken down from ytube, but it’s still up here, & I encourage everyone to take 15 minutes (13 + 2 to breathe afterward) to watch it. So much to say about civil v. criminal offenses, why ANYONE should wind up in a place like this, what America is doing, &w/in that, what CBS & Weiss are doing