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My nine favorite albums of 2025.
Pink Pantheress - Fancy That
Bar Italia - Some Like It Hot
Amber Mark - Pretty Idea
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
Lorde - Virgin
WNC Whopbezzy & 70th Street Carlos - Out the Blue
Miki Berenyi Trio - Tripla
Eric Church - Evangeline vs. the Machine
Rico Nasty - Lethal
Pink Pantheress - Fancy That
Bar Italia - Some Like It Hot
Amber Mark - Pretty Idea
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
Lorde - Virgin
WNC Whopbezzy & 70th Street Carlos - Out the Blue
Miki Berenyi Trio - Tripla
Eric Church - Evangeline vs. the Machine
Rico Nasty - Lethal
December 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My nine favorite albums of 2025.
Pink Pantheress - Fancy That
Bar Italia - Some Like It Hot
Amber Mark - Pretty Idea
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
Lorde - Virgin
WNC Whopbezzy & 70th Street Carlos - Out the Blue
Miki Berenyi Trio - Tripla
Eric Church - Evangeline vs. the Machine
Rico Nasty - Lethal
Pink Pantheress - Fancy That
Bar Italia - Some Like It Hot
Amber Mark - Pretty Idea
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
Lorde - Virgin
WNC Whopbezzy & 70th Street Carlos - Out the Blue
Miki Berenyi Trio - Tripla
Eric Church - Evangeline vs. the Machine
Rico Nasty - Lethal
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My nine favorite new-to-me older albums (more than 20 years old) I listened to for the first time this year:
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
Asha Puthli - The Devil Is Loose (1976)
Martha and the Muffins - Trance and Dance (1980)
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
Asha Puthli - The Devil Is Loose (1976)
Martha and the Muffins - Trance and Dance (1980)
December 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My nine favorite new-to-me older albums (more than 20 years old) I listened to for the first time this year:
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
Asha Puthli - The Devil Is Loose (1976)
Martha and the Muffins - Trance and Dance (1980)
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
Asha Puthli - The Devil Is Loose (1976)
Martha and the Muffins - Trance and Dance (1980)
I love buying French translations of American sci-fi from les bouquinistes.
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How a 475-year-old book market in the center of Paris is surviving in a digital world | CNN
Flexible hours, being your own boss, fresh air and views of Notre Dame — it’s a job with a lot going for it. Paris’ bouquinistes have been a fixture along the banks of the Seine for some 500 years and...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I love buying French translations of American sci-fi from les bouquinistes.
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My nine favorite new-to-me older albums (more than 20 years old) I listened to for the first time this year:
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
Asha Puthli - The Devil Is Loose (1976)
Martha and the Muffins - Trance and Dance (1980)
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
Asha Puthli - The Devil Is Loose (1976)
Martha and the Muffins - Trance and Dance (1980)
December 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My nine favorite new-to-me older albums (more than 20 years old) I listened to for the first time this year:
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
Asha Puthli - The Devil Is Loose (1976)
Martha and the Muffins - Trance and Dance (1980)
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
Asha Puthli - The Devil Is Loose (1976)
Martha and the Muffins - Trance and Dance (1980)
In Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, the deeds are done and done again as my life is done in Tiny Tim, who did NOT die.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, shall swim out to that brooding reef in the sea and dive down through black abysses to Cyclopean and many-columned Y’ha-nthlei, and in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell amidst wonder and glory for ever.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
In Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, the deeds are done and done again as my life is done in Tiny Tim, who did NOT die.
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Delete that shit right now friends.
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Delete that shit right now friends.
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Underdiscussed point: how much responsibility Substack bears for Bari Weiss being in the position she is now in.
Fuck substack
Fuck substack
the quality of work that bari weiss produced at THE FREE PRESS was dogshit-tier bad (even by the standards of right wing slop) but it was a financial success anyway because Substack's right wing owners and other oligarch benefactors heavily promoted it.
A timeslot hit
A timeslot hit
December 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Underdiscussed point: how much responsibility Substack bears for Bari Weiss being in the position she is now in.
Fuck substack
Fuck substack
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Since I just started a chonky book that I won't finish before 2026, my 12 favorite reads of 2025 (in publication order):
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Since I just started a chonky book that I won't finish before 2026, my 12 favorite reads of 2025 (in publication order):
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Since I just started a chonky book that I won't finish before 2026, my 12 favorite reads of 2025 (in publication order):
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Since I just started a chonky book that I won't finish before 2026, my 12 favorite reads of 2025 (in publication order):
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
All I want for Christmas is to not wake up with Tonic's "If You Could Only See" stuck in my head anymore. It's been six days. Send help.
December 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
All I want for Christmas is to not wake up with Tonic's "If You Could Only See" stuck in my head anymore. It's been six days. Send help.
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love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
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This strikes me as just a way to let LLM in the door over at SFWA. You do not a survey to craft a no generative AI policy.
SFWA is doing a survey on LLM use in the industry. You don't need to be a member to submit. Writers/artists/humans need all the advocates we can get, and I hope we can encourage SFWA to take a strong stance. www.sfwa.org/sfwa-survey-...
SFWA Survey on LLM Use in Industry - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Thank you for participating in this survey. The data collected here is preliminary, not definitive, but it will help to […]
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December 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This strikes me as just a way to let LLM in the door over at SFWA. You do not a survey to craft a no generative AI policy.
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Lookit this regal lil dude. The official dog of From Beyond Press.
December 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Lookit this regal lil dude. The official dog of From Beyond Press.
Lookit this regal lil dude. The official dog of From Beyond Press.
December 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Lookit this regal lil dude. The official dog of From Beyond Press.
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I've seen some people saying that the new SFWA rule on "AI" in the Nebulas will prevent people from being transparent about their LLM use. Newsflash: They wouldn't have been anyway. It would cost them readers. It would cost them votes. It would potentially cost them opportunities with publishers.
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I've seen some people saying that the new SFWA rule on "AI" in the Nebulas will prevent people from being transparent about their LLM use. Newsflash: They wouldn't have been anyway. It would cost them readers. It would cost them votes. It would potentially cost them opportunities with publishers.
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It appears as though SFWA has had a very quick change of heart and is now back on the right side of this. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. New Nebula Awards eligibility rules for generated text are now:
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It appears as though SFWA has had a very quick change of heart and is now back on the right side of this. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. New Nebula Awards eligibility rules for generated text are now:
Jesus fucking fraidycat christ, grow a backbone. Writers don't have to say whether they used the plagiarism machine until AFTER THEY'VE BEEN NOMINATED?!?! So they can steal spots from people who actually do the work? Fuck this very much. And shame on you.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
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Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Jesus fucking fraidycat christ, grow a backbone. Writers don't have to say whether they used the plagiarism machine until AFTER THEY'VE BEEN NOMINATED?!?! So they can steal spots from people who actually do the work? Fuck this very much. And shame on you.
Other publishers: have you paid someone to write an introduction? If you wouldn't mind sharing, please DM me how much you paid them. You don't have to say who. I'm trying to make sure I don't lowball someone.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Other publishers: have you paid someone to write an introduction? If you wouldn't mind sharing, please DM me how much you paid them. You don't have to say who. I'm trying to make sure I don't lowball someone.
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Before satellite mega-constellations began taking off in 2019, satellites used to go months without risking a collision in orbit.
Now they have less than a week to take evasive maneuvers, and the window keeps shrinking. My @sciam.bsky.social story below.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/sate...
Now they have less than a week to take evasive maneuvers, and the window keeps shrinking. My @sciam.bsky.social story below.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/sate...
Satellites Used to Have Months to Avoid Collisions—Now They Have Days
In the era of mega constellations, spacecraft typically have less than a week to avoid crashes
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December 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Before satellite mega-constellations began taking off in 2019, satellites used to go months without risking a collision in orbit.
Now they have less than a week to take evasive maneuvers, and the window keeps shrinking. My @sciam.bsky.social story below.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/sate...
Now they have less than a week to take evasive maneuvers, and the window keeps shrinking. My @sciam.bsky.social story below.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/sate...
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
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A) expressing ideas is literally the fucking job
B) if you can’t communicate it with doodles, words, or messy photoshop, the idea isn’t fully baked and you need to explore it more, not use the plagiarizing lie machine that poisons neighborhoods to do the thinking for you.
B) if you can’t communicate it with doodles, words, or messy photoshop, the idea isn’t fully baked and you need to explore it more, not use the plagiarizing lie machine that poisons neighborhoods to do the thinking for you.
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A) expressing ideas is literally the fucking job
B) if you can’t communicate it with doodles, words, or messy photoshop, the idea isn’t fully baked and you need to explore it more, not use the plagiarizing lie machine that poisons neighborhoods to do the thinking for you.
B) if you can’t communicate it with doodles, words, or messy photoshop, the idea isn’t fully baked and you need to explore it more, not use the plagiarizing lie machine that poisons neighborhoods to do the thinking for you.
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Thank you Call & Response Books for listing Children of Chicago as one of your top picks of 2025.
Call & Response is a Black-women owned bookstore in Hyde Park. Show them all of the support.
#Chicago
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Call & Response is a Black-women owned bookstore in Hyde Park. Show them all of the support.
#Chicago
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The best books of 2025, according to Chicago’s independent bookstores
From the year’s best sellers to staff picks, these are the tomes that Chicago bookstores are championing.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thank you Call & Response Books for listing Children of Chicago as one of your top picks of 2025.
Call & Response is a Black-women owned bookstore in Hyde Park. Show them all of the support.
#Chicago
www.timeout.com/chicago/news...
Call & Response is a Black-women owned bookstore in Hyde Park. Show them all of the support.
#Chicago
www.timeout.com/chicago/news...
Almost exactly six years ago, I emailed Kealan Patrick Burke and Corinne Halbert to ask if Kealan could write a story and Corinne could illustrate it. That was the beginning of From Beyond Press, although it would take a few years to take its current form. Thanks for believing in me.
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Almost exactly six years ago, I emailed Kealan Patrick Burke and Corinne Halbert to ask if Kealan could write a story and Corinne could illustrate it. That was the beginning of From Beyond Press, although it would take a few years to take its current form. Thanks for believing in me.
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I hate making non-cat posts. I hate "discourse". But the number of comments I've seen degrading and dehumanizing sex workers because of that Melania trailer is appalling. That ghoulish woman will never see your "whore" jokes but they absolutely contribute to the stigma that gets sex workers killed.
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I hate making non-cat posts. I hate "discourse". But the number of comments I've seen degrading and dehumanizing sex workers because of that Melania trailer is appalling. That ghoulish woman will never see your "whore" jokes but they absolutely contribute to the stigma that gets sex workers killed.
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File COPA complaints when you see CPD assisting immigration officers
Pass it on: If you FILE A COMPLAINT about police activity, it flags the body-worn camera video so reporters can obtain it later via FOIA requests.
City: www.chicagocopa.org/complaints/i...
County: apps.cookcountyil.gov/oiig/
State: oeig.illinois.gov/complaints/o...
City: www.chicagocopa.org/complaints/i...
County: apps.cookcountyil.gov/oiig/
State: oeig.illinois.gov/complaints/o...
State troopers just dragged three people out of the crowd.
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
File COPA complaints when you see CPD assisting immigration officers