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J.A. Jablonski
@jajablonski.bsky.social
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Indie author, multi-genre: Academic Mystery, Speculative SF, & Magical Realism | One-time academic & librarian | Style guide nerd | NO AI | No autofollows | Alt Text used

My other online activities: https://jajablonski.com/linktree/
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J.A. Jablonski @jajablonski.bsky.social · Oct 11
Setting the stage: J.A. Jablonski (Jude) writes in three different genres (mystery, speculative SF, and magical realism) while keeping one foot in the academic scene by researching material culture in utopian fiction. (She/They/Dr/Ms/Mx)

For more about me, see jajablonski.com/linktree/

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Against a closeup backdrop of fire are two square images: one of a vivid red/orange/yellow sunset, the other a graphic of a red skull wearing a red academic mortarboard against a black background. The tag "Speculative SF" overlaps the first image while the tag "Academic Mystery" labels the second. When I focus on my day job, the hashtag "Am Writing" is included in the corner of a post. Closeup color portrait of a middle-aged. female-presenting white person with dark brown eyes. They have a white pageboy hairstyle and are wearing large-ish blue-framed eyeglasses. They look directly at the camera with an amused expression. Header image from J.A. Jablonski's website shows her name printed in white in a serif typeface against a starry night sky with a horizon of fir trees.
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Seeing interesting convos here on how a book *should always* have an audio version. Bleems ago, when I worked at a print-only bookstore, younger customers often asked where the VHS versions of our books were. It's a matter of what the tech expectations of the time are.
February 18, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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victoriastrauss.com
This makes absolute intuitive sense.
matociquala.bsky.social Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 1d
This brief and trenchant opinion piece by Claudio Nastruzzi describes the lexical and intellectual flattening resulting from applying LLM tools to prose, due to their tendency to return everything to the statistical mean of their training data.

www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/s...
Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous
opinion: The subtractive bias we're ignoring
www.theregister.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Holy moly, some folks do get their undies in a bundle when someone enjoys a genre they dislike.

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February 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Books are inefficient? WTF already! Not every action has to save time. 😡

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authorsguild.org The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 1d
“Here’s a thought many of us have these days: if only we weren’t on our damn phones all the time, we would surely unlock a better self—one that went on hikes and talked more with our children and felt less rank jealousy about other people’s successes.”
If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books?
Books are inefficient, and the internet is training us to expect optimized experiences.
www.newyorker.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Bobsled for introverts. #monobob

#MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics
February 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
February 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Thanks to passersby & our own used book stash, our wee #StreetLibrary holdings have been updated a bit.

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#LittleFreeLibrary
Handcrafted wooden street library with two shelves. Titles include science & speculative fiction, historical fiction, writer support, natural philosophy, regular fiction, & a few kids books.
February 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Olympic ice hockey or FA Cup football? 📺 Decisions, decisions. 🏒🥅⚽️
February 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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This was on my side of our dining table this morning! NYT crossword puzzle, Lindor chocolates, & fave mug awaiting tea. I'm a lucky human. 🥰
Set on a fushia woven placemat is tge New York Times crossword puzzle for 14 Feb on which is a heart drawn with red ink & the words "love you!" Next to that is a small red bag of Lindor chocolates & my favorite ceramic tea mug.
February 14, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Alas, we had to DNF the Netflix SEVEN DIALS mini-series after 1 ep. One of Agatha Christie's lesser works, which showed. Pretty visuals but the acting was stolid, the script banal, & the pacing glacial. Helena Bonham-Carter phoned it in & ingenue Mia McKenna-Bruce stared at it all precociously.
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February 14, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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Loving color commentator AJ & studio analyst Angela's takes on the current USA v Italy ice hockey game. They're both past hockey Olympians & gold medalists...of course they're good! 🏒🥅

#MilanoCortina #WinterOlympics
#WomensIceHockey
February 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Shout out to @bookshop.org for helping me support WI #IndependentBookstores

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The Rogue Bookshop: theroguebookshop.com

The Well Red Damsel: www.thewellreddamsel.com

Niche Book Bar: www.findyournichemke.com

Thirst Books: thirstbooks.com

Mystery To Me: www.mysterytomebooks.com
View of a bookstore window from outside at night. Photo credit: Viktoriia Kondratiuk via Unsplash.
February 12, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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In that same bookstore dream (prev post), one of the booksellers wore rusty brown workman's cargo pants & a WWI-style white linen Armistice Day blouse. She had this wonderful chippy & chirpy manner...perfect for a Bk 2 (WIP) character. #AmWriting

FYI, pattern: www.folkwear.com/collections/...
Follwear sewing catalog photo for their Armistice Day blouse pattern. Their description of it reads: "This blouse dates from 1918, at the end of World War I. Fashion was in transition from frills to practicality, and this blouse blends the two beautifully. A continuing love of feminine details and an increasing need for practicality in dress came together in the graceful lines of our Armistice Blouse, and was enhanced by a soft delicate fabric and lace trim. The back of the blouse extends over the shoulders to meet the lightly gathered front, and gathers at the center back waist into a self-fabric tie or ribbon, which encircles the waist to tie in front. The long collar falls softly over a center panel, or vestee, forming a deep rectangular neckline. Tiny buttons close the blouse on the left side. Long set-in sleeves gather into wide turned- back cuffs. Folkwear maintains the traditional curved hemline that is slightly shorter in back."
February 12, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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Dreamt I visited the bookstore I used to work for bleems ago. Instead of the mall-hole-in-the-wall, it was now a thing of grand glass windows & birchwood walls. The booksellers were all young & enthusiastic. There was a little corner shelf of used books too. What a lovely way to wake up. 🌞

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February 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Have managed to see at least one game by each of these teams! 🏒🥅 And kudos to @thepwhl.com for their enthusiastic & unabated support of all their players at the games!

#MilanoCortino #WomensIceHockey #WinterOlympics
Screenshot of pre-event text that reads "Japan, USA, Finland, Czechia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, and host nation Italy have all published their women's Olympic squads, officially concluding the roster announcement process and setting the stage for the women's ice hockey competition at Milano Cortino 2026."
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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janefriedman.com
"How was a middle-aged male, a cop for that matter, supposed to write about a woman trying to make sense of her complicated life? More to the point, how do we write authentically when a character’s life experience is so different from our own?" —David Lane Williams
Writing Beyond Ourselves | Jane Friedman
Writing outside our lived experience isn’t just about getting facts right—it’s also about learning who we are when we truly listen to others.
janefriedman.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Okay...bathroom walls prepped & painted & new commode installed. Time to get back to writing! ✍️
February 11, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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kbspangler.com
Ha! KJ got the same scam email (I’m assuming, no email included in post) but is on deadline so did a deep dive into it (like ya do) and found a scary but complex AI mess. Thread:
kjcharleswriter.com KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 6d
The website looks completely plausible at first glance. It's got publishing news, reviews, craft pieces, interviews, plus clickable Amazon and Goodreads links on the reviews. Proper stuff, right?

IT IS ALL FAKE.
February 11, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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📢 Thread!
kjcharleswriter.com KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 6d
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 12:32 PM
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After months of attending screenings and talking about this film, I’m so excited that anyone can stream The Librarians now. 90 minutes that tell the story of the fight against censorship that has been raging for the past half decade. Check it out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQO...
Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens
YouTube video by PBS
m.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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jasmineforus.bsky.social
Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
A picture of bad bunny with the word love
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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Super Bowl game was god-awful boring. Bad Bunny's halftime show was a fun, politically sharp, & visually joyful party. Now, on to baseball! ⚾️
February 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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The drone cameras at the Olympics speed skating & downhill skiing give a very Murderbotish visual vibe.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Needed to totally escape the ::waves hands:: for a bit so I read all of Martha Wells' Murderbot stories (& preordered her latest). 🤖

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February 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM