Jen Coster
@jcalyst.bsky.social
narrative design and writer for Butterscotch Shenanigans. video games, D&D, SFF. former reader at Escape Pod. erstwhile MD. #AuDHD. she/they.
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Jen Coster
@jcalyst.bsky.social
· Sep 27
Crashlands 2 Update 1.3: "The Overflow" is now LIVE! This update brings new side bosses, new playstyles and combat equipment, Juiceforging to customize your gear, a new pet, and a WHOLE BUNCH of other new stuff! Check it out! #indiegaming #indiegames
Crashlands 2 Update 1.3: The Overflow Trailer
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I can honestly say the weirdness (complimentary) of the boss fights has only increased
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but look at yourself, consider your life
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
but look at yourself, consider your life
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snakes leave behind whole skins. all manner of flying creatures, not just butterflies, do them one better, whole new selves from wriggling worms. rocks into gems. mystics die to the flesh to be reborn in the spirit. rebirth is the rule, not the stray exception, if we can grasp it
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
snakes leave behind whole skins. all manner of flying creatures, not just butterflies, do them one better, whole new selves from wriggling worms. rocks into gems. mystics die to the flesh to be reborn in the spirit. rebirth is the rule, not the stray exception, if we can grasp it
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When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?
January 1, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
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“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
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I would like a shirt that says "stupid Canadian wolf bird" please and thank you
January 1, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I would like a shirt that says "stupid Canadian wolf bird" please and thank you
finally watching heated rivalry
December 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
finally watching heated rivalry
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Mike Glyer at File 770 showed poor judgment in posting Underwood's letter--and espec in not performing due diligence on such an important and existential topic. Further, he has pointed out he's deleting opposition to the letter that he deems insufficiently polite. Some of which corrects error. 7/?
December 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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SHITPOST GAME:
scroll bluesky until you get mad.
instead of responding, roll a d6 and do the corresponding action:
1-2: X # of pushups
3-4: 5X # of squats
5-6: 2X # of mountain climbers
X is the number of times you have gotten mad
repeat until you are sick of bluesky
scroll bluesky until you get mad.
instead of responding, roll a d6 and do the corresponding action:
1-2: X # of pushups
3-4: 5X # of squats
5-6: 2X # of mountain climbers
X is the number of times you have gotten mad
repeat until you are sick of bluesky
I need everyone to make a shitpost game that fits into at most 3 posts on here before the end of the year otherwise thr sun will not rise again
Not enough shitpost games though
December 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
SHITPOST GAME:
scroll bluesky until you get mad.
instead of responding, roll a d6 and do the corresponding action:
1-2: X # of pushups
3-4: 5X # of squats
5-6: 2X # of mountain climbers
X is the number of times you have gotten mad
repeat until you are sick of bluesky
scroll bluesky until you get mad.
instead of responding, roll a d6 and do the corresponding action:
1-2: X # of pushups
3-4: 5X # of squats
5-6: 2X # of mountain climbers
X is the number of times you have gotten mad
repeat until you are sick of bluesky
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Should have said with this one: this idea comes courtesy of @theinfophile.bsky.social.
Thank you, you were right
Thank you, you were right
December 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Should have said with this one: this idea comes courtesy of @theinfophile.bsky.social.
Thank you, you were right
Thank you, you were right
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a new @megapolisomancy.bsky.social essay is always appointment reading for me
Up now at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, I wrote about one of my favorite trilogies, Jeffrey Ford’s The Well-Built City, and what it has to say about living in a society in thrall, the fascist mindset, and the daily work of staying alive.
We Are Close, We Are Almost There | Los Angeles Review of Books
Zachary Gillan reflects on Jeffrey Ford’s ‘Well-Built City Trilogy’ in the era of resurgent fascism.
lareviewofbooks.org
December 31, 2025 at 3:52 AM
a new @megapolisomancy.bsky.social essay is always appointment reading for me
such a beautiful and moving project. I found so many spots of brightness and comfort to return to when things are hard and the way seems dark. everyone should be so immensely pleased and proud 💖
Some reflections on my first year of publishing Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive. What an incredible year it has been. How very, very lucky I am.
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
(Unsurprisingly, content notes here for frank discussions of grief and suicidality.)
A Reflection on Love Letters
Love Letters 12.30.2025 - Stone Soup
stone-soup.ghost.io
December 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM
such a beautiful and moving project. I found so many spots of brightness and comfort to return to when things are hard and the way seems dark. everyone should be so immensely pleased and proud 💖
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Storynexus is shutting down soon and Josh is doing heroic work preserving Samsara - my game of courtly intrigue, opium-fuelled poetry and dream-walking set in Bengal in 1757, at the dawn of the British Raj. You can play along + even vote on options!
For a little preservation effort, EJ is doing a commented playthrough of Yoon Ha Lee's Winterstrike, and I've started one for @meghna.bsky.social's Samsara:
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#InteractiveFiction
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#InteractiveFiction
December 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Storynexus is shutting down soon and Josh is doing heroic work preserving Samsara - my game of courtly intrigue, opium-fuelled poetry and dream-walking set in Bengal in 1757, at the dawn of the British Raj. You can play along + even vote on options!
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December 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
FRIEND
HOPE
BOOBS
sounds good to me.
HOPE
BOOBS
sounds good to me.
The first 3 words you see will define your 2026.
VODKA
BEACH
NACHOS
I’m in.
VODKA
BEACH
NACHOS
I’m in.
December 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
FRIEND
HOPE
BOOBS
sounds good to me.
HOPE
BOOBS
sounds good to me.
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It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
a fifty degree temperature swing over the course of a day should not be allowed
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
a fifty degree temperature swing over the course of a day should not be allowed
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yeah we don’t need LLMs for that but also the obsession with the edge case of accidental LLM use via a spell checker is a distraction from the primary uses with LLMs and is a rhetorical wedge designed to make it seem like AI evangelists are reasonable and thoughtful when they’re not
December 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
yeah we don’t need LLMs for that but also the obsession with the edge case of accidental LLM use via a spell checker is a distraction from the primary uses with LLMs and is a rhetorical wedge designed to make it seem like AI evangelists are reasonable and thoughtful when they’re not
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there is a genre of person who hates AI in *their* field but sees how it could be useful in *other,* less prestigious, fields; ignore them. they are not trying to save the ship. they are just racing you to the lifeboats
Translators, illustrators, researchers and editors all do creative, human work that is important and cannot be reproduced in part or in whole by AI any more than writers. Their interests are our interests. To legitimize the use of AI to replace them is a failure of principle as much as strategy.
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
there is a genre of person who hates AI in *their* field but sees how it could be useful in *other,* less prestigious, fields; ignore them. they are not trying to save the ship. they are just racing you to the lifeboats
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The survey is open to non-members (I am not one) and to readers (who here is not &c.) so I encourage you to share your feelings on the matter. Don't assume that everyone already understands that AI is bad or why! I mean, people *should*, but you could say that about a lot of things.
SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
December 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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"....you wouldn’t read it anyway. You’d ask a bot for a summary and forget what it told you, then proceed with your day, unchanged by words you did not read and ideas you did not consider."
Whew.
Whew.
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"....you wouldn’t read it anyway. You’d ask a bot for a summary and forget what it told you, then proceed with your day, unchanged by words you did not read and ideas you did not consider."
Whew.
Whew.
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and they won't believe you when you tell them their assumptions are wrong. they'll just think you're lying
and they won't believe you when you tell them their assumptions are wrong. they'll just think you're lying
Can we add in "people will constantly add subtext to the plain text you're saying" to the mix, too?
December 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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and they won't believe you when you tell them their assumptions are wrong. they'll just think you're lying
and they won't believe you when you tell them their assumptions are wrong. they'll just think you're lying
this this this, forever and ever amen
i do not care about the opinions of Sam Altman's downline.
December 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
this this this, forever and ever amen