J. R. Pyle-Carter
@jrpylecarter.bsky.social
A welder, writer, and eat-my-feelings gal.
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Hey y'all! #writingcommunity #amquerying
Do not use "services" who claim they can get you a referral with a literary agent. IT'S A SCAM. The latest scam named me as a possibility. That's a lie.
I auto-reject those unless I actually KNOW the person giving the referral.
Please QUERY ME DIRECTLY.
Do not use "services" who claim they can get you a referral with a literary agent. IT'S A SCAM. The latest scam named me as a possibility. That's a lie.
I auto-reject those unless I actually KNOW the person giving the referral.
Please QUERY ME DIRECTLY.
January 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Hey y'all! #writingcommunity #amquerying
Do not use "services" who claim they can get you a referral with a literary agent. IT'S A SCAM. The latest scam named me as a possibility. That's a lie.
I auto-reject those unless I actually KNOW the person giving the referral.
Please QUERY ME DIRECTLY.
Do not use "services" who claim they can get you a referral with a literary agent. IT'S A SCAM. The latest scam named me as a possibility. That's a lie.
I auto-reject those unless I actually KNOW the person giving the referral.
Please QUERY ME DIRECTLY.
Hi, I’m jack holding up several hundred pounds of steel.
January 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Hi, I’m jack holding up several hundred pounds of steel.
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
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From Dec 27th to the 30th we all kind of drift around under the impression that a holiday of some sort is still underway, like that feeling someone's in the house with you when you know you're alone, like a holiday's ghost.
December 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
From Dec 27th to the 30th we all kind of drift around under the impression that a holiday of some sort is still underway, like that feeling someone's in the house with you when you know you're alone, like a holiday's ghost.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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A solstice sunrise over Lake Winnipeg.
December 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A solstice sunrise over Lake Winnipeg.
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All four colors are up in the shop now! Thank you everyone who went on my creative journey last night as I stayed up way too late finger painting. lol
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December 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
All four colors are up in the shop now! Thank you everyone who went on my creative journey last night as I stayed up way too late finger painting. lol
thebrokencircle.etsy.com
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This puts into words why I recoil whenever I hear someone used gen AI.
Love this short opinion piece on “mechanical bypass” in analogy to “spiritual bypass”.
The “machinal bypass” and how we’re using AI to avoid ourselves | PNAS
The “machinal bypass” and how we’re using AI to avoid ourselves
www.pnas.org
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This puts into words why I recoil whenever I hear someone used gen AI.
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Hey! We’re coming up on a holiday week. Here’s your reminder to CHECK YOUR MEDS. Do you need to call in a refill? DO IT NOW WHILE YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT IT.
December 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Hey! We’re coming up on a holiday week. Here’s your reminder to CHECK YOUR MEDS. Do you need to call in a refill? DO IT NOW WHILE YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT IT.
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Every once in a while I am reminded that not everyone here understands that "detach quote" is a thing here
Also if I detach a quote from something you've posted, that's just my way of saying that you have a right to say whatever you like but I choose not to be a part of it, thanks anyway
Also if I detach a quote from something you've posted, that's just my way of saying that you have a right to say whatever you like but I choose not to be a part of it, thanks anyway
December 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Every once in a while I am reminded that not everyone here understands that "detach quote" is a thing here
Also if I detach a quote from something you've posted, that's just my way of saying that you have a right to say whatever you like but I choose not to be a part of it, thanks anyway
Also if I detach a quote from something you've posted, that's just my way of saying that you have a right to say whatever you like but I choose not to be a part of it, thanks anyway
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And if the library doesn't have the book you want, request it! They may add the book to their collection. 🩵
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
December 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
And if the library doesn't have the book you want, request it! They may add the book to their collection. 🩵
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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I took a detour to the edge of the city to take a picture of these amazing sundogs over Winnipeg caused by ice crystals blowing around in the sky.
December 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I took a detour to the edge of the city to take a picture of these amazing sundogs over Winnipeg caused by ice crystals blowing around in the sky.
Goddamn, @tkingfisher.com ‘s newest Sworn Soldier is the best one yet. I NEED a physical copy for my shelf.
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Goddamn, @tkingfisher.com ‘s newest Sworn Soldier is the best one yet. I NEED a physical copy for my shelf.
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A Pembrokeshire Christmas, available now. This little icon is painted on 23 carat gold leaf that has been laid on vintage Italian folding wood panels. Possibly the perfect gift you could buy yourself or someone special. Dm for details if you’re curious
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A Pembrokeshire Christmas, available now. This little icon is painted on 23 carat gold leaf that has been laid on vintage Italian folding wood panels. Possibly the perfect gift you could buy yourself or someone special. Dm for details if you’re curious
This was the largest man made explosion until the atomic bomb.
On this day in 1917, at least 1,782 people were killed, an estimated 9,000 others were injured, and large portion of the city of Halifax was destroyed due to a maritime accident involving a boat carrying US weapons to France for use in the inter-imperialist First World War.
Halifax Explosion - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This was the largest man made explosion until the atomic bomb.
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I’m doing a second auction for Patch, a local charity that provides food, cloths and toys for people in poverty. At Christmas time they gift toys to kids who’ve had a referral. What could be more in the spirit of Christmas? This little wren is up for auction to raise money for toys. Please dig deep
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I’m doing a second auction for Patch, a local charity that provides food, cloths and toys for people in poverty. At Christmas time they gift toys to kids who’ve had a referral. What could be more in the spirit of Christmas? This little wren is up for auction to raise money for toys. Please dig deep
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I could change USPS to Canada Post and the United states to Canada and federal agency to Crown corporation and the sentence is still 100% true
USPS subsidizes a *lot* of shipping in the united states and characterizing it in terms of profit and loss is fundamentally a bad faith exercise given how many of it’s benefits are truly universal in a way that not all federal agencies are
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I could change USPS to Canada Post and the United states to Canada and federal agency to Crown corporation and the sentence is still 100% true
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Y'all this past week I've seen some baffling takes on Heated Rivalry by people who have zero knowledge or enjoyment of romance novels, romance narratives, or sex scenes as a storytelling device. "Uh where's the romance? Why are they boning so much???"
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Y'all this past week I've seen some baffling takes on Heated Rivalry by people who have zero knowledge or enjoyment of romance novels, romance narratives, or sex scenes as a storytelling device. "Uh where's the romance? Why are they boning so much???"
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Good advice for identifying and avoiding the kind of scams that send you bogus copyright infringement notices
Copyright scams are becoming increasingly common. As I learned, no one is safe from impersonation and manipulation, even me.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/12/02/h...
#Copyright #ScamAlert #Security
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/12/02/h...
#Copyright #ScamAlert #Security
How to Avoid Copyright Scams
Copyright scams are becoming increasingly common. As I learned, no one is safe from impersonation and manipulation, even me.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Good advice for identifying and avoiding the kind of scams that send you bogus copyright infringement notices
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Related: I feel like a lot of the piracy vs buying discourse (🤢 that this is even a thing) gets framed as stealing money from individual authors vs. stealing from faceless corporate publishers when for most authors it’s about whether or not they’ll get to publish another book.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Related: I feel like a lot of the piracy vs buying discourse (🤢 that this is even a thing) gets framed as stealing money from individual authors vs. stealing from faceless corporate publishers when for most authors it’s about whether or not they’ll get to publish another book.