Katherine Villyard
@katherinevillyard.com
Award-Winning author, DBA, geek. President of Broad Universe. She/her.
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Sample That Tasty Book! Romancing the Werewolf gailcarriger.com/2017/10/06/s...
December 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Sample That Tasty Book! Romancing the Werewolf gailcarriger.com/2017/10/06/s...
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“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Published MY FIRST NOVEL!
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small.
✨ Started HRT
✨ Made some new, true friends
✨ Finished a novel and got through the first round of edits
✨ Finalized divorce
✨ Reclaimed some old writing
✨ Survived
✨ Started HRT
✨ Made some new, true friends
✨ Finished a novel and got through the first round of edits
✨ Finalized divorce
✨ Reclaimed some old writing
✨ Survived
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small
🪿 Wrote a novella for my first queer anthology
🪿 Took care of my wife through surgery
🪿 Burned out hard, but didn't burn down my business like I was tempted to
🪿 Joined the citizen advisory board at the library
🪿 Survived
🪿 Wrote a novella for my first queer anthology
🪿 Took care of my wife through surgery
🪿 Burned out hard, but didn't burn down my business like I was tempted to
🪿 Joined the citizen advisory board at the library
🪿 Survived
December 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Published MY FIRST NOVEL!
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Holy.
Shit.
I am honestly shocked no one jumped over a chair to beat a soul into that superintendent.
Shit.
I am honestly shocked no one jumped over a chair to beat a soul into that superintendent.
December 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Holy.
Shit.
I am honestly shocked no one jumped over a chair to beat a soul into that superintendent.
Shit.
I am honestly shocked no one jumped over a chair to beat a soul into that superintendent.
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Help fund scholarships to Writing the Other and ensure that the WTO crucial programs on writing diverse characters remain accessible, by chipping in to the WTO End Of Year fund drive! writingtheother.com/...
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Help fund scholarships to Writing the Other and ensure that the WTO crucial programs on writing diverse characters remain accessible, by chipping in to the WTO End Of Year fund drive! writingtheother.com/...
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As it's related to previous posts this morning, a primer on acquiring my work: What's the best way (for me!) to do it, how libraries fit into my career (spoiler: positively!), and also the (few) instances where I think pirating my work is acceptable:
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
Acquiring My Work: A Primer
Several times a month I get an email or social media message from someone who wants to know what the “best” way to buy my work is so that I, the writer, get as much of their money as po…
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December 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As it's related to previous posts this morning, a primer on acquiring my work: What's the best way (for me!) to do it, how libraries fit into my career (spoiler: positively!), and also the (few) instances where I think pirating my work is acceptable:
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
FREE short story: Saving Alan Idle. A sentient computer program must save his programmer.
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#booksky #sciencefiction #audio #shortstory 💙📚🪐
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#booksky #sciencefiction #audio #shortstory 💙📚🪐
Saving Alan Idle, a short story by Katherine Villyard
YouTube video by Katherine Villyard
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December 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
FREE short story: Saving Alan Idle. A sentient computer program must save his programmer.
youtu.be/A7mEXacgd08?...
#booksky #sciencefiction #audio #shortstory 💙📚🪐
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#booksky #sciencefiction #audio #shortstory 💙📚🪐
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There's a reason I've spent the last year diversifying my investment holdings. When the "AI" bubble pops, it's going to be fucking brutal.
The AI bubble will pop. However, just as with the dot-com bubble, the underlying technology will stick around and eventually succeed. That said, it took the Nasdaq 15 years to recover from that, and it won't surprise me if it takes that long for our current market to recover.
December 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
There's a reason I've spent the last year diversifying my investment holdings. When the "AI" bubble pops, it's going to be fucking brutal.
Gift article: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What J. D. Vance—And Many Others—Miss About American Anti-Semitism
Making anti-Semitism about your ideological enemies doesn’t help anyone understand, let alone solve, the problem.
www.theatlantic.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Gift article: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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J. D. Vance believes that immigrants are the prime driver of American anti-Semitism—but making anti-Semitism about your ideological enemies misses whole dimensions of the problem, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues:
What J. D. Vance—And Many Others—Miss About American Anti-Semitism
Making anti-Semitism about your ideological enemies doesn’t help anyone understand, let alone solve, the problem.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
J. D. Vance believes that immigrants are the prime driver of American anti-Semitism—but making anti-Semitism about your ideological enemies misses whole dimensions of the problem, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues:
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I wrote a piece about translation earlier in the year, talking about how a good translation isn't, and can't be, just matching words one-for-one:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/02/03/h...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/02/03/h...
How Translation Works, Book Title Edition
As any translator will tell you, translating a piece of fiction isn’t about simply transcribing words one-to-one from one language to another. It’s about capturing a vibe — making…
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December 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I wrote a piece about translation earlier in the year, talking about how a good translation isn't, and can't be, just matching words one-for-one:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/02/03/h...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/02/03/h...
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Absolute bullshit, and authors, if Harlequin has your foreign rights, you should also complain.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Absolute bullshit, and authors, if Harlequin has your foreign rights, you should also complain.
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@mozilla.org I have been using Firefox for YEARS. Not sure what the new CEO is hoping to achieve by "AI everything now" but if the hope is to drive people like me off your browser, you will surely succeed.
December 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
@mozilla.org I have been using Firefox for YEARS. Not sure what the new CEO is hoping to achieve by "AI everything now" but if the hope is to drive people like me off your browser, you will surely succeed.
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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“Anti-Jewish prejudice is growing precisely because it is the domain of the next generation, not the previous one,” @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues:
‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’
Anti-Jewish prejudice isn’t a partisan divide—it’s a generational one.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“Anti-Jewish prejudice is growing precisely because it is the domain of the next generation, not the previous one,” @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues:
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
I’m looking for audiobook reviewers.
Do you love vampires with strong historical backstories? Do you love dual timelines? Do you love multi-narrator audiobooks?
You might love this!
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Do you love vampires with strong historical backstories? Do you love dual timelines? Do you love multi-narrator audiobooks?
You might love this!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’m looking for audiobook reviewers.
Do you love vampires with strong historical backstories? Do you love dual timelines? Do you love multi-narrator audiobooks?
You might love this!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Do you love vampires with strong historical backstories? Do you love dual timelines? Do you love multi-narrator audiobooks?
You might love this!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
💙📚🪐📚🩸💙
Really? I thought girls didn’t like computers! Do you run reports written by men?
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Really? I thought girls didn’t like computers! Do you run reports written by men?
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It's amazing how laughable this threat is but you still know there are plenty of people who *would* be panicked by it—low-information, early-career writers, perhaps especially in self-publishing where Yog's Law is already broken and the demand might seem relatively modest
New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It's amazing how laughable this threat is but you still know there are plenty of people who *would* be panicked by it—low-information, early-career writers, perhaps especially in self-publishing where Yog's Law is already broken and the demand might seem relatively modest
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Never forget.
Today, on the 36th anniversary of the attack at École Polytechnique in Montreal, I am reflecting on the violent and brutal murders of 14 women whose lives were taken in a horrific act of femicide.
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Never forget.
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I hate to say that sex workers tried to warn y'all this wasn't going to stop at just porn sites, but...
Y'all, I was in Mississippi today for my nephews J-State graduation and got this when I opened Blue Sky
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I hate to say that sex workers tried to warn y'all this wasn't going to stop at just porn sites, but...
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Also USPS didn't loss money because it doesn't make money because it's not a business and if never makes money to begin with.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Also USPS didn't loss money because it doesn't make money because it's not a business and if never makes money to begin with.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.
It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.