Pippin
@skyfyre88.bsky.social
She/her. A geeky librarian, full of tea and anxiety. Co-host of No Story Is Sacred. Viable Paradise staff. https://linktr.ee/pippin_m
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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You're never going to be younger than you are now.
Stop being afraid to want things.
You should want things.
How do you start? Write down what you want.
Look at that list when you wake up.
Look at it again midday.
Look at it once more before you go to sleep at night.
Put it into action.
Stop being afraid to want things.
You should want things.
How do you start? Write down what you want.
Look at that list when you wake up.
Look at it again midday.
Look at it once more before you go to sleep at night.
Put it into action.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
You're never going to be younger than you are now.
Stop being afraid to want things.
You should want things.
How do you start? Write down what you want.
Look at that list when you wake up.
Look at it again midday.
Look at it once more before you go to sleep at night.
Put it into action.
Stop being afraid to want things.
You should want things.
How do you start? Write down what you want.
Look at that list when you wake up.
Look at it again midday.
Look at it once more before you go to sleep at night.
Put it into action.
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GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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_screams in delight_
Congratulations to N. K. Jemisin, who attended Viable Paradise in 2002 (VP VI, back when we counted that way), and has gone on to do remarkable things!
Congratulations to N. K. Jemisin, who attended Viable Paradise in 2002 (VP VI, back when we counted that way), and has gone on to do remarkable things!
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
_screams in delight_
Congratulations to N. K. Jemisin, who attended Viable Paradise in 2002 (VP VI, back when we counted that way), and has gone on to do remarkable things!
Congratulations to N. K. Jemisin, who attended Viable Paradise in 2002 (VP VI, back when we counted that way), and has gone on to do remarkable things!
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“We now interrupt your doomscrolling to bring you… THIS” ☂️
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“We now interrupt your doomscrolling to bring you… THIS” ☂️
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Every race. It’s basically been every race.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Every race. It’s basically been every race.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
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If anyone needed another reminder of how deeply unpopular the Trump-MAGA Republican agenda is, tonight was the night.
But we cannot relent and we cannot become complacent.
The midterms are right around the corner.
But we cannot relent and we cannot become complacent.
The midterms are right around the corner.
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If anyone needed another reminder of how deeply unpopular the Trump-MAGA Republican agenda is, tonight was the night.
But we cannot relent and we cannot become complacent.
The midterms are right around the corner.
But we cannot relent and we cannot become complacent.
The midterms are right around the corner.
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THEY'RE PLAYING NOT LIKE US AT THE MAMDANI CAMPAIGN RALLY
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
THEY'RE PLAYING NOT LIKE US AT THE MAMDANI CAMPAIGN RALLY
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Woke up today to the news
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Woke up today to the news
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I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
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how is this guy simultaneously completely fucking insane and a more honorable opponent than any republican in national office
I do not think he should be mayor, but this is so much healthier of an approach to take toward a democratic election than anything we are hearing from Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo is going to leave NYC the moment he loses. Sliwa seems to truly want to stay in this great city.
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
how is this guy simultaneously completely fucking insane and a more honorable opponent than any republican in national office
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Folks, if you're voting tomorrow, please remember that in many states (including New York) it is actually ILLEGAL to take pictures of your filled-out ballot and/or to share those pics! It's basically never prosecuted, but:
a) you should try not to accidentally commit crimes on social media;
a) you should try not to accidentally commit crimes on social media;
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Folks, if you're voting tomorrow, please remember that in many states (including New York) it is actually ILLEGAL to take pictures of your filled-out ballot and/or to share those pics! It's basically never prosecuted, but:
a) you should try not to accidentally commit crimes on social media;
a) you should try not to accidentally commit crimes on social media;
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Naomi is I think bang on here. I have said many times to many people that AI is like any other technology shift: it changes jobs and how we work. Naomi builds on that (and expresses it much better), and lands on "learn the skill of discernment". Do read this.
I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
preparing for the working world in the age of AI
or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is
naomialderman.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Naomi is I think bang on here. I have said many times to many people that AI is like any other technology shift: it changes jobs and how we work. Naomi builds on that (and expresses it much better), and lands on "learn the skill of discernment". Do read this.
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6:45 AM NYC time.
you’re still in bed, zohran has already filmed five videos, helped a grandma carry her groceries across a street, went to a daybreaker rave and a pilates class, and ate a high protein breakfast
you’re still in bed, zohran has already filmed five videos, helped a grandma carry her groceries across a street, went to a daybreaker rave and a pilates class, and ate a high protein breakfast
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
6:45 AM NYC time.
you’re still in bed, zohran has already filmed five videos, helped a grandma carry her groceries across a street, went to a daybreaker rave and a pilates class, and ate a high protein breakfast
you’re still in bed, zohran has already filmed five videos, helped a grandma carry her groceries across a street, went to a daybreaker rave and a pilates class, and ate a high protein breakfast
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It disgusts me that all the sports seasons overlap now. Sloppy. Weakens all of them. Makes fools of us all. Scripture tells us to every season and such
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It disgusts me that all the sports seasons overlap now. Sloppy. Weakens all of them. Makes fools of us all. Scripture tells us to every season and such
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Has anyone cross-referenced Locke Lamora's whereabouts with the Louvre heist
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Has anyone cross-referenced Locke Lamora's whereabouts with the Louvre heist
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ISABELLA STEWAHT GAHDNAH MUSEUM HEIST OF 1990 WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. LOUVRUH AIN'T SHIT COMPARED TO THAT.
October 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
ISABELLA STEWAHT GAHDNAH MUSEUM HEIST OF 1990 WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. LOUVRUH AIN'T SHIT COMPARED TO THAT.
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I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
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Now at last it can be told: If you're in the Massachusetts area (or plan to be!) on October 10th or 11th, book an entry time to see the culmination of my degree: an immersive art installation about my experience with history, science, time, and humanity:
www.tinyurl.com/an-apothecary-dreams
www.tinyurl.com/an-apothecary-dreams
September 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Now at last it can be told: If you're in the Massachusetts area (or plan to be!) on October 10th or 11th, book an entry time to see the culmination of my degree: an immersive art installation about my experience with history, science, time, and humanity:
www.tinyurl.com/an-apothecary-dreams
www.tinyurl.com/an-apothecary-dreams
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I'm the sort of person who needs silence in order to sleep.
So shout out to whoever is blasting music from their car while idling outside an apartment building in the middle of the night.
So shout out to whoever is blasting music from their car while idling outside an apartment building in the middle of the night.
September 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I'm the sort of person who needs silence in order to sleep.
So shout out to whoever is blasting music from their car while idling outside an apartment building in the middle of the night.
So shout out to whoever is blasting music from their car while idling outside an apartment building in the middle of the night.
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Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction
September 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction
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IF IT IS FICTION. IF IT IS MADE BETWEEN CONSENTING PARTIES.
IT IS NOT DANGEROUS.
YOU HAVE TO HOLD THIS LINE.
THEY WILL WEAPONIZE YOUR DISGUST REFLEX TO PUT YOU AND THOSE YOU LOVE BEHIND BARS.
IT IS NOT DANGEROUS.
YOU HAVE TO HOLD THIS LINE.
THEY WILL WEAPONIZE YOUR DISGUST REFLEX TO PUT YOU AND THOSE YOU LOVE BEHIND BARS.
September 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
IF IT IS FICTION. IF IT IS MADE BETWEEN CONSENTING PARTIES.
IT IS NOT DANGEROUS.
YOU HAVE TO HOLD THIS LINE.
THEY WILL WEAPONIZE YOUR DISGUST REFLEX TO PUT YOU AND THOSE YOU LOVE BEHIND BARS.
IT IS NOT DANGEROUS.
YOU HAVE TO HOLD THIS LINE.
THEY WILL WEAPONIZE YOUR DISGUST REFLEX TO PUT YOU AND THOSE YOU LOVE BEHIND BARS.
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Useful information.
Busy yesterday so I missed that Anthropic had settled. Figures. LLMs have violated thousands of copyrights; they *knew* it would kill them if it went to trial. Anyway, the Authors Guild has some useful info here: authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild
Today, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems—the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The parties in Bartz v Anthropic...
authorsguild.org
September 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Useful information.
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This is also known as "vocational awe" and it is toxic.
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...
August 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is also known as "vocational awe" and it is toxic.
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...