Miranda Floyd
@adnarim.bsky.social
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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Banned Books Week starts on Sunday, October 5—there are a ton of ways to support!
Find ways to get involved here: www.ala.org/bbooks/banne...
(If you're overwhelmed, even just checking out, buying, or elevating a banned book is helpful! Talking about them w/ the ppl in your life is an action!)
Find ways to get involved here: www.ala.org/bbooks/banne...
(If you're overwhelmed, even just checking out, buying, or elevating a banned book is helpful! Talking about them w/ the ppl in your life is an action!)
September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Banned Books Week starts on Sunday, October 5—there are a ton of ways to support!
Find ways to get involved here: www.ala.org/bbooks/banne...
(If you're overwhelmed, even just checking out, buying, or elevating a banned book is helpful! Talking about them w/ the ppl in your life is an action!)
Find ways to get involved here: www.ala.org/bbooks/banne...
(If you're overwhelmed, even just checking out, buying, or elevating a banned book is helpful! Talking about them w/ the ppl in your life is an action!)
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Take this Jimmy Kimmel energy.
Apply it to everything.
And we will win.
Apply it to everything.
And we will win.
September 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Take this Jimmy Kimmel energy.
Apply it to everything.
And we will win.
Apply it to everything.
And we will win.
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A group of youth climate researchers affiliated with UC Davis is trying to fix climate models to correct for fossil fuel industry propaganda that has snuck its way in. But... of course their funding was just cut. :(
So they're doing a GoFundMe.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-Ba...
So they're doing a GoFundMe.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-Ba...
Donate to Help Youth Researchers Repair Leading Climate Models, organized by Harlin Hayley Steele
We are living in an era in which world leaders use models of … Harlin Hayley Steele needs your support for Help Youth Researchers Repair Leading Climate Models
www.gofundme.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A group of youth climate researchers affiliated with UC Davis is trying to fix climate models to correct for fossil fuel industry propaganda that has snuck its way in. But... of course their funding was just cut. :(
So they're doing a GoFundMe.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-Ba...
So they're doing a GoFundMe.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-Ba...
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Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
September 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
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This was a) the first YA Alien book, b) Mira Grant's first YA novel, and c) the only Alien book to ever make an ALA recommended reading list. I was and remain very proud of it. I make no royalties for eBay sales; I just check periodically to see what's out there.
September 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This was a) the first YA Alien book, b) Mira Grant's first YA novel, and c) the only Alien book to ever make an ALA recommended reading list. I was and remain very proud of it. I make no royalties for eBay sales; I just check periodically to see what's out there.
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Some dipshits have taken to calling the majority of humans "NPCs". Meaning we lack agency and don't think for ourselves.
These are the same folks who want us to become dependent on A.I., which will make us lack agency and be unable to think for ourselves.
My latest: buttondown.com/charliejane/...
These are the same folks who want us to become dependent on A.I., which will make us lack agency and be unable to think for ourselves.
My latest: buttondown.com/charliejane/...
They Call us NPCs, Because That's What they Want us To Be
I am so grateful to everyone who has read my new novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster already. And especially to everyone who’s been reviewing it, shouting...
buttondown.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Some dipshits have taken to calling the majority of humans "NPCs". Meaning we lack agency and don't think for ourselves.
These are the same folks who want us to become dependent on A.I., which will make us lack agency and be unable to think for ourselves.
My latest: buttondown.com/charliejane/...
These are the same folks who want us to become dependent on A.I., which will make us lack agency and be unable to think for ourselves.
My latest: buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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Sadly, I am not buying books at the moment because I do not currently have a regular job. OTOH, I frequently recommend purchases to the Tulsa City-County library, and have been known to do so based on Bluesky posts such as this one: bsky.app/profile/char...
Srsly I've been grabbing everyone I know and urging them to read The Mad Sisters of Esi by @tashanmehta.bsky.social
My latest sff book review column is up, including a wonderful vampire novel, an interesting near future memory-sharing dystopia, and the best book I've read in ages
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
August 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Sadly, I am not buying books at the moment because I do not currently have a regular job. OTOH, I frequently recommend purchases to the Tulsa City-County library, and have been known to do so based on Bluesky posts such as this one: bsky.app/profile/char...
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It's SIDEQUESTED...in print!
Perfect for gifting/hoarding/smashing larval maleficaria, read along with 300 pages of our queer adventuring librarian and her quest to discover the source of magic!
(She might be fighting against a secret book-burning cult, too)
#BookSky #fantasy #SciFi #novel #book
Perfect for gifting/hoarding/smashing larval maleficaria, read along with 300 pages of our queer adventuring librarian and her quest to discover the source of magic!
(She might be fighting against a secret book-burning cult, too)
#BookSky #fantasy #SciFi #novel #book
August 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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I've been told I'm awful at marketing so...please read and boost our new explainer #comic on #TARIFFS
Free to download and distribute, but if you want more of these in this series, donate or join #Patreon
The next planned comic is a double-length explainer on #immigration and #ICE
Free to download and distribute, but if you want more of these in this series, donate or join #Patreon
The next planned comic is a double-length explainer on #immigration and #ICE
Civix Comix | K.B. Spangler
Get more from K.B. Spangler on Patreon
www.patreon.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I've been told I'm awful at marketing so...please read and boost our new explainer #comic on #TARIFFS
Free to download and distribute, but if you want more of these in this series, donate or join #Patreon
The next planned comic is a double-length explainer on #immigration and #ICE
Free to download and distribute, but if you want more of these in this series, donate or join #Patreon
The next planned comic is a double-length explainer on #immigration and #ICE
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Trump today: "I'm surprised he [Jerome Powell] was appointed. I'm surprised frankly that Biden put him in."
Trump in November 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honour to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve."
Trump in November 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honour to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve."
July 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump today: "I'm surprised he [Jerome Powell] was appointed. I'm surprised frankly that Biden put him in."
Trump in November 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honour to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve."
Trump in November 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honour to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve."
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Friends, if someone posts a fun thread about something, you are not actually required to bring up Trump. It isn’t mandatory!
I realize that the political situation is deep and dark and dreadful, but that’s kinda why we need a few seconds a day untainted by it.
I realize that the political situation is deep and dark and dreadful, but that’s kinda why we need a few seconds a day untainted by it.
May 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Friends, if someone posts a fun thread about something, you are not actually required to bring up Trump. It isn’t mandatory!
I realize that the political situation is deep and dark and dreadful, but that’s kinda why we need a few seconds a day untainted by it.
I realize that the political situation is deep and dark and dreadful, but that’s kinda why we need a few seconds a day untainted by it.
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Hey, it's the end of the month and here I am, once again, asking you to consider supporting this team of old ladies on Patreon, so we can keep bringing some chaotic comics into the world.
Mine is
patreon.com/alepresser
And @kbspangler.com 's is
patreon.com/kbspangler
Thank you! ❤️🎉
Mine is
patreon.com/alepresser
And @kbspangler.com 's is
patreon.com/kbspangler
Thank you! ❤️🎉
April 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hey, it's the end of the month and here I am, once again, asking you to consider supporting this team of old ladies on Patreon, so we can keep bringing some chaotic comics into the world.
Mine is
patreon.com/alepresser
And @kbspangler.com 's is
patreon.com/kbspangler
Thank you! ❤️🎉
Mine is
patreon.com/alepresser
And @kbspangler.com 's is
patreon.com/kbspangler
Thank you! ❤️🎉
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And please keep in mind that if you're seriously, devastatingly broke, contact me through my website with the title you want and I'll send you a free ebook, no questions asked.
This is a standing policy of mine. We have to help each other through the bad times.
#writer #writing #book
This is a standing policy of mine. We have to help each other through the bad times.
#writer #writing #book
K.B. SPANGLER
Novels, comics, and editing services
kbspangler.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Museums need to step up to remake the exhibits being dismantled. We cannot allow black history and black identity to be erased this way.
BLACKPRESSUSA UPDATE COMING SOON – The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance
Critics warn: it’s not just history being erased—it’s identity.
blackpressusa.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Museums need to step up to remake the exhibits being dismantled. We cannot allow black history and black identity to be erased this way.
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Most of Europe can fit into the state of Texas. We’re geographically massive. It only makes sense for us to prioritize interstate travel, but nah. You get a car! And you get a car! And YOU get a car! And for the wealthy: helicopters, private jets and rockets. 🚀 Good stuff, guys. Love it. 🙄🙄🙄
April 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Most of Europe can fit into the state of Texas. We’re geographically massive. It only makes sense for us to prioritize interstate travel, but nah. You get a car! And you get a car! And YOU get a car! And for the wealthy: helicopters, private jets and rockets. 🚀 Good stuff, guys. Love it. 🙄🙄🙄
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And then we're back to people who don't understand the system destroying people's livelihoods. Because to you or me, enamel pins are a luxury item. But to my independent artist friends, enamel pins have been the thing that made their careers sustainable.
Enamel Pins are mostly made overseas. Most 'US based' companies that make pins are just middlemen.
Also I understand that enamel pins are not a critical item, but a lot of artists make a good chunk of money from selling them.
Also I understand that enamel pins are not a critical item, but a lot of artists make a good chunk of money from selling them.
The discourse around tariffs has been “things will get more expensive” but I am here to tell you that I am knee deep in reporting on this subject and I strongly suspect that if super high tariffs endure, it will shift to *certain items cease to be available at any price*
April 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And then we're back to people who don't understand the system destroying people's livelihoods. Because to you or me, enamel pins are a luxury item. But to my independent artist friends, enamel pins have been the thing that made their careers sustainable.
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You can see that in the way the money doesn't make them happy. When you have the kind of money where your needs, and the needs of the people you care about, will be met for centuries, and you don't start helping others for the joy of it, you have a problem.
April 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
You can see that in the way the money doesn't make them happy. When you have the kind of money where your needs, and the needs of the people you care about, will be met for centuries, and you don't start helping others for the joy of it, you have a problem.
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All you need to do is take those uncounted trillions and invest in where you already live! Be so philanthropic that Andrew Carnegie looks like a poor visionless chump.
Cure motherfucking cancer. We were on the verge of this anyhow. Just take credit at the finish line!
But no. Elsewhere is better.
Cure motherfucking cancer. We were on the verge of this anyhow. Just take credit at the finish line!
But no. Elsewhere is better.
April 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
All you need to do is take those uncounted trillions and invest in where you already live! Be so philanthropic that Andrew Carnegie looks like a poor visionless chump.
Cure motherfucking cancer. We were on the verge of this anyhow. Just take credit at the finish line!
But no. Elsewhere is better.
Cure motherfucking cancer. We were on the verge of this anyhow. Just take credit at the finish line!
But no. Elsewhere is better.
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Back in 2018 I wrote a story about a super-advanced "Smart City" facing starvation. I feel like this story has only gotten more relevant since then, so I'm so happy that it's been republished at the new home of Future Tense Fiction:
issues.org/futuretensef...
issues.org/futuretensef...
The Minnesota Diet
Read a short story by Charlie Jane Anders about what happens when a city is cut off from its primary food suppliers.
issues.org
April 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Back in 2018 I wrote a story about a super-advanced "Smart City" facing starvation. I feel like this story has only gotten more relevant since then, so I'm so happy that it's been republished at the new home of Future Tense Fiction:
issues.org/futuretensef...
issues.org/futuretensef...
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April 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM