A.M. Birch
@ambirchauthor.bsky.social
Writer, nerd.
Also on Tumblr @thebirchwood
Also on Tumblr @thebirchwood
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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Finally reading the Frog & Toad series with Rappscallion, and I am convinced Frog is a post-divorce Kermit navigating life with his bumbling new partner.
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Finally reading the Frog & Toad series with Rappscallion, and I am convinced Frog is a post-divorce Kermit navigating life with his bumbling new partner.
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
@alexsteacy.bsky.social Loved seeing you on @desertbus.org yesterday (and getting to meet Sephy - hi Sephy!). You mentioned a post-bus movie club situation, and I wondered how one could get in on that? Appreciate all that you do.
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
@alexsteacy.bsky.social Loved seeing you on @desertbus.org yesterday (and getting to meet Sephy - hi Sephy!). You mentioned a post-bus movie club situation, and I wondered how one could get in on that? Appreciate all that you do.
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At first I was disappointed with her. Now I’m just appalled.
October 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
At first I was disappointed with her. Now I’m just appalled.
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ATTENTION BRITAIN! 🇬🇧
The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products!
This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word!
The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products!
This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word!
The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
September 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
ATTENTION BRITAIN! 🇬🇧
The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products!
This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word!
The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products!
This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word!
The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
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Hey, hey authors of Indigenous, Asian, Maori, Pacific Islander, Latinx and Black heritage - Speculative Insight is looking for articles and essays!
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Pls boost!
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Pls boost!
Speculative Insight’s call for pitches
Speculative Insight is an amazing journal for non-fiction in the genre field. For aca-fen, this is for you! I am helping Alexandra Pierce, the editor, signal boost this upcoming call. * In Septembe…
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July 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Hey, hey authors of Indigenous, Asian, Maori, Pacific Islander, Latinx and Black heritage - Speculative Insight is looking for articles and essays!
Deets!
awolfstale.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/s...
Pls boost!
Deets!
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Pls boost!
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Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
July 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
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Static electricity in action!
June 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Static electricity in action!
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I did say the thing!
June 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I did say the thing!
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(sighing) Seems like a good day to mention that there are wizardly universes in which the series creator's only opinion about toilets is that when you use one, you should try not to miss. www.youngwizards.com
Young Wizards - A different kind of wizardry. A different kind of wizard.
A different kind of wizardry. A different kind of wizard.
www.youngwizards.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
(sighing) Seems like a good day to mention that there are wizardly universes in which the series creator's only opinion about toilets is that when you use one, you should try not to miss. www.youngwizards.com
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June 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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DRM-free books have worked great. People who want to support me with a purchase support me. People who do not want to support me with a purchase will not be dissuaded by DRM. DRM is basically security theater for electronic files.
@scalzi.com Just got a Kobo, finding it tough to source DRM-free books. Noticed you offer them—curious how that’s worked out for you economically as an author? I did buy "When the Moon hits your Eye" and am looking forward to reading it.
May 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
DRM-free books have worked great. People who want to support me with a purchase support me. People who do not want to support me with a purchase will not be dissuaded by DRM. DRM is basically security theater for electronic files.
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me as a child: I can't believe my poor great-grandma had to live through both a global pandemic and a global economic collapse
me now: I can't believe my lucky great-grandma got to wait nine whole years between her global pandemic and global economic collapse
me now: I can't believe my lucky great-grandma got to wait nine whole years between her global pandemic and global economic collapse
April 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
me as a child: I can't believe my poor great-grandma had to live through both a global pandemic and a global economic collapse
me now: I can't believe my lucky great-grandma got to wait nine whole years between her global pandemic and global economic collapse
me now: I can't believe my lucky great-grandma got to wait nine whole years between her global pandemic and global economic collapse
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I've actually used/quoted a line from this on multiple occasions:
"We could take the appalling risk of just recklessly mentioning things that people won't have heard of and see if they survive the experience. They probably will."
"We could take the appalling risk of just recklessly mentioning things that people won't have heard of and see if they survive the experience. They probably will."
Haha! Love this letter from Douglas Adams to his US editor about not Americanising the text of Hitchhiker's Guide. 🐋🌸
April 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I've actually used/quoted a line from this on multiple occasions:
"We could take the appalling risk of just recklessly mentioning things that people won't have heard of and see if they survive the experience. They probably will."
"We could take the appalling risk of just recklessly mentioning things that people won't have heard of and see if they survive the experience. They probably will."
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when I was a kid I heard another kid arguing about why he had to do service for others in the gurudwara and his parent was like "if you won't help others what is the point of you" and I've never forgotten that line.
December 21, 2024 at 5:05 PM
when I was a kid I heard another kid arguing about why he had to do service for others in the gurudwara and his parent was like "if you won't help others what is the point of you" and I've never forgotten that line.
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yes
April 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
yes
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