This was the private exchange which went acknowledged, it was also addressed by other members of the collective in the staff server.

We wanted to take this opportunity to try explain why you have been removed from your position, but you are unwilling to have a respectful discourse

We will not be engaging further with someone who uses that language with a collective who welcomed you with open arms, only to be personally targeted through the platform we untrusted you with. On our end, the situation has been addressed & resolved.

The Open Ocean will be posted & you will be credited as editor, but you were removed from your position as social media manager due to your mistreatment of a member of the collective who tried to communicate with you directly, the attempts at which were ignored.

The rest of the ed-board was consulted, this was a unanimous decision. No you did not remove the piece from the website, but you deleted it from the Instagram. It has since been restored.

while you wait buy a copy of "Dudes Rock: A Celebraion of Queer Masculinity in Speculative Fiction".

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no this isn't everyone - those of us who aren't on bluesky can be followed here

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We have more collections stewing - in the meantime we would like to thank everyone who has contributed their writing and works to our collections.

Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.

wow this blew up!
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