Liz Thurmond
@countmystars.bsky.social
TV/screen/audio writer, copyeditor, witch. Nerdy shit forever. She/her.
http://www.thurmondediting.com
http://www.thurmondediting.com
All I want for Christmas (besides $$$) is for someone who isn’t a bigot to come up with a term that means “someone without magical ability” so I have a single word to use to refer to non-pagans when talking to witchy folk AND to refer to people who don’t like genre fiction when talking to writers.
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
All I want for Christmas (besides $$$) is for someone who isn’t a bigot to come up with a term that means “someone without magical ability” so I have a single word to use to refer to non-pagans when talking to witchy folk AND to refer to people who don’t like genre fiction when talking to writers.
I have never had a fave who I would want to avoid getting smote for doing something worthy of smiting. Whether it’s bigotry, a run of the mill felony or Maximum Evil a la DJT, JE & Co. Nobody’s political resume, artistic output or anything else exempts them. End of.
December 20, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I have never had a fave who I would want to avoid getting smote for doing something worthy of smiting. Whether it’s bigotry, a run of the mill felony or Maximum Evil a la DJT, JE & Co. Nobody’s political resume, artistic output or anything else exempts them. End of.
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I find it so weird when people are like, "You're gonna regret this when your fave gets caught up in it." No I'm not. If someone I admire is actually a monster, I want to know that. I do not care who it is. There's no one I value more than exposing predators.
December 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I find it so weird when people are like, "You're gonna regret this when your fave gets caught up in it." No I'm not. If someone I admire is actually a monster, I want to know that. I do not care who it is. There's no one I value more than exposing predators.
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I don't give a single solitary fuck about what happens to Bill Clinton, specifically, but I also want to go on record as saying there is no one, famous or a personal friend, who I hold so dear that if they were a rapist, I would not want that news coming out. Name, shame, prosecute. ALL. OF. THEM.
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I don't give a single solitary fuck about what happens to Bill Clinton, specifically, but I also want to go on record as saying there is no one, famous or a personal friend, who I hold so dear that if they were a rapist, I would not want that news coming out. Name, shame, prosecute. ALL. OF. THEM.
Okay, so, new project for 2026: the Gunslinger’s Creed, the Litany Against Fear and a small section of the Night’s Watch Oath done in the style of vintage embroidered prayers.
Will actually find vintage patterns and adapt them.
Will actually find vintage patterns and adapt them.
December 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Okay, so, new project for 2026: the Gunslinger’s Creed, the Litany Against Fear and a small section of the Night’s Watch Oath done in the style of vintage embroidered prayers.
Will actually find vintage patterns and adapt them.
Will actually find vintage patterns and adapt them.
Yesterday it was two different Honda sedans up the butts of two different BMW SUVs. Tonight it was SUV vs. SoCalGas truck (the truck won). Drive safe out there, LA.
December 20, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Yesterday it was two different Honda sedans up the butts of two different BMW SUVs. Tonight it was SUV vs. SoCalGas truck (the truck won). Drive safe out there, LA.
Me: *turns on Apple Music*
Apple Music: *plays “Age of Consent” from the album Power, Lies and Corruption by New Order*
Me: “Do you… have an opinion about the Epstein files?”
Apple Music: *plays “Age of Consent” from the album Power, Lies and Corruption by New Order*
Me: “Do you… have an opinion about the Epstein files?”
December 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Me: *turns on Apple Music*
Apple Music: *plays “Age of Consent” from the album Power, Lies and Corruption by New Order*
Me: “Do you… have an opinion about the Epstein files?”
Apple Music: *plays “Age of Consent” from the album Power, Lies and Corruption by New Order*
Me: “Do you… have an opinion about the Epstein files?”
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the scenario is always implicitly that the hirer is someone that they have a preexising relationship to, since why would a stranger bother offering any excuse at all (especially one that could get them sued for discrimination!) bsky.app/profile/dese...
December 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
the scenario is always implicitly that the hirer is someone that they have a preexising relationship to, since why would a stranger bother offering any excuse at all (especially one that could get them sued for discrimination!) bsky.app/profile/dese...
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see also: the personal connection who works at the company someone's applying to just didn't feel like it was worth calling in a favor in order to help get them hired going "i'd LOVE to help you but just between us they have to give this job to a woman/minority so no point"
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
see also: the personal connection who works at the company someone's applying to just didn't feel like it was worth calling in a favor in order to help get them hired going "i'd LOVE to help you but just between us they have to give this job to a woman/minority so no point"
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longstanding theory on this is that people who know the applicant that they don't want to hire has racial resentment offer "wish i could've hired you, but they made me hire a black woman instead!" as a let-them-down-easy cope rather than admit to them that they just didn't want to hire them.
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
longstanding theory on this is that people who know the applicant that they don't want to hire has racial resentment offer "wish i could've hired you, but they made me hire a black woman instead!" as a let-them-down-easy cope rather than admit to them that they just didn't want to hire them.
Seen on the strongest-smelling kitty litter I’ve ever encountered
I do not think that word means what you think it means
I do not think that word means what you think it means
December 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Seen on the strongest-smelling kitty litter I’ve ever encountered
I do not think that word means what you think it means
I do not think that word means what you think it means
WHAT KIND OF FUCKERY IS THIS, AUNTIE BEEB?
EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
December 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
WHAT KIND OF FUCKERY IS THIS, AUNTIE BEEB?
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Years ago the Supreme Court ruled that anyone under age 18 could have a legally mandated bedtime as anyone under the age of 18 is a child.
So this weekend, as the press talks about these "young women" in the files, ask yourselves "Could they have a bedtime?"
Because THEY WERE FUCKING CHILDREN!
So this weekend, as the press talks about these "young women" in the files, ask yourselves "Could they have a bedtime?"
Because THEY WERE FUCKING CHILDREN!
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Years ago the Supreme Court ruled that anyone under age 18 could have a legally mandated bedtime as anyone under the age of 18 is a child.
So this weekend, as the press talks about these "young women" in the files, ask yourselves "Could they have a bedtime?"
Because THEY WERE FUCKING CHILDREN!
So this weekend, as the press talks about these "young women" in the files, ask yourselves "Could they have a bedtime?"
Because THEY WERE FUCKING CHILDREN!
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And the SFWA has backtracked after getting hit in the face with nuclear blowback. But let's be honest, THEY DESERVE NO CREDIT.
This isn't leadership. They aren't leading they are reacting. They don't know what they stand for.
They didn't acknowledge the mistake as such and didn't apologize.
This isn't leadership. They aren't leading they are reacting. They don't know what they stand for.
They didn't acknowledge the mistake as such and didn't apologize.
Fuck the @sfwa.org most sincerely.
This is the advocacy your yearly $100 gets you. "LLMs are okay, actually".
After everything authors have been through and are still going through at the hands of billionaires their sycophantic plagiarizing machines. SFF writers deserve better.
This is the advocacy your yearly $100 gets you. "LLMs are okay, actually".
After everything authors have been through and are still going through at the hands of billionaires their sycophantic plagiarizing machines. SFF writers deserve better.
Very disappointed in the new Nebula Award eligibility information from SFWA that allows partially-generated works to be on the ballot. See 9.11.2.
www.sfwa.org/complete-neb...
This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
www.sfwa.org/complete-neb...
This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
And the SFWA has backtracked after getting hit in the face with nuclear blowback. But let's be honest, THEY DESERVE NO CREDIT.
This isn't leadership. They aren't leading they are reacting. They don't know what they stand for.
They didn't acknowledge the mistake as such and didn't apologize.
This isn't leadership. They aren't leading they are reacting. They don't know what they stand for.
They didn't acknowledge the mistake as such and didn't apologize.
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And now we go live to Cargill's reaction upon hearing that the Administration flouted the law and refused to release all the files telling us how many children the President and his donors raped and trafficked.
a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other with the words `` i 'm shocked . ''
ALT: a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other with the words `` i 'm shocked . ''
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
And now we go live to Cargill's reaction upon hearing that the Administration flouted the law and refused to release all the files telling us how many children the President and his donors raped and trafficked.
“When can I lay on this?”
December 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“When can I lay on this?”
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UPDATE: And the blowback was so massive, so instant, that an about-face was issued.
(I would, however, think twice about membership in this organization. You do you.)
(I would, however, think twice about membership in this organization. You do you.)
Press Release - December 19, 2025 - 2 - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Guidance from the SFWA Board on the major questions in this year's Nebula Awards Review Process: for poetry, category minimums, and LLMs.
www.sfwa.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
UPDATE: And the blowback was so massive, so instant, that an about-face was issued.
(I would, however, think twice about membership in this organization. You do you.)
(I would, however, think twice about membership in this organization. You do you.)
- cat sitting
- spending Christmas money (new foam mattress, sheets, pillow; a record and a DVD)
- putting gas in the car
- removing Sharpie graffiti from elevator with rubbing alcohol
- taking recycling and charity donations downstairs
- cleaning barely digested cat food off of living room carpet
- spending Christmas money (new foam mattress, sheets, pillow; a record and a DVD)
- putting gas in the car
- removing Sharpie graffiti from elevator with rubbing alcohol
- taking recycling and charity donations downstairs
- cleaning barely digested cat food off of living room carpet
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
- cat sitting
- spending Christmas money (new foam mattress, sheets, pillow; a record and a DVD)
- putting gas in the car
- removing Sharpie graffiti from elevator with rubbing alcohol
- taking recycling and charity donations downstairs
- cleaning barely digested cat food off of living room carpet
- spending Christmas money (new foam mattress, sheets, pillow; a record and a DVD)
- putting gas in the car
- removing Sharpie graffiti from elevator with rubbing alcohol
- taking recycling and charity donations downstairs
- cleaning barely digested cat food off of living room carpet
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December 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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2/2 Nor, when it comes to writing awards, will I nominate or vote to award, a piece of work partially or wholly written by LLM. Awards are for writers who make the effort, not those who offload the difficult aspects of creation to a program mining the work of others. Do the fucking work, people.
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
2/2 Nor, when it comes to writing awards, will I nominate or vote to award, a piece of work partially or wholly written by LLM. Awards are for writers who make the effort, not those who offload the difficult aspects of creation to a program mining the work of others. Do the fucking work, people.
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1/2 Apropos of nothing in particular, I guarantee I will never write a piece of fiction with the "help" of a large language model because a) I spent too many years developing skills to just fuck off now, b) I don't plagiarize other authors, whether intentionally or by way of statistical matches.
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
1/2 Apropos of nothing in particular, I guarantee I will never write a piece of fiction with the "help" of a large language model because a) I spent too many years developing skills to just fuck off now, b) I don't plagiarize other authors, whether intentionally or by way of statistical matches.
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I now REALLY WANT the Nebs to adopt a ranked voting system (like the Hugos) with "no award" as an option so that I can rank *every* LLM-generated/assisted work below "no award". On principle.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I now REALLY WANT the Nebs to adopt a ranked voting system (like the Hugos) with "no award" as an option so that I can rank *every* LLM-generated/assisted work below "no award". On principle.
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You know what? To hell with being circumspect.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
You know what? To hell with being circumspect.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.
@sfwa.org is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.
This is utterly shameful.