The moral to this story is that editors and copy editors are still needed. Fucking hire humans.

Loved this, “FREE” always tastes so good…

If you are translating or reprinting short stories, please remember to credit the original publication in your anthology, collection, magazine, or podcast. Extra points for including the year of publication.

I penned some thoughts about my decision to leave Instagram, the platform I’m most active on, because I feel like I need to take a strong stand on their theft. #meta #ai #theft #genai kayceteowrites.substack.com/p/we-should-...

See, it's funny cuz it's true. 🤣

(also: #sad) 😞

His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.

There is always someone telling me to get off social media and write more books, yes. Mind you, a) I already publish at my commercial carrying capacity, b) if I didn't have social media as a mental release valve I would publish less, not more. So there is that.

OVER FIFTY ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS, LIBRARIANS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND MORE SIGN JOINT LETTER OBJECTING TO CENSORSHIP IN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON GENDER IDENTITY

Not all AI is evil www.theguardian.com/money/2025/f...

Classic essay! The Shape of the Darkness As It Overtakes Us by Dimas Ilaw! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/shap...

This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.

Today is INTERNATIONAL LEGO DAY. To celebrate, we have a collection of classic movies recreated with the iconic toy, with the creators too…

First up, 2001: A Space Odyssey by Ladondorf.

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Privileged to be one of the winners for this climate fiction short story contest. Do give the stories a read. #fiction #shortstory #climatefiction #sf

Check out the winners of our climate fiction contest. Each story offers a new vision for a better climate future.

Read them all now. grist.org/imagine2200-...

#ClimateFiction #Fiction #Solarpunk

Debunking can be a fun way to find an audience in science communication, but I think it can be over-relied on.

We should be celebrating more than we are defending, not just because it’s less miserable, but also because it’s good marketing!

ICYMI: RPG Print News – Knight Owl Publishing, The Lost Bay Studio, and More: Old-School Essentials, Mothership, The Lost Bay, ECO MOFOS!!, and SHIVER all have print products out this week. #ttrpg #dnd

New Writer Beware blog post: Amid the frenzy of Black Friday, it pays to save your money--for example, by avoiding two brand-new fake organizations trying to separate writers from their cash writerbeware.blog/2024/11/29/f...