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An Astonishing Graph. For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. (It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.) [kottke.org]
An Astonishing Graph
For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.
This dramatic decline has resulted from b
kottke.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
An Astonishing Graph. For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. (It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.) [kottke.org]
www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-n...
Ditto for your writing, artwork, and music. Neither you nor what your create should be fodder for #AI or #LLM models or output without your express written and personally signed permission.
Ditto for your writing, artwork, and music. Neither you nor what your create should be fodder for #AI or #LLM models or output without your express written and personally signed permission.
Your Face and Voice Should Belong to You, Not AI
When anyone can forge reality, society can’t self-govern. Borrowing Denmark’s approach could help the U.S. restore accountability around deepfakes
www.scientificamerican.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-n...
Ditto for your writing, artwork, and music. Neither you nor what your create should be fodder for #AI or #LLM models or output without your express written and personally signed permission.
Ditto for your writing, artwork, and music. Neither you nor what your create should be fodder for #AI or #LLM models or output without your express written and personally signed permission.
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If lawmakers genuinely care about young people's wellbeing, they should invest in education, support parents with better tools, and address the actual root causes of harm online. What they shouldn't do is wage war on privacy itself. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
www.eff.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If lawmakers genuinely care about young people's wellbeing, they should invest in education, support parents with better tools, and address the actual root causes of harm online. What they shouldn't do is wage war on privacy itself. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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“Stop chasing trends... Start building authenticity. Here’s why copying other authors’ marketing never works...”
– Kayla Bramante, Literary Agent
Storyteller Talent Agency
www.storytellertalent.com
#indieauthor #bookmarketing #authortok #selfpublishing #writingcareer
– Kayla Bramante, Literary Agent
Storyteller Talent Agency
www.storytellertalent.com
#indieauthor #bookmarketing #authortok #selfpublishing #writingcareer
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Stop chasing trends... Start building authenticity. Here’s why copying other authors’ marketing never works...”
– Kayla Bramante, Literary Agent
Storyteller Talent Agency
www.storytellertalent.com
#indieauthor #bookmarketing #authortok #selfpublishing #writingcareer
– Kayla Bramante, Literary Agent
Storyteller Talent Agency
www.storytellertalent.com
#indieauthor #bookmarketing #authortok #selfpublishing #writingcareer
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Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Knickers
Knickers
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Soul Patch Kids
Soul Patch Kids
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Swedish fist
Swedish fist
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Knickers
Knickers
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Data brokers make people vulnerable to scams and stalking by making their personal information easily available online. Today’s tip in our #OptOutOctober series is to remove your information from people search sites. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
October 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Data brokers make people vulnerable to scams and stalking by making their personal information easily available online. Today’s tip in our #OptOutOctober series is to remove your information from people search sites. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Whether you're concerned about your digital footprint or looking to safeguard your physical privacy, understanding where your personal address appears and how to obscure it is a crucial step. Here's what you need to know. #OptOutOctober
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Whether you're concerned about your digital footprint or looking to safeguard your physical privacy, understanding where your personal address appears and how to obscure it is a crucial step. Here's what you need to know. #OptOutOctober
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Always wonderful. // Virtual Festival Day - Brooklyn Book Festival brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/v...
Virtual Festival Day - Brooklyn Book Festival
You don’t need to be in Brooklyn to experience Festival events. Enjoy our Virtual Festival Day on September 14th from 1pm – 6pm. Wherever you are on the planet, you can enjoy the Brooklyn Book…
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September 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Always wonderful. // Virtual Festival Day - Brooklyn Book Festival brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/v...
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I wrote about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/reflection...
Reflections on Violence
Two Reasons for Kirk's Murder
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September 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I wrote about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/reflection...
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HRDAG stands firmly with the human rights community in insisting that encryption is not optional — it is fundamental to the defense of truth.
Any attempt to ban or backdoor encryption technology is a threat to the human rights community.
hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...
Any attempt to ban or backdoor encryption technology is a threat to the human rights community.
hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...
Without Encryption My Work Wouldn’t Be Possible
Our work isn’t always popular. It can infuriate those in power who want to cover up incriminating truths about the past and current trends in state violence. So when I think about HRDAG’s threat model...
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September 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
HRDAG stands firmly with the human rights community in insisting that encryption is not optional — it is fundamental to the defense of truth.
Any attempt to ban or backdoor encryption technology is a threat to the human rights community.
hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...
Any attempt to ban or backdoor encryption technology is a threat to the human rights community.
hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...
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Éireann’s account is inspiration and solace.
got to cultivate an idea of human beauty that isn't about stars, much more about community choirs
poetry, art, music. Truly are for everyone
for the end and beginning of life
it matters to have song in the ER, and a poem when the catalytic converter is stolen
poetry, art, music. Truly are for everyone
for the end and beginning of life
it matters to have song in the ER, and a poem when the catalytic converter is stolen
August 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Éireann’s account is inspiration and solace.
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Calling all students, alums, & faculty! Don’t miss the Business of Writing Seminars on Saturday, September 6! Virtual sessions offer extracurricular instruction in the world of professional writing, editing, & publishing. More info: www.goodriverreview.com/post/coming-...
August 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Calling all students, alums, & faculty! Don’t miss the Business of Writing Seminars on Saturday, September 6! Virtual sessions offer extracurricular instruction in the world of professional writing, editing, & publishing. More info: www.goodriverreview.com/post/coming-...
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54 Books By Women From Each Of Africa's 54 Countries | The Republic rpublc.com/april-may-20...
54 Books By Women From Each Of Africa's 54 Countries
Here are 54 books by women from each of Africa’s 54 countries.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
54 Books By Women From Each Of Africa's 54 Countries | The Republic rpublc.com/april-may-20...
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For folks around the Louisville area, I’ll be participating in a reading at the 21C Hotel—on the gallery theme Supernatural 2.0–on June 12 at 6:30pm with some wonderful guests!
May 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
For folks around the Louisville area, I’ll be participating in a reading at the 21C Hotel—on the gallery theme Supernatural 2.0–on June 12 at 6:30pm with some wonderful guests!
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Hi Bluesky! The Post45 Data Collective is officially here.
We publish open datasets on literary prizes, fellowships, books in translation, feminist magazines, NYT bestsellers, and more. data.post45.org
Follow us for updates—we’ve got a busy summer ahead!
We publish open datasets on literary prizes, fellowships, books in translation, feminist magazines, NYT bestsellers, and more. data.post45.org
Follow us for updates—we’ve got a busy summer ahead!
June 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hi Bluesky! The Post45 Data Collective is officially here.
We publish open datasets on literary prizes, fellowships, books in translation, feminist magazines, NYT bestsellers, and more. data.post45.org
Follow us for updates—we’ve got a busy summer ahead!
We publish open datasets on literary prizes, fellowships, books in translation, feminist magazines, NYT bestsellers, and more. data.post45.org
Follow us for updates—we’ve got a busy summer ahead!
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Siloes and privacy protections preventing the centralization of government information exist for an important reason: to protect us from reprisals and retribution. Consolidating all government information is a serious danger to us all.
The Dangers of Consolidating All Government Information
The Trump administration has been heavily invested in consolidating all of the government’s information into a single searchable, or perhaps AI-queryable, super database. The compiling of all of this ...
www.eff.org
June 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Siloes and privacy protections preventing the centralization of government information exist for an important reason: to protect us from reprisals and retribution. Consolidating all government information is a serious danger to us all.
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We remember today those who died in the 8964 massacre & we remember our friends, who can no longer comemorate publicly.
It is heavy but looking at this pic of two protesters dancing before the crackdown, showing the joy, smiles & comradery displayed in resistance, that can't be forgotten either.
It is heavy but looking at this pic of two protesters dancing before the crackdown, showing the joy, smiles & comradery displayed in resistance, that can't be forgotten either.
June 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM
We remember today those who died in the 8964 massacre & we remember our friends, who can no longer comemorate publicly.
It is heavy but looking at this pic of two protesters dancing before the crackdown, showing the joy, smiles & comradery displayed in resistance, that can't be forgotten either.
It is heavy but looking at this pic of two protesters dancing before the crackdown, showing the joy, smiles & comradery displayed in resistance, that can't be forgotten either.
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Enjoyed this essay (edited by @marinabenjamin.bsky.social) and was tickled to find a reference in it to Kate Briggs's THE LONG FORM . . .
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aeon.co/essays/why-d...
Why does every film and TV series seem to have the same plot? | Aeon Essays
The three-act ‘hero’s journey’ has long been the most prominent kind of story. What other tales are there to tell?
aeon.co
May 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Enjoyed this essay (edited by @marinabenjamin.bsky.social) and was tickled to find a reference in it to Kate Briggs's THE LONG FORM . . .
aeon.co/essays/why-d...
aeon.co/essays/why-d...
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In Poland, We Know All About Fighting Illiberal Regimes. Here Are Our Lessons for the Trump Age. “Diversity matters most. Not just in communication tools, but in the social makeup of the protest movement.” [theguardian.com]
In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age | Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura
Our political history is one of catastrophe, communism, and developing powerful antibodies against oppression, say Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In Poland, We Know All About Fighting Illiberal Regimes. Here Are Our Lessons for the Trump Age. “Diversity matters most. Not just in communication tools, but in the social makeup of the protest movement.” [theguardian.com]
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A strong federal consumer data privacy law would help us address online harms, protect children, support journalism, protect access to health care, foster digital justice, limit private data collection to train generative AI, limit foreign government surveillance, and strengthen competition.
EFF to Congress: Here’s What A Strong Privacy Law Looks Like
Enacting strong federal consumer data privacy laws is among EFF’s highest priorities. For decades, EFF has advocated for federal privacy law that is concrete, ambitious, and fully protective of all Am...
www.eff.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A strong federal consumer data privacy law would help us address online harms, protect children, support journalism, protect access to health care, foster digital justice, limit private data collection to train generative AI, limit foreign government surveillance, and strengthen competition.
Sam Altman calls it fair use when OpenAI uses the intellectual property of writers, artists, musicians, and filmmakers without permission or compensation, but theft when other companies use OpenAI’s intellectual property for the same purpose.
#litfic #writing #AI #art @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
#litfic #writing #AI #art @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Sam Altman calls it fair use when OpenAI uses the intellectual property of writers, artists, musicians, and filmmakers without permission or compensation, but theft when other companies use OpenAI’s intellectual property for the same purpose.
#litfic #writing #AI #art @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
#litfic #writing #AI #art @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
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This is bad and every Democratic Senator needs to oppose it to make sure it does not pass, because that is our last line of defense.
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nonprofitquarterly.org/hr-9495-bill...
HR 9495: Bill Threatening Nonprofits Passes House - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
A bill, HR 9495, which would allow a presidentially appointed treasury secretary to unilaterally strip a nonprofit of its status if deemed a “terrorism-supporting” organization, has passed in the US H...
nonprofitquarterly.org
November 21, 2024 at 6:39 PM
This is bad and every Democratic Senator needs to oppose it to make sure it does not pass, because that is our last line of defense.
nonprofitquarterly.org/hr-9495-bill...
nonprofitquarterly.org/hr-9495-bill...
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Rajat Khare is the co-founder of Appin, which ran hacking for hire operations for many years and he has consistently used the courts to silence journalists who write about it. Please introduce him to the Streisand Effect: rsf.org/en/rsf-inves...
RSF investigation: the Indian cyber-security giant silencing media outlets worldwide
Whether based in the US, Switzerland, France or India, any media outlet investigating the “ethical hacking” of Appin, a company co-founded by Indian investor Rajat Khare, can expect letters demanding ...
rsf.org
November 21, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Rajat Khare is the co-founder of Appin, which ran hacking for hire operations for many years and he has consistently used the courts to silence journalists who write about it. Please introduce him to the Streisand Effect: rsf.org/en/rsf-inves...
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I've been writing professionally for almost two decades (???) including publishing 7 books (and another forthcoming) and helping run a lit mag for 7 years. I've learned some important lessons in that time.
So I'm going to thread some of them here:
So I'm going to thread some of them here:
November 20, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I've been writing professionally for almost two decades (???) including publishing 7 books (and another forthcoming) and helping run a lit mag for 7 years. I've learned some important lessons in that time.
So I'm going to thread some of them here:
So I'm going to thread some of them here: