Iphinome
@iphinome.bsky.social
Reader of fiction, baker of bread, liker of cat pics, Gideon the Ninth superfan.
Sometimes I write book reviews.
Sometimes I write book reviews.
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This Princess Kills Monsters has reached the top 50 for LGBTQ+ Fantasy on Kindle.
Moving up!
Moving up!
July 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This Princess Kills Monsters has reached the top 50 for LGBTQ+ Fantasy on Kindle.
Moving up!
Moving up!
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Sighting of This Princess Kills Monsters in the wild! At Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca.
July 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Sighting of This Princess Kills Monsters in the wild! At Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca.
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. But all the guest starts have to have appeared on Doctor Who.
What's an SFF work written by a woman that you think deserves a screen adaptation?
July 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. But all the guest starts have to have appeared on Doctor Who.
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I've never seen the libertarian-to-fascist pipeline so viscerally represented. This is incredible.
June 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I've never seen the libertarian-to-fascist pipeline so viscerally represented. This is incredible.
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people often debate spf levels, but i’ve always found the most effective sunscreen to be the roof of an air conditioned house
June 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
people often debate spf levels, but i’ve always found the most effective sunscreen to be the roof of an air conditioned house
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RT if you ever bought Vintage Contemporary paperbacks just because they looked so cool
June 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
RT if you ever bought Vintage Contemporary paperbacks just because they looked so cool
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If you're in Edinburgh tonight, come to the launch party for my book This Princess Kills Monsters!
Tickets for the Edinburgh launch of This Princess Kills Monsters - a magic bookshop week x Pride Event:
lighthousebookshop.com/events/this-...
lighthousebookshop.com/events/this-...
Lighthouse | This Princess Kills Monsters: Queer Fairytale night with Ry Herman
lighthousebookshop.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If you're in Edinburgh tonight, come to the launch party for my book This Princess Kills Monsters!
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2)THIS MAN HAD ACCESS TO FREE BOOKS BEFORE THEY CAME OUT, AND NOT ONLY DID HE NOT READ THEM, HE COULDN'T EVEN BE FUCKING BOTHERED TO COPY-PASTE THE FUCKING TITLES! COMEMIERDA!!
"'"I do use AI for background at times but always check out the material first. This time, I did not and I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses,'" Buscaglia said."
1)THIS IS NOT BACKGROUND! THIS IS MAKING UP ENTIRE BOOKS! WHICH ARE THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE ARTICLE!
1)THIS IS NOT BACKGROUND! THIS IS MAKING UP ENTIRE BOOKS! WHICH ARE THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE ARTICLE!
Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books
Reading list in advertorial supplement contains 66% made up books by real authors.
arstechnica.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
2)THIS MAN HAD ACCESS TO FREE BOOKS BEFORE THEY CAME OUT, AND NOT ONLY DID HE NOT READ THEM, HE COULDN'T EVEN BE FUCKING BOTHERED TO COPY-PASTE THE FUCKING TITLES! COMEMIERDA!!
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Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope
During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
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Once again, Barnes & Noble is having a preorder sale Wednesday through Friday!
BN Members get 25% off the list price on preorders. There's an additional 10% off physical preorders for Premium Members.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-princ...
BN Members get 25% off the list price on preorders. There's an additional 10% off physical preorders for Premium Members.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-princ...
April 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Once again, Barnes & Noble is having a preorder sale Wednesday through Friday!
BN Members get 25% off the list price on preorders. There's an additional 10% off physical preorders for Premium Members.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-princ...
BN Members get 25% off the list price on preorders. There's an additional 10% off physical preorders for Premium Members.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-princ...
Do you remember where you were when they discovered life on other worlds?
I was reading a @maryrobinettekowal.com book.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
I was reading a @maryrobinettekowal.com book.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Webb telescope detects a possible signature of life on a distant world
A molecule detected on a planet 124 light-years away is produced on Earth by decaying phytoplankton and other microbes. There is no other known source.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Do you remember where you were when they discovered life on other worlds?
I was reading a @maryrobinettekowal.com book.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
I was reading a @maryrobinettekowal.com book.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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And now I am at the library and I went to the front desk to get some help looking up a very specific list of books and she just... pulled up... ChatGPT?!!??
a) I could have done that myself if it wasn't my enemy and
b) ALL SIX BOOKS IT SUGGESTED WERE WRONG
a) I could have done that myself if it wasn't my enemy and
b) ALL SIX BOOKS IT SUGGESTED WERE WRONG
April 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
And now I am at the library and I went to the front desk to get some help looking up a very specific list of books and she just... pulled up... ChatGPT?!!??
a) I could have done that myself if it wasn't my enemy and
b) ALL SIX BOOKS IT SUGGESTED WERE WRONG
a) I could have done that myself if it wasn't my enemy and
b) ALL SIX BOOKS IT SUGGESTED WERE WRONG
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A big heartfelt thanks to all those who decided to stay home and not vote last November.
Lazy, shortsighted, naive bunch of a-holes.
Lazy, shortsighted, naive bunch of a-holes.
April 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A big heartfelt thanks to all those who decided to stay home and not vote last November.
Lazy, shortsighted, naive bunch of a-holes.
Lazy, shortsighted, naive bunch of a-holes.
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#Booksky Meta stealing your work to train the ocean-boiling machines? There’s a class action lawsuit for that! We’ll be signing on later today because they stole most of our catalogue! Here’s the signup form: www.saverilawfirm.com/meta-languag...
Meta Language Model Litigation
The Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP filed a lawsuit on behalf of a class of plaintiffs seeking compensation for damages caused by defendant Meta.
www.saverilawfirm.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#Booksky Meta stealing your work to train the ocean-boiling machines? There’s a class action lawsuit for that! We’ll be signing on later today because they stole most of our catalogue! Here’s the signup form: www.saverilawfirm.com/meta-languag...
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OK. My quick attempt at "My Omelas, Right Or Wrong."
1/X
Let me tell you about this incredible place, Omelas. It’s huge, folks, absolutely beautiful. Everybody’s happy. Everybody’s winning. The economy, it's fantastic, the best economy anyone’s ever seen, believe me.
1/X
Let me tell you about this incredible place, Omelas. It’s huge, folks, absolutely beautiful. Everybody’s happy. Everybody’s winning. The economy, it's fantastic, the best economy anyone’s ever seen, believe me.
My Omelas, Right Or Wrong.
March 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
OK. My quick attempt at "My Omelas, Right Or Wrong."
1/X
Let me tell you about this incredible place, Omelas. It’s huge, folks, absolutely beautiful. Everybody’s happy. Everybody’s winning. The economy, it's fantastic, the best economy anyone’s ever seen, believe me.
1/X
Let me tell you about this incredible place, Omelas. It’s huge, folks, absolutely beautiful. Everybody’s happy. Everybody’s winning. The economy, it's fantastic, the best economy anyone’s ever seen, believe me.
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March 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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You beat fascism by making common cause with everyone who is not a fascist and not a collaborator, but that second part is critical. It’s a non-ideological coalition in which we don’t have to agree about anything except the need to fight.
March 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
You beat fascism by making common cause with everyone who is not a fascist and not a collaborator, but that second part is critical. It’s a non-ideological coalition in which we don’t have to agree about anything except the need to fight.
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The Tomb of Dragons is out today! If you don't like Amazon, it's available from Barnes & Noble, Powell's, & anywhere else books are sold, including your local indie bookstore.
www.indiebound.org/indie-store-...
Buy from Ink Cap Books & your book will be signed.
inkcapbooks.com
www.indiebound.org/indie-store-...
Buy from Ink Cap Books & your book will be signed.
inkcapbooks.com
Ink Cap Books LLC
Ink Cap Books is a new and used bookstore in Stoughton, WI
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March 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Tomb of Dragons is out today! If you don't like Amazon, it's available from Barnes & Noble, Powell's, & anywhere else books are sold, including your local indie bookstore.
www.indiebound.org/indie-store-...
Buy from Ink Cap Books & your book will be signed.
inkcapbooks.com
www.indiebound.org/indie-store-...
Buy from Ink Cap Books & your book will be signed.
inkcapbooks.com
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
February 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art posted this today and it’s still cracking me up
February 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art posted this today and it’s still cracking me up
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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
February 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
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The employee is Gavin Kliger. He’s been named by multiple large news orgs. Not sure why NBC won’t.
NBC News confirms: An IRS employee affiliated with Elon Musk's DOGE has accessed an IRS system that holds sensitive taxpayer information. @msnbc.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The employee is Gavin Kliger. He’s been named by multiple large news orgs. Not sure why NBC won’t.