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J. Kosakowski
@jkosakowski.bsky.social
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Writer of speculative fiction and poetry. Words in Delicate Friend, Baffling Magazine, and Daily Science Fiction. (they/he)
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ethanclark.bsky.social
"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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riengray.bsky.social
I will never use AI for my covers, editing, translation, or anything else. It is not only useless to me as an author, it is actively hostile and harms every skill related to book production.

If you're an author against AI used to generate writing, you better back everyone else in the chain too.
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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galecross.myatproto.social
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November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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jacobbogage.bsky.social
👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.

IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.

IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.

(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants
The tax agency has quietly built its own prototype system for filing tax returns digitally and free of charge, according to current and former officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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eveyuwu.bsky.social
I can hardly believe @furpocalypse.org starts in TWO DAYS!! Made another piece a few days ago, taking suggestions from my friends on what to add in the background c:
A dragon flies in a sky that is painted with the colors of the lesbian flag. Around this sky there are floating islands dotted amongst the clouds, each with some silliness happening on them. The dragon is breathing out fire in the shape of a heart through its nostrils.
October 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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rachelwolf.org
ChatGPT is trending. As an educated person and writer, I am sickened by the number of people with whom I've recently spoken (in the last week), who say they use ChatGPT to draft their emails, social media posts, and screenplays/books.
October 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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bonabooks.bsky.social
ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:

FANTABULOSA!

Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.

& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
Bona Books Presents A new queer literary magazine FANTABULOSA! Tales of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical, from radical and unapologetic queer voices. Science fiction, fantasy and horror Short fiction & poetry Submissions open now
October 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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montanna-harling.bsky.social
Very excited to have a speculative flash piece out with Small Wonders today!
smallwondersmag.com Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · Oct 6
Whomst among us hasn't had a mother who scoops out her eyes with a spoon and lets us play with them? But that's just the beginning of @montanna-harling.bsky.social's story "Oleander".
Oleander - Small Wonders
Mama scooped her eyes out with an heirloom ornamental teaspoon, and let them roll to the floor.
smallwondersmag.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...
Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism. The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt. The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Department of Homeland Security boasted of "the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement." Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced. Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.
September 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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charliejane.bsky.social
"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you

"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
September 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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tamrabonvillain.bsky.social
This shit sucks man. Medically proven and effective treatment that would save trans youth a lifetime of pain and discomfort in their own bodies thrown in the trash because our country enables the most evil people imaginable.
Youth anti-trans legal risk assessment map From Carla Lewis: this breaks my heart. there are now only FIVE safe states with strong protections for trans youth: new mexico, minnesota, vermont, hawaii, and massachusetts. if cis people don’t start fighting hard for trans youth, then soon there will be no safe states. an entire generation is going to suffer needlessly
August 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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crockett.house.gov
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.

Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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theyetee.com
🏳️‍⚧️ TRAAAAAANS RIGHTS!!! 🏳️‍⚧️ You guys asked us again and again (...and again and again and again!) and we've finally brought back the hottest tee of the year! And, like before, a portion of each sale gets donated to the Transgender Law Center— available RIGHT NOW for pre-order: theyetee.com/transrights
August 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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luckytran.com
From 2020 to 2022 COVID vaccines prevented over 18.5 million hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved the US $1.15 trillion.

mRNA vaccines and treatments are being developed for diabetes, HIV, cancer, and more. Imagine how many more lives we could save if we don't defund science.
August 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
jkosakowski.bsky.social
today my cat barked at me.
August 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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matthewhodson.bsky.social
Trans lives are more important than Harry Potter
August 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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neonhemlock.bsky.social
We're delighted to share the cover (by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social) and announce the table of contents for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024, selected by editor @rykaaoki.bsky.social and working with series editor @cypayseur.bsky.social!

www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...
The cover for WE'RE HERE 2024. An earth-toned wild hunt tapestry with muted rainbow-y accents being looked at by a trio of rad queer people in a museum-esque framing.
June 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city. His statements don’t just represent an attack on our democracy but an attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation. That Trump included praise for Eric Adams in his authoritarian threats is unsurprising, but highlights the urgency of bringing an end to this Mayor’s time in City Hall. At the very moment when MAGA Republicans are attempting to destroy the social safety net, kick millions of New Yorkers off of healthcare and enrich their billionaire donors at the expense of working families, it is a scandal that Eric Adams echoes this President’s division, distraction and hate. Voters will resoundingly reject it in November.
July 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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smallwondersmag.com
We managed to bork the link. Here’s the right one! store.smallwondersmag.com/buy/d0205805...
Best of Year One
Small Wonders is a magazine of speculative flash fiction and poetry. Best of Year One includes forty-five stories and poems from Issue 0 through Issue 12.
store.smallwondersmag.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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smallwondersmag.com
Our “Best of Year One” anthology has gone out to our Kickstarter backers! It has 45 flash fiction stories and poems from our first year, all the way back to Issue 0. If you missed it, grab it from our store! store.smallwondersmag.com/checkout
The cover to Small Wonders Best of Year One anthology, with a collage of cover art from five issues.
June 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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bafflingmag.bsky.social
Submissions for Baffling's Mecha vs. Kaiju issue will open on June 1st! Before the day arrives, check out this interview with associate editor D.A. Vorobyov for what he's looking to see in submissions: www.patreon.com/posts/129380...

(The Patreon link is publicly accessible for free!)
Image featuring a quote from Baffling Magazine associate editor D.A. Vorobyov that reads, "The perfect kaiju isn't really about the monster. It's about the consequences."
May 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
jkosakowski.bsky.social
Happy to announce that my collage, "Growth Comes in Spirals" was published in The Branches Journal ✨

🔗 www.thebranchesjournal.com/issues
🔗 issuu.com/thebranchesj...
Issues
Spring 2025: GROWTH
www.thebranchesjournal.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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whistberry.bsky.social
It's almost time!

The Narratess Sale is an opportunity to grab a bunch of indie books for low prices (or even free!)

In honor of the event, all of my books will be available for $1 on itchio here: whistberry.itch.io

Also part of an itchio Narratess horror bundle here: itch.io/b/2942/narra...
Ad for When your heart is a broken thing by Helen Whistberry. Book cover consists of the title in a circle around an anatomical heart with a pin through it. There is a white rabbit leaping over the top of the title and crying blood tears. There is a red rabbit leaping around the bottom of the title. Its white skeleton is showing and it is weeping blue tears. Text reads: Nineteen unforgettable folk, ghost, and fantasy stories with the author's signature mix of horror and hope and including twenty original illustrations by the author. Below is the banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale designed by Arden Powell. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text. Text: Indie Book Sale, indiebook.sale, Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror, April 5 - 7
April 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
NO NY MASK BAN

Your calls are working but we need to keep the pressure up. KEEP CALLING

If you are from out of state you should also call and say it will prevent you from traveling here.
jews4maskrights Who to Call These are listed by priority. You don't have to call them all, but if you have time, go down the list! Your State Senator usa.gov/elected-officials TOP PRIORITY 2 Your Assembly Member usa.gov/elected-officials 3 Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins 518-455-2585 4 Speaker of the Assembly Carl Heastie 518-455-3791 5 Governor Hochul 518-474-8390 Call Now: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
April 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
jkosakowski.bsky.social
wore colorful clothing today and literally everyone in my life who saw me commented on it, surpised
April 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM