Kapsar
@kapsar.bsky.social
Writer, Blogger, Product Manager.
Find my writing at
https://scitechkapsar.co/
If you are interested in my books:
https://www.wizardness.com/my-books/
If you are interested in my short stories:
https://www.wizardness.com/
Find my writing at
https://scitechkapsar.co/
If you are interested in my books:
https://www.wizardness.com/my-books/
If you are interested in my short stories:
https://www.wizardness.com/
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Kapsar
@kapsar.bsky.social
· Jan 8
My Books
Amazon Amazon Amazon IngramSpark: Goat’s Legacy Kapsar, Ryan Buy Now
www.wizardness.com
I've decided to publish my books on other sources. I've pulled all the links together on www.wizardness.com/my-books/
Onyx Coffee Advent Calendar Day 2. Woman owned and grown coffee from ethiopia! Great stuff.
I definitely tasted the tart of the cranberry and grapefruit with the first sip. I didn't notice the sweet tea as much, though. Good stuff!
I definitely tasted the tart of the cranberry and grapefruit with the first sip. I didn't notice the sweet tea as much, though. Good stuff!
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Onyx Coffee Advent Calendar Day 2. Woman owned and grown coffee from ethiopia! Great stuff.
I definitely tasted the tart of the cranberry and grapefruit with the first sip. I didn't notice the sweet tea as much, though. Good stuff!
I definitely tasted the tart of the cranberry and grapefruit with the first sip. I didn't notice the sweet tea as much, though. Good stuff!
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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heads up Portland!
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
Applications Open for Meyer’s Shared Office Space | Meyer Memorial Trust
Meyer is now accepting applications for the Workspace for Just Futures — our free office space designed to support powerful, community-centered work.
mmt.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
heads up Portland!
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
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An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
Onyx Advent calendar day 1.
This is a super light and delicate coffee. Hints of fruits and sweetness
This is a super light and delicate coffee. Hints of fruits and sweetness
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Onyx Advent calendar day 1.
This is a super light and delicate coffee. Hints of fruits and sweetness
This is a super light and delicate coffee. Hints of fruits and sweetness
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No more pretense or excuses. Trump and his team have made the white supremacist foundations of this project explicit and clear.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
To make common cause with this Administration is to support an affirmatively white supremacist vision of this country. Period.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
No more pretense or excuses. Trump and his team have made the white supremacist foundations of this project explicit and clear.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
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They're actually attempting to deport the Native Americans now. I was only joking about that before...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake’
Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
They're actually attempting to deport the Native Americans now. I was only joking about that before...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Our new Podcast! CFRK a podcast about #writing, #reading, #publishing, and just #books in general. Please check it out!
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
CFRK S1E1 Self Publishing Discussion
YouTube video by CFRK
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Our new Podcast! CFRK a podcast about #writing, #reading, #publishing, and just #books in general. Please check it out!
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
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Hey all! My buddy Corey and I have started a podcast, CFRK we'll be talking about #writing #books and just the ups and downs of life. Check it out!
#booksky #authors
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
#booksky #authors
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
CFRK S1E1 Self Publishing Discussion
YouTube video by CFRK
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hey all! My buddy Corey and I have started a podcast, CFRK we'll be talking about #writing #books and just the ups and downs of life. Check it out!
#booksky #authors
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
#booksky #authors
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
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And now AI slop is taking a serious bite out of SocArXiv.
Thread:
Thread:
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
And now AI slop is taking a serious bite out of SocArXiv.
Thread:
Thread:
Hey all! My buddy Corey and I have started a podcast, CFRK we'll be talking about #writing #books and just the ups and downs of life. Check it out!
#booksky #authors
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
#booksky #authors
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
CFRK S1E1 Self Publishing Discussion
YouTube video by CFRK
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hey all! My buddy Corey and I have started a podcast, CFRK we'll be talking about #writing #books and just the ups and downs of life. Check it out!
#booksky #authors
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
#booksky #authors
youtu.be/kwif3WO4wy8
New high level series review of Dungeon Crawler Carl:
www.wizardness.com/dungeon-craw...
www.wizardness.com/dungeon-craw...
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
New high level series review of Dungeon Crawler Carl:
www.wizardness.com/dungeon-craw...
www.wizardness.com/dungeon-craw...
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LIBRARIES MAKE BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, she shouts, apparently inaudibly
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
LIBRARIES MAKE BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, she shouts, apparently inaudibly
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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in which the Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Simplify Asset Management discovers how anachronistic & damaging “the poverty line” metric is in the USA— www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
in which the Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Simplify Asset Management discovers how anachronistic & damaging “the poverty line” metric is in the USA— www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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We’re excited to officially announce The James Patterson + Bookshop.org Prize 🏆 This award aims to uplift new literary voices, connect with booksellers, and support independent bookstores. Check out this feature in @peoplemag.bsky.social to learn more:
James Patterson and Bookshop.org Announce New Literary Prize for Debut Authors
James Patterson and Bookshop.org have launched a new literary prize. The James Patterson and Bookshop.org Prize honors books written by debut authors within the last 12 months, and are selected by ind...
people.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We’re excited to officially announce The James Patterson + Bookshop.org Prize 🏆 This award aims to uplift new literary voices, connect with booksellers, and support independent bookstores. Check out this feature in @peoplemag.bsky.social to learn more:
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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Why did we take a mandatory unit on the Holocaust every year in Hebrew school if not to recognize this pattern
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Why did we take a mandatory unit on the Holocaust every year in Hebrew school if not to recognize this pattern
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JD trying to win over the Groypers is bleak as hell and the most important story in internecine GOP politics.
I know everyone wants to say, "They're already Nazis." But this is the end of the last limit on this regime.
I know everyone wants to say, "They're already Nazis." But this is the end of the last limit on this regime.
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
JD trying to win over the Groypers is bleak as hell and the most important story in internecine GOP politics.
I know everyone wants to say, "They're already Nazis." But this is the end of the last limit on this regime.
I know everyone wants to say, "They're already Nazis." But this is the end of the last limit on this regime.
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Makes all the people who were fired for commenting negatively about Charlie Kirk seem quaint, don't it
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Makes all the people who were fired for commenting negatively about Charlie Kirk seem quaint, don't it
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(the link for how to remove it: www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...)
Scrivener and AI: Why Do I See AI Prompts in My Scrivener Projects on Mac? - Literature & Latte
www.literatureandlatte.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
(the link for how to remove it: www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...)
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Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
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Boss UM colleague Helen Levy has receipts. 1099s will show where Summers has been a director. Comment from Facebook
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Boss UM colleague Helen Levy has receipts. 1099s will show where Summers has been a director. Comment from Facebook
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...