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![Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreig43e2u4zzpifhq6fbf2iwplmva2lt5rokfg5uws5dysbe55up6wa@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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The audiobook of "Swordheart" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale at Chirp for $3.99 today. It works as a standalone even tho the series (Hugo finalist World of the White Rat) technically starts with Clockwork Boys.
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
Swordheart
A New York Times bestseller from a “master” of the genre (Travis Baldree, author of Legends & Lattes): When Halla inherits her great-uncle’s estate, she receives an ancient sword which, once unshe...
www.chirpbooks.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The audiobook of "Swordheart" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale at Chirp for $3.99 today. It works as a standalone even tho the series (Hugo finalist World of the White Rat) technically starts with Clockwork Boys.
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
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Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
December 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
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The 25 of December is when the "Twelve Days of Christmas" actually begin, known as Christmastide.
And there are theories that "the partridge in a pear tree" started as a magpie in a pear tree as it was a motiff in older popular songs. 🐦🎄
Happy Holidays!!
And there are theories that "the partridge in a pear tree" started as a magpie in a pear tree as it was a motiff in older popular songs. 🐦🎄
Happy Holidays!!
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The 25 of December is when the "Twelve Days of Christmas" actually begin, known as Christmastide.
And there are theories that "the partridge in a pear tree" started as a magpie in a pear tree as it was a motiff in older popular songs. 🐦🎄
Happy Holidays!!
And there are theories that "the partridge in a pear tree" started as a magpie in a pear tree as it was a motiff in older popular songs. 🐦🎄
Happy Holidays!!
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The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
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Feeling this so hard this past several weeks
December 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Feeling this so hard this past several weeks
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I know it's Christmas Eve, but an Ontario animal sanctuary (pet pigs, horses, etc) just had their water tank system fail. It's going to cost over $3000 to fix it, and it's an emergency situation (the animals have to have water).
Please donate/share if you can:
www.ralphysretreat.ca
Please donate/share if you can:
www.ralphysretreat.ca
Our Story | Ralphy's Retreat Animal Sanctuary
How did Ralphy's Retreat begin?
www.ralphysretreat.ca
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I know it's Christmas Eve, but an Ontario animal sanctuary (pet pigs, horses, etc) just had their water tank system fail. It's going to cost over $3000 to fix it, and it's an emergency situation (the animals have to have water).
Please donate/share if you can:
www.ralphysretreat.ca
Please donate/share if you can:
www.ralphysretreat.ca
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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i had to drop what i was doing to make this
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
i had to drop what i was doing to make this
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I am back on my bullshit again.
Had we but falcons enough, and time,
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I am back on my bullshit again.
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"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
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You should take Vajra's advice and fill out SFWA's survey.
But you should also read his entire thread. He has much to illuminate on how our field is being poisoned.
But you should also read his entire thread. He has much to illuminate on how our field is being poisoned.
The survey is open to non-members (I am not one) and to readers (who here is not &c.) so I encourage you to share your feelings on the matter. Don't assume that everyone already understands that AI is bad or why! I mean, people *should*, but you could say that about a lot of things.
SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
December 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You should take Vajra's advice and fill out SFWA's survey.
But you should also read his entire thread. He has much to illuminate on how our field is being poisoned.
But you should also read his entire thread. He has much to illuminate on how our field is being poisoned.
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AI is a cancer.
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
AI is a cancer.
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for all your holiday and 2026 needs
December 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
for all your holiday and 2026 needs
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I was in the shop and there was another mum with a kid about the same age doing the same thing and we get to the end of the aisle and the kid goes “mummy! We’re at the end!” And she mutters under her breath “of my wits”
I bout lost it
I bout lost it
December 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I was in the shop and there was another mum with a kid about the same age doing the same thing and we get to the end of the aisle and the kid goes “mummy! We’re at the end!” And she mutters under her breath “of my wits”
I bout lost it
I bout lost it
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via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
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oh that’s good
Was it the person who also said their family's traditional Christmas Adam meal is... ribs? Because that is GOLD and honestly going to campaign for my fam to do that next year.
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
oh that’s good
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I saw this and it’s wonderful!
@rosemarymosco.com a jeopardy contestant today is wearing a pigeon sweater!
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I saw this and it’s wonderful!
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there’s a woman across the aisle on the bus crocheting a pocket onto a cardigan *that she’s wearing*, incredible, a thing of beauty
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
there’s a woman across the aisle on the bus crocheting a pocket onto a cardigan *that she’s wearing*, incredible, a thing of beauty
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Pot Pie was a Good Rooster. He never offered a human violence, always went out of the coop first to check for danger, and he let the ladies use him as a space heater in winter.
Sadly, the giant breeds rarely last as long as the standard sizes, and he was immense even by Cochin standards.
Sadly, the giant breeds rarely last as long as the standard sizes, and he was immense even by Cochin standards.
My beloved PotPie, Sentry Rooster and gentle giant Black Cochin, has gone to the coop in the sky. He is God’s chicken now, and lives on through his son Diablo, and his daughters Mystique and Dazzler.
2021-2025
2021-2025
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pot Pie was a Good Rooster. He never offered a human violence, always went out of the coop first to check for danger, and he let the ladies use him as a space heater in winter.
Sadly, the giant breeds rarely last as long as the standard sizes, and he was immense even by Cochin standards.
Sadly, the giant breeds rarely last as long as the standard sizes, and he was immense even by Cochin standards.
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Some daye soon we all will be togethir
Yf the fates allowe
Til that tyme we have to muddle thrugh somehowe
Yf the fates allowe
Til that tyme we have to muddle thrugh somehowe
December 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Some daye soon we all will be togethir
Yf the fates allowe
Til that tyme we have to muddle thrugh somehowe
Yf the fates allowe
Til that tyme we have to muddle thrugh somehowe
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Pope Leo XIV just appointed Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez — an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who became a U.S. citizen in 2018 — as bishop of Palm Beach.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
Pope Leo XIV Sends a Migrant Bishop to Mar-a-Lago
In a move loaded with symbolism, the new bishop of Palm Beach — home to Mar-a-Lago — is a Queens immigrant priest known for defending migrants and the poor.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Pope Leo XIV just appointed Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez — an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who became a U.S. citizen in 2018 — as bishop of Palm Beach.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
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"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you
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So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.