Michael Arnzen
@mikearnzen.bsky.social
Horror writer. Professor. At one with the coffee. See what’s what at http://gorelets.com
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Michael Arnzen
@mikearnzen.bsky.social
· Mar 16
Writing Popular Fiction (M.F.A.)
Writing Popular Fiction (M.F.A.) · Seton Hill University
grif.ly
Time for some re-introductions (w/apologies to those who already know). I teach in the MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton Hill University. We teach across all commercial novel genres. I want more horror writers in our classes! grif.ly/rrRj
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October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Read our blog to get an overview of the Anthropic settlement. There’s an FAQ for authors, too. We hope you find it helpful.
authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
September 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Read our blog to get an overview of the Anthropic settlement. There’s an FAQ for authors, too. We hope you find it helpful.
authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
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NEW: Anthropic has reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of prominent authors, marking a major turn in of the most significant ongoing AI copyright lawsuits in history.
Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought By Book Authors
Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.
www.wired.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
NEW: Anthropic has reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of prominent authors, marking a major turn in of the most significant ongoing AI copyright lawsuits in history.
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A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
August 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
Please write your own stories — and especially write your own obituary before AI does it for you. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die
Families and funeral directors are using AI obituary generators to more efficiently memorialize the dead. What happens when they get it wrong?
www.washingtonpost.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Please write your own stories — and especially write your own obituary before AI does it for you. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Become unslopperable.
July 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Become unslopperable.
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And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.
July 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.
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Today, the AAUP released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence & Academic Professions." The report calls for policies that prioritize economic security, faculty working & student learning conditions as AI tech accelerates.
www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
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New Report Calls for Faculty Control in AI Decisions
Today, the AAUP released a new report, Artificial Intelligence and the Academic Professions, sharing survey findings and calling for the establishment of policies in colleges and universities that pri...
www.aaup.org
July 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today, the AAUP released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence & Academic Professions." The report calls for policies that prioritize economic security, faculty working & student learning conditions as AI tech accelerates.
www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
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Academic Librarians take note:
This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. 📚
www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n...
This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. 📚
www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n...
ONLINE COLLEGE ENROLLMENT
This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. And research shows most online programs cost as much or more than in-person.Th...
www.npr.org
July 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Academic Librarians take note:
This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. 📚
www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n...
This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. 📚
www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n...
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Loved this @sciam.bsky.social conversation with @marthawells.com by @clarakm.bsky.social — Martha’s voice and perspective really come through, on everything from LLM scams to corporate personhood and the wondrous personal discoveries one’s work can yield: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...
We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells
Today’s large language models are hardly related to the kinds of machine intelligence we see in science fiction, according to Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries series
www.scientificamerican.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Loved this @sciam.bsky.social conversation with @marthawells.com by @clarakm.bsky.social — Martha’s voice and perspective really come through, on everything from LLM scams to corporate personhood and the wondrous personal discoveries one’s work can yield: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...
I have just signed on to the Human Artistry Campaign's fundamental principles on the use of AI in the creative arts. Join me if you agree. And if you don't, who do you think you are fooling and what have you become as a human being, anyway? www.humanartistrycampaign.com
Human Artistry Campaign
www.humanartistrycampaign.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I have just signed on to the Human Artistry Campaign's fundamental principles on the use of AI in the creative arts. Join me if you agree. And if you don't, who do you think you are fooling and what have you become as a human being, anyway? www.humanartistrycampaign.com
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For victims, survivors, and the millions of Americans who live in fear, our government is not upholding its end of the deal. It's failing to protect our safety.
This Independence Day, I urge elected officials to set us free from gun violence.
This Independence Day, I urge elected officials to set us free from gun violence.
Gabby Giffords: Americans Deserve Freedom From Gun Violence | Opinion
On this Independence Day, the last before our nation's 250th birthday, Republicans and Democrats alike must recommit to keeping the American people safe.
www.newsweek.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For victims, survivors, and the millions of Americans who live in fear, our government is not upholding its end of the deal. It's failing to protect our safety.
This Independence Day, I urge elected officials to set us free from gun violence.
This Independence Day, I urge elected officials to set us free from gun violence.
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Yes, that's what happens to those tech-bro's...
July 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Yes, that's what happens to those tech-bro's...
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“If someone tells me: ‘You can’t do it this way. This is no good.’ I’m going to do it that way times 1,000.” I enjoyed listening to this fantastic conversation about the Kubrickian mind with @dharlanwilson.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/5kUB...
D Harlan Wilson Takes Us into Strangelove Country
Writers on Film · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“If someone tells me: ‘You can’t do it this way. This is no good.’ I’m going to do it that way times 1,000.” I enjoyed listening to this fantastic conversation about the Kubrickian mind with @dharlanwilson.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/5kUB...
28 Years Later — very good zombie vibes but I wanted so much more of some things (the gang at end, the alphas) and a whole lot less of others (the tired familial tropes and the overwritten talks and the lack of plot coherency). The sequel will be better if we don’t have to wait 28 Centuries.
June 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
28 Years Later — very good zombie vibes but I wanted so much more of some things (the gang at end, the alphas) and a whole lot less of others (the tired familial tropes and the overwritten talks and the lack of plot coherency). The sequel will be better if we don’t have to wait 28 Centuries.
If you are looking for the earlybird #StokerCon registration for #PITTSBURGH in 2026, then try this: www.eventbrite.com/e/stokercon-... @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social Join ussss......... #bramstoker #horror #writing #convention
StokerCon 2026: Celebrating Ten Years
StokerCon 2026 welcomes you back to Pittsburgh, PA! All the panels, workshops, presentations, and Final Frame you've come to love.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
If you are looking for the earlybird #StokerCon registration for #PITTSBURGH in 2026, then try this: www.eventbrite.com/e/stokercon-... @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social Join ussss......... #bramstoker #horror #writing #convention
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(I'm discovering that most of the fascinating people I met at Stokercon are on Bluesky!)
So happy to have finally met @joycecaroloates.bsky.social in the flesh a third of a century after we shared a Table of Contents in the 1992 Dennis Etchison-edited anthology MetaHorror. And how lovely it was to swap memories of mutual friend Barry Malzberg.
June 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
(I'm discovering that most of the fascinating people I met at Stokercon are on Bluesky!)
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June 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Just a quick note to everyone I met at #StokerCon, from new friends to old pals to idols who graced me with a handshake or wink as I walked by. Home now and will post more later. You are all amazing, and I can't wait to see so many of you again here in PITTSBURGH. (Get your early bird tix asap!).
June 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Just a quick note to everyone I met at #StokerCon, from new friends to old pals to idols who graced me with a handshake or wink as I walked by. Home now and will post more later. You are all amazing, and I can't wait to see so many of you again here in PITTSBURGH. (Get your early bird tix asap!).
Some of the events I’ll be a part of at #stokercon this week! Come join in the fun. I’ll also be at the mass signing and Stoker banquet. And often at the Seton Hill table in the dealer’s room.
June 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Some of the events I’ll be a part of at #stokercon this week! Come join in the fun. I’ll also be at the mass signing and Stoker banquet. And often at the Seton Hill table in the dealer’s room.
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Everyone should get on board the Arnzen train of thought.
New episode of my podcast, "6 minutes and 66 seconds" has just dropped. And it remains only 6m66s long. Pls subscribe, share, sacrifice a goat, etc.
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6:66 with Michael Arnzen: EP 10 | Brain Candy Birthdays | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 6.3.25
Arnzen reconsiders the meaning of birthdays, and shares an excerpt from his old spoken word cd, Audiovile -- a short zombie tale called "Brain Candy."
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June 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Everyone should get on board the Arnzen train of thought.
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We just gave our official support to the campaign to create a poetry category for the the Hugo Awards. They're looking for public feedback and help from poets. Read more about the campaign here: www.poetryhugo.com
Speculative Poetry Initiative
What Are the Hugo Awards and Who Can Participate?
www.poetryhugo.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We just gave our official support to the campaign to create a poetry category for the the Hugo Awards. They're looking for public feedback and help from poets. Read more about the campaign here: www.poetryhugo.com
New episode of my podcast, "6 minutes and 66 seconds" has just dropped. And it remains only 6m66s long. Pls subscribe, share, sacrifice a goat, etc.
6m66s.com/ep-10-brain-...
6m66s.com/ep-10-brain-...
6:66 with Michael Arnzen: EP 10 | Brain Candy Birthdays | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 6.3.25
Arnzen reconsiders the meaning of birthdays, and shares an excerpt from his old spoken word cd, Audiovile -- a short zombie tale called "Brain Candy."
6m66s.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New episode of my podcast, "6 minutes and 66 seconds" has just dropped. And it remains only 6m66s long. Pls subscribe, share, sacrifice a goat, etc.
6m66s.com/ep-10-brain-...
6m66s.com/ep-10-brain-...
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June 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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“We’re seeing a growing movement within civil society, that has to be maintained, & and has to be maintained for years. The damage that the Trump administration is doing is absolutely beyond the pale & has never, never been equaled in American life with regard to higher education.”
— Ellen Schrecker
— Ellen Schrecker
"Worse Than McCarthyism": Historian Ellen Schrecker on Trump's War Against Universities & Students
“Worse Than McCarthyism”: Historian Ellen Schrecker on Trump’s War Against Universities & Students
We speak with esteemed historian scholar Ellen Schrecker about the Trump administration’s assault on universities and the crackdown on dissent, a climate of fear and censorship she describes as “worse...
www.democracynow.org
May 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“We’re seeing a growing movement within civil society, that has to be maintained, & and has to be maintained for years. The damage that the Trump administration is doing is absolutely beyond the pale & has never, never been equaled in American life with regard to higher education.”
— Ellen Schrecker
— Ellen Schrecker