ShawnCButler
@shawncbutler.bsky.social
Author, father and whatnot
Hi! This is my final writing-related post of 2025...
The Ascendance ebook is on sale TODAY for $0.99, and there's a nice paperback version. Arachniss and Beasts of Sonara are now available on Barnes & Noble and Kobo).
www.amazon.com/Ascendance-S...?
So there you go. Thank you and happy holidays!
The Ascendance ebook is on sale TODAY for $0.99, and there's a nice paperback version. Arachniss and Beasts of Sonara are now available on Barnes & Noble and Kobo).
www.amazon.com/Ascendance-S...?
So there you go. Thank you and happy holidays!
Ascendance
Amazon.com: Ascendance eBook : Butler, Shawn C.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hi! This is my final writing-related post of 2025...
The Ascendance ebook is on sale TODAY for $0.99, and there's a nice paperback version. Arachniss and Beasts of Sonara are now available on Barnes & Noble and Kobo).
www.amazon.com/Ascendance-S...?
So there you go. Thank you and happy holidays!
The Ascendance ebook is on sale TODAY for $0.99, and there's a nice paperback version. Arachniss and Beasts of Sonara are now available on Barnes & Noble and Kobo).
www.amazon.com/Ascendance-S...?
So there you go. Thank you and happy holidays!
Reposted by ShawnCButler
AI ran our office vending machine for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, gave away a PlayStation, bought a live fish—and taught us a lot about AI agents, writes Joanna Stern.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
on.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
AI ran our office vending machine for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, gave away a PlayStation, bought a live fish—and taught us a lot about AI agents, writes Joanna Stern.
Ascendance is live! My latest murder-mystery science-fiction novel is now available for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!
www.amazon.com/Ascendance-S...
#ScienceFiction #MurderMystery #Genetics #AI #Bioweapons #CrimeFiction
www.amazon.com/Ascendance-S...
#ScienceFiction #MurderMystery #Genetics #AI #Bioweapons #CrimeFiction
Ascendance
Amazon.com: Ascendance eBook : Butler, Shawn C.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Ascendance is live! My latest murder-mystery science-fiction novel is now available for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!
www.amazon.com/Ascendance-S...
#ScienceFiction #MurderMystery #Genetics #AI #Bioweapons #CrimeFiction
www.amazon.com/Ascendance-S...
#ScienceFiction #MurderMystery #Genetics #AI #Bioweapons #CrimeFiction
Trump's enemies list, calling out Dems... speaking:
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Just like the C.K. Professors Watchlist list that called out "radical" academics:
www.professorwatchlist.org/featuredprof...
Will your name be on the next list?
#Fascism #Trump #EnemiesList
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Just like the C.K. Professors Watchlist list that called out "radical" academics:
www.professorwatchlist.org/featuredprof...
Will your name be on the next list?
#Fascism #Trump #EnemiesList
Democrats’ Unhinged Crusade Against ICE Fuels Bloodshed
The carnage in Dallas, Texas — where a maniac with “ANTI-ICE” ammo gunned down an ICE field office in an attack clearly targeted at ICE personnel — lays
www.whitehouse.gov
October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trump's enemies list, calling out Dems... speaking:
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Just like the C.K. Professors Watchlist list that called out "radical" academics:
www.professorwatchlist.org/featuredprof...
Will your name be on the next list?
#Fascism #Trump #EnemiesList
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Just like the C.K. Professors Watchlist list that called out "radical" academics:
www.professorwatchlist.org/featuredprof...
Will your name be on the next list?
#Fascism #Trump #EnemiesList
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🏰 We're celebrating our favorite #Fantasy & #SciFi women with this kick-ass giveaway Enter for your chance to win 4 bestselling books + goodies! 🏰
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#booksky #bookgiveaway #readers #readergiveaway #fantasywomen #scifiwomen #freebooks #bookish
⭐️ Enter here: clcannon.net/sffwomen ⭐️
#booksky #bookgiveaway #readers #readergiveaway #fantasywomen #scifiwomen #freebooks #bookish
April 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
🏰 We're celebrating our favorite #Fantasy & #SciFi women with this kick-ass giveaway Enter for your chance to win 4 bestselling books + goodies! 🏰
⭐️ Enter here: clcannon.net/sffwomen ⭐️
#booksky #bookgiveaway #readers #readergiveaway #fantasywomen #scifiwomen #freebooks #bookish
⭐️ Enter here: clcannon.net/sffwomen ⭐️
#booksky #bookgiveaway #readers #readergiveaway #fantasywomen #scifiwomen #freebooks #bookish
The Barkley Marathons #BM100 are on! Can't wait for ambiguous updates and mysterious nicknames. :)
After multiple failed attempts, the conch was blown at 10:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100.
March 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Barkley Marathons #BM100 are on! Can't wait for ambiguous updates and mysterious nicknames. :)
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Eerie going to a LinkedIn profile for an agency (USAID) whose site has been taken down and is being destroyed. Like a ghost town in the making, LinkedIn will soon be a graveyard of dead agencies and related nonprofits. They need a tumbleweed icon...
www.linkedin.com/company/usaid/
www.linkedin.com/company/usaid/
USAID | LinkedIn
USAID | 2,406,121 followers on LinkedIn. Our work advances U.S. national security & economic prosperity, demonstrates American generosity. | USAID is the lead U.S. Government agency that works to ...
www.linkedin.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Eerie going to a LinkedIn profile for an agency (USAID) whose site has been taken down and is being destroyed. Like a ghost town in the making, LinkedIn will soon be a graveyard of dead agencies and related nonprofits. They need a tumbleweed icon...
www.linkedin.com/company/usaid/
www.linkedin.com/company/usaid/
How does anyone who is not celebrity on this site actually get back the audience they had on X, etc.? Seems futile. Nice content, no interaction...
January 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
How does anyone who is not celebrity on this site actually get back the audience they had on X, etc.? Seems futile. Nice content, no interaction...
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I remember reading an early draft of this @fastlerner.bsky.social story and having to stop several times out of disbelief, anger and disappointment.
Reading it again nearly a year later, my reactions are no less visceral.
Reading it again nearly a year later, my reactions are no less visceral.
3/ In May, we told the story of Kris Hansen, a 3M scientist who told company executives decades ago that the forever chemicals it manufactured were in peoples’ bodies. Her bosses halted her work:
How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2024 at 1:39 AM
I remember reading an early draft of this @fastlerner.bsky.social story and having to stop several times out of disbelief, anger and disappointment.
Reading it again nearly a year later, my reactions are no less visceral.
Reading it again nearly a year later, my reactions are no less visceral.
Thought this was both cute and representative of how many of us feel...
December 27, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Thought this was both cute and representative of how many of us feel...
That's it for us...
youtu.be/X2UxtKLZnNo?...
youtu.be/X2UxtKLZnNo?...
December 23, 2024 at 9:46 PM
That's it for us...
youtu.be/X2UxtKLZnNo?...
youtu.be/X2UxtKLZnNo?...
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"ProPublica identified 155 counties across the Deep South with private schools that likely opened as segregation academies...One in Amite County has never — over nearly 30 years of responding to a federal survey — reported enrolling more than one Black student at a time."
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across the Deep South: Alongside about 200 majority-Black public school districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students.
@jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social,
@natlash.bsky.social, @mrsimon22.bsky.social
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@jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social,
@natlash.bsky.social, @mrsimon22.bsky.social
propub.li/3BFytzN
The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with white students.
propub.li
December 19, 2024 at 2:06 PM
"ProPublica identified 155 counties across the Deep South with private schools that likely opened as segregation academies...One in Amite County has never — over nearly 30 years of responding to a federal survey — reported enrolling more than one Black student at a time."
Sometimes it's really hard to believe in this species:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gisèle Pelicot rape trial: Ex-husband Dominique jailed for 20 years
The convictions bring to an end France's largest ever rape trial, which has shocked the country and world.
www.bbc.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Sometimes it's really hard to believe in this species:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is insane:
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2024 at 4:05 PM
This is insane:
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
Just a little taste of what's coming...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... #Abortion #Homicide #VotingMatters
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... #Abortion #Homicide #VotingMatters
S.C. Republicans propose bill that could subject women who have abortions to the death penalty
Those convicted of murder in South Carolina can face the death penalty or a minimum of 30 years in prison.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Just a little taste of what's coming...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... #Abortion #Homicide #VotingMatters
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... #Abortion #Homicide #VotingMatters
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1/ You may have seen us talk about formaldehyde — a chemical that causes an inescapable cancer risk for everyone in America.
It’s in the air we breathe. And it’s in our homes: our couches, our clothes, even babies’ cribs.
So what can you do to reduce your exposure? THREAD 🧵
It’s in the air we breathe. And it’s in our homes: our couches, our clothes, even babies’ cribs.
So what can you do to reduce your exposure? THREAD 🧵
December 9, 2024 at 3:04 PM
1/ You may have seen us talk about formaldehyde — a chemical that causes an inescapable cancer risk for everyone in America.
It’s in the air we breathe. And it’s in our homes: our couches, our clothes, even babies’ cribs.
So what can you do to reduce your exposure? THREAD 🧵
It’s in the air we breathe. And it’s in our homes: our couches, our clothes, even babies’ cribs.
So what can you do to reduce your exposure? THREAD 🧵
Some good news on RCV:
www.adn.com/politics/202...
www.adn.com/politics/202...
Ranked choice voting and open primaries retained in Alaska after final ballot count
The ballot measure to repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries was on track to fail by 664 votes.
www.adn.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Some good news on RCV:
www.adn.com/politics/202...
www.adn.com/politics/202...
11 Common Traits of People Who Were 'Often Excluded' as Kids
Plus, psychologists discuss ways to heal.
parade.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM
A petition, perhaps somewhat optimistic, to prevent AI content from competing with human content...or at least let people know what content is human vs. AI. #Writing #Novels #Copyright #AI #Artists #Obsolescence
www.change.org/p/protect-hu...
www.change.org/p/protect-hu...
Sign the Petition
Protect Human Art & Artists from Artificial Intelligence (AI)
www.change.org
November 15, 2024 at 4:51 PM
A petition, perhaps somewhat optimistic, to prevent AI content from competing with human content...or at least let people know what content is human vs. AI. #Writing #Novels #Copyright #AI #Artists #Obsolescence
www.change.org/p/protect-hu...
www.change.org/p/protect-hu...
A prediction on the demise of human novels in the time of AI; most human novels will never be read by anyone because AI will dominate the market. #Writing #Novels #AI #Obsolescence
shawncbutler.com/2022/10/05/a...
A petition if you'd like to do something about this:
www.change.org/p/protect-hu...
shawncbutler.com/2022/10/05/a...
A petition if you'd like to do something about this:
www.change.org/p/protect-hu...
AI Will Make Human Novels Obsolete - Shawn C. Butler
The human novel will be obsolete by the end of the decade. Here's how it will happen, and what we can do to save human artists.
shawncbutler.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM
A prediction on the demise of human novels in the time of AI; most human novels will never be read by anyone because AI will dominate the market. #Writing #Novels #AI #Obsolescence
shawncbutler.com/2022/10/05/a...
A petition if you'd like to do something about this:
www.change.org/p/protect-hu...
shawncbutler.com/2022/10/05/a...
A petition if you'd like to do something about this:
www.change.org/p/protect-hu...
I'm working on audiobooks for my novels, or thinking about working on them, and am resisting the temptation of AI versions (vs. human narrators). But, it's a challenge all of us will face in the near future. #AI #Audiobooks #Writing
shawncbutler.com/2022/10/10/a...
shawncbutler.com/2022/10/10/a...
AI Audiobooks Will Make Human Narrators Obsolete by 2030 - Shawn C. Butler
Human narrators will be obsolete by the end of the decade. Here's how it will happen, and what we can do to save human artists.
shawncbutler.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I'm working on audiobooks for my novels, or thinking about working on them, and am resisting the temptation of AI versions (vs. human narrators). But, it's a challenge all of us will face in the near future. #AI #Audiobooks #Writing
shawncbutler.com/2022/10/10/a...
shawncbutler.com/2022/10/10/a...