johnshirley2024.bsky.social
Books, songs, scripts. Bram Stoker Award for Black Butterflies; Spur Award for Gunmetal Mountain. Lyrics for Blue Oyster Cult. Newest sf novels: SubOrbital 7, Stormland. Writer: The Crow. Deep Space Nine et al. Science & Vaccines. https://john-shirley.com
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I propose that the rational way forward is to forbid the use of AI in research. Because it's too consistently flawed and too easily to manipulate to fake results.
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Yes, what's in one of those bubbles? Los Angeles air. Might indeed be dangerous.
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What I'm sure of is that the media is reporting (again) that demonstrators are burning a city down etc when the protesters are in fact NOT actually a massive raging crowd of vicious brutes--and it's only in a small part of LA and any rioters are outliers.
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There is an Italian version from Independent Legions. I don't know if it's a good translation or not. After I hassled them through the Horror Writers Association, they sent me an accounting of royalties, today.
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I don't know how this guy influenced people (I don't follow TikTok, which I think is vile social media), but maybe now he'll influence them to stop supporting Trump. That would be good.
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Their reporters are describing things fairly, but the @nytimes.com editorial section has taken off the gloves lately. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
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But I do think that we failed to communicate with people, in general, with clarity about how a vote for GOP is a vote against the voter's own interest. I have been calling for short clips, ads, that point it out in superclear, undeniable ways. That wasn't much done during the election.
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But in all those communities served--are men. It's rightly assumed that men per se won't need the extra support. What Democrats didn't serve is the incel / misogynist variety of men, if that's what you mean.
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yes true. But they'll probably spend the money. It would be better spent housing the homeless but if they're going to totally rebuild the area, as indicated, they'll probably tear that thing out and put up something new. Actually, though a bit of an eyesore, it was charmingly *distinctive*.
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Okay the doctor's partner, the doctor's boyfriend, the doctor her or himself, the doctor's non binary offspring. I don't think there was any real gender politicking there, on my part. It's just that male doctors dominated the medical field for so long--that's changing though, thankfully.
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Endorsed by Clive Barker!
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I'm suspicious of it. Who's funding this surrender?
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My horror novel about several things, entwined, but especially the Akishra, big astral worms that invisibly entwine those who are addicted (to drugs and alcohol, but perhaps addiction to phones, TikTok and "Insta" too. Sucking away at their souls.)
#horror
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and so it should
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Likely the doctor's wife's work
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It should be called SPOTIFY: MAJOR PAIN IN THE ASS
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It's always been, er, aesthetically controversial. It got more than its fair share of hate. So I think probably it'll be removed.
I mean, it's ugly. But bless it's heart.
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He destroyed his career with drugs and eventually they ate him from within.