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Just hit 10k words on my work in progress, which is a huge milestone for me. Most of my work is 2500 words or less - I like to get right to the point it seems - so this is a whole new terrifying world. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #SpecFic

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Definitely the standout piece of the latest issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com - a beautiful and compelling read.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Can't wait to start this!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Oh also you can get the ebook right now for 99c, I am forgetting geni.us/Solarissale

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Quiet plea from an unpublished: could more people please do this? It really helps to normalize rejections and emphasize that publishing is a marathon, not a sprint.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I can't really overstate how hard this rules that the dude is like WHY SHOULDN'T I ACCEPT THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANE and it's literally something they've had sitting on the curb for months

submitted 12 days ago • 32 comments

The ebook of my first novel, last year's Nebula and Ignyte-winning, Le Guin and Hugo-nominated THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, is on sale at $2.99 right now across most ebook retailers! If you were holding out for a really good deal 👉🏾👉🏾 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

submitted 13 days ago • 24 comments

This is one of the most powerful pieces of short sci-fi I've read in a long time.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

This is the strongest case for being pro-climate change I have ever seen.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

I'm late to this, but if you haven't read "Inside the House of Wisdom" by Tamara Masri in @lightspeedmagazine.com, it's an achingly beautiful, heart wrenching piece that masterfully captures the relationships between hope, despair, resilience, and identity: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/insi...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Unsurprised to see that the university I used to teach at is not on this list.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Sigh. This* is why we can't have nice things. * the billionaires www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

In case there is any doubt about what’s actually going on - and I believe he said “billion”.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

I'm sure every multinational corporation is eager to trade 8 billion consumers in a freer market for 300 million that will be broke soon.

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

The coming revolt of the guards… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/o...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

I swear. Writing is the only discipline where we make people feel like failures for practising. How many songs does a violinist learn that never wind up in recital? How many studies do painters do? Acting exercises. Tennis for fun. You're allowed to write without the intention of publishing.

submitted 61 days ago • 20 comments

Why would you share this?

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

I always thought AI would be our undoing, but I have to admit that “ruining us through its role as Senior Economic Policy Advisor” wasn’t on my bingo card

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

submitted 54 days ago • 951 comments

This is a great piece by @foxesandroses.bsky.social Surreal and sad, with the perfect amount of the unexplained. Enough to hook you in without getting bogged down in details that would distract you from the story.

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

This is an absolutely lovely piece. In just 1200 words, @gwillow.me paints a vivid and engaging glimpse of humanity enduring a broken world: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/butt...

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

submitted 56 days ago • 253 comments

I know this isn’t a big deal for a lot of people on here, but I just submitted my first piece of fiction to a magazine, and it feels fucking great. And here I thought y”all were in this for the money. #writing #amwriting #writesky

submitted 60 days ago • 2 comments

Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently. I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.

submitted 60 days ago • 85 comments

dead

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/

submitted 62 days ago • 146 comments

As someone in the early stages of learning Greek, this reflection on language and learning hit close to home: whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-langua...

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Great job, fellow Canadians. This is the closest thing to patriotism that I’ve ever felt. 🇨🇦

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks to some well-timed perspective and encouragement, I managed almost 4,000 words yesterday on two different WIPs, creative non-fiction and a flash science-fiction piece, both exploring themes of loneliness and isolation while being far from home. #amwriting #writesky

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 [email protected]

submitted 68 days ago • 157 comments

8 of my academic articles are in here, but not my dissertation - so I’m still fairly confident that absolutely no one on earth has read that thing cover to cover. The only good to come of this is perhaps we’re looking at the start of a multi-billion dollar class action suit that will destroy meta

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

After this week’s market turmoil, I’m considering moving all of my investments into something more stable than the US economy. Anyone have any beanie babies for sale?

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Evergreen

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Why do people keep asking me “you didn’t leave the house today?” as if they wasn’t the goal all along?

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

submitted 96 days ago • 283 comments

thenoosphere.substack.com/p/distractio...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

Think I finally figured out what is actually going on … openai.com/global-affai...

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Just hit 10k words on my work in progress, which is a huge milestone for me. Most of my work is 2500 words or less - I like to get right to the point it seems - so this is a whole new terrifying world. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #SpecFic

Definitely the standout piece of the latest issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com - a beautiful and compelling read.

Can't wait to start this!

Oh also you can get the ebook right now for 99c, I am forgetting geni.us/Solarissale

Quiet plea from an unpublished: could more people please do this? It really helps to normalize rejections and emphasize that publishing is a marathon, not a sprint.

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.

I can't really overstate how hard this rules that the dude is like WHY SHOULDN'T I ACCEPT THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANE and it's literally something they've had sitting on the curb for months

The ebook of my first novel, last year's Nebula and Ignyte-winning, Le Guin and Hugo-nominated THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, is on sale at $2.99 right now across most ebook retailers! If you were holding out for a really good deal 👉🏾👉🏾 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

This is one of the most powerful pieces of short sci-fi I've read in a long time.

This is the strongest case for being pro-climate change I have ever seen.

I'm late to this, but if you haven't read "Inside the House of Wisdom" by Tamara Masri in @lightspeedmagazine.com, it's an achingly beautiful, heart wrenching piece that masterfully captures the relationships between hope, despair, resilience, and identity: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/insi...

Unsurprised to see that the university I used to teach at is not on this list.

Sigh. This* is why we can't have nice things. * the billionaires www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

In case there is any doubt about what’s actually going on - and I believe he said “billion”.

I'm sure every multinational corporation is eager to trade 8 billion consumers in a freer market for 300 million that will be broke soon.

The coming revolt of the guards… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/o...

I swear. Writing is the only discipline where we make people feel like failures for practising. How many songs does a violinist learn that never wind up in recital? How many studies do painters do? Acting exercises. Tennis for fun. You're allowed to write without the intention of publishing.

Why would you share this?

I always thought AI would be our undoing, but I have to admit that “ruining us through its role as Senior Economic Policy Advisor” wasn’t on my bingo card

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

This is a great piece by @foxesandroses.bsky.social Surreal and sad, with the perfect amount of the unexplained. Enough to hook you in without getting bogged down in details that would distract you from the story.

This is an absolutely lovely piece. In just 1200 words, @gwillow.me paints a vivid and engaging glimpse of humanity enduring a broken world: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/butt...

NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

I know this isn’t a big deal for a lot of people on here, but I just submitted my first piece of fiction to a magazine, and it feels fucking great. And here I thought y”all were in this for the money. #writing #amwriting #writesky

Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently. I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.

dead

Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/

As someone in the early stages of learning Greek, this reflection on language and learning hit close to home: whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-langua...

Great job, fellow Canadians. This is the closest thing to patriotism that I’ve ever felt. 🇨🇦

Thanks to some well-timed perspective and encouragement, I managed almost 4,000 words yesterday on two different WIPs, creative non-fiction and a flash science-fiction piece, both exploring themes of loneliness and isolation while being far from home. #amwriting #writesky

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 [email protected]

After this week’s market turmoil, I’m considering moving all of my investments into something more stable than the US economy. Anyone have any beanie babies for sale?

Evergreen

Why do people keep asking me “you didn’t leave the house today?” as if they wasn’t the goal all along?

Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

thenoosphere.substack.com/p/distractio...

Think I finally figured out what is actually going on … openai.com/global-affai...

I am CONVINCED that @hcrichardson.bsky.social PURPOSELY pronounces DOGE as "doggie" to piss them off and I love it.

Well today has been fun www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Get everyone you care about on Signal. Do not hesitate. This is deadly serious.