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nathanaelgreen.bsky.social
- writer of fantasy & historical fiction - assistant professor - posts in English und Deutsch - competitive bagpiper (yep, that’s real)
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It takes 5 minutes to make a difference. There are even scripts if you’re not sure what to say! 5calls.org

Friends, please read this. It’s thoughtful and well written and gave me, at least, a breath of hope. www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

Wait. Maybe my English isn’t great, but does “brazenly defies” actually mean, “is obviously, criminally, fucking breaking”?

“A lot of journalists argue that their role isn’t to advocate—that that’s not their job. But if your job isn’t to inform people in a way that will help them, then I don’t really understand what your job is.” Read my chat with @columjournreview.bsky.social:

It’s like we’ve got a whole book as a guide, and on the cover it says, “Don’t Panic.” (This thread is worth the read.)

I cannot tell you how much I stress this in my courses:

Just look at this goober. Dang, she loves snowballs.

“If you make people believe something is true, you make it likelier that it becomes true.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

I like to post things I’m enjoying to share some good things in life with those who might also enjoy them. And now I’m reading this. ENJOY is the wrong word, but still highly, highly recommended.

A little tardy to New Year’s resolutions, but here we go: Make time each day for calling and emailing my reps, senators, school principals, etc. Be loud, team.

Simple ways to fight fascism? This tickles both my loathing for fascists AND my laziness!

OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.

Okay, yeah, it feels a bit weird trying to celebrate a book launch while *waves hands at everything,* but the joy is what's worth fighting for. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-teeth-...

Oh no the Chinese are doing the useless thing that gives wrong answers cheaper www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/t...

“The Flame Next Time” by James Baldwin — this is a thing I’m loving right now. So good. So thoughtful and well written. You might love it too.

The reason A.I. is being shoved down our throats is shareholders want a return on their investment. Every company that integrates this crappy tech into their products knows you don't want it, but they've sunk too much money into it and don't care. Turn it off, don't use it, don't look back.

As a lark, a writer friend and I started a “Bad Idea Pitch” each time we talk. Except it always turns into us trying to convince the other person that, “No, dude, you gotta write that!”

The moral arc of the universe doesn’t bend toward justice on its own. Grab that shit and pull.

"help me write" This is so fucking infantilizing. It kills me how they've degraded humanities, said they aren't needed and then started pushing this on everyone. Grammarly commercials: I don't care about writing I just need an A. Girl you gon fail even if you get the A.

Dear MS, I’m writing my own novel. I Do. Not. Want. Copilot helping me in Word. Thanks!

Oooh! This was an old favorite. I’m excited to see it coming back!

Despite, you know, lots of things, there are still things I enjoy in this world. Here’s one: Right now, I’m reading the hell out of WITCH KING by Martha Wells. www.marthawells.com/witchking.htm

It's new story day! On the day of the Wolf Moon itself, my novelette Wolf Moon, Antler Moon is now available to read at @reactorsff.bsky.social! "She can't stop seeing them--the doe-girl skins, hanging from the wall, turned inside out, cut and changed..." reactormag.com/wolf-moon-an...

I am so excited to share this new novelette with folks! Part slasher, part were-animal story, and hopefully all weird and bloody in the right ways. Coming soon, on the day of the Wolf Moon itself, 1/13!

Well, announcing a new short story sale seems like a good first post! “The Shepherd” will be available soon, and more details to follow. Yay!