A couple of weeks ago I was chatting w/ a friend who works in cybersecurity. She knows I write scifi horror about hackable brain implants, & told me I was doing God's work by going to those dark places w/ my plot. "Terrify them," she told me. Mission accepted. #writingcommunity

BCI maker InBrain teams w/ Microsoft. "This partnership brings us closer to a future where brain-computer interfaces don’t just decode or modulate, but truly understand & respond to the nervous system in real time, making the nervous system, the body OS." www.massdevice.com/inbrain-micr...

Nice feature in #TIME #magazine about how brain-computer interfaces are about to change our lives #neuroskyence 🧪 time.com/7330887/brai...

"Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators..." William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984)

Second cup of coffee. Real world is fading... I'm in a basement place in my mind, where the story takes over. Where I don't care about writing better than others or better than AI. Me against myself, hands on the keyboard. Let's go. #writingcommunity #amwriting

I'm obsessed with this collective. If you like cyberpunk culture, subversion, rebellion against technocracy, and lots of neon, check it out.

Neuralink, Elon Musk, and the Race to Put Chips In Our Brains Though brain chips are all over TV and the news now with Neuralink, scientists like those at Caltech have been working on the technology for decades. And some question Musk’s approach. Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) — implantable medical devices used to treat neurological conditions — are becoming increasingly sophisticated, making them more vulnerable to cyberattacks." #BCI #neurotech #cybersecurity news.yale.edu/2025/07/23/s...

Check out my new article “How I Came to Drown, Smash, and Kill My Smartphone” in the latest volume of the witty, satirical tech magazine In Formation. I feel honored to be included in this talented and accomplished group of writers, artists, and editors. informationmagazine.com

Turning 46 next week! Feeling my age, though I'm also looking forward to being a crazy old writer lady with scifi ideas at the cutting edge of reality, all while knitting a quilt. (Just kidding... I don't knit.)

Do you want to control your iPhone with your brain? You might soon be able to. Apple has partnered with brain-computer interface startup Synchron to explore letting people with disabilities or diseases like ALS control their iPhones using decoded brain signals: www.wsj.com/tech/apple-b...

May the Fourth be with you. And may your coffee be strong. Furthermore, may your brain implant be secure. Gotta watch out for those neurohackers.

In a world where targeted advertising, algorithms, and AI dictate so much of our digital consumption, how often do we actually choose for ourselves? Does free will still exist, and for how long?

This week I finished editing a 135k-word psychological horror manuscript, met with the author to discuss revisions, and had some solid writing ideas for my own scifi WIP. A good week! #writingcommunity #FridayVibes #publishing #writing #editing

"Elon Musk has arguably been the boldest broligarch when it comes to brain-machine interfaces. But Mark Zuckerberg is hot on his heels." Nice write-up re: #neurotech & #privacy at Meta & other tech giants www.vox.com/future-perfe...

None of the cyberpunk novels in the world could have ever predicted the corporate takeover of America could be so stupid. One day the president's favourite billionaire just walked into one agency at a time with a bunch of private security, said 'I run this now' and everyone just kinda shrugged.

Just discovered Octavia E. Butler. Parable of the Sower is incredibly dark but oddly uplifting at the same time. A testament to the human spirit in the face of dystopia. Relevant for our times. #amreading #booksky #books #dystopia

“Given Saudi Arabia's abysmal track record when it comes to human rights abuses, the collaboration raises plenty of red flags.” Saudi Arabia Hires Startup to Develop Brain-Computer Implants #BCI #neurotech futurism.com/neoscope/sau...

Protecting kids is important, but this kind of broad surveillance affects everyone. “Google will start testing a feature later this year utilizing machine learning to estimate a user’s age.” Story by www.androidheadlines.com/2025/02/goog...

I accidentally washed a navy blue towel with our white ones. I even added bleach to the cycle. Miraculously, the white towels are still bright white, & the blue towel is still blue. I feel unstoppable. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.

Looking for a fast-paced read? Check out Open Source (#EnhancementSeries), dark #scifi #horror #cyberpunk about hackable brain implants, sexy cyborgs, & twisted villains. “Open Source hits the ground running and never slows down.” www.amazon.com/Open-Source-...

Cybersecurity pioneer John McAfee has digitally risen from the dead, now posting as an AI. I have an interview history with his widow Janice McAfee, who is the creative director for his new AI project. Maybe I'll get to ask some questions! Posting our past interview here: youtu.be/A3GbqvoSqBk?...

Have an hour to kill and are looking to do it with a free #cyberpunk audio story? Check out Digi City over at YouTube. Here's the first of 10 parts. youtu.be/aDq8XtqaE9E?...

"Although BCIs are still in the clinical stage... the armed forces of countries such as the United States, China, and Russia view #BCI #technology as a promising instrument for enhancing their servicemembers’ capabilities." #neurotechnology #neuroscience #military www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"You will be electronically monitored wherever you go. You will never be alone except for your own thoughts in your own mind & perhaps not even there. Everyone you contact or reach or see will be brought in for questioning" Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974) Philip K. Dick

From a storytelling perspective, Luigi Mangione certainly knows how to hook an audience. Mystery and intrigue from those first engraved bullets. Writers everywhere can learn a lot from this case. #writingcommunity #amwriting #thrillers

Today: I hope I don't come to regret this. stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2024/11/ask-...

"We often talk about the risks technology poses to children. The Senate recently held a hearing about it. But we do not often talk about the risks technology poses to the elderly." Fantastic, thought-provoking, deeply personal piece by @omericandream.bsky.social #technology #surveillance #ethics

Interesting piece on "neurorights" www.vox.com/future-perfe... Some might say that concerns about neurotechnology are just theoretical because the tech isn't advanced enough to be scary yet. But let's remember how quickly AI ethics went from theoretical to urgent

I got an invitation from Neuralink to apply for their PRIME program. Is this MIT, Harvard, Stanford? Anyways, immediately comes an informed consent with the statement that they will give my info to 3rd parties. Noped right out of there.

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"Open Source is a book that adds to the much needed #Neurotechnology #ScienceFiction. As an engineer and PhD student in #neuroscience myself, I loved the book because it raises real societal & ethical questions." #scifi #horror #BCI #cyberpunk #OpenSource #booksky www.amazon.com/Open-Source-...

If I ever got a brain implant it wouldn't be from a power-hungry billionaire like Elon. I'd never be able to relax. Would he unleash chaos in my thoughts? Would he give the government a backdoor into the programming? My therapist calls this "catastrophizing" but I think it's warranted in this case.

Another Neuralink competitor gains ground. "MintNeuro uses advanced semiconductor technology to make neural implants smaller, more efficient & scalable, with the aim of enabling the mass production of cost-effective neural devices." #neurotech #neurotechnology www.imperial.ac.uk/news/258194/...

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft #writing #writingcommunity #amwriting #booksky

Looking for a quick #scifi read? Try TEN DIGIT PIN. In 2048 AD, neural implants are common & a growing percentage of the population identifies as augmented. Regular, everyday people face a choice: adapt or become obsolete. #EnhancementSeries #cyberpunk #booksky www.amazon.com/Ten-Digit-PI...

Writers, how's your WIP going? #writingcommunity #writing #writers

I am still looking for my Bluesky personality.

Rainy day here in Texas so I'm drinking coffee & building my Bluesky. Looking for other #writers! I write #scifi #horror about hackable brain implants. My first novel released in 2016, coincidentally the same year Elon Musk founded Neuralink. Would love to connect! #writingcommunity #writing

"How can BCI leaders imagine & build a world in which employers eagerly underwrite a disabled employee’s BCI-related expenses? How could this be done ethically, protecting privacy & co-option of user data?" Thought-provoking #neurotech piece by Naveen Rao www.forbes.com/sites/naveen... #technology

"If the Cyborgs are already among us, or we all already are Cyborgs in some ways, it will be important to grow savvier to better understand how to educate our children to best interact and possibly harness the potential of technologies.." #technology #children www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...

I recently read IDENTIFIED by John Wilander. There’s cyber-geopolitical intrigue. Hardcore, detailed hacking. Tight plot. Identified is a hacker thriller for today’s digital world. Highly recommend. www.amazon.com/IDENTIFIED-h... #technology #books #thrillers #reading #cyberpunk

Maybe the founder/owner of a leading brain implant company shouldn't be so openly partisan. Just saying. #musk #neuralink #elon #technology

United States sets the pace for implantable brain-computer interfaces www.nature.com/articles/d41... #BCI #NeuroTech

Hmm, I associate blockchain mostly with shady practices, e.g. on the dark web, but who knows... the paper does not even mention FDA or CE approval?

Papers like this are terrifying. The concept of security barely gets a sentence. Protecting people against unethical hacking over the long term has to be paramount or these poor participants can be hacked and have random things done to their brains.

A decentralized web/blockchain to protect cognitive liberty re: neurotech/BCI? These researchers think so. “This paper explores the potential of a decentralised web for coordinating large brain-computer constellations, and its associated benefits.” www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...

“Each of the stories in this collection deals with a different aspect of a future filled with biotechnology somehow gone wrong. Recommended for lovers of sci-fi, horror, or dark fiction.” Ten Digit PIN #EnhancementSeries #cyberpunk #scifi #horror #technology #AI www.amazon.com/Ten-Digit-PI...

When I'm not writing/revising my own sci-fi horror, I also edit on referral. Some time ago, it was a lighthearted travel romance. Then it was ghostwriting about AI in the banking industry. Now it's a dark psych thriller featuring cannibalism. #Publishing is a fascinating career. #writing #editing

"The vulnerability of having a device implanted in one's head continues as long as the device is present. In many ways, in fact, the participant is more vulnerable after leaving a trial, when they are no longer under the watchful eye of the research team." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....