Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

I was still in bed when Monday Morning said "Wake up, sleepyhead."

Well don't I feel stupid

The smaller players are acting with the courage and righteousness that the bigger and more powerful entities all lack. What is the point of money, influence and power if you're not going to use them to do the right thing? Why does wealth reduce men into simpering cowards? Thoughts, Bob Iger?

As happens with every. Single. Pilot. Program. That ever looks at anything akin to UBI, it is cheaper to just straight up help people get to a modest financial baseline than to deal with the outcomes of not helping people in poverty. It’s not news until we deploy it at scale.

Giveaway for some great books—including @thomasha.bsky.social's UNCERTAIN SONS!

Update: we just received a statement from Macmillan/Tor taking full responsibility for failing to register copyright, promising to make us whole and pay us any settlement money we lost out on due to that error, and promising to find & correct the lapses that caused this. Every pub should do this.

1. Here's the motion for preliminary approval of the settlement in Bartz v Anthropic class action suit. Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion, an "estimated gross recovery of $3,000 per Class Work" & destroy the two datasets of pirated works once litigation ends storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Last Wills And Testaments Of Captain Kohle by @bingingout.bsky.social in which Captain Kohle is summoned from the afterlife - again and again until we learn the truth of his death translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/t...

Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/ Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥

If you would like to read Shadow Jack, it's up at @giganotosaurus.bsky.social for your entertainment and delight and also stuff about fingernails

All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.

Co-sign. Read John Langan! You will never regret it.

So just to clarify: the government, seeking to restrict kids’ access to “harmful content” imposed an ID rule and now there’s been a mahoosive spike in VPN use. So now they’re thinking of banning VPNs…

I am thrilled to announce the following authors will be appearing in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.

The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9 is making a splash! 👏 Grab your copy today: www.infinivoxsf.com/hard-sf-9

Somewhere in the past 16 years I've forgotten what I learned at Clarion: That it is literally impossible for any group of people (unless self-selected for agreement) to agree on whether a story is good.

Graffiti along Minnehaha Creek.

@gregvaneekhout.bsky.social @whatnext.bsky.social Just wanted to make sure the two of you saw this, if you hadn't already seen it. I don't know why it fills me with such joy, but I thought you might share it.

It is legitimately not a gotcha: our safety as Americans is intimately related. American Muslims and American Jews are natural allies in the fight against fascism and Dominionist Christianity -- which is why they've done everything they can think of to pit us against each other.

Diabolical Plots is opening for submissions in 8 days! Ask any questions you want to ask before the window is here!

It's a family drama wearing a space opera murder mystery as a hat and here's a direct link to order signed copies: www.odysseybks.com/folded-sky-s...

Also a big tip of the hat to “The Matador and the Labyrinth” over at @diabolicalplots.com! @ccfinlay.bsky.social - you are on fire.

Tremendously happy that my friend @rcwordsmith.bsky.social gifted me a subscription to @morningtransport.bsky.social since it immediately served up "Why We Sing" by @ccfinlay.bsky.social. Ye gods, what a fabulous story.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs (hard mode, no SW, ST, or LOTR

TOMORROW! 1 pm EDT/10 am PDT I will be appearing on a virtual panel on short stories hosted by the Braille Institute, with wonderful writers @tananarivedue.bsky.social and Jendayi Brooks-Flemister! Register to attend here: bit.ly/44ppXks

Some will say, "but 'regime change' isn't euphemism for 'conquer' because nobody's advocating for U.S. to absorb Iran." Hmm. Were China to somehow overthrow U.S. government & install a government dependent on & acquiescent to China, we wouldn't call that "regime change." 2/

News organizations shouldn't be using the term "regime change" except to quote an official using the term. It's euphemism for "conquer." The debate isn't about whether the U.S. will "pursue regime change in Iran"; it's whether the U.S. will attempt to conquer Iran. 1/

New today at The Sunday Morning Transport! "Why We Sing" One morning on the island of Wherthy, the priestess Elliemmi rose in the muted gray hour before dawn to throw two of her daughters into the sea. Swim closer, if you want to hear the story. www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/why-we-sing

‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...

I saw a post with famous poems rewritten as limericks, and thought LotR should get the same treatment. There were three rings, seven, and nine, for elves, dwarfs, and men who were dyin'. The Dark Lord with one said "Wow, this is fun! In Mordor, they all will be mine!"

Remind me again why we so desperately need to involve this software in every critical aspect of UK society? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Too real! [funnier comment TK]

@guygavrielkay.bsky.social Thank you for WRITTEN ON THE DARK. It was a delight of soft-focus familiarity and bright surprise, base violence and high art, filled with the satisfaction of seeing people get the fates that they might have deserved. Thierry is my new favorite poet in all of Gavrielan.

I'm not currently neglecting our lawn and garden, permitting it to become overgrown. I'm sequestering carbon. No further questions. Thank you.

ENDING SOON! A titillating ensemble of books by multi-award-winning writers from Africa and the African diaspora, African SF Collection Bundle, curated @genni.bsky.social, features work by @nalohop.bsky.social @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & more @storybundle.bsky.social storybundle.com/scifi

THIS is the rare writing contest that is GOOD for emerging writers! No rights grab! No exorbitant fee to enter! No being used to put a nice face on a cult that kidnaps people!

Are you an emerging writer or artist? We have just the contest for you! Cash prizes and no submission fees. Don't self reject! Submit before June 2. Please spread the word! Writers: dreamfoundry.org/wri... Artists: dreamfoundry.org/art...

It's sad to know US scientists invented the most sophisticated weather forecasting models in the world, the satellites and instruments to measure atmospheric conditions, and an advanced alert system to warn the public of coming disasters, and the Trump administration is destroying it all.

New story day! "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" is free to read on @diabolicalplots.com ! My wheelchair-using superhero does battle with the non-ADA-compliant superhero union. Come for the punny superhero names, stay for the disability access rage & catharsis! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

LitHub is showcasing this year's class of Best American anthologies, including Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (for which I'm series editor). lithub.com/here-are-the... If you visit my website, you can see the full TOC and list of Notable Stories. www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...

From the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District: What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management I hope this helps your infrastructure. neorsd.medium.com/what-tom-hol...

My new Genre Grapevine on the fallout from the Seattle Worldcon generative AI debacle is now up. This was a stupid move on Worldcon's part and I hope they can get their shit together. www.patreon.com/posts/128296...

Crowdfunding is kinda fun if I get to shout things like: CHARACTERS I HOPE YOU'LL LOVE IN AMNANDI SAILS: Amnandi Khumalo, witch, teen, but not teen witch Maab Pinyasama, feather-festooned sea captain Amis Dotrig, ragamuffin & faithful friend Daoud D’jntree, mystic of naps Rukkai, undersea dweller

The phrase “we will never see his like again” is overplayed, but it’s the truth for Coach Pop. Even if his NBA all-time wins record is eclipsed someday, his legacy as an outspoken military man who stood for civil rights, gender equality, anti-MAGAism, and human decency — transcends sports. SPURS ♾️.

love when people get caught using LLMs for some important analytical task "to save time" and then they're like "don't worry we rigorously vetted the results." man....you either saved time OR rigorously vetted the results, but i promise you didn't do both

Good way to guarantee the publication of inferior male writers, as good male writers would get better deals with more prominent publishers.