I wrote about how to tell if a romance is AI over on threads. I'm going to cross post it here. When that dumb NYT article came out about that woman who said she published 200 books a year, and she revealed one of her pen names was Coral Hart..

hmu if you need a recommendation and I can help you find the perfect Krista book to start with. Some may or may not even have her name on them.

There's a 20% off sale on my entire payhip (aka buy direct from me) store right now, so get caught up! Below is a thread of my books with links to payhip and other stores - or you can just go directly to the Payhip store itself: payhip.com/kristadball

5 1/2 weeks left to submit *your* haunted dinosaur story! Stories must have a connection to the province of Alberta--that's right, an anthology of 🇨🇦 dinosaur ghosts. 😱 Details on our website: tychebooks.com/submissions

Join Me May 23 TOMORROW 4pm CST for a rare online appearance! Based on my popular presentation, join me for "Using Clothing and Food in Worldbuilding" - a 75 minute workshop on food, fashion, and shopping! Sign up: wiscon.net/register/ (Note: they have financial barriers pricing!)

Those wild-eyed radicals at Consumer Reports document how AI data centers are increasing electricity bills for everyone. "That’s because hyperscale data centers demand a nearly unimaginable amount of energy"

So there is no true investigative journalism anymore. Just tech bros propaganda.

Ever fucking green

Did you discover, as part of the Anthropic settlement, that your publisher failed to register your copyright? The @authorsguild.org is collecting information authorsguild.org/anthropic-cl... (This is a correction of something I posted yesterday w/ a significant error. Apologies for the mistake)

He promised to release his tax returns as soon as there were no more audits pending, and now there are no more audits pending.

So once applications open for the $1.7B slush fund, we're all going to apply and break their portal, right?

Are people paying to see these angry liars.

cooked him like groceries

Remembers folks: I don't just post food photos to piss people off. I also wrote an entire book about food.

It's release week! And I just want to take a moment to thank everyone for their kindness in reposts, buying the book (esp not that I'm without Kindle as an outlet), their congrats on the release, recommending it to friends, etc. All of this is so appreciated and makes such a big difference.

Oh fuck. Zone Fever strikes Canada. Freeports, SEZs, Network states, Charter cities. The names differ, the formula is the same: Corporate Feudalism, anti democratic and beyond the reach of the law.

I am writing about what we know of these zones in Ontario. With Carney and Quebec's Bill 5s, we are entering an era of the wild west on large, damaging projects.

I don't think of Americans' financial situation -President Donald Trump MICHAEL DE ADDER MAY 14, 2026 @deadder.bsky.social💙⭐️

This is pretty amazing.

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Abolish ICE.

Just started this book. The entire series is so so good.

🇺🇦🇱🇹 President Zelenskyy and President Nausėda have signed a bilateral defense agreement under the "Drone Deal" format to bolster regional security. ​As part of the pact, a team of Ukrainian military experts will be stationed in Lithuania to share battlefield expertise and

You know what would solve a problem like this... Say it with me... UBI.

"The United States was not, in fact, founded on Christian principles, in any sense. It's simply not true." Timothy Snyder

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

I have a small story to tell about Mother’s Day. It starts with a Kickstarter campaign that I supported a while ago. Someone wanted to reprint a rarely seen book of Alphonse Mucha’s non-commercial art. My mother is an artist and has always loved Mucha, so I thought it might make a nice gift. 1/

Sale ends today! (And now I have sold TWO so I can clearly retire.) Price-matched on Payhip: payhip.com/b/4nIg

I'm no longer employable and my house is falling apart and my "April" ko-fi goal is still up so if this is as entertaining as I hope, and you have a few bucks, I'd fix something with it. ko-fi.com/karidru

SHE'S BACK TODAY, MORE MISERABLE THAN EVER 🥰

#Romancelandia Can we help Julia remain housed? Every bit helps (and remember, GFM takes fees regardless, so maximize the help you give by tipping $0)

It's our goal to keep you writing all summer. Teaser announcement: Writers, expect more news at the end of May.

Behold, a physician with no ethics lecturing Americans that they're "under-babied" whilst the regime for which he so sycophantically serves is severing healthcare, disappearing men, women, and children – and culling those same Americans, en masse.

As the United States has pulled funding for research programs, Canada is pushing to attract scientists to come north of the border. 🇨🇦💪 www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Basic income could grow Canada's economy more than it costs With no new taxes on working Canadians, while saving us money from the even higher costs of poverty. This is pro-Canada policy.

This turned out to be surprisingly touching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1D9...

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

Six months ago, the federal government indicted me, my friend Andre, and four others for protesting ICE. Our trial is this month and we are facing up to $250k in legal debt. Please help us win our case and protect all of our rights by donating to our legal defense: tinyurl.com/katandre

🚨Call for Submissions🚨 We are looking for dinosaur ghost stories! Edited by Halli Reid, submissions OPEN NOW May 1-Jun 30. Stories must have a connection to the province of Alberta, Canada. More info: tychebooks.com/submissions

Did you see? 👇

I know the law

Kobo's series-starter sale is live! CA/US/UK/AU/NZ If you're in one of those regions, one of these links will take you there: kobo.com/p/first-in-s... or kobo.com/p/first-in-s... Solomon's Seal is 99c. I see plenty more I recognize--if you're in this sale, feel free to reply and I'll RT! (No AI)

And yet another post: "Let's Talk About Hantavirus" blog.deonandan.com/wordpress/20...

rules are rules

Internet rules dictate that whenever you see the Tom Holland Umbrella video, you have to share it. I'm just following the rules.