The Vice President’s parents-in-law came to the United States as foreign students, at the University of California.

Same company that stole all my books to train its AI for free, I am THIS CLOSE TO LOSING IT: futurism.com/artificial-i...

Best Poem: The End of a Cycle - Renee Cronley Thank you for your consideration! Fin/

Starship Librarians (cont): The Space Librarians' Code - Lisa Timpf All That Glitters - Liz Westbrook-Trenholm 8/

Starship Librarians (cont.): Tetrominos and Seekers - Trisha Jenn Loehr Archived - Lesley Moody Fifth Book from the Sun - R. Overwater Is There Anyone Out There - Rhonda Parrish and E.C. Bell Synapses - Jennifer Rahn The Revolution Will Not Be Fertilized - J.W. Schnarr 7/

Hauntings & Hoarfrost (cont): A Puppet to His Thoughts - Lorina Stephens Starship Librarians: Between the Heavens and the Embers - Shannon Allen What They Don't Tell You - Mackensie Baker Librarian's Assistant - Robert Lauderdale Inscription - JR Campbell 6/

Numerous short story authors from the anthologies! Hauntings & Hoarfrost: For the Seer, Who Sees in the Snow - Sarah Van Goethem The Wanderer & the Wight - Kevin Weir Ice Lamp - EC Dorgan Mile Roads - Chadwick Ginther Bloodtaster - Adria Laycraft Freosan - Konn Lavery Dark River - Brent Nichols 5/

Best Artist: Lorna Antoniazzi, Starship Librarians 4/

Best Related Work: Hauntings & Hoarfrost, edited by Rhonda Parrish Starship Librarians, edited by Shannon Allen & JR Campbell 3/

Best Novella: No Love Lost by Jane Glatt 2/

Today is the last day to nominate your favourite *Canadian* 🇨🇦SFF works for the Aurora Awards! Visit www.csffa.ca to get your ballot in order. And if you're racking your brain, trying to remember what was published last year, well, here's what we have eligible! 1/

Lots of people are correctly pointing out how this broadly true of any skill and profession. It makes me wonder if the people pushing AI the most are so incompetent that they don't understand how people become competent. Or if their jobs really do not require skill.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I missed the last 3 yoga classes because I was trying to finish my book and get a bunch of stuff done, but went back today and ... guys, I'm so sorry to report that I should've gone to yoga the moment the doctor said I was approved years ago. I confess I let online disability "advocates" sway me. 🧵

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In the not-so-distant future, when the once-most-powerful-country-in-the-world is a middling power with the economic influence of Spain or Singapore, I hope those of you who voted for this shit stain remember that it was your hatred of immigrants, women, and minorities that did it.

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Study: Men Who Want #Tradwives Actually Just Hate Women Altogether, Including The #Tradwives www.wonkette.com/p/study-men-... By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social

Posted this on IG & someone responded “She wants the dark ages.” Ma’am, you want us living as serfs while the rich lords steal our work & worth to further enrich themselves while we starve, and *I’m* about the dark ages? Lick those boots harder, baby. Maybe you’ll taste some bitter truth.

HEADLINE OF THE DAY: 😆 #BuhBYE

Amazing. Like I believe in encouraging reading in everyone, etc, but there comes a point where I think folks have to question if maybe fiction isn't for them.

may this define her for the rest of her life. she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired. girl, bye.

Non zero chance Pam Bondi ends up on Only Fans.

Skyla has beat me to the punch promoting the Kobo sales so I'll link her good work here. 3 of my books are in here, several of Skyla's, and some other fabulous authors as well!

Hey everyone, I'm boosting a gofundme for Santiago, a Denver-area juvenile whose older siblings were grabbed at their immigration court hearing and deported. Santiago needs both legal assistance and also help just surviving. www.gofundme.com/f/santiagos-...

The first of @janeglatt.bsky.social's Intelligencers series, Pirates & Privateers, (published by @tychebooks.bsky.social) is now complete and you can get started with Dagrun and Calder's adventures here:

A Song to Wake a Thousand Sorrows: Clare Brighton's feral rage will live in your head long after this beautiful epic fantasy is over (while you eagerly await the next installment).

Guardian of Chaos by @michellemanus.com: get started with Nyx Fortuna's adventures that spans worlds, forms bonds, breaks hearts, and will have you bingeing everything available to see what happens next.

Because this isn't a price-drop sale, I can't price-match, but as an alternative I've got a limited time bundle at Payhip with all three of my books that are in the sale for the same price point if you don't use Kobo. If you ARE mixing and matching at Kobo, let me link for you some more recs!

Watcher in the Woods is set in the same world as Dweller. Pandemic girlfriends on the verge of breaking up go for a week-long holiday at a cabin in the woods. Of course it's fucking haunted.

Dweller on the Threshold: As pandemic lockdown hits in 2020, Norah decides living in the haunted house inherited from her estranged father is way better than sheltering in place with her ex-boyfriend. You won't blame her.

Misanthropic PI hates everyone and solves crime because cops are useless. Waverly Jones Mysteries #1 The Killing Beach is part of the sale (CA link but check your region).

Kobo has a big all-genre sale, 3 for $10, Apr 1-30. Regional links: NZ kobo.com/p/april-buy-... AU kobo.com/p/april-buy-... UK kobo.com/p/april-buy-... US kobo.com/p/april-buy-... CA kobo.com/p/april-buy-... I'll link to mine in the 🧵 If you're in the sale, post a link + tell us about it! (No AI)

. Just so everyone remembers . . . . .

The thing about Kristi Noem’s husband’s cross-dressing is that Noem and her cronies stole $200M+ in taxpayer money under the ruse of making TV ads, and nobody in the Trump administration seems interested in investigating or prosecuting it.

In honor of a judge halting Trump's ballroom construction today:

We have a responsibility to protect Canada’s extraordinary natural heritage – from our lakes and forests to our mountains and coastlines. Our new Nature Strategy will protect up to 2.4 million km² of our lands and oceans — and mobilise new capital for sustained conservation efforts going forward.

Read more on Canada’s Strategy to Protect Nature: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Hey all, we still have a limited number of these charming stickers left over from our last Romancing the Vote. In honor of SCOTUS fuckery on today, the Trans Day of Visibility, we'd like to offer you the chance to get one. (Thread continues.)

i swear this gov is a TV show. the head of intelligence got hacked and used his real name for a porn account. the head of dept of war accidentally texted war plans to a journalist. and now former head of homeland security grappling with husband's secret cross-dressing double life in anti-LGBTQ admin

The estimated 9 million people who showed up to protest against Trump last weekend were not outliers. Those protesters represent the views of close to 70% of the country according to a new University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll.

Start the fire. Walk away. Tell the world they’re on their own.

This morning, a highly placed friend was telling me about how she had worked with PP on a government matter. She was pleased to report that PP was genuinely pleasant and charming. She was less pleased to report that he was also profoundly dumb and uninformed. So there's that.

Canadian authors, if you aren't eligible for the US Anthropic lawsuit bc you didn't register US copyright, we have our own class action suit! It doesn't rely on registering copyright and you're included in the class by default 🇨🇦 Sign up for updates here: www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...

Good news! OpenAI is canceling so many large purchase orders and datacenter expansions that the global price of RAM is dropping.