@bethcato.bsky.social has a new book out Oct. 1.

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

I asked my friend Jennifer Lee Rossman (not here on Bluesky due to accessibility issues) if they had any books I could promote and they told me THIS is a good one. They have a new project coming out later this year (I have an inkling, but haven't been told anything). Meanwhile, go buy Jen's Book!

It's that time youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...

I had to read this twice before realizing it was from 2020. Democracy, in its modern form does not have such a history as I understand it.

And Disney is worldwide. Saw talk on Reddit where people outside the US were happy they could finally take some anti-Trump action by canceling their Disney subscription.

I haven't seen @postsemreh.bsky.social for two months! And today is National Pepperoni Pizza Day!

Draining entire lakes, burning entire forests, and openly polluting poor (mostly black) communities to power it wasn't enough. The technological promise of the plagiarism machine will be LIMITLESS UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES with no social safety net. Anthrax Bombs For Good seems better.

"Once you use ChatGPT, you don't want to think for yourself anymore." Oh. My. Ghods. Those should be huge red warning flags, with flashing red warning lights and blaring loud warning sirens right there.

Why use an actual AI-generated character when you can hire an actor in front of a green screen cheaper? This story about Albania's #pivot-to-ai is even more bizarre than I originally thought.

I wish I had money to afford a streaming service so I could cancel Disney+ and complain. If you have money, and have Disney+ would you cancel for me? I can live vicariously.

My bank account looks SCARY. BUY MY BOOK! Make my bank account less frightening.

Fiction is often under the constraint of requiring verisimilitude. Reality, on the other hand, is not at all required to make sense.

The authoritarian believes wholeheartedly that common people are mindless sheep who will always do whatever they are directed to do, or in the modern parlance "NPCs." The fascist dictum is that you have no actual agency. The fascist believes you must be TOLD what to think. Go prove them wrong.

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

I really wish I had something useful to say about this, but honestly I don't. Albania is a DESPERATELY poor country. Forty years under dictator Enver Hoxha left it the poorest, most-isolated nation in Europe. Massive pyramid schemes in the 90s wiped out half its GDP. They want to be "modern."

This is totally not the worst possible time to be alive. The worst possible time to be alive was 536AD. Thanks to two major volcanic eruptions, there was a near global famine as ash clouds blotted out the sun. The plague of Justinian followed soon after.

Folks, I stopped reading George R. R. Martin decades before he even wrote the first volume of "A Song of Ice and Fire," because his stories always broke something inside me. I think he's an absolutely fabulous writer. He's not for me. There are other writers I similarly admire, who I do not read.

YUDKOWSKY: Don't build the Torment Nexus, you idiots! HIS OWN ACOLYTES: Got a gazillion dollars here, building the best Torment Nexus just like you said boss, real sexy

The authoritarian believes wholeheatedly that common people are mindless sheep who will always do whatever they are directed to do, or in the modern parlance "NPCs." The fascist dictum is that you have no actual agency. Go prove them wrong.

As you cancel streaming in protest, why not visit a library? Not only can you check out ebooks, they also have... get this VIDEOS you can check out too. So, you can read a book, watch a movie, listen to music, all from your library.

History reveals a way forward, and also reinforces that there is a way forward. That's why they try to rewrite it: to seem both inevitable and eternal, rather than ephemeral. People have ALWAYS resisted. Be loud, organize, share your work and your art, and resist, loves

"Evil scheming AIs will destroy humanity" says evil scheming AI company who totally told their spicy autocomplete machine to craft a story about an evil scheming AI. Their own conclusion is that this isn't a problem. But in support of their #pivot-to-ai, they need it to be.

Someone asked me earlier why I don’t do more than AI, and the answer is that every time I look deeper into AI I see more evidence that this is a massive, unbelievable failure, propped up by webs of debt and ignorance, private capital fully believes there’s massive AI demand that does not exist.

This is known as the "Nuremberg Defense." To wit: "I was only following orders from above." Your history books all tell you EXACTLY how this goes over in front of an international court of law, but perhaps you need a reminder? "Befehl ist Befehl" will not absolve you of crimes.

yes

Folks, I think @dieworkwear.bsky.social's life is in danger and he's sending us a signal. He would *never* tell us that the collar gap is good, actually.

No you did not. 🤬

I remember when Ta-Nehisi Coates was active on social media. I remember when fans of Cornell West of all folks hounded him until he withdrew. Now I have to actively seek out his sanity and clarity of purpose. Yet, still Ta-Nehisi is out there, still speaking truth to power.

What I really REALLY can't wait to show you is the paperback version of this book. Yes, it's going to be more expensive than the eBook version, but you get the ENTIRE COVER, not just the front, and... PHYSICAL BOOK! Meanwhile, pre-order the eBook, please? Out Sept. 26.

Reprehensible. Abhorrent. But Sinclair Media has always been a fascist project, and we should expect no less.

Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.

imagine paying to put up a billboard of rotating ads on an appliance in your own fucking house

Fascists will always act as if their rise to power is the dawn of a permanent change which will never be undone, and not the fleeting moment of revelation that shows them up as total buffoons before they are overthrown or self-immolate. They do a lot of destruction in the meantime.

this is the shit i want to see

I honestly think that we should import a few Scotsmen to swear at our government for us. The standard American level of angry at poor governance just doesn’t seem to cut it.

“Antifa” is not an organization. There’s no leadership. There’s no structure. “Antifa” is simply shorthand for ANTIFASCIST. An administration that is fighting against antifascism is what, dare I ask?

Wildfire smoke is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths each year and will do more harm to U.S. residents by midcentury than any other threat driven by climate change, including extreme heat.

Americans who fail to post that JD Vance is handsome can expect prosecution. by Pam Bondi

Hippy me was all prepared with subversion practices: food co-ops, guerilla theater tactics, mad foraging skillz. So ironic that the moment to deploy them has finally arrived now I'm in my sixties and will have such a hard time challenging the gov and livin off the land.

Analysis | To get himself back on the air, Jimmy Kimmel must call for the execution of homeless people.

people in my mentions saying friction creating media coverage doesnt help politics apparently slept through the entirety of donald trump becoming president of america.

We simulated the human mind with a chatbot. It didn’t work not advocating data fraud! technically www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlW-... - video pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250917-we-... - podcast time: 6 min 08 sec

Good ghods, no. Do not sign up for this horrorshow. Also, @tkingfisher.com is FAR TOO AWESOME to lend her name to a complete and utter scam such as this.

If I mix in a career as a sports and outdoors journalist they won't know if it's true or not. Arrest records in Akron, OH, and Sarasota, Florida? My age is 61, 50, and 25? I'm single, married, divorced, and widowed? My Hollywood credits are all on IMDB? Check out all my bios on LinkedIN!

Absolutely NOTHING says you can't turn up at a protest without announcing online that you're going to be there, visiting the protest's website, signing the webform, and handing them your email address so they can contact you in the future. They've already given all the details you need to attend.

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now. But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library! It's easy! Check your library's website.

I had the distinct pleasure of hearing @scalzi read from a chapter of this novel at Worldcon. I can say this is an AWESOME book just from that small segment! Alas, I'm tapped out until next month and must wait, so some of you please go out and buy copies in my stead, okay?

These are really good people - Loyalty bookstores is amazing and the staff are angels. They are SO SO supportive of all authors and their community. <3 They have and do go above and beyond for everyone. They treat people so amazingly. <3 Read this.