Over $200 today! We're coming up with ideas for our themed week, and I'm thinking about my first column. Keep it going!

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Skybox has a new goal: $250 a month in subs. We're at $185 now, thanks to a few $1 heroes who saw this thread and subscribed. Bless y'all. I believe we can do $65 more a month. If we get there, I will start a monthly column and we'll put together a week of themed pieces for y'all. Sound good?

Hey, let's talk about money and @skyboxcritics.com, because unless you're one of the big indie outlets, money's hard: Right now, Skybox makes about $180 a month from our Patreon. That's it. That's not a lot! In fact, it doesn't cover our operating costs! Skybox has never made a profit. Ever. 🧵

This is the reality of what AI companies want for the future: where EVERYONE is unable to function without relying on them for "intelligence as a utility." In order for them to sell this to us, they need to convince us our brains are never creative, interesting, able enough.

Tired today but told myself I'd write for thirty minutes. Wrote for an hour. Do it tired.

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It'd be great if the snow got the memo that it's March and it should stop

It would be cool to have a legislature that acted to defend its own constitutional prerogatives and, maybe as a treat, the interests of the people it represents too.

Jake is medically trained

To quote @audacityofdespair.bsky.social, I'd rather put a gun in my mouth

The hubby and I still quote this to each other every now and then

they're very sorry they got caught

I reviewed Reanimal for @ign.com and tried to grapple with its themes and narrative structure without giving too much away. Very proud of this one.

Jake nappin'

Make Art (1/4)

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Shakespeare is timeless, always.

Woke up at 5am to find a pipe burst in the kitchen. Yaaaay

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Trust me, it happened *exactly like this* We still quote it to each other from time to time

ICYDK, publishing is in a decline. Many authors who have had dependable contracts in the past are now scrambling to make ends meet and seeing lower advances and fewer sales than ever. If you see lots of book publicity posts, it's because we're scared and trying to keep our jobs during The Horrors.

JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: i finally know why the ungrateful kidss thesse dayss have been rejecting harry potter Barker: we all figured that out a long time ago Poe: clive Barker: oh i'm sorry edgar Barker: am i wrong? Poe: Poe: no you're not wrong

This. This. All of this.

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

@kasutherland.bsky.social and I are replaying the greatest JRPG ever made.

I love painting colorful skies like this. It’s a mind cleanser. Painting is a time for me to be alone under the spell of the brush. It’s easy to mentally escape into the places that I’m painting. I hope you enjoy the results as much as I enjoyed painting it. COLORFUL SKY, 16x16”, Acrylic, SOLD

After close to 6 months, my bathroom faucet no longer drips! God bless handymen

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most. Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.

nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.

Chapter 8 rewrites, let's go

I, too, wish to stand tall and shake the heavens

we're all thinking it

4 hour trainings should be illegal. I don't know what day it is and my brain is fried worse than an egg

I cosign every single word of this anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns

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Remember corporate democrats did this because of their rich donors. The rich want us to spend money during the festivities. We need to do the opposite. Buy from small businesses, resellers, thrift stores, swap gifts, or make it yourself, but don't buy from big corporations.

no money for politicians

This is by far one of the stupidest things you can do in a dev cycle

I love our little orange thief