It's been such a long week and it's only Tuesday

The fun thing about writing is you have to do it forever

If we actually want to appreciate moms, we should be providing free childcare, healthcare, and guaranteed income for stay-at-home parents to put more money in families’ pockets and ensure no SAHP is reliant on a partner for their economic security. Idk I think that’s better than 15% off a vacuum.

Learning this is a boomer take because some people do write on their phones, but wait until I tell you kids about printing the whole thing out and editing it by hand like you live in the 1800s because that shit works. Grab a candle and a quill if you want to do this right

My 15, going by vibes Dark Twin Peaks MASH Wings Black Sails The Magicians Stargate SG-1 Eureka The Librarians BSG For All Mankind Severance Xena Firefly Cowboy Bebop

good tweet

Happy May Day

If you had anything you were working on for Paste that needs a home, please reach out to @skyboxcritics.com It's lousy that we have to say this every couple of months, but we'll do what we can to help out as many people as we can.

A glorious Beltane to all who celebrate. 🔥

Long nerdy post alert ‼️ ‘How I switched to Linux and told Microsoft to go fuck itself’ - A Hal Story #Linux #Gaming #Friendship

Another reason to continue to admire Le Guin.

I really hope Dev Patel’s Monkey Man gets rediscovered in the coming years. I wish it reached John Wicks success considering its an action film with substance.

get in loser we're getting Reconstruction right this time

Got to 60k in draft 2!

Late night at the art studio

51k so far in draft 2

SLS, NASA's Moon rocket 🌙🚀

"sex doesn't belong in YA books" Listen, I learned more about birth control, menstruation, and how to get and give consent to different acts from Tamora Pierce books than I did from my school. There's a huge difference between smut and showing teens what healthy sexuality is.

The Artemis II eclipse 🌑 A rare view of a solar eclipse from deep space

books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.

Like a lot of small businesses in our region, Firestorm has been in financial distress for the last year. Hurricane Helene was our tipping point, but local cost of living increases, inflation, and higher occupancy costs are huge contributors. 1/9

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

The Road to 250 begins today! Support us and get cool stuff: - Make Will write more and sleep less! Perfect for support or vengeance! - An entire week of themed pieces! - The satisfaction of fighting against AI slop! - The joy of supporting cool people! All this can be yours!

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

Please. Authors and readers be aware of this. This is GREAT news for divesting from Amazon. Remember that buyers hold so much power and please support by buying from bookshop.org > Amazon. We are directly benefitted from purchases made outside of Amazon! And you get to pick the store that benefits!

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.