If you live in a big city and you feel like allergy season just never ends, you might be right. A new study found that trees in cities with brighter lights start producing pollen earlier in the spring and finish later in the fall, which could add up to 130 days per year to the allergy season.

Hey writers, editors, & anyone who uses Google workspace because there’s no other viable alternative - in addition to turning off Smart features, make sure you toggle off this new mess of nonsense hidden in the Admin settings.

“if scott is finally done perhaps we can finally move on if nobody has anything further to add…” isaac chotiner: “hi nick i have a couple of questions if u do not mind”

AI is mostly made for people who DON'T have tech literacy. They can't use Photoshop and can't code. It literally tries to do the jobs they don't know how to do that require tech literacy. It's why the biggest dopes are so impressed by it.

Help a Latina author out and please share 🥰 www.amazon.com/Shrunkation-...

The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas."

If I’m not evolved enough to understand it, then why did they have to steal my writing to train it?

It is soft and ruched and velvety in a soft shade that is a subtle dark teal, discernible in the folds of the fabric and the play of light. #1930s evening glamour, long of line and smooth of surface #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4a7l1TR

Look all I want is for the two of us to knit our lives into one singular existence forged by the most unbreakable bonds while you also leave me alone most of the time

Well, I must have had such a good time yesterday at the Local Author Fair that I forgot to take pics! 😊 Thanks to the Beaverton Library for creating this opportunity to connect authors and readers. Special shout out to the 2 readers who helped me with hotspot access and connecting to the network!

Shepherd is now @bookdna.bsky.social! This gives me a chance to share my top 5 spy books with you under a new link: bookdna.com/best-books/f...

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I’m sure this bodes well. www.reddit.com/r/Costco/com...

Daily reminder that writers write. A slop machine is not a pen and a prompt does not make you an author. Your brain is beautiful. Use it.

I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.

I'll also be at the Local Author Fair at Beaverton City Library, with my own table, selling @weirdfictionquarterly.com anthologies that include my flash fiction stories, as well as stories written by other @hwaoregon.bsky.social members and local writers. If you attend, come up and say hi!

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, May 16 is the Beaverton City Library Local Author Fair! Come meet 35 local authors. You might just find your next favorite book! www.beavertonlibrary.org/362/Local-Au...

Shout out to everyone who is doing their best these days to shop small when they can, support their public library, and build community 💓 These actions add up, and do not go unnoticed! We are grateful for you!

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tel everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Tiny goslings took their first trip from nest to river by jumping from an I-5 offramp high above the Willamette River.

And 9 seconds later … www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Today’s a great day to support your local indie bookstore. If you really want to do it right, while you’re there, get some books by local authors too! 🥰📚

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library: browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace. Be sure to visit your library or ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library all week long!

When you use AI to do your writing, you are telling your audience: “I deserve your attention, but you do not deserve my effort.”

New on the Anthropic settlement from the @authorsguild.org : over 91% (!!) of eligible books were claimed as of the claims deadline (I would not have predicted such a high number!) Looks like the payout will be close to the $3000 originally estimated authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

AI slop is making life worse for everyone: Draft2Digital will be instituting fees in an effort to stem the onslaught of "low-quality accounts": a $20 activation fee for new accounts, & a $12 annual maintenance fee for accounts earning less than $100 over 12 months draft2digital.com/blog/underst...

The same week the NYTimes was devoting its significant resources to producing this ridiculous piece about Lauren Sanchez Bezos's call for rich people to not worry and be happy, Ryan Hass, an independent journalist in Oregon, was investigating this horrifying story about a death in an Amazon plant.

💥 AWARD 💥Honoured to share that For His Eyes Only: The Women of James Bond (Wallflower 2015) has been named a Winner (Anthologies: Nonfiction) in the 2026 American Legacy Book Awards.

Lil cat!!!😭😭😭 What a great win.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

The National Association of Black Bookstores has declared today — Tuesday, April 7 __ National Black Bookstore Day in honor of the more than 300 Black-owned bookstores operating in the U.S.

Apparently, she wanted at least ONE SCRUB.

So, here is my basic Anthropic story. In February, I submitted 14 books (some others were too complicated to submit) to the settlement. I got to the last page and...nothing. But it seemed to be finished. I got no confirmation number. Then, a few weeks ago, I got an email saying I had no submission..

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The annual observance marks how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, it's March 26, a day later than it was in 2025. n.pr/4t9rLqU

This becoming public is a big deal

“Angela Lipps was babysitting 4 kids at her Tennessee home when U.S. Marshals showed up guns drawn… Fargo police ID’ed her as a bank fraud suspect using AI facial recognition — it was wrong… Lipps spent 4 months in a TN jail with no bail/hearing...” 🤔 boingboing.net/2026/03/12/g...

AI art isn’t real art and AI artists aren’t real artists.

Now sure how it's already evening, but it's never too late to celebrate International Women's Day!

Happy International Women’s Day from the Star Wars News Net team! Art by Karen Hallion.

Once a simple proofreading tool, Grammarly is now bristling with AI features and a suite of "expert" agents based on the works of real authors. But the company doesn't ask permission and in some cases offers feedback from virtual versions of dead writers—including one historian who died in January.

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

Check your voter registration. Yes, AGAIN. We need to check and KEEP checking, especially as we get closer to election days. Vote by drop box/mail or early voting if at all possible. Don't wait until Election Day. I'm checking regularly, & I'm a GD poll worker!

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2026! 🎉 This is our second ever #MSWL Day on Bluesky. We’re happy you’re here! You can, as of TODAY, search Bluesky and ManuscriptWishList.com posts at once: manuscriptwishlist.com/smart-search. All posts are verified by a human who works in publishing. ☕

Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,, Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says https://gizmodo.com/ai-added-basically-zero-to-us-economic-growth-last-year-goldman-sachs-says-2000725380

As you would expect from Madame Grès, some ethereal loveliness worthy of a water nymph and dating to the mid #1940s, fluid, cascading. Via #didierludo #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡