how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?

Oh, I want them to ask my book something and get treated to an explosion of withering verbal harassment by a pissed off gay Newfoundlander wizard.

If I were president, all White House correspondence would be in Wingdings, like that one Raygun article that David Carson didn't like.

I really think we've got one of the most deranged mixes out there--EXTREME HORROR! DOORSTOPPER LANGUAGEPLAY FANTASY! MODERN DRACULA! TRANS MIND CAGEFIGHT!--You can get any of our ebooks for cheaper or the whole catalogue as a bundle, until the end of the month!

Attention local nerds! I'm going to this on Saturday, anyone wanna come?

"Protest worked when the government had a conscience. When your enemies were sociopaths, it wasn't about whether blood would be spilled or not, but whose." - @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social, BLIGHT

I don't even know what to do with this. It's like all the businesses in the world got together and picked all the absolute worst elements of the dystopian movies of the past and decided they're going to ensure that hellscape is everyone's future. 😑 www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

NOBODY WANTS ANY OF THIS. WHY DO THEY KEEP MAKING IT CLEAR NO ONE DESIGNING AI HAS ANY FRIENDS?

we should definitely keep Awakening things in the Deep

Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.

For the rest of December, anyone who uses the code DecemberWriter at checkout at @notapipe.bsky.social 's new Shopify store and buys a book (including this one) will get $5 off a shirt, sweatshirt, or hat in the clothing category on the new site.

If you want a free web-based version of the Sad Bastard Cookbook, it now exists: barakplasma.github.io/sad-bastard-...

"None of us want to die for a country that doesn't really care about us," Levi tells me. He says the government has ignored their calls for climate protections and better social conditions, so he feels no allegiance to them.

what's being sold with regards to AI is not a product that will help you out but instead an anxiety about falling behind that AI will help alleviate. the market for it will collapse as it becomes clear that people who don't use AI aren't really losing out all that much.

I don't have a spotify b/c they're the worst but I am pretty sure that I have the musical tastes of a 65-year-old British man.

I'm on The Fiction Lab podcast with Katrina Schroeder, talking about the intersection between activism and fiction. Check it out! www.thefictionlab.com/p/the-inters...

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

Generative AI is fully banned in my courses. For myriad reasons, including that Indigenous homelands are being drained of water for techbros.

imagine if the media covered book releases the way they do AI "Ramdas ' new book is the greatest book ever, say industry experts*" * the industry expert we asked was Ramdas

Last night I was asked why I bothered to tell people that they shouldn't use ChatGPT. What difference does one person make, etc.? The answer is that all of us, collectively, can end this plague.

I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.

Here's an overview of the reasons why its prevalence is likely to diminish after the burst. pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/a...

Imagine having so few problems in your life that you care a lot about Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811). It must be so relaxing.

Autistic friends, you doing okay? How is your medical frymbal going? Do you have at least a quarter bicycle wheel?

"Everything fantasy should be." 🎇🐙💥Thanks for reviewing DEMON ENGINE by Marten Norr!!! If you haven't checked this one out yet, the audio book is especially fantastic. traumbooks.com/demon-engine/

people who are in the "AI" tech sphere simply do not understand how much people resent and do not want these enshittification plagarism algorithms and the airchoking data centers that they are needed to run on. no more pedo anime mechahitler archive broadcast nodes with bespoke private security

the aristocrats! but like literally

Here's what I published in 2025, should you be the sort of person who nominates obscure Canadian weirdo authors for awards of any sort.

No I won't provide context A thresd

always enjoy seeing people speak out against ai

I swear we all did this a couple months ago but now we have to do it again.

I think about this all the time.

An awesome 🧵, especially w/ current fuckery. Also recommending 4 cookbooks: * YOU GOTTA EAT by Margaret Eby * THE SAD BASTARD COOKBOOK by Zilla Novikov and Rachel A Rosen * THE POORCRAFT COOKBOOK by Iron Circus Comics * GOOD AND CHEAP by Leanne Brown Nab from library or get online PDFs if you can.

Given that people are smoking, it would be good for them to have smoking options that were controlled by platforms that understand it's bad to make products that induce children to kill themselves or Firefox could just stop pushing AI that nobody wants and everyone speaking up about it doesn't want

i’m gonna absolutely devour this Can*Con haul. @clh2oars.bsky.social @thescreambean.bsky.social @donmiasek.bsky.social @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social @james-downe-author.bsky.social @alexandernewcombe.bsky.social @vincentmackay.bsky.social

Once again, I have to point out how obviously inorganic the entire anti-trans backlash is. A handful of billionaires are astroturfing the whole thing with enormous amounts of cash.

It's time to get your war on! @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social tells us how medieval battles were *really* fought and how they can work as a model for fantasy writers.

I would love to see more schools adopting these policies. These products are harmful to the planet, to communities, to workers, and especially to children.

Live your life in such a way that Joyce Carol Oates doesn't roast you into the core of the sun.

one of the biggest contributors to Elon’s loser energy is that he desperately wants to be cool, but doesn’t understand that a big part of being cool is appearing unaffected. he’s one of the most affected men of all time.

The wealthiest, most powerful men in the world want slaves without having to see a Black person, girlfriends without having to talk to women, the thrill of being a Hollywood director without having to build any creative skills, and the ability to cheat death. We must mock them ruthlessly.

I registered for the Anti-Fascist Write-athon! Let’s make it the writer’s version of #NoKings. Imagine thousands of writers coming together (via Zoom) on Jan 3rd to work on their own WIPs and support the @antifalit.bsky.social Journal. Register here: bit.ly/AFWa

i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney

This is shameful. Teen Vogue has some of the best journalism out there and its destruction is intentional.

Enjoying the hell out of this so far.