If you generate a book-length blob of text every day, and it takes me six months to write a SHORT STORY I still win the race because I care about art and not just volume of words.

I believe it, too. Here's the thing, if publishers and distributors are indifferent (or actively cheering for) the race to the bottom, then alternative signals of quality will surely become salient. Collectives like @sauutiverse.bsky.social, or individual editors, could become effective signals.

How is it possible that I've only learned about "ponysay" at this late date? github.com/erkin/ponysay

So mostly I write under the name "Blaize M. Kaye", right. One of the primary reasons I chose to do it was to annoy my mother in law (who I <3 dearly). When I sent off my first stories, she said it sounded pretentious. So I went with the name to mess with her and because I am a child.

Aurealis #187, our February 2026 issue, is here and we are pleased to present the quality fiction of The Last Faithful Servant of the Empire by Blaize M. Kaye, The Prince of Dogs by Harry Goddard and With Teeth by S.R. Kriger superbly illustrated by Leah Clementson.

Then why are all the starving artists I know vehemently opposed to LLM extruders, while every marketing manager and would-be Bitcoin bro under the sun is using them to generate shit self-caricatures and write LinkedIn posts nobody reads?

I realise I've said for a while that eating the rich could lead to prion diseases, I must caution everyone that the risk is greatly increased by the rich already having eaten people. I must insist on ensuring they remain several steps removed from our food chain. Please dispose responsibly.

He’s going to destroy both companies hell yes

This is an impressive feat of engineering - but the 4EA cognitive scientist part of my brain is screaming that the scaffolding is doing a massive part of the work - www.anthropic.com/engineering/...

Michael Morgan suggests that the fact we live in a world where genocide exists should be cause for moral shame. I think that the point below should encourage a broadening of Morgan's source of shame. This isn't history. It is our present. Does that change how you want to live?

I'm really proud/happy/excited to say that my story "Endling" is now live at Phano. www.phano.com/articles/end... It's a story about the Fermi Paradox, Philosophy, being from the global south, and making a VERY questionable moral decision (over and over again).

🔥 Phano 14 up at www.phano.com 🔥 Come chase darkness across worlds, peer into the radio spectrum for life, and win more than you know what to do with in three new free-to-read stories... - “Endling” by Blaize M. Kaye - “The Water's Country” by Miah O'Malley - “Winning” by E. M Dasche

2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.

Really happy to have my story "The Last Faithful Servant of the Empire" out in Aurealis #187 today (thanks @genni.bsky.social and the rest of the crew <3) - grab it here aurealis.com.au/store/aureal...

A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.

Why is this even a thing, ffs. Who are those people who are perfectly capable of writing an email but who get gmail to write it for them? Anyways, apparently you can turn it off.

right now we have the worst of all worlds, where copyright lasts basically forever and can be used to prevent normal people from engaging in all kinds of creative endeavors...but corporations can steal all your stuff without paying for it and use it to compete with you and put you out of a job.

Friends. Why has it taken me so long to read "The Last Unicorn"? Why did nobody tell me???? Astonishing. Absolutely heart ravaging. I'm a fool for having waited so long. Don't be as foolish as I, read it immediately if you haven't.

I've spent more time than I care to admit thinking about what Frank Ramsey would have ended up doing if he hadn't died at 26.

So I have at least three stories coming out this year that I'm extremely proud of. What interesting is that, for me, they represent something like a step change in what I've been able to write. That's not to say that they're better than my "old" stuff, or that I expect them to do anything ...

I just thought everyone should see this

Almost got into a yelling match with my gym buddy about the nature of art and AI :D Getting into the distinctions between aesthetic experience, natural beauty, intention, etc. We're good. We don't really go to lift weights. Just to hang out being unspeakably nerdy. Sometimes it gets intense.

There’s only one place where code must be flawless, and unreadable.

 The International Obfuscated C Code Contest.

 Every year the entries are absurdly good…and there’s still room for more!

 You’ve got until March 13th to enter.

Rereading early Coetzee for something I'm working on, thought I'd share this; the most precious novel in my library - a 1st edition of Coetzee's "Dusklands" (his first novel) put out by Ravan press in 1974.

Instead of posting a new story, I'll post a story about the story - blog.bomoko.net/2026/01/refl...

hey @wtalabi.bsky.social I finally started Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon and it's fucking great

Finally finished an eldritch body horror homage to "Home Alone", inspired by a Patricia Churchland quote, set in Amanzimtoti, about a boy who works at the Bluff Meat Supply and spends his time watching "The Golden Girls", while taking care of his Dad who lives in their downstairs bathroom.

I have drafted a motivation for my university to leave X/Twitter, arguing that posting to it risks feeding our PR images into the porn and harassment machine (so leading to staff, students or others being harassed) and that being there violates our official stance against gender-based violence. /1

I think it might be really interesting to look into the intersection of chatbot psychosis (and chatbots generally) and evolutionary biology. I'm obviously not the first person to think there's a strong analogy between these systems and parasites - direct.mit.edu/isal/proceed...

Been off social media for about a decade now - despite agreeing that it's terrible, and perhaps against my better judgement, I'm making an account here so I can follow people I think are awesome. Don't expect many posts - this machine is bad for my mental health.