OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

Damn! Love this so much. #booksky

COME GET SOME!

PSA: Hey US authors! If you're trad or indie published, hound your publisher or get your agent to include in any contract that your work is registered with the Library of Congress. If you are self-published, do it yourself. It's an expense and a hassle, but worth it. Why? See Anthropic settlement

Before I was a writer, I was an artist. Here's my senior art project from high school. This original will be on display (and for sale) at AuthorCon VI's upcoming art show, curated by @redlagoe.bsky.social. Support real artists, folks. AI has no soul and it's killing the world.

I’m an artist. Here is my art.

After another large pre-order came in this morning, we ran the numbers, and...

It can be told! I’ve read the screenplay; it’s wild and I love it. I can’t wait to see Franz and Fiala put it all on screen. deadline.com/2026/02/davi...

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1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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?

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Jesus goddamn Christ.

Fellow writers/directors/producers: It is vitally important not only to secure the ladder behind you while you ascend, but also to make sure there are many women on it as well. Mentorship without strings is essential and there are so few real opportunities for women...because of this exact problem.

Good morning, friends! It's Thursday, which means it's also almost Friday.

Today is George A. Romero‘s birthday! I celebrate with this exclusive excerpt from my book PARTIALLY DEVOURED, coming 3.10.26.

Ronald Reagan's disastrous experiment is over, we don't have to wonder where deregulated capitalism will lead anymore. It's in front of us now, played out far longer than it should have, and people are finally seeing that it sucks ass. We have to radically reverse course, or we're cooked.

I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the only way to ensure a free and just society for our children and grandchildren is to enact policies as soon as possible that tax billionaires out of existence, removes their influence from politics, and breaks up the companies they've consolidated.

PA friends—the state house is trying to make it easy to build data centers by taking away local control so you can't fight the data centers when they come to your neighborhood! House committee is voting TOMORROW (Wed)—contact your Rep & tell them to oppose HB 2151! www.palegis.us/find-my-legi...

MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE

JFC

Good news The first vaccine designed to target the entire SARS virus family, GBP511, has entered human clinical trials. Developed by UW Medicine and brought to trial by SK Bioscience, it aims to protect against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses before they spark the next pandemic.

hello internet, I have launched a patreon. if you're a fan of the books I write, or the work I do through Ghoulish Books, or perhaps my many failed podcasts, or some mysterious other thing I've forgotten about, please consider throwing some $$$ my way. thank you. patreon.com/interrobangbus

Apropos of everything else, Neil Gaiman is still a piece of shit, and he's resurfaced like a groundhog to remind us all of this fact.

The last time I was at the Grammys was to design stage visuals for this one-off Nine Inch Nails performance with Queens of the Stone Age, Lindsey Buckingham, and Dave Grohl. This continued into a QotSA song that CBS cut to commercial during the TV broadcast; Trent and Josh were PISSED (we all were)

We've received more than 2,500 submissions at Nightmare this submissions period (and we don't close until midnight). I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.

NightTide is growing. 🖤 I wrote about why we chose depth over news churn, how the magazine has evolved, and why NightTide is becoming a home for long-form horror criticism, identity, and thought leadership. Proud of this team. Proud of this work. Welcome home. 👻 nighttidemag.com/2026/02/02/h...

GUESS WHAT we are OPEN for 2025 AFTERLIVES: The Year's Best Death Stories subs!! BUT (and this is SUPER IMPORTANT) we are asking EDITORS to send us work this time so WRITERS, be in touch with your editors and READ ON for more info: psychopomp.com/afterlives-2...

Next up on Winterviews, I get to interview my fellow Mainer, @reneedecamillis.bsky.social about supernatural horror! This one is going to be a lot of fun so please, please, please come hang out with us this Thursday night at 8 PM EST at the link below! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am3y...

When someone who made a very bad impression at a con turns out to be pre-emptively blocked because they're on a list flagged as a MAGA supporter / troll account and you realize your instincts were right.

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The limited-edition hardcover of @lairdbarron.bsky.social's NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT has officially gone to print (as of earlier this week). We'll keep everyone updated as much as possible, but it's not going to be long now.

lol get fucked, Musk.

Another fantastic newsletter you should subscribe to.

This whole thread. All of it.

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The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution. This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American. They must be released immediately.

🚨"Get the f*ck out of here!" Hundreds of ICE protesters are out in MINUS 17 DEGREES in front of Minneapolis federal building demanding "ICE out now!" This is part of today's Minnesota general strike against ICE aiming to go nationwide (no school, work, shopping). LIVE NOW ⬇️

Y'all, it matters that journalists are being arrested on US soil for existing as journalists. Remember when we told y'all fascist regimes look a particular way. This is that.

In support of the national strike, we encourage you to skip our shop today and instead visit Shortwave Magazine, where we have nearly 100 *always free-to-read* short stories, articles, and interviews, from authors like Johnny Compton, Ai Jiang, Nat Cassidy, Hailey Piper, and so many others!

Sourced from a West Virginia subredditt.

Last night, I stepped away from my PC, and relaxed in my living room while listening to Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness on vinyl by The Smashing Pumpkins. It was divine, and I need to do it more often.

BREAKING: Judge dismisses murder, weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealth CEO killer Mangione reut.rs/45Fin56

⚡️ HAPPENING NOW — KNOXVILLE students shake off discipline warnings and walk out to protest ICE… We’re told 1000+ are there 👀 💪🏽 www.knoxnews.com/story/news/p...

Fellow Corbin survivors/alumnus will agree: It was bullshit. 😉 #simonsquest #devilscreek

BREAKING: The Senate just blocked a bill that would have renewed ICE's budget without real, enforceable changes. This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.

Something I posted on the bird site several years ago. It still rings true.

Heads up Pittsburgh, just saw 4 heavily armed ICE agents clamber into this black unmarked Toyota Rav 4 at the Sheetz on 228 and Franklin Road in Cranberry.