when AI companies go bankrupt

HOLY SHIT STARLOG IS COMING BACK???? hell yes I still have my old issues I bought as a kid in the 80's, that and Fangoria

@joelipsett.bsky.social and @brennacgray.bsky.social are joined by returning guest @jesbattis.bsky.social to discuss Jim Henson's LABYRINTH (1986) for its 40th anniversary.

Professor of non-western feminist literatures, UQAM: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

Looking for queer fantasy novels with the vibe of Garth Nix’s Sabriel.

Happy Father’s Day to all the papas out there. May you be as joyful as my father looks with two starlings perched upon his head. Miss you, Dad. ❤️

I didn't change my name or start taking estradiol to "deconstruct" anything. I did those things because I wanted a name and a body that felt comfortable to me—"me" as in "not you." I don't care what you do. But telling me what I'M supposed to do based on my gender? Yeah, that's misogyny, dipshit.

Do folks have recent queer high fantasy recs?

RIP early GW cover artist Emmanuel, noted for the original Fiend Folio and The Citadel of Chaos.

Are there any design platforms similar to Canva/Adobe Express that aren’t chock full of AI?

*thousand-yard stare* I am going to throw all my technology into a volcano, forswear electricity and all the trappings of so-called civilization, and move into a cave by the sea where I will write on pieces of dried kelp

“Stay off my back / or I will attack / and you don’t want that” could be the greatest threatening email signature.

this may well be the defining joke of our era theonion.com/guy-who-suck...

Term position in CanLit/composition, UBC: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

New Brunswick opens Stargate at border for quicker access to PEI

Remember for Pride Month: - don't talk to cops - trans rights are your rights - be ready to protest - everyone's free or nobody's free - queer spaces must be accessible - ace folks are queer - the apps only care about your money - build community, not capital cleoconnect.ca/resource/you...

Just gonna leave this link here: against-a-i.com/short-readin...

Backlist time! The Parallel Parks Series asks: what if a bunch of traumatized queer grad students had to save the world by navigating a living RPG? Prairie Canadian setting, dark academia, Ancient Rome inspired magic: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/312206...

It's backlist time! The Occult Special Investigator series was shortlisted for a Sunburst Award, and has been optioned for film and TV. Lots of queer characters, Vancouver setting, Buffy/X-Files vibes, found family, and Kay Scarpetta-with-magic energy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BL4/o...

Critics: He-Man was an old IP that no one cares about My dudes, you think we were clamouring for an Ant Man movie? Not everything needs to be immediately relevant to the current pop culture/social media cycle. Stories can just be fun and campy and weird.

Masters of the Universe was a campy queer masterpiece. Having a queer writer who understood the significance of the show for young queer viewers was vital, and it definitely felt like a film for us, with a joyfully queer villain and a focus on empathy and acceptance. I loved it.

Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about TALES OF NEVÈRŸON by Samuel Delany. A sword-and-sorcery classic, this first volume of the landmark saga sets the stage with five tales of a mythic past. Grandly expressive, deeply queer, intensely thoughtful, our drink is the Kolhari.

I haven’t listened to it yet, but Rachel Pollack was and is a hero of mine.

Trans people are literally not living with it. Trans people are dying. Now. In the UK, by their own hand, because Streeting has taken away the only hope they had of ending their pain. I for one will NEVER forgive the people who did this.

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse - coming Oct 15, 2026

This afternoon's reflection on AI and the dying internet.

Very similar dynamic with climate.

joe wright, director of pride & prejudice (2005) reading letterboxd reviews

Massive ramping-up of forced AI-adoption in universities--regardless of security, environmental concerns, integrity issues--proves a lot about how the managerial class has annihilated higher ed's mission. But one truly depressing realization is that a lot of folks in higher ed aren't that smart.

happy pride

Cited in @dnamagazine.com talking about queerness in He-Man: career high! www.dnamagazine.com.au/he-man-gay-i... #he-man #motu

oh hey, my article about the queer and trans Regency just dropped on The Conversation--please read and share! theconversation.com/the-regency-... #regency #lgbtq #janeausten

Can I be a grouch for a second? Tropes are good and important and I'm not diminishing them. But I wish we could advertise NOT USING TROPES and still get traction. Pitches and quote pulls get crickets but if you reduce your story to a list of tropes suddenly you have everyone's attention.

“Content” also insidiously shifts significance and validity to the platform, not the substance — content is contained, what defines content is the existence and form of the container

The entire reason AI is being deployed in schools is to funnel money out of schools and into tech companies. Whatever reasons you've convinced yourself that AI edtech is necessary, regardless of how "useful" you think it is, it's sole purpose is to pad the pockets of the wealthy.

We had the immense pleasure of watching @meakoopa.bsky.social and @mattbaume.bsky.social chat and riff on Pink Narcissus and queer history, such a really smart and sharp and funny conversation 💖

Mumu is the soul of our antique market--please consider donating to her dental fund. It's a very reasonable ask, and we want her to be comfortable as she continues to bring joy to everyone who visits the market! www.gofundme.com/f/help-yqr-v...

I am quite literally today writing about Salvatore's use of "it" as the pronoun of reference for orcs, goblins, etc. in The Crystal Shard. This looks excellent!

It is wild the number of supposedly “liberal” states that are being directly hit by trans healthcare bans because of this too. I know multiple people in fucking BOSTON and MASSACHUSETTS whom can’t get their meds. Check with your friends. And remember the Catholic Church is entirely worth resisting.

Happy Thursday from Bagel! #DailyDoggo

What poetry are we reading?

"You know what AI can't do? It can't do what you do" I keep telling my students this repeatedly. In every flawed, broken, half-thought out word or line or drawing you produce, there is more thought, creativity, and joy than there ever could be in gAI output. Don't let them stop you.

As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

Just got back from Alberta and driving there is a combat sport. People are making wild choices, everyone has illegal tinting, and the giant lifted white trucks are Mad Max level without the apocalyptic charm.

Wild how much press mediocre male-led superhero shows get when we couldn’t even get one season of Chloé Zhao’s Buffy reboot because a single racist misogynist bro at Hulu f*cked it up on purpose.

Also which search engines are folks using now that Google has gone full-AI?

Which decent word processors don’t integrate AI or have very minimal integration?

What we need to survive: Funded and accessible education Independent bookstores and presses Removing the class of landlords Co-op housing Gender-affirming health care Indigenous sovereignty Deep ecologies Non-human species kinship Accessible neighborhoods Arts and creativity over profit