I'm already seeing people saying that if OpenAI goes down it'll be the fault of authors and publishers, as opposed to actually blaming Sam Altman and OpenAI for BREAKING THE DANG LAW!

OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

Good article from @jasonsanford.bsky.social here on this kind of thing. jasonsanford.substack.com/p/genre-grap...

Cuomo Makes 11th-Hour Pass At Female New Yorkers

so many terrible moments in the destruction of freedom of the press in America but this attempted erasure of a fellow Philly peeps & the important reportage of, yes, Teen Vogue marks a turning point imho 😔

Looks like they're about to nerf Teen Vogue www.vogue.com/article/teen...

Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists of the World Fantasy Awards!

Flash submission call, open for next half hour to hour.

Slept great, woke up when I usually do, and now realize thanks to the time change I started my day at 5 am and am totally screwed tonight.

Who won this year’s British Fantasy Awards? Here’s the deets so you don’t have to scroll through the live blogging: britishfantasysociety.org/british-fant...

November submissions are OPEN! The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS! We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...

Great review: "If you're looking to read a horror novella with heart—and many, many teeth—then We Who Hunt Alexanders is the book for you. While it may not solve the world's problems, it nevertheless provides an excellent catharsis for those who wish for justice." 1/2 imaginatlas.ca/catch-of-the...

I received this mail from Arcadia Publishing, the company which now owns Belt Publishing, who originally published my book in 2022. Belt's authors are not the sort of people who are gonna be cool with this. I feel really bad for whoever is answering the emails at Arcadia next week.

It's pretty cool that the US economy is propped up entirely by continuing work on software thats only real functional uses are eroding consensus reality, spreading often politically motivated misinformation, and for various scams like impersonating your grandma and saying she's been kidnapped

New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...

A great, must-read book.

Sam Altman gonna single-handedly cause the Second Great Depression

Less than 24 hours left in the Apex Magazine Kickstarter. If they get a few thousand dollars more the world gets to read a special issue of Apex focused on unpublished authors!

Just under 2 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter. While the magazine's four issues for 2026 are funded, if they get $4,000 more we get to read an additional unpublished authors issue of Apex Magazine! I've donated and hope others will do the same. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Just under 2 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter. While the magazine's four issues for 2026 are funded, if they get $4,000 more we get to read an additional unpublished authors issue of Apex Magazine! I've donated and hope others will do the same. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

In 2008, Google created an ad-powered wiki encyclopedia called Knol, seen as a "Wikipedia killer" amid its highly-publicized launch. And the Wikimedia Foundation gave an unbothered response that I quite like: "the more good free content, the better for the world." Anyway Knol instantly flopped

There's just 69 (yes really) HOURS LEFT to donate to the Apex Magazine Kickstarter! ⏰ We're thrilled to bring you more Apex in 2026, but there's still time to unlock our stretch goals! At $22,500, we unlock drabble submissions with editor @kaidelmas.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days

I wonder how far we can stretch in three days 🤔🤔🤔

The Kickstarter for @apexmag.bsky.social is only a few hundred dollars from hitting their funding goal. Help push them over the top! As a reminder, among the add-ons are signed copies of Plague Birds and We Who Hunt Alexanders. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

not even reed richards could come up with something so abysmally stupid

Among the add-ons are signed copies of Plague Birds and We Who Hunt Alexanders. So hurry over and support a great magazine!

A FINAL ROUND of Kickstarter add-ons are here! 🔮🌙 Grab an ebook from author @aijiang.bsky.social or a critique and SIGNED COPY from @ivygrimes.bsky.social, author of Violet Lichen's upcoming folk horror THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR. Available only on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

I watched Cronos this week for a podcast project and it felt like the perfect way to enjoy Frankenstein to me. The themes are there, the visual language @realgdt.bsky.social is known for has matured. I am eagerly waiting for the score to come out in vinyl. So happy seeing Guillermo creating miracles

Saw Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein last night and was blown away and inspired. One of this year's best movies and the best-ever Frankenstein adaptation.

Several things here, tbh, but to me the most salient point is the fact that a lot of hyper connected objects have had close to zero design thoughts invested in cybersecurity

Saw Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein last night and was blown away and inspired. One of this year's best movies and the best-ever Frankenstein adaptation.

Been a long night. Had to go to the emergency room but doing ok now. Heading home.

One of the reasons I love retro-SF futures is because they speak to this increasing trend of turning shit off and disconnecting devices. When AWS goes down and bricks your bed, fridge, and thermostat, the appeal of analog is keenly felt. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/th...

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Impersonation scams--so prevalent in the worlds of trade publishing and self-publishing--are everywhere, including academia www.the-scientist.com/impersonatio...

There's only 5 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we just unlocked our 80% goal! 🎉 @lesleyconner.bsky.social will host a LIVE READING of "The Monster Fucker Club" by @avgreenewrites.bsky.social! Keep weird, wonderful fiction alive and donate TODAY 👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to fund Apex Magazine in 2026, and we JUST unlocked our 70% reward!! The Apex editors will host a live affirmation critique of the Internet's most beloved amateur horror stories! 📸🌲🥩 🎃 Help us reach our funding goal and donate TODAY! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages are silenced and whose bigots haunt the airwaves Pity the nation that praises conquerors and acclaims the bully as hero Pity the people who allow their freedoms to erode and their rights to be washed away www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

This new has been a long time in coming, but it’s finally official: Wayne Brady and I are writing a book together! But first (if you want a peek at what the working relationship of me and Wayne is like), a story …

I was going to wait till Monday to post but I guess there's no time like the present...

You know, it's a pretty high bar for a public individual to win a defamation case here in the United States, but this might get over that www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

I've donated and urge others to do the same!

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

We're 8 DAYS AWAY from the end of our Kickstarter! ⏰❗❗ These final days will decide whether we can publish in 2026. YOUR support is what keeps us going, AND what keeps the great stories coming to your inbox! Help Apex thrive and join our Kickstarter TODAY! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Supported them yesterday! SFF/horror fans, join me!

Apex is a stalwart of our fiction landscape. They're in the last days of their Kickstarter, friends...

One side effect of carrying such a huge sign during this afternoon's No Kings gathering in Berkeley Springs — and being so huge myself — plus also having a double-sided sign — is that I seem to have been captured by quite a few photographers.