I don't know what everyone's complaining about. Just go to settings > features > worms, then change the "worms pouring out of my phone" toggle from "yes" to "maybe later"

Hot writing tip right here

My talk about how to give yourself accommodations at @edsguild.bsky.social Red Pencil Conference led to this Boundaries & Burnout Journal. You can watch the talk (www.edsguild.org/red-pencil-2...) and buy the journal (literarylaura.com/boundaries-b...) OR just treat yourself to a nap and a snack.

cat making delicious vegetable soup

Helen DeWitt on turning down a $175k Windham-Campbell Prize because she wasn't able to handle the prize's mandatory publicity requirements. Imo a moving, deeply relatable, and darkly funny story about money, obligation, mental health, & executive dysfunction paperpools.blogspot.com/2026/04/we-l...

I'm really enjoying listening my way through the entirety of the A Meal of Thorns podcast by @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org. Thoughtful and unhurried discussions of SFF books that are just a lovely little pocket to drop into. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/amealofthorns/

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Harry Potter tattoo regret rate is an order of magnitude higher than regret for Gender Reassignment Surgery and yet no one has been brave enough to suggest we legislate Harry Potter tattoos.

so funny when people get all upset about genres that other people DARE to enjoy. these big think pieces about ROMANTASY or COZY HORROR or DARK ACADEMIA and how dang upset they make the writer of the article. bud who cares what other people like youll be fine. let people read their books oh my god

My professional and personal stance

We don't just say this to be scolds or more righteous than thou or ruin your good time or police your language. We say this to let you know it's actually contributing to harm of those of us who bear so much of society's harm. You should want to harm us less.

become ungovernable

ARB fundraiser, coming soon! We'd love your support in taking the magazine to the next level, and just spreading the word helps a ton!

i saw a post earlier asking if people think the increase in videos of dragons since the advent of genAI is because the AI data centers are destroying their natural habitat and driving them out into places where humans can more easily capture vide of them. i just want to say no, i do not think that

Can guarantee this will be a good time for all because @eliotedits.bsky.social is so knowledgeable and thoughtful and has a fantastic sense of humour to boot.

Universal Basic Income

I am highly confident that no one should pay an editor who uses AI for developmental edits. If your editor isn’t confident they can handle the “heavy lifting of analysis,” find yourself a new editor.

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

"What are the experiences of people of color in the publishing industry?" arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe...

Seeing a lot of articles by people who are like, "Here is one specific problem with AI that impacts me personally, everyone care about it! NOT THAT I'M AGAINST AI in general, I still use it everyday." What is this nonsense??? Deeply unserious behaviour 🤡

This is good news!

Canadians! Here is something you can do: share.nwmd.social/s/tN2sRUS2

THIS

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

rough day for anyone who believes in the sanctity of human life

Once again.

When you are 90% sure that it's safe in your lil basket of clean laundry but there is a 10% chance that your sister is in goblin mode directly behind you

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Lost count of the number of times I've delicately asked a writer "How do you think a member of ______ would feel if they read your WIP right now?" and gotten "They'd be fine with it!" No they would not "They don't read!" You are an asshole "It doesn't matter!" It DOES

Canadian friends: Giveaway opportunity on Goodreads! My friend Portia wrote this book and it is exquisite. www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

1000% behind this take

Everyone should practice this at home in case you ever get the opportunity to talk on camera. This guy NAILS IT

Fellow aged people, check your measles antibodies. These anti-vaxxers are going to be the death of us all.

TriCon, how I wish I could attend thee tricon-halifax.com

Deadloch season 2 let's gooooo m.youtube.com/watch?v=bEu3...

Tuition rises + OSAP cuts: tell me again that your biggest threat is an educated and informed populace www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Writing means many different things to me but one thing it is not: writing is not the transcription of thoughts already consciously present in my mind."

Wow.

douglas adams was our most accurate futurist

HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND, seriously folks, I cannot recommend Eliot highly enough.

I'm just going to say a thing. What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.

No thoughts, just Louisa May Alcott running #Dickinson

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Look, I know the horrors keep coming, but if you have anything to spare, you could change the course of this little boy's life with the emergency treatment he needs. chuffed.org/project/1552...

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⚠️Canadians: there are 2 days remaining to join the NDP party if you want to vote in its leadership election. I'm voting for @avilewis.ca (I've been a fan ever since I was a teenager watching CounterSpin on CBC), but you do you. Join by Jan 28!