im tired

Also, when reporters start talking about the chatbots this way, it is imperative to remind them they are basically asking a toaster for comment. They should be a lot more embarrassed about this than they currently are. “Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.

None of my books will ever be translated for foreign language editions using AI. Full stop.

Just learned the Irish word "aonarán" which is someone who is totally content with their own company--not lonely, not sad--just someone who just enjoys solitude; and yes

In this 2nd to the last day of the year, I'm thinking about mt great adventures with @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social . I hope all of you have, or find, a friend who says ... "I'm not trying to start anything...", and then you find yourself standing at the edge of a king tide, or mountain top. Happy NY!

Pick up yer shit !! Oh, and Happy New Year 🥳

absolution by jeff vandermeer is the linguistic equivalent of an obliterating blast of gamma radiation that permanently alters your DNA and the trajectory of your life 10/10

we've all been there

Powell's Hawthorne in Portland now has signed copies of my books again. They had a run on them over the holidays.

psst my bigfoot vs bears article is up early over at orion. have a look. and thanks portland for finding me bear suits and biologists. orionmagazine.org/article/bigf...

jesus christ. jesus fucking christ.

hello, i'm quicksand-like mud flats my mom asked me to retrieve a buoy from as a child for her art...

Being a fan of Oregon, Indiana, and Ole Miss in college football and disliking Georgia, this is a great start to 2026.

have you seen my star wars idea?

look, no it would NOT be a baby hobbit, they'd do it f*cked up and it would look like adult gollum just smol and wise cracking, chewing on a cigar. season 2 they'd mash it with baby yoda and call it Bebe Golyo Luv You.

Baby Gollum as a series is inevitable given the way the entertainment world is going.

Spoke & Word in Milwaukie / Portland has two signed copies of Absolution, fyi.

This is true. Fictionmags is basically white men whining about there being more of a level playing field now. Robert Silverberg, Darrell Schweitzer, etc.

retweet for something ambidextrous to happen to you in a non-fucked-up mid-Atlantic state in 2026

We used to roam the ice pits, surviving on the frozen bodies of our foes, donning their skins, and now it's all, "Hey, I managed not to step on a native flower this morning on the way to the canasta tournament!" (I'm ok with that.)

No one listened to our band Dead Shed's album Hobo Hell from early this year, alas. With @melikhovo.bsky.social and Eric Schaller.

back in the day, me and my friend @melikhovo.bsky.social were much tougher

goodbye 2025... it was the best and worst if times, and everything inbetween...

So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.

psst my bigfoot vs bears article is up early over at orion. have a look. and thanks portland for finding me bear suits and biologists. orionmagazine.org/article/bigf...

Glyer has a history of "showing poor judgement," stirring up drama, and then acting bewildered by the idea that he has any responsibility for what he publishes. His comment section is often a cesspit that he deigns to moderate only when it suits him.

best vid i took this year...

Today's feel-good story (well, by 2025 standards): raccoon gets head stuck in a car wheel, rescued and successfully rehabbed by blueridgewildlife.bsky.social. Raccoon mad as hell, plans to sue manufacturer to include "pop off" button.

imo the time is well and truly upon us to be forming new governing bodies for awards, places that people who give a fuck can make their own, and will establish bylaws from the jump about this stuff. 1/2

Well, damn it, actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. has died. I thought he was great--in every role he played!

There's more to say about this open letter, unfortunately, but bear with me, because I think it's important. For example, this response in the File 770 comments by SFWA board member Jonathan Brazee. In essence, Underwood gives cover to SFWA and vice versa. But both their positions are crap. 1/?

The vinyls of selections from the Southern Reach audiobooks. My publisher is looking into it. I am concerned that they seem to have charged some credit cards but are currently nonresponsive. I hope to have an answer in January.

Dawn patrol - Rose City Park

There's a need sometimes to write scenes to see if they work as sequenced, knowing the scenes aren't going to come out quite right, but requiring the experience to re-sequence and layer... while not killing the spark in the process. 1/2

After bringing @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social to @eugenehodgepodge.bsky.social : Hodgepodge Books & Taps for a successful event, I want to help this community bookstore grow. And I also want to remind authors and publishers that Eugene is 100 miles from Powell’s. booksandtaps.com

This is shite, so I will redo (good excuse to go there again, it's rather close to home, and an interesting place overall); so I can also catch the morning light instead, that would be a boon. Then I could also work on my vacuous 1000 yard stare.

fork for free, corner of lincoln and 32nd, se

In your experience, not just something you''ve heard of... what's a great human-sourced, non exploitive voice to text transcription service that also has a quick turn around?

Around Portland, holiday edition.

your evening moment of calm

fork for free, corner of lincoln and 32nd, se

Wow... I've read her letter (which she wrote using AI 🤮) and allll the comments underneath it (including her many many clarifications of said letter), and it's so unintentionally hilarious. 🫠 My reply to her:

Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

your moment of calm: beautiful beer can blown by a gentle wind

Around Portland in the early morning.

I am exhausted by the use of “inevitable” in this conversation, which is her underlying premise. I got grumpy and wrote a thread about it yesterday. bsky.app/profile/alex...

The lack of critical thinking ability in this piece is astounding.