So Kindle is removing tech support from its device, pretty much requiring people to buy new ones, and introducing ads. This is why we sell our ReBound press books on Kobo. Also for ideological reasons: Amazon has been terribly destructive too booksellers and publishers, and I refuse to support it.

🚨 DEADLINE REMINDER 🚨 Writers, you've got just TWO WEEKS LEFT to get your projects submitted for consideration in the Black List x WIF Episodic Lab! Submit your pilot here: buff.ly/Sj7CLDe

"If you've got a cool hook then used AI to generate the first draft, I can help you turn it into the page-turner it deserves to be. Bring your AI novel to publishing industry standard by teaming with a professional editor." The next wave in editing? What think? #amwriting #aiwriting #amediting

happened to see this this morning and had to post. i don't make the rules. youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

Quote of the day from the movie Gandhi. #indivisible "the function of a civil resister is to provoke response. and we will continue to provoke until they respond or they change the law. they are not in control, we are. that is the strength of civil resistance." clip.cafe/gandhi-1982/...

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure. Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Just cancelled #Disney with this note:

Pet #editing peeve: Contrived interruptions to delay characters having important conversations, in an attempt to build suspense. "I was just about to hear the secret when the phone rang."

Coming late to this party but #Mo on #Netflix is a great show. Will be thinking about it for a while.

There is literally a poll on tumblr right now about everyone's favourite punctuation and em dash is beating out even the humble semicolon!!

every professional writer i know is an absolute pervert for em dashes but go on

These are the reviews I love.

Netflix is stepping in to save Sesame Street. The streaming giant has inked a deal with Sesame Workshop for new episodes of the long-running children’s show, just months after Warner Bros. Discovery opted not to renew: bit.ly/3ZqxTyp

Again, LLMs aren't designed to give you the *right* answer but *a* answer. Whether than answer is correct doesn't matter all that much, bc the LLM has no way of knowing what is accurate and what is made up. Getting the right answer is more a matter of luck than anything intellectual.

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

Oh, look a bird.

“This year’s ceremony lasted longer than the prior few years, and several edits were made in order to meet the originally planned run time.” Rogen could not be reached for comment. Come on. Seriously? We're supposed to believe that? www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

This is pretty gross: "#HBO's Bloys addressed controversies surrounding #Rowling [& her] anti-transgender sentiments. 'I’m not worried about it,' [he]said. 'Look at the huge success of the #Hogwarts video game. I’m not concerned about consumer response.'" www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...

This looks breath-takingly gorgeous.

I've seen lefties floating the idea that "We should use the R word against bigots to show that our hatred for them transcends our morals" and Absolutely THE FUCK not. Are we for real with this? Like, seriously? Absolutely not, under any circumstances actually.

I'm still mad about this library, but at least they raise enough money to give the US the finger. It'll be an external reminder of how a best friend can stab you in the back. Carney is right: the old relationship is over. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I am a fairly bilingual grammar nerd so I have a lot of thoughts here. Firstly, I know some white people have decided to be aggrieved by the capital letter, but it makes perfect sense. In the American context, Black is a fairly specific ethnic group. White is a trait, not a specific group.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

I just hope the Republican party dies before the planet.

My favorite sign today: “Old? Pissed off? Welcome to Grantifa!” held by an old guy

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

Love this @NiemanLab write up of the Tip Truck. ProPublica wanted to find more sources in the federal government. So it brought a truck.

I love nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love fem nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love masc nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love androgynous nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love fluid nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love amab nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love afab nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love intersex nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 Nonbinary people rock!

I thought it might be nice to share thoughts on how to write Native characters. First, your Native character should never track things. Second, your Native character should never be a lycanthrope. Third, stop having them emphasize the things you see as different.

www.si.edu/about/admini... www.si.edu/ogc/legalhis... “The Smithsonian is not an executive branch agency and does not exercise regulatory powers, except over its own buildings and grounds. Thus, courts have held that the Smithsonian is not an agency or authority of the Government”

Aw man, I really wanted him at the end to go (in Count voice): "Mwahaha, 5! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!"

Absolutely love @petebuttigieg.bsky.social ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.

@joellenovey.bsky.social wrote this: The whole entire world is a very narrow bridge and the main thing to recall I can’t remember right now because the people who taught me that song and the ones I sang it with may make the same excuses when they come for me, and you

The party of "freedom of speech."

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.

THANK YOU @wyden.senate.gov and @jeff-merkley.bsky.social. Oregon stands with you!

We can upload 3 minute videos now. YOU KNOW THE RULE

I like that Tolkien tried to rewrite The Hobbit in the 1960s to fit in with the tone and style of The Lord of the Rings until one of his friends politely convinced him that it was a terrible idea.

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

Techtonic shift alert.

watching Knives Out

Greetings from jury duty! New York may have its rough edges, but we just watched a pretty great video about implicit bias and how that impacts fairness in courts, and it ended with a quote from Charlotte Brontë, so it’s feeling like the last bastion of social sciences and humanities over here.

Gross, Jeff.