with jock socks? absolutely not. and that sweater is wrong too. ankles out for the culture

PLEASE.

When an SF author uses "quantum", it means "sciency", like "atomic" used to.

The very instant you are _dependent_ on (LLM) AI for your company's survival, you have handed your entire economic future over to Sam Altman or some other tech CEO, and getting it back will require hiring a bunch of workers who will have a great deal more leverage than the ones you already have. 5/?

Good for him but I am tired of learning about all the ways a 41-year-old candidate for U.S. Senate supposedly has a lot more growing and learning to do. Maybe do that before the Senate? And maybe try out a lower office before then? Or maybe we just watch him blossom into another Sinema/Fetterman.

Also donate ffs if you use it

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay

Hey guess what? I've just been interviewed on CONNECT THE PLOTS. Where a lot of flannel was worn, apparently.

Apropos of absolutely nothing, we'd like to remind everyone that Kobo distributes to libraries via OverDrive, and it costs nothing to publish on Kobo. Come join us! #indieauthors #publishing

I need you folks to understand that this is the way they push through restricting being able to print things like whistles anything else they happen to find objectionable at the drop of a hat. This is the start of that regulatory slippery slope.

belay that, i was talking about Tri-Con, in HAL-ifax, I'm wrong

i want to go to hal-con but I am too broke to pay for hal-con, ugh

It's about how an unloved child will do what it takes to feel safe, and how hard it is to let go of what you believe makes you safe even when it hurts you to hang onto it

It's a good day to make sure you're following @romancingthevote.com because landslide elections feel good and we're going to send money to grassroots voter orgs who know exactly how the GOP cheats and how to fight it. 💕

Okay I need a Catholic. Is subscription AI Jesus blasphemy or heresy?

📚 Preorders are open and the lineup does not miss. 🩸 They Made Us Blood and Fury — Cheryl S. Ntumy 🔍 The Search for Sadiqah — Greg Burnham 🌑 House of Margins — Tlotlo Tsamaase 🃏 The Feywild Job — C. L. Polk ✨ The Broken Hearts Agency — Suyi Davies Okungbowa Which one first? 👇🏾 👉🏾 sistahscifi.com

Friends! Tell me what trad pub SFF/H books by/about marginalized identities - adult or YA - you're excited for that are coming up for this year! And if you are the author/editor/publicist for it, reach out to me for potential coverage. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

I have reposted many times and I still mean it when I say that supporting a Black midwife & writer is one of the best things you can do with a few bucks. so let's get those numbers up

If you’re at the University of Ottawa, please lock down and stay safe!

#sciart Night Sky in Cobalt & Viridian 10”x10” Oil on cradled wood panel

Are we ranking desserts? 1. a good quality cake with buttercream icing 2. creme brulee 3. pavlova with so, so many local in season fruits 4. from scratch tiramisu 5. handmade apple pie with custard vanilla ice cream

an easy one but whatever

ProPublica has marketed themselves as the good guys doing trustworthy news. I even gave them the money I used to give WaPo before they flipped the breakers on democracy. Make their actions align with their words. don't cross the picket line and demand they deliver what their advertising promises.

I really should’ve had “threatened the pope” on my everything-is-dark-wackyland-now” bingo card, but I didn’t and honestly, that’s probably on me

TRY BOOKS!

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

blue prince players: have I messed up with this foundation placement? do I need to start a new game?

This entertainment only thing that you can't turn off turned every computer in this house into a Linux machine. Still on Mint for most of them, but the Mac is running Fedora asahi now. I haven't tried it out yet.

People are selling arcs of the Feywild Job for $50USD plus shipping? I don't understand

I wanted to like Mastodon. But I felt so unwelcome and scrutinized that I didn't want to post about anything. someone would always lecture me about posting wrong but it felt like they just wanted to yell at me. It wasn't the nicest place

I’ve said this before but I truly think that reading shit you’re not ready for is how you learn to sit with discomfort. By forbidding the next generation from pushing their boundaries, you’re doing them an immense disservice

so i hear we're promoting our books too much so i went and checked and i averaged one post about the fact that i have a book coming out and you can preorder it per week for the last four days is that too much? I never know

I listened to the radio every day from toddlerhood to about 30, but this is the first song that came to mind.

Says “The New York Times” like one would say “The Aristocrats”

idk guys when i see a lot of similar headlines insisting that editors & authors are all already embracing AI, i don't assume these things are true. i assume there are a lot of very rich people with an unpopular product pushing a particular narrative in my industry!

imagine being so bad at this that you're desperate to sell being bad at this. folks out there like "Please buy the I'M SHIT machine."

All those bullshit articles about how writers are secretly using AI are just trying to scare us into putting our mouths to the vomit machine before it’s too late. But even if they were true, I will be the last motherfucker on earth writing with nothing but spite and my heart of flesh.

Oh I have been told that there is a giveaway for print arcs for the Feywild Job on GoodReads and it's definitely not April fools any more, so here I'm guessing this is USA only, alas

"All authors are using AI now" Not true! A lot of us are saying "fuck it, I might as well throw five subgenres in a sack with a few exquisitely daydreamed dramatic moments and then meander spiral explode to a postpunk riverhead playlist"

This months migration is away from Spotify. I love Bandcamp and Soundcloud, but man I would just love to buy CDs again

Posted this on IG & someone responded “She wants the dark ages.” Ma’am, you want us living as serfs while the rich lords steal our work & worth to further enrich themselves while we starve, and *I’m* about the dark ages? Lick those boots harder, baby. Maybe you’ll taste some bitter truth.

I'm just putting it out into the universe: Jon M Chu has the opportunity to do the funniest thing. (Also, pre-order The Subtle Art of Folding Space. It comes out on April 7th!) comicbook.com/tv-shows/lis...

The thing they're trying to sell you with these marketing messages is the chance to never feel pain or doubt and the price is what it feels like when time steps aside because you have united with the art you're making Trust me It isn't worth it

DO YOUR STRETCHES AND THANK ME LATER

The professional artist community is mostly people who cannot possibly live on what they make from their art, with those who can being mostly folks who have privilege and security with or without their cool art job.

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

I gather the SF&F subgenre formerly referred to as'blokes in cloaks' is now to be known as 'mantasy', and may be considered the counterpart to 'guy fi'. You may now go on with your day.

cringe is an opp tbh. if they can get you to cringe at the earnestness of people who are on your side guess who benefits