So… just got some Anthropic settlement mail—real actual physical mail—addressed to my home, but for authors who aren’t me. I’ve figured out how 4 of the 5 authors are linked to me, but still puzzled about what happened here and what to do about it, if anything.

I'm a professional technical writer. When I told a coworker that I'm helping write grant applications for a non-profit she said I should use Co-pilot. Why? Why would I outsource the thing I am best at to a resource-devouring, copyright-stealing machine? Why would anyone?

Not watching the Superb Owl on account of generally preferring the Olympics. (Hooray for Bad Bunny and Green Day, though. They’re what this country needs right now.) But I do have a quibble with watching the Olympics right now: Quadcopter drones. Now, don’t get me wrong…

A nursery/greenhouse specializing in wildflowers called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Weeds.

We have 15 stories (3 novellas, 7 novelettes, and 5 short stories) on the Locus Recommended Reading List this year. Congratulations to all the authors!

Note to self: do not throw your hands in the air in celebration less than 36 hours removed from abdominal surgery. No matter how beautiful and timely a Moritz Seidee goal is. Ow ow ow ow ow. #LGRW

“Everyone says ‘To be cringe is to be free’ until I start talking about Imagine Dragons.” - My 16 year old I feel that, kiddo.

And then the organ player in the Flames arena just rocked out on “Last Christmas.” #LGRW

Other random hockey game thoughts: the Wings are playing the Calgary Flames, who have a player with the last name of Frost. And every time his name is called I think of a friend of my sister’s who I once rescued from a lake house bathroom, the door of which they could not unlock from the inside.

Really enjoying this Red Wings game on its own merits, but also enjoying occasionally hearing (faintly) the director’s feed, informing the broadcast team that they’re going to break or whatever. #LGRW

Out of the hospital now and mostly feeling like I’m recovering from all the inactivity of being in the hospital as much as I’m working on recovering from what had me there.

My stay in the worst hotel continues. Doctor friend came by to say he was here to give me my sponge bath, which I thought was a little cruel not to actually follow up on. Hanging here for another test and then maybe go home? Which would be nice as I’m almost out of @kbwagers.com books to read.

This hotel room kind of sucks.

Well hey there, New York. What’s up?

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It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

Murderbot meets Raymond Chandler! An alien assassin learns to survive in an amoral universe in these ten linked cyberpunky, "alien-noir" tales. Get FACELESS GALAXY! a.co/d/7HnloVs

Delighted to say that my new book of words is out today, in which I explain how ‘sneeze’ was born from a mistake, that ‘window’ is a Viking leftover meaning ‘eye of the wind’, and that the Finns really do have a word for drinking alone in your underwear. linktr.ee/WordsforLife

Times-a-running out. (Okay, yes, sure, I know there will probably be another sale next month, but I gotta make this look good).

And this isn’t unique to transit folks. Drivers in Metro Detroit will howl about the state of the roads and how bad they are… and then howl again when major maintenance and reconstruction projects start. Like… you can’t have it both ways. Shitty roads or intrusive maintenance, pick one.

Messing with scammers, community theatre stage manager edition. (Yes, this me, no I’m not Olivia, and this is most definitely not a cast member. All of my cast and crew are wonderful and timely people, who I would never talk to like this, even if they did try to blow off a show for a barbecue.)

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What is this weirdness with the NHL Draft Lottery? Picking random numbers to mean… what? Doesn’t help that I’m watching in a bowling alley, thus no sound. But what happened to just pulling a team name from a hat?

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

Your Tax Day reminder that trickle-down economics is a cruel hoax designed to enrich the wealthy and corporations while draining money for the middle class and the poor. Don't let billionaires fool you into thinking we shouldn't tax the rich.

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I realized today that I’m living with a dual fear. On the one hand, afraid of the pain and suffering in store when all of the evil and chaos being unleashed in the current regime finally causes it all to burn down. And on the other hand, afraid that “just enough” will again prevail.

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Do love when a hockey play-by-play guy runs out the “from whence it came.” #LGRW

I can't emphasize how fucking little I care about the feelings of evangelicals. You're free to live your shitty fearful life, but you don't get to make laws telling me how to live mine. That's it. That's all this is about. They want all of us to live their shitty fearful lives. No.

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Kiddo #2 got accepted today to their dream program at their dream school and hoo boy do I have all of the mixed feelings about that, especially as it’s going to take them to NYC. But overall I’m super happy for them, and excited about their coming adventure.

Apparently, half days of school mean teenagers in my kitchen inventing mocktails. Could definitely be worse, though their chatter could make my next work meeting interesting.

Tuesday night is hockey night! Red Wings hosting Hurricanes let’s goooooo… …while I’m at the library helping Youngest Youth with homework. Live scoring on my lock screen it is, then. #LGRW

I prefer them plain.

No, Netflix, I don’t think that’s true.

I had a chance to read this already and it’s so very very good. Loved every word!

The Runes of Engagement from @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & @daveklecha.bsky.social is a hugely enjoyable mash-up of military & fantasy tropes. Action-packed, nerd reference aplenty & props for naming the British base after Commander Vimes. #booksky

I spent yesterday shocked and appalled by a group chat re: what’s happened to the VA here in western Washington; if any investigative journalists want the scoop, my email is in my bio. Employees are terrified to talk, but unhoused/impoverished vets who once received aid are now dying in the streets.

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When Galileo was forced to recant his claim that Earth revolved around the sun, he's alleged to have said, "Eppur si muove," which means "Still it moves." Because the ignorant proclamations of petty, power-hungry tyrants can't change the truth. (This is a post about the validity of trans people.)

A thousand times this.

It ys okaye if festivitye ys not thy thing. It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have tinye plans that still seem exhausting. It ys okaye to just be. Be kynde to thyself. Be extra kynde. We are all straungeres heere doing our best. Thou art amazinge.

Guessing @susiedent.com could add a few to the list.

Re-reading Tobias Buckell's ARCTIC RISING, a near future political/eco/thriller, published in 2012. Besides being a gripping story, Buckell did smart, nuanced, & imaginative research & speculation about the near future, & it pays off: the novel could have been written today & still feel plausible.