It's really hilarious that all these AI tech bros missed that the lesson of all these 'robots replace humanity' stories was never, 'cheap slave labor, whoopie!' But, 'fuck, these things don't work AT ALL as intended', don't actually replace people or their skills & end up killing everyone anyway.

Again. We love to see it.

Romance writing is so fucking hard!!! It can go cringe so easily. Character is everything. Readers will get the ick at the drop of a hat! Romance writers will forever get nothing but respect from me.

We love to see it.

Sigh. It has already been a long week.

For one week only, all proceeds from my #BakeOnceAWeek Compound Butter sale will support Kindred On The Rock, Staceyann Chin’s community farm in Jamaica, devastated by the hurricane. Each small-batch baton = a seed toward rebuilding. 💛 Orders close Nov 15 Ships Nov 17 bit.ly/CompoundButterBatons

Let me make this abundantly clear for the Google warriors. According to the UN Convention governing the High Seas, international waters begin OUTSIDE territorial waters AND Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). Due to the closeness of the islands, & of Venezuela to T&T, no such thing can exist here.

Good morning and happy Sunday 🐴 🥰

I’m not proud of not having used ChatGPT or whatever bc it’s … easy not to use it. Choosing not to use it has no impact on my day. Bc it’s not even good at the thing it’s supposed to be doing. It’d be like being proud of myself for not using a broken calculator to do math.

Our fishermen constantly drift over and go back and forth. Intentionally and by accident. Normally our coast guard's main job is to look out for fisher folk in distress.

Why does the media keep repeating the lie that the illegal killings in the Caribbean are in international waters? They must know there's no such thing in the region. See link & map. Blue areas are international waters. People are dying in their own waters. www.marineregions.org/eezmapper.php

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? www.politico.com/live-updates...

That obzockee carrot is destroying whole industries (airline and airline safety) ruining yall holidays, mashing up yall white house and tryna starve people all while not actually doing his job. Man is an over achiever yes oui. I'm impressed.

I am begging Americans to understand that Capitalism is not a form of government - it is an economic system. We would all be so much better off if people actually understood what these terms meant. So much media confuses socialism with being the opposite of capitalism and it is not that simple.

Yesterday I visited my cousin's house. She lives right across the street from me. She's a nurse in her fifties. Looking forward to retirement. She raised five boys all of whom I call my sons. I baby sat them everyday when I was growing up. Her husband is a mason he retired early and spends all his +

Hey folks! The King Must Die comes out in two days! (AHH) Here's a blurb from the incredible @yumewrites.bsky.social, author of The Deep Sky, The Stardust Grail, and Saltcrop. Please consider requesting TKMD at your local library!

Footage of the worst affected area, St. Elizabeth, in Jamaica, which took the eye of Hurricane Melissa. It's a credit to the preparedness efforts, with such devastation, that the loss of life isn't far worse. If you wish to help, see the link below: supportjamaica.gov.jm youtu.be/5ZZ0n5oV3eA?...

I can't believe I have to sit here this morning seriously wondering if that Orange Demon is going to drop a nuke on my country. My country will be collateral damage if he attacks Venezuela. Millions of us in the region will die/ be displaced because Americans are letting a dementia patient run amok.

Honestly...tell your government(s) to stop using Amazon Cloud Services instead of harassing authors if you really want to do some good. Also push for more regulation to prevent monopolies and tax your billionaires.

I am an "Auntie" and I often refer to my "nephews" as my "sons". They are in fact and technicality younger cousins. To outsiders we do not bother to make any such distinction. I helped raise them. They are mine. The scandal is weak. Try again folks.🤷‍♀️

Unpopular Opinion: The original Star Trek, ST:TNG, Voyager & DS9 were peak Trek. Why? Because they were united in a vision of the future where people pursued ethical science & social progress & peaceful coexistence & tried to do better when they failed. I won't be taking questions at this time.

I really need Americans to get to work on invoking the 25th Amendment. Cuz my country is very small and we can't be in the middle of this BS. So please remove that orange muppet from power and withdraw your troops from by my region. We go deal up with our drunk collaborator when the time comes.

Anyway for all the Americans who love to make fun of "3rd world countries"... I hope you see how easy it is to trust the wrong person. Democratic Governance is largely an honour system. If the person(s) you elect have no honour - things can fall apart really quick. Enjoy your banana republic. 🤷‍♀️

Y'all still out here hyper fixating on the Epstein files like common sense can't tell you this man is a pedophile who probably is running a human trafficking ring out of his hotels. He's not releasing shit. Just like he's not releasing his tax returns or his actual medical records. BFFR.

Happy Bookiversary... I'm late cuz it was a bad week but still. Yay!

I think the destruction of the East Wing was done to intentionally damage the psyche of the American people. It represents the breaking of traditions and erasure of your democracy. It is meant to evoke helplessness and despair. And that pain is meant to make you look away. To hide. To flinch.

Trump is not supposed to be able to run for a 3rd term - that's YOUR LAW. I'm so confused why Americans are normalising him being on the ballot at all.

I'll disagree with the article on one point. I think this IS fascist propaganda. The act of normalising the indefensible is what allows people to look away from these horrors in real life. By minimising the harm these institutions cause and turning it into something light and fun.

I can’t make a living writing any type of media but the people who can’t afford to pay me to write the media can still make billions a year selling the media they can’t afford to pay me to write.

SFF folks: Archita Mittra is one of ours—you know her Ignyte Award-nominated critical writing in @locusmag.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social, and @reactorsff.bsky.social, and her short fiction, most recently in @lightspeedmagazine.com. She needs our help. gofund.me/cd9b937c2

Ignore my questionable gele-tying skills and instead appreciate the matching book-and-dress colours. So excited to celebrate FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN by @justmarvewrites.bsky.social

Same problem in publishing and film. Everyone gets paid long before the writer, and then it's pennies on the dollar, if we're lucky. People can't create like this. We shouldn't have to create like this. There's no product without us, yet we get told it's more important to pay everyone else.

I say this ALL THE TIME. Writers are some of the most important creatives, absolutely crucial to many industries. They reward that by making sure we're never paid a living wage except by their forbearance, or pure luck. It's to rob us of our due & our power & use it for themselves instead.

And I've said it before but... A significant portion of creative work starts with words. Books and articles, sure, but also films, shows, song lyrics, the marketing for all of those things, and more. It all starts with words. So why the fuck are people so dead set against paying writers?

If America is so worried about drugs they should create social programmes to help their citizens deal with addiction rather than murdering fishermen.

Steups

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Ok. I'll say it. Israel has no intention of stopping the attacks on Palestine. The plan is and has always been to murder and or displace every single Palestinian and expand Israel's territory by seizing Palestinian land and resources. Hope this clears it up for you.

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If she continues to work on it for much longer it will end up being 2 sequels cuz this book is thicc!! Lol 🤣

I cannot parse this level of destruction. Nor can I understand what the human toll is.

Unpopular opinion: Billionaires are pyramid schemes foisted on the public by disconnected from reality, growth obsessed stock markets, VCs & 1%ers. Nobody's business is worth more than the land value of the planet. But they can scam real fortunes out of govs etc if they claim that. That's the goal.

You know this if you're an adult fantasy writer having people sneer at your 'YA' book. You know this as a BIPOC writer when people sneer about being 'bored', 'confused' or 'unable to relate/don't care'. Here's an idea: maybe all books aren't written to please you. Try being open to different ideas.

How do other people with cute cats acheive productivity? Cuz how am I not supposed to snuggle them all day?

Hey, Baltimore! Can’t wait to see you tonight (10/9) at the Pratt Library!

I long abandoned the catholic faith although I was raised in the church... but this new pope has my ATTENTION. I might even try to take in a mass lol.

Amen amen amen

Trans author here! Got a sapphic urban fantasy godpunk novel out in the world. Greek mythology + Rhode Island + punk rock + sapphic smooching bsky.app/profile/kate...