We're all going to be paying AI's Godzilla-sized power bills www.theregister.com/2025/10/13/a... via @theregister.com & @sjvn.bsky.social #AI needs far more power than utility companies have to sell to them, which means we're stuck with the bill for building new power plants and grids.

Just published on FOSS Force: Protect Yourself Online: A Hands-On Guide to the New Tails 7.0 fossforce.com/2025/10/prot...

A free public webinar from The Authors Guild next week, on what authors should know about the #Anthropic #AI settlement and you don't have to be an AG member to attend and ask questions. Sign up here: mailchi.mp/authorsguild... #copyright

Increasing Trust in Automated Driving It is one thing for automated driving to be safe; it also has to be _perceived_ as safe. www.aptiv.com/en/insights/...

Care about the way EVs are made? Busbars — solid metal conductors — are emerging as the technology of choice for EV charging harnesses and other high-voltage connections within a vehicle. www.aptiv.com/en/insights/...

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement -- From @authorsguild.org authorsguild.org/news/what-au...

Every question you ask, every comment you make, I'll be recording you theregister.com/2025/08/18/o... via @theregister.com & @sjvn.bsky.social Big #AI is watching you.

It's an ugly legal fight, and if the AI companies win, we may be in more trouble than we can even imagine. www.computerworld.com/article/3992... via @computerworld.com & @sjvn.bsky.social #AI companies continue to do their darndest to steal the work of creative people.

#FundraiserPerk : This gorgeous collectible MIDDLE-EARTH VISIONS OF A MODERN MYTH art book comes with an original sketch of Gandolf by Donato Giancola. Grab it fast! Donate at igg.me/at/locusmag2025#FundraiserPerkor through our bio! @donatoarts

from the NY Times newsletter: <<House Republicans released a plan that would cause millions of poor Americans to lose Medicaid coverage. It also included large tax cuts and more military spending.>> TIME TO CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN

In my inbox today: the story of how an American librarian modernized the Vatican library which was established in 1475 paw.princeton.edu/article/vati... #vatican #library #librarian

My condolences to my Catholic friends and others grieving the loss of Pope Francis. May his memory be a blessing.

Please check out my interview with author @howardlovy.bsky.social about his new book "Found & Lost: The Cait & Jake Story, and the fight against #antisemitism in the #publishing industry. #authorinterview www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYY4...

For the latest episode of "What If? Why Not? How?" I got to chat with @howardlovy.bsky.social about his delightful new novel "Found and Lost: The Cait and Jake Story." Delightful! Here's the video. youtu.be/FYY4grUD_fY

I got to chat with one of my very favorite authors L.J. Cohen about her latest novel LITANY FOR A BROKEN WORLD -- a richly imagined weaving of tikkun olam and The Wizard of Oz, set among Boston's unhoused. www.sallywienergrotta.com/2025/02/27/a...

SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

If you hate your CEO but can’t afford a hitman, it turns out there are slightly more subtle options.

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

Dearest writers, Updated submissions info! We plan to open Jan 22-29 22-25 to works by BIPOC authors 26-29 open to all Short fic! Flash fic! Poetry! Please check guidelines; apologies for any confusion. We are eager to see your words! psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga... - A

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

📢✨ Still time to apply! Deadline: January 31 ✨📢 🏆 LAJSA Best Book Award – 2025 🏆 📚 Two categories: 📖 Outstanding single-authored monograph 📘 Best edited volume ✅ Who can apply? 📅 Books published: Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2024 in Latin American Jewish studies 🤝 Only current LAJSA members

@arisia.bsky.social is back, so it's time! Broads of Broad Universe, assemble! And readers: Come to our Rapid-Fire-Reading event on 1/18! It's a tasting menu where you might just discover your next favorite author! #BroadUniverse #Readings #Authors #Fantasy #Horror #SFF

AJL is still accepting proposals for the upcoming AJL Digital Conference 2025, to be held 6/23–6/26. The deadline for submitting proposals is 1/31. More details about the conference and the full call for proposals are available at jewishlibraries.org/2025-digital.... Please send in your ideas!

Here's a screen capture of the letter and poem from my 2025 new year's newsletter. Please click conta.cc/3Pv0s8P to see the full newsletter, which gets HIGH open rates for its thought-provoking stuff. If you like what you see, please sign up to receive future (rare) newsletters.

Does anyone else have a problem with the cutesy names people are using on BlueSky instead of their real names? I have no idea who many of the people are who are following me, which means I won't follow them back.

I wrote a response to Jay Michaelson’s essay “Uncertainty is a feature, not a bug.” Now I feel a bit better about the looming future. Please click through to read my response. www.sallywienergrotta.com/2025/01/07/i...

"While the aptly named tech bros are considered by many to be the new 'shadow government' of the United States, their impact on the way government actually behaves pales compared to industrialists of the past, particularly John McCone." reselbob.substack.com/p/eisenhower...

All day, I've had to keep reminding myself that it's Sunday, not Monday. Holidays -- i.e. days that other people have off from work -- really screw up my sense of time.

#Chanukah is on its way and books make great gifts! Check out the parshanut, prayer, & poetry resources we've brought into the world so far: yourbayit.org/bayit-publis...

Place your order for free at-home Covid tests before the new administration ends the initiative. special.usps.com/testkits

Reminder Superman is not a power fantasy, he's an altruism fantasy. The idea of someone with godlike powers using them solely for good (with an antagonist who is a billionaire, who by definition do the opposite) was dreamt up by Jewish kids in the 30s and its just as if not more relevant now.

What do you mean "fetch 'your' slippers" -- finders keepers.

. @rabbimarkasherg.bsky.social's Life Lessons from Recently Dead Rabbis: Hassidut for the People is evergreen and amazing. So is Judith Schmidt's Blessing from Broken. So is @sallywienergrotta.bsky.social's Daughters of Eve. We love every book we've been privileged to publish!

Attn Phila #history buffs: For a novel in progress, did the #Hamburg-American steamship line dock at Washington Avenue in #Philadelphia in the 1890s? That's what Google's damn AI says. In fact, it says Pier 53 at Washington Ave, but I can't find a primary source for that. #immigration

This Thursday! Come learn about research in Columbia's Judaica collections - Inquisition in medieval Bologna, sickness in early modern Prague, and Jewish students at Barnard in the 19th century! columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Wednesday 12/11: Join Chukwudi Iwuji, acclaimed stage and screen actor, for a reading to mark the centenary of James Baldwin. Iwuji, immersed in Baldwin’s work as part of a forthcoming project, will read selections of special, personal meaning. www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/author...

What a hoot it was to chat with Nola Saint James (aka Rabbi Jo David for this episode of "What If? Why Not? How?" www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/12/02/t... #regencyromance

New Writer Beware blog post: Amid the frenzy of Black Friday, it pays to save your money--for example, by avoiding two brand-new fake organizations trying to separate writers from their cash writerbeware.blog/2024/11/29/f...

I use libraries for 3 things: (1) audiobooks, (2) graphic novels, (3) quiet workspace away from home office for a change of vibe (with a packed lunch!).

THIS JUST IN: An investigation of Tulsi Gabbard's PACs shows much of the funds raised have gone to fundraising & to pay her advisers, not the stated mission of the PACs. Plus, she won't reveal the donors to a charity she runs. All this needs vetting. Pass it on. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Happy birthday to @ronmarz.bsky.social! Celebrate yet another trip around the sun by joining us at the table on an episode of Eating the Fantastic, where you'll learn why it was better he broke in first at "collegial" Marvel rather than "corporate" DC — and more. www.scottedelman.com/2023/01/13/r...

Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs. However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!

I'm scared what will happen tomorrow & after. But win or lose, I'm also sad abt all the hate he's unleased - incl antisemitism, anti-women, anti-everything-that's-decent-&-truly American. Apparently 50% of Americans hate me and mine. Please prove me wrong.

In the Nov 2024 issue of Clarkesworld, Arley Sorg interviews me about my new collection, "Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions" weightlessbooks.com/clarkesworld...

My cartoon for this weekend’s Guardian Books.

Today is the book birthday of "Blessing from Broken" by Judith Sarah Schmidt A beautiful book. Here's a link to a video I did with Judith, to give you a taste of the wonders her book holds. www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/03/06/w... @bayit.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social