Baffled by people asking LLMs for CSS help. There are so many verified and accurate sources out there. YouTube tutorials, StackOverflow forums, MDN docs, guides on W3 schools and CSS-tricks... Why would you default to using the environment-destroying plagiarism machine that's wrong half the time?

Happy Friday #BookSky! Just a reminder, this is the weekend you lose yourself in a book for several hours, returning to your physical presence in a kind of brain-ecstatic daze, for the first time in awhile. Thanks to the world, that's an almost revolutionary way to spend a couple of hours.

HORROR WRITERS! I WANT YOUR SOUL… I mean DEMONS! I’m editing another awesome anthology for Flame Tree Press. Spread the curse… blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Cool: Pure CSS folded-corner animation to thematically indicate that clicking will go to a new page. Less cool: The property it requires is limited availability, not yet supported on Safari and Firefox. Super cool: Calling the paper-like folded corners "cutting edge".

Today's vibes are reviewing a design I finished months ago and deciding I now hate it. They're not great vibes, but I guess it is *checks calendar* Thursday.

This month I am struggling with being anti-AI IRL while also writing something that's sympathetic toward fictional AI. There's little similarity between this fictional AI and today's LLM plagiarism machines, and yet...

When I post prose online, I take extra steps to format it, replacing hyphens with dashes and straight quotes with curly. I recently thought that maybe I shouldn't? To be clearer I didn't use genAI? Then I said fuck that. I'm not delivering a worse experience to avoid potential false accusations.

The City of Boston has officially joined the Pact of Free Cities, an international coalition founded by the mayors of Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, and Warsaw to push back against authoritarianism and defend democratic values.

Learning to write is just coming to terms with how much you suck and experiencing the euphoria that it literally doesn’t matter until someone either pays you enough to afford rent or they murder you in jealousy and disgust at what you‘ve done.

Can't wait to see how they handle the Medford Supercollider! (I hope well enough that nobody gets hurt.)

We're *shortening* the deadline for our EcoFutures issue because of a deluge of amazing work. We're sorry for the confusion, but still hope to read your best! New deadline: 6/6. ALOCASIA is now seeking new unpublished queer creative writing for our upcoming issue. Pays $50. Absolutely no AI.

Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵

Rumours are true! We are now open for short fiction and poetry submissions from equity-deserving groups. Give us your words, your anxiety dreams of electric sheep, your last gasp of a dying star. As always: make it SFF, make it long-term www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

There aren't many times in which I wish I checked my email more, but arriving for a Saturday morning class that was cancelled two days ago is one of those times.

Submissions for The Protopian Prize Fiction Contest are now officially open! (through July 31st) 🔗 protopianprize.moksha.io/publication/... We can't wait to read your stories of achievable, hopeful futures and the work it takes to get there.💪📚🤓

I work IT for a national hospital system that wants to start implementing AI for "better patient care" and they seem completely oblivious to the oxymoron of that statement.

Earlier this month, I spent two weeks recovering from a back injury I got from spending 15 minutes doing yoga. In December, my husband got a different back injury from doing a jigsaw puzzle. The human body is a travesty.

Bureau, which is a problem considering I'm writing a novel involving a federal one

Applications are now OPEN for "Moments of Euphoria", our new trans joy art book! 🌟 Infodoc: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🌟 Page artist application: forms.gle/oGF4VFC8PLar... 🌟 Merch artist application: forms.gle/bmt2N7oJwiHF... #ZineApps #Zines #ArtistsWanted #OpenZines #TransJoy

I won an award recently and I'll be live at www.twitch.tv/worldanvil talking with other recent award winners at 1pm EDT AKA in under 20 minutes

In a world where "AI" submissions are a plague, human-written stories are the cure for an editor's breaking heart. Don't let the flood discourage you from sending your work out there. You are better, no what the hype of the moment says. We want your stories. Not the slop-infested noise.

It will be the first passenger car to get Storrowed.

While browsing the special editions at @illumicrate.bsky.social, I asked myself "which book(s) would I be unable to resist buying?" I immediately knew it was @hollyblack.bsky.social's Modern Faerie Tales, the trilogy that inspired teenaged-me to start writing my own books. ...guess what

The Charles River Esplanade is in full spring bloom. 🤍

The pose change on the foreground figure between sketch and final has a huge impact. They feel like a passive observer in the sketch, but in the final version they feel more active, engaged, and curious. Stunning work.

#Portfolioday Hello, I'm an illustrator from the UK, i like sci-fi and big landscapes. Here are some of my latest works.

This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)

Goniatite fossils of varying sizes in this shale nodule. Long extinct relatives of Squid and Octopus that would have more closely resembled, in body shape, the Nautilus species found in warmer waters today. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

This afternoon, I'm enjoying Pride & Prejudice, a rose white tea blend from Bees & Teas. I generally don't like peppermint tea - it gives me headaches for some reason - but Bees & Teas does subtle exceptionally well. Their blends are flavorful without being overpowering.

The true tragedy of bsky is that there's no tea feed. How can you have booksky without teasky? Surely this is a crime.

A big win for Massachusetts voters and the rule of law. Grateful to @massago.bsky.social and Secretary Galvin for defending the integrity of our elections. Voters’ private data is not up for grabs — and Massachusetts won’t back down from protecting it.

If anyone's building a list of books to look for on Indie Bookstore Day...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts just launched a new online portal to report alleged misconduct by 🧊 agents. Residents can now submit videos, photos, and incidents directly to the state. www.mass.gov/forms/report...

My cover illustration for The Wheels Of If by L. Sprague de Camp (French version)

My first indie bookstore day 10+ years ago had five participating stores in the Boston area. This year, there are *twenty-five*. And that doesn't include pop-ups like Nebula Books and Read My Lips. I'm so grateful to live where reading is such a celebrated value that our bookstores are multiplying.

Are you getting excited for Independent Bookstore Day? We've got a stuffed animal portraits, D20 Blind Dates with a Book, the Great Bookseller Bake-Off, all recommendations 20% off & of course the bookstore crawl!

Planning my day around which tasks allow me to listen to the rain while doing them

Heard through the ceiling of my apartment tonight: (cat wailing) Person: No!! (cat wails some more) Person: You do not want that! Spit it out! (even louder wailing) Person: That is a potato! You are an obligate carnivore!! #ahcats #lifeinapartments

Confession: If I see a book promoted with a graphic featuring the cover & a bunch of tropes, I immediately lose interest in the book.

FUCK YEAH PLATYPUS

The blue stripe was controversial for allegedly containing the profile of Ho Chi Minh (Kent refuted this). The original Swash was redone in the 90s when the original tank was torn down. The Malden Public Library Converse Art Gallery currently has an exhibit for Corita Kent and her work.

Shout out to my constant meditation companion: tinnitus

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Having a coworker named Bob Barker is a great way to get the Price is Right theme song stuck in your head every day.

Sometimes I feel bad directly telling work colleagues that they're doing things wrong and should stop, but also... Sometimes they're doing things wrong and should stop 🤷

Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, now might also be a good time to support writers and artists. Times are extremely tough for creatives, so why not buy a book, commission an art piece, sign up for a Patreon, tip your favorite creators. Everything helps.

Brandon Johnson signed an executive order barring the city's police from collaborating with federal officers on civil immigration enforcement operations, and U.S. military personnel on police patrols.

sharing the brand new novel with early readers is going well 👌

The lock screen of my work-provided Windows laptop has been incessantly advertising Copilot and AI tools. Today it's asking "How can we protect rights?" and "How can we earn trust?" If you have to ask these questions, Microsoft, I don't think you've been paying attention to literally anything.

#PortfolioDay Sci-fi, ruins, and odd plants