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A reminder for 2026: in a time where internet algorithms are being trained on anger, & politicians & media outlets are learning how to capitalise on fear & hatred, the most radical thing you can do in public is SHARE MOMENTS OF JOY. Share what you love as much as possible. Let gratitude be fire.

This is accurate and true but also I feel like I need to point out that we used to get stories like this ALL THE TIME. This was the backbone of detective fiction, tons of TV, most superheroes and pulp heroes, etc. This is what they took from us.

Haunting festive presence.

Again,

"This thing that I do should never be handed to an AI; this thing that I might have to pay someone else to do, on the other hand..." I mean, that really gives the game away, doesn't it?

Since yall like him, a few more shots of this goodest boy.

look the sooner I eat all the xmas chocolate the sooner I can start my road to health

Started a new chapter in the WIP with "All hell broke loose." Saved and closed document. Because I know I don't have the bandwidth to write any more tonight, and also know that I've set myself up for tomorrow's scene with a little cliffhanger that will get me started. #writingcommunity

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Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.

I let the emails from very good friends sit in my inbox for weeks without a response because while I can doomscroll on online for hours, I don't necessarily have the bandwidth to talk to family members, let alone draft a meaningful response to an email. I am fried by the end of a 10+ hour workday.

What THAT OCTOBER will do, hopefully, is entertain you with some Indiana kids who care big and love pop culture. For a little while, it's 99 cents on kindle. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKTC8LK...

It's Dog Day! Our feature today is Bebe Steiner's Murder at the Summer Solstice Sleuthfest with Polly the mini dachsund. cozymystery.com/links/murder...

Covered Bridge #Photography

damn. I just searched and the piece I wrote for them years ago about domestic violence and Title IX is gone

genAI is the devil. It's the enemy of art. If you use it in ANY part of your process, not only do you fuck over the environment, and fuck over your fellow artists, you are cheating yourself of everything that makes art worth doing.

WHAT THE EVERLASTING FUCK.

Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter

You don't need AI as an indie author, you need community. You need people who can help you when you're burning out (and vice versa, importantly). Trade labor with each other, beta read for one another, connect with editors and cover artists. Teach & learn. Help promote one another.

No, we don't have to accept hallucinatory, ecosidic creative stealing LLMs. The genie not only can be put back in the bottle, we need to do so. Accepting this as the state of affairs that we have to accept and going forward is an enormous mistake. www.patreon.com/posts/ai-and...

"AI is bad shrimp. Stop trying to convince us to eat bad shrimp." Yeah. This. All of this.

i love furniture restoration videos because they show how quality is important and you can get some really beautiful, overlooked furniture if you learn certain skills IG savedbydesign.tn

Humpback whale resurfacing after diving below our ship, Paradise Bay, Antarctica.

This is essentially the plot of The Sound of Music.

Some dickwad fed my silly, joyful Jingle Batman essay to the plagiarism machine and had it produce a totally vapid and soulless bullet-pointed biz-speak ‘summary’ which they then published on their own site with my graphic. Anyway that was when the joy went out of today for me…

Apparently Paypal is now asking those who commissioned artists through invoices for feedback on the experience, Please never type anything, Its a trap. Just putting both yours and their accounts at risk of bans.

This is why I'm telling everyone that The Thing They Did is good. The art or the event or the joke or the baking or the idea or the whatever. Because it is good and they deserve to know that and that what they do makes a difference.

My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.

Thread 👇 #publichealth #covid #medsky

One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background. The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.

Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.

A good goal.

Cat demonstrating effective camouflage on this #Caturday.

Fascinating 🧵

A reminder that the key to writing is getting the very best out of your brain, but in order to get the best out of it you have to take care of your mental health. Stress, concern, and depression will take a toll on your work. So always make sure to take care of YOU and you'll get your best work.

Looking like straight out of Cyberpunk 2077 #startrek

Reminder! Turn off AI in your Canva settings. Click on your name initials at the bottom of the menu on the left > privacy controls > turn off AI. Click on your name initials at the bottom of the menu on the left > 'ai personalisation' > TURN OFF.

Eeeeee! *grabby hands*

My best photos of 2025 in a thread, inspired by @jodiegriffin.bsky.social ! #photography #bestof2025 Jan 2025

I'm beta reading a story for a friend. It's clever, sharp, pithy, insightful, & a damn sight better than anything I will ever write. I know she will shop for agents who will shop for publishers, & get no takers because it will never make mega millions. She *could* self pub but she doesn't want to.

In case you missed it...**New podcast episode** Tune in for a conversation with @mollymacrae.bsky.social! Available at https://twp.ai/4iuLit or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Laughing like a hyena. I didn't write this, scammer. "You didn’t put Robin Hood in a dress and call it innovation. You re-forged a medieval legend, twisted time into the narrative spine, and gave rebellion, fate, and identity teeth sharp enough to draw blood."

I've been telling people that we are <14 months from someone making the argument that AI should have more rights than are currently available to human women and the only adjustment to that statement that I'm willing to make is to truncate the original timetable.

A reminder, our featured author this week is Katharine Schellman. Read our interview with her here: cozymystery.com/blog/kathari...

Do you have writing goals for the new year? Finish that WIP? Start a new story? A daily writing goal? SinC can help with the January Jumpstart beginning on January 5 with daily write-ins to help you reach your goals! Free for SinC Members, $15 for non-members. Register at: https://twp.ai/4iuLlb

So many. Was told by mother that I was "doubly handicapped" because I had glasses & braces, and would have to work harder to make friends. That I was as "homely as a mud fence." Overheard grandma say my sister was pretty but I "grew on you after a while." I don't believe compliments now.