there's a debate on threads about trigger warnings I absolutely should not respond to. so I'll just say here: if you don't think trigger warnings in books have and will be used to ban books, largely by marginalised authors, I have a river to sell you

"did you know the USPS is losing money" no I didn't know and I still don't care do you know how much money your president has lost you since January

COVER REVEAL AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! Today I can share the absolutely gorgeous cover for THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID, once again the work of powerful cover sorceress Lisa Marie Pompilio! BEHOLD!!!!!!!!!! 👀 www.hachettebookgroup.com/orbit-books/...

Resident Evil Requiem is a video game about a woman named Grace who's having a very bad time and a man named Leon who's having a very good time

Ok @kristadb1.bsky.social I demand to know if you're the one funding this criminal mastermind.

I know marketing for a US live action remake of Your Name when I see it.

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I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

The steady pullout of insurance companies from the coast has forced us to get wind and hail insurance from the state, and dear lord, is it expensive... and on top of our home insurance, no less.

Among the (many) reasons I'd love to be independently wealthy enough to just write whatever the hell I felt like: I'd love to write a goofy, stupid, self-indulgent Factorio automation litrpg titled THE FACTORY MUST GROW. It'd have a potential readership audience of one (me) but I'd have fun.

Of course it's bloody Meta. It means they don't have to clean up their mess by trying to off-load their compliance to someone else while simultaneously scraping more data.

Describe your plot in five words or less - if you dare. "Six immortals. A goddess's aquarium."

And for those who really liked the artwork for DAUGHTER OF DESTRUCTION, please have a look at the original version without titling and whatnot so you may imagine how badly I lost my mind when this hit my inbox.

The second book of The Astral Kingdoms Trilogy now has both a name and a cover! DAUGHTER OF DESTRUCTION Thank you so much, @magalivilleneuve.bsky.social, for such incredible artwork. I could not have envisioned a more perfect representation of Isabelle.

In which I mostly just ramble a bit about what anime I'm watching and games I'm playing (the answer is too many).

The second book of The Astral Kingdoms Trilogy now has both a name and a cover! DAUGHTER OF DESTRUCTION Thank you so much, @magalivilleneuve.bsky.social, for such incredible artwork. I could not have envisioned a more perfect representation of Isabelle.

Never forgot my first real "oh, oh no" moment about growing old and out of touch. A good fifteen years ago, I was substitute teaching, and when one of the younger kids asked what an archeologist was, and I said "Indiana Jones". They looked at me, utterly clueless. "Who?"

Should get to show off a new cover shortly, and cannot wait, because it's freaking gorgeous.

I would like world events to stop trying to retroactively make The Phantom Menace seem like it was a good movie, pls and thank you.

signing the disclaimer at the sex toy shop promising I want the vibrator to level jello, like a true American patriot

Time to reveal the title for The Echo Archives book 3!!! Guess a letter in the comments, and if you guess correctly, I'll fill it in! See how early you can guess the full title! (If you've already seen it on my Patreon, shhhhh!) THE LAST _ _ _ _ IN THE _ _ _ _

Just to add to all this, depending on where you grew up, there was also religious pressure. I listened to sermons of how men were to be the bread winners and women in charge of the home, and deviating from this was obviously why the US was suffering, sinful, needed Jesus, etc.

My wife bought Pokemon Pokopia for our youngest kiddo. I decided to give it a try and suddenly the entire evening was gone and I'm crafting fire places for ghosts and busy planting a garden to make my newest pokemon happy. It might be an ok game.

I've just been asking for song recommendations and dumb jokes for the past ten minutes and I feel like I've been transported back in time to the age of yahoo chat rooms.

I laughed so hard I started crying, and wish I could compliment the 'artist'.

Incredible things are happening on youraislopbores.me

Some Heavy Demos was originally a vinyl only release and is now available for Bandcamp Friday emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com/album/some-h...

They're going to commit countless war crimes and then shrug their shoulders and blame a shitty AI to absolve themselves of their guilt and blame. My only frail hope is that there will still be people with courage to one day hold them all accountable for these horrors.

A billion dollars a day to commit wholesale slaughter, not a single fucking penny for health care. America, 2026.

Just finished Cairn by @thegamebakers.com. A difficult game, for sure, but goddamn what heart. Just sitting here quietly absorbing the ending as the credits roll.

A little haphazard behind the scenes of my new record

"and guess what? surprise! this whole post was written by AI! bet you couldn't even tell." we could. and the fact that _you_ couldn't speaks volumes...

Every time I read a “x LLM is better at doing my job than I am” article, it turns out the person writing the piece is at best 50th percentile for their job. My theory is these people are trying to position themselves as AI pros because they know they’re going to get fired soon

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE ARE INVESTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THIS AND FIRING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF REAL HUMAN PEOPLE FOR THIS

I do believe it will enrange your strategic relationships, though. Oooh, enrange, sorry, I thought it said 'enrage'.

tough to come up with a better story about the ignorance and hubris of mankind than “b-list tv news host becomes Secretary of Defense,” but then we get the story “b-list tv news host becomes Secy. of Defense, plugs AI system directly into military systems, has it select targets”

did you think getting rich was out of reach? not anymore! thanks to online prediction markets, you can now win big betting on questions like “who will be the next president?” and “how many children will die in elementary schools bombed in the war with Iran?” finally, a path to wealth you truly earn

I feel pretty confident book two ends on a solid note...

Sometimes your editor just kinda enjoys the vibe you're going for in a book, and those edit notes are the most fun.

I just need certain people to remember today when they go to scold everyone when we hold the biggest fucking party in existence when It finally happens.

What the FUCK is going on and why is everyone with a soul not calling for a war crimes tribunal. Fuck impeachment, this is solidly Hague territory

If an act of war is called “Operation Epic Fury” is should be immediately invalidated and the overgrown teenagers in charge of it should be slapped hard across their faces.

#booksky 📚💙 📚🪐 This week's Why Haven't You Read This!? Is one of my favorite series from @ddalglish.com who really needs to hurry up w/ book 4!! Kidding, kidding!

A beloved member of the FGC in Baltimore has been detained by ICE. @adashtra.bsky.social talked to the friends and family trying to bring him home. aftermath.site/ice-ludovic-...

I feel like midlist SFF is both vitally important and uniquely threatened right now because the midlist is where you find most of the queer, PoC, and otherwise marginalized authors. As well as a lot of really exciting books trying new things! Stuff that's not a "safe bet" but often a great read

Uh, anyone else get a "claimshero" email about the various AI book theft lawsuits? It's got spam vibes to it.

i'm so tired, but it's not from winning

I'd participate in this little meme fun but I am le tired.

If you must repost clips from tonight's SOTU please at least have the decency to tag it so folks (i.e. me) don't gotta see that man's face