🚨 Our first article of the year is out now! "Romancing the Darkness: Understanding Trauma in the Romance Genre", by Alicia Leigh, is published as an Early Access Piece in JPRS. Follow the link to read about the three trauma-themed romance subgenres proposed by the author: doi.org/10.70138/ZOG...

Sycophants.

I just wrote about this. Again. sandraantonelli.com/2026/02/22/k...

At night, my friend the green frog likes to sit on the wooden dog on the window ledge outside.

Oops. I meant to include @kergillian.bsky.social in the news about the old mall.

Just news about the old local mall… @mportuesisf.bsky.social

The GenX urge to call 867-5309.

Kink or Merely Non-Conventional Granny Sex?

Hallucinatory Slopaganda is everywhere. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Just saw a bullshit TV ad claiming that what AI does is covered under fair use. Like fuck it is.

Up and at them. Or Dog tired. It could go either way.

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Did you write a novel… or did you feed prompts into a machine that spat out strung-together words to form sentences it had been programed to do since it had been trained using stolen work that had been created by a human brain? If you fed the machine prompts, you wrote nothing and stole from many.

Today’s Earworm: And the song said Long-haired freaky people need not apply…

Court, as Harold: “This is definitely a new experience for me.” Rest easy.

In @aunz.theconversation.com today, @profromance.bsky.social and I have a piece about adapting romance to the screen. What makes a good adaptation?

Oh. Canada. Dear Canada. I am deeply sorry for your loss.

Post a banger that’s not in English youtu.be/ARRKNB07Ixc

Hey all you writers being creative! Have a fantastic messy-brain day as you write a real, messy romance novel using a brain that is 100% messy human! #DieAI

That scream you hear? That’s every writer who actually writes books without feeding prompts into a machine that has stolen their work. “The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...

Hey AI and AI slop. Go die a thousand deaths.

We buy the bulk tin of super-extra-large peanuts from Costco. I will dig out and eat the whole peanuts in the can—and leave the remaining halves for others. This is because whole peanuts have more crunch and peanut flavour.

Not Groundbreaking Enough Shonda Rimes’ Shondaland production company has taken Julia Quinn’s charming, lively, sexy Bridgerton novels and adapted them for a groundbreaking Nexflix series. The Bridgerton series has presented a character landscape featuring people of more than one colour.…

I am pleased to learn I can sit on the floor and get up without using my hands or knees. My guess is that washing floors on my hands and knees has helped me maintain the skill. www.health.harvard.edu/staying-heal...

Bullies often get their comeuppance.

Dear Matthew McConaughey, Thank you for believing AI is some pure evil shit. Love, Me, an author whose work has been misused by AI, and by misused I mean STOLEN. variety.com/2026/biz/new...

Can Nobel rescind a prize?

Yes, I still celebrate the birthday of my Budman, who has been gone for 10 years. Happy Birthday My little Buddy Boy!

Mystery writers and magicians know It’s all about MISDIRECTION.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains. m.youtube.com/watch?v=6exs...

I have a minor avulsion injury after my laptop hit my big toe below the nail & tore off a big toe sized, fat flap of skin. The result: I feel very Australian since the only shoes I can wear are thongs (flip flops). Note: never put your laptop atop a pile of folded laundry.

Want reduced mental engagement that leads to neglect of cognitive skills, an inability to make calculations & decisions, and screws with information retrieval, and a marked declined in memory capacity? AI is here for that!

I’ve only been standing on my soapbox shouting this for 20 years. Pay attention, publishing. www.thebookseller.com/comment/not-... #readers #publishing #representation #olderwomenreaders #overlookedDemographic #ageism #WomenOver40 #sterotypesOfAge

Rest easy Anthony Geary.

How did it get to be December?

You’re welcome!

Is it really that hard to be kind?

Let sleeping doggos sleep.

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

Wouldn’t it be nice if tech companies made AI an opt in only feature? I don’t want AI. On anything.

Farewell Diane.

John Carpenter’s Steel Magnolias

"Since strangers will call the police if kids in the Goon Docks wander around on their own, the boys don’t get a chance to search for One-Eyed Willy’s gold. Instead, they compete in a Mr. Beast challenge in hopes of winning enough money to save their parents’ home."

Stop calling a computer generated image an actress. This is not a human being. This does not display human emotions. This does not care for you.

Dear Jane.

Wanna play?

Hey @vaveros.bsky.social Let’s go!

I consulted a variety of US, UK, CA, AU, and NZ English sources and the definition is the same. I include the results here, in case you aren’t aware of what fascism—or a fascist—is. Oh, look, an em-dash or two!

WELCOME SPRING! What took you so long?