Pleased to share my teeny tiny PNW-themed story, published by the ever-lovely Foofaraw Press and their microfic imprint.

Jorge R. Gutierrez has announced he is dropping out of Amazon’s AI program and will no longer be making the animated series Punky Duck. “I promise to do better moving forward. Thank you for your patience with me.”

The most direct driving route to New York City from Seattle is 3000 miles, and it's over 3300 to Miami. There is nowhere in entirety of Europe someone could decide to drive to from London that's comparably long.

I am not sure yet if Paralives is any different from the Sims, other than having a more charming art style and a European-ish town but that is enough for me.

Repeating my old Twitter adage: Is it "discourse" or is it one very loud wrong man we can all block?

Went to an extremely crowded, not super great ren faire yesterday and as I tried to navigate the crowds had a very grumpy old geek "I wish fantasy hadn't gotten *quite* so popular" thought.

Sometimes as an NYT books columnist you find yourself quoted in the Atlantic by Helen Lewis, who believes two odd things: 1. That nobody is reading Pratchett anymore (instead of all the time, as they should), and 2. That Pratchett’s politics are hard to pin down, and Reg Shoe is not a fucking hero.

anyway we can have better cities with more diverse housing - both types and tenures way more trees more privacy better quality homes open space but we need politicians who will run on and lead with this how we plan matters the problem is in the US we don't actually plan anything

Cloak of enchantment +1.

My classic painting doppelganger.

If this is you in Southern California, Go, Go, Go! Thread has location of evacuation zone. It's going to be a much better story when you and your love ones live to tell it.

SURPRISE! 💜📣👀 We're so happy to announce that, thanks to our pals at @sixoneindie.com, we've shadow-dropped Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To on Nintendo Switch! AHHHH!!

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The feds harangued Kat and my family over bullshit charges for a year. They tried to beat her down, bankrupt Kat and her codefendants through legal fees, and a defeat her spirit. They fucking lost. They will continue to lose. Fuck ICE forever. To this criminal gang of a government: stay losing.

I would love a Big Short style Adam McCay movie on just how much damage Embracer has done to video games. www.comicsbeat.com/fellowship-s...

We just wrote up our best tips for crossing paths with them in case it’s helpful!

"Over hundreds of pages in legal filings this week, a group of well-known Chicago-based journalists, podcasters and voice actors accused tech giants like Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and others of “stealing” their voices to train Artificial intelligence." Oop.

Stephen Colbert will absolutely have a next incredible chapter, but The Late Show, which I've been watching since Top 10 List days as a kid, is over tonight. I know I may be one of the few still watching Late Night, but it's always been a big love of mine, the way I've ended weekdays since forever.

Sometimes when I'm trying to explain to people who are frustrated with the need for an HEA/HFA in category romance novels, I'll use "how would you feel if you read a category mystery novel, and the mystery was never solved?"

I just got one of the weird evite scams that tried to lure me in claiming to be a funeral. So fucking low.

I had the pleasure of chatting with @perfectgarbage.bsky.social's Emmett Nahil about Grave Seasons, and I am even more HYPED than before! www.thegamer.com/grave-season...

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

This is such a pitch.

GIVEAWAY! Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live! To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!

great interview i did with @polygon.com about FABULOUS BODIES and the buckaroo lifestyle www.polygon.com/chuck-tingle...

I’ve had a few consulting gigs wrap up and now have time in my schedule for new projects! I’m a game writer with six years of experience working with AAA and indie studios on titles like Borderlands 4, Endoparasitic, Star Trucker, and [REDACTED]. Full resume and portfolio: www.nessacannon.com

So I just got an email from someone offering to buy my claims in the Anthropic case, and whew are the vultures ever circling overhead.

Someone used AI to “create” five songs based on my Iron Druid characters, and damn it, NO. Stealing my characters and then using AI, which is made of more stolen work and is destroying the planet with its water, electricity usage, and greenhouse gas production, is not how you honor a Druid.

Woke up with the sentence "If the enemies become lovers, what good are the machines of war?" lingering from a dream, and I wish I could remember the rest of that dream.

We made a pretty good coming of age story game but most players won’t even give it a chance because it’s got too much color. We’re not all that different in love, relationships, and generational issues. I promise you can relate to these characters. store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...

Gravity is woke.

I have done almost no publicity for my own work in a bit on account of *recalls the past few months* BUT I’m gonna pick it back up because they’re pretty good comics, and I hope more people enjoy them!

If you had 10+ foot long chains of these in your room as a kid congrats you are probably diagnosed these days.

Me: "All these people are writing game developer romance novels and usually getting it wrong. Maybe I should write a game developer romance." [remembers that the two times I have written about game developers, they have been horror novels] "Ah, yeah, right, no."

Good news, Canadians! Stone Heart is part of the Kobo's May Super Sale that starts May 7th-20th! www.kobo.com/us/en/p/may-... www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... (sale price starts May 7)

"Human to human transmissable hantavirus" and "farmers literally cannot afford fertilizer" competing for bleakest headline I've seen so far today.

Ag secretary confirming 1 in 4 US farmers has no fertilizer secured, American Farm Bureau survey says up to 70% can’t afford enough fertilizer for the season under the spiked costs Honestly shocked this isn’t bigger news. 25% of farms are just not planting at all this season. Farm bankruptcy up 46%

Even if you have a hit monthly book the money just isn't there. There are ways to diversify your income (royalties, commissions, conventions) but it's very difficult to be a success in this industry, let alone a success that can make a living off of comics. www.thebookseller.com/news/comics-...

Come work with me! We’ve just opened 2 narrative positions: a Senior Narrative Designer and a Senior Writer! I can’t speak highly enough of this team and this project. We’re cooking up some REALLY cool stuff! 👀 www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2206... www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2205...

Cancelled and was sure to say *exactly* why.

IT’S STAR WARS DAY SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

every mushroom foraging guidebook: This is Woodland Pot Roast, a tasty little mushroom that adds a delightful flavour to soups and stews. Note that it is often mistaken for Satan’s Fistula, a mushroom that erases the last 9 generations of your family from God’s ledgers.

Bring back the ancient knowledge

Flavor Flav is a national treasure.

Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

If you think the noise associated with saving the lives of children (or anyone for that matter) is too loud you have two options: move or shut your mouth & keep it yourself. Only a ghoul would do anything else. www.king5.com/article/news...

we're in such an exhausting place politically where I'm suspicious that the House just did something that doesn't make me mad

Thank you to the families for standing with us through all of this. The court has to end this useless delay so we can pay them. “It just seems like the courts are enabling an abuser to continue to abuse,” said Robbie Parker, who lost his 6-year old daughter Emilie Parker in the Sandy Hook shooting.