Stuff that happened— •the news and accompanying rage •gmail is going to spy EVEN MOAR on your emails with AI so I’m switching to proton mail •switched dentists because they sent me AI generated emails: I sense a pattern •letter from friends in Minneapolis = wrecked •The Pitt Season 2 began

Diving into The Pitt Season 2

Also no And naur And nein And nay, nee, non, nei, nah, nie, nej, aniyo, and ugh Just stop, you evil techbro bastards

For afternoon peeps!

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Good morning! If ye missed it, my new short story collection is up for preorder at one place and will be at all the other places soon, but THIS place, the publisher, will get you • $3 off • a signed copy and bookmark • three spiffy Iron Druid stickers tinyurl.com/3muvrcfd Yay for more Iron Druid!

I made a very pretty online store where you can buy my ebooks (and a couple of audiobooks) direct from me, so that the money goes directly towards treats of my three cats and two dogs. Supporting me supports corgis. payhip.com/kristadball

Mentally preparing to be devastated by The Pitt tomorrow I mean I have no idea why or how But I’m certain it will happen

I have pre-ordered my book. It saves you money, supports a small publisher, you get some great stories and the author @kevinhearne.bsky.social even autographs the book and throws in 3 stickers and a book mark.

Heads up—now available for preorder in our store before anywhere else: THE GREAT BIG BEAR AND OTHER STORIES OF THE IRON DRUID CHRONICLES. Preorder from us and it •comes signed by the author •is three bucks off •comes with three stickers and a bookmark hornedlarkpress.com/product/the-...

One nifty thing about having the vegetarian kid home is that I keep trying different tofu dishes and liking them

hey do you want to know about my secret wip book ok good

Needed tech support for a thing, flipped off the AI, but got a live agent in the chat who said their name was Smith. Surreal experience to eschew AI only to get…Agent Smith

Kate is right—Carney hasn’t done the obvious thing and called BS. Sure, Maduro was/is a huge dick, but bombing Caracas, murdering people, essentially going to war without Congressional approval breaks both International and U.S. laws. Those are facts he should have the stones to speak aloud.

Beware of the gratuitous omelette! Spinach, spring onions, and goat cheese for the vegetarian kid Thus fortified, I am off to do tax prep

I just got the bestest gift from a friend and it’s the energy we need

The Claire Danes Emotional Scale—most people can do only three or four of these: Lip quiver Chin quiver Lip and chin tremble Tremble combo with tears Tremble supreme with bonus snot Whole Face earthquake Gently moist sobbing Extremely wet sobbing Artful Ugly Cry O Lawd She Bawling

One moment you're reading along about the Assyrian empire and the next you trip over a mention of "the world's first film in Babylonian" and then that's it, drop everything, let's go take a look.

the terracotta warriors are literally painted, by the way, it's why most of them remain in the pits - they lost their color when exposed, and Chinese archaeologists and other scientists have been trying to figure out a way to excavate the rest while keeping the paint intact

Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."

We could workshop that headline, Reuters How about President Starts Illegal War While Congress Does Nothing

What, as they say, the actual fuck The malignant narcissist is, of course, responsible But allowing him to unilaterally start a war is the responsibility of every R member of Congress who has allowed him to retain office while he commits crimes on the daily. Every one of them should go

Warning: Gratuitous taco pics. Shouting about it because omg. They do Al pastor with this toasted crispy cheese and it’s just not fair to all the other tacos. Seriously: If you are in Ottawa or near it, this place, Ay Wey! is the absolute bestest. You should go.

I think it’s fine to write asskicking as one word, no hyphens, but that doesn’t hold true for other stuff like ass-chewing, which really wouldn’t work as a single word Just wanted to start the year with high quality content like ass grammar (two words, no hyphen) Publishers: ASS GRAMMAR. Call me

Watching those speeches from the Mamdani inauguration sure does set a nice tone for the year

I think it’s fine to write asskicking as one word, no hyphens, but that doesn’t hold true for other stuff like ass-chewing, which really wouldn’t work as a single word Just wanted to start the year with high quality content like ass grammar (two words, no hyphen) Publishers: ASS GRAMMAR. Call me

*whispers* Maybe if we play lots of David Bowie and Prince we can trick the new year into being awesome

Have you thought of Rome today

Ohhhh, an appearance of the UK cover in the wild!

Gonna do one last writing session at the cafe tomorrow with a friend and end the year with caffeine a spiffy word count. Hope you have super safe plans!

I didn't bother reading it (thank you for doing the unpleasant work, Kate!) but what bothers me most about this, I think, is the smug implication by the 'writer' that her time is so much more important than the reader's. "I use AI because I have better things to do than write for you!"

Pro tip

Happy Boxing Day! Which is not really a thing in the U.S. and we just sorta learned about it when we moved to Canada, as it is a UK Commonwealth thingie. You might think it celebrates Jake Paul and Andrew Tate getting knocked out, but we celebrate that every day.

This finch represents life goals He bold He gold He stay out of the cold #birds

Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of Hounded (with two bonus short stories): Book One of The Iron Druid Chronicles by @kevinhearne.bsky.social, which I *have* and *have read*, although not the two bonus short stories. This sale was promoted b the author!

Joyeaux Nöel from Canada, eh

Truth. Ebooks are rad. We are enjoying Jolabokafloð, the tradition of reading together on Christmas Eve. I’ve got a Slough House novel; Kimberly and Levi are reading some nonfiction. There are cookies and hot chocolate. Hope y’all have a lovely one.

The kid is home so I made us some Mexican Mochas. For an encore, we’re going to our local indie bookstore

I went to see Ella MacKay and the performances were great, the family drama juicy, etc. But what struck me was this consistent deriding of Ella as a politician who wanted to improve lives through, you know, policy, and how utterly disinterested the entire legislature was in doing that

New quest unlocked

After watching Pluribus does anyone else want a hidden whiteboard for whatevs WITH ANOTHER HIDDEN WHITEBOARD BEHIND IT FOR CONSPIRACIES

In the vampire edition of The Great Gatsby, Daisy would say “Do you always wait for the longest night of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest night of the year and then miss it.” Then she would laugh and eat a baby

You know that Fleetwood Mac song where he wants to lay down in the tall grass and do his stuff? Every time I hear that my brain screams DUDE THERE ARE CHIGGERS IN THERE AND THEY WILL SNACK UPONST YOUR SKIN so I guess you know which song just came up in my playlist

Hey there Happy solstice unto thee! I have coffee and I hope you have a thing you like I am gonna type a letter because I like the clackity clack Gonna read a bit and work on a short story too Hope you have spiffy Sunday solstice plans

Why don't they make new homes with secret passageways and bookshelf that spin around

Handsome sparrow time! A Lincoln’s sparrow in Cape Breton

Same. I aggressively turn off all AI stuff everywhere, my Word subscription is “classic” without AI included, and as soon as I’ve had my coffee in the morning I tell Sam Altman and the tech bros to “Eat shit” the way Chris Evans does in Knives Out.

Juuuust in case you haven’t gotten all the things already for your peeps, or if you’re new to my work, a wee gift-giving guide thread o’ my books, starting with the Iron Druid Chronicles: bookshop.org/a/107403/978... 1/

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Juuuust in case you haven’t gotten all the things already for your peeps, or if you’re new to my work, a wee gift-giving guide thread o’ my books, starting with the Iron Druid Chronicles: bookshop.org/a/107403/978... 1/