Will Ben Folds' brick shatter my dreams of making it to the Final Four? I've got a synth'd out "Glycerine" cover on deck that begs to differ... marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...

HEY WRITERS (not just SF/F writers) HAVE YOU BEEN PROCRASTINATING ON MAKING YOUR ANTHROPIC SETTLEMENT CLAIM? SFWA is running a webinar event OPEN TO ALL WRITERS (not just members! not just SF/F writers!) on Thursday. Sign up here: www.sfwa.org/events/anthr...

Here is my yearly gripe about how even though they use less energy, swamp coolers are an absolute dog shit solution for cooling a home, especially with the impacts of climate change.

Time sensitive: this is the last day to submit comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management's clearcutting of Oregon's ancient forests. This is a tool that educates you on just how diabolical it is, and it helps you submit your comment. morethanjustparks.com/oregon-old-g...

It's so funny to me when an entertainment company says "Man up." "Man up and accept shitty art!" "Man up and pay $100 for a game!" I...don't have to? www.pcgamer.com/games/action...

you really gotta click through for the whole thing, but here's a sneak peek to show off today's amazing timeline-as-poem from JeFF Stumpo https://www.havehashad.com/zer2y

Had to make an enthymeme meme for class tomorrow. I regularly think about Bovine University (and this episode) (and, "It's just a little airborne, it's still good, it's still good!").

@heinrich.senate.gov As a constituent, I see your position to confirm Mullin as one of absolute cowardice, especially if the sole basis for your argument in doing so is based on friendship. Do better for your community and your country.

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Favorite swing I've come across in Albuquerque, and I've been walking by it for 6 years.

Guess who used a different detergent on vacation is having an allergic reaction? 😎

Shame is a powerful force in shaping which uses a society will tolerate for a given technology, and which it will not. There may be many reasonable uses for LLMs, but when they are used to degrade writing and writers' livelihoods, yelling 'we think this is bad' is a justifiable and moral response.

Nothing piques my curiosity and demands that I click more than the headline 'Copilot Changes: Marketing Teams at it Again'

we open in 2 1/2 hours! 200 cap. would love to consider whatever you'd like to share 👇

I don't know why I've never asked a record store if they could ship stuff, but glad I did while I was passing through Austin last week, because I've been keeping an eye out for both of these Why? albums.

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I'm still a sucker for printing stories.

This had to go through so many levels of approval and it is absolutely unhinged, even though the tone of it might adequately reflect our current cultural moment.

Same exact dynamics happening at Monash University in Melbourne where our Vice Chancellor just sent an email to all staff and students with the subject line: “Our 65th anniversary marks a new era of AI innovation”

In general, I loathe how edtech festers across education, and that's only gotten worse with GenAI. And as an part-time adjunct and full-time instructional designer, the way GenAI has been deployed across universities is abysmal. There's been a lot of talk recently about leveraging AI to tackle...

Sneezing so much my shoulders ache.

First iris of the year spotted.

Wrote a story about square dancing that I hope you will read and perhaps even enjoy. Thanks to Adam & Avery for believing! open.substack.com/pub/littleen...

This Friday (March 20), at 12pm ET, the hex gates will open once more. We will have a cap of 200 submissions, so PLEASE only one submission per writer. hex recently celebrated our 4th (!!!) year of existence and we couldn't do it without all of you incredible folks! Thank you and C u soon! <3 😈

Ryan Coogler accepts his first-ever Oscar to a standing ovation “To my parents who are here, thank you for making me believe in myself… Memories are all we have. I hope we give you some great ones.”

There is a real afterburn to it, even from a nickel-sized pool on a chip.

Out with the gals.

Day 2 of the Texas Trek. Non-meat list of things I'll be making.

My audible was Penelope Spheeris. 🤞🏻

Noooooooooo. May Tarkovsky some day finally be covered. This is not his year though.

Can I technically bring this on a plane, or should I put Star Wars Episode 1: Racer in front of it just in case?

My grandfather, father, and I have all fallen off of roofs/ladders. It's the most Midwest curse. And I'm not having a child so I can break that cycle. Also, this may be a story/essay.

I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link! gofund.me/ac93c03d5

@ezhang77.bsky.social's micros are genuinely stunning. It's impressive as hell for such a brief piece to pack such an incredible punch.

If I was going to be at AWP, I would certainly be here this evening. If you're in Baltimore, don't miss it.

Received a somewhat strange rejection for a flash essay this morning (strange because of the unsolicited feedback they provided) followed by an acceptance of the same piece this afternoon, which feels like some kind of universal balance. Feels pretty tops with getting into a PhD program Friday too.

“Like: to get to the other side. Or: because I said so.” From “There are no stupid questions,” a Micro poem by Elena Zhang. theoffingmag.com/micro/there-...

We open for submissions for the first time TOMORROW! The window will remain open for just a single day, so make sure to get your goodies ready. We accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid, comics, and everything in-between. Don’t forget to check our guidelines page: bulbregion.com/Submissions

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Next call coming soon, from our fave and yours, Joshua Hebburn! Theme: Repetitions March 3rd, 6 a.m. PST, capped at 222 submissions This could be repetition of sounds, phrases, images, a piece of the subject matter—or whatever. Any kind of prose is fine including prose poems.

Dozens of U.S. strikes on Iran. Dunno what to say now other than my thoughts are with the Iranian civilians under fire. What a nightmare.

“If you don’t play the game, you can’t expect to win.” New story up via @rejectionlit.bsky.social today, friends. Hope you dig. rejection-letters.com/2026/02/27/g...

New Jess Dawn banger today! "Airport’s more like a bus station with a bar inside. Big place, high ceilings, big windows looking out over the runway that could be a parking lot. Bar’s bigger than the rest of the airport." https://www.havehashad.com/9vqmp

I hope the writer in you sees the writer in me here, because this seems unhinged, but does Yoshi canonically have a cloaca? (Also this may be well-trod territory, and it might be findable online, but 1] I am not searching for that online, and 2] I am surprised I've never thought about this before?)

No melanoma in her iris (fortunately it's just an irregularly shaped, large freckle that developed that we'll keep an eye on and laser treat if it becomes melanosis), and the opthalmologist incidentally caught the early stages of pannus, so she shouldn't lose her vision long-term with treatment. 💜

For all the moments I feel the desert rejecting me (I think my body has a time limit for living in it, growing up a little snow freak), skies like this really, really pull me back in.

Updated lineup with a few more friendly faces:

Truly missing some stellar off-site reading lineups at AWP this year.

“I’m playing a game that is about a lonely town full of lonely people. Some of them are farmers, some of them are failed artists.” Read the brilliant Shane Kowalski’s (@dieddisappointed.bsky.social) three very short stories in The Bulb Region today. bulbregion.com/Three-Very-S...