the fuck it will

We have game devs who can detect and diagnose the most visually subtle, technically complex rendering problems but don't have the good sense not to post a genAI image of a computer screen on the back of a monitor. If that doesn't say everything about where games are currently at as an art form...

We are deeply saddened by the news of author Gail Bowen’s passing. She will be deeply missed by all at ECW Press. ecwpress.com/blogs/news/r...

Completely ordinary, in the best way #princessanna #annaofarendelle #frozen #fanart

Wacom recently asked me to talk about why I make queer comics, and given there are multiple bills right now floating around in congress that are effectively "we will kill your livelihood if we get a sniff of queer" I had some pretty strong, simply feelings to relay.

Governments are chasing AI investment, even as their publics turn against the technology and the data centers that power it. Canada’s Mark Carney has chosen a shameless approach: to cast the opposition as a lack of “literacy” as he sets out to (re)educate Canadians about the benefits of AI.

"Opposed to using AI for her software-engineering job, Erin Maus secured something of a miracle from her employer: a religious exemption." A lot of folks are about to find God.

STOP TELLING ME AI IS THE FUTURE OH MY GOD

If you've been reading independent journalism—which holds that Trump went to war with Iran in mid-2025 and that there have been no ceasefires in the war since then, everything happening now makes sense. If you've been reading corporate media headlines... you're confused as f*ck.

I'm gonna be places this summer/fall! Saskatchewan Festival of Words, Saskatchewan Retro Game Con, and Can*Con! I'll talk about worldbuilding and other writerly things and do some readings. tonialaird.com/talks-and-wo...

BREAKING: Alberta voter data has appeared on the website of a US company named repeatedly by separatist David Parker. After @rorywh.bsky.social discovered the breach, the website was taken down amid questions from Elections Alberta.

Good morning ☕️

there’s an in depth discussion of this in Braiding Sweetgrass, but ramps in particular don’t have a good seed dispersal mechanism and can only move as far as their seed-bearing stems allow them. Wiping out a patch might be a millennia-long local extinction event

You know what you *definitely* don’t need to make a video game? A CEO.

unions rule www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Sorry, I thought this was a picture of me as a doctor.

Again, if you have a Substack, the best time to switch away was months ago -- but today's the second best time.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

Halfway there! Help uplift Palestinian voices!

Pictured: “inevitability.” They are telling you out loud their product is garbage, even as you are telling us their garbage will replace all human endeavor.

Man I have never been so happy for a random pilot I have never met before

Alberta removes education from curriculum

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good mechanical keyboard with loud, unmuted switches with solid pushback? My spacebar is going and I need a spacebar I guess. My keyboards only last about a year and I'd like to change that.

Have y’all seen the Arabic cover for Fight, Magic, Items?

The April edition of Metis Reads is here! Featuring books by Brandi Bird, Wilfred Burton, Jónína Kirton (@jkirton.bsky.social), Elinor Florence, and more. Jump in and find a few great books available for pre-order! #Metis 🌎📚💙 www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

I've seen people trying to defend it today by saying "No, no, I just use it to brainstorm, bounce ideas, I do the actual writing" and with all the kindness in the world I need to tell you: if there is a stage of writing you are not good at, you need to get good, not use the plagiarism machine.

i think having a POV preference for the books you read is kinda silly. it’s the mindset of a consumer expecting to be catered to, rather than that of a reader who’s open to anything good.

Tom Morello opening speech in Minneapolis 🔥

cross my darkened heart

look at this baby beaver and feel better briefly (@ wildheartrescue on TT)

Another banger anthology

Yeah we also can't have nuanced conversations about whether or not genocide is good, or whether we should destroy indigenous lands for oil pipelines. Some things don't warrant nuance. The torment nexus should be stopped, not compromised with.

Y'all. Y'ALL. If you can, attend this.

Dune 1: Go White Boy, Go Dune 2: Oh Dune 3: Oh White Boy, No

Saving this for when I talk to my high school students about privacy, ads, and data tracking in my digital literacy class.

I just...I... What kind of drug... Like, what.

Been a sec since we've run one of these threads: Hey there, we're Unwinnable! We've been publishing 100% independent pop culture criticism since 2010. Since we mainly count on reader funding, our writers write what's on their minds -- not what's best for the algorithm or investors.

My hot writing take about tense and POV is stop blaming YA for why some adult romance readers are demanding first person POV. Deal with your own readers. Stop using YA as a cudgel for everything you think is wrong with adult books.

Abolish ICE is the moderate position.

Yesterday it was announced that Seventhblade is on the shortlist for Saskatchewan Book Awards: 2025 First Novel Award, and it is also on the Shortlist for 2025 Foreword Indies Best Fantasy Novel award! So honored for the recognition Seventhblade is getting!

I've been slowly getting back into illustrating thanks to working on some fan art, and I think I'm beginning to get the hang of it again. AND I think I love roughing in teeth with a polyline selection tool.

"In all of her work there’s a deep sense of care and respect for how people, both individually and collectively, are impacted by society’s systems of power." @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social talks to @tonialaird.bsky.social about her work and her debut novel Seventhblade:

The next step is the nomination round! You can vote for Seventhblade as a member of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. Learn more here: www.csffa.ca

This is a perfectly cromulant example that embiggens why we need more barn distrlict entoforcement and enrange strategic relationship for our guarramocation scrretary development. AI is the furturc.

Not only is Stephen Graham Jones a master of horror, the covers for his books are always my favorites. This one is no exception.

On the bookshelves October 13th. Hope y’all like it:

#advocacy #callyourreps

Great work team, definitely worth WWIII