I didn't quit YouTube *sigh* Pomodoro timers and for the healthy hoes podcast kept me there.

I understand there are billions of people on the planet but a part of me wishes the internet was a niche hobby again so that finding new handles wasn't so difficult. It's petty, I know.

I'm returning to my Millennial roots of posting quotes to illustrate how I feel: "Look at us, passengers in the grip of fear, watching the pilot of the vessel go to pieces." -Oedipus The King, line 1010-1011

I'm quitting youtube while this verification business is going on and I have the sneaky suspicion imma get more writing done.

The National Association of Black Bookstores seeks to “amplify Black voices, and preserve Black culture by increasing the visibility, sustainability, and impact of Black bookstores and booksellers.”

Black Art In Paris: A Soul-Stirring Movement Of Radicalized History And Intellectual Liberation

Check out @bookspotlight.bsky.social 's newest. Give it a read, if only to find out how immortals can start the story dead. I want to know, for sure.

Let's not use "hallucinate" or "lie" when we talk about ChatGPT. It can't make decisions, it doesn't have a conscious thought, it's not having a conversation with you. It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.

RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775. I'd also call your senators/reps as well.

I went into reading Paradise Lost with a serious side eye for pretentiousness and now as I reach the end, it's one of the most profound things I've ever read. I don't think I'll ever look at life, death, and free will the same.

Dear YouTube creators, for the love of all that is still holy, have a way to stay in touch outside of YouTube. And pour one out for ye olde time-waster. We will miss ye.

I can smell the secondhand bookstore pages and candy corn in this picture.

Still stressing over another author using the pen name I've started using and what the hell do I do now? Figure out another pen name? Bite the bullet and keep using this one? Any author/writer advice would be greatly appreciated.

I spent an absurd amount of time reading about the enclosure movement in England, various peasant rebellions, and the accumulation from dispossession theory and I haven't been this happy in awhile. I fucking love wikipedia research rabbit holes.

in my observation, what actually moves book sales on social media (any platform) is the author themself having fun, being themself, showing off their interests and their work. doing it in a natural way can be hard! but if it's all "BUY MY BOOK!" and marketing graphics, that tends to get stale

‘A train nearly took my head off’: how Lady Pink shook up the macho men of New York’s graffiti scene

HOLD👏THE👏FUCK👏UP👏 Rachel Ward (The Thorn Birds) and Daryl Hannah (Road House) DID A MOVIE TOGETHER?!?!?!?! *scrambles* *drops phone* *picks it up again* *starts searching for this movie *

Geology, hands down. Still carry random bits of rock information in my brain.

KOSA is back. This is the internet censorship bill! And it's not just coming for SWers, it'll be coming for all LGBTQ content, because the people in charge view LGBTQ people as inherently pornagraphic! We must push back even harder than we did last time we killed this bill 🔥

📚 400+ pages 🥀 urban fantasy 🌃 set in washington state 🔥 slow burn 🤍 romance and angst 🗡️ demons and vampires 📕 first in a duology 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... [ 🪐📚🌈 ] [ 📚💙 ]

Dear Sizeable Following, You should definitely do this so we don’t all get dragged under and have our creative freedoms encroached upon by a bunch of hate-filled tossers who are scared of people seeing boobs and other things. Call them today. Or send an email. Just do it. Signed, Me

I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign But we can EASILY top 1,000! I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send! ↻💬♡ to boost We CAN make a difference 💕 #itch #censorship 1/🧵

#SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek or #SPAAW if yer nasty, is a good time to remind the indie community that there's more to writing than novels, and that we need to actively support unorthodox writing projects that would struggle to exist in the modern trad pub industry but would flourish here.

Hey guys, so remember how I wrote about the four stages of how P25 and Republicans want to enact anti-trans censorship? This signals that we have FULLY entered Stage Two: We lose the trans internet. Stage One is over - they've already gotten there. Please pay attention to this now.

Whew. Must read. Must see.

My main comfort right now is empathetic people find each other.

What movie did you see at way too young of an age?

re: generative AI I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used. And now, you can use it, too.

Looking for the grooviest of folks to follow? Want more books and art on your feed? Check out my Groovy List Starter Packs! List 1: go.bsky.app/7u5ZeVQ List 2: go.bsky.app/3CiACsV 📚💙

Thissssss. There are millions of us, in different time zones, some who only check the odd time - repost yo stuff!

Pin for pin? Let’s get some traction on posts ☺️💙📚 Books and art only! No politics, no porn, NO GEN AI. 🚫

Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to the new Booksky Patreon page! Your subscriptions help cover the cost of running the #BookSky feeds and the new Booksky website. We are about 10 Patreon subs away from covering the monthly BookSky costs, at which point I will launch new genre feeds!

So glad I woke up to see this. Signed. Immediately and without hesitation. ‘Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers’ To add your name, please read and sign here: lithub.com/against-ai-a...

KEEP GOING MY DARLINGS

Rules to publishing: - write - agonise over writing - agonise more - edit like your pen’s on fire - no gen AI with a ten foot pole - don’t police readers - don’t respond to bad reviews - hydrate (and don’t forget your daily cookie) And go!

I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it. Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...

Here is a list of Democrats who voted against moving forward with impeachment.

Wishbone helped prep me for literature study because I had a basic idea of the story before we studied it. And that's the homie. Wishbone was a real one and I'm a forever fan for him making me a nerd.

Due to inflation, tariffs, and the sheer implosion of--well, everything, I will no longer be stressing myself out writing to market. My books will be genre blending and bending with blurbs and content warnings so you know what it is. This has been a PSA.

"The Life and Times of International Treasure Agnès Varda" (Hans-Ulrich Obrist, 2018, Interview Magazine)

Going to the theme parks is supporting anti-trans legislation. Buying the books is supporting anti-trans legislation. Buying and playing the games is supporting anti-trans legislation. Talking up the franchise in any guise is encouraging others to fund anti-trans legislation.

You don't need some divine urge to read classic lit. Sometimes you just want to see what the hype is about.

The urge to turn my fantasy academia series into a slice of life story because I need happy shit right now.

Given that I'm clinging on to any bit of serotonin with both hands, I'm taking a reading course on Paradise Lost by John Milton with the Catherine Project. I've purposefully skipped most lit pre-1800 and I want to know why this poem has a centuries-long hype squad.

‘Bluesky remains unattractive to a big chunk of people’

I'm not the only writer who doesn't use AI/LLMs for prompts, plots, outlines, synopses, writing, editing, images etc. I don't use it at all, and I refuse to do so. As @tiffaniangus.bsky.social points out - there are many of us. We are far from alone. Everything I make is from my brainmeats.