This is exactly how I feel about co-pilot.

Making apple dutch babies and split pea soup while watching Romy and Michelle on a stormy day, total fall bliss

Hot dogs 💯💯. If you're using AI to make "art", you're just indulging in cheap plagiarism so you can avoid the hard-work part of making art. "You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings..." www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

I told you guys

What an incredible piece @hexliterary.bsky.social. I honestly feel privileged to have read it. @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social , you're such a talent monster, dear god! hexliterary.com?p=2878

oooh the way my blood pressure spiked when reading this headline 😂😂 scitechdaily.com/scientists-j...

No disclaimer for stories drafted by AI? Guess no more clicks for BI from me! www.theverge.com/news/779739/...

My story is out in Small Wonders today! “What was supposed to happen was this: on the faire’s opening day, Princess Lilaclaire would visit the pond, kiss a frog into a prince, share a candy apple with him to test their true love, and live happily ever after.” Read to see what actually happened…

Anyone working on tech dystopia pieces, reality is here to show us up again! Ewww ew ew ew www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

Only 5500 lightyears away! 😍😍 A girl can dream.... Stunning new image of baby stars captured by JWST webbtelescope.org/contents/med...

Read this POWERFUL flash by Nadia Radovich. It's meta, it's audacious, looove it.

Love this!

"Because Thursdays were ours"😭😭 All the feels and some gorgeous sensory details in this flash stunner from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social

“What’s your argument against generative AI?” Do you mean the environmental, economic, social, ethical, cognitive, creative, or practical argument? Because I feel like any one of those, even in isolation from one another, makes using it a non-starter.

Our closer for August is “The Color of Things” by Eleanor Lennox. A piece that gives you a one-sides glimpse into a failing relationship against a backdrop of jungle. Big White Lotus vibes! #flashfiction #writingcommunity @eleanorlennox.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

My story is free to read today at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! Come for the jungle, stay for the climax of extreme Midwestern passive aggressiveness 😁https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-color-of-things/

THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVER. Love Nerdforge! Meanwhile my half-finished library book nook rots in a file cabinet youtu.be/qXY_kLNr3y0?...

SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR MEMORIES, THEY'RE KILLING THE EARTH, ALSO WE'RE BUILDING NEW AI CENTERS feels absurdly farcical and dystopian while perfectly illustrating Stage 4 End-Stage Capitalism in all its dipshit horror.

As someone obsessed with generation ships and space travel generally, this is really cool. Well done to the Chrysalis research team! www.livescience.com/space/space-...

They keep asserting they're going to put AI in everything, including critical, dangerous systems. Meanwhile, AI is like, "sure, eat those yard mushrooms, the word strawberry has 88 Rs, I'm Mecha Hitler, here's Taylor Swift naked when you didn't even ask for it and she has eleven fingers lol"

Do yourself a favor and read this story! It's so psychologically rich for flash and the ending is absolutely killer.

So excited to share that my story, The Color of Things, is up in this month's issue of FFO!! Also, favorite compliment ever from Rebecca Halsey in the foreword: "If you're a fan of the show White Lotus, you'll enjoy The Color of Things"😍😍😍

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

A little bowl of summer.

A great and terrifying essay by Meghan O'Rourke www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

Funding for PBS has been attacked, and it is worth returning to Fred Rogers’ testimony to Congress on why PBS is worth our time. Share widely, because this message must continue to be known. youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...

Ebon Moss-Bachrach's picks for an alternate Fantastic Four could absolutely save the world. reactormag.com/fantastic-fo...

There are few things I enjoy more in short fiction than the beautiful alchemy of science and lyricism. This one's a stunner by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social

Another gorgeous, devastating flash piece from the uber-talented @sarlynh.bsky.social!

Check out my incredible writing buddy's story All God's Worthy in Frivolous Comma and be transported! 💧💧💧

Writers! Note that AI translation (under the guise of "global access") is being seen/used as the weak point to get AI into publishing (possible bc Eng lang publishing is weak on translation). Stand with translators & for more human translation, fairly paid!

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

i believe one of the reasons why nuance is fading in fiction writing (or writing in general) is because of the sheer VOLUME of books available now. given the proliferation of bookstagram/reading goals on goodreads/etc... reading has also turned competitive. 👇

This is probably my favorite romantasy I've ever read. So if you haven't read it yet, check it out so it can be your favorite too!

x.com/intrepidusin... If anyone still has X (alas, not I), an hour left to vote on a fun little poll on my latest story, the Tiger's Handmaiden (up at Intrepidus now)!

New fantasy story up at Intrepidus Ink! The Tiger's Handmaiden has... 🐅 A sociopathic princess 🌟 Star-crossed lovers 🐦‍⬛ Transfiguration and handmaidens and forests that are more than they seem.... Check it out here: intrepidusink.com/the-tigers-h...

So satisfying to read a perfect square of text from @sarlynh.bsky.social

Absolutely gorgeous, words to drown in. Take 5 min to read this aching, evocative, sensory bath of a story. And congrats Mizuki on winning The Smokey award!

Sir, that is an elemental fae, do not draw attention to yourself

I've thought about this a lot. What if today's AI-dependent young people will end up in memory care a lot earlier, thanks to not taking the effort to exercise their brains.

Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching. Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.

He’s so good at this.

Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death

Love this twisted micro delight from @melmulrooney.bsky.social !

WoOOoooOOooooo! The Sloth & Envy Press TN branch and Toad Shade EIC has a story in Issue 6 of @brokenantlermag.bsky.social Broken Antler titled "Bird Dreams of Woman" Read n share, friends! Thanks :)

So it's my *official* cover reveal day even though it's been creeping through as a preview on links lately. LOOK AT IT. IT'S SO PRETTY. #booksky #romancelandia

“The Fish in the Garden” by Eleanor Lennox will have you avoiding nostalgia at all costs. Read it in Issue 9 on radonjournal.com. You can find more of Eleanor Lennox at eleanorlennox.com. @eleanorlennox.bsky.social

The Jims! Love this flash by @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social

Got an eye for turning words into visuals? We pulled these excerpts from the Radon archives—how would you bring them to life? #TheRadonGallery art contest is open for two more weeks. Show us what you've got.