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SF&F fan, fencer, dog lover, cook, long Covid sufferer
Me: The new agent harness is great. You feed your tokens into the machine. Then you run simulations which, if successful, produces tickets. If they fail you have to buy more tokens and keep running the sims. Once you have enough tickets you can redeem them Boss: are you at dave & busters, yes or no
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Paul Atreides doth go to a Frensshe bakerye to picke up breade. Upon arriving at the Frensshe bakerye, Paul Atreides doth fynde that the Frensshe bakeres have lefte a box for hym. Paul Atreides asketh: "What ys yn the box?" And the Frensshe bakeres responde: "Pain."
A web design firm staffed by Cenobites. Their motto is "We have such sites to show you."
Adam L.@tsalmoth.bsky.social · 3w agoAn academic library staffed by Cenobites. Written above the door it says: "We have such cites to show you."
#KindleBookGiveAway 5 copies of Moonbound by Robin Sloan. US Only. Part of his Penumbraverse, it is one of the craziest books I've read outside of the Library at Mount Char. But kinder and more hopeful too. So, who wants a copy?
#kindlebookgiveaway 2 ebooks of The Uploaded by Ferrett Steinmetz. @theferrett.bsky.social US only. C'mon folks, it's a good book. Kind of dark, but it's like dark chocolate.
#KindleBookGiveAway C'mon folks. 7 free copies of Glass Houses. @kithrup.bsky.social can you help raise awareness? www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee...
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#KindleBookGiveAway Checking the other books I'd given away, I've got 3 copies of The Uploaded still. www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee...
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#KindleBookGiveAway I'm in a bad mood. Time to do something positive about it. So, here are 10 copies of Glass Houses by @madelineashby.bsky.social . There are so many guns on mantelpieces and Ashby takes them down and uses them. It's also some really good, compelling writing.
up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom
madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 3mo agowhat are the Six Genders? wrong answers only
@r-emrys.bsky.social wanted to say thanks for your column Seeds of a Story. Just ploughed through Unaccountability Machine and just started Seeing Like a State.
apnews.com/article/supr... All I can say is HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda
The Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.
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Cory Doctorow has things to say and points out that there are alternatives to American capitalism pluralistic.net/2026/02/20/k...
Pluralistic: A perforated corporate veil (20 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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#KindleBookGiveAway I seem to have finally gotten my brains back after a round of not Covid, not flu. To celebrate, here are some books. Specifically, The Uploaded by @theferrett.bsky.social
Anyone else out there come down with not the flu, not Covid and feel like their brain could barely work after? It's been 2 weeks since I last had symptoms and I'm finally feeling normal again.
Anyone that follows me have a game shop that can help @czedwards.bsky.social out?
CZEdwards@czedwards.bsky.social · 6mo agoIf you work at a gaming store and have Rich Burlow’s Order of the Stick books on your shelf, I would like to make an order from you. spouse has requested, and since he really does rarely request anything, I would like to fulfill this if possible.
#KindleBookGiveaway After this weekend, let's try something light and kind of fun. Raymond St. Elmo's As I Was On My Way to Strawberry Fair is light and fun. I've read it, enjoyed it and recommend it. It's about a young man that goes to the Ren Fair (a thinly disguised Texas Ren Fair) and...
Dead to rights for Secretary Keg stand and friends.
Texan In Exile@texaninexile.bsky.social · 7mo agoWell they're not inviting any journalists to their Signal chat so that's part of it.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. "Standing near the buffet table Gabriel payed his respects to Pan Wegong, primary architect for the resurrected Earth²." Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams.
CZEdwards@czedwards.bsky.social · 7mo agoPick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. “Under the terms of the contract Sir Harry was to get that money, the new Duke nothing.”
#KindleBookGiveAway I'm in a bad mood, because the world is awful right now. Can't change the world, but I might change my mood. So, in the first reply, there are 5 copies of Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Stairs.
Let's, see, I'm either a former game warden now recruited to be part of the Time Patrol (Ghosts of Deep Time by Frank Landis), or a professional thief in a fantasy world where goblin plagues have killed all the horses (Blacktongue Thief).
Lisa Hirsch@lisairontongue.bsky.social · 7mo agoI'm the head magic teacher at a British boarding school. Emily Tesh, "The Incandescent"
Lord, yes! I cannot stand it in video. Tell me why I should buy your book. Do it on self promo Sundays at r/fantasy, your BlueSky account or somewhere, but write it down. If I have to drag through video I feel the urge to purchase going down.
Emily@tmmookster.bsky.social · 8mo agoIf it helps: as a consumer I don't want to watch a video of someone promoting their book. It's a written medium, I want a written summary. But then, I'm a grumpy old millennial who hates how everything seems to be in video format these days.
GIVE AWAY! // AKA WE DID IT AGAIN! Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵) Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!
Someone just tagged this post from November 2024. Maybe I should do a signed paperback giveaway? I'll pick one at 5 pm CST tomorrow at random from the likes. You don't even have to follow or repost ... but it would be nice if you did!
Oathbreakers
“Fascinating.” — The Wall Street Journal “An enlightening portrait of the medieval mindset.” — Publishers Weekly The authors of The Bright Ages return with ...
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David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 2y ago"Like all empires, this one rested on a foundation of lies." #Oathbreakers, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 12/10. The story of how Charlemagne's grandsons fought a brutal civil war and shattered the Frankish Empire. SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1
@elliottdotorg.bsky.social You might want to take a look at this. futurism.com/hertz-ai-dam...
Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster
Hertz' new AI damage scanners are dead on arrival — and unfortunately, it's not the only company deploying the shoddy tech.
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@naomikritzer.bsky.social any chance there will be a passive aggressive gift guide for 2025?
I've been a fan of Penn and Teller for years and that Penn has the courage to do this makes me respect and admire him more for it.
Jeremy (Harpsichord Enjoyer)@gogdog.bsky.social · 8mo agoGood on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
