Very excited to have “The Three Paths You Take Upon the Death of Your Beloved Sister” out today at SMT!! 🖤🖤🖤

The Sunday Morning Transport@morningtransport.bsky.social · 17h ago

The Sunday Morning Transport considers the possibilities today with a story from Emma Osborne (@redscribe.bsky.social) about an incredible journey through grief and reunion. Read a sample or subscribe for the whole thing!

NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...

Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting

Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.

wired.com

Spotify does not pay artists but does take money from ICE. Almost every other music streamer pays higher rates than Spotify. (I also recommend buying merch or MP3s from one of your favorite artists every month to keep them afloat) fwdmusic.com/en/news/how-...

How Much Do Streaming Platforms Pay Per Stream in 2026

Compare streaming royalty rates in 2026: Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Tidal, Amazon, Deezer, Beatport. Real pay-per-stream numbers and how to maximize earnings.

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Mary Gillis@marygillis.bsky.social · 4d ago

The same company that doesn't pay artists seems to always find the money to pay this jackass. If you're still using Spotify... why? Pretty much every alternative is better in every way.

yeah but the way out includes taking accountability for committing almost a century of systematic theft, ethnosupremacism, apartheid, illegal occupation, torture, rape, military brainwashing & genocide and given that this fascist faux-mocracy has only existed as such, that would be remarkable

I got out my sun lamps today - it's getting dark in the northern hemisphere 😭 (I love autumn but the upcoming darkness of kaamos always brings me down)

Honestly, @emilymbender.bsky.social and @timnitgebru.blacksky.app should be honored for their work on LLMs and ‘AI hype.’

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 3w ago

From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...

AI Assist is still AI and I'm not reading, watching, listening to, or playing anything with that label on it.

Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures@michellefranklin.bsky.social · 3w ago

My new books have a NO AI disclaimer on them, but I've been seeing labels like "THIS IS NOT AI. The work in this volume album was made by hand, but AI assisted--" Music labels and publishing houses are now putting "AI Assist" on things to get around having to label it as AI.

Narnia books as Isekai Manga

As an artist people ask me about A.I. all the time now. Yet I'm also Southern. So, I wrote a little around first impressions (with Remarks & footnotes). elerdegrey.com/blog/the-hai...

THE HAINT THEORY OF A.I. — ELER DE GREY

Parallels emerge.

elerdegrey.com

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a highly entertaining, live-posted read-along thread of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ must be in want of sharing. #BookSky 💙📚

Trung Le Nguyen@trungles.com · 5mo ago

So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.

Lily Wachowski is so cool. Most celebrities use high profile interviews to be like "it was such a pleasure to work with so and so on such and such" and she's like "JK Rowling funds trans genocide and Elon Musk is a fascist misrepresenting my work to destroy the planet" Let her make more movies.

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

variety.com

When the children of Death argue, things get... messy. And you get one captivating, epic family drama, according to @saranorja.bsky.social. @xanwriter.bsky.social's BORN OF MALICE is out October 2, 2026. 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/BOM #BookSky #darkfantasy

ICYMI, my online book launch for GRIEF EATER is now up on Youtube. Thanks again to @kyliu99.bsky.social and @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social for joining me! @interstellarflight.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYUw...

Book Launch New Queer Zombie Horror Novella by Emma Osborne in Conversation with Ken Liu

YouTube video by Interstellar Flight Press

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Excellent to see this ground-breaking work published. Congrats to @gingerhowley.bsky.social and team. Medieval MSS as sources for genomic discoveries.

Andrew Curry@andrewcurry.com · last mo.

Ancient parchments, covered in ancient disease DNA! Researchers led by @ucddublin.bsky.social's @gingerhowley.bsky.social recover the genes of a deadly animal pathogen from medieval manuscripts. @science.org

Well, this ended up more of an experiment with media than anything else, but to be fair, that was what I intended when I started. I don't know how I feel about the finished result as a whole, but I like a lot of the textures, and I learned a little more about what works for me and what doesn't.

Julie Dillon@juliedillon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

sketch of a little owl for another painting 🦉

"Fans of Neuromancer will find many follow-up reads worth their time, but those that want to catch up on the cutting edge of cyberpunk should turn their eyes to Infomocracy by Malka Older." !!!!!

Michael Hein@michael-hein.bsky.social · last mo.

The best part about covering Neuromancer is that it prompted me to re-read Infomocracy by @older.bsky.social ! collider.com/neuromancer-...

Sara kirjoitti käsikirjoitustutkimuksesta ja kuvamagian käsikirjoituksista @koneensaatio.fi Kaivolla-blogiin!

Koneen Säätiö@koneensaatio.fi · last mo.

Mitä kätkeytyy satoja vuosia vanhoihin käsikirjoituksiin? Kaivolla-blogissa @kukuproject.bsky.social -hankkeen tutkija @saranorja.bsky.social kertoo maagisesta tutkimusmatkastaan englantilaisiin kirjastoihin ja sen tarjoamiin löydöksiin. Lue koko teksti! 🪄📜 koneensaatio.fi/tarinat-ja-j...

I was so excited to hear that a Finnish Oracle deck was coming out soon: the Nordic Forest Rituals Oracle deck. Then I learned that the illustrator used the plagiarism machine to augment their work. Don’t do this. Why on earth would you ruin your own work like that?

Online Lecture @sims-mss.bsky.social Friday, Sept. 11 12pm EDT Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social The Pecia System and the Medieval University Book Trade, ca. 1200-1340 | Penn Libraries www.library.upenn.edu/sims/event-s... @rialibrary.bsky.social

The Pecia System and the Medieval University Book Trade, ca. 1200-1340

Alison Ray (Royal Irish Academy Library) explores how medieval manuscripts were mass-produced at universities in the thirteenth century at low cost for members of the academic milieu.

library.upenn.edu

Oli niin hauskaa kirjoittaa vapaammin käsikirjoitustutkimuksen ja maagisten tekstien riemusta Koneen Kaivolla-blogissa!

Koneen Säätiö@koneensaatio.fi · last mo.

Mitä kätkeytyy satoja vuosia vanhoihin käsikirjoituksiin? Kaivolla-blogissa @kukuproject.bsky.social -hankkeen tutkija @saranorja.bsky.social kertoo maagisesta tutkimusmatkastaan englantilaisiin kirjastoihin ja sen tarjoamiin löydöksiin. Lue koko teksti! 🪄📜 koneensaatio.fi/tarinat-ja-j...

Another one who can fuck all the way off then

Hannah@teaforpterosaur.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lma, and I mean this very sincerely, o

📃 Julkaisu-uutisia! Idan @thewhichwitchphd ensimmäinen väitöskirja-artikkeli on julkaistu Studia Neophilologicassa. Artikkelissa Ida tarkastelee muinaisenglannin -sanaston käyttöä varhaiskeskiaikaisessa proosassa ja runoudessa. Linkki artikkeliin / link to the article: doi.org/10.1080/0039...

Magical practitioners in Old English prose and verse: A study of a lexical field

This article examines the distribution and use of 16 Old English lexical items referring to magical practitioners, such as witches or sorcerers, in Old English prose and verse. The focus is on the ...

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📃 Publication news! Ida's first dissertation article has been published in Studia Neophilologica. The article examines the use of Old English "witch" words in early medieval prose and verse. Link to the article: doi.org/10.1080/0039...

Finally! This anthology has been a long time in the making, but it is now available wherever you buy books! My horror-ecopunk story, Cardinal Theorem of Somnambulistic Interpolation, included this collection of Nordic weird fiction, is inspired by real events in Kiruna, Sweden. #booksky #amreading

Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...

Neon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/Novelette

Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...

neonhemlock.submittable.com

nymph with a green knife

Further to the Cleves/Walden thing, the museum they both used has released a statement www.henrysheldonmuseum.org/statement-on...

Statement on Charity & Sylvia — Henry Sheldon Museum

henrysheldonmuseum.org

#IndigenousArt Paula Nicho Cumez (Mayan/Guatemalan, born 1955) Mi Segunda Piel [My Second Skin], 2000-04 Oil on canvas 82.5 x 58.8 cm National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

AI feels like something Cosmic Horror has warned against for the last 100 years. Stories like this read like a lazy scholar who got hold of cursed amulet wishing for everyone to see their intelligence, and by the end they're giggling "See? See!" as their brains dribble out their ears.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...