My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

The heavens speed thee in thine enterprise!

R. I. P. Walter Koenig www.startrek.com/news/best-of...

The Best of Pavel Chekov

In celebration of Walter Koenig's birthday, we're looking back at our favorite Chekov moments in The Original Series.

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JL Kaufmann@jlkaufmann.bsky.social · 3d ago

Seriously though, would you read an AI generated novel or story knowing it was AI? If it was part of a franchise you loved? Was in your favourite genre? A sequel ‘approved’ by the estate if the original author?

May the happy bats bring you much joy this weekend. Oh and for those who’ve not seen it, there’s a post below with many more of our flying friends. 🦇 👇

Merchant Adventurers’ Hall@merchantshallyork.org · 6d ago

As Halloween is round the corner we thought we’d share some medieval bats. A thread… 🧵 🦇

One more little update: should be out on Halloween! Which feels appropriate for a magical murder mystery romance… 😸 #BookSky @jms-books.com

K.L. Noone@klnoone.bsky.social · 3w ago

Little update: The Warlock Affair will be out closer to the end of the month (publisher having understandable life delays) but still coming this month! First time I’ve written a magical murder mystery (also romance)! #BookSky

🎃Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash. The Monstere Mash! Beholde: sepulchral smash! Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast - Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!🎃

Long before pumpkins became the Halloween tradition, people in Ireland carved turnips into spooky faces to ward off wandering spirits. This wonderful Ghost Turnip is on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, and it's guaranteed to stop you in your tracks!

Here's a photo of a helicopter landed on Joanne's 227 foot support yacht that follows around her 290 foot main yacht

LGBTQ Nation@lgbtqnation.com · 5d ago

Billionaire J.K. Rowling claims trans rights activism is “elitist to its core” - buff.ly/qtMUAft

The Society of Authors has withdrawn from the ill-conceived concession to the dark side that was the "ethical GenAI" charter because of the mass and vocal outrage of authors. Publishers need to be made afraid of this level of anger too.

the idea phase is the easiest and least valuable part of professional creativity. read the first draft of the first Star Wars if you doubt me Great art is made in the grinding, often miserable collision between the ethereal substance of an idea and the mud and blood and friction of reality

Keezy Young🌼@keezyyoung.bsky.social · 5d ago

"I only use chatgpt in the ideas phase" haha that's so weird. I just have them

"Reading books is active resistance" is something I tell to my students every day.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

CALL FOR SUBS 📣 Augur Society will be offering OAC Recommender Grants and we are accepting submissions until January 15th @ 1 PM 🕐 We love to champion fresh new ideas in sci-fi, speculative fiction/poetry, and fantastical works 💫🔮🌠 send us your proposals and DON'T SELF REJECT!! 🔗 buff.ly/ET84fxE

Ich distrust Generative A.I. by cause Ich knowe deepe down yn my bones that ther ys no magic or wondir yn it and nevir will be.

I got to write about #StarWars & the #Gothic for the journal Science Fiction Studies! So excited to be part of this fantastic group of contributors! (Free but it'll require a log-in / account.) online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article/... #AcademicSky #scifi

I cannot stress enough how helpful it is when you like a thing that someone created (like, say, a book they wrote) & you TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT. Word of mouth can be an incredible tool, yes, even if you don't think you're a fancy influencer with an incredible following. Your recommendations go places!

British Association for Romantic Studies: Call for Applications: BARS Stephen Copley Research Awards PGRs and ECRs working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award. www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

✨timeline cleanse✨ quote this with your favorite tumblr post

@wwxwashere.bsky.social · last yr.

✨timeline cleanse✨ quote this with your favorite tumblr post

I got to write about #StarWars & the #Gothic for the journal Science Fiction Studies! So excited to be part of this fantastic group of contributors! (Free but it'll require a log-in / account.) online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article/... #AcademicSky #scifi

True hope ys not a 'flying' car. For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical study, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye. We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART: H umanityes E thiques A rtes R hetorique & the crafte of T eaching

Middel Englisshe Verb Tyme: The verbe 'to haven' yn Middle Englisshe • Ich have • Thou hast • Thei {sing} / He / She / It hath • Ye have(n), han • We have(n), han • Thei {plur.} have(n), han Fun note: Ne (negatif) + hath kan be combyned: She nath

This book is beautiful and will make you think about the loveliness of small things, and of safe places, and of being understood, shyly, tentatively, at last. #BookSky

Lee Welch@leewelchwriter.bsky.social · last wk.

My audiobook publisher is offering Mr Collins in Love at 70% off until 5 November. Get your Austen queered here: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

So Miss Merlyn the Cat-Beast hurt her paw: $600 + all day at the vet! There are many Big Things in the world right now, & we are Okay Enough (she will be ok!), but I will say, if any of you would like to buy a book or a story just now, we would appreciate it! #cats www.jms-books.com/kl-noone-m-2...

eternal scream of RAAAAGE those kids should not have to do this any more than the people waiting in line for 12 hours in Georgia should have to do that.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

Repost if $30k would change your life right now

Matt Darling@besttrousers.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don't think $30k is a life-changing amount of money. Median American born in 1980 will have $2m in income in their lifetime. It's a 1% increase in earnings.

All you Libby users borrowing digital books and audiobooks through your library cards, you can set your preferences to human authors and artists ONLY. Click the middle button at the bottom, then "Content Controls" under Settings. You'll find "AI Contributions" there. Click in to it to make changes.

Marketing every new fantasy with a romantic element as romantasy does a disservice to readers and writers. Romance & fantasy have different expectations (no shade to either), so a romance in a fantasy setting is NOT THE SAME as a fantasy with romantic subplots. Everyone just ends up annoyed

Some more seasonal self-promo! 🎃 These are the two October stories from the Seasonal Stories, with history professor Wes and actor Finn - the 1st involves moving in together, and autumn decorating, and terrible puns! The 2nd might have a proposal… #mmromance #autumn #BookSky @jms-books.com

I don't use GenAI because I want to be capable of doing my work. I want my work to be my work. I want my successes to be *my* successes. And I want to do the work that I can only do if I don't have GenAI getting in my way. Each author and intellectual should have this conversation with themselves.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last mo.

I finished the first draft of my third book, The Cosmos is a Black Aesthetic, in January. And I had to let it simmer and get some feedback. And I am ready to push through a major revision and I'm looking at some of the work that needs to be done and it would be **IMPOSSIBLE** with GenAI involvement.