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C.Z. Tacks

@cztacks.bsky.social

Aussie SF&F author. Clarion West 2024. Currently hiding in a koi pond.

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Bill Cooper@billcoops.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Absolutely kickass story by C.Z. Tacks up in lightspeed today. a rad as hell cyberpunk story about sex work that is, in case I didn't make it clear enough, fucking rips. you want to read this story. you WILL read this story.

The Girlfriend Experience - Lightspeed Magazine

The company man’s smile showed off his perfect teeth. Evie hated that smile; it meant he was going to kill her again. Him staring down the camera above the Manic Pixie’s door didn’t help. Even with th...

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author@daxaeterna.ink · last yr.

"now is not the time to be writing dark fiction / now is not the time to be writing cozy fiction / now is not the time to be writing depression fiction / now is not the time to be writing hopeful fiction" eff off. let writers write what they want to write when they want to write it.

Renan Bernardo@renanbernardo.com · last yr.

Just so you know how this is f*cked up. Using the same tool that he used on issue #283 of his magazine, it says it was 54% likely made with AI. Issue #283 is from 2019, when AI-gen like it is today didn't even exist. So, no, you should not call out writers and you should not trust these tools.

Renan Bernardo@renanbernardo.com · last yr.

It came to my attention that a very prestigious magazine posted my collection, Different Kinds of Defiance, as an example of having used AI for its cover art. First of all, any tools that point this are not foolproof and have a lot of false positives, as any illustrator can check with their own art.

Brooke from Let’s Not Date@letsnotdate.bsky.social · last yr.

Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to… A: find your mom’s Facebook B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were C: badly photoshop that into a locket D: convince you I’m your daughter. Happy Father’s Day Daddy.

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Sam J Miller@sentencebender.bsky.social · last yr.

OK let's do this. I wanted to do a newsletter that felt fresh and fun to me, and "Undercover in the Apocalypse" is that creature - an epistolary science fiction story addressed to an army of shadow operatives. I hope you'll join me on this covert mission. undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io

Undercover in the Apocalypse

Covert dispatches from Sam J. Miller on craft, community, and surviving nightmare times.

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AK Faulkner@ravenswordpress.com · last yr.

I blocked her for the smell of terf, but wanted to talk a little about this post, and the intersection of privileges it indicates and reflects. Some basic facts: The poster is a white American woman, Republican, wife of a renowned British bigot. Both have well-paid positions. Let's begin. 🧵

Unpopular opinion: I know it's cool to wear your earbuds and carry a book while pasting a disinterested, don't-talk-to-me expression on your face, but I like to talk to the person sitting beside me on airplanes. I liked it when we were willing to be inconvenienced by strangers.
C.Z. Tacks@cztacks.bsky.social · last yr.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

a man wearing a hat and a military uniform looks down

Alt: Lee Pace stands in front of a red flag and asks, “are you with me, bandits?” From the film The Fall (2006)

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Alan Baxter@alanbaxter.bsky.social · last yr.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR) ((Blade Runner was too easy as well.))

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · last yr.

Treat practice as a discrete part of your day, not as a potential that fills every moment that is unmarked by job or sleep or other hard duties. Make your practice a finite and discrete unit of time and energy.