Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Robert Frost: Of course. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, & sorry I could not travel both & be one traveler, long I stood & looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth…

Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 2h ago

Ynterviewer: Kan you explayne thys gap yn your resume? Dante Alighieri: Yn the middle of thys journeye of lyfe Ich founde myselfe yn a shadowye woode, for...

Keep writing. You didn’t create all these fictional people and ruin their lives just to abandon them halfway through.

I fancy myself a chef, though I possess neither the skills to cook nor any desire to acquire them. Instead, I visit a restaurant, tell the chef how I'd like my food prepared, send it back until it's right, photograph the results, then inform everyone that 𝘐 cooked it. 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↔️ This post is about Gen AI.

For some reason, it didn't automatically crosspost here, but I have a new blog post up on this rainy Sunday morning. wp.me/p8vq95-P9

The Disappearance of Silos

The fringes of hurricane Isaias are brushing over us today, having rolled in during the night with heavy rain. As such, I decided to forgo my usual tramp in the woods with the dogs, not wanting to …

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I feel the same way about ghost stories: they’re social memes that keep characters and lessons in alive by existing simultaneously in both history and the present; they aren’t just fun tales for campfires - they’re immortal reminders/warnings of a community’s pride and/or shame.

Joanne Harris@joannechocolat.bsky.social · 8h ago

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 8260: Whatever genre you write, read folklore. Folklore exists because at some point, people cared so much about a certain thing that they put it into a story, and passed it down the centuries in order to keep it alive. That deserves attention.

Probably a good time to put this out there again.

This Website Will Let You Know When Rich People Are Fleeing the Apocalypse

The “Apocalypse Early Warning” site watches for unusual spikes in private jet travel, just in case the rich know something we don’t.

vice.com

The world’s in a state where Hallmark has a dumpster fire “everything’s fine” ornament, and this feels ominous.

There are many ways to destroy a university. Texas Tech, Texas A&M + the University of Texas have each taken a different approach…But the result will be the same: substandard education, substandard research + graduates who are less prepared for their future… + more prepared to obey without question.

All The Things You’re Not Allowed To Say In Texas

The state now controls what professors can teach.

theatlantic.com

Nailed it.

Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky)@ela-bambust.bsky.social · 11h ago

Let's get you bread

I would be EXTREMELY annoyed to discover my PR is "AI"-generated, and as someone bombarded with dozens of "AI"-generated emails daily, I assure you the stink of "AI" is immediately noticable and immediately dismissible. Publishers are not doing their new books any favors in using it.

Adam Morgan@adamm0rgan.bsky.social · 2d ago

For @wired.com, I spoke with workers about the quiet push to experiment with AI tools from book publishing executives at the Big Five. www.wired.com/story/book-p...

It never ceases to amaze me how many people are more offended by "bad" language than actual acts of violence. Perhaps we should instill getting your mouth washed out with soap for all acts of cruelty, racism, and misogyny.

Jännät@jaennaet.fi · 11h ago

Kind of funny that the country that drove people to use words like "unalive" because they think even referring to bad things is somehow harmful is now about to livestream an execution by firing squad

This part.

typing pumpkin 🎃@typingloudly.zip · 24h ago

the simple fact is that even before the current AI craze, we already had more compute infrastructure than we could effectively observe, manage, support, account, and defend

And now that I've mentioned the vet bills (emergency care, insulin, ongoing tests) plus child support, it's time for a promo post for my new release so we can keep Malala in diabetic kitty food! FALSE FLAG - now available in digital, print, and audio buy now: geni.us/FalseFlag

Rachel Grant/R.S. Grant@rachelgrant.bsky.social · 2d ago

Malala's blood tests came back mostly positive & she & Jocelyn are adjusting to their new routine. Here is the requisite pet tax. Malala is not pleased with having a feeding schedule (she likes small snacks all day), so she's following Jocelyn around the house w/her stuffed hamster demanding food.

The worst has gone unsaid: to 'use' LLMs to write flap copy, marketing copy, rejection notes (likely add proof reading/editing) and cover art: THEY HAVE TO FEED YOUR MANUSCRIPT INTO AI TO DO SO! ANY publisher of 'original novels' is GIVING OVER YOUR WORK! Egriegious. Copyright integrity is toast.

Paolo Bacigalupi@paolobacigalupi.bsky.social · yesterday

Meanwhile, same publishers are playing footsie with the LLMs to do their publishing work.

Well, I don't know, Susan. Maybe it's because I work ten hour shifts and the price of food and gasoline has skyrocketed since 2024 and on a good night I get about 5 hours of sleep due to existential dread and the LAST thing I want to do is pretend everything's ok when my social battery is dead.

The dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’

It used to be quite normal to pop next door for a coffee or invite friends over for dinner. But not any more. What’s behind this change – and just how damaging is it?

theguardian.com

Knowing what’s wrong is the first step to breeding back better veggies.

Joshua Keep@jekeep.bsky.social · yesterday

"The study argues that decades of breeding and farming to increase yield have reduced many nutrients in crops." Capitalism's idea of efficiency is only tied to profits. There was never any consideration given to if the increased yields still delivered adequate nutrition.

Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

Very on brand for 2026 that this has felt like the longest year in recorded history but also the first 10 days of October disappeared in 17 minutes, like can we slow this thing down a little please I have spooky shit to do and soup to eat

the fundraising numbers this could do, it's all we want

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · yesterday

statler and waldorf but it’s al-sayed and ossoff heckling republicans

This is a tough one for me because so many of my favorite authors could easily serve as inspiration. But if we're talking specific to my writing, it would have to be the crit group of amazingly talented writers who believe in me more than I believe in myself. #pretendpanel

Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com · 2d ago

Inspiration can come from many sources. Teachers and mentors, orher authors, various muses in our lives, and more. Tell me, #pretendpanel … 10th: Who inspires you (specific to your writing)? #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

I am once again just a girl coming to the interwebs to tell the interwebs that you absolutely 1000% need to get a box from @spilledinkcoffee.com

Spilled Ink & Coffee LLC ✍🏻 ☕️@spilledinkcoffee.com · yesterday

For the next two weeks only… get a Cozy Boo Box from Spilled Ink and Coffee!! Any of our available books plus a pair of ghosties and so many goodies!! spilledinkcoffee.com/product/cozy... #halloween 💙📚 #booksky #crochet 🧶

Cardinals are in the park every day being effortlessly beautiful. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

Pretty much this. Whether I like something or not has nothing to do with me supporting your right to enjoy it. I'm the center of *my* universe, not *the* universe. And *my* universe can disengage without harming anyone else's peace.

McKenna/MK Dean Mysteries@mckennadean.bsky.social · yesterday

There are genres I don't read because either I don't enjoy them or because my soul is a squishy invertebrate right now and certain genres feel too real to make for light escapism. But I will defend to the death your right to read whatever genres you love and platforms should NOT be censoring them.

Chief Master Sergeant Walter Harriman: Um, General? We can't seem to get a lock on that last chevron... variety.com/2026/tv/news...

‘WandaVision’ Creator Jac Schaeffer to Develop ‘Stargate’ Series at Amazon (EXCLUSIVE)

Jac Schaeffer is developing a new "Stargate" TV series for Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.

variety.com

There are genres I don't read because either I don't enjoy them or because my soul is a squishy invertebrate right now and certain genres feel too real to make for light escapism. But I will defend to the death your right to read whatever genres you love and platforms should NOT be censoring them.

It takes so much strength to tell *yourself* we’ve got food at home

New #WriterBeware blog post: Two artists' decisions to go public this week reveal new concerns at Must Read Magazines, which was the subject of controversy last year over its unfriendly contract terms writerbeware.blog/2026/10/09/m...

More Rights Grabs from Must Read Magazines - Writer Beware

In early 2025, a group called Must Read Magazines acquired a suite of six well-known genre fiction magazines: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Scien...

writerbeware.blog

#pretendpanel Terry Pratchett will always inspire me. With his dedication to his craft, his humanism, his way of making things humourous and not didactic while still going deep on his themes. I aspire. I’ll never be funny like him, so instead, my goal is stated in this meme I want to share with you:

Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com · 2d ago

Inspiration can come from many sources. Teachers and mentors, orher authors, various muses in our lives, and more. Tell me, #pretendpanel … 10th: Who inspires you (specific to your writing)? #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

Authors new to the biz and aspirants: READ THIS.

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · yesterday

In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!

treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.