Duncan Eagleson
@duncaneagleson.bsky.social
Writer, Illustrator, Arteologist - https://www.duncaneagleson.com/
Pushing back against Gen AI is an existential fight. The underlying philosophy driving the people designing and evangelising Gen AI is simply to destroy writers, artists, musicians, game devs, etc. If you care about the arts, we are in an existential fight for the future of these professions.
Mae Tang 董美妍@maetangwriter.com · 5d ago> "Gogineni stated that his “research mission” was to create a machine that would supplant human authors." Can't get clearer than that.
TODAY! THE OCTOBER GIRL Book Three. The next chapter in the award-winning series from me and @maverickogn.bsky.social. In stores now!
Adapting Chandler's The Big Sleep to film in 1946, the plot was so convoluted, the writers & director couldn't figure out who had killed the chauffeur in the inciting incident. They cabled Chandler about it. Chandler: "They sent me a wire ... asking me, and dammit I didn't know either."
Amy "Thunderjam" Chase@amythunderjam.bsky.social · 4d agoWe all know the "Viggo broke his toe" story but what's another movie fact you're personally compelled to bring up every time without prompting? For me, it's the fact that Robin Tunney is wearing a wig in The Craft because of having just shaved her head to save her job filming Empire Records.
Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.
Michigan heckler the son of Republican adviser paid for ‘influencer marketing’ against El-Sayed
Timmy Teepell’s firm paid $250,000 by America Next, which has been trying to gin up ‘organic’ opposition to El-Sayed
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Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/
Can't believe this is coming out tomorrow. I've been dreaming about this story for more than 30 years. Almost can't wrap my head around the fact that Book Three is about to come out and that I'm already neck deep in making Book Five. I hope you'll check the series out. I'm fiercely proud of it.
The fact that the Christian nationalist movement sent in a paid shill and the best he could do was hand over this perfect campaign commercial...
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5d agoThis is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
Be true to yourself. Find your own voice and be true to that voice. Never take a bad idea, but never turn down a good idea. And, of course, have final cut. —David Lynch
Move over Nostradamus. Frank Herbert is actually right.
The federal government tried to turn our public servants into deportation agents and force New York City to carry out ICE’s cruel agenda. Today, a federal court rejected that effort and upheld our laws. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US judge tosses Trump administration lawsuit over New York City 'sanctuary' laws
A federal judge on Thursday threw out a Trump administration lawsuit that sought to block New York City laws limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, finding the government did not...
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OUTLOOK (2025) Acrylic on Canvas - 12” x 9” All of my Lumen paintings feature a figure struggling to reach the light, against seemingly overwhelming travails. In OUTLOOK we see the moment of breakthrough and discovery, a daunting obstacle overcome. #art
IN FIVE DAYS! THE OCTOBER GIRL Book Three. From me and @maverickogn.bsky.social. In stores October 20th, 2026.
We need to make Stephen Miller's nightmares come true. Jot that down as a platform plank.
emmylou harris's baseball pager 🗽🫱🏿🫲🏻@baseballmad.bsky.social · last wk.you quite simply love to see it
There is no "ethical" use of what they're calling "AI." Also, ironic that they did a survey of their members that revealed the membership is overwhelmingly against "AI," and they still come out with this BS.
Had a little extra time, got another Scream Star done early. You couldn't tell it was Herbert Lom as the Phantom of the Opera if you didn't know the movie, but I've always thought the mask was pretty iconic. #OctoberArt #ScreamStars #Phantom #HerbertLom #digitalart
If you’d like a signed copy of the final Sandman Slim novel, IN THE DEVIL WIND, you can order it from the link below. And if you’d like signed copies of my other books, scroll down the page or email samantha@riverstonebooks.com shop.riverstonebookstore.com/book/9780063...
You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.
"It’s as if MRM would have the entire SF/F genre believe their company is somehow facing an intractable problem that every other genre magazine strangely avoids by using industry-standard contacts."
Genre Grapevine: Must Read Magazines MUST Change or They’ll Destroy Asimov’s, Analog and F&SF | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
These words – and the entire statement released by MRM – are such a word salad of BS that not even the world’s worst generative AI system could have crafted them.
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We're in the midst of a massive crisis of epistemic authority and social trust, with much of the online information ecosystem basically collapsing into an algorithmic swirl of unverifiable rumour, and Wikipedia is one of the few institutions holding out. Attacking it is stupid and irresponsible.
Morgan Jones@morganj0nes.bsky.social · 2w agoI don't disagree with any criticism here particularly but I think that taking aim at Wikipedia, one of the great achievements of humanity, in this internet context, is reckless and dumb www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).
This week's Scream Star painting is Ingrid Pitt. The little girl who with her mother escaped a Nazi concentration camp grew up to star in several of Hammer's horror films, as well as appearing in two episodes of Doctor Who. #OctoberArt #ScreamStars #Carmilla #CountessDracula #IngridPitt #digitalart
This is exactly why I, and many other writers, have added "no AI" clauses to our contracts.
Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: 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...
Utterly predictable. Results in Massachusetts were similar. Tax the rich.
Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2w agoNew working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
An imported trumpet is a national security threat? Really? Now, if they'd rated a "Trump," a national security threat, that would be believable.
Bill Kuchman@billkuchman.bsky.social · 2w ago“Then in August, the Trump administration proposed additional 25 percent tariffs on trumpets, tubas and other brass instruments, citing “national security threats” under a provision it has used to impose duties on foreign metals.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...
I own copyright on the vast majority of cover art I’ve created. And yes, I own the right to make prints of that art. But even when fans demand I make prints upon book release, I don’t do it @ that time. Why? Because I want the author and publisher to make $$$$$. But those art rights remain mine.
Suzan the chalant goth@sillysyntax.bsky.social · 2w agoThanks for posting this Analog. With all due respect this does not make any sense to me. I've had covers created for my books by their publishers. They hired artists. The Text copy right of Countess and Skin Thief belong to me. The artist for those covers doesn't sell that cover art elsewhere.
