I am incredibly annoyed/disheartened/disgusted (honestly insert any negative adjective you like here) to see those shitty ai-generated slop 'movies' of one of my fics going around on tiktok.

Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/

And this is the aftermath of my visit to the secondhand bookstore 😍😍😍

Crying in public on my day off, thanks Amanda Gayle www.harpercollins.com/products/onc...

Well look what finally arrived on my doorstep. Cannot wait to dive in, @alexismariewrites.bsky.social you can look forward to unhinged messages. Congratulations to you, but also to me and everyone else who gets to read your work ❤️

Coping with the horrors by now writing Captive Prince fic: archiveofourown.org/works/80944456

The movies don't really get into it, but it's worth remembering that Denethor went crazy because he spent too much time doomscrolling on the Palantír and it cooked his brain

Took advantage of that @bookshop.org sale last week and loookkkkk at what came today! Thinking of doing an immediate reread, completely obsessed with this series and need to dissect it and maybe publicly spiral about it #captiveprince #cspacat

1. Scam alert thread! 🧵 Watch out for out-of- the-blue emails from supposed marketing experts claiming they just happened on your book & are eager to promote it. This is something I'm seeing more and more of. Marketing scams aren't new, but this is a new twist.

The first-ever Black Book Bash, an all-Black literary festival, will take place October 3-5 in Jacksonville and feature such authors as Clarence A. Haynes, Wanda M. Morris, and justin a. reynolds.

Inaugural Black Book Bash Heads to Florida

The first-ever Black Book Bash, an all-Black literary festival, will take place October 3-5 in Jacksonville and feature such authors as Clarence A. Haynes, Wanda M. Morris, and justin a. reynolds.

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You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Becoming attached to several characters in Sunrise on the Reaping is sure to end well for me (i am halfway thru) 🫠

Video is officially up on YT You Can’t Separate Harry Potter from J.K. Rowling youtu.be/JHvWWJ-640E

You Can’t Separate Harry Potter from J.K. Rowling

YouTube video by Princess Weekes

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Sure picked the wrong century to work a job that requires an attention span.

I literally finished this book last night and cannot recommend it any higher (i had some WILD dreams as a result let me tell you). Congrats on a well deserved win 👏

Chuck Tingle@chucktingle.bsky.social · last yr.

so moved to learn BURY YOUR GAYS has won the @locusmag.bsky.social award for BEST HORROR NOVEL of the year. thank you to locus and to the wildly talented authors who were nominated with me. being your peer would be enough, and in the grand mess of timelines im still in awe to trot with you all

fantasy series rec: The Saint of Steel series by @tkingfisher.com Look, at this point, if t kingfisher writes it, i am reading it. The worldbuilding is masterful, intricate yet accessible in a way that makes for a perfect reading experience.

It’s bleak out there, but it’s heartening to know millions of people from all walks of life took the time to ruin one specific persons birthday, America’s hater spirit remains strong

there are so many ways to help. you can march in the street, you can volunteer, you can use art to urge others to do the same. you can CREATE spaces like an assembly auditorium full of cheering kids. today i am suggesting a donation. here is post of suggestions im trottin bsky.app/profile/chuc...

Chuck Tingle@chucktingle.bsky.social · last yr.

what is the best fund to support children or seperated families taken by ICE?

oh, no, thank you, we do not need to be giving money to plays* that will directly fund transphobia with the profits. (*obvi fill in any other official product in that universe bc yikes)

The first person to tell me I 'must be using AI because there are em dashes in my books' is going to get a lecture on punctuation and house style, followed by a practical demonstration of the word 'eviscerate'.

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · last yr.

the em dash has grown in popularity over the last 20 years or so and is thus over represented in the data sets they trained the fraud machine on and now we are supposed to tell people to stop using them because they were finding them useful, it's idiocy all the way down

Please appreciate my favorite accessory for my Cowboy Carter concert fit

Time to post it again.

I finally watched Conclave. I like that Ralph Fiennes has the same energy as Kermit the Frog trying to keep The Muppet Show from going off the rails.

News from the world of companies using AI to cheat, lie, and steal. Share this story. It is despicable, and what’s worse, in due time it’s going to be tragically typical and unremarkable. Unless we fight them. NOW. www.bbc.com/news/article...

‘Stop using my voice' - ScotRail's new announcer is my AI clone

Voiceover artist Gayanne says an AI used on ScotRail trains was trained using her voice.

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Book rec: James by percival everett I was so excited to see this win the pulitzer for fiction this year. It's a stunning, harrowing, important read, and left me examining the power of language, words, and reading long after I'd finished it.

Good. Let's.

The Verge@theverge.com · last yr.

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Not quite like my usual art but I drew this starling a little while ago! Mixture of copic, coloring pencils, acrylic paint, fineliners and... gel pen :) ✨️ #birdart #traditionalart

"Rainbow carrots!" I chant in awe under my breath at every stage of prep/cooking. Just look at them!

Oh to be as enthralled by anything as much as my toddler is by the ladybug crawling around our potted thyme 🐞