Jenni Hill

@jennihill.bsky.social

Editorial Director at Orbit books, (acquiring) sci-fi and fantasy novels. 🏳️‍🌈 Geek. Chaotic Good. Bi-Furious. LARP fan. Views all mine. they/them Hugo Award 2026 Finalist.

Once again for those at the back: ‘Don’t speak ill of the dead’ is about your great aunt Elsie, who liked a long gin with a short tonic at elevenses, and blew your inheritance money betting on the horses. Speaking ill of absolute monsters is a moral obligation, actually.

For writers worried that they won't be able to "prove" their work isn't Spicy Autocomplete--worry not. You thought about every choice and will be able to talk about those choices easily and clearly. Folks who used the slop machine didn't make choices and won't have anything to say about why

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

I am back from my very sporadic use of Blue Sky to let you know I'm doing a bunch of Harbour of Hungry Ghosts events in July and August. Would love to see you there if you can! All links in my bio and the thread below.

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Is anyone even surprised by this anymore? The only thing that is surprising is that we are allowing this disaster to continue 90% of countries on earth - including Scotland - don't have to deal with this because they run their water in public ownership Public ownership of water NOW.

Graphic of a BBC News story that says "Most of the sewage spills into England’s waterways in the last two years may have been illegal but gone unpunished, according to new analysis."

It’s your duty as a human being to speak ill of the dead at length. All these evil fucks have is legacy, and to date they have every reason to believe theirs will be protected. Make sure they know that it won’t be. The legacy should be so reviled that their descendants reject the family name.

"why does the UK change leaders so often?" there are diminishing returns wrt how long each vessel can house thatcher's spirit. by the end of the century we'll be getting through 1000 prime ministers a day