TIP LINE ALL-STAR: John from Michigan shares advice for surviving the collapse of the police state
Jordan Kurella
@jordankurella.com
Trans Queerdo. Shirley Jackson Award Winner. Nebula, Sturgeon, Indie Book Prize, and L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist. Wrote I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY (Lethe Press), WHEN I WAS LOST (Trepidatio), and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (Lethe). No AI. Fuck ICE.
And today announced as a World Fantasy Award finalist. Still waiting for my library hold to become available. Can't wait to read it.
Jordan Kurella@jordankurella.com · 3w ago"what is the point of living when death is standing on your shoulder?" winner of the Shirley Jackson Award finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize, the Nebula Award, and the Indie Book Prize (talking mountains! talking deaths! has a bird!)
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
The other moral of the story is that you should read MAD SISTERS OF ESI
Tashan Mehta@tashanmehta.bsky.social · 10h agoToday marks the one year anniversary of this book coming out in the US/Canada, almost the three year anniversary of it being out in India, and nearly the nine year anniversary of when I started it in 2017. The moral of this story is I’m old.
Sèphera Girón: so i hear some of you writers don't like ai Girón: well, i'm tired of all you writers not liking ai! Girón: and i'm gonna let you all know it! Girón: i'm mad as hell! Girón: put that in the newspaper! Girón: or better yet Girón: put it in the HWA newsletter!
the first 10 times this came across my feed, I stopped at "neoliberal", assumed it was talking about some other EDM I wasn't familiar with, and kept scrolling I cannot believe it was, in fact, talking about Electronic Dance Music
Current Affairs@currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2d ago
"In this sea of mediocrity, I can be anything I want to be" - Angela Gossgow this is the lyric i think of when folks are like "I MADE THIS (with GenAI)." it's kinda showing me that when no one's trying, i can still do my best and be proud of that no one makes shit with GenAI it's plagirist puke
Katherine 🏳️⚧️@quadraticink.bsky.social · 18h agoIf at any point you feel like gen-AI can do one of your tasks just as good in fraction of a time, it should be treated as an indicator that you are bad enough at that task to have no competence in it, and you are the last person who should be off-sourcing it to AI. Talk to an expert, damn it.
Textes from Sisyphus: UGH You are not goinge to BELIEVE what just happenid AGAYNE 🪨
Oh wow. Congrats to the finalists. Honored to be included with these authors. Thanks to World Fantasy Con, the judges, @clarkesworldmagazine.com, and @undertow.bsky.social. And thanks to readers who enjoyed and talked about these stories. Really means a lot.
2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists
The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…
locusmag.com
In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 16h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
(harvey dent voice) you either fall asleep hungry, or you're awake long enough to see yourself become 72% wheat thins by volume
Man charged with setting Spokane’s largest wildfire went to prison for killing his father
Man charged with setting Spokane’s largest wildfire went to prison for killing his father
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i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
I'm still taking it in, but my story "The Hungry Mouth at the Edge of Space and the Goddess Knitting at Home", published at @reactorsff.bsky.social is a World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Short Story! Congratulations to all my fellow finalists!!!! 🎉 locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...
2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists
The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…
locusmag.com
Delighted to find out this morning that "Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War" is a short fiction finalist for the World Fantasy Awards! Congratulations to all the finalists!! locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...
2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists
The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…
locusmag.com
Holy shit, Audition For The Fox is nominated for Best Novel for the World Fantasy Award!! Deeply, deeply honored and congrats to my incredible fellow nominees; to be mentioned in the same breath as all y'all is a treasured moment in my career 💜🦊 @tachyonpub.bsky.social locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...
2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists
The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…
locusmag.com
Another instance of trans people being right and transphobes being wrong.
Transphobes Can't Read@lordaslan.bsky.social · 19h agowow really
congratulations to all the World Fantasy Award Finalists!!!!!!*
2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists
The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…
locusmag.com
There's still time to claim your spot in @ruthjoffre.bsky.social's four-session online class, Writing Magic -- which starts TONIGHT! Register now: www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas... #writingcommunity
Writing Magic with Ruth Joffre - StoryStudio Chicago
This class is all about magic and how it can shape a story. We’ll explore various magical systems to understand how they work and what impact they can have in our writing.
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From TV's "first interracial kiss" to Star Wars and Octavia Butler and through the current day, Briana N Cox traces the complex, evolving relationship between the Black and Asian diasporas as characters in and creators of speculative fiction:
Sinning, Boosting, & Bad Miracles: Black and Asian Solidarity in Speculative Fiction - Reactor
Exploring the past and present of Black and Asian representation in speculative stories, and what it means for the future...
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Happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day to all those who celebrate!
New Yorkers had to subsidize the $117 million that the NYPD paid out for misconduct lawsuits in 2025 alone, even though most of them were never personally abused by a cop. Where's your worried op-ed on that one?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Another "always repost when you see it posted" classic.
Ben Zipperer@benzipperer.org · 2d agopublic libraries ftw