K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)
@kaiewrites.bsky.social
Canadian dark speculative author 🖤🇨🇦Words in: STRANGE HORIZONS, FANTASY, LIGHTSPEED, PULPHOUSE, FACTOR FOUR, NOSLEEP &more | @cwillbc.bsky.social president | CWC educator | #ecopunk #bodyhorror #monsters #gothic #dystopian #sff https://kaie.space/tree
Not to flex on main, but if our lil <200 member author professional society can ban AI, I’d like to think the ones w/actual staff & budgets & negotiating power could hold the line?!?!! Embarrassing, HWA. ANYWAY, shoutout to my awesome board @cwillbc.bsky.social who actually stand up for our members😤
Professional writer organizations should not send out pro-AI propaganda in the form of tantrum-having "essays" to their members, and I don't think that's controversial.
Regarding The Pro-AI Tantrum In The HWA Newsletter
Today I, and every other HWA member, received the HWA newsletter in our inboxes. In that newsletter was an essay (“essay”) of pro-AI propaganda that made a number of specious points in …
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I also received this email and “essay” from HWA and it enraged me. Eternal gratitude to Chuck for writing a spot-on response. Fuck GenAI into the sun.
Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · 5h agoProfessional writer organizations should not send out pro-AI propaganda in the form of tantrum-having "essays" to their members, and I don't think that's controversial.
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a human-made creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
The @uncannymagazine.bsky.social #Kickstarter is more than 80% of the way to its goal! Back now, and there will be a poem from me in next year's run! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!
Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
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So awesome, @reactorsff.bsky.social! Thanks for putting my story out there. Hope folks dig it!
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · yesterdayThey're baaaaaaaack! You loved Never Whistle At Night, and your howls for more have been answered. We're thrilled to share “Neon Moon,” a short story by @tvayyyy.bsky.social from Part II Back For Blood!!
A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
Unlike the Ontario wildfires, which were mostly burning in the woods, these fires have now burned through urban areas, making the smoke extra, extra toxic. Take the AQI warnings seriously this week, PNW neighbors.
Matthew Pfab@matthewpfabwx.bsky.social · 3d agoHeads up, #Seattle...smoke from massive fires in Eastern Washington and Southern British Columbia will move into Western Washington starting early Monday, getting denser through Tuesday and Wednesday. Prepare for an extended period of degraded air quality. #wawx
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/
How to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net
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Hey, so, it’s August. Did you know my collection’s a @reactorsff.bsky.social ”Can’t Miss” for this month? If you’ve been missing it and would like to remedy that, my book’s linked in the article. 🙂 reactormag.com/cant-miss-in... @starsandsabers.bsky.social
Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for July and August 2026 - Reactor
Here’s to good reading and a pleasant season.
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1/8 🇨🇦 B.C. DROUGHT STRATEGY STUCK IN CRISIS MODE 🇨🇦 With one-third of the province's water basins parched, British Columbia is relying on an outdated approach to severe multi-year water scarcity. Source: My East Kootenay Now #ClimateSky #CdnPoli #BcPoli #Drought #Water
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... "Whales are dying in British Columbia waters — some struck by vessels, others unable to find food because of ship noise. "
Whales are dying in B.C. waters. Here's how 2 groups are trying to save them | CBC News
An estimated 20,000 whales are killed worldwide by vessel strikes each year, according to the International Marine Mammal Project.
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I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses
Artists: Have y'all seen this armor reference photo pack by Satine Zillah? 👀 It has lots of great poses and angles, plus poses that show some of the various layers beneath the outer armor. 👌I highly recommend it! www.artstation.com/marketplace/...
ArtStation - Heavy Knight- Photo Reference For Artists 883 JPEGs | Resources
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Today's writer scam email purports to be from a magazine whose editors I know personally, using the name of one of my actual publicists, who definitely is not working for that magazine. Also, take note: Scam emails are now coming from @proton.me accounts.
I signed! This petition has official teeth. MP Gazan will present it in the House of Commons. The gov can’t ignore our opposition to climate-burning projects because they have to give a formal response and put it on record. This forces climate action back onto Ottawa's agenda. 🇨🇦 #CdnPoli #CanPoli
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A must-read article by @breachmedia.ca on Canadian universities sharing tips on suppressing speech about Israel’s genocide in Gaza & monitoring faculty & student protests. Not surprised to see YorkU listed.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d agoNew reporting from @breachmedia.ca shows that Canadian universities operated a secret national effort to coordinate surveillance and policing of anti-genocide activism and encampments. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...
Ok so this lady says solar panels are getting built on "the most productive farmland" in her area. Which just ain't true at all. It ain't true here in NC either. Where I ALSO hear that talking point over & over again. Smells like astroturf! So let's get the dirt on solar farms & dirt ✨
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 6d agoI genuinely don't know what to do about this. In our diseased information environment, one MAGA-adjacent "influencer" can do more to shape public opinion than mountains of studies or facts. Where are the pro-clean-energy influencers to counter this shit?
This survey’s bias is obvious and demonstrates that the techbros have captured the government. Recommend using the spaces provided for comment to make extensive comments on how corrupt AI is and how it is stealing our health, resources, and intellectual keenness Fuck AI
Sonja Boon@storiedselves.bsky.social · 2w agoCanadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...
*takes deep breath* *ululates* WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS hornedlarkpress.moksha.io/publication/...
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"A note on the archive Older stories on this site were originally published on dailysciencefiction .com. We re-host them with author consent, gathered story by story. If you're an author and want yours added, removed, or corrected, get in touch." yeah it sure was not with author consent.
Beth Cato@bethcato.bsky.social · 6d agoHey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com
Must-read deep dive on Alt5 Sigma/AI Financial—the appliance recycler turned opioid-treatment firm turned digital-finance company that acquired $1.5 billion of WLFI's magicless beans, routing more than $500 million to the Trumps. By Annie Massa, Nicola M White, and Olga Kharif for @bloomberg.com
Trump Crypto Tie-Up Fueled Family Windfall, Investor Losses
Last summer, a money-losing digital-payments firm with a history of legal troubles seized what its leaders thought was a big opportunity: a deal with the Trump family’s crypto platform.
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This does NOT show "Air filters don't stop you catching infectious respiratory diseases". It shows 👉even half-assed implementation of HEPA filters by people who don't understand fundamentals like the size of a pathogen👈 yields results consistent with benefit, but without statistical significance.
Sooo...who around here does cartoon/hand-drawn character art for video games?
So excited to have a story in this brilliant upcoming anthology from @agitapublishing.bsky.social! "Horror Stories for Late Capitalism" could describe at least half my work & most of my life (🫠), but SWALLOW DOWN THE NOTES is a particularly good fit—& bonus, a tie-in/prequel to my next series!🖤
Agita Publishing (formerly From Beyond Press)@agitapublishing.bsky.social · 7d ago"Something’s burning her up from the inside, but she’s young enough yet that the scorch marks are only a light toasting." K.A. Wiggins is joining SIDE HUSTLE: HORROR STORIES FOR LATE CAPITALISM with "Swallow Down the Notes." Coming in March 2027. @kaiewrites.bsky.social
So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
Our last, best chance to cool the Earth
We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...
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It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal grist.org/energy/data-...
It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.
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