We are not goinge to fake it No we are not goinge to fake it Stop puttinge drasty Gen A.I. everyewher
K.C. Mead-Brewer
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writer. she/her 🌈🦇 heart's delight: Bmore, bats, & tattoos; Clarion & Tin House '18⚡️ kcmeadbrewer.com fuck AI & fuck fascism ALT pfp: white, blond woman; nervous but anxious ALT banner: a black cat peeks from around a corner
as someone who's been away from them internets for a bit... anyone want to post some of their recent publications here? I want to catch up!
P.A. Cornell (She/Her)@cornellwriter.bsky.social · last mo.Ok you all need to pause on publishing so many cool sounding stories lately and give me a chance to catch up on my reading! I’m overwhelmed!
this ageist talk is for people who want us to give up. we don't give up. i started transitioning in my 40s and still look hot.
Commander Sterling@commandersterling.bsky.social · last mo.“You can’t transition after your 20s your body’s too ruined and you’ll be hideous and hate yourself.” lol I started at 38 and it was majestic, please hurl your rhetoric into a local ditch.
Explained to someone that I watch a lot of YouTube and they asked what I like to watch and I unfortunately immediately talked about the multiple morticians who have fantastic videos
Re-upping for the afternoon crowd. This is stalled out and I need to get it moving. Please feel free to share.
Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️⚧️ (She/They)@gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · last mo.Down to $1,200 shy of July's (now in arrears) rent. If anyone has editing work to pass along, I do fic/non-fic/academic/TTRPG editing. Really need to get this together asap. Rates, etc. at: mathesonfreelancing.com
Re-posting to boost @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social who needs coins for rent to also remind folks that US dollars go a long way for us Canucks (!)
Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️⚧️ (She/They)@gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · last mo.I should probably be posting this again in both CAD and USD, since the current exchange rate is so wonky and most of my clients are in the US. That $1,200 CAD I still need for rent? Roughly $850 USD at the moment. It's why clients paying USD go so far for Canadian freelancers.
Weird Al: "I said, ‘Oh well, yeah, sure, I could do that.’ And then a week before we’re supposed to shoot it, I find out this is AI. And I thought, ‘Oh no, I can’t be the poster boy for AI, forget it.’" variety.com/2026/biz/new...
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Pulled Out of AI Ad Despite Offer to Make a ‘Nice Pile of Money’: ‘I Can’t Be the Poster Boy for AI’
Weird Al Yankovic revealed he was offered “a nice pile of money” to appear in a commercial but backed out after realizing it would involve AI.
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played guitar with my best friend today
Millions of Dead Chris@thecorlew.bsky.social · 6mo agoplayed guitar with my best friend today
attending a mass at a sspx church while shaking my head the whole time so pontifex doesn't include me in the schism
It's ghastly. Heat index of 111ºF (44ºC) and humidity of 60%. This is weather that would piss off Burmese pythons.
Mitch McConnell could’ve called 911 when he fell if he’d only had his shellphone
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉the annual Strange Horizons fundraiser is at $19,400 (!!!!!) out of a $22,000 goal! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 They need this money to keep the lights on and keep publishing all the rad things that they do! Stories! Poetry! book reviews! essays! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Strange Horizons 2027 Fundraiser
The annual Strange Horizons fundraiser! Support this free, online, award-winning, weekly magazine of SFFH, which runs entirely on reader - YOUR - donations!
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#Baltimore friends! please be careful walking your dogs in this heat wave -- it's vital to limit walks/outside time to 10min when the temperature is over 90 degrees
if i had a penguin, i name her ursula ursula penguin
WAIT! BABIES CAN SIGN BEFORE THEY CAN SPEAK?? Phew! Good thing a man on the internet has appeared to remind me! Oh wait, never mind, I literally just wrote a book about this. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670270...
Mother Tongue by Sara Novic: 9780593241530 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The New York Times bestselling author of True Biz retraces her path out of the hearing world and into the deaf community—and seeks to understand what it means to raise children who are different...
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#Baltimore friends! please be careful walking your dogs in this heat wave -- it's vital to limit walks/outside time to 10min when the temperature is over 90 degrees
Yeah this seems like it's literally going to kill at least one person.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last mo.Authorities are imposing a limit of “one bottle of water per person” for attendees on the DC Mall. This is on July 4, when the temp will exceed 100 degrees. Checkpoints open at 1 pm. Fireworks don’t start til after 1030 pm. Good luck to our EMS friends. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
I learned of this yesterday. Very happy for anyone living in Illinois. Stay safe 🖤
Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton@ltgovstratton.illinois.gov · last mo.As we close out Pride month, rest assured, we’re protecting your right to be you every day of the year.
I have two micros coming out soon, one written in a recent @kathyfish.bsky.social workshop and another at a generative session at a @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference led by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social. If you get the chance to work with either of these baddies, do it ❤️☀️🔥
as someone who's been away from them internets for a bit... anyone want to post some of their recent publications here? I want to catch up!
P.A. Cornell (She/Her)@cornellwriter.bsky.social · last mo.Ok you all need to pause on publishing so many cool sounding stories lately and give me a chance to catch up on my reading! I’m overwhelmed!
My newest poem about monsters and monstrousness is out today!
Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social · last mo.Poetry by @writerjencrow.bsky.social, @jduckwriter.bsky.social, @thatkeira.bsky.social, @ezhang77.bsky.social, @ajdalton1.bsky.social, @ianli.bsky.social, and @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social!
this quite possibly has turned into the daddest poem in the history of dad poems
Todd Dillard@toddedillard.bsky.social · last mo.yesterday I told my kid we hold our breath when driving under bridges otherwise we get bridge breath, which is the first step to becoming a troll
man, taking a couple month's social media break and then coming back, it's like, oof