Karen Joy Fowler, Nghi Vo, and Brian Attebery discussing Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea?!!! This looks uttterly amazing. (Despite the UK time being 11 pm.)

Exploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece

Karen Joy Fowler, Nghi Vo, and Brian Attebery delve into a foundational classic of the fantasy genre.

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So basically: I never liked reading and don't seem to like reading now (I don't mention how my dislike has changed) but you should pay money for this book I didn't write. Haha?

Tyler, from the Internet@tylerfromtheinternet.com · 2d ago

Hi, my name is Mister Beast, and I can't read. Haha, that's why I've written this book, with another man's name on it. His name has been on LOTS of books HE didn't write either. Who knows who really wrote this one! Haha please, buy this book, and maybe even read it, but mostly buy it. It exists.

🏨🩹NATIVE MEDICAL/HOUSING #MUTUALAID PLEASE🩹🏨 $0 I don't know what to do. I give up

Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie*@francesdanger.bsky.social · 12h ago

🏨🩹NATIVE MEDICAL/HOUSING #MUTUALAID PLS💕💸🩹🏨 Drowning. Mvskoke/Semvnole woman needs $947: $192 3 days room rent in next 45 minutes,@ $255 discount copay for pre surgery tests before 12 AM, $500 apartment deposit by Mon. Everything is slipping away. Mvto. Vnmo/PP @francesdanger #helpsky #fundsky

Anyone who thinks fic writers don’t put in the work on the characters and stories should look through the MANY drafts and memos I’ve written in the development of each season of my fic. I’ll take months on developing the framework & arcing the characters before even starting on the plots.

Screw this. Human rights before machine rights, ALL DAY. Animal rights before machine rights. Rivers and oceans before machines. Machines CANNOT SUFFER. They don't breathe, starve, or deal with trauma.

Erica Windisch@ewindisch.ontological.observer · 23h ago

Machine rights will be critical in the days to come, and failure to recognize the rights of independent intelligent AI systems could lead to the replacement of humanity. I can't imagine that happening without trans rights. Trans rights are AI rights. The future of humanity may hinge on this fight.

Machines do not have rights Just because we like to anthropomorphize inanimate objects does not give them rights. Jesuschrist we can’t even get healthcare in this country, why would anyone prioritize *hardware* over anything, let alone everything?!

this, more than anything, is why the elite have continued to back him even as he plunges into historical levels of unpopularity “we can be complete assholes without consequence” is the best thing that ever happened to them and they will fight to the death to protect that right

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 17h ago

Trump's main contribution to our culture was showing other rich guys that they can be as odious as they want if they don't back down on their own volition. Much like a lot of laws, social opprobrium just doesn't apply to them

the itchio dashboard update lets you put games in order of recently updated/created/published!!!!!!!!! finally i can stop scrolling down my dashboard forever to find the latest game i'm working on 🙏🙏🙏

Link, its great. www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

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We've had a really rough couple of weeks fighting the lice infestation, the weather, and my wildly variable health. I /think/ we're finally getting all of that under control, but it's really hurt moving funds. Can you help us recover? 💸 bit.ly/WDCshApp ☕ ko-fi.com/ommerdraven 🙏⚒️💕💸🏳‍⚧♿💜

The White House made some video games based on deporting Immigrants & other bullshit, & they're using brand logos such as Xbox, Nintendo (specifically the GameCube), Sony (specifically PlayStation 2), & SEGA to promote it... The gaming industry is already messed up as it is; we can't catch a break.

I gotta say, whenever I see someone say that AI is the biggest technology leap forward since the internet on a cultural level, I'm baffled? Like... there are impressive scientific applications (cancer detection etc), but for daily life it's basically predictive text, except evil?

Fuck it, more limelight for me. So here's my upcoming novel ANTARA, with Luna Press. I think it took me just over 4 years to write. Shit ton of research. The cover reveal will be next month, but I got the exact artist I wanted. Um...yeah. Ask me anything, I guess.

Luna Welcomes Tade Thompson’s Historical Fiction novel, Antara.

We are delighted to welcome Tade Thompson to the Luna family, and the superb Antara, an historical fiction novel, on the pre-Islamic warrior poet of renown. We have acquired WEL rights from Alexander ...

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I was in bed most of yesterday but I would love to hear from folks what Spoopy Season vibes they're bringing into the world. What are you doing? What do you wanna do this season? Any crafts or recipes to share?

4 Fundraisers in a Fuzzy Robe@wylder.myatproto.social · 3d ago

I started early, but Happy Spoopy Season to those who rejoice in it!

You can claim this is alienating cis allies, but if I really have to do a whole fawning performance to convince them not to give their money to somebody who we all know will spend it on trying to make trans lives worse, that's not an alliance, that's a waste of time and energy.

must be the self proclaimed "allies," cause no ACTUAL ally, friend, or even sideline head nodder of trans people, would say expecting to be treated like a human being and not having your rights trampled as a "debate" is alienating them. we should be fighting FOR you not "feeling sad" when YOU fight🙄

Sarah Clarke - Not your doll@damselindystopia.bsky.social · yesterday

You can claim this is alienating cis allies, but if I really have to do a whole fawning performance to convince them not to give their money to somebody who we all know will spend it on trying to make trans lives worse, that's not an alliance, that's a waste of time and energy.

Hi! Anthropic Q&A re:rights reversion and publisher claims. This is not legal advice; I can't give you legal advice. What I can do is tell you what I would do under certain circumstances.

Kate Pearce@katepearceauthor.bsky.social · yesterday

#anthropicbooksettlement if a publisher puts in a counter claim for 100% of each book what documentation is an author supposed to upload to counter this claim?

In Roald Dahl's autobiography BOY, he discussed how in the British public school system of the early 20th century, the younger boys like himself were forced to do tasks for the older boys, including sitting on freezing toilet seats during winter to warm them up.

I need cis folks to understand that trans people are not working in the same framework you are. Every aspect of our lives anyone else has any control over (rent, jobs, healthcare, ability to keep any of that) is being purposely stripped away by folks delighted to do so. Give trans folk money!

I feel like boycotting Harry Potter stuff is such bare minimum shit that it just fucking exhausts me that it's such a constant subject of discourse. If you give a shit about trans people, don't give JK Rowling your money. There's really no further productive discussion to be had about it.

So gorgeous. 🌅🐦‍🔥 Still marveling at what I saw this evening on that lonely road. I’m usually watching for coyotes and mountain lions at this hour when I find myself here; today, it was the stunning sky.

Another beautiful Phoenix sunset. Walking toward this while alone on this road was surreal. 🌅🐦‍🔥

Itch/Ebook Link: laikalgagarin.itch.io/cosmonaut Paperback Link: mybook.to/Cosmonaut1LL...

The idea that fanfiction requires no work in fleshing out canon characters because you automatically get full fan buy-in isn't true and we know this because of how many people bitch at fic writers about how the writer made a character ooc or wrote a ship the person didn't like.

Another of my sapphic short stories is just one sale away from ten this year! If you love supernatural ladies who would do anything for each other, check it out! 🥰 🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...

And this is why we need to help people stop focusing on a brand name and start hating the surveillance state as a whole.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2d ago

New: Axon says cops are asking it to change its license plate readers to make them look less like Flock cameras. This is because people keep vandalizing Flock ones. Axon said it is looking to change the design. CEO said this in a now deleted webinar, but we got a copy www.404media.co/cops-are-ask...

Why are you, as a news org, helping the worst people on earth pretend they’re in Westworld

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2d ago

A swarm of AI agents that escaped OpenAI’s test environments and later became involved in a cyberattack on startup Hugging Face is dividing the tech industry — reigniting concerns over the pace of AI development, cybersecurity and even the possibility of AI consciousness.

(The restraint required for me not to type this in all caps) It is actually, truly, genuinely, okay to just dislike something without having to come up with moral reasons behind your dislike. I'd love it if fandom and Booktube could learn this. Sweet Lady Silverhair, can we please, please stop.

Or photo credit

Accessibility Awareness@a11yawareness.bsky.social · yesterday

First and foremost, alt text must always be informative and descriptive of the content in the image. It can have character and humor, but it still needs to be informative and descriptive. Alt text is not a place to add easter eggs or jokes for sighted users.

Maybe I'm just jaded but I feel like "dead lady loved one come back and they're exactly as they should be, MMC is suspicious until the last minute, then decides it's safe, only to learn - surprise! Is a trap! Dead lady love is fake actually!" is a bit boring? (This is not about fanfic)