Michael Strode
@michaelstrode.bsky.social
Writer, horror filmmaker, croquet vendetta initiator. Avid cook, gamer, teller of dad jokes. Debut novel Spit and Touch Iron coming Spring, 2027. Rep @ajvanbelle.bsky.social. #AuthorsGuild
Dragonriders of Pern The Chronicles of Prydain Myth Conceptions All wonderful series that defined my childhood.
Curt Johnson@movietvtechgeeks.com · 2d agoMovie TV Tech Geeks #BooksandComics #Books #Fantasy #Adventure 10 Forgotten Fantasy Books That Have Aged Like Fine Wine
UPDATE: uh holy shit we’ve raised over $12k since I posted this. that’s enough to give each of the 9 candidates here over $1K each, a significant fundraising boost that they will feel on the ground in these must-win swing districts
Sam@samd.bsky.social · 3d agoI love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...
Librarians - is there anything they can't do?
jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d agoI 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
It is with great joy that I announce that on Tues., Aug. 4, we'll reveal the cover of A Dozen Dystopias and How to Dodge Them, my feisty book on the real science behind fictional dystopian scenarios! It's coming April 1, 2027 from Bloomsbury Academic!!!
Huge new class action lawsuit filed by big publishers and authors against Google this week over AI training. It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs. 🧵 1/4
Well that makes sense of the murder spree. Prosecute everyone.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
Ford Gilmore@fordgilmore.bsky.social · 3w agoStop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
I'm Doing My Part! - Serious Soldier Meme
ALT: I'm Doing My Part! - Serious Soldier Meme
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Terry McGlynn@hormiga.bsky.social · 4w agoIf you have time to browse bluesky this weekend, you have time to submit your comment on the proposed OMB rule to politicize science funding agencies. This one is important. Here's my comment if some inspiration will help. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/submit-your-...
We're mainly sharing the link to the rather more digestible blog post, but if you want to jump to the straight our AI report:
The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead — AI Report — Bona Books
🤖📚 *Small Press Publishing in the Age of AI* Bona Books' research reveals the hidden risks of Generative AI in the slush pile. This report exposes how AI fraudsters infiltrate small presses and prov...
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Sounds creepy and compelling. "Gothic romance meets Appalachian folk horror, where the mountains are watching and the dark leaves marks."
Andrew K. Clark ✨@theandrewkclark.bsky.social · 2mo agoLooks like a charming, thoughtful take on the traditional selkie story. www.underrevision.com/the-sea-glas...
Should authors pitch themselves for podcasts? Self-pitching often works best when the author already has a relationship with the host. Otherwise, the risk is that the author pitches the book rather than the topic or conversation inside the book, which is what podcast hosts typically care about.
Podcast Publicity for Authors and Publishers: What's Working | Jane Friedman
Industry experts share pitching strategies: start early, target niche shows, research hosts, build relationships first, and prepare authors thoroughly.
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Excited to have a book coming out in Q3…and to have discovered more horror titles I’ll be putting on my TBR pile before summer is over!
Millie Abecassis@millieabecassis.com · last mo.New Small Press Horror Books Arriving in Q3 2026 Here’s our list of horror titles releasing this quarter from amazing small presses! #SmallBooks
Please speak up. Record your objection. This is crucially important.
Save America Movement@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social · last mo.Russ Vought — the Project 2025 architect — is rewriting an OMB rule to seize control of $1T+ in federal grants: roads, hospitals, fire departments, food banks, elections. By law, public comments must be read & answered. Yours matters.
Interview with @mattsbooksanddrams.bsky.social Part 2 of my answer to "what scares you about AI" "Also scary, but more disappointing, is how quickly writers/artists...are rolling over, so eager to show their slack fucking bellies." mattsbooksanddrams.substack.com/p/the-dram-d...
The Dram Den #6: Paul Tremblay
Paul Tremblay chats with me about his new novel Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep
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Important work by the Author's Guild to establish rules of the road for AI. Impressed by the bipartisan nature of the work, particularly Senator Blackburn's framework that unauthorized AI training on copyrighted works does not qualify as fair use. authorsguild.org/news/authors... @authorsguild.org
Authors Go to Washington: The Authors Guild Takes the AI Copyright Fight to Capitol Hill - The Authors Guild
On May 20 and 21, Authors Guild legal staff and board members went to Washington, D.C., to remind members of Congress of the importance of free speech and make the case that artificial intelligence mu...
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Probably my favourite thing Ian Fleming wrote was this essay on how he wrote the Bond novels, which is vile, revealing and full of genuinely good advice and observations lithub.com/ian-fleming-...
Ian Fleming Explains How to Write a Thriller
There is no literary spy—and perhaps no literary character, full stop—more famous than James Bond, which should already be enough of an argument for any aspiring writer, but particularly any aspiri…
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Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt speaks incredibly well to the Fleming estate that while they have (perfectly reasonably) made a lot of money out of James Bond, they haven’t mutilated the original books or tried to soft soap how vile Fleming clearly is in order to get even more money, I think.
“Adjunctification is no longer only a university labor problem; it is becoming one of the models through which modern life organizes human beings: necessary, available, temporary, and always adjustable.“
Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2mo ago"nearly 75% of instructional staff in American higher education now work outside the tenure system. Contingency no longer exists at the edges of academic life; it increasingly defines the structure through which the university teaches, adapts, + reproduces itself." working-mass.com/2026/06/04/i...
People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.
![CBS MORNINGS ON YOUTUBE (JUNE 4, 2026)
Interviewer: I read that you do not want to embrace Al.
Kane: Absolutely not.
For me the whole point of doing what I'm doing-art is a way of processing life. I don't see the value in outsourcing any element of that.
When I'm looking at someone else's project, if I see an element of the environment [where] they use generative fill or whatever to change something about the scene, it just shuts off the part of my brain that wants to know more about that world. Because I would assume if they're willing to make an arbitrary choice there, they could make an arbitrary choice with literally anything.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wk7ktvs3sld47pgfndy43gyp/bafkreid3oivudz5p3kmcuu6ss3gr2tmy73r3uqe3ljh6h5rxbeax2dcme4)
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their AI training datasets - this bill would force them. If that sounds good, we REALLY NEED YOUR HELP! Please sign this petition in support of the bill, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/
1/ 🧵 OMB is advancing a proposed rule that would destroy the American scientific enterprise. Randos keep disagreeing with my 'here's how to fight it' I do this for a living. So before the "how," here's the "who" --- and why you should listen to me on this one.
Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 2mo ago• Submit a comment opposing the destruction of 🇺🇸 science; • Pressure every org, professional body, association, uni, etc. you are affiliated with to submit the strongest possible comment opposing this calamity (highest ROI move for most of us) • Make sure your electeds see those comments 🧪
It is imperative to protect cows from the fairies in Irish folklore in early summer: tie golden flowers like marigolds to their horns, collect the clay they have tread upon, and do not share dairy products near Beltane to avoid the gaze of aos si. #FolkloreSunday
Seems ... bad.
Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhite House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
