Molly Templeton
@mollytempleton.com
I read, I write, & I pet cats. Column, news, & book reviews at @reactorsff.bsky.social; publicity, prize, & more for @ursulakleguin.com. Once a bookseller, always a bookseller. PDX. https://reactormag.com/author/molly-templeton/
Getting real sick of slop midwives pleading for a 'respectful discussion' of AI as relates to the arts. Your use of AI to 'make art' is not respectful. It benefits from stolen art, destroys the planet, and does not make you an artist any more than someone driving 26.2 miles is a marathoner.
lestat about to sing "long face" at us lmao
Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 19h agojesus along with all the other threats right now... be careful, portland...
I think one of the big lessons for authors to take away from this Daggermouth mess is to get it in your contracts that no one can feed your work into AI of any kind, even so-called detectors.
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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I don't even know what to say. This is real, this is true, so, like, thank you all, from the bottom of my heart. This took over 25 years to happen so if there's any lesson here it's either "keep at it, who knows" or "many people are divorced"
A follow-up to the Spokane thread: a little closer to (my) home, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are getting close to their fundraising goal, but they're not there yet! The reservation has been affected by two of Oregon's (historically terrible) fires this season:
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (CTWS) Wildfire Recovery Fund
***OFFICIAL CTWS DONATION ACCOUNT***NOTE: Processing Fee is optional. You can deselect this option upon making a donation. The Confederated Tribes of the Warm…
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this is really, really bad, and Spokane is ... not exactly on the national radar. I know there are infinite people and places that need help, and everyone's resources are finite, but some options if you are so inclined:
NPR@npr.org · 2d agoWildfires in Spokane have destroyed hundreds of homes and led to evacuation orders for 60,000 people. n.pr/3Sbed19
oh so it's gonna be in the 90s tomorrow? and? the air is already filling with smoke? and an old warehouse burned down on the waterfront yesterday? (note to the news: lmao that part of naito parkway is not "downtown.") everything's great
sometimes I just need something really cool to be happy about for five minutes
Rare newts exclusive to Crater Lake hatch at Oregon Zoo
Rare Mazama newts, only found at Crater Lake, hatched for the first time in human care in July at the Oregon Zoo.
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the least interesting thing about any movie is its box office. please. why has this become a thing that totally normal people talk or care about. stop telling me! it is irrelevant! making money doesn't make something good (or bad!)!!!
this post is so good and necessary and everyone should read it
My Favorite Thing: The Cat That Hates Me + That One SFF Author Who Hates Everyone (Thoughts on Exile) | Micaiah Johnson
The first time I fed Sasha she sliced open my hand and bit my leg so hard it bruised. The second time I fed Sasha she hissed and swiped, but
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Micaiah Johnson@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 3d agoVery nervous about tomorrow’s blog on Patreon so have some out of context quotes from it as a treat 💜
learned a lot this morning, phew (and deleted some posts I had made before I learned a few other things last week. fuck this guy and the horse he rode in on.)
socmot@socmot.bsky.social · 3d agoI despise Substack and have previously said I will never read it (and I don't). But I will break my rule just for this eally disturbing piece of writing by Neko Case, who was / is in a band, The New Pornographers, who were supported by The Frames in 2002. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...
not me thinking about how often Lestat uses the blood of Akasha as justification for being how he is (and not wanting to make fledglings) so that he can avoid dealing with the role of his mother in damaging his psyche, phew, everything's fine over here!!!!
"Whether Hankins and Conyers believe this shit or not, their goal is to wrestle away $400 million from Portland taxpayers and redirect it toward the wealth of a Texas billionaire sociopath." this man sucks so hard
Defector@defector.com · 5d agoTom Dundon’s shameless minions expand the scope of his war on Portland:
I've had this saved for at least a year and I just pulled it up and started absolutely cackling, thank u tumblr, bless
More than once in the past two months I have been like ??!?!??? about the music-related commentary around this show—but now my palate is cleansed, my brain is happy, my heart is full, because Emmet knows what the fuck they're talking about and this essay is PERFECT.
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 6d agoReinventing yourself through rock music is a tradition carried by countless musicians, from David Bowie and Siouxsie Sioux to Prince and Elton John. In Interview With the Vampire, Lestat creates a mythos through his own music: #IWTV
I have deeply mixed feelings about this book, which was quite enjoyable until it hit a point that I found deeply and tiredly cynical. Now that this review is finally done, perhaps I will go read other reviews and see if anyone else felt the same (the blurbs made me feel very alone, lol)
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 7d agoMelissa Albert's adult debut The Children yanks the reader into its creepy farmhouse and shadowed past; @mollytempleton.com observes that your feelings may depend on "whether you are more interested in the making of art, or the hypothetical price of success."
*whispers* you know we can do this cultural debate about art thing all the time, right? Websites and news organizations used to have culture critics on staff whose entire job was writing about books, movies, and TV. People read them and then discussed them. We have the technology to do this again.
how is something a midi dress if it goes all the way to the model's ankles! why is every dress at present a tiny scrap of fabric or a full-length curtain!!!! yes I am shopping for something to wear to a wedding again and no I still don't like dresses
wow yes I'm sure the email from penguinrandomshouse dot com is totally legit
this is one of those things where I simply had to pretend it wasn't happening until there was a trailer. and now there's a trailer and I'm like DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS, THANKS
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · last wk.Neuromancer sky color reveal:
please don't make me wait multiple years please please please
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · last wk.Lestat, you're nothing. Akasha, you're everything. Interview With the Vampire has been renewed for season four!!!
OMGGGG -- I'm not applying for this (because my body is a sad sugarcube dissolving in a cup of tea, among other reasons) but if you can apply you should apply and if you get in you SHOULD GO www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027
This residency supports writers exploring potential futures, perspectives, and narratives.
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the only thing that could potentially have been even cooler than sleater-kinney covering “connection” (as they did tonight!!!) is if they covered “stutter”
