I also think it's remarkable that our rivers are drying up so badly, we're now rediscovering all the wrecks that got sunken there during WWII and the whole country is whistling, looking the other way and pretending that there is absolutely *nothing* to see here.

Sleep. Sleep would be nice. That and fresh air.

❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”

Tor Bramble backs HM Wolfe after AI-detection claims over Daggermouth

Tor Bramble has backed HM Wolfe after the Atlantic reported that the author’s dystopian romance Daggermouth returned a 60% score in an analysis using the AI-detection tool Pangram.

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Sometimes it's really hard to stay professional and not tell my teens what I think of their parents. Today I was talking to a young woman who just started university and whose parents keep telling her "You can have an opinion once you start working & pay taxes, until then you can stfu." Y'all.

Upper arms as thin as wrists, every muscle and tendon visible, ribcage bones as the new cleavage, clavicles and hipbones protruding, upper thighs no bigger as lower arms. None of this is about one single person, proven by the fact that I could be talking about a whole host of prominent figures rn.

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gin.@showupforthis.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hey folks, I missed some work due to being ill and my paycheck was less than anticipated and I'm in the negative now about $337. Any help is appreciated. Venmo/Cashapp: showupforthis

Since everyone’s loving The Punisher right now, here’s what happened when I got all obsessed with the Netflix series: BIG BAD WOLF, a paranormal romantic suspense book, released in 2021. Interracial romance, six third-person POVs, politics, and danger-banging. #romancelandia books2read.com/u/3kMp6K

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Half the continent is burning, more than one nuclear plant needs to shut down, the rivers are drying up, more than 1k dead bc of the heat since June. Thousands of ppl swim for 4 hrs for hope, dozens are dead. Politicians: Protecting EU borders is our highest priority!!! We have lost all the plot.

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As the trend towards marketing diet culture, restrictive eating & starvation as aspirational & a healthy lifestyle continues even worse than in the early 00s, watching & talking about idols like her *isn't* about commenting on or policing women's bodies. There's worry about her as a human being AND

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 5d ago

It’s physically painful to see images of Ariana Grande now. I used to think that the best move was to hold fast to not commenting on other people’s bodies EVER but I’m genuinely scared.

Oh it has been *raining* all day so far and while I feel really bad for all my teens currently camping at a local festival, it is also fucking fantastic to have a few hours of uninterrupted rain for the first time in weeks. 🥰

Short paycheck due to missed work, negative bank and Venmo balances. $282 brings them both back to even, just $17.01 clears Venmo. Thank you all for helping! Venmo/Cashapp: showupforthis

gin.@showupforthis.bsky.social · 6d ago

My mental and physical health has just gotten worse and worse this year. I can't afford care, so I'm just doing the best I can. But when the money runs out things just get worse. I'm worried about losing my job too. But I have enough current troubles I don't need to borrow any from the future.

The thing about the crowdsourced morality framework is that the same ppl who do that also need the crowdsourced accountability system or they get lost. If there's nothing you believe in, there's nothing that stops you because nobody will come and do any of the work for you.

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 6d ago

and the truth is--a lot of us are going to have to sit with a lot of choices that feel imperfect. the point of "there is no ethical consumption" etc etc isn't "so don't worry" I'm doing my best to try to minimize harm as I move through the world in a way that allows me to maximize my own good.

Feeling, mostly. Loosely by genre, and then I try to put finished series on the edges of whatever shelf I'm currently sitting in front of. The rest is feeling, what I want to look at the most right now and what I think is pretty. That lasts until space runs out, then I just start stuffing.

Immigrant Punk@porcupunk.eurosky.social · last wk.

Enough of the horrors and doom scrolling. Let's talk about something fun. How do you arrange your books?

Jesus fuck, TIL that apparently, in the US there are correctional facilities for children that call themselves youth centers and y'all lock up 7 yr olds in there and call the kids clients?! What the actual fuck is *wrong* with you people

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Also today I was at the library, supporting the annual Book Summer for kids & teens again. The idea is that they sign up, read 3 books in their age category during summer break & then (in most but not all) schools they can show their Book Summer certificate in the first week of school & get an A.

Ngh, this week has been too long already. How tf is it only Tuesday

I'd delete all passwords to all email accounts from my brain IMMEDIATELY Can you imagine having the absolute luxury of never ever having to look at an email ever again and *squandering* it to be a weird ass on the internet?! Couldn't be me.

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · last wk.

I’d never use my phone again.

Oh yeah, no Instagram for at least a week. I do not need to see everyone, including every racist and their fucking mama, comment on last night. I do not need to see every white queer gay feeling comfortable in their islamophobia frothing at the mouth to exploit an attack on the community.

A van drove into the crowd at Berlin Pride. One dead, at least 14 injured. This is fucking devastating I'm not sure where to put all the things I'm feeling right now

I'm so incredibly grateful to myself for managing to redo this balcony before summer really started. I don't know how often I've been sitting out here, hiding from the world, over last month & it's the best thing. It's peaceful, quiet & cozy. So everything I'm in desperate need of every day.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Danny Lore@weredawgz.blacksky.app · 2w ago

Hell yeah!!!! youtu.be/110X6Jc4jcs?...

In other news I was able to take a small group of teens to a digital arts center today, to see an immersive experience of Frida Kahlo's work & it was wonderful, actually.

I have "Summer at the Youth Center" brain & can't deal with the rest of it all, but this description of romance as a genre is an unparalleled "Tell me you only read romance traditional publishers want on the 'Tiktok made me buy it' table at bookstores without telling me you only read that" self-own.

KJ Charles@kjcharleswriter.com · 2w ago

I mean, I can think of one or two books including my own that don't adhere to this immutable pattern but perhaps I'm doing romance wrong.

Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18? (I have to use the Dark Knight bc you won't find gifs of the Baader-Meinhof-Complex anywhere for many reasons)

Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight

Alt: Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight, sitting in the jail cell and clapping his hands.

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Vita Ayala@definitelyvita.bsky.social · 2w ago

Without saying your age, what’s your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?

Work was frustrating today in such a typical teenager way, but also in a "We need mandatory parenting classes for everyone who ever even thinks about having a kid" way.

Huh, I thought Argentina had that win bought and paid for. I wonder what happened, no way the powers that be wanted Spain to win. I'd love to know who sponsored that.

"Leonardo DiCaprio has been seen with 19 year old..." Fuck off. I can already hear the next round of jokes & I hate it here. This man is so notoriously disgusting we've been making "jokes" about his predatory behavior for a decade. This is not about age gap romantic relationships, it's about HIM.

Ahahahahaha I will never not laugh my ass off when queer ppl have to learn that no matter how hard you try to snuggle up to homophobes & no matter how many in your community you throw under the bus to stay in power, they will always kick you out. ALWAYS. No amount of pandering will protect you.