Up at the blog, my response to Sèphera Girón and the HWA’s Pro-Slop Stance: www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/blog/in-resp... (Fair warning, it's a long one.) I am tired, y'all. So fucking tired.

In Response to Sèphera Girón and the HWA’s Pro-Slop Stance — Michael Patrick Hicks

Tuesday night, author Holly Lyn Walrath shared on BlueSky that, “There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood,” and provided the four screenshots shown below ...

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This. Like, a bunch of us who are speaking up are members of the organization, and even though we're not the board, we feel responsibility toward steering it in positive directions.

Emily C. Hughes@emilyhughes.bsky.social · 9h ago

that HWA newsletter op-ed was disgusting, juvenile, stupid, AND poorly written, but I do think we need to underline the distinction between "the organization allowed a bad essay to be published in an official communication" and "the HWA endorses this point of view"

Chuck Wendig's response to the HWA newsletter AI rant says it so much better than I ever could:

Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · 8h ago

Professional writer organizations should not send out pro-AI propaganda in the form of tantrum-having "essays" to their members, and I don't think that's controversial.

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.

Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.

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I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

So far, 65,000 people have been displaced from Spokane, Washington. Europe too is burning, while 1000 year floods routinely inundate the nation and world. On some other planet, Trump and his army of Republican idiots continue to insist climate change is a hoax. This is what Novembers are made for.

Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎

One more “ceasefire,” and his next Big Mac meal is free.

Trump sued Capital One to prove they closed his accounts over politics. The bank’s answer, filed Friday: it was the anti-money-laundering desk. Months of review. Three hundred accounts. He pulled that thread himself.

Rule 1. The Führer is always right. Rule 2. When the Führer is wrong, refer to Rule 1.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 4d ago

Absolutely had to check this one because it couldn’t be real. It’s real.

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

#FridayReads "Peter O'Keefe's book will wreck your soul, and you will stand up and applaud him fiercely for doing so!" Jill Girardi, Author and Owner of Kandisha Press

#FridayReads "Featuring plenty of action, some gruesome body horror elements and great characters, Counted with the Dead is a must-add to the TBR's of horror and noir fans. I'm looking forward to see what O'Keefe writes next!" Rich Duncan, Horror Bookshelf

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. This slice of mayhem takes you into the middle of a storm and then…well, then things get worse. In a good way. Anyway, it’s only $12! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Horror for the little ones, from @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social ! The third part in my Haunted Holidays series. It’s summer break! Hazel is going on vacation to a cabin in the middle of the woods. A place with tales of Bigfoot, creepy-crawlies, and even a haunted lake. shorturl.at/cSuX2

We can verify the daily physical status of a specific Seattle raccoon but apparently we're completely unable to determine whether a United States Senator is alive or dead.

ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Jimothy the racoon from Seattle keeps getting spotted

Did anyone tell Gorsuch that he and his colleagues are the reason why democracy is “facing some tough times” because they granted Trump immunity and got him out of his trial??

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · last wk.

JUST IN: Justice Neil Gorsuch tells @RonaldReagan civility conference US democracy is 'very fragile' & 'facing some tough times.' 'We are all in it together, and if we don't stay all in it together, it will crumble,' Gorsuch says, urging students to study history 'warts and all'