Emma Osborne 🍉
@redscribe.bsky.social
Horror/fantasy writer. Author of GRIEF EATER. Aurealis and Aust Shadows finalist. In Uncanny, Nightmare, PodCastle, Hometown Haunts, Wastelands 3 etc. Clarion West. SFWA. Queer. They/them. No AI 🏳️🌈👻
I rarely share personal news here but: I was laid off from my job in public sector communications based in the East Bay. I want to channel this life change into a time where I write as much as possible. So if you want to collab with me or have leads in writing opportunities, please DM me!
My 4-year/old just learned about the concept of infinity and is now throwing a tantrum over it. “It’s weird! I don’t like it. I just want numbers to stop!”
If anyone wonders why I push my writing and art so hard, it's because I struggled to get to where I am. I was absolutely illiterate until 7 1/2 years old. My teachers relentlessly mocked my art skills on report cards for years. Please read my latest illustrated book. I came a long way.
FFer Read of the Day: "My Love Wails in the Mending" by @loragray.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
My Love Wails in the Mending
In the rue holler I find her, folded careless in the belly of that Model T
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Everyone!! A new @loragray.bsky.social story is in the world!! <3333
Haven Spec Magazine@havenspec.bsky.social · 5d agoICYMI, our ✨July 2026 issue✨ is available to read right this very moment! Subscribe or buy a copy and support small presses! And please, spread the word! Issue: havenspec.com/issues/issue... Subscribe: www.patreon.com/HavenSpecMag... Buy: ko-fi.com/s/99e6ef7ea8
Hank Green admitting to using A.I. in research and scriptwriting does unfortunately explain why they released a video on HRT full of (sometimes outright dangerous) misinformation
Debunking SciShow's Bad Hormone Replacement Therapy Video
YouTube video by Brigitte Empire
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I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.
I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.
“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...
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Please sign this petition to get Kmart to remove their pervy glasses from their stores. petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/de... @getup.org.au
Demand Kmart take the Anko surveillance glasses off the shelf
Camera glasses are moving quickly into the mainstream. Meta has sold more than 7 million pairs and hired Kylie Jenner to sell more. At $89, against several hundred dollars for the Meta version, the te...
petitions.getup.org.au
If anyone else in the UK would like one of these books (happy to sign & personalise) for cover price £9.99 I just got some lovely Roscoe bookmarks from my mum, which you can have free. Drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com with your address and I'll send payment info.
Only Me!@festytreadles.bsky.social · 2d ago@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social So wonderful to get happiness through the post!!
Every day in Gaza, Soad is struggling to feed her son Omar. Can you help today? xx
liztism™ 🍉 ليز@lizardry.bsky.social · 4d agoSoad, a well-known nurse here, lost her home and loved ones in the war, leaving her with only one child. She fears he will go to bed hungry every night. Imagine, Omar's greatest wish is no longer a toy or a holiday, but a meal to silence his hunger She needs $100 to buy food tinyurl.com/4rdnwyzx
At some point, AI boosters are going to have to engage with the fact that the people who have most fully and prominently bought into this product are also the stupidest, most evil people on the planet.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d agoThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
I see a lot of very smart people saying stuff like “we have to acknowledge AI is getting better and it’s not going away” to which I always ask who’s paying for it? Because there’s two eventual scenarios.
Seeing complaints online that authors 'gatekeep' information…! Absolute nonsense. There is no industry or craft in the world which is so comprehensively written about, studied, and discussed as fiction writing, and every author I know welcomes new writers who are serious about giving it a go.
Did I enter my trippy mushroom erotica science fiction story into the Aurealis Awards, yes I did
Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
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I'm still raising rent and it's getting down to the wire, but also if I can raise $50, I have a deal to buy $100 worth of groceries for that price, which would help me out a lot
Kivan@kivanbay.bsky.social · 2w agoI must raise rent and a portion of my power bill for August. The heatwave was rough. Thank you for continuing to share and support. paypal.me/kivabay cashapp $kivabay ko-fi.com/kivabay #mutualaid #transcrowdfund #helpfolkslive2026 #helpsky
It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough
Just so you know, if you hire me to fact check your book, I will *never* use AI to do it. I will, however, be really hyper-detailed and not go easy on you and frankly be pretty pedantic (complimentary) and even fact check your jokes - but I won’t use AI to do ANY of that.
Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 3d agoAs a professional fact checker I would never *in a million years* use AI for research and fact checking. It lies! It makes things up! It plagiarizes! And I also have an obligation to the authors I work for not to do shoddy half-work.
What if instead of starting substacks in twenty-fucking-twenty-six people learned to give one iota of a fuck about whether they want to associate themselves with nazis.
Very excited about the horny wicker movie, very excited that people are excited, more of this unhinged vibe thank you very much
Today university fees rise again, while thousands of academics across the country face job cuts, crushing workloads and shattered morale. Students deserve better than this broken system of unfair repayment that widens inequality. Abolish fees and fund universities properly!
Well, it’s invoicing day, and since they’re really apparently not going to pay me for something I wrote for them two months ago, I guess today is the day to post about how @vulture.com fucks over its film freelancers. Long (sorry) thread, with receipts:
Vulture@vulture.com · 2mo agoThere are 118 feature films, plus galas, talks, podcast recordings, and more at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Our guide to the movies and events worth lining up for.
