Aaand now I can't get Crockett's Theme from Miami Vice out of my head!
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
Telling my kids this is what undercover cops listened to in the 1980s #synth #80s #classic80s
I have to believe every single one of these soulless predatory scumbags and their sociopathic enablers will face justice otherwise life is just too miserable to bear
Excited to announce that me and @stefmowords.bsky.social are back at the PBH Free Fringe again. We're doing a new show, a sequel of sorts to our previous show, called INCUBUS SUCCUBUS VENGABUS and will be in Banshee Labyrinth Banqueting Hall on August 12th at 8.15pm. See you there?!
*steps up on rostrum and takes out a comically large horn* ATTENTION PLEASE READ THE POST BELOW THANK YOU
Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW@danaiwrites.bsky.social · 6h agoI would really love to edit a Greek myth and folklore anthology written by Greek, diaspora and BIPOC authors. If any publishers or powers that be are listening. I’m shooting my shot.
I would really love to edit a Greek myth and folklore anthology written by Greek, diaspora and BIPOC authors. If any publishers or powers that be are listening. I’m shooting my shot.
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
The HWA has apologized for the AI article and specifically apologized for the inclusion of Indigenous water rights struggles in the AI column, and removed the newsletter writer from their board position. I’m deeply appreciative of the apology and of all who expressed solidarity in my post about it.
The Silent Places is an excellent thriller! Nice and twisty in the best of ways.
Skyla Dawn Cameron@skyladawn.ca · 11h agoKobo's Travel the World promo is live! CA/US/UK/AU/NZ If you're in one of those regions, go to one of these links: www.kobo.com/p/travel-the... www.kobo.com/p/travel-the... Visit the Yukon in Canada with The Silent Places by me! Is your book in the sale? See one you recommend? Reply! No AI.
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A few years ago we asked @bpgregory.bsky.social about Flora & Jim, the setting, the characters, the inspiration for this survivalist horror. To add to the terror, instead of just an email reply, B.P. created a PowerPoint presentation... and FILMED IT! Enjoy our author interview with B.P. Gregory.
Interview with horror author B.P. Gregory
The Terror Teller of Australia elucidates us on the ideas, inspirations and horrific facts of her post-apocalyptic novella, Flora & Jim... and albino penguins!
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💫 Hi! I wrote a little thing about Moose Kid Comics, the children’s anthology we put together ten years ago. (Which you can still read online or as PDFs here www.moosekidcomics.com)
First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.
A few years ago we asked @bpgregory.bsky.social about Flora & Jim, the setting, the characters, the inspiration for this survivalist horror. To add to the terror, instead of just an email reply, B.P. created a PowerPoint presentation... and FILMED IT! Enjoy our author interview with B.P. Gregory.
Interview with horror author B.P. Gregory
The Terror Teller of Australia elucidates us on the ideas, inspirations and horrific facts of her post-apocalyptic novella, Flora & Jim... and albino penguins!
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He literally does not understand economics
katie@supermathskid.bsky.social · 2d agookay now he's gone too far
"We are steadily reasserting the rights of memory institutions through established state contract law, consumer protection, and procurement policy." Good on librarians!
Guy (aka glecharles)@loudpoet.com · 2d ago"Reaction to the paper has been muted at best. Librarians who have been working in the digital space for years quickly dismissed it. And publishers didn't exactly rally around it either." The latest @wordsandmoney.bsky.social newsletter is a must-read. 🔥 www.wordsandmoney.com/the-words-mo...
At the bookstore, I waved over a guy with an astronaut tattoo and a pride necklace. "I'm not your demographic," he said. "My book is about a female biker gang in space rescuing a gay prince," I said. "The sequel is about a sex-positive sexbot." "In space?" "In space." "I AM your demographic!"
The multinationals causing the problems have such enormous margins they don't have much issue filling shops with mass produced garbage. But fuck us for hand-making, for small-batch, for not being backed by billionaires.
Countries keep telling us to start our own businesses. It makes their unemployment figures look so much better. Then they wade in and fuck over all small businesses, time and time again, to punish us for working for ourselves instead of selling our labour to make someone else richer. Every time.
Oni@onidraws.bsky.social · 2d agoI'm seeing small businesses shutting down shipping to the EU due to the PPWR so now I don't know if I can even sell to the EU because of this and the US because of the new tariffs laws. Basically I'm screwed and I might just perish at that point.
Anna Smith Spark's magnificent Bronze Age fantasy, A Woman of the Sword, is part of this year's Best of British Storybundle. Being a legendary warrior is hard. Being a legendary warrior with kids in tow... storybundle.com/bestof
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller August 04,1945
The number of times I hit CTRL+S after typing in a web form or updating things online... 🙄
Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 2d agoThe most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
don't get me wrong, I love my midlife university experience, but the day I finish my dissertation, I am going to the student bar and uninstalling every piece of MS dreck off this device.
It is the single worst deliberate change I have ever seen made to a product, and might be what stops me using Microsoft Office after…25+ years? Imbecilic product decision, but just one among *many*.
Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 2d agoThe most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
“Cease normalising the AI hype and the lies which are prevalent in the technology industry's framing of these technologies.” 1/
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 2d agoOpen Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia It's been a year & people tell me they've changed their mind, feel safer now to sign, etc. So I'm sharing it again for them. We're almost at 2k & anybody from anywhere can add their names. openletter.earth/open-letter-...
