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Sean Connell

@slcpgh.bsky.social

Wordsmith, educator, parent (not in order of importance). Now quasi-librarian. Opinions are frequent and vociferous and very much not representative of my employer who shall not be named. He/Him.

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Richard Kadrey@richardkadrey.bsky.social · 1h ago

Yet another update: Understand that I'm not telling you to give up your computer. I'm just saying that there are options when it comes to composing text. The different methods use different parts of your brain, so switching between them can be a good way to get past writers block.

Richard Kadrey@richardkadrey.bsky.social · 3h ago

I mentioned earlier this week that after reading Neal Stephenson's article on the benefits of writing by hand, I've been working that way all week. In fact, today I bought a lap desk so I can write anywhere in the apartment. Naturally, I added a mouse for my cat, Aces.

my scribbles in a Moleskine notebook
Micah@rincewind.run · 5h ago

some specific democrats suck and they suck in ways that are detrimental to issues that you personally care about you know how you solve that once we are past the primaries? you elect even more democrats so that their votes are less important joe manchin couldn’t have done as much damage as vote 52

Falco SkyWolf@falcoskywolf.bsky.social · 3h ago

I keep bringing up that one huge reason oligarchs love the algorithmic impostors is that they know how few artists actually agree with them, and they want to hijack our art STYLES to churn out propaganda we'd never agree to make.

Neon Genesis Ewangelion@ewacat.bsky.social · 6h ago

I have strong feelings about these better-40-years-ago claims and I'm making my feelings everyone else's problem www.1001crash.com/transport-pa...

Airplane accidents statistics - Evolution of the number of accidents over time

Statistical analysis of aircraft accidents: air traffic growth, accidents rate, root cause, terrorism attacks

1001crash.com

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 6h ago

I reject the claim that air travel was better 40 years ago because 40 years ago you could get lung cancer by riding enough planes

Talking Scared Podcast@talkscaredpod.bsky.social · 7h ago

Jesus...the mental yoga required to follow this line of reasoning! Administrative and commercial platforms use AI. Fuck it then, we'll let it write the stories and paint the art and compose the music then. Cos that's the same thing. And this was disseminated by the HWA? One more nail in the coffin.

Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 20h ago

There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.

The real enemy isn’t your buddy who is using AI to make a book cover; the enemy is the Powers-That-Be who thrive on dividing everyone, especially in the United States. Look at how divided everyone in the US got over politics over the past ten years, and it’s now trickled to other countries. No more, are you a fellow human? Nope, it’s who did you vote for? Well, then you must be a hateful asshole. Instant block. But who’s the asshole? Every week, the gatekeepers of horror writers have some new witch hunt. Sometimes it’s a good thing to suss out shitty publishers, editors, and agents. Yet, not ALL shitty ones are sussed out because, you know, there are consequences to getting all the shitty people shut down. Some people still like the opportunities to get published or represented even if it means going with the most despicable people because the gatekeepers didn’t get them shut down, or sometimes, don’t even notice. It all depends on who is buttering the toast.
William B Hill@wbhwrites.bsky.social · 16h ago

I would have trouble at work for one day if AI disappeared, and that's because I would be a mixture of a walking party and an obnoxious dickhead who is shouting TOLD YOU SO as loudly as possible. So, I might lose my job when that day comes. I hope I'm already off.

Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 21h ago

"The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science fiction, this one probably seemed far away when it was chosen, but once it was finally upon us, it passed like all days." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...

Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" On the Exact Day When It's Set

The events of Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" occur today: August 4, 2026.

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Nicola Pitchford@npitchford.bsky.social · 2d ago

“All writers are making maps of the cicatrix of their lives, disturbing the ghost soil, unearthing artefacts of unreliable memory. Being an English child of the 1970s, there is possibly a little more need than usual for exorcism. For there’s no getting away from the fact it was a bloody weird time.”

A stack of books with Hookland Fragments Volume One by David Southwell on top. The cover has a beautiful black-and-white linocut by Maria Strutz of a bear juggling bones and stars.
Sean Connell@slcpgh.bsky.social · 18h ago

You know how, when you catch your cat or dog doing something they shouldn’t, and they slink away kind of guiltily? Yeah the local raccoon just did the same thing when I yelled at it as it tried to get into the trash can.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · yesterday

Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.

A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US

Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…

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