Lauren Deschain
@thatnerdchick.bsky.social
🎬 IATSE 488 makeup artist The Last of Us on HBO MAX, Passenger (5/22), A Dying Art 🕯Candle Maker 📚literature addict 🏳️🌈queer 🎮gamer 🔪Final Girl❤️ 🌱 BPD/PTSD 💍K Myka Deschain 🖤💀 Elder Emo Www.thatnerdchick.com
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
TBRcon 2026 Panel: Problems with the Final Girl! 7:00PM-8:30PM CST/5:00PM-6:30PM PST Moderator: Sadie Hartmann Panelists: Stephen Graham Jones, Tanya Pell, Mikayla Randolph, and Stephanie Rose www.youtube.com/live/R1_YYXR... @stephengrahamjones.com @tanyapell.bsky.social
Turned this rant into a blog post. davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/the-data-c...
The data center backlash Is working. That's why the New York Times is so concerned.
I have a
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Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · last wk.I'm reading the "environmentalists are wrong about data centers" piece from the NYT and ohmygoditssofuckingbad. Apparently, so long as you're punching left, they'll just let you say any goddamn thing you please... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/o...
The 2026 list includes new works from household names Douglas Stuart, Marlon James and Elizabeth Strout as well as a few debut authors. n.pr/3TkSp3y
Here are the 13 books that made the Booker Prize longlist
The 2026 list includes new works from household names Douglas Stuart, Marlon James and Elizabeth Strout as well as a few debut authors.
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So I am late to posting, but better late then never and never left town... but not on the Sundancer, which you all will experience so...so soon. So massive thanks and shout out to my dude, @stephengrahamjones.com and all of you who will soon experience a #natemoment 🖤✨️
Priceless knowledge, for free. Go go go!
Tananarive Due - The Reformatory@tananarivedue.bsky.social · last wk.Even if you’ve never written a script, we invite you to our FREE HOUR-LONG WEBINAR, “WRITING YOUR SCRIPT!” With decades of writing and screenwriting experience, Steve and I are teaching a TOTALLY FREE hourlong class (followed by Q&A!) on story, writing, and screenwriting. 7/29 5p PT / 8p ET
Many Native American languages are endangered. With the help of his mentor, a 12-year-old in Michigan hopes to help preserve his language through robotics.
Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages
Many Native American languages are endangered. With the help of his mentor, a 12-year-old in Michigan hopes to help preserve his language through robotics.
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@sstpublications.bsky.social is having a 48-hour sale - 25% off all in-stock titles! That includes @stephengrahamjones.com's THE BABYSITTER LIVES, @paultremblay.bsky.social's HORROR MOVIE, Daniel Kraus' WHALEFALL and Josh Malerman's INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE! sstpublications.co.uk/in-stock.html
Happy publication day to Stacey McEwan! See y'all next week at Third Place Books!
Coolest Sinclair I’ve been to in Wyoming yet (got here on fumes, as the previous gas station had “Trump” in Christmas lights on the side…)
I mean, F.A.F.O. That bison telling all his friends, too.🤣
Evil Dead Burn... fun one. Exhausted after. 😅 Would be a dream to run that makeup department.
We've been switching between this, Ghostface, and Mike for the past 20 minutes. I need more coffee. 😅
Does calling something "classic" automatically make it old?
A nice piece in Forbes! "One of the things that scared me about this book is the glimpse at eternity; it’s deeply upsetting. How long forever is is frightening to me.” www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
Paul Tremblay Explores AI In His New Novel—The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
In ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep’ the author explores mortality, money and the brave new world of AI.
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Ok, everyone. Meet Billy and Stu. Thanks @kmykadeschain.bsky.social Don't know why this wasn't instant, but here we are.
“There is no such thing as Prophecy, only Alchemy” ✨️From the Artisan Trilogy,📚 in partnership with Stacey McEwan comes a new Perfume Oil that benefits Doctors Without Borders for Gaza.💜 Grab em up before they're gone: thatnerdchick.com/aforbiddenal...
Prime Video has announced that MIKE FLANAGAN'S CARRIE television series will be featured at San Diego Comic-Con later this month. "An exclusive look at the highly anticipated series, featuring behind-the-scenes insights, never-before-seen footage, and a special announcement."
Save the date! Friday July 31st Problems with the Final Girl trope panel for TBR CON 2026 (a virtual event) @stephengrahamjones.com @tanyapell.bsky.social l
For those "It's not that big o' deal, everyone buys digital games nowadays" Tell that to the mom working 2 jobs and wants to get her kid that big $80 game, or $160 for 2 for Christmas, or birthdays. Or the kid who has to borrow the physical copy from his friends, so he can play it. #fucksony
