Many people like to laugh at medieval illuminations of stag-snails, oh those funny medieval artists making up anim...
Lisounours@lise-l.bsky.social · 19h agoIls étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière
Kalpar
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Lisounours@lise-l.bsky.social · 19h ago
Mystery solved: Analog, like Azimov's and F&SF, was recently acquired by a predatory acquisitions company called (cue the Irony Bell) "Must Read Magazines." MRM is revising their "terms" so as to acquire as many IP rights as they can gank. Fuck 'em. Boycott. locusmag.com/2025/02/anal...
Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF Under New Ownership
We have posted a new story with additional information here. The “big three” digest magazines Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF are under new ownership, confirming recent rumors, as …
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If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
kate conger@kateconger.com · yesterdayAnthropic is the latest lab to report 'rogue' agent activity, which sources said included applying for visas with the State Department www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
This video has become depressingly relevant. youtu.be/UJ0r0EBRgIc?...
Would You Watch A Public Execution?
YouTube video by J. Draper
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The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.
Gianmarco Soresi@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 3d agoMan who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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me, an immigrant, watching people who said immigrants are corrupting america engage in actual corrupt behavior
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d agoKimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.
nobody finishes a book and concludes “that was great; now I shall never read another one.” other writers are your teammates and coworkers, not your competition.
Jukka Särkijärvi@nitessine.bsky.social · 3d agoThe idea of authors being in competition with each other is bizarre to me. Books aren't cars. We don't get just one.
Day 1 of our campaign has been a critical hit! Thank you so much for your support, we'll share more news as it develops! Sign our petition to encourage Wizards to voluntarily recognize our union! 🎲🐉🏰 actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...
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America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction
Instant USA Today Bestseller From the Bram Stoker nominated author team who penned A Haunted History of Invisible Women, the first book of its kind to investigate gothic tropes that define American lo...
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Bookshop.org@bookshop.org · 5d agoAnti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
If you want to support our efforts at United Wizards of the Coast, the absolute best thing you can do is sign and share our petition asking the company to voluntarily recognize us! Together we can change the games industry for the better! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...
Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!
The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...
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"Currently, if an employee makes anything creative in their free time, with their own resources, Hasbro can claim ownership. What we do in our free time should not be dictated by the company, and what we make in our free time should belong to us.“
The workers at Wizards of the Coast are teaming up
Workers at Dungeons & Dragons and Magic the Gathering demand ownership of personal work made off the clock.
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Hey #booksky it's anti-Prime Day! Did you know you can buy my books through Bookshop.org and help support your local indie bookstores at the same time? It's true! bookshop.org/p/books/ephe...
Ephemera
A team of archaeologists excavate a mysterious monument, ignoring its warnings of a terrible curse. A diplomatic mission turns sour when a space fleet's heroic captain is accused of committing a crime...
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The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996.
The iconic Arthur Read made his TV debut 30 years ago
The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996.
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Honestly the amount these guys just straight up say "war is peace" and "ignorance is strength" is like "I know writers who use subtext" level
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoTrump: "We've used the military a little bit in my second term. All for peace."
JULES VERNE'S TOMB (1907) The monument, created by sculptor Albert Roze, shows the writer as a #revenant or returner from beyond the grave, reaching towards the sky. Its face was modelled on his death mask. Image: Amiens, France. #WyrdWednesday
The first episode of Chigley (the final series in the Trumptonshire trilogy) was originally broadcast on this day in 1969.
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I was an -extremely- skittish child so a lot of media scared me. But there is a famous instance involving Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein where I set a land speed record getting away from Bella Legosi messing with Lou Costello, much to my mother's disbelief.
Abbott Costello's Surprised Reaction
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Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 7d agoIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
there was streaming before the big companies, and they criminalized it when it was free because it was unfair to artists, and now that it's for-profit it's legal and it's still fucking unfair to artists.
Hey NightSky, did y'all read the interview I did with my brilliant RAVENFIELD HALL cover artist, Elizabeth Wakou? teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2026/09/09/r... I'm up late doing the next page proof round on this book, & I think in this modern moment, it's all the more important to hear from artists!
RAVENFIELD HALL cover reveal and a conversation with author Leanna Renee Hieber and artist Elizabeth Wakou
Author Leanna Renee Hieber and artist Elizabeth Wakou talk about bringing Hieber's story to life with the cover of her new book.
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I know we all already know meta is trash. This AM UU Fellowship of Fayetteville (where I worked as accompanist today)’s FB stream of the service got shut down bc of the message topic. The topic was “weaving a balanced web: Matriarchy, Partnership, and Peace.” Y u scared, meta?
every time i get suckered in by a "but what about all the useful stuff AI does in my life??" argument the useful stuff is either "something you could google in two seconds" or "highly-skilled labor you don't have and therefore can't fact check"
Hey, everyone, I've had a few people ask how they can help after I announced I had to cancel my attendance at #ConOnTheCob. Honestly? Buy stuff. If you were looking for an excuse to buy physical copies of my book you can buy directly from my website and I get more royalties. www.thekalpar.com/home
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This. More of this. We need people who fight.
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