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Alison Stine

@alisonstine.bsky.social
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Writer of books, most recently DUST. Pre-order THE RAVEN ENGAGEMENT (2027) now @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social‬ @macmillanlib.bsky.social NEA winner, Philip K Dick Award linktr.ee/alisonstinewrites

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 30/09/2026
Just a reminder that you can have a PhD and also be an idiot
I'm a College Professor. Writing Isnt as Important as We Think.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Chris Polley @the-mirage-fades.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trying to imagine someone writing an anti-plagiarism think piece 10 years ago that is promptly found out to be plagiarized (and the author claiming a lack of awareness of the publication’s anti-plagiarism policy)
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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Writers, if you are against AI, do not put your writing into ANY tool that is itself AI. Not to check grammar, not to "prove" you wrote it yourself. Everything you give them becomes part of their data, even if it's only to "improve their service" or whatever BS they tell you.
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Cindy Phan @cindyphanauthor.com · 26/09/2026
Me, a human woman in the ER: I’m in a lot of pain. Them: No. You’re not.
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everything is made up
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
All job ads should list the salary. Failure to do so is unethical. It's one of the things Colorado did well: it's the law there. Why does it matter? Money is time, esp if you're disabled, poor, a parent. Making someone jump through hoops to apply to a job that wouldn't even pay their bills is wrong
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is extremely disrespectful of someone who has passed away.
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James West @jamespwest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The quotes in this are totally bonkers. We sued OpenAI. Now, court documents are revealing what AI execs apparently knew and when—about the meaning and scale of their “astonishing theft" (their words), and what it would do to publishers. 👀
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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW BRAIN DROPPED
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's here, the cover of my next book THE RAVEN ENGAGEMENT ⤵️
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NPR @npr.org · 21/09/2026
NPR and our Member stations will continue to uphold First Amendment rights, and to stand with any news organization targeted for its reporting.
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Statement on White House bans from Tommy Evans, NPR's Editor in Chief
NPR and our Member stations will continue to uphold First Amendment rights, and to stand with any news organization targeted for its reporting.
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Last night my son was at a sleepover so I made a baked potato and watched Rabbit Trap (2025). I didn't think I liked it at the time. The actors' performances were great and it was beautiful, but boring. But I do keep thinking about it now. And that to me is a sign of good art.
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
TOMORROW! I'll be doing a cover reveal for my next novel THE RAVEN ENGAGEMENT over at my newsletter. Listen, every writer wants you to think theirs is the book you need. But the truth is, this is the book *I* needed. Writing it healed something in me. And the (human-made) cover is lovely.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Touching grass is not enough I need to fight a raccoon over a pizza crust
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I desperately need more money. I got the idea last night to return to very old essays of mine that were never published in hope of possibly submitting them now, and damn, I was good.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I have not responded to the email that you sent me and which you probably spent awhile writing Forgive me it was so long and my executive functioning is completely shot
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Semi regular reminder that when (white) men declare the end of humanity they usually mean the end of their dominance.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
The truth was that if United Health had an AI that was accepting a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate, United Health would stop using the AI in about 0.2 seconds.
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PoPville @popville.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“These are dark times, everything feels urgent, and we’re exhausted but we just cannot let them do this.” - Rally at the Kennedy Center Friday www.popville.com/2026/09/kenn...
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“These are dark times, everything feels urgent, and we’re exhausted but we just cannot let them do this.” Rally at the Kennedy Center Friday - PoPville
photo by Olaf Zerbock "Dear PoPville, We are watching as Donald Trump destroys the most treasured and historic parts of our city. We couldn't stop the destruction of the East Wing but we have to stop ...
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just want to thank my slow cooker for breaking irrevocably mere days before a witch's cauldron-shaped slow cooker came back in stock.
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It goes without saying, but I'm going to say it, that my book cover was designed by a human artist, as every single word I have written or will write for the rest of my life solely came from my human brain with no "assistance" from AI. Get your stolen unethical BS away from me forever, thanks.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
a bumper sticker that said "KENNEDY CENTER NOT DATA CENTERS" would do numbers right now
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So, I have it on good authority that I will be able to share a *new book cover* very soon. Is it my favorite book cover I've ever had? I think it might be. First reveal going out to newsletter subscribers. alisonstine.substack.com
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The Village Witch | Alison Stine | Substack
Art is magic. Click to read The Village Witch, by Alison Stine, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My labor was stolen. Was yours too?
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 18/09/2026
- multiple jobs because nobody can afford shit … if you’re lucky because job searching is the most hostile it’s been in my lifetime - worrying about finances - earth on fire, nobody’s doing a thing about it - lmao i’m trans - health insurance? be lucky if it covers anything at all
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Neither is actual writers "having to write," actual artists "having to make art." People who are good at their work actually like making that work!
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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 17/09/2026
speaking as a science journalist who is also a trained physicist, this is the FUCKING WORST POSSIBLE THING. This is the opposite of trustworthy. You can't trust a damn thing an "AI agent" tells you. An article needs to be unchanged between queries, or any change needs to be documented clearly.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to “craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
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New Learning Outcomes Announced | English
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm at the cutting my allergy medicine in half to try to save money stage of 2026.
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My observation on the McConnell video: In the close-up video, he doesn't blink a single time. Do with that information what you will.
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As a child, one of my deepest fears was someone secretly living in the attic above my bedroom. Now, I'm wondering if someone IS up there, could I change him rent?
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Join us and Sarah Fawn Montgomery on September 12 for the webinar/workshop "Discovering Disabled Forms and Structures"! www.smokelong.com/product/disc...
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Discovering Disabled Forms and Structures with Sarah Fawn Montgomery - SmokeLong Quarterly
The writing workshop is a space where power and privilege often demand disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers translate our lived experiences for abled audiences in order to be valued. ...
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hey, so if you send me a friend request and your page is pics of you with AI cats and posts about your AI-generated "songs," not only am I NOT going to friend you, I'm going to block you. You have a problem and you need to stay away from me.
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Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is going to be SO GOOD in @alisonstine.bsky.social’s hands (and I should probably send an edible arrangement to the @marchxness.bsky.social committee in hopes of making sure my essay doesn’t get paired against this one 😂)
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Hailey @bachrach.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
not engaging with the wizard show (yes, even through piracy) is a gesture. it's literally the tiniest gesture of solidarity you can make, and it says a lot if that's too hard
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The progression of certain thinkers from denying the validity of trans people to denying the validity of disabilities is a nice illustration of the way in which transphobic habits of mind can quickly evolve into a kind of acquired sociopathy.
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh that is a perfect, perfect match.
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Meatwad Ron: Summer of Ron @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“I would rather see a photo of a sheet of notebook paper messily scrawled with the day’s specials in the chef’s own hand than feel the queasy upset as my eyes and brain try to meet across the uncanny valley of a dish I know cannot be real”
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Why restaurants are facing backlash for fake food pictures | CNN
Generative AI is being used to advertise food around the world to the disdain of many beholders. But there are real reasons why consumers are repelled by the sometimes bizarre-looking meals.
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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 03/09/2026
Yeah and in freelance journalism, specifically, this where a no-AI policy can really stand out. I'll say it again: we are the last lines of defence in information war. We look with our own eyes, we check, we verify, we actually speak to people directly. Pay us!
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Been blocking anyone who posts an AI generated anything or says they "asked Chat" for a long time now. Now I'm blocking anyone who likes the new Harry Potter HBO mess. If you stand with AI, you stand with fascists. If you support Harry Potter, you stand with transphobes.
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I was asked to share the speech given after I won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Here it is. The speech covers being on the autistic spectrum, how SF/F saved my life, and the disgusting attacks against autistic people by the president and secretary of health. 1/ www.patreon.com/jasonsanford...
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I won a Hugo Award! Plus my Best Fan Writer speech | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
I fought a bad cold all weekend and, despite my best efforts, I fell asleep before the beginning of LACon V’s Hugo Awards ceremony. So imagi
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My son's school has banned AI, and multiple teachers at open house this year stressed in-class assignments, including in-class writing and reading. They read paperback books.
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Has anyone received a cent from the Anthropic settlement?
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I also taught my son ASL as a baby, but he started speaking verbally very early. So he would speak orally and sign together when he REALLY wanted something, or thought I didn't get it.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
Definitely the first death in a while that that made me think man, I have wasted some years, let me get dressed the fuck up
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Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Another visionary artist, and probably the first crush of my life. 💔
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/08/2026
the famous line about how michael caine treated the muppets as fellow actors and tim curry treated himself as a fellow muppet keeps running through my head we have a lot of brilliant actors, but how many of them can really pull off 'unhinged muppet' the way curry could? what a tremendous loss
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Tim Curry Laughing as Pirate Captain
Alt: Tim Curry as Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island laughing
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