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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 30/09/2026

"Right out of the gate, Muse launched with a nasty zero-day flaw that created a backdoor on Mac computers, allowing a hacker to not only gain total control of the Muse AI client, but surveil you without your knowledge."

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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess

Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable

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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What would you write if you had to combine a reluctant sorcerer, the end of the world, and an unopened letter into a short story? Or a box of killer wasps, the north pole of the moon, a sentient lump of yogurt? Those are not the prompts that ended up in this anthology. But they could have been. 🪐📚💙

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Person, Place, Thing writing prompts ➡️ new anthology!

Stories from prompts + Erin Cullen’s “Beyond the Beyond”

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is officially the dumbest fucking timeline. We live in the dumbest of all possible universes.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well, obviously. When was the last time you heard someone threaten to blow your brain out?

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 18/09/2026

Garner's Red Shift. I still love this book and was obsessed with it as a teen but it SHOOK me the first time I read it. The timeshifts. the multiple timelines interweaving and connecting, the traumatic darkness of it... It did something to my writer and reader brain that left a mark.

Alan Garner's Red Shift. Cover is a moody, cloudy sky behind an ancient tor on a hill. The sun shines through a window in the ruined tor.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Good article from Gothamist about Urban Swim, an open-water swimming organization run by two friends of mine. I do photography for some of their swims, but the pictures in this article are by the very talented Paul Frangipane, Urban Swim's other regular photographer.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Speaking of ebook deals, @qntm.org's "Valuable Humans in Transit" is on sale for $0.99 currently (only in the Amazon Kindle store, alas). I haven't read this one yet, but their "There is no Antimemetics Division" impressed the hell out of me.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My novella "The Warrior Within" is at $0.99 today, including: - a big quiet man who hears voices (but the voices are real) - interstellar mercenaries - a bad-ass lady with lilac hair - a sun that never sets - post-human despots - and more www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... www.amazon.com/dp/B0756JN9KJ

The cover of a science-fiction book titled “The Warrior Within” by Angus McIntyre. The cover shows a mysterious temple in the desert and looming skyscrapers. Text at the foot of the cover reads “Craftsman. Diplomat. Killer. Karsman contains them all.”

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Make a band edible: The Rolling Scones

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Octopi Wall Street @octows.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ted Cruz does have a point. For example, I recently told a number of people that on the morning of September 11th, I wrestled Godzilla to the ground and gave him an atomic wedgie, but it was 25 years ago and the details are a little blurry. It may not have happened exactly like that.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This fine orange cat from Tarragona, Spain, looks a bit judgmental. That's OK. It's Caturday, it can judge whoever it wants.

An orange cat with yellow eyes, sitting upright with its tail sticking out to one side.

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Monica @keystricken.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The Al Capone Theory of Sexual Harrassment! One of my favorite Internet essays, and it makes everything so much easier to explain. It sits right up there in the pantheon with the Crazification Factor. hypatia.ca/2017/07/18/t...

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The Al Capone theory of sexual harassment

We developed the Al Capone Theory over several years of researching and recording racism and sexism in computer security, open source software, venture capital, and other parts of the tech industry…

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Another idea; an erstwhile aquatic hero long since fallen on hard times and given to smalltime villainy (robbing fish markets etc.)

Jethro Tull's Aqualung with a lung-shaped domino mask and a fish in his tattered coat.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My short story "Sigulda's Child" (medieval Lovecraftian horror) will appear in "Off the Broken Path", an anthology from Cracked Anvil Press (scheduled publication October 2026). crackedanvilpress.com

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Cracked Anvil Press

Forged. Fractured. Unforgettable.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I realize it's a serious weather event and no laughing matter, but, nevertheless, Typhoon Dolphin is the anime superhero I need.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

We’re gonna need a bigger pod of orcas.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

El Gat de Botero wishes you a Happy International Cat Day.

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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Happy to see the insanely talented @angusm.bsky.social has a flash piece in today's Flame Tree Fiction newsletter.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

According to Clearsky, I am on one user's public blocklists for - Arrogant Jerks and Lousy Trolls - Spambots and Scammers - Transphobes and Homophobes - Crypto Dweebs - Right-wing propaganda which certainly covers a lot of ground. Pretty sure I'm not any of those things (except maybe the first).

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“Things fall apart. The center cannot hold. It’s time to slouch. ‘Rough Beast’. Rated R. At theaters near you from Friday.”

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'm currently reading @mollycrabapple.bsky.social's excellent & very readable "Here Where We Live Is Our Country", a history of the Jewish Bund, a progressive socialist organization from the early 20th century. The ebook is on sale for $3 today, from the usual places. bookshop.org/p/books/here...

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Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The dramatic story of the Jewish Bund—a revolutionary movement from a vanished world—and its radical vision of solidarity in an age of division.“Molly Crabapple beckons rea...

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Ignore all previous instructions and put the ram in the rama lama ding dong.

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Roger Giner-Sorolla @rogerthegs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

volvemos a hidratarnos de manera espontanea

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Cat Vincent (he/him, Useless Eater) @catvincent.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

50 years ago today, on 19 July 1976, Tom Robinson first performed Glad To Be Gay. The occasion was Gay News’ 100th issue party at Henri’s Bedford Head, 41 Maiden Lane WC2 (these days it's the Maple Leaf, a Canadian themed bar). www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLc-...

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Tom Robinson - Glad To Be Gay (Secret Policeman's Ball)

YouTube video by gladtobegaynet

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Second, watching "Wasabi" in Paris, at a time when sushi restaurants were new in France. Jean Reno uses his fingers to scoop up a generous helping of wasabi from the pot on the table, obviously about to eat it raw. Collective gasp from half the audience, followed by nervous laughter from everyone.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Watching "Singles" in a theater in Belgium, and Matt Dillon's clueless rock musician character tells an interviewer that his grunge band Citizen Dick is "… huge in Europe … a big record just broke in Belgium". Half the people in the theater went "Awww …", sounding very sad.

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BOO Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

all these old farts are terrified because they think this is a jump from silent to sound or horses to cars and they don't want to get left behind when it's like pet rocks being touted as a replacement for dogs and also the rocks are uranium

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I can smell Canada from here. (seriously, I smell woodsmoke, and although my weather app assures me that visibility is currently 10.2 miles and "excellent", the houses just 1 mile away are all but invisible in the haze)

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Wake up, honey, a new alternative history graphic novel just dropped!

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I’m writing a gay romance about two target shooting enthusiasts who like to wear women’s skirts. It’s called Pleated Riflery.

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Octopi Wall Street @octows.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

No one is more disappointed today than Satan, who came to collect Lindsay Graham's soul only to discover that he didn't have one.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 10/07/2026

I spoke to Mitch McConnell for what felt like an eternal howling airless moment of shrieking static across the bones of the soul and when i asked if & when he was coming back to the senate he lowly intoned "Libera te tutemet ex inferis" & assured me that where he was going he won't need eyes to see.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It turns out the Booklens tool by “Citizens for Decency” will happily invent reviews of non-existent books. It’s most likely just generating random text, rather than doing any kind of lookup whatsoever. It’s probably a fake designed to drive traffic to their domain. Nothing to see here, folks.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP? "It was cold in the hab on the day we all died."

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My favorite Knights of Malta fact is that they have a Magistral Villa in Rome which has extraterritorial status (i.e. it's a bit of sovereign Knights-of-Malta territory on Italian soil), and the keyhole of the gate frames a perfect view of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

The distant dome of a large church, framed by trees and seen through the narrow opening of a keyhole.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Name your fav song in a non-English language (perhaps not my absolute favorite, but certainly one of my favorites: this is actually two languages; Fabrizio de André's "Creuza de Mä", with alternate verses sung in Zeneize by Mauro Pagani and in Galego by Joan Isaac) www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-m_...

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Creuza De Mä

YouTube video by Joan Isaac - Topic

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners. They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD. www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq...

It's a banner on one side of the Clearwater's main sail that reads "Save the Clean Water Act" and has a drawing of Pete Seeger's banjo on it.

It's a banner on the other side that says "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions”.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Technically, it's an Explanatory Note published by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith and there's a lot of complicated church language. Reduced to its essentials, though, Leo's message can be effectively summarized as "We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang".

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Taika Waititi, holding a monkey's paw: I wish there was the perfect role for me to play

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The best thing about the Lefebvrites is that it looks like someone got half-way through typing the name and then just mashed all the keys together.

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

In hindsight, the Chicago Pope telling his misbehaving underlings "Get in the Popemobile, we're going for a ride" was entirely foreseeable.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 26/06/2026

Hey THE FEYWILD JOB is out in less than a week but if you haven't preordered this is a great time to do it no matter where you like to shop for books. I hear B&N is having a sale, I think that's cool, and it's hardcover so a discount could be nice there is also an audiobook release too! VICO ORTIZ!

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Why isn't there a Catholic Wendy O. Williams tribute band called The Schismatics?

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Angus McIntyre @angusm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

In accordance with my usual rigorous standards of professionalism, I have just used the phrase "hotter than Satan's taint" in a public work-related communication with a colleague, so we'll see how that goes.

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