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Anna Sheffer

@annasheffer.bsky.social
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MFA candidate at CU Boulder. Stories in phoebe, Porter House Review, Greensboro Review. She/her

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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Recently read DUPLEX by Kathryn Davis. Weird and surreal and singular. Why has nobody told me about her before?
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
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Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Italo Calvino from If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler. Relevant discussion of gen Ai from 50 years ago… “What is the reading of a text, in fact, except the recording of certain thematic recurrences, certain insistences of forms and meanings?”
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I asked Lotaria if she has already read some books of mine that I lent her. She said no, because here she doesn't have a computer at her disposal.
She explained to me that a suitably programmed computer can read a novel in a few minutes and record the list of all the words contained in the text, in order of fre-quency. "That way I can have an already completed reading at hand," Lotaria says, "with an incalculable saving of time. What is the reading of a text, in fact, except the recording of certain thematic recurrences, certain insistences of forms and meanings? An electronic reading supplies me with a list of the frequencies, which I have only to glance at to form an idea of the problems the book suggests to my critical study. Naturally, at the highest frequencies the list records countless articles, pronouns, particles, but I don't pay them any attention. I head straight for the words richest in meaning; they can give me a fairly precise notion of the book."
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
Version of the "Who Killed Hannibal?" meme, from The Eric Andre Show.

Panel 1:
On the left, a Black man dressed in a blue buttonup shirt, dark jeans, and sneakers and superimposed with the label "humanity"sits in the cohost chair of a late night talk show.

He is being shot.

The man shooting him stands on the right, wearing a tan brown suit, white shirt, and black tie, and is superimposed with the label "Humans Relentlessly Pursuing Profit, Marketshare, Power, And Dominance By Building And Using "AI" To Do All Kinds Of Ridiculous, Obviously Bad Shit."

Panel 2:

The shooter—"Humans Relentlessly Pursuing Profit, Marketshare, Power, And Dominance By Building And Using "AI" To Do All Kinds Of Ridiculous, Obviously Bad Shit"— turns to the camera and asks, "Why would AI do this?"
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
i dont understand what winning ai means and why i should be scared of not winning ai
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
the reaction meme of iconic drawn images of the heads of Marxist luminaries staring into the distance (Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao) that originally had Britney Spears affixed to the end, replaced in this version with an extremely shittily photoshopped headshot of Macklemore
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ha ha ha Ed you cowardly hypocritical loser.
Sheeran explained that he doesn’t use his platform for politics in order to be “a place of safety and sanctuary, to maintain diplomacy and keep conversations open”. Though this isn’t accurate: he performed at the Concert for Ukraine in 2022, signed an open letter to Theresa May about Brexit, endorsed Jeremy Corbyn and supported the equality act in the US.
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just once I need a journalist to ask those “AI is going to cause human extinction” geniuses to explain how. Just once
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 11/09/2026
There are very real safety concerns we need to address with generative LLMs. Deepfakes, privacy, AI psychosis, etc We don't need to entertain goofy nonsense from people claiming they're inventing the torment nexus from the science fiction classic "Dipshit That's Not The Torment Nexus Go Outside."
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses.
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
These are two pieces I wasn’t sure would find their audience so I’m very grateful to see them out in the world. Thanks to the teams at @lunastation.bsky.social and the journal at osu for believing in them
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Or if you’d rather read about the bond between a spacefaring human and octopus, you might like “Low Orbit” in the latest issue of Luna Station Quarterly: www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/067/
lunastationquarterly.com
Luna Station Quarterly
Stellar short fiction by women-identified writers since 2010
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If you like contemplating philosophical questions, visiting weird museums, and ranting about the death of print journalism try: thejournalmag.org/archives/26590
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Cutback – The Journal
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’ve had two sci-fi stories published this summer! And Labor Day weekend seemed like as good occasion as any to share them
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
PSA: your book is not “horror-romance” just because there’s a sex scene
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
universities are not run by leftist profs they are run by corporate profiteer board members siphoning public $$ to tech partnerships "An Inside Higher Ed analysis of SEC filings turned up dozens of presidents paid handsomely for sitting on corporate boards." www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
the 10 presidents in Inside Higher Ed’s analysis who earned the most from outside board service in 2025.
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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It's extremely revealing that one of Harper's main takeaways from the tenure track as a Black professor was to become singularly suspicious of his Black colleagues' qualifications (and his own) rather than, say, at all interested in the existence of racism and white/male mediocrity within academia.
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 17/08/2026
more places should have artists-in-residence. like there should be a residency where you live on a particular train for a month. there should be an oil rig residency, an arctic research station residency. maybe a residency at a zoo
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Sean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So embarrassing when people think the point of reading a novel is to know the plot, so a summary is just as good. The plot isn’t important, you rube. You absolute simpleton. The point of reading a novel is to find out what the characters are eating and start thinking about what you want for dinner.
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Avery Edison @averyedison.com · 29/07/2026
where is that fool leibowitz I told him I wanted fifty fresh canticles on my desk by lunch
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Happy There Will Come Soft Rains day to all who celebrate
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We’re doing Boy Moms™️ but for dogs now I fear
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I need someone to do a deepdive on gender essentialism toward pets. Been seeing a lot of weird “boy dog/girl dog” and “boy cat/girl cat” content…
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
(I also love Jacob Anderson and Assad Zaman and Delaney Hayles and it’s not their fault that the show did…all that with their characters)
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
He just IS Lestat. Carried the entire season
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Vampire Lestat is…wild and maximalist and has some truly baffling storytelling choices but it’s honestly worth it for Sam Reid
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
How do I convince my cat that paper bag (scary) can be just as fun as cardboard box (exciting, a comfy bed, a delicious snack)
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
When are they gonna score
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Tobias Funke crying in the shower pausa de hidratación
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This is who you just tackled
Yamal as a baby
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EPOCH @epochliterary.com · 16/07/2026
73.2 is at the printer, and 74.1 opens for submissions in two weeks! Please note we have a new AI policy that you can read on our submission page (TL;DR: we don't want AI-generated text), and a blog post from our editor on the subject, linked below.
epochliterary.com
On AI, in EPOCH and Elsewhere — EPOCH
Human beings are made to be moved. We respond to patterns. AI generates patterns. When there is nothing of substance there, we use our imagination to fill in whatever will give us what we need. It’s n...
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I’ve been told there’s a lot of sex in those books, but I understood none of it at the time lol
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We had YA when I was a kid, but that didn’t stop me from reading the Dragonriders of Pern series when I was like 9
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
five years ago today, robert e lee’s final ride out of charlottesville
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just got off the phone with Mitch McConnell. We spoke for about 20 minutes and he said, “Play the best song in the world. Or I’ll eat your soul”
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Dr. Twink, Microplastic Surgeon @subtlebeast.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/07/2026
‘Once you acknowledge that most of the Americas were inhabited long before 1492, everything changes, starting with the idea that nature in its ideal state is what they used to call virgin wilderness, in which people don’t belong.’ @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Rebecca Solnit · Before 1776
In 1848, the US seized the northern half of Mexico, from California to New Mexico, and imposed American law and the...
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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Every trial makes me stronger…
A black-and-white cat lying quietly
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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
*nodding solemnly with full comprehension* yes, I see. there’s a special kind of kid who can’t play sports or go to the bathroom
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
this Türkiye win was for Eric Adams 🇹🇷
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 25/06/2026
Or as @naomiaklein.bsky.social put it:
"We are deploying responsibly
developed Al to liberate humanity from menial labor and usher in an era of unparalleled creativity and abundance."
- Sam Altman

"You ingested the entire
"We are deploying responsibly
developed Al to liberate humanity from menial labor and usher in an era of unparalleled creativity and abundance."
written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation, and without credit, to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed.
You are not liberating human creativity - you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft training data."
- Naomi Klein
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Had to walk down this very liminal hallway to see Backrooms.
An eerie, liminal movie theater hallway with off-white walls and patterned carpet straight from the 90s.
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
ANNIHILATION (2014)
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 12/06/2026
"Many of you have asked why an institution with a $46 billion endowment is freezing salaries, rescinding job offers, refusing to adjust tenure tracks, and laying off staff instead of using an endowment the size of Iceland's GDP to keep our community afloat."
buff.ly
A University President Responds to Those Who Have Suggested the School Should Dip Into the Endowment
“We hear you. You are valid. You. Matter. Secondly, and no less importantly, let me make something clear: The. Endowment. Is. Not. For. You.” May 11 2021 5/8...
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 13/06/2026
you have been visited by the Cool Baby!!! repost for good luck
A very cool baby in a jean jacket vest, jorts, backwards baseball cap, sunglasses, and high tops. He is making a hand motion like he is dropping an invisible mic
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
"nearly 75% of instructional staff in American higher education now work outside the tenure system. Contingency no longer exists at the edges of academic life; it increasingly defines the structure through which the university teaches, adapts, + reproduces itself." working-mass.com/2026/06/04/i...
working-mass.com
Intellectual Homelessness: The Adjunct and the Disappearing University - Working Mass
By: Ashraf Hazeyen Every semester, the adjunct professor walks into the classroom carrying the full symbolic weight of the university while possessing almost none of its protections. They enter with a...
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Tyler @okty.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I would never call a wife “mid“ no matter what her job is
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
a good portion of what people mean by “crime” is “visible homeless people, some of whom are behaving erratically“
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Anna Sheffer @annasheffer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Ugh Bluesky did not thread this correctly 😭
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