Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Now even my local gardening FB group is being invaded by AI slop and I am "not fun" for asking if we can keep this stuff out. I think I just need to quit the entire internet at this point? 060
Reposted by Ellen RhudyMaureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Very happy to hear I inspired one of you to make a plan to give blood this week. Does anyone else want to join me? Apple juice, Lorna Doones, & helping someone who really needs it? The best. 🙌 231
Reposted by Ellen RhudyRichard Mirabella 🐝 @rpmirabella.bsky.social · 15/04/2026"Studies show that overreliance on these digital tools causes cognitive decline, but if current events are any indication, nobody’s making much of a contribution anyway. Go ahead and use A.I. however you like." This is so great. 141
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026My cat is 15 and has just learned windows can be like doors, and now he demands that I run inside through the door to admit him through the window. 140
Reposted by Ellen RhudyGreg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Love @biblioracle.bsky.social's piece today. AI cannot read, and AI does not write. Support writers who DO write. biblioracle.substack.com/p/writers-wr...biblioracle.substack.comWriters WritePeople who use AI to produce text are doing something else, which is fine for them, but it's not writing. 084
Reposted by Ellen RhudyMike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 03/04/2026You spend your whole life hearing that English majors can't get jobs, and that you should stay away from drugs, only to reach middle age and find out "large language model that occasionally hallucinates" is worth billions of dollars 1246
Reposted by Ellen RhudyLilly Dancyger @lillydancyger.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Proof that if we all just ignore shitty technology that nobody wants, no matter how much money these dinguses throw into it, it will eventually go away. Next up: AI! 13612
Reposted by Ellen RhudyLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026This is really wise and candid. It’s not often that people are willing to be like “I wanted to do this, it hasn’t gone as I hoped, I’m putting my focus elsewhere.” Jen’s a smarty. 3879
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Brought home one more priceless gift from AWP (am so sick) 000
Reposted by Ellen RhudySplit Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The fiction team is here! 🤩 Have you stopped by for a tote bag yet?? @whatll-i-do.bsky.social @tinazhu.bsky.social @ellenrhudy.bsky.social 2286
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026My AWP adventure is that my hotel has been without hot water or a working shower (of any temperature) since I arrived yesterday afternoon, and I am a person who cannot move an inch without sweating 🙃 050
Reposted by Ellen RhudySplit Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Exciting news, FAM ✨ At our reading next Thursday, we'll be raffling 2 LIBRARY KIDS tote bags with goodies inside, including postcards, pens, & books from contributors @sfeycreates.bsky.social, @litmagreject.bsky.social, @jrfenn.bsky.social, Monica Brashears & the late Martha Silano 😘 1164
Reposted by Ellen RhudyLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Voiding documents that make it legal for people to move through the world normally—especially but not exclusively when you give them no practical opportunity to get new ones even if they wanted to—is (still) not about bathrooms or sports. It’s about erasure. 3413113
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026My current AWP plan is one volunteer shift, visit the aquarium, visit the Visionary Art Museum, panel on university presses, Laura Lippman interview, a daily run around the harbor...so basically pretend I am not at AWP for 90% of my time in Baltimore. Am I doing this right? 050
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Got zero bites on my AWP writer-to-agent query, then saw that Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler also got rejected. So at least it’s not just me who’s fucked, but the whole literary ecosystem! 280
Reposted by Ellen RhudyJen A. Miller @byjenamiller.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Today’s a great day to start masking again 013
Reposted by Ellen RhudyLincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I don't see how self-publishing world survives GenAI. It's going to be an absurd increase in slop books with no reason to expect any increase in paying readers. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b... 2230567
Reposted by Ellen RhudyTed Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026🚨BREAKING: Late night decision leads to late night posting of new double A-side single for #bandcampfriday! tedleo.bandcamp.com/album/februa...tedleo.bandcamp.comFEBRUARY 2026 DOUBLE A SIDE, by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists2 track album 1016334
Reposted by Ellen RhudyLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Yup. If you’re going to have little kids at a press conference, you have to welcome the fact that they act like little kids. What’s creepy is when people line up a bunch of silent children who behave like Act 1 Von Trapps. 426812
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Great post that kinda makes me want to reclaim my younger self who did things like make zines, make my own band T-shirts for my favorite band that didn’t have them, draw postcards and comics just for the fun of it... 0121
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Had a dream that to comfort myself over my sense of failure as a writer, I opened up the NEW YORKER issue with my story in it. Then I woke up to a world where I feel like a failure as a writer and no important people at the New Yorker have published me. Man… 130
Reposted by Ellen RhudyChloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had. I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!gofund.meDonate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe ClarkOn January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild. 28196236
Reposted by Ellen RhudyAaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 01/02/2026This is one of those quotes I think about more than any other. 15311
Reposted by Ellen RhudyJoshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026“She closed her eyes, hands resting on the egg’s box, and pictured a tiny man curled inside the shell. He resembled Wyatt, in khaki slacks and a pastel button-up” @ellenrhudy.bsky.social does corporate dystopia so well. 121
Reposted by Ellen RhudyTM @tmsoc.bsky.social · 25/01/2026GIFT LINK: share.inquirer.com/pEIqAvshare.inquirer.comAnother senseless killing in Trump’s senseless war against Americans | EditorialThe president's masked thugs have now executed two U.S. citizens in broad daylight on the streets of Minneapolis. 043
Reposted by Ellen RhudyRuth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 24/01/2026they want to be murderers, they signed up to be murderers, they gleefully joined in order to be paid our tax dollars to commit murders with impunity. you can't reform that 0204
Reposted by Ellen RhudyJan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I missed this one when I took my brief holiday break. Fortunately it’s evergreen. 0103
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Very hard to work on my little novel about the peace corps at this specific moment in time!! 020
Reposted by Ellen RhudyKelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 20/01/2026This thread is a whole journey. Enjoy, friends! 4195
Reposted by Ellen RhudyMid Century Monster @mollybreakfast.bsky.social · 12/01/2026*David Attenborough voice* In the slick cold of a Minnesota winter, miles from a softer, warmer life that expected less of him, this agent learns the awkward way that he is ill-equipped to have followed his prey to a climate so different from his own. 051
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I started donating recently after learning rules changed (mad cow disease: no longer a concern!) and it‘s such an easy way to feel like you’re doing a little good in the world. Highly recommend! www.redcrossblood.orgredcrossblood.orgHome PageBlood donors report feeling a sense of great satisfaction after making their blood donation. Why? Because helping others in need just feels good. Donate blood today to help those in need. 0114
Reposted by Ellen RhudyPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Local TV news anchor and reporter in Denver 648969
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Tried to start 2026 off right by donating platelets and something went wrong because HOLY SHIT did that hurt (like a 2-hr charley horse in one arm). Got home and immediately burst into tears from hours of politely saying “it hurts!”, so I guess I gotta find another way to be a good person this year 130
Reposted by Ellen RhudySarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 31/12/2025This is a terrific thread! 1163
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 29/12/2025post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains. No question it’s Teenage Fanclub’s BANDWAGONESQUE. I acknowledge the art might make you think it’s not as good as it is (one of the most perfect albums not just of the 90s but all time imho) 010
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Merry Xmas! Just learned that the 40% price increase Microsoft is forcing on personal customers (for all the AI) is essentially, actually, a change in subscription type. Go to your account, select “cancel subscription,” and you’ll see the option to switch to the AI-free plan at your former price 220
Reposted by Ellen RhudyTed Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 23/12/2025It got taken down from ytube, but it’s still up here, & I encourage everyone to take 15 minutes (13 + 2 to breathe afterward) to watch it. So much to say about civil v. criminal offenses, why ANYONE should wind up in a place like this, what America is doing, &w/in that, what CBS & Weiss are doing 15516
Reposted by Ellen RhudyEric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Lotta folks talking resolutions, so a quick reminder to focus on goals you can control. Instead of making it about agents or deals, focus on things like reading more to improve your craft, finding ways to support your peers, drafting something new… You don’t need anyone else, to chase those goals. 18319
Reposted by Ellen RhudyBarrelhouse Write-ins @bhwriteins.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Are you a writer who can't get away for a residency? Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat! Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done! www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins 25821
Reposted by Ellen RhudySplit Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 18/12/2025We are THRILLED to announce our ✨Best Small Fictions Nominations✨ Lots of love to @sashabrown.bsky.social, JR Fenn, John Jodzio, @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Neeru Nagarajan buff.ly/2zs2H2a 0145
Reposted by Ellen RhudyMaureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 17/12/2025I’m so excited for this benefit reading. I hope you can make it! Huge thanks to our former fiction editor @jonmcconn.bsky.social for the brilliant inspiration & legwork to harness AWP for community-building in this way. So thrilled to spotlight CHARM—a fantastic local literary organization! 1193
Reposted by Ellen RhudyPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 15/12/2025As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...hollywoodreporter.comHow Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpinRob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned. 118172573938
Reposted by Ellen RhudyJen A. Miller @byjenamiller.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Maybe there needs to be additional meetings and reminders for DRIVERS TO STOP BLASTING THROUGH CROSSWALKS WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN THEM JFC 074
Reposted by Ellen RhudyMatt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 10/12/2025I loved this @sheldoncosta.bsky.social essay on "failure", and am excited for his novel The Great Work. "I felt an odd sort of ambivalence about whether the book would be published. Obviously I was nervous, but a rejection in my inbox no longer sent me spiraling. I’d done all I could, after all."lithub.comOne Man’s Trash: Reflections on a Failed NovelI started trash bashing three weeks after it became clear to me that my first novel was not going to sell. I’d tried to be honest with myself, from the moment the manuscript went out on submission,… 3167
Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Finished a first draft of my new novel. The trick was writing a $250 check to Moms for Liberty to be mailed on January 1 if I didn’t finish. Just like that, 35K words fell out of me in five weeks! 1120