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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Proud to announce that my story "Orders" from Augur Magazine @augursociety.bsky.social will be in this! I am so happy that more people will get to read about my little robot.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My main takeaway from today's errands is that I can think of few things less badass than having a window decal that says "BADASS" on your Volkswagen Jetta.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It used to be that you could get free city maps lots of places (CAA, town halls, etc), often quite good ones. I bicycled from London, Ontario to Montreal once with a stack of paper maps. It wasn't difficult. (Not the map-reading part anyways.)

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Surprised to see anti-AI graffiti on Gardiner's Road the other day.

A concrete overpass on which "NO A.I." is spray-painted in black

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

These people should see the unhinged emails I received for my Sailor Moon fanfic in the 90s.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was seventeen, I knew edible flowers were a thing that fancy people ate sometimes, there was a bowl of leaves and flowers on the table that in my defense was IDENTICAL in shape and pattern to the bowl the soup was in, and I dutifully served myself a heaping forkful of the decorative centrepiece.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

IT'S TODAY!!! My fantasy novella, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, is out today! From here on out, if you suddenly have the urge to read about harpies, opinionated weapons, and a bunch of misfits fighting the fash, you can just DO THAT! Order direct or from bookstores: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

Happy author Marissa Lingen, a long-haired white woman, holds up a copy of her book, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

There's a "no right turn on red" sign on my corner and the drivers still edge up into the crosswalk while the light is red. Like sir this is accomplishing nothing for you, you cannot turn now, why do you feel compelled to go one extra metre forward just to sit there through the whole light cycle

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There's something oddly fun about taking my morning shower and then immediately going outside to dig potatoes. Yes, I am once again covered in dirt, but at least it's fresh dirt.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

To the market I bring my wheelbarrow, empty. I follow people back to their houses, gardens, schools, quiet green spaces; I carry flat stones, plants with roots wrapped, groceries, small children. What I have is me: arms, legs, back, breath. I'm lucky to be strong; I share my fortune.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just finished James L. Cambias' "The Ishtar Deception" and it's a delightful space opera romp. It's sort of like if you mixed the Culture books with John Varley's "The Golden Globe" and I was about eight times more cheerful when I put it down than when I picked it up.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Temari are very cool and this is pretty much the only website I used when teaching myself to make them - so many patterns! temarikai.com

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Traditional Japanese Temari on TemariKai.com Home

Home page of TemariKai.com - traditional embroidered thread balls

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I asked my library to order it and just got the email today saying that they're doing so. Looking forward to reading!

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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I made an unboxing video to celebrate this week’s release of The Mighty Nein: Stories Untold from @criticalrole.bsky.social. I may have gone a little overboard.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Oh yes. We wash the fleeces in the back garden so the runoff water goes into the flowerbeds; it makes such excellent fertilizer.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I saw this little Chinese jade deer in the British Museum and it looks very sweet. Like I would trust this little guy if I met it in the woods

A small jade deer pinned to a museum display board

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I have yet to meet a paleo-diet-following person who eats grubs. I would honestly respect the heck out of that.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

YES! It is my author copies of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR! Dreadfully hot humid day but WHO CARES I HAVE MY BOOK

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

M.R. Carey's Pandominion trilogy; I picked up the first book at the library because I liked the cover, and they are so so good. Currently waiting for book 3 to come in at the library (only one person ahead of me in the queue, hurrah!)

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Last night I dreamed I was back in high school and the teacher got mad at me for something and made me count from 796,913 to 803,913 as punishment. Possibly the most boring dream of my life. Shoutout to the version of Ms. Gabourie that lives in my subconscious, I guess.

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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Canadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...

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National Survey on the Cultural Sector’s Readiness for Artificial Intelligence

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The word of the day is "caliginous" apparently, because I have encountered it twice.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

So excited that my dear friend Emmet A. O'Brien has released his first two novels this week! This is really thoughtful space opera, friends. I've read further in the series, and I'm so excited that some of you can now read them too and discuss them with me: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3JCNPS...

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Vega Victrix

Visit Amazon's Vega Victrix Page and shop for all Vega Victrix books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Vega Victrix

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

What amazes me is the ones trying to submit AI crap to short story magazines. That's not even a get rich quick scheme! That's a get two hundred dollars six months from now scheme! (Realistically it's a get banned from submissions for life scheme)

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

(To be clear, I don't mind doing it, but I'm not all that good at it; I wouldn't have picked a job that is mostly staring at a computer in my house if I were comfortable dealing with people. I try my best, but I wish they had better friends to help them.)

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I wouldn't have predicted how often as a copy editor I end up listening to authors sobbing on the phone because their book is about to go out into the world and they're scared the past few years of their life will have been meaningless if it fails. Emotional support is more of the job than expected.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Google AI just straight-up lied to me about the location of the World's Largest Beet. Truly we are in the dumbest timeline.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Yeah, definitely. I edit a lot of French speakers and they frequently make certain systematic errors: pluralizing adjectives, for instance ("writing on the blanks pages"). Whereas chatbot text is just this weird scattershot array of issues.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This is lovely. Reminds me of Kawase Hasui in the best way.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Carving my next story onto a series of potatoes as we speak.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Wow, this is possibly one of the nicest things anyone has said about my work.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Sometimes I think about how nice it would be to be a factory-fresh robot so I could be entirely encased in the shaped packing foam they use for fragile electronics. It seems like it would be really relaxing.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Done, and thank you for the continuing reminders.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

No, which seems kind of weird now that I think about it, because I do have scars from scratching mosquito bites too much, so I scarred pretty easily, and I sure fell off my bike a lot.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I have indeed, and coincidentally just watched one of Denby's videos last night where he discusses what AI is doing to the electric grid (spoiler: bad things). www.youtube.com/watch?v=3__H...

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How AI is Ruining the Electric Grid

YouTube video by Wendover Productions

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/02/2026

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Fund every minority language initiative I can find. Early education programs, bilingual street signs, book/video publishers, a bunch of linguistics grad students to go round remote villages with recording gear - every endangered language gets every possible chance to be preserved.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Reading Gary Gibson's "Final Days" and coming to the conclusion that I don't understand how closed timelike curves are supposed to work at all.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

One of the exceptions is that the signs on buses telling you to move back say "A little further please" so that people don't vandalize "farther" with a sharpie in the obvious way.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

You're moving?? Oh wow. I hope this is a good thing?

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

It was only a 35lb draw too; you wouldn't think it would be strong enough!

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Caught one of my braids with the bowstring while shooting with a longbow, which yanked out enough hair to make my scalp bleed.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

One of my favourite inexpensive handicraft hobbies to recommend to people is whittling; all you need is a cheap pocketknife and there are free sticks *everywhere*. (ogles $95 chisel: okay yes there are upgrades)

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Thomas Marrone @thomasthecat.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.

Silhouette of Batman from Batman: The Animated Series

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Once again I am reminded, just slightly too late, that when combining a bunch of dry ingredients plus oil, all the dry ingredients can be dumped into the sifter together but the oil really should not be.

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Grace Seybold @graceseybold.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The other being, of course, Professor Welton's Boxing Cats. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qre...

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The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)

YouTube video by Library of Congress

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