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Kevin Hearne

@kevinhearne.bsky.social
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Author of the Iron Druid Chronicles, Ink & Sigil, the Seven Kennings, and more. Into nature photography, metal, and beard maintenance. kevinhearne.com Newsletter: wordsandbirds.ink

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 6h
Is there a word for not being able to stand the sound of macaroni and cheese
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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 9h
It could be your favorite too! Because it’s available now. Just sayin’
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 12h
There is a place that serves up peanut butter on their hamburgers and I have been triple-dog-dared, so here we go
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 14h
Having wasted hours of my life in Motor Vehicle Departments in the States, I am going to shoutout Service Ontario because I waited a whole thirty seconds before I got called up to renew my driver’s license and health card and it took two minutes. I can still DO THINGS today. It’s amazing.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Again, investors should run away and this horrific atrocity needs to end, but preferably after they pay that settlement for stealing all my novels to train their plagiarism engine
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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BLOOM is on sale today for $1.99 across all e-book platforms. Do you like: * Hannibal * farmer's market cupcakes * a literary MC * a first sapphic love story * an object lesson in rose-colored glasses * lush prose and lusher charcuterie www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736002...
Bloom is pictured against a magenta background with plants. The words SAPPHIC HORROMANCE, FEMALE RAGE, and COTTAGECORE GORE are underneath it. Now I'm imagining Tipper Gore naming her daughter Cottagecore and giggling.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Character on a show saturated in occult shenanigans: “I don’t think she was killed by a myth.” I believe she is myth-taken In the last episode a dude had all the ingredients for a Hand of Glory! YOU ARE POLICING A DISTRICT FULL OF HIGH-OCTANE WEIRDNESS. All we are saying is give myth a chance.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Getting this month’s letter from Oberon ready for Oberon’s Post Club (along with the postcard and sticker, of course). Want a letter from Oberon? Easy peasy: oberonspostclub.com
We see the postcard, envelope, letter, and sticker for September’s edition of Oberon’s post club. The postcard features a Boston terrier on its back, belly up, and the text, you haven’t rubbed my belly. How dare you? I said How Dare. The sticker also features the Boston. The letter is obscured by the postcard and sticker but it addresses Oberon’s musings on the giving of belly rubs.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That moment of disorientation when you are watching a show and the protagonist goes out to confront danger without a gun and then you go, “Oh! Yeah. Not an American show.” They do make sure to put on a hat though Hats are still important in some places
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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 28/09/2026
Today is my birthday! Please buy my books, I'm so broke
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Egad. The approaches to the Montreal airport are, shall we say with all possible generosity, suboptimal
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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A gorgeous Short Eared Owl looking for a tasty vole from a post! 😍🐦🦉 You can buy my 2027 birds calendars here; www.carlbovis.com/2027-birds-c...
A Short Eared Owl on a post
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I didn’t *intend* to go leaf peeping, it just sorta happened
Some bright orange and red leaves on the trees in Mer Bleue Bog
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So: No loons. But I got a grebe motoring into flight and a couple of nice greater yellowlegs pics. #birds
Pie-billed grebe doing its running start across the pond to get fully airborneA greater yellowlegs wading in a pond, searching for snacksA greeter yellowlegs on the rocks
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This guy I’ve met a couple times could just be ill-informed or he could be a birding troll Each time we have met he points and says “That’s a loon” and then I look and it’s a cormorant HE MADE ME LOOK
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How long can you stand someone mixing a container of cottage cheese next to your ear I lasted for nine seconds
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Who dang, it’s time for Mrs. McGarrigle’s She maketh the mustards of mystery But also Balsamic & Cracked Pepper mustard, which I’ll be enjoying tonight Verily, if thou art in Canada ye must partake of this fyne domestic product ‘Tis a delight
A jar of Mrs. McGarrigle’s Balsamic and Cracked Pepper mustard, which uses both brown and yellow mustard seeds and tastes delicious
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Might need emergency ice cream
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
*eyes overseas ballot in my inbox* Dang, I guess I better vote before they purge me
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious Can we offer up a tax credit? Little bags of shrooms? Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools?
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I apologize in advance for the cuteness I am about to unleash upon you I went outside again, you see This red squirrel had a little shelter of sticks and he stepped out into the sun to show me his FEETS 1/
SQUIRREL FEETS in the sun. They are attached to a whole squirrel. But the fact is we are looking at very cute little squirrel feet here, top one percent for sure
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We have the same initials and we’re friends and we both write fantasy and we often observe that cheese was a pretty great idea
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I went outside, y’all, and dang it does wonders for your attitude. Because some of the stuff out there is SUPER CUTE. Lookit this chipmunk climbing out on branches to eat these leafy thingies. LOOKIT. And I saw MORE. Behold the thread— 1/
I don’t know exactly what it’s eating but a chipmunk is framed by spindly branches of some leafy plant that it finds delicious.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let’s workshop that headline, eh? Orange Shitgibbon’s Threats to Canadian Sovereignty Force the Sale of California Winery Legendary Douchelord’s Unjust Trade War Harms California Winery Let’s place the blame properly. It’s not Canada’s fault. Trump flicked that first domino & the winery fell
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good to know. I already got my overseas ballot so I will be on the lookout and vote no on those
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is indeed tonight y’all. You can follow along on one of my channels and get to know these authors, hear about their spiffy stories, and ask questions!
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tobias is a super rad guy and wondrous author. He’s had a right bureaucratic nightmare and if you can help a wee bit, that would be awesome.
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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 23/09/2026
See? It’s amazing! You deserve a hug like that! You should read A DUBIOUS CLAMOR!
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Maybe you want some cronch to monch in your yogurt or skyr or parfait, but you don’t want storebought granola because damn it’s expensive and full of mystery ingredients. I got you covered. You can make your own pretty dang easily and the batches are much cheaper if you buy ingredients in bulk. 1/
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So many people out of their gourds right now that I am wondering if it might be simpler to ask who’s IN their gourd
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026
IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yesterday’s late afternoon trip to the boggy bogs and marshes yielded some turbo cute juvenile yellow-rumped warblers snacking on bugs to fortify themselves before continuing their migration south. Also: A trumpeter swan! A KNIFE-BEAKED BIRD! A doe in one field and a young buck in another. #birds
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Digital illustration done in a rough comic ink style. A possum mother trundled along with four possum babies on her back. Each possum is speaking a string of connected speech balloons reading ‘maybe it will happen today’.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I have an all-new story in this super-thick anthology of 22 authors, which is out now. My story is called “Sinner’s Grave” and I hope ye enjoy.
A copy of the anthology UNAVOWED, edited by Shawn Speakman
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Been listening on repeat and it’s so good.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Going birding with Mom this morning felt pretty good so I’m gonna do it again. TWO-A-DAY BIRDING
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ye gods Screenshot from an email I just got from someone, which I am just sharing to say: PAY NO ONE. You, as the creative person, should get paid. These truckloads of bullshit are easy to cut through: Who’s getting paid? If it’s not you, run away. It’s a scam.
I have allegedly been offered an opportunity to publish my book with Henry Holt. They are asking for two things:
A Universal Media Core Dispatch and an Executive Acquisition Pitch. They are telling me that they need these two things and that I should use a Hollywood screenwriter. They are charging a huge amount of money. I am just wondering if this seems legit or if they are trying to take me to the cleaners.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today’s early-mornin birdin got me some really nice shots of greater yellowlegs and a bonus killdeer in flight #birds @stevewaycott.bsky.social lookit that fourth one, that’s calendar material
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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Virtual book event with @jomiles.bsky.social hosted by @kevinhearne.bsky.social ! Come around Wednesday to hear about our boooooks!
Green background with yellow text, a thorny vine, a sword, and two book covers
Alien Forests and Dubious Swords A chat with Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen Hosted by Kevin Hearne
Wednesday, September 23 7PM ET
Join the livestream at:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KevinHearneAuthor
Instagram: @kevinhearne
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv./kevinhearne
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dag nabbit (and other, far spicier curses) I loathe these techbro shenanigans The people who wanted it gone WANT IT GONE This is like RFK bringing back measles and giving us shit-yer-britches lettuce WE DON’T WANT AI IN OUR LIVES
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For Ebook readers in the U.S. (and perhaps elsewhere, you never know), HAMMERED is on sale for a mere $1.99 on platforms here and there! I know not for how long. It may be just a today thing, so snag it for cheap while you can! Time to kick some Asgard! (And please let your peeps know.)
The cover of Hammered, book 3 of the Iron Druid Chronicles, Art by Sarah J Coleman. Festers illustrations of ravens, Ratatosk the squirrel, Thor’s hammer, and lots of Celtic knotwork.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good morning. For those of ye who know of them, Rodrigo y Gabriela have a new album out called OurHome. Enjoy!
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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 20/09/2026
When one rallies with friends to defeat authoritarian plots, there must needs be cake afterward. But you can enjoy A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social with or without cake. We just recommend with.
AVAILABLE NOW
A DUBIOUS CLAMOR
Enchanted swords! Cake! Dastardly aristocrats! Harpies! A magic system based on music! Defeating the oppressors! Did we mention cake?
Get it wherever you buy books!
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Kimberly has boxed up all her Converse to dump today and will be shopping for different shoes. This is in response to an ad I haven’t seen (and sounds like I don’t wanna), but damn, if your ad makes people literally trash your product, you done fucked up
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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social just put out a great statement on AI. Refreshing to see a major politician on the left nail this. "Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves." 🎯
Charles,

Last weekend, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, one of the largest Al companies in the world, publicly asked his industry to slow down Al development.

Shortly after, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAl, followed suit. Then Elon Musk.

This all came days after an Anthropic researcher quit, citing his belief that this technology could wipe out humanity and that Al companies are "gambling with our lives."

For years, people have warned that generative Al could slip out of our direct control.

Those safety concerns must be taken seriously.

And this is why I have advocated for strict safety standards on how Al is built and deployed, public oversight over this technology, and using existing laws to hold these companies accountable when they cause harm.

But I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the U.S. economy and our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable and pay off. And that bet isn't looking good.

The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more money than you spend. But the biggest Al companies aren't doing that. They are spending hundreds of billions per year on data centers, chips, and other costs while their ability to make revenues that exceed their already-immense sunk costs are unclear. Experts estimate that these Al companies will require another $600 billion of debt just to financethemselves in 2026 alone. That is more than the entire budgets of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Transportation, & Education combined.
Meanwhile, despite almost every single one of these companies not turning a profit & having sunk billions of investor dollars in development of data centers & other infrastructure, Al companies are also on a spending spree of hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying & dark money in our elections.
It would be one thing if we were discussing a few private companies with a poor business model. But last year, virtually all stock market gains - 80% - rested entirely on just a handful of Al companies.
That tells us two things:
1. Nearly the entire U.S. economy outside the Al industry is relatively stagnating and faring poorly & the gains from these few companies are disguising it; &
2. Millions of people's retirements - including their pensions, 401ks, & investments - are potentially exposed to this risk.
That's why these Al companies' dubious financial positions matter to working people.
These companies argue that debt is necessary. They'll tell you that building transformative technologies requires upfront capital, & that massive borrowing today will pay off in generating unprecedented prosperity tomorrow.
But this is not the typical debt that startups take on while they build out a company. We are talking about billions going on trillions of dollars leveraged with no indication that these companies will be able to recoup these funds profitably. And they are increasingly looking to the government as their source of cash.
In an effort to hide their debt, tech companies have been relying on "circular financing" where tech giants like Google, Amazon, & Microsoft give billions to Al startups like OpenAl & Anthropic, only for those startups to hand that money right back to buy Al processing power.
In other words, these Al companies are luring in new investors by making it look like their financials are healthier than they really are.What's even worse is that retirement & pension funds are key to supporting this illusion.
When the Al companies issue bonds to raise more money, your pension funds & retirement accounts are some of the biggest buyers. When Musk's Al business went public, it became part of index funds where millions of Americans invest our savings. Many Americans don't even know that their retirement investments are tied up in these companies at all.
From Big Tech's perspective, that's a feature, not a bug. By tying our futures to their reckless gambling, Al billionaires are trying to make themselves too big to fail. They think they can take such dangerous risks because we will bail them out if things go wrong.
Sound familiar? This scene is dangerously reminiscent of the rampant speculation, corruption, & broken incentives leading up to the 2008 financial crisis that plunged millions of working class Americans into financial chaos that we never fully recovered from.
It is no accident that these warnings from Altman & Amodei come months-if not weeks-before these companies were meant to go public.
When companies go public, they have to be more transparent about how they are doing financially. And after a waiting period, they typically have to let private investors-like their own employees-sell their shares.
The New York Times recently confirmed that OpenAl has postponed going public for this very reason. They are in no rush for the truth about their finances to come out.
But the moment these oligarchs began to seek our public tax dollars & public contracts while exposing their companies to public pension funds & investments, they opened themselves to public accountability & scrutiny.
Silicon Valley billionaires have rigged the game & are attempting to shift their financial risk to working people: If they're right about Al's potential, they reap the profits. If they're wrong & the bubble bursts, they are setting up the American people to pick up the tab.
Heads, they win; tails, we lose.We can stop this, and we shouldn't play their game. Together we can address both the economic and safety threats of unrestricted Al development and prevent financial chaos and stabilize market risk.

We must make it clear now that should the Al bubble pop, Congress should not bail out Big Tech.

And across our federal agencies, we have the authorities and tools to hold Al companies and their leaders accountable for releasing dangerous, unvetted, and defective products. We must not wait.

Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity.

But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves.

It's time we hold them accountable.

Thank you for reading.

In solidarity,

Alexandria
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kinda want to see a Shakespearean cocktail menu. CURSÉD HEBANON IN A VIAL* *do not pour into the porches of thine ears lest thine blood posset and curd
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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
✨GIVEAWAY✨ for an advance copy of MONSTERA. Like and reskeet this post, then tell me how many points you have: 10- preordered Monstera 9- chose it for book club 8- added it on Goodreads or Storygraph 7- requested at the library 6- joined the preorder swag giveaway 5- added to TBR 4- heard of it
This is an image of the book Monstera against a chartreuse background with flowers. Monstera has a bloodied hand holding a gardening tool, also bloodied, amidst a handful of greenery. I really can't stress enough how much blood, hands, and plants are involved. Like, A LOT.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying
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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 19/09/2026
We got your perfect weekend read right here: A coalition of unique folks stand up against homogenized culture. A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social will cure what ails you. Available in all the places—heck, ask for it at your library!
Now Available: A Dubious Clamor
"An exquisite delight: A perfect balance of sharp edges, society manners, and cake.” —Davinia Evans, author of Notorious Sorcerer

Sapphic yearning
Gays vs the
government

Unique
Magic System
Complex
Characters
Get it wherever you buy books
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just saw this dude estimate that the Hobbits’ narco empire based on pipe weed was 5x the size of Pablo Escobar’s cocaine operation and that is going to take me some time to digest
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