Kristine Smith @ksmithsf.bsky.social · 8hIf you’re living your life vicariously through me, sorry about that. 031
Reposted by Kristine SmithSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 9hUkraine’s strike on Russia’s Yandex data centers appears to have rendered fascists sock puppets silent in several countries.😂🙏 27722
Reposted by Kristine SmithAdam Morgan @adamm0rgan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026For @wired.com, I spoke with workers about the quiet push to experiment with AI tools from book publishing executives at the Big Five. www.wired.com/story/book-p...wired.comBook Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are RevoltingWorkers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. 15301130
Kristine Smith @ksmithsf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“An overreliance on AI for answers erodes our cognitive fitness.” 041
Kristine Smith @ksmithsf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, New York Fed says - CNBC stocks.apple.com/AKlmxZVbnRVi...stocks.apple.comInflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says — CNBCTariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found. 020
Reposted by Kristine SmithMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“She asked the powers at NASA to let her add a safeguard to prevent that error in a real flight, and they laughed it off as too unlikely… When an astronaut did make that blooper during the Apollo 8 mission, it caused necessary navigational data to vanish, and they called Hamilton in to get it back.” 81044317
Reposted by Kristine SmithSaga, sighs queen @saga.iam.bi · 08/10/2026In case anybody wants a source for this story that *isn't* on a website using AI and doesn't read like it was written by AI, here ya go: heritageheadlines.com/rare-west-vi...heritageheadlines.comRare West Virginia Chestnuts Sit Near a Massive AI Data Center Plan - Hopewell Heritage HeadlinesAdvocates warn that blight-surviving American chestnuts near Mason County’s former state nursery could be lost to AI data center construction. State… 3456314
Reposted by Kristine SmithJayme Lynn Blaschke (he/him) @jaymeblaschke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“Meet Me In Another Life” by jaymeblaschke.substack.com/p/meet-me-in...jaymeblaschke.substack.com“Meet Me In Another Life” byA quick video book review 032
Reposted by Kristine SmithJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I retweeted it earlier, but realised a bit of quote context might be useful: Excellent comedian (have seen/listened before!) and well worth an evening of your life! National tour, and tour dates are on her site. 05020
Reposted by Kristine SmithAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Interesting case of fraud by making automated songs then automated accounts to stream them, pocketing $8M in revenue. Few/no real listeners were diverted to listen to the GenAI songs, but the funds he pocketed drank from a zero sum revenue pool that meant real musicians were paid less. 826475
Kristine Smith @ksmithsf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I do recall one of the last bouts of the flu that I had, way back in the 90s. The body aches were so severe I thought they might kill me. Then came the secondary infections. In one case, a double round of conjunctivitis. It’s been flu shots ever since. 100
Reposted by Kristine SmithMyCupOfTeaLCSW @mycupoftealcsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'm sooooo tired of people acting like politics is this thing that is external to us that we can, somehow, opt out of. Literally everything is political and politics is an extension of who we are as well as the mechanism through which we create society based on who we are and what we value. 41369
Reposted by Kristine SmithJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Who Is Behind the AI/Existential Risk Scare? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-i...talkingpointsmemo.comWho Is Behind the AI/Existential Risk Scare?For years, and especially in the last month or so, we’ve been... 127722
Reposted by Kristine SmithMC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Tying health insurance to employment makes workers easier to exploit, bc when you get fired you don’t just lose your job, you might also die or go bankrupt… 1173753852
Reposted by Kristine SmithCat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Jen Stevenson gets serious! And playful, and. . . Book View Café is delighted to present I MORPH, a collection by Jennifer Stevenson. *Eight stories about death, resurrection, and the messes in between.* #death #Resurrection #InvisiblePlaymates #vampires #romance bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...bookviewcafe.comBVC Announces I Morph by Jennifer StevensonI Morph by Jennifer Stevenson Eight stories about death, resurrection, and the messes in between. The Bundle Solstice The Benefit of Counsel Tragesang 166
Kristine Smith @ksmithsf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Before teaching young men how to run the world, teach them what to do when the world is one room, one woman, one terrible thing happening, and nobody wants to be the first man to ruin the evening.” 011
Reposted by Kristine SmithElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So... "cable"... we're just doing cable again. 1142363328
Kristine Smith @ksmithsf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And program content will be carefully curated so as not to upset our betters. 110
Reposted by Kristine Smithemoontxwriter @emoontxwriter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026BOOK DAY!! Yes, #Booksky and #WriterSky, it's HORNGARD's BookDay AND my proof that it's possible to come back from a serious cumulative-over-time-multiple-concussion traumatic brain injury. So many decisions long before (and not counting the bad ones that ensured injuries) made recovery possible. 5235
Reposted by Kristine SmithRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026THE FLESH KING, the second Ford and Neuland book (and sequel to THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL), is out in paperback today! 513931
Reposted by Kristine SmithRenan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 06/10/2026Great article (Ignyte-winning!) about the history of Indian SF by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social. I remember reading Sultana's Dream a couple of years ago and being completely enthralled by it. And now my list of Indian SF to read just expanded! altermag.com/articles/the...altermag.comThe Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.Before Asimov, there was Rokeya. 1128
Reposted by Kristine SmithAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🎵 Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Annie Hall... 🎶 24672118
Reposted by Kristine SmithIsabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Nearly 600 Medieval Manuscripts from German Monasteries Now Online. www.medievalists.net/2026/09/600-...medievalists.netNearly 600 Medieval Manuscripts from German Monasteries Now Online - Medievalists.netNearly 600 medieval manuscripts from the German monasteries of Heilsbronn and Sankt Jobst have been digitised and made available to explore online. 014168
Reposted by Kristine SmithMike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This K is alive and well! Labor compensation vs. corporate profits JPMAM 8267112
Reposted by Kristine SmithJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853502189
Kristine Smith @ksmithsf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It kinda reminds me of a superloud modem. www.wired.com/story/adopt-...wired.comAdopt This Data Center Plushie and Hear Its Piercing ScreamThe satirical collaboration between a creative studio and the music producer behind Big Data, “Bezzy” is a cute little doll that spews the sounds of real data centers. 002
Reposted by Kristine SmithDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12530011790
Reposted by Kristine SmithErica Schultz-Opinions are my own @ericaschultz42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Working on adapting All Systems Red from The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com with @garyerskine.bsky.social @stillwintercraft.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social @paulcornell.bsky.social @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk Sign up to be notified when the KS goes live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...kickstarter.comComing soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series. 27016
Reposted by Kristine SmithT. Frohock (she/her) @tfrohock.com · 02/10/2026There is an October price drop on Where Oblivion Lives. The Los Nefilim series is near and dear to my heart, so I hope it finds a wider audience this time around. If you enjoy novels with m/m protagonists & gothic mansions set during the 1930s, this might be your October read: 076
Reposted by Kristine SmithMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20563212912
Reposted by Kristine SmithMike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Begging the Pope to participate in a marketing campaign is some rock bottom addict shit. 062
Reposted by Kristine SmithAdam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026165 years ago TODAY, Charles Darwin had a normal one. "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders.— I am going to write a little Book for Murray on orchids & today I hate them worse than everything…" I think about this letter a lot.darwinproject.ac.ukTo Charles Lyell 1 October [1861] | Darwin Correspondence Project 311335
Reposted by Kristine SmithMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: Brown Brothers Media — the vast content network scaled through the heavy use of AI + fake writers w/ fabricated credentials — has halted publishing amid what appears to be a Google crackdown on many of its sites. BBM may have been earning 64m+ readers per month. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comThat Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism InvestigationBrown Brothers Media has halted publication at its wide-ranging AI-powered content farm empire -- for now, at least. 313928
Reposted by Kristine SmithClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"with Claude, we will no longer need lightly stoned weirdos who work at record stores because they are neurodivergent as hell and some band you've never heard of but is about to change your life is their special interest" these tech bros really hate anyone who was cooler than them in high school 74198907
Kristine Smith @ksmithsf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh, I remember that thread. "Jail for Mother for One Thousand Years." I don't believe anxiety pee was involved, however. 160
Reposted by Kristine SmithChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026This right here, and it’s not just about rape. It’s literally anything he does wrong. 1575142
Reposted by Kristine SmithKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Some writers go ballistic at the mere mention of AI because they take the training of AI models on their work to be a form of intellectual property theft. Like settler colonists, the AI boys want to treat it as a fiat accompli; "here's a pittance—let's move forward." But what if IP theft is ongoing? 45615
Reposted by Kristine Smithcmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student! 29494485
Reposted by Kristine SmithCharlotte Canning @cmcanning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Every time I see this argument, I think of Steve Jobs. He always said that the undergraduate class that had the most impact on him was calligraphy. Today he’d only be allowed to take computer science and never encounter the learning that changed the world. 33611
Reposted by Kristine SmithThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I don't know who needs to hear this, but yes, you do deserve to treat yourself to a day of exploring bookstores, greenhouses, libraries, museums, cafés, and bakeries. 211050195