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Mitchell Hogan

@mitchhogan.bsky.social
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I like big books an' I can not lie. Worlds greatest dad (semi-finalist). Aurealis Award winning fantasy author. www.mitchellhogan.com

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give up. I’m moving into a cave.
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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Good morning. As a (comparatively) successful author I feel it’s time to branch out in my career. As a result, I’m excited to be stepping into the world of professional football. Since I’m physically incapable of playing football at a professional level I will be hiring what I call a “ghostballer”
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Publishers defend stuff like this as a worthwhile dice roll or "It seemed like a good idea at the time" when in fact "MrBeast has millions of fans and none of them have ever read a book, and no James Patterson reader knows who MrBeast is" was actually a pretty easy thing to foresee.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/08/2026
I realize this is just me, but if I were administering a $1.5 billion settlement with hundreds of thousands of rights holders, I would keep my settlement website reasonably updated. It would cost a lot less than answering the same 3 questions over and over again.
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Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hard agree. Great series.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
LMFAO
AI User: I'm an artist.
Me: *turns off wifi* Prove it.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 13/07/2026
For anyone who remembers the long-running Google Books lawsuit, the allegations in this latest AI training class action infringment lawsuit will seem especially galling www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Publishers, Authors File Class Action Lawsuit Against Google
Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, and Elsevier, as well as author Scott Turow, are looking to block the tech giant from engaging in alleged copyright infringement of millions of texts to develop ...
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Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Mr Stonebowl Burwood school holiday adventure.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I do love that AI inadvertently confirms that our brains work like a muscle, too — use it or lose it. In this way relying on AI is like using a robot to lift weights, like running a marathon in a Honda Civic. You get nothing out of it.
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Michigan Governor caught on hot mic with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, discussing citizen opposition to AI data centers, bragging how she ignores their concerns: “We’re used to people saying 'f*ck no,' & doing it anyway.”🇺🇸
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 05/06/2026
Annals of AI fuckups: an author forwarded me the email below, in which the book club scammer mistakenly sent the AI output instead of the intended email pitch. Note the "strategic analysis", which illustrates the scammers' boiled-frog approach
Van: Alex N <abookwalksintoabar@gmail.com>
Date: ma 25 mei 2026 om 08:07
Subject: Re: A Thoughtful Invitation To Feature [redacted] With Our Rotaract Community
To: [redacted]


TRANSACTION AUDIT

    Bio: Collected (Permission granted to pull from her personal website on May 22)

    Photo: Collected (Permission granted to pull from her personal website on May 22)

    Link: Collected (Her personal website/blog directories provided in her signature)

    Payment Status: $0 / Unpaid

TEMPERATURE CHECK

    Status: Warm / Cooperatively Engaged (Independent Showcase Track)

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS

We are executing Phase 3 (The Pitch) with [redacted] but removing the direct payment link for this specific touchpoint.

By omitting the link for now, we keep the conversation focused on the concept of the $150 production allocation and the layout approval first. This acts as an elegant soft-pitch, allowing her to confirm the administrative framework before we send the formal invoice or payment portal link. The tone remains highly professional, shifting the focus to the attached layout proof and the cooperative production framework.
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Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
My wife: Picture your perfect house Me: ok
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 02/06/2026
Reminder: even if you're sure it's a legit transaction, DON'T pay for a publishing- or marketing-related service w/ wire transfer, bank apps like Zelle, or the peer-to-peer option w/ platforms like Cash App. Scammers love these because they are hard or impossible to reverse. 1/3
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The way these "AI checkers" work is very, very simple. It feeds part of the text into an LLM. If the LLM predicts, correctly, the missing text, it scores that as proof the LLM produced the text. And LLM's literally stole *every fucking book and forum post ever fucking written* to train on.
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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 26/05/2026
An interesting warning for writers: There have been ads, making their rounds on social media, advertising writing contests with large prizes. Beware-- some of these contests are tricks to get you to submit files that will then be used to train AI models (LLMs). READ THE FINE PRINT!
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Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In 1990 I lost my father to suicide, and this June I'm completing 3,307 push-ups in 24 days to raise awareness and funds for mental health in Australia. It's open for anyone to join and it's for a good cause, so feel free to join me! www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/...
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Donate to level up mental health in Australia
Help raise funds for much-needed mental health services and initiatives by donating to my page. I’m completing The Push-Up Challenge to support this great cause and would love your help to reach my fu...
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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It’s really frightening.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 17/05/2026
Trademark extortion scheme alert! 2nd example I've seen of identical email, tho sent out w/ different names/addresses/company names. Goal is to scare writers into responding so they can be pressed to pay big $$$ to "preserve their rights". Needless to say, this is not how trademark or copyright work
Important Notification Regarding [readacted]

From: legal@ustrademarkx.com
To: [redacted]

Dear [redacted]

This is Morgan Stevenson with Trademark X

We are reaching out regarding [redacted], we have received an applicant who wishes to Trademark the following mark in all 50 states of the U.S., however after conducting a search, our legal team stumbled across your Copyright Registration for the same mark.

Action Required to Preserve Rights: Submit an opposition against the other Applicant, so it allows up to reject their Trademark Application.
Limited Timeframe: If no action is taken, our Legal Team will continue processing the competing application. Once that application matures, you will lose the ability to assert any prior rights or oppose the registration.
Resonse Instructions: If you wish to move forward with trademarking the mark under your ownership, you may reach out to Mr. William at 205-732-2835, or respond to this email as soon as possible to initiate the necessary steps.

This will serve as your final notice regarding this matter. If no response is received, it will be assumed that you do not wish to proceed, and no further steps will be taken to preserve your rights.

Sincerely,
Legal Team.
U.S Trademark X
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 14/05/2026
Spotted on Tumblr…
Screenshotted tweet:”If people are fighting for an orb you are reading fantasy. If people are fighting fir a cube you are reading sci-fi. If it gas more sides than that. I dont know. I dont know man.”
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026
folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI
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Tricia Dearborn @triciadearborn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for “structuring” or "organising"
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 01/05/2026
The Academy has banned AI from ever winning an Oscar. • Only roles “demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” can be nominated for acting Oscars • Screenplays “must be human-authored” to qualify for a nomination
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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
AI psychosis is just “I really think the stripper likes me” for guys who don’t leave their house
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Greg the Sorcerer @gregthesorcerer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This kind of mixed use urban planning is illegal in America
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/04/2026
OR JUST WRITE THE THING YOURSELF FOR FUCK'S SAKE IT WILL TAKE LESS TIME THAN WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS mashable.com/article/sinc...
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Sinceerly is an AI tool to 'un-AI' your writing
A new ouroboros in the tech world has emerged.
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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I have a book on submission right now, pray for me
A Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schultz. Snoopy writes on his typewriter: "Gentlemen, Regarding the recent rejection slip you sent me. I think there might have been a misunderstanding. What I really wanted was for you to publish my story, and send me fifty thousand dollars. Didn't you realize that?"
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more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
can't stop thinking about this guy bragging about how he's outsourced forming a bond with his son like it's a Life Hack. you can't come up with a helicopter story good enough for a six year old? this shit makes people so fucking lazy and simultaneously teaches them how to justify it to themselves
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Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The Knock-on Effect NSW Cup ANZAC Day game Wests Magpies vs Raiders. Great to catch up with some friends I haven't seen for a while!
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/04/2026
Just FYI there’s an account on here called @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social (with over 200k followers) that is posting a bunch of AI slop (including a “Saturn polar hexagon” with 8 sides) and claiming it’s NASA imagery. If you see anything posted by them, it’s likely fake.
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Goldie Chan 💚 @goldie.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
OMG Look at what NASA just dropped! Your initials in landsat! science.nasa.gov/specials/you...
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Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
You can't fix it if it isn't written.
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The Alberta Socialist @voxsocialism.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
You absolutely SHOULD NOT go around telling people that data centers are full of gold, silver, palladium, copper, and that the data centers are almost entirely unstaffed.
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Dawn Whiteside Rubin @dd-rubin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The use of “hallucinate” is a stroke of true evil genius in the AI world. In ANY other context we’d just call them errors & the fail rate would be crystal clear. Instead, “hallucinate” implies genuine sentience & the *absence* of real error. Aw, this software isn’t shit! Boo’s just dreaming!
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Vyrmithrax27 @vyrmithrax.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We should institute reverse hunger games where the richest people in the world fight to the death every year, and all the assets of the dead get spread evenly amongst the rest of the world population.
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Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Did Chuck Norris get Isekai'd?
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Elise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Death is inevitable. Laundry is inevitable. One of the blueberries being ungodly tart is inevitable. Ai is not. We can say no to it. We don’t want it. It is not here to stay if we don’t support it
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Skinner meme from Simpsons: 

"Do I get blackout drunk?"

"No I teleport to Waffle House"
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Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Time for our own Butlerian Jihad against AI.
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Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
In case you're wondering what kind of prose an 18,000 word per day regime produces, here's an excerpt from "Earth, the Marauder", one of Burks's science fiction novelettes, set "deep within the gnome-infested tunnels of the moon".
Even now, as Sarka raced for the aircar, and Jaska with him, he could feel a backward pulling that was well-nigh invincible. Someone was willing him to return, willing the Gnomes to pursue him, willing the cubes to refuse obedience to him; but he laughed and stepped to the aircar, passing by the nearest writhing tentacle as though he knew it possessed no power to harm him. The tentacle swept aside, and did not try to bar him, while he sent his will crashing against that brightly gleaming cube. "Into the aircar! We enter with you !"
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Elizabeth Spann Craig @elizabethspanncraig.com · 13/03/2026
Why These Contract Clauses Are Scary: writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w... @victoriastrauss.com #wkb5e
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Why These Contract Clauses Are Scary - Writer Beware
The clauses I’m going to discuss in this post come from the contract of Shadow Light Press, a publisher of fantasy and science fiction with deep ties to the LitRPG community. The contract stirred…
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
There’s nothing more obnoxious than when people celebrate being an asshole or “just saying what everyone’s thinking” Yeah, dude, most people have edgy thoughts, and learn to keep them inside. It’s called control. What you’re doing is like being really proud of constantly shitting yourself.
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Cecilia Mok @ceciliamok.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Farmer's Market in Fuchsia is my new pattern design, inspired by the vibrant energy of local markets and some of my favourite produce.
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DK Mok @dkmok.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Recently found out that DuckDuckGo has a dedicated No AI search page. It automatically turns off AI-generated answers and filters out known AI-generated images. No more having to change the settings manually. noai.duckduckgo.com
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Here's some more: Geneve Flynn Pamela Jeffs Lauren Elise Daniels Pauline Yates Alannah Pearson Grace Chan Elaine Cuyegkeng Nikky Lee Jacqui Greaves Tracie McBride Cassie Hart Darcy Coates
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Women In Horror Month! Here's an ANZ list of women horror writers you absolutely should read. Kaaron Warren Angela Slatter Kirstyn McDermott Joanne Anderton J S Breukelaar Lisa L Hannett Kyla Lee Ward A J Spedding Margo Lanagan Lee Murray Claire Fitzpatrick Chris Mason Cat Sparks Kathleen Jennings
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Mitchell Hogan @mitchhogan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
It has been raining and/or overcast for weeks, and these little guys have popped up.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 06/03/2026
Happy Friday. Don’t skip school.
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Why are we bothering with the Strait of Hormuz when we could simply do this? Explain it to me like l'm 5.

(Drawing of chopping of part of land)

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MOUNTAIN HARD AND BIG, WATER NO UP. MANY MANY DIG DIG.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.
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