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In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 2h

If my publisher were to hand me LLM back cover copy I would definitely be looking to move.

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Maddy "Boo!" Hare @mbhare.eurosky.social · 2h

this is a good thread

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

John Picacio’s response to Must Read Magazine’s request for his waiver of all Moral Rights and Copyright of his commissioned art for an ASIMOV’S assignment. Short version — Picacio says a resounding NOPE.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is no shame in flipping burgers. Because there's no shame in being poor in a rigged, shit system. There is, however, a lot of shame in being a wealthy fuckface with a job and hoarding your wealth while others struggle to eat. Change your vernacular about the burger thing, please.

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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 15/09/2026

The 2026 LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE Kickstarter is NOW LIVE! Check out our star-studded lineup of authors & peruse our rewards: subscriptions, signed books, rare magazine collectibles, t-shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff. Thank you in advance if you're able to offer your support.💖 bit.ly/LS-NM-26

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

He was more than a 4 year old miner. He was a union man.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Holy shiiiiiiit if you know anyone in North Carolina who may even know anyone who knows anyone who's been to an event by these people, get them to go get the rabies post-exposure prophylaxis shots RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, DO NOT WAIT, YOU CANNOT TREAT IT AFTER SYMPTOMS START

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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Seth Moulton visited a high school yesterday and a student wrote on Reddit about meeting him. Moulton advocated for Flock cameras and told the teenager to look up Ed Markey in the Epstein files.

Screenshot of reddit post: Experience Meeting Seth Moulton for the First Time as a Teenager. Text is too long for alt text but link is in reply.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is precisely the problem, right here: In an information environment dominated by social media and right-wing propaganda, it simply isn't possible for Democrats to carve out a hyper-specific, razor-thin ideological position like this.

What Ever Happened to the Young, Exciting Moderate Democrats?

Mr. Moulton’s bid exposes the dilemma of the center-left in a year when progressives seem to be notching win after win. Moderate Democrats must distinguish themselves from the left without antagonizing the energized Democratic base. They’re struggling to articulate a message of change that isn’t necessarily progressive change. And the 2024 fiasco has made it harder to argue that moderation is the only way to win elections.

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Talorc @talorc777.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I think it’s good actually that rich countries setup long term aid infrastructure to hand out food and medicine to make their countries more liked among the global poor as a form of soft power

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Katie (the other one) @kayfabegamergirl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Thinking, as I often do, about this tumblr post

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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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T(errifying) C(ryptid) Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is especially true for queer writers A lot of people - a LOT of people - hate us, and won't read us, on principle Any exposure we get is a double-edged sword, because of who it brings out of the woodwork So if you want to read queer work, now or next year: please, buy our books/stories

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

On the contrary, the trans community needs everyone to get roughly 10000x louder because the two standard positions toward our existence right now are "exterminate them" or "segregate them but with dignity".

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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It’s pretty jarring we’ve just come to expect that the feds will lie to us and publicize false information and that there is virtually no consequence for it.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I wrote a whole essay in some poor person’s replies again. This 🧵’s for teachers who deal with group projects and creative fields in the age of the capitalist plagiarism hagfish slime machines.

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Andrew Jack @andrewjack.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Every writer I know, and for my sins I know a lot of them, is absolutely 100% delighted for you to get their book out from your local library.

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“You’re a schmuck for following the rules“ is how we badly damage society. “Rich and/or famous people can escape accountability forever” is how we destroy it for good.

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Heather H (she/her/Heather) @oneeyedgraeae.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Having just rewatched season 1, this is 100% why a show like Reacher is popular. There's a vicarious thrill to watching a very large, competent person punish a lot of malignantly stupid people.

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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If anybody was excited that Science Fiction Weekly is aiming to "revive" Daily Science Fiction, you should know they are straight-up lying about having gotten permission from writers to republish DSF stories on their website. (Yes, I have sent a DCMA takedown notice.)

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

WRITER FRIENDS: if you distribute books using INGRAM SPARK you *need* to fill out this opt-out form so they don't sell your books to AI corps to rip apart and feed to their machine for training AI.

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 23/07/2026

An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.

thedailytism.com

Autistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuse

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A baguette needs to be javelined for best effect whereas you can frisbee a naan which means that while distance on a baguette is dependent on your shoulder and effectiveness of your kinetic chain, the naan will travel further even with worse pronation due to physics. Naan win everytime

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Requesting your library acquire copies of a book is one of the best ways to uplift the authors you love.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

matthew always brings the receipts

• A law called the "Food Traceability Rule," designed to make tracing contaminated food easier, was supposed to go into effect on January 20, 2026.
• Taylor Foods started paying Sidley Austin to lobby. on "regulation of food safety" in January of 2025.
• On March 20, 2025, FDA announced they were pushing back the implementation of the "Food Traceability Rule" by 30 months.
• On March 26, 2025, Taylor Fresh Foods Inc contributed $1,000,000 to MAGA Inc, a Trump-aligned super PAC.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 18/07/2026

This is probably the most important video you'll watch this month. Who do we have to pester to make this illegal? This should never have been legal in the first place.

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hypoallergenic bobcat alternative @noghiri.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

also this isn't a taco bell problem, it's a taco bell has unusually good ability to trace their supply chains and strong relationships with local public health authorities so they're the first affected company to provide traceability problem

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Gina F @mombox.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"Trains didn't exist yet, the last time the Necromancer and I were alive."

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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

As some outlets are still in the “Trump says…” phase of coverage, just a reminder he’s made a lot of these (or similar) claims before and they turned out to be bullshit — this thread’s a quick refresher.

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 14/07/2026

Cue Shirley Jackson's epic response to a person who was under the mistaken impression that informing a writer that you don't approve of their work/conduct/ideas/etc. will somehow shame/inspire them to change everything about themselves just to please a random idiot.

Photograph of a letter. Text reads:
"North Bennington
Vermont
July 24

Dear Mrs. White,

If you don’t like my peaches, don’t shake my tree.

Sincerely,
Shirley Jackson"
Source: https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/dont-shake-my-tree-7c4

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

We’re close to the end of our fundraiser and still haven’t met our goal — we need ~$4k in four days. Frankly: I’ve used… a lot of personal funds to keep us afloat over the years between Kickstarters. I now have a child who’ll need daycare. I won’t have enough left over to bridge khōréō’s gaps.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 10/07/2026

RIP Wally Funk (1939-2026), one of the Mercury 13 (which inspired For All Mankind) Also: "In July 2021. Funk became the oldest woman to travel to space at the age of 82. During the 11-minute flight, Funk experienced a few moments of weightlessness and marveled at the darkness of space."

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I packed this story full of things I love and blended together genres I adore. In a nutshell, it's Narnia in space. It's got characters fighting against injustice, but also the nostalgia and sense of wonder that brought so many of us to these genres in the first place.

Book cover for The Final Chronicle of Yeneh surrounded by arrows saying: For grownups who grew up loving Narnia and dreaming of the stars. Wonderfully weird alien plants. Dark family secrets. Terraforming is super problematic, actually. Science vs capitalism. Unlikely allies. Science fiction in a portal fantasy coat.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Every day it's like "Republican-Appointed Supreme Court to Decide Whether the FDA Can Stop People From Selling Ground Glass as Flour"

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Dr Naomi Scott @drnaomiscott.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A lot of media coverage of the ‘AI’ reading of the Herculaneum scrolls really fails to understand what’s happened here. There’s no language processing happening, the AI/ML is not trained on a corpus of texts or language. It can detect ink to see shapes. HUMAN EXPERTS are then transcribing the text.

A screenshot from here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02-07-inside-herculaneum-scroll-seen-first-time-almost-2000-years

It explains that the machine learning involves only the detection of ink

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Anti-trans politics is a major plank of the republican party because they just replaced the previous plank that was anti-gay, they just swapped one for the other when it wasn't working any more, and this is the most obvious thing ever. Surely everyone remembers how vile they were about gay people?

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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

Hi, thanks for posting! We do appreciate you thinking of us even though we have to moderate.

Our stance on all AI generated content (Images, Video, Voiceovers, and whatever else LLM based AI gets up to in the future):

At best, they are approximations of street fighter characters as the AI has no clue what it is trying to create. Because of this, there is no street fighter content so they are not allowed. (rule 1)

Also, they aren't allowed per our source rule. As AI sources cannot be tracked, we must assume that they use uncredited sources in the learning data. (rule 5)

Finally, AI images, video, text, and voiceovers are barely any different than posting a screenshot of a google search. The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam (rule 3).

Because of these reasons, AI art and other AI content is not allowed.

If you would like to contact the moderators about this removal, you can do so here.

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IggyMaid @iggymaid.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

EA summer sale is live on Steam. EA don't want to pay artists to make a single splash screen so they have used entirely AI generated art instead.

ea's summer sale art on steam covered in telltale marks of AI generated art

close up of a hand in the artwork showing an extended index finger, and a 2nd index finger curled round onto the thumb

close up of an arm that has a second arm stub sticking out to the elbow

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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

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Gina F @mombox.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

forgot I was posting my soups woops

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