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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 5h

:sarcastic shocked Pikachu face:

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N.L. Bates @nlbateswrites.bsky.social · 5h

Canadian friends: The Canadian Labour Congress has declared today a day of action to protect the right to strike.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 6h

I've switched tactics from calling "llms are sentient beings" nitwits stupid to agreeing with them and saying "yeah!! Furbies too!!!" and they get so much madder lmao

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 14h

The British Fantasy Society does not allow the use of generative AI in any of its spaces. For more on this, read the interview with outgoing chair Shona Kinsella from earlier this year. This position has not changed since last week's AGM. ⬇️ britishfantasysociety.org/its-a-cheat-...

Text says We say NO to generative AI in the creative arts

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 13h

Hey, Canadian Writer's Union...this is how it's done!

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 12h

Again, public shaming and outrage does actually work as a lever of power in this social and political landscape.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 15/10/2026

one big problem with trying to claim that LLMs are "conscious" is that you're betting that phenomenology is going to provide more concrete evidence in the affirmative than the historical fact that people thought machines were conscious since the very first time a computer spoke... in the mid-1960s

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Brandon O’Brien, but wearing a wolf mask @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 22h

In the wake of another Black author being accused of using AI, you’d imagine that the AI apologists would at least be capable of answering why applying tools like Pangram to judge work only seems to have repercussions for a particular marginalized language-set, let alone the racial implications.

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Beth Tabler @bethtabler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

What makes a monster? I’m looking for reprints for Grimdark Magazine: morally gray SFF, under 10,000 words. Any corner of the SFF welcome. Especially keen on stories that complicate who—or what—we call monstrous. No SA, no fridging. Email: beth@Grimdarkmagazine.com

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 12/10/2026

Our subscription drive is closing in on its goal. So far, as part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, we've managed to give everyone but our authors a raise. We're only 20 subscriptions away upping author pay from 14 to 15 cents/word. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

If you’d like to join us in calling on leadership to reconsider yesterday’s decision and help us build a better Wizards together, you can encourage them to do so by signing our petition and sharing it! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

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Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!

The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the…

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Yesterday, Wizards informed us that it doesn’t intend to voluntarily recognize the D&D or Studio X units of our union ahead of a vote. We remain committed to creating a workplace focused on wellness, transparency, and collaboration by winning our coming election.

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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A reminder for those at the back.

A redraw of the i nice panel from Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, where Batman snaps a rifle in two over his knee.

He says "THIS is the weaponnof the enemy. We do not NEED it. We will not USE it."

I've replace the rifle with a plank of wood labelled "AI Slop"

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Doug Ford planned to rip out bike lanes today. #BikeTO showed up and said, “Not today, Satan!” ✊✊✊✊✊🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏾🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏽‍♀️🚴🏼

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent

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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 11/10/2026

According to Kickstarter tracking service, Kicktraq, the LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE campaign is trending toward only reaching 94% of our goal. So WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP. If you love SF, fantasy, and horror short fiction, please consider backing today and sharing this post. bit.ly/LS-NM-26

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

An excerpt from American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World by David E. Stannard ⬇️

Page 69 of American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World by David E. Stannard. Describes the horrors inflicted by Columbus and his parties upon indigenous peoples.

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Remember: if you don't tell Worldcon that you're interested in participating in programming, it's much less likely to happen!

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N.L. Bates @nlbateswrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Lightspeed and Nightmare are pretty great and you should back them.

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William C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Congrats to Silk and Sinew!

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Oh, is it hay-snail migration season again already?

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hey legacy media. @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com et, al. We do not give a flying fuck what Thiel, Musk, Bezos, Altman, Ellison (or any of them) think. Ever.

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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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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Some may recall the great run we had with my 'lit rag' Shadows and Tall Trees. A Shirley Jackson win, several stories reprinted in "Best Of's. Our new lit rag, Pale Grey Idol, harkens back to that aesthetic. 100 pages at 5" x 8". A little gem of dark wonders.

Covers to Issue Zero of Pale Grey Idol, and issues 1 thru 5 of Shadows & Tall Trees.

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N.L. Bates @nlbateswrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ugh, really disappointing to see Must Read Magazines is still at this.

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you BCS stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium worthy of writing all replies personalized. Thank you! weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... )

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About Beneath Ceaseless Skies Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a six-time Hugo Award finalist and World Fantasy Award-winning online magazine publishing the best in literary adventure fantasy—stories that c...

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Make art. Make bad art. Learn. Get better. Fuck AI.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is SO MUCH evidence that generative A.I. use degrades our learning, thinking, reasoning, and imaginative capacities. It is a cognitive disaster and that would be blatantly obvious even without the studies to back it up. Leaving that quote unchecked is terrible work.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 07/10/2026

Having trouble deciding which books to buy from Amazon during Prime Days? Try this: None, then go support an independent bookstore instead. 😌

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Leon Barillaro is UNIONIZING @barilleon.com · 07/10/2026

If you want to support our efforts at United Wizards of the Coast, the absolute best thing you can do is sign and share our petition asking the company to voluntarily recognize us! Together we can change the games industry for the better! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

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Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!

The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 07/10/2026

this october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the word

gofundme.com

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026

lol like no matter HOW you slice it, this is objectively ridiculous. One person has majority control over two MAJOR news broadcasts and nearly ALL entertainment streams, including children programming, globally. ONE person. A single human being.

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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Starbucks’ rollback of its climate commitments is just the latest example of why voluntary climate standards like net zero are only useful when coupled w/ credible threats of regulation or (gasp!) *actual* rules on climate action. Mini 🧵

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Starbucks retreats from green goals amid drive for $2bn in cost cuts

Early corporate champion of climate action scales back or reviews targets to halve emissions, waste and water use

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We're nearly a week into the Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter and have already reached 34% of our goal! Thank you so much to our backers for making this possible 💜👽 If you want to help us publish more strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful fiction next year, you can check out the campaign below! ⬇️

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Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Exactly. This is such a lie. Email had a purpose. The internet had a purpose. Search had a purpose. Everybody loved Silicon Valley in the 90s because they made shit that did what it promised. Now 3 guys who never made SHIT have ALL the money in SV. They're scam artists. Not engineers.

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Rie Sonomura, NeoY2K Hacker Vtuber @riesonomura.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

same with the AI flag in the video itself, ESPECIALLY for music

I wish all AI generated thumbnails a very "Don't recommend channel"

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OPPORTUNITY WINDOW is an anthology of #timeloop stories! It will be open October 15th thru 22nd (2026)—note this is ONE WEEK—and responses will go out after the window closes. Originals and reprints accepted. Full guidelines: mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co#opportunityw... I look forward to reading!!

a black and white illustration of a person standing in an attic in front of artwork easels; the illustration is duplicated multiple times (smaller and smaller); yellow banners with black text read OPPORTUNITY WINDOW

A Time Loop Anthology

[artwork credit: The Attic Window (1920) by Mildred McMillen]

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/10/2026

Higher ed leaders are doing "decline of public trust" discourse in order to avoid talking about all the things they've done to undermine their institutions, including exploiting contingent faculty labor, attacking student protest, and underfunding the humanities

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some good news for a change: Overcoming a massive and aggressive tech lobby and a squeamish, Silicon Valley-friendly governor, the labor movement has managed to pass a raft of first-of-their-kind AI laws aimed at protecting workers in California.

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California just passed the strongest AI labor laws in the US

Finally, some good news

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We need to decarbonize as soon as possible. That's it. That's reality. And if you're too scared to wanna do it to keep the Earth habitable, it's also going to make energy production more decentralized and less open to attack. So even if you're motivated by fear, you should STILL want to decarbonize.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Friends, send in your weird stuff!

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N.L. Bates @nlbateswrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lightspeed and Nightmare are great and you should totally back them.

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The UK's AI minister just made a big and important admission on AI & copyright, which creatives around the country will celebrate: "It is currently illegal to develop a frontier large language model based on the transformer architecture given the copyright position that we have in this country”.

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