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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
contributor copies! they look great 🎉 @olivieblake.bsky.social @johnjosephadams.com @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Best American SFF edited by JJA and Olivia Blake, on a gray picnic table
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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 29/09/2026
Announcing our first #Sirens27 faculty member: Olivie Blake! (@olivieblake.bsky.social) You may know Olivie's fiction already -- full of genius and glass shards and gorgeous humanity -- but have you read her essays? Seen her videos? Learned from her justice work? Let us get you started!
A headshot of Olivie Blake with the words: 

Sirens. 
Faculty Announcement
Olivie Blake
Author. Artist. Advocate. 

New Haven, CT - July 28-August 1, 2027 - sirensconference.org
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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
LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE Kickstarter graphic. Left side: Bright light blue background with rays (as of light) bursting out from the center. Central image is an open book with a rocket blasting up out of it. Below the book is the LIGHTSPEED magazine wordmark; the word lightspeed is rendered in a orange-to-yellow gradient, with a white outline around it and dropshadow underneath it.
Right side: Bright light yellow background with rays (as of light) bursting out from the center. Central image is an open book with a haunted house emerging from it. Below the book is the NIGHTMARE magazine wordmark; the word nightmare is rendered in a dark red to lighter red gradient, with a white outline around it and dropshadow underneath it.
Top: the words "LIVE on Kickstarter"
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Olivie Blake @olivieblake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
if anyone is curious, I still know all the words to “tell me when to go”
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Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A piece I've been reporting for more than twenty years, I guess: www.thecut.com/article/glor...
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Gloria Steinem Loved Women
The feminist icon, who has died at the age of 92, epitomized the contradictions and hopes of the women’s liberation movement.
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Litquake @litquake.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The time has come folks.... here are the Litquake Festival 2026 ✨HEADLINERS✨ Ticket sales and RSVPS go live on 9/3 for donors and 9/8 for the general public! @olivieblake.bsky.social @jonronson.bsky.social @minjinlee.bsky.social @nafissa.bsky.social @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social
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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel goes to The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK).
The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel goes to The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK).
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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 25/08/2026
Next up, we'll have Olivie Blake @olivieblake.bsky.social, author of THE ATLAS SIX et seq., 2025 releases GIFTED & TALENTED and GIRL DINNER, as well as the collection JANUARIES, and she also guest edited BASFF 2026. 🔔 Click to be notified when we launch! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/kickstarter/...
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Vroman's Bookstore @vromansbookstore.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The one and only @olivieblake.bsky.social at Vroman's launching her new novel DREAMLAND! We have signed copies of Dreamland as well as: Girl Dinner, Gifted & Talented, Atlas Six, Atlas Paradox, Masters of Death, Twelfth Knight, and the graphic novel Clara & The Devil--get em while they're hot 🔥
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Turn The Page! - Syosset Public Library 🎤 @splturnthepage.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New podcast day is here! Ep. 415A: Olivie Blake shares DREAMLAND, a tantalizing story of power, seduction, and the omens you’ll ignore when everything you’ve dreamed of feels just within reach. @olivieblake.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/08/13/t...
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Page One @ukpageone.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Patreon backers now have early access to this week's episode with the brilliant @olivieblake.bsky.social! We hear about her journey from self-pub to trad, talk about books as art vs. products, and much more in a really fun discussion! Join Patreon to watch now: patreon.com/ukpageone
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Olivie Blake @olivieblake.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
DREAMLAND is available now (image description: gothic woman running from castle.jpg) us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
olivie posing as a vintage gothic novel cover: a solitary woman fleeing a haunted manor. she is holding a copy of the DREAMLAND hardcover
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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 02/08/2026
This week on GNoH Max Doty @henrycorrigan.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social C D Major Isabelle Spotts CC Adams @leighkenny.bsky.social @olivieblake.bsky.social
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
nothing like proving love in san diego at comic con. what a beautiful weekend @mattdinniman.bsky.social @olivieblake.bsky.social @michaelvarrati.bsky.social @lloydkaufman.bsky.social @mathildazeller.bsky.social @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social @deenahelm.bsky.social @ceejthemoment.bsky.social
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
the buckaroos at @torbooks.bsky.social know how to throw a dang party. heres to the worlds greatest authors @ceejthemoment.bsky.social @olivieblake.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @mattdinniman.bsky.social @mathildazeller.bsky.social @deenahelm.bsky.social and @isabel.kim WHAT A TROT
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 21/07/2026
13 bookstores, one weekend and a $325 grand prize: L.A.'s first book crawl is here
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13 bookstores, one weekend and a $325 grand prize: L.A.’s first book crawl is here
Participating locations stretch across the entire L.A. region, featuring institutions like Vroman’s in Pasadena, the reopened Book Soup in West Hollywood and niche favorites like Culver City’s The Ripped Bodice.
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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
we all know it's "tell your boyfriend if he says he's got beef that i'm a vegetarian and i ain't fuckin scared of him" right???? that's uncontested right?????
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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
COVER REVEAL Thrilled to share the *incredible* cover for “Not Like Other Girls,” my upcoming story at @reactorsff.bsky.social ! Art: A.W. Sommers Design: Jess Kiley Editor: Ann VanderMeer Preorder here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Cover for "Not Like Other Girls" by A.L. Goldfuss. A portrait of a woman whose face has been replaced by a hole with a pile of sea creatures spilling out of it.
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Olivie Blake @olivieblake.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
commune with me
25% off Waterstones preorders with code SUMMER26 featuring hardcover DREAMLAND and paperback GIRL DINNER by Olivie Blake
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/07/2026
The pilot I wrote for my first novel, The Survivalists (black lawyer falls in with black brooklynite doomsday preppers) will be performed live on 7/19 at dynasty typewriter in LA & Molly from Insecure is playing Aretha! I am deceased! Tickets: calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/no-not...
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No Notes
at Dynasty Typewriter
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
final show of the fabulous bodies tour last night in LA and DANG was it a wonderful time. thank you to skylight books and dynasty typewriter. thank you to my special guest @olivieblake.bsky.social and to my buds mckenzie goodwin and @marawilson.bsky.social THANK YOU TO THIS TIMELINE FOR PROVING LOVE
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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Demon deals, haunted mansions, and sexy dystopias, oh my! Here are 30 MORE notable works of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and everything inbetween for the rest of 2026 reactormag.com/30-more-sff-...
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30 More SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2026 - Reactor
The most anticipated books for your summer, fall, and holiday TBR stacks
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
FABULOUS BODIES is out TODAY everywhere books are sold. i keep seeing folks say 'i cant wait to talk about this book with a bud' so TODAY that is my challenge. MAKE A POST or SHARE THIS ONE or TELL A BUD ABOUT FABULOUS BODIES. LETS TROT. GET FABULOUS BODIES HERE: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
chuck tingle layin in a nothing but a big pink furry coat lookin handsome with a whole stack of the book FABULOUS BODIES
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reuben @liesandperfidy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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Angela Mi Young Hur @angelahur.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
THE LOOM TREE is now available! Here's pub day art from my son & champagne from PTA prez Katie! Please admire the Amazing Greys poppies I grew from seed & flowers from my husband. Book's interior art by Samira Iravani & Leah Marsh! Thank you Sarah Bedingfield & editor @dianapho.bsky.social!
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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I'm reading all 2026 #Hugo short story nominees! In MISSING HELEN by @tiatashiro.bsky.social a woman's ex-husband is marrying her younger clone. Flashbacks review their relationship and her cloning decision. Wonderful narrative twist! Read it at clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/ #BookSky
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Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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Olivie Blake @olivieblake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I subscribed immediately after guest editing for BASFF. reminded me how much I love short fiction
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
google asked me for a PRIDE READING LIST so heres some favorite HORRIFIC READS with @ceejthemoment.bsky.social @lizkerin.bsky.social @olivieblake.bsky.social @carlyngreenwald.bsky.social @scumbelievable.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @ericlarocca.com @haileypiperfights.bsky.social and more
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Read this story about a deadly side hustle
From the author of Bury Your Gays
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Olivie Blake @olivieblake.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
cried twice ha ha ha www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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“Firstborn Immigrant Daughter,” by Taiye Selasi
Your mother doesn’t want her daughter to be happy. Your mother wants her daughter to be impressive. And you tried, o!
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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride Month! ✨ space is still gay ✨
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
time.com/6337835/ai-m... Ray Naylor on AI
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AI and the Rise of Mediocrity
'AI thrives when our need for originality is low and our demand for mediocrity is high,' writes Ray Nayler.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We are thrilled to hear that THREE Reactor stories have been selected by @olivieblake.bsky.social and @johnjosephadams.com for The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2026!! We've included links to the Reactor stories below. Congratulations to everyone!! 🎉
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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Join New York Times bestselling author @olivieblake.bsky.social for a discussion of her latest fantasy novel, DREAMLAND. This glittering contemporary gothic novel about seduction, sin, and the siren song of fame hits shelves on August 18, 2026!
Promotional graphic for Olivie Blake’s Dreamland book tour. The background features a twilight gradient sky with gold stars and a dark city skyline silhouette. Large white and gold text reads “OLIVIE BLAKE ON TOUR.” On the left is a portrait of the author seated with her chin resting on her hand, wearing a cream-colored blouse and gold jewelry. On the right is a large 3D image of the Dreamland hardcover, featuring orange lettering, blue flowers, birds, and a golden birdcage on a dark navy background. A vertical photo credit along the left edge reads “Photo credit: Michelle Terris.” The Tor logo appears in the upper left corner.Promotional graphic for Olivie Blake’s Dreamland book tour. Against a dusky orange-to-purple sunset sky filled with scattered gold stars and a dark city skyline silhouette, large white text reads “OLIVIE BLAKE ON TOUR.” A small portrait of the author and a 3D image of the Dreamland hardcover appear on the right. Tour stops are listed: August 11 in Pasadena, California at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, hosted by Vroman’s Bookstore, in conversation with Amy Tintera; August 12 in Seattle, Washington at Third Place Books Lake Forest Park; August 13 in Scottsdale, Arizona at an offsite venue hosted by Poisoned Pen; August 14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Barnes & Noble Philadelphia, in conversation with M. L. Rio; August 15 in New York City at Barnes & Noble Union Square, in conversation with Christina Li; and August 16 in Boston, Massachusetts at Coolidge Corner Theatre, hosted by Brookline Booksmith. Tor logo appears in the upper left corner.
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smaliamorris.bsky.social @smaliamorris.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I'm so honored and excited that my story, "Resurrection Rum," first published by @podcastle.org, will be in the 2026 Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. Thank you to @johnjosephadams.com, @olivieblake.bsky.social, and @marinerbooks.bsky.social!
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Olivie Blake @olivieblake.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
editing the 2026 volume of the best american SFF was a highlight of my career, my year, my life as a reader. here’s some stuff I said in my introduction with my usual graphic efforts but don’t miss this collection of stories
mariner books cover for the best american science fiction and fantasy 2026 guest edited by olivie blakeExcerpt

But I like to think my work has merit. That no machine can steal or undermine my voice. That no technocrat can get away with it, the crime of profiting off my livelihood, my labor, my humanity, all while robbing me of any dignity, any right I have to live well. Will Al replace me? I don't really think that question has reached a point of relevance (yet—perhaps that's for the 2027 volume to better determine). It's not smart enough yet, this fledgling, systemic theft.
So right now, the question is, how do we fight an industry that prioritizes profit over people? That suggests art and intellect can only be valued insofar as they can be automated and outsourced? A system of commerce that rewards and enshrines fraudulent behaviors, not as bug or by-product, but by design? The question isn't about AI, it's about industry, about monoculture, about the definition of progress.
The story is: The story that we tell ourselves. And at least for now, today, in this collection, it's the one where we our experience, our aliveness, our compassion—prevail. Excerpt

The story is: This is a volume of the best of American SF/F, and therefore its Americanness should not be overlooked or ignored. Tilt it this way in the light, and the story of the United States is one of reckoning, of betrayal, of shame. It's one of harm, of targeted propaganda against the most vulnerable among us, making scapegoats of the immigrant, BIPOC, queer, neurodivergent, and trans communities who only want what everyone wants: to live.
Shift it again, and it's a story of humanism, of resistance, of making deeply personal that which touches those we love. Even if any of us have been fortunate or left unscathed, we cannot deny the presence of pain. It's the historic marches, the art made in protest, the way the tide turns, little by little, yet more every day.
Tonally, the volume opens with loss, disillusionment, betrayal; it floats on a current, on the reminder that somewhere, there is help to be found; it stumbles over the question of belonging, of what any of us will sacrifice for the chance to live as we desire; and it lands, I believe, with the sense that faith, persisting and unshakable, will be enough to win.
Sometimes, the story is: I want to make it in America.
Sometimes, the story is: I want to make this my America.
But most of the time, the story is: I want America to love me back.
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Nadia Radovich @nadiaradovich.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I am so honored to share that my short story, "Five Things You Can See," will appear in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2026. Many thanks to @olivieblake.bsky.social, @johnjosephadams.com, @marinerbooks.bsky.social, and of course @strangehorizons.bsky.social.
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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Blown away to share that my story "What We Don't Know About Angels" (@lightspeedmagazine.com) will be in this year's Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy! Thanks @olivieblake.bsky.social and @johnjosephadams.com for selecting it for this tremendous ToC! Out October from @marinerbooks.bsky.social.
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Rika⁷ @commanderrika.blacksky.app · 28/05/2026
Very excited to share that my story "Chickenfoot Soup" will be in the forthcoming Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2026 anthology! (from @marinerbooks.bsky.social) 💜🐔🔪💜 Thanks to editors @johnjosephadams.com and @olivieblake.bsky.social
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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 28/05/2026
Hey Guys Guess What Im In This One (Again)(Sorry I Have to Humblebrag A Little Or Else I'll Die) ty @olivieblake.bsky.social and @johnjosephadams.com for the inclusion >:3 !!
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
extremely honored & lucky to be listed in this table of contents!!! @olivieblake.bsky.social has excellent taste in everything 💕
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Hey there! Super stoked to say I'm going to be in Best American SFF '26 (@marinerbooks.bsky.social)!! Includes "In My Country" from @clarkesworldmagazine.com and "The Patron" from @morningtransport.bsky.social). Huge thanks to @olivieblake.bsky.social and @johnjosephadams.com for selecting these!
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P.C. Verrone @pcverrone.com · 28/05/2026
Very pleased to share that my story A NAMELESS THING (originally pub’d in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social) was selected for this anthology!! 🕺🏽🪩 Big thanks to @olivieblake.bsky.social, @johnjosephadams.com & @marinerbooks.bsky.social!
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John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com · 28/05/2026
I'm pleased to announce the 2026 table of contents of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (published by @marinerbooks.bsky.social), as selected by guest editor @olivieblake.bsky.social and me. LitHub reveal: lithub.com/here-are-the... TOC: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...
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Here are the new covers and guest editors for the 2026 Best American Series.
For decades, Mariner Books has stewarded The The Best American Series®, a literary institution that began in 1915 with Best American Short Stories, to your bookshelves. But just in case you’re stum…
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Lost Under the Couch Barbie. @wstafrican.blacksky.app · 28/05/2026
The North Remembers!!!
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Olivie Blake @olivieblake.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
he was a villain from the start, has everyone forgotten the sacred lore???hello???
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Dead Weight is out TODAY! 🎉🥳 It's translated by the very talented @maryrobinettekowal.com, it got a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and a bunch of very nice blurbs from people I admire a LOT. It's available wherever books are sold*! (*In the US, UK rights are still up for grabs!)
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Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdóttir
A woman leading a routine life is pushed by circumstance to violent extremes in this impressively subtle and slow-burning psycho...
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Can’t wait to tell the network execs “sorry, I can’t use AI on this project, I’m Catholic.”
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
OH DANG ALMOST DIDNT REALIZE IT WAS MAY 23RD, THE DAY OF THE LOW PROBABILITY EVENT (ALSO NATIONAL LUCKY PENNY DAY JUST A HEADS UP) ANYWAY GREAT TIME TO CHECK OUT LUCKY DAY us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Lucky Day
“An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights."—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of DeathLuc...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/05/2026
The comparison I heard was data centers using the same amount of water as golf courses, and for that I was all, my brother in Christ, let me tell you what I think we should do with golf courses
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