Reposted by R. HalabiDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 10/10/2026Meanwhile, doing some lighting tests on concept art for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND STARSHIPS. Here: Lib Bennet gazes at 1813 Aquilae V, a planet called Pemberley... 34931146
Reposted by R. HalabiCohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 11/07/2026"how were people writing 10 page papers before AI???" we were smarter than you. you could've been smart, too. but you sold your brain for nothing 9176771962
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 11/10/2026Eh. The only reason I bothered with Lonesome Dove was the recent re-recording of the audiobook (the previous recording was very poor). I was digging the story until the rape. I wonder how many modern readers get past that. 010
Reposted by R. Halabi🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Adding: this snark is never for audience benefit. If someone thinks the sci-fi is too weird or the horror is too discomforting, they can make their own jokes. Art doing that itself is to prevent others' jokes. The artist says "I'LL laugh so YOU can't make fun of me." And it's so spineless. 18650195
Reposted by R. HalabiP H Lee 🪬 @p-h-lee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026she said "you can do anything in fiction as long as the situation afterwards is more interesting that the situation before." since then i have been keeping an eye on character death in fiction. many writers seem to think that character death "raises the stakes" but actually just makes things boring 121266283
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 10/10/2026Got 1.75 episodes into Reacher before deciding I don’t care about Buff Sherlock. Watching X-Men 97 instead and it’s such a campy, entertaining throwback. Much more my style. 020
Reposted by R. HalabiLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4083523810608
Reposted by R. HalabiPremee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 08/10/2026Oh this is like when I threw BIRD BY BIRD across the room because the author was like "I worked so so hard on my stories!" followed by "And then I sent them to my father's literary agent!" Me: 1127830
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 07/10/2026Really enjoyed voting against the two anti-trans and the “anti-human trafficking” ballot measures. Go fuck yourself, Erin Lee and Protect Kids Colorado. 000
Reposted by R. HalabiDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 7070381928
Reposted by R. HalabiREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026if you ever struggle with names when worldbuilding just remember there's a whole massive mountain range called The Rockies 742179337
Reposted by R. HalabiBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As a pragmatic centrist, I read the Niemöller poem differently. After each group mentioned I pencil in what percentage of the population they are, and if it’s a small number I cross off their names as disposable. Poetry is fine but math wins elections!! 152546621
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 13/09/2026Oh, man, I feel bad for you folks who had to watch TVL episode 6 and then wait a full week for the finale. 001
Reposted by R. HalabiDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/09/2026Here's what I think about when I think back on 9/11. The attack happened on the watch of a Republican president who had been warned, repeatedly & explicitly, that an attack was coming. He dismissed those warnings. 14661170
Reposted by R. HalabiMeredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 11/09/2026On one hand, Millennials *always* had a sense that the world was fucked. Other than the eldest Xennials, our first moment of political consciousness coincided with 9/11 or the GWOT. On the other hand, we were the vanguard of weaponized optimism in the Obama era, and that ALSO never left us. 4244
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 30/08/2026I know I’m late to the party, but S2E7 of Interview with the Vampire holy shit omg. 010
Reposted by R. HalabiIvan Kreilkamp @ivan812.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“We need novels that live in an amoral universe” (Ottessa Moshfegh in @bookforum.bsky.social) 39035
Reposted by R. HalabiMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid. 352117272246
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 28/08/2026Damn right. I’m only now getting into the Interview With a Vampire series, despite finding vampires played out, because folks here recommended it. I love it. So well acted and well written. Give shows time to find their audience! 010
Reposted by R. HalabiPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton did what literally no techbro billionaire would even think of doing: filling her life with good deeds that make people mourn her when she dies. Not one of these assholes would even think of this, they are all right now completely and honestly baffled by the outpouring of love for her. 241121079
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 21/08/2026Please, for the love of god, filter that shit. It triggers my trypophobia. 000
Reposted by R. Halabijon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Maybe I'm in the minority here but if people who support AI are being shamed into silence then it's working. The shame is working as intended. The left's biggest problem is that it's afraid to hurt the feelings of folks who need to have their feelings hurt. Let them experience introspection for once 2652571400
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 19/08/2026Lonesome Dove is a perfect example of how “show, don’t tell” is useless advice once you become an advanced writer. As long as your “telling” is fascinating, it will be a joy to read. 100
Reposted by R. HalabiAndrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"By writing, you are literally firing up your brain and therefore stirring up your conscious thoughts and something new emerges. You are not, or at least not always, transcribing something already present in your conscious thoughts.“ LOVE this piece. www.historians.org/perspectives...historians.orgHow Writing Leads to Thinking (and Not the Other Way Around) – AHAWriting is stressful. Sitting in my computer chair my neck and shoulder muscles almost immediately tense up as I dig around in my brain for the best phrase or even any coherent string of words. 181038335
Reposted by R. HalabiLeigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Maybe when we learn about a new movie from the exact same feed where we learn about a new global atrocity, we are gradually training ourselves to treat movies like global atrocities and treat global atrocities like movies 322867
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 15/08/2026Calling pro-human, anti-ai creatives “copyright trolls” (that’s not what that means, dumbass) makes me want to yeet this loser into a woodchipper. 040
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 14/08/2026One of the few great pieces of advice I picked up from Reddit is: “Does this need to be said? Does it need to be said now? Does it need to be said now, and by me?” 010
Reposted by R. HalabiJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/08/2026Reminder: 1. You don't need to have an opinion on everything, especially stuff you don't know enough about 2. You don't need to have a PUBLIC opinion on everything 3. It's okay to focus on one or two things and let others take up the slack elsewhere 4. It's okay to take a break when overwhelmed. 452813616
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 13/08/2026Feels great to finally be free of Bluesky’s servers. 000
Reposted by R. Halabilauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi 153128893254
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 06/08/2026I can’t say this is a good/effective cover, but it’s an improvement over the cartoons and headless torsos, so…win? 010
Reposted by R. HalabiDelilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Getting real sick of slop midwives pleading for a 'respectful discussion' of AI as relates to the arts. Your use of AI to 'make art' is not respectful. It benefits from stolen art, destroys the planet, and does not make you an artist any more than someone driving 26.2 miles is a marathoner. 13979279
Reposted by R. HalabiRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sir David Attenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." www.vox.com/2019/4/12/18...vox.comDavid Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth. 010458
Reposted by R. HalabiRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The only responsible attitude for liberals and progressives to align on is that all right-wing grievances, claims and believes are not only false, but malicious lies. Nothing passes the mouth of an American conservative in public life that is not meant to harm and destroy the lives of millions. 5153101379
Reposted by R. HalabiJawless fish 🗣️🐟🐠🐡 @jawless-fish.bsky.social · 27/07/2026theres this one tumblr post ive seen talking about that phenomenon but w fiction writing that I think about often 212994921
Reposted by R. Halabimolly tanzer (I guess!!) @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I wonder if the internet will rise up today to declare some other already famous woman writer to be insufficiently grateful to a man who makes her “more sales” I guess when it comes to the classics the one thing chuds and typically left-wing people agree on is women should MIND THEIR TONE, MISSY!! 2141
Reposted by R. Halabiered @ered.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Seen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take 120124975330
Reposted by R. HalabiAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern. 485241805051
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 25/07/2026The rental car has physical buttons that you have to cycle through and select on the touch screen. Want the fan? Stare at the screen while you push this button three times. No, car manufacturers, I wanted physical buttons, not touchscreens with extra buttons. 000
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 23/07/2026Update: I have now seen most of the Odyssey. The projector crapped out in the last ten minutes due to the thunderstorm (seriously). What did I miss after the palace battle? Did everyone hug? 100
Reposted by R. HalabiJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 22/07/2026even the nice names aren't actually nice. Like, it's not called Angel's Landing for... fun reasons. 5886
Reposted by R. Halabithe west bank robber 🇵🇸 @tsungtsunami.bsky.social · 21/07/2026ukrainians resisting an invasion is heroic but when non-white people do it, it’s terrorism 05710
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 22/07/2026Tonight, I’m taking my Greek mother to see the Odyssey. Really hope it goes over better than My Big Fat Greek Wedding (she found it unfunny, which, fair), or in 2005 when I told her Patroclus and Achilles were lovers (she eventually came around, but whoa did she initially act like I blasphemed). 220
R. Halabi @prevail.northsky.social · 21/07/2026“There are no pure places on the internet, so that’s why I’m still on Substack.” Listen. Not every site is dumping nuclear waste onto the internet. There are plenty that haven’t been poisoned by tech bros, venture capital, fascists, etc. To claim otherwise is cynicism at its worst. 110
