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Oh, I meant the AI companies providing the tools for this nonsense! Much bigger fish and much bigger scams. Cut the bs at the root.

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I would be very happy with destroying the responsible companies and requiring the AI barons to spend their entire fortunes solving homelessness and climate change.

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They manage to describe my consulting work with the same vague rhythms as slop book descriptions, which makes them easy to recognize as someone who gets several of these a week targeting authors. If you're in another field, watch out for these. Real people offer telling details.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh, great. Now, along with slop scams offering to market my books, and slop scams offering to market other people's books that I've reviewed, I get slop scams offering to pay for consulting work (no specific task, language from my website, and the promise of a "job application" if I respond).

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Chicago! This is TONIGHT! Come wave your tentacles and talk about aliens in ancient Pompeii with me and @michitrota.bsky.social

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We're excited to share this discussion about how publishers are handling the question of human authorship, the different solutions on offer, and mythbusting for writers anxious about submissions!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It was a term I used half-jokingly while I was writing it, and it stuck! But I also I legit want to read more of it by other people.

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Val @yogival.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Heading to Barcelona next month for Mozfest to host the 2026 Winners Showcase - Protopian Prize Fiction Contest 🔮🕊️ @r-emrys.bsky.social @lizbarry.bsky.social @glichfield.bsky.social Lmk if you'll be there! 😍 @mozilla.org @metagov.bsky.social events.mozillafoundation.org/e/mozilla-fe...

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Sandy B. [threatening vaguely again] @nebulousmenace.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

6. A Half-Built Garden, Ruthanna Emrys. This is ... diaperpunk? It's great. Aliens come to rescue is from the climate-ruined Earth and we're like "I THINK WE CAN STILL FIX IT." Aliens are found by an eco-anarchist who comes out to see what the chemical spill is in her wetland, bringing her baby.

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Note to scammers: I am not, personally, Ursula Franklin, though it would be kind of awesome if I were. And she probably never cared about SEO in her life.

Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On Wednesday, the Protopian Prize announces our inaugural winners! We're excited to finally share these new voices. Join us for readings and interviews about imagining reachable, liberatory futures! luma.com/7dsq7uh2

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Protopian Prize - Online Winners Showcase! 🎉🎉 · Zoom · Luma

What if the future isn't doomed nor perfect, but it's genuinely better? Join us for a live reading and conversation celebrating the inaugural winners of the…

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Time to ask for a little help. My partner has been looking for a job in his field for over a year now and the incomes we’ve cobbled together without it aren’t quite adding up. It looks like I will have to start looking for copywriting/content design work again as well gofund.me/6755c4d8b

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Donate to Help Gary and Thea keep our home while looking for work, organized by TK Rex

Like so many others right now, my best friend and life partner Gary B… TK Rex needs your support for Help Gary and Thea keep our home while looking for work

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm looking forward to this - my first Mozfest *and* my first time in Barcelona!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happening in less than an hour!

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Emerging Tech's "Humanizing Assignments" panel is today! Join @r-emrys.bsky.social in great company for an excellent discussion of relevance to writers, readers, educators, and students trying to navigate a world that makes it easy to forget the value of putting human efforts first. 1pm PT!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ooh, interesting, thank you!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Such a mood! I covered Becker's book for Seeds of Story a while back - highly recommended if you too need to learn some things you'll regret knowing (but need to know if you ever use computers): reactormag.com/the-tech-bil...

The Tech Billionaires Who Want to Pave Over the Universe: Adam Becker’s More Everything Forever - Reactor

Let's take a long, hard look at the cultish ideologies threatening our future (and present).

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join the @sfwa.bsky.social Emerging Tech committee tomorrow, 4pm EST, for Humanizing Assignments, a discussion of how AI pressures are impacting teachers and what we can do to push back: sfwa.org/events/?even...

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In the latest Seeds of Story column, @r-emrys.bsky.social looks at Ursula M. Franklin’s The Real World of Technology, an under-appreciated gem about the ways tech actually interacts with human society and nature. reactormag.com/artisanal-te...

Artisanal Technology and Mechanical Brides: Ursula M. Franklin’s The Real World of Technology - Reactor

Exploring how tech and engineering interact with power, belief, and structures of freedom and control.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/09/2026

Given all the *flails hands* you all deserve one of the most adorable pictures I took of Baby Bird Season 2026. A snowy ploverlet peeking through a little sand shrub. Perhaps a once in a lifetime shot. 🪶 🐣

a tiny snowy plover chick, about 2 inches tall, looks through a shrub as if theyr hiding, on a beach

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Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When I saw this sweet baby bat on Instagram I sent them to Papacito (I'm always sending him cute animals, including bats). ❤️ Look at the baby, so tiny! 🥰

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Look at this. Isn't it gorgeous! (Art by @rozc.bsky.social )

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👻ZH00000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

THE FISH ARE BACK REPEAT THE FISH ARE BACK

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We also have an upcoming event on Humanizing Assignments, aimed at educators dealing with pro-AI pressure, on September 24th!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@sfwa.bsky.social Emerging Technology's tool comparison matrix, which I've been working on for months, is finally up in beta! See how your favorite word processors, browsers, and search engines compare to alternatives on intrusive AI and user data collection: sfwa.org/emerging-tech/

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Emerging Tech Committee - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

Emerging Tech Resources On Saturday, September 24 at 1pm Pacific Time, we are honored to present “Humanizing Assignments” to SFWA […]

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 02/09/2026

Just two weeks until the glorious release of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social! Have ye preordered it yet from your favourite bookmonger? @r-emrys.bsky.social thinks you’ll love “a delightfully grown-up book about building makeshift nests with your weird friends,” and we do too!

We see a cup of tea and a cookie on a red saucer, bookmarks, stickers, and a copy of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by Marissa Lingen.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm bad sick with some bug and, despite my best efforts, I fell asleep before I could watch the ceremony. Just woke up to this amazing news! Wow! I'm blown away and humbled by this news. Many thanks to my friend @cmzhang42.bsky.social for accepting on my behalf. 1/

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

THIS IS VERY GOOD !! Good job voters!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Oh yeah, I picked up a few of those at yard sales!

🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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SO EXTREMELY HYPED FOR THIS!!!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In brightest day, in blackest night, no typo shall escape my sight... Really, yeah, it gets me too.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In case you missed it on the weekend, some happy publishing news!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

All sympathies. I have been wandering mournfully around the Netherlands looking for skirt steak and beef bacon.

Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I met up with friends in Siguenza!

Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Here is my terrible picture of a glorious total eclipse!

Fuzzy picture of the eye of aurora over hills.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In the latest Seeds of Story column, @r-emrys.bsky.social looks at Alice Roberts’ Tamed: From Wild to Domesticated, the Ten Animals and Plants That Changed Human History—and how this book humanity's collaboration with nature could inspire speculative fiction. reactormag.com/from-collabo...

From Collaborative Wolves to GMO Chickens: Alice Roberts’ Tamed Explores the History of Domestication - Reactor

Welcome to Seeds of Story, where I explore the non-fiction that inspires—or should inspire—speculative fiction. Every couple weeks, we’ll dive into a book, article, or other source of ideas that are s...

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There's the descent (and return) of Inanna. And - with very different connotations about what's below - the Lakota Emergence Story.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For Reading the Weird's next longread, we're traveling to the past and off the coast... Join @r-emrys.bsky.social and Anne M. Pillsworth for H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau!