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I find muting the names of the most perennially odious (Trump, Musk, whoever is flavor of the week in world politics of evil) and turning off reposts from people who repost a lot of triggering political content keeps a clean enough feed. Also turn on posts from feeds other feeds in following.

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 2h

Do you want things that aren't available online? That will affect what I send?

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 12h

It's always an ancient necropolis. I want something set in a newly-built necropolis.

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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 17h

We're finally adding Patreon support! We've got a single tier for now at $2 a month to help support our work. And best of all, a Patreon membership at just $2 gets you access to all the same great content the moment a new issue is released! www.patreon.com/trollbreath4...

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Submissions Queue Closed and Other Updates | Trollbreath Magazine

Submission Queue Update – It was a long nine months, but ultimately we feel it was worth it and we plan to do it again next year. We receive

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This. 100%. If you absolutely need to doom spiral right this second: log off. You’re fully entitled to feel how you feel, but skeeting “We’re so fucked” thrice daily like a Gregorian chant helps nothing and no one, including yourself. And decent odds those strangers you’re arguing with are bots.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 12/10/2026

"If the new owners want to right MRM’s sinking ship, they need to offer fair contracts and be open with what is going on....If Must Read Magazines doesn’t do this, their company’s legacy will be simple: They’ll have destroyed three of the world’s most famous and beloved SF/F magazines."

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Let's help NIGHTMARE and LIGHTSPEED magazines get across the finish line on their Kickstarter!

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I assumed my Nightmare acceptance was a rejection too, and didn't open it right away. I got the contract before I realized it was an acceptance.

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K.M. Veohongs @kmveohongs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You may have heard me occasionally mention a story affectionately nicknamed "Murder dolphins." Now you can read it! It is in a fantastic anthology put out by Inked in Gray press called Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds www.wordsmakeart.com/collections/...

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Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds (Paperback)

A mother introduces her child to an orchard aboard a space station. On a floating city, a boy risks everything to save his baby sister. When the police escort an aging Puerto Rican man off his front p...

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

with some of the oldest (the oldest??) SFF mags that are still in print owned by people who've decided they want to rights grab everybody and not listen to what a sensible contract should look like, we NEED places like Lightspeed & Nightmare to be open and funded!!

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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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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm increasingly convinced it's to run an IP lobster pot and hope to own a piece of something that gets drowned in Hollywood money. With side orders of dunning-krueger overconfidence and possibly investors getting antsy for a return by now.

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Patrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.com · 10/10/2026

This statement is utter nonsense, unmoored from anything real.

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Duncan Eagleson @duncaneagleson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

An illustration is not an adaptation of the story. Unless and until it comes to making a film, the story text and cover image are under separate copyrights. 7/7

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Duncan Eagleson @duncaneagleson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Usually, we're free to exhibit the art, use it in a portfolio, sell prints of it, or sell the original. Sale of original or prints does not include any rights other than the right to hang it in your house or re-sell it. None of that affects the author's copyright. 4/7

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Duncan Eagleson @duncaneagleson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I've been a professional illustrator for over 40 years, and I've never encountered anything like this. Book and magazine publishers regularly commission covers that depict elements of the story, and what the artist depicts doesn't affect the author's copyright AT ALL. 2/7

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

1. By your logic, every artist working in publishing is violating copyright with their portfolio (they're not). 3. You can strip moral rights w/o using those words. 4. I'd love to know who that attorney is because... 5. Writers & artists weren't born yesterday. Stop trying to exploit us, my god.

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I own copyright on the vast majority of cover art I’ve created. And yes, I own the right to make prints of that art. But even when fans demand I make prints upon book release, I don’t do it @ that time. Why? Because I want the author and publisher to make $$$$$. But those art rights remain mine.

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Mae Tang 董美妍 @maetangwriter.com · 09/10/2026

Yup. For a book cover commissioning contract where I license use of the art: "The Artist retains copyright and ownership of the original Artwork." "The Artist acknowledges that the Artist does not own or have right or title to the Book containing the Artwork." It's not rocket science!

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This statement is straightforwardly a lie. Commissioning an illustration based on a story occasions no transfer of rights to that story or any of its contents and an illustration is not an adaptation of the work of illustrates. A magazine cover is not a graphic novel.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I love Asimov's Science Fiction and the magazine's editors. I've published many stories in the magazine. I subscribe to the magazine. Despite that, I'm done with the new MRM owners. This statement is BS. The new owners have squandered the goodwill of their magazines' readers, writers, and fans. 1/

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The time to walk away from all MRM magazines, including ASIMOV’S, ANALOG, and F&SF is right now. No more submissions. No more chances. Look back once if you must, but keep on walking.

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Man Turns and Walks Away on Boat

Alt: Man Turns and Walks Away on Boat

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm very glad to see a pillar of the community like John saying this. I agree wholeheartedly. If you are a writer or artist, don't work with MRM until they start offering industry standard contracts. To you and everyone. Only solidarity is going to make them change.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

writers: remember that we must be in solidarity with our artist comrades. this affects all creatives. do not be like those quislings who disdain genai writing but eagerly use genai imagery.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

this is absolutely dire horses, and more evidence to me that Must Read is running Analog, Asimov's, and F&SF as IP lobster traps. I was glad to be at Analog's 90th anniversary a few years ago, but at this rate MRM will hollow it out to an Edgar suit before it hits 100

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

2) Do not mistake these words as a dunk upon editor Emily Hockaday or art director Franco Alvarado. Or Sheree Renee Thomas. Or most of the staffers who predate Must Read's corporate purchase of their magazines. This is about MRM, and their policy choices. Stay on target.

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Stay On Target Retro Game Display

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

1) If you're considering submitting a story -- or are approached to create art for any publications that Must Read Magazines owns, including Asimov's -- walk away. Their current contracts are too predatory and do not suitably value you, your work or your rights. There will be other opportunities. 2/

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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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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have no evidence they're using it, just that they wouldn't promise not to in a contract.

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They didn't want copyright for the story we couldn't agree on, but they do grab a lot of rights beyond the standard short fiction first rights, and a lot of authors have stopped dealing with them over it. They also wouldn't provide me a warranty against their use of AI for editing, art, and promo.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mehmed Pasha:

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I am between functional pairs of slippers, and it's cold, and all I can think of is the quote from Wolf Hall "These are carnivorous days." I crave more beef.

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I made the richest bone broth I could manage for clear liquids day, and it worked better than I expected.

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Witchy Annie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There is no way to reduce deportations without a substantial defunding of law enforcement in rural areas, who have long operated like a baronial class unto themselves.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think I did this cycle like 5 months ago. I assume same guy.

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What's with magazines, especially digital ones, asking for bios that max at 50 words lately? 100 or 150 used to be the standard, and I didn't have to cut to 50 even for print mags. 50 is super short and curtails personality and promo. Why does the industry seem to be going that way?

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm just hoping their process changes work as intended and I get my rejection back a bit faster this time.

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R. K. Duncan @rkduncan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

importantly, it is officially another 48 minutes until Strange Horizons opens, for any of you trying to hold your breath.

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