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Technically this is a dinosaur

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As a general rule many things I post on Bluesky come out of the blue and may have no obvious precipitating incident or context, this is a feature, not a bug

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It continues to be interesting to me just how many men, when presented with a clear and obvious answer to a test of morality and empathy, will nevertheless choose to "devil's advocate" themselves into a position of complete assholery

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Also this morning from rural Ohio.

A spider web, catching the morning sunlight, in a glade of trees whose leaves are illuminated by the sun.

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Good morning, Bluesky, from rural Ohio.

There is a cornfield in the foreground with a big red barn in the middle and a bunch of trees in the background. In the morning sky the just-past-full moon is hanging low, getting ready to set.

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Sunkist says it will bring back beloved Fruit Gems after national outcry following eJP report

Being not Jewish, I was not aware of the key role Fruit Gems had in Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and other celebrations, I was just sad on my own account they were no longer going to be made. But now we all will have reason to celebrate: ejewishphilanthropy.com/sunkist-says...

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‘We hear you, Sunkist Fruit Gems fans!’ the company wrote, saying it had found a new manufacturer for the kosher synagogue staple

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Why Diamond Prices Are Falling So Fast

Wishing the diamond cartel a very pleasant fuck you youtu.be/xrg6QCGzQGc

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YouTube video by CNBC

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None of these dudes look like they could bench press a Pokémon card

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And Now, For Their 35th Anniversary, My First Two Professional Movie Reviews

Today is the 35th anniversary of my professional writing debut, as the film critic for the Fresno Bee newspaper. To celebrate, I've posted the first two reviews I wrote, for the Goldie Hawn thriller "Deceived" and the Terry Gilliam masterpiece "The Fisher King." whatever.scalzi.com/2026/09/27/a...

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First off, look at that dork. What’s going on with his hair? Why is he tugging on his ear? Did he really think round glasses were right for his face? Someone needs to go back to 1991 and give…

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Update: I have escaped the Nor'easter and have returned home to cloudless skies.

The light blue skies of an early Ohio autumn.

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Old Man's War. It's sold basically the same number of books every year for two decades. Among more recent books, Starter Villain is the one that really popped; it's got a great cover and crossover appeal. Between those two Redshirts has had perennial success (the Hugo helps with its backlist sales).

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026

I woke up at 3am, which wasn't great, but since I fell asleep last night at 7:30, I still got a decent night's sleep, turns out I'm speedrunning old people sleep schedules

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Thank you to everyone who braved the elements to come see us talk about utopias and dystopias at the Villa Albertine today! It was lovely to be in your presence.

The audience today at the Villa Albertine listening to us talk about science fiction

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026

Folks, I can assure you that I am not the richest science fiction (excluding fantasy and horror) writer alive, either on book sales solely or including ancillary income. I am, uhhhhh, doing fine. But not Nora Roberts or Suzanne Collins levels of fine.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026

Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation

Someone smoking a brisket and poking it with a meat thermometer to see what the internal temperature is

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Love Death + Robots not in there, therefore this vote was rigged

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Being able to write a romance in a novel is not the same thing as being able to write a romance novel, though. One is a plot point. The other is working within a genre space with established market expectations.

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Hello from yet another airport

A plane out in the tarmac, getting ready to depart

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Romance is by far the largest genre for book sales. I will likely not be writing a romance. It's a skill set and I would have to start from square one with an uncertain result. I'll stick to science fiction. I still very much enjoy writing it.

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Science fiction is currently roughly six percent of the current fiction market in North America and fantasy is (again, roughly) four times that. There's definitely more money in fantasy. In all genres, I will note, the money is very unequally distributed. (Horror... fluctuates)

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Among living authors and going on book sales only, and excluding fantasy/horror, Suzanne Collins (via 100 million+ copies of Hunger Games) and Nora Roberts (from the 70 million copies of her "In Death" series, writing as JD Robb). Both of them have other income sources as well, of course.

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Advice for my younger friends: if you want to encourage yourself to stay healthy and functional, to exercise and eat well... ...pick a couple of motherfuckers you really want to outlive.

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I will be returning to Europe next year. I am very likely to be in Australia in 2028 because the Worldcon will be there. I have not gone to Asia or Africa for a convention (yet) but I never say never. If the United States Antarctic Program wants to invite me to McMurdo for an event, I'm listening.

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If you want me at Canadian conventions, tell the Canadian conventions to invite me as a GoH! When they do I tend to show up!

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YES MEET ME I AM DELIGHTFUL AND SMELL OF FRESH LINEN* (*sometimes, no guarantees implied)

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Bob Smietana @bmietana.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I feel this very strongly but this is how the how the water and power outlets were installed. Anyway, Krissy doesn't mind because she is left-handed.

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Been working on this for a while about pastors who see the racism and antisemitism of America's past as a feature, not a bug. Meet the Jim Crow Theobros religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...

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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros

(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...

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I Accidentally Picked a Scab On My Nose I Didn't Even Know Was There and Now There's Blood So Much Blood Oh God WHY is There So MUCH Blood: The John Scalzi Story

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