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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14m
Also, I do not burden Krissy with the need to manage my social time. She's an extrovert with a large circle of local friends who I encourage her to spend time with while I nerd out at home with social media and video games. We do, of course, make time for each other. It's a good balance.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14m
In retrospect I think it's a good thing that I entered into the specfic community in my 30s, because it offers a gregarious milieu with conventions, and the ability to bulk-load on social connection for three full days before going back and introverting the fuck out for a month or two. Works for me!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1h
Oh, shit, it's that orange tractor again
An orange tractor going down my road. It has an attachment on it. That attachment was very recently used to cut hay.
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Kat Richardson @katrichardson.bsky.social · 1h
My novella, Ghost Image, from the Grifters Song series has been re-issued in paperback! Whooo-hoo! www.amazon.com/Ghost-Image-...
A small pile of paperbacks of the novella "Ghost Image" by Kat Richardson, episode 26 in the Grifter's Song crime series; A gradient from dark-to-light gray with an overlaid image of a large, spooky hotel seen from the exterior at night, overlaid by posterized black & white images of a parabolic microphone, and a man and woman representing the protagonists, Sam and Rachel—a married couple of con artists who ply their trade wherever the money leads.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2h
YAY MORE GUESTS YAY
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3h
Been there
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4h
Also there are weird noises in the corn, I mean, more than before
Me, looking skeptically into the cornfield
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4h
Bee and flower break
Bees collecting pollen from the local pink and purple asters.
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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 4h
pssst.....my interview with @scalzi.com is up a day early at @ala-booklist.bsky.social. Also coming in the print Booklist Reader to a library near you. www.booklistonline.com/products/983...
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Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery
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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · 5h
Exactly one week from right now, we'll be gathering online to hear Charles Stross @cstross.bsky.social read from his latest novel and to answer questions about... well, about whatever you'd like to ask him. Sign up on Eventbrite to join us for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000172679...
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Chalk Scribblers meet the author: Charles Stross
An evening with leading science fiction novelist Charles Stross.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4h
I mean, see Kaiju Preservation Society and Starter Villain
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5h
OH HEY
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 5h
If you’d like a signed copy of the final Sandman Slim novel, IN THE DEVIL WIND, you can order it from the link below. And if you’d like signed copies of my other books, scroll down the page or email samantha@riverstonebooks.com shop.riverstonebookstore.com/book/9780063...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 6h
For everyone wondering if I am in fact secretly tempted to by Rick Nielsen's five-necked guitar, the current bid for which is $100,000, I will tell you that I have an immutable rule, which is not to spend more for a guitar than I spent buying the church. This rule continues to serve me well.
The sanctuary of the church, with The Beast, my six-necked guitar, on the altar.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 6h
Why be sorry
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 12h
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 6h
Yup! whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/30/w...
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What I Got Krissy For Her Birthday
So here’s a fun fact that you probably don’t know about Krissy: She likes to go camping. She and her family used to do a lot of it when she was younger, and she will still do it occasio…
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 8h
Congrats! That's awesome.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 9h
Your Fuzzies are unequivocably the best. Kekai Kotaki gave me a very fine cover, to be clear, and his version of Papa Fuzzy was delightful. But your fuzzies are iconic.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 9h
Today in "People should read whatever they want": www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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The secret lives of men who read romance books: ‘My life is full of love, so I’m drawn to them’
It’s often assumed straight men are not interested in romantic fiction – but many are sharing their passion in forums online
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19h
Me to Krissy, right now: "Compared to this mine was a fuckin' STEAL"
Rick Neilsen's five-necked guitar's opening bid is $100,000
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20h
Posting this now so that people know I've seen it and no I won't be bidding for the five-necked guitar that's one neck short of the guitar I already have www.thatericalper.com/2026/09/29/c...
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Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen Is Auctioning Guitars And Rock Memorabilia For Charity - That Eric Alper
Rick Nielsen has spent more than five decades collecting guitars, cars, clothes and rock memorabilia. Now the Cheap Trick guitarist is opening up part of that personal archive for a charity auction. J...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21h
Wait what (also that's super awesome but also what)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21h
Boat. Gird.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22h
Panorama from Camp Krissy today. It was a lovely day.
A view of a river with greenery all around
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
(there can be correction later, often by a human. But at the moment - nope, gotta keep going)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
A thing I learned not too long ago is that when an LLM selects a token that leads it down an incorrect path (factually), it has no way to back up, or even know that it should back up, it's just on to the next likely bit. Literally every LLM is just posting their way through it. What an image.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
"You're using 'AI' wrong" is not a great response when it is being offered up to be used in that specific fashion, now, is it Maybe Google shouldn't position it the way it does and where it does, I would have far less reason to point out it can't find its ass with a flashlight
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
(reminder to anyone seeing this exchange that I never want you to be an asshole on my behalf so don't use this as an excuse to pile on. I just think that "oh, that's different" argument re: Google's "AI Overview" is an incredibly poor one, considering LLM use and overall design)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
To be fair, the single most publicly-accessed example of "AI" in the world can't find its ass with a flashlight and it's right on top of the search listings, where the most accurate search result used to be. Every LLM suffers from token drift over time so it's only a question of WHEN they're wrong.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
I have created a policy for dealing with fan mail and fan requests, which I know sounds ridiculous on the surface of it, but these days is actually useful to have, and to point people to, so they know that how I handle fan mail is not about them personally: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/09/29/h...
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How I Handle Fan Mail and Requests, 2026 Edition
I get fan mail, which I think is awesome. Also, in the world we live in, which includes “AI”-generated scams and other phishing expeditions, it’s necessary to set some expectation…
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
In which Eric Schmitt, rumored candidate for VP in an (ugh) JD Vance 2028 presidential run, pre-emptively loses 22 electoral votes in Georgia and Iowa
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
It's not "super intelligence." It's not even "intelligence." It continues to fuck up easy questions, like to whom I dedicated my most recent book. Also, Mike Johnson is a craven, simpering weasel and none of the people standing near him in this video respect him even the tiniest bit.
"To whom did John Scalzi dedicate The Shattering Peace"

"John Scalzi dedicated his novel The Shattering Peace to his longtime editor and friend Teresa Nielsen Hayden"
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
(Doordashes a carrot to Christina)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
Today in "absolutely not"
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
Ice Cream is absolutely lunch, it gives the body essential carrageenans and guar gums
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/09/2026
It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...
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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
My editor is clearly expecting words in the manuscript this morning. I must oblige her.
Spice the cat, sitting on my desk, looking judgy.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP
EP • Stevie Wonder
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
Could be jeans, could be a heterosexual with low blood sugar
"Introducing: The Low Straight"
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
Good evening, from rural Ohio
Vibrant red post-sunset clouds in a darkening blue sky.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026
Congratulations!
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Jill Pantozzi @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last month, a Google alert directed me to an interview I did with cartoonist Matt Furie—creator of Pepe the Frog…only I haven’t done any interview and I’d never even met Furie. So I clicked. "None of this is true": AI, content farms, and one completely made-up article. bsky.app/profile/then...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/09/2026
Technically this is a dinosaur
Tweety bird from Looney Tunes
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/09/2026
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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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/09/2026
DAMN.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/09/2026
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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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/09/2026
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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