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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

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Jedediah Berry @jedediahberry.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Hope it's clear I'm not suggesting that writing by hand is the only valid way to write. That's as ridiculous as suggesting that a failure to rely on chatbots means you'll get left behind.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Go ahead, outsource all your family moments to AI. What are memories, anyway?

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Our entire culture is based in trying to avoid death and pain. I would never disrespect my dead father with an AI facsimile.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

"...I now carry those library hours with me wherever I go." Beautiful essay by @the-big-quiet.bsky.social.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

One of those nights when your Tarot cards describe what you said in therapy and then a little more. The part you only said to yourself.

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Tyler Dilts @tylerdilts.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

In 25 years of teaching creative writing, by far and away the two most common traits I've seen among successful writers are that they read avidly and that they support other writers enthusiastically.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Accidentally typed character named Billy as Silly, first time ever in 5+ years; one letter and I would have written an entirely different novel.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Amber is a phenomenal teacher--one of the best!

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I miss the addictiveness in that everyone was in one place.

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Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Also to break my heart and leak quiet tears.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 28/10/2025

One of my niche ethical stances is that I think that people should use Wikipedia and donate to the Wikimedia Foundation and that ChatGPT and its siblings are trash and so are the people who use them.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

About the man and about the state of our country.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Auto correct just turned my name into Star Wars and surely now I have special powers.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

This one made me cry. Painfully astute.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I didn't know Oval Office was having a worst-spoken-word-poetry-contest.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Working on a new novel. It has decided to be set in 2014-2015 and I am legit excited for the music I'll be listening to for the several next years.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

An amazing offering--I love studying sentences with Nina! (And the cost-benefit is ridiculous...don't tell her she should be charging more!) open.substack.com/pub/ninaschu...

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Sentence Intensive

Coming in September

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 27/07/2025

I think that if you're a writer and you don't invent a word every now and then you're missing out on a solid chunk of the fun.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Autocorrect changed "my novel" to "my love" and, yes.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Legit the funniest best book promo video. I laughed so hard.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I'm excite for this one! "...a parallel with the way chronically ill people don’t fit neatly into the prevailing healthy-sick binary. For that reason, she says, 'it would be hard for me to write about the sick body without writing about the racialized body as well.' "

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 08/07/2025

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

"give your demons something to do." @the-big-quiet.bsky.social, I propose we should start a writer advice column.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Please believe me when I tell you: Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now. You are going to need it. And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing. The thing that sustains and nourishes you. That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others. More present. More:

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fortify inside

why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide

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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 25/06/2025

“In one fell swoop, these proposals threaten every form of outdoor recreation, of natural and cultural heritage... All to pay for a tax handout. That doesn’t sound very American to me.” WATCH @heinrich.senate.gov call out Republican's attempts to sell off our public lands 👇

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

"...when people use A.I. in the creative process they tend to gradually cede their original thinking." So many terrible costs. All with this goal: "toward consensus." Mind control at its best.

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Star Wuerdemann @starwuerdemann.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Amazing NoVA event alert--and also, @writesloud.bsky.social and @ambersparks.bsky.social, if you two ever decide to teach this as a class online, I would sign up immediately and have multiple friends who would too!

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

May every single human being on this planet be safe. May every single person be protected from harm. May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.

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