Reposted by Kalparalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 23hevery time i get suckered in by a "but what about all the useful stuff AI does in my life??" argument the useful stuff is either "something you could google in two seconds" or "highly-skilled labor you don't have and therefore can't fact check" 10675130
Kalpar @thekalpar.bsky.social · 20hHey, everyone, I've had a few people ask how they can help after I announced I had to cancel my attendance at #ConOnTheCob. Honestly? Buy stuff. If you were looking for an excuse to buy physical copies of my book you can buy directly from my website and I get more royalties. www.thekalpar.com/homethekalpar.comThe KalparWelcome to the website for Kalpar, independent author of science-fiction and fantasy stories. Stickers are now available in the Etsy shop! https://ironhammerpublishing.etsy.com 122
Reposted by Kalpar🖖🏳️⚧️T'Lynn 🦇David🦇 Cooper🏳️⚧️🖖 @awholedamntown.bsky.social · 02/10/202675 years ago today, the single greatest comic ever published appeared in the world. Peanuts never topped their very first strip. lollllllllll 023558
Reposted by KalparDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026Oh hey look: exactly what a bunch of us said was already and would keep happening— data centers being placed in spaces where their harms will fall on those already most marginalized— is, in fact, happening. 1194102
Reposted by KalparJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you. 251513407
Reposted by Kalparpoorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026which one are you? 32610180
Reposted by KalparAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So excited to unbox my new novel that all I can do is babble "this is great!" And "this is awesome!" LOL 1333034
Reposted by KalparDan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026People like to talk up how complicated and twisty the ending of American Psycho is, but the message is very simple and clear: real estate agents will gladly help you cover up a murder. 19129295
Reposted by KalparCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026This is part of a series of terrible arguments that people make that they think are real gotchas. Yesterday, someone said "I get why women would choose the bear, but then why haven't they? Why haven't all women walked into the woods?" 1070799
Reposted by KalparAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Absolutely incredible. I love to see this digital art history being preserved. 27515
Kalpar @thekalpar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula. Paging @leannareneehieber.bsky.social 😉 271
Reposted by KalparNatalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Audible listeners! No Friend to This House is on offer for £4.99. Meet Medea, victim of the original witch hunt… A Best Book of the Year from The Observer A Marie Claire Best Book of 2026 'An illuminating and often thrilling work of feminist reclamation' – The Guardian 1128
Reposted by KalparBrooklyn Rousseau (Spooky 365, not just October) 🎃 @glamgothcollective.mu.social · 01/10/2026 51893596
Reposted by KalparVeritasKnight @veritasknight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"so in regards to super intelligence" "Oh so you're like...a super loser" 141
Kalpar @thekalpar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026CANCELLATION: It is with a very heavy heart I must announce I am unable to attend #ConOnTheCob next week due to a family emergency. I am needed at home and am unable to travel. Hopefully I can join everyone next year. 110
Reposted by KalparMichaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026not sure why I made this but now you have to see it 10794643605
Reposted by KalparLeanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026COOL THING I GET TO DO TODAY: LISTEN TO AUDIOBOOK AUDITIONS! My lovely Hachette team, including the audiobook folks, have been so supportive of this title! You can pre-order RAVENFIELD HALL's audiobook now to be sure it lands in your ears as a spooky Valentine on 2/16/27! libro.fm/audiobooks/9... 092
Reposted by KalparVeritasKnight @veritasknight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One might suggest that the president is actively senile and just makes things up 033
Kalpar @thekalpar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Finished some more Death Korps troops from Games Workshop. Since they're combat engineers I gave them hazard stripe bases. 030
Reposted by KalparSherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 38191132845
Reposted by KalparGeorge Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A Pheasants Wake digital painting 5506121
Reposted by KalparFaith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work. 11645580
Reposted by KalparLeanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Still deep in editing trenches for this sweet book! Truth is, I won't see $ from it 'til '27. If you'd like to help my found-family tales of ghosts, historical truths + dashing romances, snag a goodie @ Torch & Arrow to keep our lights on: torchandarrow.etsy.com, the shop I run in lieu of a Patreon. 1109
Reposted by KalparJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 27/09/2026Wishing the diamond cartel a very pleasant fuck you youtu.be/xrg6QCGzQGcyoutu.beWhy Diamond Prices Are Falling So FastYouTube video by CNBC 591326117
Reposted by Kalparnaye🕸️ @naye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Daggerbound by @tkingfisher.com is so extremely my jam I'm torn between not being able to stop listening and needing to immediately go back to my favorite bits so I can properly kick my feet and make delighted dolphin noises as I bask in the feels. The characters! They're so...!! And THE SHIP?? !!!! 716211
Reposted by KalparJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026No kink shaming except for Roko's basilisk weirdos. 1547686
Reposted by KalparAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I don't mean what I'm about to say in a sappy way, but a fairly hard-nosed one: natural ecosystems are often remarkably good at recovering from serious local natural disasters *if they are given the chance.* 21419405
Reposted by KalparDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Fish” can be both singular (one individual fish) or plural (multiple fish of the same species.) “Fishes” refers to individuals of different species. 🐟 Fish 🐟🐟🐟 Fish 🐠🐟🐡 Fishes Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. 2132286
Kalpar @thekalpar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Took a break today and got a B&O railroad lantern from an antique shop. It's got B&O both on the lantern and on the glass which I thought was cool. 010
Reposted by KalparKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 26/09/2026I have decided that if I will be hated, it will be for a GOOD reason, dammit! *clears throat* I don’t care that Pluto isn’t a planet. It was always Charon erasure anyway. 73111951
Reposted by KalparTiger (He/They) @tigerknight957.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Boomers as a generation loooove denying the younger generations anything they had and forcing them to endure hardships for their own comfort 131
Reposted by KalparDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 6437521482
Reposted by KalparNew Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Planning to finally do a convention or two next year and I think I've got our booth design figured out... 3231
Reposted by KalparCosmic Lighthouse Comics @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk · 24/09/2026Coming to Kickstarter! ALL SYSTEMS RED — the official Graphic Novel adaptation of Book 1 in The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com. Click here to sign up for exclusive discounts and content! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos... 18246
Reposted by KalparLeanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When you know you're really seen for your true self in this business: 4271
Reposted by KalparTade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hey, you are enough. Don't believe anything contrary to that. 415534
Kalpar @thekalpar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Finished Lord Marshal Dreir from Games Workshop. I will say I'm not a huge fan of the greebling that GW has done with a lot of their newer miniatures. 021
Reposted by Kalparcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026they are going to come for your contraception, it is literally only a matter of time. I just replaced my IUD and if you think any of the long-term methods of contraception would be a good fit for you and/or your partner, now is the time to do it 222303645
Reposted by KalparLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970172264
Reposted by KalparGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 24/09/2026Porco Rosso mural, Mexico City 32671513
Reposted by KalparLeanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026May the memory of the 146 dead in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire speed this valiant whistleblower into successful action: Every fire alarm, every exit sign, every metal stairwell has been forged in blood, never forget, never relax. 1138