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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 6h

Your 3rd dose today of Anthropic settlement madness (at least from me). Authors, CHECK YOUR CLAIMS! Your situation may have changed, per this email from the settlement administrator that some authors are receiving (subject heading: Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Allocation Updates)

We made updates that may affect your claim.
What Changed?
Wed, Sep 30,
2026 at 5:35 AM
Based on feedback from claimants, we updated how certain works are categorized.
In particular, where multiple claimants submitted default claims for the same
ownership interest in a work, we changed those works from agreement to
disagreement.
In addition, the portal is updated to reflect that some claimants changed their sole
ownership claims to default claims, and some claimants withdrew their claims.
What This Means for You
As a result of these updates, some works on your claim may now be categorized
differently. We encourage you to review the current allocations for your works.
How to Review and Update Your Allocations
Please use your claim number and PIN above to log into the portal below.
Claim Summary and Allocation Portal
For help making updates, please visit the allocation portal instructions.
If You Already Submitted Updates
If you already updated the allocation for a work, then you do not need to
submit those updates again. Any changes you submitted previously
through the online portal are recorded, but the portal is not being
updated in real time. If you submit multiple updates for the same
copyright number, your most recent submission will replace any earlier
submissions

What’s Next?
We will continue to work with claimants to help resolve disputes.
For works where all rightsholders are in agreement and where all necessary
payment information is provided, we expect to send a first round of payments in
November 2026.
If You Have Questions
Please contact us at 1-877-206-2314 or info@AnthropicCopyrightSettlement.com.
Regards,
Settlement Administrator

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 4h

Watched the first couple episodes of Slo-Pitch, and it is a delightfully lesbian comedy. No, more lesbian than you're thinking. A little more than that.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Teach your son to wait. Teach him that other people are as important as he is. Teach him to apologize and go back to the end of the line if he made an entitled decision. Teach him that girls and women deserve respect in *all* scenarios—not just during sex.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/09/2026

People might think I'm joking but I really do allow myself exactly one (1) confrontational quote post per quarter because I think that MOST OF THE TIME it is an antisocial and counterproductive way to fight with folks. That said, Micah's second post in this thread also stands. Sometimes you get hit

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The YouTube algo loves to send me videos aimed at writers hoping to get their novels published, and I watch a lot of them and freak out that I'm doing it wrong, if you're wondering if impostor syndrome ever goes away.

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Zoey @zoeytro.pe · 29/09/2026

What? No they didn’t. Are you feeling okay? You’re always like this when you’re upset.

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Character on Lanterns TV Show: What, this? Well, it helps if you think of it like, well... Me, loading a gun filled with Unsubscribe bullets: Asshole, if you make another strained reference to the transphobic wizard school...

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 28/09/2026

Today is my birthday! Please buy my books, I'm so broke

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

There was a time when social media was actively useful to me as a writer because I could think out loud and yes we might disagree but aside from batshit right wingers, it was pretty chill But now people are wound up and feeling powerless and taking that out on each other

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Me: Okay, I’m a little behind on writing after Friday night’s headache, but I’ve got all of Saturday, so— My Skull: Sinus-slash-migraine event making you feel like there are no spaces between the words when everyone talks and you need to take two naps and then the pills that keep you up all night?

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Very much enjoyed the first and hopefully not only season of NEAGLEY. The hook is her intelligence and competence rather than superhuman physical ability, and they do some interesting work on her psychology that gives Maria Sten a great chance to embody the character.

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IGN @ign.com · 26/09/2026

The seminal workplace comedy 9 to 5 is returning to theaters October 9 with ticket sales benefitting Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which gifts free books to kids and promotes childhood literacy.

Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton celebrate as they have their boss tied up behind his desk in art for 9 to 5. Caption reads: Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 Returning to Theaters October 9

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think the most “adult who was in a gifted and talented program as a kid” thing I could have done to myself was become an author. Just giving myself endless homework and a need for people to be proud of me forever.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Normalizing threats against politicians is bad for democracy. *However* every time a story like this comes up, it seems like a good time to remind people that there are many of us who receive messages like this *by the hour* & those same police forces tell us they're powerless to do anything.

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Brad Shankar @bradshankar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Jennifer Hale once told me Canadians need to champion ourselves more. I wholeheartedly agree. Over the past few months, I reached out to dozens of Canadian devs to learn their favourite Canadian games. Their varied responses offer a wonderful spotlight on some of the incredible talent we have here.🍁

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These are must-play Canadian games, according to Canadian devs

As Canadians, we don't champion ourselves enough, so we asked dozens of game developers to do just that.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 24/09/2026

hanging out the passenger side of his best friend’s ride

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Time for my scene-by-scene breakdown of the next chapter. What do we have?" 10 bullet points later... "Okay, so this might possibly be two chapters. Who can say?"

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just saw the cold open of Neagley 1.5, and without spoiling for folks, I will just say that that actor is GAME.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...

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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In her Reacher spinoff series, Neagley did a move that is almost note for note one of the gun defense techniques I learned in Kenpo way back when, and it made me the happiest little martial arts nerd.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sure, we wind up with "Henry Ford funds square dance in schools because Jazz is a Jewish plot to indoctrinate kids into socializing with black people," but

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Valerie Valdes @valerievaldes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Still on sale!

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Shane M. Bailey @shanembailey.com · 21/09/2026

Really digging Nunzio DeFillips and Christina Weir's new narrative podcast Cheating History that was shared in @gregrucka.com's last newsletter. They're forming a team of people that disappeared from history and I'm loving the picks. open.spotify.com/show/0341olv...

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Cheating History

Podcast · Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, & Jenny Sterner · The future is doomed. The past cannot be changed. But what if you could… cheat it? In the future, people have let machines run their worl...

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We wrote this 18 damn years ago.

A script from episode 102 of Leverage with the dialogue for defense contractor Dufort:”You know the great thing about Congressmen? Fifty, a hundred grand well spent will get one elected.Once they’re in, they have an incumbency rate of over ninety-five percent. You get, on the average, eighteen to twenty years of use out of one. (beat) In these uncertain times, buying a United States Congressman is one of the best investments a corporation can make.”

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John Ryan @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So much goddamn talent and institutional knowledge is just thrown out of windows and into shredders by C-suite wangs who couldn't piece an email together.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Abolish ICE. Fire them all. Prosecute their crimes.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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Professionally Nosy @professionallynosy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched.

Quilt hanging on a card catalog. Neutral background with navy cursive appliqué “Do you hear thr people sing?” The background is embroidered in red starting light and getting bolder the lyrics to “killing in the name” the quilting effect is a focused sunburst from the center.

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John Ryan @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And before you say, "well that might improve things" please remember a lot of people who will feel the most pain in the spiral are workers, some of whom relocated at great expense to be at their job... and in some cases might never land another one because of corporate fuckery. Thank you.

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John Ryan @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So, it looks like Western AAA game dev is in a death spiral. That's nice. That's great.

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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 22/09/2026

As a multidisciplinary game designer, I’m really proud that the curation of the Experimental Games Showcase celebrates all games and playful projects. We’ve shown off videogames, board games, TTRPGs, museum installations, performances, and everything in between. Submit your unique whatever-it-is!

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CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #3 out now @judedoyle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's Monday morning, and I am reluctantly entering into the discussion about what The Democrats should do about The Trans, most of which translates to "believe in something, for once in your life, for fuck's sake." No paywall on this guy: jude-doyle.ghost.io/transformer-...

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Transformer: Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, 1998)

A few thoughts on the queer post-apocalypse.

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Ruckawriter @gregrucka.com · 21/09/2026

New newsletter is live! And FREE! IT'S FREE!!!!! front-towards-enemy.ghost.io/26-in-general/

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26 - In General

A Greg Rucka newsletter

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I spend an inordinate amount of time thanking my dad for clearing the low bar of not being a misogynist racist dipshit.

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Act 1 of novel WIP done, which means I now get to move from the high-level bullet-point outline of Act 2 to the "Okay, you should actually know what goes in each chapter, generally speaking," outline of Act 2.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The worst thing we've done is made fame a middle class job, instead of the toxic runoff of actual accomplishment.

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026

no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind

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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I do! Thanks for asking! It’s the show you canceled!

Screencap of email from Netflix saying “Remember this?” Which usually points at shows I watched before, but this time it’s also showing a poster for Shadow and Bone, which Netflix canceled after two seasons.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026

Sometimes a seduction is a telescope and an invitation to watch the transit of Venus. /jb Amazon: www.amazon.com/Talk-... Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/... Nook: www.barnesand... Kobo: store.koboboo... #HistoricalRomance #Romance #HEA #Novella #BrothersSinister

cover of Talk Sweetly to Me by Courtney Milan, a Black woman looking at the camera from behind her hand

The Brothers Sinister Series: covers for The Governess Affair, The Duchess War, The Heiress Effect, The Countess Conspiracy, and The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

ADHD is what ADHD is & it causes me huge problems but I also think sometimes I need to remind people that I personally like having it. What I don’t like is the penalties & taxes our current societal structure inflicts on me for having it.

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's strange how Democratic Socialists - who are being denounced by both parties - turned major deficits into balanced budgets in both New York and Seattle.

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North Mist Studios @northmiststudios.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

...and soon is now! ICEDANCER Part 2 written by Mary Kirby is this month's Patreon bonus story. Out now to all paid members as a THANK-YOU for helping us keep the lights on. www.patreon.com/NorthMistStu...

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ICEDANCER - Part 2/3 | North Mist Studios

A short story written by Mary Kirby from the world of The Concierge. A thank you to our members!

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