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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

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By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Stephen King: so as i was saying, salem's lot King: everyone in salem's lot is excited because a writer is coming to town King: everyone is so excited because he's so cool and awesome King: i mean, a writer is like a real life super hero Poe: yeah that scans Barker: no lies detected

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 29/08/2026

Music industry, famously litigious, doing the right thing for once.

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 02/07/2026

Wild… looks mostly like a form response email as well.

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 29/06/2026

Absolutely true. Where the first episode did feel like a proper finale for last, this one kicked this season off strong.

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Susan @artlovergirl.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We could really use Carl Sagan right about now… #books #reading #history #libraries

A quote from the great Carl Sagan “One glace at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for a 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 01/06/2026

Emrakul driving the Boy Band Mobile is my favorite fan fiction now, thank you Brian.

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 13/05/2026

Looks like a ice cream cone to me, not sure what to tell you

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PleasantKenobi @pleasantkenobi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

How can such huge filmmakers like the Russo Brothers not understand what makes story telling special?

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Amy the Amazonian @amytheamazonian.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

My ass would get so tricked by the fae.

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Sam @rhysticstudies.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

we remain in a very strange era of describing human emotions as their chemical compounds (serotonin, dopamine, cortisol) in a similar way that stories and art have been reduced to corporate buzzwords (content, IP, franchise)

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Joe Abercrombie @joeabercrombie.com · 19/03/2026

I'm chatting with the wonderful VE Schwab on her podcast No Write Way this week, which you can likely find wherever one finds their podcasts...

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Sam @rhysticstudies.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

i know this is obvious, but my god, every app and browser having some ai tool jumping desperately in the way of simple tasks has added nothing but bloat and frustration to user experience. who is this for?

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 14/02/2026

Felt. Even at a small level; one note cascades for no reason. The worst are when they failed to consider context, beyond just a simple mistake (which absolutely happens)! As always, loved it.

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 07/02/2026

Give it a go! It’s definitely fun. The first part of the first book wasn’t as strong as the second, imo, but it really works!

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Rob Hart @robwhart.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

It's behind a paywall but Library Journal said this of THREE HITMEN AND A BABY: "Ridiculously funny and surprisingly touching... The best of the series so far. Both newcomers and returning readers will root for these former assassins as they try to reform themselves." Good start to the day.

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 01/02/2026

A reminder to go read Ryan Holiday’s book, Conspiracy, which is all about this lawsuit.

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WotSeries ❤️📖📺🤞 @wotseries.com · 29/01/2026

From Hollywood Reporter: Brandon Sanderson’s Literary Fantasy Universe ‘Cosmere’ Picked Up by Apple TV www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Portrait of fantasy author Brandon Sanderson wearing glasses and a brown jacket, shown beside a hardcover copy of Mistborn, featuring a silhouetted figure leaping against a red sky over a dark cityscape.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/12/2025

The December Comfort Watches series continues tonight with... Dredd?!? Yes! Dredd! Which presents us with a horrible place to live that you would probably never want to visit, and yet makes it entirely watchable: whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/05/t...

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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Five: Dredd

I think it’s important to note, when writing a series of essays about “comfort watches,” that not every movie on that list is going to be a comfortable watch. Some of them might e…

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 06/12/2025

I think the biggest problem with the show is that they didn’t release it weekly to keep and maintain the hype. Hell, even bi-weekly would’ve been better than the “volume” drops

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

This is wrong. We should not trap the souls of dead people in computers. Souls should be trapped in amulets

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 02/10/2025

(If you’ve got a take on a novel you’re welcome whenever, friendo)

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 02/10/2025

We do one of those. Sometimes. Well, most times. But just some books.

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Miss Havishambles @misshavishambles.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

There are two wolves inside me and they are both whistling.

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 21/08/2025

I’m glad! I’ve got a lot to say about the whole thing

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 20/08/2025

If you didn’t listen, I wrote a little essay on Little Hatred by @joeabercrombie.com last week, and recorded it! This week, we’re starting The Trouble with Peace and also releasing an interview with @robwhart.bsky.social! Absolutely amped for you to hear both of them.

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 20/08/2025

Metaphor Re:Fantazio has been my jam lately!

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 29/07/2025

Hooo hooo! I’m excited to do this as well

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 29/07/2025

Give it time! (And by that I mean like, a year or two)

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

But what is too much to bear? (Not being alive.) So we kept being alive even as they destroyed us. (So we buried our secrets though they tried to extinguish our secrets with us.) Up until this very day. (They keep coming, they never stop.) You couldn't kill us all. --Dead Astronauts

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 27/07/2025

I think i'd agree. It MIGHT be my favorite trilogy of all time, right next to The Green Bone Saga.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 03/07/2025

The evil that men do lives after them

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 24/06/2025

It’s gonna be wild. (I get the sense that we’ll probably have to split another episode or two, though. Haha)

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 13/06/2025

Tomorrow, we end Red Country, and our journey through the fantasy western… until… The Dark Tower (Soon, but a little bit later. Just like… chill a sec, okay?)

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Spencer Amundson @sodajerk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

This is what the How to Train Your Dragon remake should look like.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

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Words and Whiskey Podcast @wordsandwhiskey.show · 11/06/2025

(So the horrors are real, and if you want a of dose of joy and realism with just a hint of history speaking to us in modern times… please watch Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio.)* *Followed by Andor.

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