Reposted by August HaverNatee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Onagadori Rooster. Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, 85 × 132 mm, 2022. 5457141
Reposted by August HaverKaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 30/08/2026People who use AI instead of creating make me angry. People who think using AI *is* creating make me sad. 1598
Reposted by August HaverKaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s weird to me when people are like, “I’ll use AI for book covers or research or videos but not my *writing*!” Like, the fact that you’re making that distinction at all shows that you do actually understand why AI is bad. 35110
Reposted by August HaverTade "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
Reposted by August HaverYamino @yamino.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I feel this sometimes, too. It's burnout from so much scary shit happening, a traumatized reaction. You're scared, freezing up in self-defense. But remembering it's not all bad is important. Despair and defeat are easy. Hope and collective action is work. Rest up, we have this, together. 114646
Reposted by August HaverIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hey so Nobody actually knows exactly WHY the great stock market crash of 1929 happened, leading to the Great Depression But most folks agree "Low level participants started betting with borrowed money" probably didn't help matters 31074251
Reposted by August HaverElise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026Writers, If you're sick of bots/ gen ai trying to spam/ scam you as a 'beta-reader' (under the delusion we're wealthy enough to be worth scamming 🙃), this could help.👇 13325
Reposted by August HaverSuzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I was writer in residence at my local library this year. I got a message once from someone saying she had read my book through her library and then went out and bought 2 copies for the academic institution she works for. Libraries pay for books an introduce people to reading which helps writers. 818151
August Haver @writeraugust.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Things do get better, at least in the vague outline in my head 021
Reposted by August HaverMat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Quickly moving from folks claiming no Gen AI usage in games is acceptable to well... so long as no Gen AI is used in the final game that's okay. Next step is limited Gen AI in the final game is fine to just never talking about Gen AI use again. www.ign.com/articles/the...ign.comThe Blood of Dawnwalker Devs Use AI, but There’s No AI Assets in the Final Game, and It’s Used To ‘Avoid’ Pressure on StaffRebel Wolves' CEO has explained the developer's stance on AI, saying it has been used in early stages of development of The Blood of Dawnwalker to "avoid" putting pressure on staff. 18300126
August Haver @writeraugust.bsky.social · 20/09/2026But having to live through a groundhog day at the behest of a livid god and forced to kill aer crush to get free was definitely worse (tho things are semi-fixed in a not exactly happy ending way tho) 140
August Haver @writeraugust.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I was going to parade Fulcinea out again but I realized *a lot* of my main characters have traumaric backstories that have trauma stacked on from the story itself lol So let's talk about Aldith, whose story I haven't revised in forever. Ae thought killer aer father was *the worst moment* 172
August Haver @writeraugust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It will be fun to turn her whole persona on its head once I properly write the possession arc. She just has a bad time for a long time lol 020
August Haver @writeraugust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026is *aware* and learning and very often not doing anything about it because of the fear of the consequences, or something akin to fear. The root of it is definitely her controlling brother but. I like the shape of what's brewing with her, especially with how I need to marry it to how she is later 120
August Haver @writeraugust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Had no idea what she was walking into, didn't know someone was trying to spare her from being murdered in a ritual this person was helping set up. And as I write her more she'll likely change and her strengths and weaknesses will morph and refine. I will say I am intrigued by someone who 120
August Haver @writeraugust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Like she endures *a lot* from her brother and then after she baits him she emotionally retreats and basically let's someone else take the worse of the fall, and the first time she really takes action to try and immediately rectify a dangerous situation her life goes to hell in a handbasket because 120
August Haver @writeraugust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I've actually been turning this over in my head for one of my charactee's, Fulcinea for a bit because I finally started writing her story this past year. Anyway, I think her strength and weakness are bonded, because she's really observant and a good learner but she never *acts* on what she sees 120
Reposted by August Haver🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 09/07/2026The "creatives" who use genAI at any part of their process need to understand I'm not desperate for new media. There is such a backlog of arts, movies, books, and games WITHOUT genAI that if nothing new was made again, I'd still need a hundred lifetimes to consume even a fraction of it. 11966767
Reposted by August HaverJ Edward Neill @jedwardneill.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I wish I could be a part of this conversation... 'Top Shelf Trio' Prints and the original are available. 03513
Reposted by August HaverDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It should be obvious, but talks about adapting to climate change or colonizing another planet often ignore that humans (and animals/plants that we love and love to eat) evolved to live on Earth in the climate we have today, and we built our infrastructure for today's climate. Everything else sucks. 1239879
Reposted by August HaverAlex White @alexwhite.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Hey. If a small press wants to give you a digital-only, royalty-based multibook deal for books that haven't yet been written, run. Lots of small presses use this royalty structure because they have no assets, and this allows them to offload nearly all risk to you. 3322124
Reposted by August HaverMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online. 485297747668
Reposted by August HaverScylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Sorry to say pointing to the same few hit books that have been published in lesbian SFF by trad publishers over the past TEN YEARS is not a way of proving that big trad publishing is open to sapphic/lesbian authors or stories. But it does prove we can write excellent books when given the chance. 0386
Reposted by August HaverJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Notice the concern of parents who feel their trans children are being victimized never get listened to. It's only bigots. "Respect the parents" is a shell game. 8777177
Reposted by August Haverashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 11/09/2026we don’t teach young people short-term history, so it was weird when i realized that gen z had no idea that so many gen x and millennials spent our high school years protesting george w bush and not just because of the wars, but because mosques were being targeted and sikh men were being attacked 543061787
Reposted by August HaverAowna @aowna.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The little arty thing I said I'd post! It's an IRL friend's D&D OC, painted on one layer with just one oil-y brush because why not ⛈️ 14015
Reposted by August HaverOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This technology needs to be regulated, and if its creators keep claiming it *can’t* be regulated, they don’t get to do business with it. Why should an industry this powerful be allowed to operate without taking responsibility when we hold others responsible for their products and services? 07325
Reposted by August HaverKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Did you know Hercules half-horse instructor Chiron was also a doctor? You might say he was the centaur for disease control. 612231
Reposted by August HaverLeila Green Little @ifightforbooks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This is THE BEST! I am so stinking happy for all my The Librarians friends!!! Hoping this gets even more people to see the film. 😍🤩 1329
Reposted by August HaverCatherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I had never heard of Flock cameras in my goddamned life and then one day I woke up and every town council everywhere had just unhinged their jaws months back and excitedly horfed down a full surveillance state. 429356
Reposted by August HaverQTori 🍣 @qtori.art · 04/09/2026I will add pressure to this by saying that any company that claims to not hold onto your personal data after verifying you? They're lying. Ive been nitro free since the first time they tried this, voice how you feel with your wallet people. Make them really feel that squeeze. 180115127513
Reposted by August HaverAimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 02/09/2026Just added 12 more artists to HireHumanArtists.com! 🌟 We're 12 artists away from 600 who have pledged to NEVER use gen AI! #hhahirehumanartists.comFind an Artist Who Doesn't Use Generative AI | Hire Human ArtistsLooking for an artist for your next project? Our human artist directory is full of over 400 artists who have pledged not to use gen AI. 1334177
Reposted by August HaverJulie March @juliemarchbooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026#WIPSnips God, I love this woman. Leecie may have ended up with a stereotypical YA parent scenario but at least I gave her a nice adoptive one 1243
Reposted by August HaverCery @cerylune.bsky.social · 28/08/2026[oc] Demi-gods and Hungry Ghosts #art #ocsky #ocart 6578176
Reposted by August HaverJayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 29/08/2026Not bad. Not bad. 212317
Reposted by August HaverRob 🏳️🌈 @rotster.net · 26/08/2026FYI for journalists reporting on Dolly: not being publicly party political ≠ not being political. She was very political. 424144
Reposted by August HaverIndie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Today is an excellent day to hate gen AI and not support a single one of its users. 🥰 09216
Reposted by August HaverDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton 7165572897
Reposted by August HaverPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026When we hate on these disgusting immoral evil billionaires it’s bc just look at everything Dolly did. They could be doing that. They could just be helping people and every day they choose not to help people. They choose to harm. And when they die, we’ll dance and laugh and be thankful they’re gone. 570572101
Reposted by August HaverKatie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Feeling perpetually behind, holding it together and making art despite the state of the world. Taking a moment to put something a bit nicer in the feed tonight. I've always thought of owls as guardian type birds, what do you think? #watercolor #gouache #owls #birds 8334110
Reposted by August HaverIndie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 26/08/2026‘The book lady’ 🥹 Rest well, sweet soul. Thank you for the books, for Buffy, and for being such a kind, giving light for us all. 💙 316741
Reposted by August HaverJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One thing about Dolly Parton's passing that strikes me is that unlike some others, she experienced a lot of praise before passing. It wasn't saved for obituaries. There were regular (warranted) love-fests for Parton. I wish that for everyone. It's a good day to tell people you appreciate them. 51344187
Reposted by August HaverCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Smol. Photo from my collection, no date/info. 373590332
Reposted by August HaverLouie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026queen of hearts 💔 18175885095
Reposted by August HaverBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026(1/2) Since I haven't seen anyone else mention this one... It was an open secret that Dolly Parton secretly funded a massive number of southern high school bands, most especially predominantly Black high schools. A marching band member in her youth, Dolly never forgot the joy that playing snare drum 1839681159