Reposted by Zac Thompson
Despite record sales across the industry the state of the creator-owned market seems dire right now. Multiple publishers are scaling back their line, a few don't seem to know what they want, others have pretty much shifted focused to entirely licensed books. It's weird!
![Tweet from Annie Jacobsen that reads:
🚨☣️More details on the Oct 1st pneumonic plague outbreak in Siberia, after a lab accident at a BSL-3 lab.
"FSB units accompanying ambulances transporting people who had been in contact with [lab tech] Shipilova for medical examination," as per local news. This is significant. FSB is Russia's domestic security / counterintelligence service, tasked w/implementing the national security of Russia." (Its predecessor was the KGB). This suggests quarantine was not voluntary.
It also means Russian authorities are treating the lab accident and plague outbreak as a national security issue, involving a lot more than routine public health.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aq5ehloxmqczfgco7s24ffy3/bafkreibq2bxbq6stirwr6l2hg4kspsxsa4mllmqhxqmov2zlgwdtfrkthi)
