Dark-skinned Black Man with a tiny afro (Bernie Mac) wearing a light colored polo shirt starring into the camera skeptically The words Black Confusion written on the bottom
what do you mean "we"?...
Gen X and older millennials, watching another deeply unpopular, intellectually challenged Republican president spew lies to drag us into a pointless war in the Middle East without having an end goal or strategy.
So happy this is out!
It's deeply (and horrifyingly) ironic to watch someone urging people to end their country's theocracy, while in the midst of undermining governance mechanisms in order to dismantle their own country's democracy in furtherance of an emerging theocratic regime
It's all fun and games until (nation)state's rights rhetoric goes international...
Just in case anyone was wondering help.openai.com/en/articles/...
No one should be using ChatGPT or partnering with OpenAI for anything.
And y'all were "worried" about what would happen if a woman had her finger on the button and access to the launch codes...
I have openings in my editing calendar for immediate work and future bookings. I work with novellas and novels, and with many genres. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and I'm always happy to answer questions.
My life went sideways last year. I missed everything. Digging myself out has been something else. It's clean and purge all my email inboxes time (b/c I've missed important shit like my identity being stolen)...
cleared 1 inbox from 80k+ emails down to 90. Only 180k+ emails (3 other addys) to go 🫠
LOL
Friday is a pod day!
It’s me and @itsfelder.bsky.social
Turns out, not wanting to be used as a political tool doesn’t stop it from happening
Say it with me folks: impact > intent
Plus, combine season and the AJ Brown saga continues
Listen/Watch/Share/Subscribe
youtu.be/rDYiHgZFCHk?...
Maryland wants $4 billion from the Trump administration after the Supreme Court said his tariffs were illegal.
It would give back $1744 per household according to the estimate.
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Turns on TV cast YT to screen...
The person (crew?) who stole my identity (discovered yesterday when they seized control of my bank account) is not only a scumbag, they're a PETTY scumbag. explain the rationale behind canceling my Best Buy Tech protection plans?
Like...
LMAO trust and believe the expanded world books dig a whole-ass sub-dungeon
Oh you're ALL the way down the rabbit hole lmao
I've been waiting for this post lol
I didn't manage to pace myself until I finished the main storyline. Burned through this series then turned around and read it again
It's THE Ann Bishop. No one worldbuilds like her
Ann gives good story and allegory. Some of the themes still have me ready to fight
Not even a little bit lol
"We don’t just make it to the end.
We were already surviving when the movie started." 🙌🏽
periodic reminder (and apropos of *waves hands at everything*:
"not guilty" ≠ innocent
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
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The worlds of writing and publishing (the latter especially) are famously opaque. I don't pretend to have all of the answers, but I am at your disposal for any question you wish to ask during my monthly Patreon Q&A, which occurs tomorrow, Tuesday, February 3 at 8 PM ET. patreon.com/maryrobinette
Book covers for Anne Bishop's "The Others" series
Anne Bishop's The Courtyard of The Others:
Written in Red, Murder of Crows, Vision in Silver, Marked in Flesh, Etched in Bone
The World of the Others:
Lake Silence, Wild Country, Crowbones
*Note: slow starter (b/c worldbuilding/characters subtly developed in multiple directions simultaneously)
Why does everyone want me to shake my fist at the sky and yell?!?!
just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
