"People used to be excited about tech, now they dread what data you're going to steal next, they dread what violation of privacy or the environment will turn up next."
this whole missive will make you want to stand on your desk and yell "O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN!," but that bit really got me good
Reposting this again to boost, and to see if anyone has any suggestions?
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors
Graffiti on marble at the Hagia Sofia: Younger Futhark runes are marked in shaky hand on the marble, which likely required a lot of effort, spelling out Halfdan was here.
For centuries they were thought to just be scratches in the marble, perhaps structural damage from earthquakes. In 1964 it was determined these markings weren't random but writing: the Hagia Sophia bears Viking Era graffiti, runes that say "Halfdan was here." #WyrdWednesday
I'm pretty sure I'm ok to use the John Donne poem since it's way out of copyright...right?
And I'm hoping it's the same for the Barrie quote? (FYI—he died in 1937)
And would this apply internationally? I'm based in the UK, but my books are published all over.
Any help would be appreciated!
Hey author pals, question on using quotations and copyright:
I've got two quotations in my newest historical WIP. The first is a poem by John Donne published in 1633.
The second is three lines from a speech J.M. Barrie gave in 1922, which I was hoping to use as my epigraph.
(more below ⬇️)
The American dream has always relied on violence, exclusion, and control. It was state policy when George Washington weaponized disease and starvation and ordered the destruction of Native American villages, and it's the same imperialist policy passed down through time to this day.
Black-background WHN graphic with white and pink text. At the top is the logo text “whn.global” with a pink dot. Large central headline: “COVID isn’t ‘just a cold.’” Below that: “It can affect the brain, heart, and immune system, even months later.” In bright pink near the lower middle: “Prevention matters.” At the bottom: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”
COVID is not “just a cold.” Even mild or asymptomatic infections can cause lasting health effects, damaging blood vessels and organs, affecting the brain, and weakening the immune system.
this is my good friend’s fundraiser, we’ve been friends for over a decade and I am doing everything I can to help her get out of Kansas and to a better situation.
I am able to provide safe housing and locally coordinated supports and anything you can do, just sharing even, helps tremendously
Me and my respirator doing that thing where we dodge the stuff in the air.
everyone stop being an evil piece of shit challenge oh my god
I hate that the debate we are constantly having in the 21st century is "we have to let the most evil fuckers alive do whatever the hell they want VS no we don't"
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A REBELLION OF RAVENS, book two in the Noble Exiles series, follows Maeve and Eamon as they sail to the Continent while an uprising brews back in Scotland.
Pitched as Outlander meets Two Twisted Crowns, with the swashbuckling court intrigue of The Three Musketeers, the rebellion begins summer 2026.
✨TITLE REVEAL!!✨
A REBELLION OF RAVENS is the sequel to A TEMPEST OF RAVENS, and it’s coming this summer 🪶✨⚔️🐺🌊
I can’t wait to share more very soon, but here’s a short plot summary to give you a teaser 😌
A square painting against a white background. The painting depicts a landscape with blue and green foliage over an orange underpainting. In the center a white and blue star emerges from the foliage and a glowing blue halo surrounds it illuminating the leaves.
The Rift, 2023
refusing to participate in corporate bullshit as a consumer is only ONE of the ways you can fight for a better world, but it is not only real and effective, it opens up your imagination to getting your material needs met outside of capitalism and/or strengthening your local economy
just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
I think posts that contain AI images and video should have to be clearly marked as such, and have a system tag…
and users should be able to opt out of seeing all AI tagged posts.
Old tweet that says when I was young I thought things wre bad because solutions were complicated and now I'm old and realize things are bad because solutions are simple but will inconvenience affluent people (or those who aspire to be) and religious fanatics.
I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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Just as the covid conscious community has been saying for years...
a doodle collage of many lord of the rings memes
now that i’ve seen lord of the rings, i can truly appreciate all the memes
Disabled people are not expendable.
The elderly are not expendable.
Children are not expendable.
Worth should never be tied to economic productivity.
If we protected the most vulnerable in society, everyone would be better off.
My favorite part of reading is when a book gets so good you have to set it down, (finger marking the page), and just let your mind be blown for a minute before picking it back up again.
All righty -- this year's writerly resolution is live, should you care to read it. The tl;dr is it's actually quite an optimistic read, so hopefully it'll give you some juice to kick open the new year and put words to stories that need to be told.
repost to give those 2 or 3 followers who always like your weird posts a little forehead kiss & a grilled cheese cut diagonally
This goes for all the people who are still refusing to mask, in this the year of our lord 2026, SIX YEARS into an ongoing airborne plague because "I might get funny looks" or "but then I'd have to skip brunch"
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
When we plead with you to wear a mask, we’re trying to help.
We understand that repeat Covid infections can lead to disability and death.
We understand that the government told us to go “back to normal” for the economy, not because it was safe.
An N95 is a great way to safeguard your health!
