Ouch!

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.

But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!

It's easy! Check your library's website.

#writingcommunity #writing #seattle #worldsffconvention

Seattle Worldcon Post Mortem -
Two goals, one success. Plus a friend gets an award nomination, and free stuff (at the end).

jakkoke.com/newsletter/

on the lighter side of the news today: Tiny Staircases for Cats

beautiful sand art in Cornwall...

@karawynn.bsky.social and I will be in Seattle for Worldcon (and to visit friends). #seattleworldcon #writingcommunity #sff

Learn why attending a nonviolent protest is one of the most effective things you can do right now. #nokings #resist

ninelives.karawynnlong.com/strategic-re...

we all feel this way sometimes... and this is a good reminder.

@karawynn.bsky.social talks about the difficulty of picking what to write in the face of an exploding world. ninelives.karawynnlong.com/a-question-f...

Do you have protest photos from last weekend? Did you do any crowd-counting?

Help social scientists accurately measure protest participation by scrolling to Submit a Record at the CCC.

(If you don’t have the data, maybe someone you know does! Please pass it on.)

ash.harvard.edu/programs/cro...

Reading is good for your health! I've believed this for years, but recent science now confirms it!

Not mentioned in the title is that reading also seems to stave off dementia!

#neuroscience #sff #reading #writing-community #writing #books #fiction

The novel in question is [Activation Degradation](lostetter.wordpress.com/activation-d...) by Marina Lostetter.

@marinalostetter.bsky.social - kudos! thanks for the great experience!

Just finished this excellent science fiction book. Really engaging, exciting, and heartfelt. Highly recommended!

#booksky #sff #unreliablenarrator

i found this enlightening...

youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...

well… it’s worse than i thought…

TLDR: Meta / FB - torrented a shitton of copyrighted books from known pirate sites to train their AI… knowingly and there’s an email trail to prove it

Rep Landsman: "You're just picking on children. Our government is not supposed to be this intrusive. Your government has become incredibly intrusive. You're in our doctors offices banning treatments. You're in our classroom banning books. Now you're in my daughter's locker room"

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”
― George Orwell, 1984

Thinking about that quote a lot lately.

hat tip: @sunyidean.com - so true it hurts. physically hurts, actually.