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Jordan Kurella

@jordankurella.com

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Nebula and Sturgeon Award Finalist. Wrote I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY (Lethe Press), WHEN I WAS LOST (Trepidatio), and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (Lethe Press). Got more stories, essays, and poems at JordanKurella.com. He/Him. GenAI is right out.

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · Sep 13

gosh, what a wonderful thing to see when i wake up. if you want to listen to Premee (you do), you can get THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS at this link here:

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Sep 24

i made a helpful reference

$top right: a fractured black rectangle where one half is labeled "autism is bad" and the other side is labeled "FACT CHECK: autistic people are productive members of society". top left: WRONG -negating their frame reinforces it -starts with what it isn't instead of what it is - your argument is shaped like their argument bottom right: large image of Kirby, a pink blob inhaling and the "autism is bad" fragment, labeled THEY'RE DOING EUGENICS bottom left: RIGHT - you eat their frame -starts with what's actually happening -contains and explains what they're doing -your argument is shaped like kirby$

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 3m

this is a trap
a hot vampire trap

also: would

Mabes @mabes3.bsky.social · 1h

Not today very hip and trans people targeted, camarilla recruitment scheme

Door to door mailer for mobile blood test service

Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 6m

no worries if you're late

a blood-splattered room (painted beige) with a TV-VCR and lamp in one corner. the text sys "CAPTION THIS WITH THE 2nd TO LAST TEXT YOU SENT"

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 6h

Possible new AI-driven impersonation scam spinning up: someone contacts you out of the blue w/ praise for your work, recommends you contact a (real) literary agent & provides an email addy--but of course it's fake & results in a referral for editing or marketing. Example below 1/2

Hi [redacted]

I’ve had the opportunity to review your work, and it’s clear you have a strong command of storytelling and a distinctive voice. Your writing shows real potential for a broader audience.

For this reason, I’m recommending you reach out to [agent name redacted], an independent literary agent known for her discerning eye and commitment to helping authors build lasting careers. [agent name reacted] represents a wide range of genres in both fiction and non-fiction, and has collaborated with authors such as [redacted] and [redacted].

She’s currently open to queries and can be reached at submission.[agentname]@gmail.com. When you contact her, mention that I referred you this will help ensure your work receives proper consideration.

Best regards,
Chiara

Chiara Bianchi
chiaraforauthors@gmail.com
ChiaraForAuthors
...

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Not that one, the other one @theotherjustin.bsky.social · 1h

But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Natural Flavor was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master Flavor, to control all others.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 5h

Excuse me…?

Box of “everything” flavor Triscuit crackers with highlight around text that says: “NATURAL FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVOR.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 1h

used to be a guy who asked for spare change in front of the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH. he used to chant, "HELP IS ON THE WAY!"

now, whenever i am waiting for someone to come assist me with anything? "HELP IS ON THE WAY!"

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

do you ever have things that someone has said to you that live forever in your head (non-serious edition)? some older boomer hippie guy said “hahmmus gives you fahts” to me 26 years ago at a free fridge and i think of it every fucking single time i buy hummus to this day.

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Bub 🏳️‍🌈 🐈 @bubotomy.bsky.social · 2h

Might be my favorite lighthouse pic ever. In Ushant, France.

large stone lighthouse being pounded by an enormous wave

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Jeffery 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 1h

Someone should probably explain to CEO Mark Thompson that CNN stands for Cable News Network. Reporting the 'News' is their job.

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 4h

today in the SFWA Writing Date, i learned that other writers use spreadsheets and tools to organize stuff.

meanwhile, me:

a man standing in front of a wall covered in sticky notes

Alt: a man standing in front of a wall covered in sticky notes

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 4h

i love him

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 4h

ears!!!

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 4h

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Guillermo del Toro quote "...think about wealth for me for example. A wealthy man that has enough..."

"not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite somebody to beer..."

"...you're rich. If you have, whatever-"

"- yachts and planes and islands and you STILL need more? You're not rich."

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 4h

too corporeal

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Will BOO-rows 🖖🍞🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · Feb 3

Which Star Trek character is most likely to have a sexy vampire-themed holoprogram?

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t want to talk about if we should show grace to the Nazi tattoo guy or if he should stop running & go back to his cushy job anymore I will just say that many states in the early 2000s either attempted to or passed laws where you could be fined, processed or imprisoned for sagging your pants.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 10h

I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 6h

Not only is it going to be a hunger crisis, it's going to be a farm crisis. All those gallons of milk bought from dairy farmers, all the produce, all the on sale ground beef and packs of chicken that are paid for by SNAP are subsidies to farmers who don't qualify for commodities subsidies.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8h

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 5h

My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 4h

food banks need monetary donations (that means MONEY) from people who have the means to give. if you can, make the donation monthly. this helps out the food bank more than one large donation.

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val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 5h

so for all I can hype up OTHERSIDE or my friends, I'm the worst at hyping my own work up. which is to say hi yes I finally updated my website. it's basic and I need to make a proper page thumbnail eventually buuut:

✨ www.spacevalkyries.com/writing

my writing page IS up to date on publications now~

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 8h

As a closing argument, Cuomo reminds New York City voters that he palpably hates New York City

TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 1d

More incentive

EX NEW YORK POST

Andrew Cuomo says he 'will move to Florida' if Zohran Mamdani becomes NYC mayor

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Watch this and listen carefully.

Singapore PM on the change in the global order given the US is no longer the insurer of stability - a sentiment that will go beyond the current administration. But nobody else has stepped in building a foundation of multipolarity amid turbulence.

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 1d

i can see what you're saying.
yeah. i like the cleaner production quality on power metal cause i can hear more of the instrumentation and the bigger sound. like the cleaner production quality on classical for the same reason. but! you make very good points.