AdorkableSmile
@adorkablesmile.bsky.social
Moth. He/They.
PROJECTS: Fallen Star; The Winter Spirit
WIPs at https://adorkablesmile.neocities.org/
RPGs at https://adorkablesmile.itch.io/
Tags: #OneSkeetStory; #OneSkeetRPG
PROJECTS: Fallen Star; The Winter Spirit
WIPs at https://adorkablesmile.neocities.org/
RPGs at https://adorkablesmile.itch.io/
Tags: #OneSkeetStory; #OneSkeetRPG
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Hi. You can call me Moth. Writer of working fantasy and sci-fi with a day job. I'm learning how to make RPGs, you can find some of my early projects at the link in my bio. Pronouns are He/They, my brain works weird, I work in civil service.
🧵 Let's talk rules:
🧵 Let's talk rules:
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yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
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Just for transparency, my publisher has spent more on a single book visibility site this month than has received sales in books.
If you want to support a wonderful indie LGBTQ+ run publisher, please give their catalogue a look: www.inspired-quill.com/books/
If you want to support a wonderful indie LGBTQ+ run publisher, please give their catalogue a look: www.inspired-quill.com/books/
This is another very significant reason why I want to be successful: that it passes that success onto others that I very much care for. It means more comfort, visibility, stability and fulfilled ambitions for my publisher, and more support for every other author they dedicate themselves to.
February 27, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Just for transparency, my publisher has spent more on a single book visibility site this month than has received sales in books.
If you want to support a wonderful indie LGBTQ+ run publisher, please give their catalogue a look: www.inspired-quill.com/books/
If you want to support a wonderful indie LGBTQ+ run publisher, please give their catalogue a look: www.inspired-quill.com/books/
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I heard there was a mighty fish
With solitude its fervent wish
When hungry, their demeanour's even ruder
They're known to bite their prey in two
They'd even have a go at you
The silver and the salty
Barracuda
With solitude its fervent wish
When hungry, their demeanour's even ruder
They're known to bite their prey in two
They'd even have a go at you
The silver and the salty
Barracuda
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I heard there was a mighty fish
With solitude its fervent wish
When hungry, their demeanour's even ruder
They're known to bite their prey in two
They'd even have a go at you
The silver and the salty
Barracuda
With solitude its fervent wish
When hungry, their demeanour's even ruder
They're known to bite their prey in two
They'd even have a go at you
The silver and the salty
Barracuda
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The African Translation Project is up to 52% of its goal!
Let's pay human writers and human translators!
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Let's pay human writers and human translators!
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / Need to complete funding for Shona → English translation / still needed: $2400, 52% / Amount above completes funding for translation of Zvinobvinza / isiZulu translation ...
ko-fi.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The African Translation Project is up to 52% of its goal!
Let's pay human writers and human translators!
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Let's pay human writers and human translators!
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
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Mastercard is bleeding, get in there. Make some calls. Get some cool family members in on it over thanksgiving
The lines are getting clogged from calls and Mastercard is feeling very pressured, they're looking into how to act in response. They're collecting information on callers to have a better understanding of who is calling in re the censorship issue
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Mastercard is bleeding, get in there. Make some calls. Get some cool family members in on it over thanksgiving
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"...as households' perceived probability of attaining homeownership falls, they systematically shift their behavior: they consume more relative to their wealth, reduce work effort, and take on riskier investments."
This new paper seems very pertinent
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
This new paper seems very pertinent
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"...as households' perceived probability of attaining homeownership falls, they systematically shift their behavior: they consume more relative to their wealth, reduce work effort, and take on riskier investments."
This new paper seems very pertinent
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
This new paper seems very pertinent
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Daily bunny no.3149 creates life in their image
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Daily bunny no.3149 creates life in their image
Alton Brown gives off such specific nerdy energy. If he wasn't a TV chef he'd have been a voice actor, or the info-dumping scientist character in a cancelled-too-soon low-budget sci-fi show.
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Alton Brown gives off such specific nerdy energy. If he wasn't a TV chef he'd have been a voice actor, or the info-dumping scientist character in a cancelled-too-soon low-budget sci-fi show.
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Christ, this is depressing
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Christ, this is depressing
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Maybe entertainment hasn’t changed as much as we think
The real and true story of why Police Squad (the TV series Naked Gun was based on and easily the funniest tv show of its time) was canceled is legitimately insane and one of the most egregious examples of TV malpractice I’ve ever heard:
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Maybe entertainment hasn’t changed as much as we think
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We're all in trouble. Imagine a world where masked cops are planting illegal literature on the regime's political enemies. That's one step from where we are *right now*.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We're all in trouble. Imagine a world where masked cops are planting illegal literature on the regime's political enemies. That's one step from where we are *right now*.
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Gen Z is working everywhere. It’s their future that’s at stake.
this is not a drag of the writer of this particular piece, which is largely sympathetic, but this line of argument makes me nuts
young people are involved in protest and organizing at several levers of power—but they're not able to show up to photo op street rallies at the same rates as retirees
young people are involved in protest and organizing at several levers of power—but they're not able to show up to photo op street rallies at the same rates as retirees
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Gen Z is working everywhere. It’s their future that’s at stake.
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Fallout 3 doesn't have a dedicated train, it's actually an NPC wearing a train hat
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Fallout 3 doesn't have a dedicated train, it's actually an NPC wearing a train hat
Link in quote keeps throwing me to YouTube, but I found the article online. Here it is on MSN for folks having the same issue: www.msn.com/en-us/travel...
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Link in quote keeps throwing me to YouTube, but I found the article online. Here it is on MSN for folks having the same issue: www.msn.com/en-us/travel...
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Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Maira is strong, badly-filtered coffee.
Those grounds really get in your teeth.
What flavour is your character?
Those grounds really get in your teeth.
What flavour is your character?
Definitely a blueberry frappe with seven shots of espresso.
What flavor is your character?
What flavor is your character?
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Maira is strong, badly-filtered coffee.
Those grounds really get in your teeth.
What flavour is your character?
Those grounds really get in your teeth.
What flavour is your character?
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“The unread pile of books shouldn’t be guilt-inducing but reassuring; proof that we have access to thoughts and stories we might love. Bookshelves show what subjects and ideas spark our curiosity. Owning a book can be as emotionally satisfying as reading it.” www.vogue.in/content/in-d...
In defence of buying books you may never read
If we’re going to be materialistic, it might as well be about books
www.vogue.in
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“The unread pile of books shouldn’t be guilt-inducing but reassuring; proof that we have access to thoughts and stories we might love. Bookshelves show what subjects and ideas spark our curiosity. Owning a book can be as emotionally satisfying as reading it.” www.vogue.in/content/in-d...
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Strange Horizons is open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors!
The window will close after 500 stories are received.
More information: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
If you submitted in April or June, you CANNOT submit.
#fiction #shortstories #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi
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If you submitted in April or June, you CANNOT submit.
#fiction #shortstories #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi
Fiction Submission Guidelines
How to submit a story to Strange Horizons.
strangehorizons.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Strange Horizons is open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors!
The window will close after 500 stories are received.
More information: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
If you submitted in April or June, you CANNOT submit.
#fiction #shortstories #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi
The window will close after 500 stories are received.
More information: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
If you submitted in April or June, you CANNOT submit.
#fiction #shortstories #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi
I'm sorry if anyone saw my reblorbs earlier this week about Gmail feeding your emails to AI and hastily turned off their smart tracking.
You're not the only one.
I'm spending my time this week reorganising my inboxes. And adding a mental note to check the sources for scare stories like that.
You're not the only one.
I'm spending my time this week reorganising my inboxes. And adding a mental note to check the sources for scare stories like that.
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm sorry if anyone saw my reblorbs earlier this week about Gmail feeding your emails to AI and hastily turned off their smart tracking.
You're not the only one.
I'm spending my time this week reorganising my inboxes. And adding a mental note to check the sources for scare stories like that.
You're not the only one.
I'm spending my time this week reorganising my inboxes. And adding a mental note to check the sources for scare stories like that.
Got a cold.
Probably gonna be quiet on here for a bit - nights drawing in make it difficult to talk to folks, and I've got too many thoughts whizzing through my head rn.
Lots I want to write, but very little energy to do so.
Probably gonna be quiet on here for a bit - nights drawing in make it difficult to talk to folks, and I've got too many thoughts whizzing through my head rn.
Lots I want to write, but very little energy to do so.
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Got a cold.
Probably gonna be quiet on here for a bit - nights drawing in make it difficult to talk to folks, and I've got too many thoughts whizzing through my head rn.
Lots I want to write, but very little energy to do so.
Probably gonna be quiet on here for a bit - nights drawing in make it difficult to talk to folks, and I've got too many thoughts whizzing through my head rn.
Lots I want to write, but very little energy to do so.
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If you're celebrating #DoctorWhoDay today, I'll remind you that this year, I novelised an episode of the most recent series for BBC Books.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469656...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469656...
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you're celebrating #DoctorWhoDay today, I'll remind you that this year, I novelised an episode of the most recent series for BBC Books.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469656...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469656...
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this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life
October 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life
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A bisexual milestone:
Sees man wearing a sweater his daughter picked out where the sleeves are way too long for his arms and it's just damn adorable.
Uh... Wait a minute... Dads are hot now?
Welcome to Middle Age. 😆
Sees man wearing a sweater his daughter picked out where the sleeves are way too long for his arms and it's just damn adorable.
Uh... Wait a minute... Dads are hot now?
Welcome to Middle Age. 😆
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A bisexual milestone:
Sees man wearing a sweater his daughter picked out where the sleeves are way too long for his arms and it's just damn adorable.
Uh... Wait a minute... Dads are hot now?
Welcome to Middle Age. 😆
Sees man wearing a sweater his daughter picked out where the sleeves are way too long for his arms and it's just damn adorable.
Uh... Wait a minute... Dads are hot now?
Welcome to Middle Age. 😆
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
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internalizing this is like the basic thing of knowing how to write in my experience
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
internalizing this is like the basic thing of knowing how to write in my experience