Annie Bellet
@anniebellet.bsky.social
USA Today Bestselling fantasy author, artist, nerd, and armchair medievalist. She/her.
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@anniebellet.bsky.social
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Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
Truth. I qualify and I'd take a legit 40 per hour writing job right now to help cover bills. Im working on a huge novel project but it'll take me a year for the first book so even if everything goes perfectly with agent hunt plus selling it, I won't see money from this year of work til 2028ish
I qualify.
I'm obviously not going to go work for Grok, but boy, I certainly would like one of the writing jobs that everybody in the comments is being so sarcastic about making more than that, bc I tell you what, I sure as fuck am not making more than that and you guys KNOW how much I write.
I'm obviously not going to go work for Grok, but boy, I certainly would like one of the writing jobs that everybody in the comments is being so sarcastic about making more than that, bc I tell you what, I sure as fuck am not making more than that and you guys KNOW how much I write.
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 31, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Truth. I qualify and I'd take a legit 40 per hour writing job right now to help cover bills. Im working on a huge novel project but it'll take me a year for the first book so even if everything goes perfectly with agent hunt plus selling it, I won't see money from this year of work til 2028ish
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Now: Bruce Springsteen sings “Streets of Minneapolis” in Minneapolis
January 30, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Now: Bruce Springsteen sings “Streets of Minneapolis” in Minneapolis
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Borders also keep you in
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Borders also keep you in
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The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
All the reviews that have crossed my feed about the new Bridgerton season have panned it... but like.. I just watched the eps out so far and it is delightful. Also made me cry like 3 times already. I dunno what the critics are smoking
January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
All the reviews that have crossed my feed about the new Bridgerton season have panned it... but like.. I just watched the eps out so far and it is delightful. Also made me cry like 3 times already. I dunno what the critics are smoking
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I want to live in a world that doesn't have one class of people that makes all the decisions, and another class that has to live with them.
I want to live in a world where everyone can have a say in the decisions that affect their lives.
*anarchism intensifies*
I want to live in a world where everyone can have a say in the decisions that affect their lives.
*anarchism intensifies*
January 29, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I want to live in a world that doesn't have one class of people that makes all the decisions, and another class that has to live with them.
I want to live in a world where everyone can have a say in the decisions that affect their lives.
*anarchism intensifies*
I want to live in a world where everyone can have a say in the decisions that affect their lives.
*anarchism intensifies*
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Just a reminder that at least 242 journalists were killed by Israel since October 7.
Palestine was the test to see what they could do. Not standing in solidarity with Palestinians was not only a major moral and ethical failing it was a strategic mistake that everyone will pay for.
January 30, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Just a reminder that at least 242 journalists were killed by Israel since October 7.
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These are concentration camps, which they are using our tax money to buy and operate.
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
These are concentration camps, which they are using our tax money to buy and operate.
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Seattle has had a single stair building code for 50 years but has failed to leverage that tool through planning and zoning.
They’re still stuck in the “single family plus arterial density” trap .
They’re still stuck in the “single family plus arterial density” trap .
my this is just so visionless and depressing
not even a half block depth of apartments on most of these arterials.
this is not how you make a walkable, livable, affordable city
not even a half block depth of apartments on most of these arterials.
this is not how you make a walkable, livable, affordable city
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Seattle has had a single stair building code for 50 years but has failed to leverage that tool through planning and zoning.
They’re still stuck in the “single family plus arterial density” trap .
They’re still stuck in the “single family plus arterial density” trap .
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I just woke up to the news that independent journalist Georgia Fort was arrested by Federal agents for filming the protest at the church in Minneapolis. She went live #FreeGeorgia
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I just woke up to the news that independent journalist Georgia Fort was arrested by Federal agents for filming the protest at the church in Minneapolis. She went live #FreeGeorgia
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Don Lemon being arrested, along with the arrests of people in Minneapolis who’ve been trained as observers, amid a negotiation on a DHS bill where you able to just pocket a CR as a reprieve is a good demonstration of why a hardline against funding here is not only morally necessary but smart as well
January 30, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Don Lemon being arrested, along with the arrests of people in Minneapolis who’ve been trained as observers, amid a negotiation on a DHS bill where you able to just pocket a CR as a reprieve is a good demonstration of why a hardline against funding here is not only morally necessary but smart as well
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The thing to understand here is that the DOJ tried to get a warrant for his arrest, failed, appealed the decision, failed there, too and they... arrested him anyway?
Max's thread has some good info:
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
Max's thread has some good info:
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
The Trump admin already failed to get an arrest warrant on him—magistrate judge refused so DOJ went to appeals court, prompting that letter from the chief district judge torching the DOJ, and appeals court denied too—so God knows what this new one is, or if they even bothered to get a warrant.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The thing to understand here is that the DOJ tried to get a warrant for his arrest, failed, appealed the decision, failed there, too and they... arrested him anyway?
Max's thread has some good info:
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
Max's thread has some good info:
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
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"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
www.pcgamer.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
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Nonsense. It's not possible to steal AI technology. I know this because Google's own LLMs are built using a complete copy of my legal blog, and that's somehow not stealing because, as Google says, a complete copy of my legal blog is both trivial and utterly essential for their tech to work.
Ex-Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing A.I. Secrets for Start-Up in China
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Nonsense. It's not possible to steal AI technology. I know this because Google's own LLMs are built using a complete copy of my legal blog, and that's somehow not stealing because, as Google says, a complete copy of my legal blog is both trivial and utterly essential for their tech to work.
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"Ethical AI" does not exist. There is no reality where you can have generative AI that's "ethically trained". There are ZERO AI models trained ethically, and there will never be any.
The term has been made up by people who want a pass on using AI. You don't get that pass, slop peddlers.
The term has been made up by people who want a pass on using AI. You don't get that pass, slop peddlers.
Women in Games CEO says 'ethical AI' should augment human creativity
Women in Games CEO says 'ethical AI' should augment human creativity
WIG's 2026 manifesto argues women should be involved in "building and governing" AI to prevent "bias" from going unchecked.
www.gamedeveloper.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:11 AM
"Ethical AI" does not exist. There is no reality where you can have generative AI that's "ethically trained". There are ZERO AI models trained ethically, and there will never be any.
The term has been made up by people who want a pass on using AI. You don't get that pass, slop peddlers.
The term has been made up by people who want a pass on using AI. You don't get that pass, slop peddlers.
MZB. I started writing because I wanted to sell to S&S. I found so many fav authors from her anthologies, and the Darkover books kinda raised me.
When I first heard (after her death) about the abuse, I literally cried.
I sold and gave away all my books, including the signed ones.
When I first heard (after her death) about the abuse, I literally cried.
I sold and gave away all my books, including the signed ones.
Question for the Skyline: What was your HARDEST "cancel"?? Like the actor/singer/athlete that was the hardest to drop.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
January 29, 2026 at 11:27 PM
MZB. I started writing because I wanted to sell to S&S. I found so many fav authors from her anthologies, and the Darkover books kinda raised me.
When I first heard (after her death) about the abuse, I literally cried.
I sold and gave away all my books, including the signed ones.
When I first heard (after her death) about the abuse, I literally cried.
I sold and gave away all my books, including the signed ones.
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I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.
I believe this is what the kids call romanticizing/enjoying my rent, but my kitchen tho she is little, she makes me happy
January 29, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I believe this is what the kids call romanticizing/enjoying my rent, but my kitchen tho she is little, she makes me happy
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“It’s worse than people think,” said attorney Eric Lee, who tried to visit clients at Dilley on Saturday. “The water is putrid. They have to mix baby formula with water that nobody wants to even smell. The food has bugs in it. The food has dirt in it.”
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
“It’s worse than people think,” said attorney Eric Lee, who tried to visit clients at Dilley on Saturday. “The water is putrid. They have to mix baby formula with water that nobody wants to even smell. The food has bugs in it. The food has dirt in it.”
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Yikes. The Latino-owned businesses in Mercado Central in Minneapolis report a 90% dip in business since the major influx of federal agents into Minnesota. This is where I’d go to get my Mexican groceries and my pozole fix when I lived in the Twin Cities
January 29, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Yikes. The Latino-owned businesses in Mercado Central in Minneapolis report a 90% dip in business since the major influx of federal agents into Minnesota. This is where I’d go to get my Mexican groceries and my pozole fix when I lived in the Twin Cities
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It's almost as if money is hoarded by the already wealthy and the lower middle to lower class uses it to.... BUY things.
2022: Massachusetts enacts a 4% tax on millionaires. Critics predict catastrophe.
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
Fixing the $12 Billion Lie
How Mayor Mamdani Plans to Fix NYC's Existential Budget Crisis—And Why It Affects Every Single American Nationwide
www.qasimrashid.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
It's almost as if money is hoarded by the already wealthy and the lower middle to lower class uses it to.... BUY things.
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The IDF is suddenly accepting the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers because they know as well as everyone else now that it’s a massive undercount.
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The IDF is suddenly accepting the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers because they know as well as everyone else now that it’s a massive undercount.
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Swan Meadow, a queer art co-op, is selling this riso print as a fundraiser for the MICA Project and the Freedom Community Center:
www.liketheplant.com/shop/p/jks1e...
www.liketheplant.com/shop/p/jks1e...
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Swan Meadow, a queer art co-op, is selling this riso print as a fundraiser for the MICA Project and the Freedom Community Center:
www.liketheplant.com/shop/p/jks1e...
www.liketheplant.com/shop/p/jks1e...