aaron boothby
@ellipticalnight.bsky.social
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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To support other writers.
To support indie publishers.
To support indie bookstores.
To support crowdfunders.
To support an ecosystem where there's not a high economic barrier to being a writer, publisher, bookseller, or alive.
To support indie publishers.
To support indie bookstores.
To support crowdfunders.
To support an ecosystem where there's not a high economic barrier to being a writer, publisher, bookseller, or alive.
do you have any idea how many books writers buy, just to be supportive. I don't always get around to reading them, it's fine, I will buy them all the same
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
To support other writers.
To support indie publishers.
To support indie bookstores.
To support crowdfunders.
To support an ecosystem where there's not a high economic barrier to being a writer, publisher, bookseller, or alive.
To support indie publishers.
To support indie bookstores.
To support crowdfunders.
To support an ecosystem where there's not a high economic barrier to being a writer, publisher, bookseller, or alive.
the people responsible for this company flat out hate life, they are ghouls and should be treated as such
“OpenAI’s court filing argued that the harms in this case were at least partly caused by Raine’s ‘failure to heed warnings, obtain help, or otherwise exercise reasonable care,’ as well as the ‘failure of others to respond to his obvious signs of distress.’”
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
Adam Raine's family sued the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that it isn't responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
the people responsible for this company flat out hate life, they are ghouls and should be treated as such
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
I work at a filthy chain bookstore where unless someone like me specifically curates titles they're at the mercy of the algorithm and still true
we'll get one or two copies of a poetry title, if they sell it gets flagged with 3-5 on order now
we'll get one or two copies of a poetry title, if they sell it gets flagged with 3-5 on order now
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I work at a filthy chain bookstore where unless someone like me specifically curates titles they're at the mercy of the algorithm and still true
we'll get one or two copies of a poetry title, if they sell it gets flagged with 3-5 on order now
we'll get one or two copies of a poetry title, if they sell it gets flagged with 3-5 on order now
do you have any idea how many books writers buy, just to be supportive. I don't always get around to reading them, it's fine, I will buy them all the same
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
do you have any idea how many books writers buy, just to be supportive. I don't always get around to reading them, it's fine, I will buy them all the same
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@renbolger.bsky.social and @hanvanderhart.bsky.social talk about their day jobs
AINT NO MONEY IN PUBLISHING YR OWN BOOKS OR STARTING A PRESS
IT’S LOVE OF ART AND BELIEF IN THE WORK
THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS PAY $17 FOR A BOOK
AINT NO MONEY IN PUBLISHING YR OWN BOOKS OR STARTING A PRESS
IT’S LOVE OF ART AND BELIEF IN THE WORK
THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS PAY $17 FOR A BOOK
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
@renbolger.bsky.social and @hanvanderhart.bsky.social talk about their day jobs
AINT NO MONEY IN PUBLISHING YR OWN BOOKS OR STARTING A PRESS
IT’S LOVE OF ART AND BELIEF IN THE WORK
THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS PAY $17 FOR A BOOK
AINT NO MONEY IN PUBLISHING YR OWN BOOKS OR STARTING A PRESS
IT’S LOVE OF ART AND BELIEF IN THE WORK
THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS PAY $17 FOR A BOOK
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I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
normalize telling people to their face they are delusional and being scammed
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
normalize telling people to their face they are delusional and being scammed
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Californians are buying ice scrapers at Home Depot, then immediately returning them....bogging down the entire store, until Home Depot refuses to allow ICE to loiter at their location to detain innocent people.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Californians are buying ice scrapers at Home Depot, then immediately returning them....bogging down the entire store, until Home Depot refuses to allow ICE to loiter at their location to detain innocent people.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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These people talk like conmen and our universities are just inviting these companies and their technologies into our midst, to prey on our students
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
These people talk like conmen and our universities are just inviting these companies and their technologies into our midst, to prey on our students
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing
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Saeed Teebi was among the hundreds of Canadian authors and book workers who boycotted the Giller Prize last night.
For the @thegrindto.bsky.social, he shares a version of the powerful speech he gave at a Boycott Giller event in Vancouver.
www.thegrindmag.ca/literature-d...
For the @thegrindto.bsky.social, he shares a version of the powerful speech he gave at a Boycott Giller event in Vancouver.
www.thegrindmag.ca/literature-d...
‘Literature Does Not Come Before Humans:’ Saeed Teebi on Why He’s Still Boycotting the Giller
The Palestinian-Canadian author is one among hundreds of Canadian writers boycotting the literary prize over its ties to funders they deem complicit in Israel’s genocide. Teebi shared his reasons in a...
www.thegrindmag.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Saeed Teebi was among the hundreds of Canadian authors and book workers who boycotted the Giller Prize last night.
For the @thegrindto.bsky.social, he shares a version of the powerful speech he gave at a Boycott Giller event in Vancouver.
www.thegrindmag.ca/literature-d...
For the @thegrindto.bsky.social, he shares a version of the powerful speech he gave at a Boycott Giller event in Vancouver.
www.thegrindmag.ca/literature-d...
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AR-PHARAZÔN THE GOLDEN: What you have to remember also is he appeared in fair form.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
AR-PHARAZÔN THE GOLDEN: What you have to remember also is he appeared in fair form.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
CHOTINER: The next time the invasion of Valinor and the destruction of Númenor come up, I'll keep in mind that Sauron was handsome when it happened.
AR-PHARAZÔN: He was. Not that that excuses it.
CHOTINER: Right.
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Refusing to pretend that both of us are dumber than we are, as one does.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Refusing to pretend that both of us are dumber than we are, as one does.
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I like cursing and research suggests that people who curse are highly intelligent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I like cursing and research suggests that people who curse are highly intelligent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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I do understand the desire to find belonging.
... but we build actual belonging through relationships.
... but we build actual belonging through relationships.
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I do understand the desire to find belonging.
... but we build actual belonging through relationships.
... but we build actual belonging through relationships.
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The open secret that Thomas King is not Indigenous at all is finally verified, and honestly it's a relief. Having him just confess this instead of going out kicking and screaming like so many before him causes a LOT less harm to Indigenous communities.
It still sucks though.
It still sucks though.
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The open secret that Thomas King is not Indigenous at all is finally verified, and honestly it's a relief. Having him just confess this instead of going out kicking and screaming like so many before him causes a LOT less harm to Indigenous communities.
It still sucks though.
It still sucks though.
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Wow. This is a wreck.
(Non-paywalled link in the replies)
I think it's important to learn about the Indigenous understanding of identity.
Having genetic heritage doesn't actually mean you're Indigenous (because identity is culture and relationships).
... it doesn't seem like King gets this?
(Non-paywalled link in the replies)
I think it's important to learn about the Indigenous understanding of identity.
Having genetic heritage doesn't actually mean you're Indigenous (because identity is culture and relationships).
... it doesn't seem like King gets this?
(everyone has known for years — years!! — that Thomas King is not Cherokee) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous as he originally assumed
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Wow. This is a wreck.
(Non-paywalled link in the replies)
I think it's important to learn about the Indigenous understanding of identity.
Having genetic heritage doesn't actually mean you're Indigenous (because identity is culture and relationships).
... it doesn't seem like King gets this?
(Non-paywalled link in the replies)
I think it's important to learn about the Indigenous understanding of identity.
Having genetic heritage doesn't actually mean you're Indigenous (because identity is culture and relationships).
... it doesn't seem like King gets this?
ah man. family lore is myth, not ancestry, and I remain surprised how long people who you'd think learned that along the way keep running with it
King's books, many of which i have read and enjoyed, are conspicuously absent from Bad Indians Book Club.
In case you were wondering if this was something a lot of us already knew.
In case you were wondering if this was something a lot of us already knew.
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
ah man. family lore is myth, not ancestry, and I remain surprised how long people who you'd think learned that along the way keep running with it
keeping this like a note in my pocket for why someone like me, nominally the audience for literary fixtion, doesn't read that much of it
There are certain writers who I adore as people & as public figures, and I get every single one of their novels bc I love the concepts. And every time I get one or two chapters in & their patronising attitude to the reader, expressed through language choices & characterisation, boils my piss.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
keeping this like a note in my pocket for why someone like me, nominally the audience for literary fixtion, doesn't read that much of it