Genevieve Cogman
@genevievecogman.bsky.social
Author of Invisible Library and Scarlet Revolution series, classifications specialist, quilter, knitter, tired. Pronouns she/her.
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We can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory.
They're all blood, you see.
They're all blood, you see.
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory.
They're all blood, you see.
They're all blood, you see.
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It's #SmallBusinessSaturday, and at #Ebooks Direct, our #sale continues! Here's one of the most ridiculously reduced offers in the store: the "All The #Wizardry" bundle—18 ebooks, today available for $14.99! (Seriously, we must need our heads felt.) So grab one now! ebooks.direct/products/you...
Young Wizards "All The Wizardry" Bundle
This bundle contains all the Young Wizards material in the Ebooks Direct inventory. That's nineteen ebooks, containing:
The nine New Millennium Editions of the main-sequence Young Wizards novels
The ...
ebooks.direct
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's #SmallBusinessSaturday, and at #Ebooks Direct, our #sale continues! Here's one of the most ridiculously reduced offers in the store: the "All The #Wizardry" bundle—18 ebooks, today available for $14.99! (Seriously, we must need our heads felt.) So grab one now! ebooks.direct/products/you...
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Atlas Games is running a Thanksgiving Deal on Ars Magica Definitive Edition Digital Bundles!
Save up to 75%!
www.atlas-games.com/news/post?s=...
#ArsMagica
Save up to 75%!
www.atlas-games.com/news/post?s=...
#ArsMagica
Thanksgiving Deal: Ars Magica Digital Bundles!
This year we're thankful Ars Magica Definitive Edition is AT PRESS after literally years of work! To celebrate, we're reprising our digital bundle crowdfunding deals with UP TO 75% SAVINGS!
Here's you...
www.atlas-games.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Atlas Games is running a Thanksgiving Deal on Ars Magica Definitive Edition Digital Bundles!
Save up to 75%!
www.atlas-games.com/news/post?s=...
#ArsMagica
Save up to 75%!
www.atlas-games.com/news/post?s=...
#ArsMagica
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The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
“How can you be a teacher at a school and consider that children shouldn’t be taught?”
“It’s being a teacher here that has convinced me. I am more in favour of cages and collars with every passing day."
#editing
“It’s being a teacher here that has convinced me. I am more in favour of cages and collars with every passing day."
#editing
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“How can you be a teacher at a school and consider that children shouldn’t be taught?”
“It’s being a teacher here that has convinced me. I am more in favour of cages and collars with every passing day."
#editing
“It’s being a teacher here that has convinced me. I am more in favour of cages and collars with every passing day."
#editing
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We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels. Featuring a foreword by @scalzi.com. Full details and preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
Announcing THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY—Over 600 Pages!
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky, a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels, including Alien Clay, Shroud,...
subterraneanpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels. Featuring a foreword by @scalzi.com. Full details and preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
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THE RED SCHOLAR'S WAKE by @aliettedebodard.com is on sale today in the US and Canada! The eBook is only $4.99...
- Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
- Kindle: www.amazon.com/Red-Scholars...
Published by @awfulagent.bsky.social.
- Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
- Kindle: www.amazon.com/Red-Scholars...
Published by @awfulagent.bsky.social.
The Red Scholar’s Wake ebook by Aliette de Bodard - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Red Scholar’s Wake A Xuya Universe Romance" by Aliette de Bodard available from Rakuten Kobo. When tech scavenger Xích Si is captured and imprisoned by the infamous pirates of the Red Banner...
www.kobo.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
THE RED SCHOLAR'S WAKE by @aliettedebodard.com is on sale today in the US and Canada! The eBook is only $4.99...
- Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
- Kindle: www.amazon.com/Red-Scholars...
Published by @awfulagent.bsky.social.
- Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
- Kindle: www.amazon.com/Red-Scholars...
Published by @awfulagent.bsky.social.
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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As the year winds down we want to take a moment.
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
As the year winds down we want to take a moment.
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
"That’s one of the reasons I’m considering making you an offer, my dear. You have *experience* with boarding schools. You know what it’s like to live amid a squirming huddle of feral animals – that is, adolescent girls."
#editing
#editing
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"That’s one of the reasons I’m considering making you an offer, my dear. You have *experience* with boarding schools. You know what it’s like to live amid a squirming huddle of feral animals – that is, adolescent girls."
#editing
#editing
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Due to a security breach* it has now been revealed that the special @pelgranepress.bsky.social advance edition available at Dragonmeet this weekend is Page Turners.
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Due to a security breach* it has now been revealed that the special @pelgranepress.bsky.social advance edition available at Dragonmeet this weekend is Page Turners.
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There is a story of a widow woman & her daughters, Snow White & Rose Red, the most darling little girls who had ever lived.
This is not—quite—that story.
BONE & BLOOD is out in March 2026! #booksky #preorders #fairytales #retoldfairytales #fantasy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQW...
This is not—quite—that story.
BONE & BLOOD is out in March 2026! #booksky #preorders #fairytales #retoldfairytales #fantasy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQW...
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
There is a story of a widow woman & her daughters, Snow White & Rose Red, the most darling little girls who had ever lived.
This is not—quite—that story.
BONE & BLOOD is out in March 2026! #booksky #preorders #fairytales #retoldfairytales #fantasy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQW...
This is not—quite—that story.
BONE & BLOOD is out in March 2026! #booksky #preorders #fairytales #retoldfairytales #fantasy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQW...
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I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
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Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Well! This is a nice thing.
BIG congrats to Melissa Scott @blueterraplane.bsky.social for her recent review in the NYT and inclusion on the list of Great Cyberpunk Novels That Imagine New Futures ... #cyberpunk
Great Cyberpunk Novels That Imagine New Futures
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Well! This is a nice thing.
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Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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'Swan Brothers' by @tkingfisher.com just hit my dash again, so from the year 2014 I bring you the link. ursulav.livejournal.com/1598605.html
Swan Brothers
It happened one summer that a curse fell on my family. The details arent important. We could be here all night with who married whom and who cursed what. There was a curse, thats all you need to know....
ursulav.livejournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
'Swan Brothers' by @tkingfisher.com just hit my dash again, so from the year 2014 I bring you the link. ursulav.livejournal.com/1598605.html
Enter freely and of your own free will, Charlie Brown.
Do you read Sutter cane, Charlie Brown?
You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married, and you ask me to do murder for money, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Enter freely and of your own free will, Charlie Brown.
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