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J.T. Greathouse

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BFA nominated author of The Tower of the Tyrant (forthcoming) and the Pact and Pattern series from Gollancz. Other books cookin' website: www.jtgreathouse.wordpress.com

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Tower of the Tyrant is now available to request on Netgalley!

Read the book that
@richardswanauthor.bsky.social
recently called "a belter" (which I assume is a good thing) and "a great sword and sorcery affair with modern sensibilities."

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

The Tower of the Tyrant

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 25m

The absolutely nightmarish situation for authors right now is a big part of why I'm probably never going to stop teaching.

I like teaching, but it's frustrating that full-time authoring feels like it will never, ever be an option. At least until I hit retirement age.

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 11h

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 6h

new Tower of the Tyrant meme just dropped

A two panel comic. The caption of the first panel is "Know the Work Rules: Appropriate." It shows a four-armed man and a sorceress. The four armed man is saying "Hey there, I'm a killer for hire with good fashion sense." The sorceress is saying "Awww, you're sweet." The second panel is captioned "Inappropriate." It features the sorceress again, as well as a man whose head has been replaced by a bag of gold coins with an evil eyeball. He is saying "Um, hi, I'm the concept of currency?" The sorceress is saying "Hello, human resources?"

The cover of the book The Tower of the Tyrant by JT Greathouse. It features the sorceress from the previous meme standing on a slope and overlooking a hill topped by a ruined tower. A tree grows from the top of the ruined tower. The predominant colors are purple and teal.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 2h

Just discovered that Hiromu Arakawa, the mangaka behind Fullmetal Alchemist, has a new manga out called Yoru no Tsugai and it's super super good

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Ben Wetzler @voteben.nyc · 4h

The TikTok thing is cartoonishly corrupt. Everyone involved should be in jail.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6h

What you're getting from an LLM is a statistical approximation of what the answer would be to a statistical approximation of the question.

This is why prompt engineering is fake. The prompt (and any input data) is just a suggestion - and helps fool you into thinking that your question was answered.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 4h

I suspect one reason they hide their identities is to conceal past restraining orders and DV arrests.

Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 7h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 5d

Something from the ol' comfort zone for the beginning of autumn

A horned jousting helmet with some autumn leaves in the background and sun icons on three sides.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5h

“The big advantage of bikes is that they go directly from where you start to where you finish, when you need to go. The advantage over cars is that they need perhaps 1/10th of the amount of space. Roads that jam up quickly with cars can carry effectively unlimited numbers of people by bicycle.”

Why e-bikes are more important the EVs

Bikes can actually transform cities in the way driverless cars promise

danielknowles.substack.com

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 6h

new Tower of the Tyrant meme just dropped

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tom @tomwalker.bsky.social · 18h

Scheming beast. What foul plan hatches from the swamp of your mind

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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 1d

I'd really appreciate if writers these days took a look at their characters doing therapyspeak and whether that's appropriate for their work and their world.

By "therapyspeak" I mean speaking like this: "This is the emotion I'm feeling, and feeling that emotion makes me want to act in a way"

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

AI videos being sent to him by Miller, Noem et al, right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 1d

I have seen a photograph of a very beautiful thing, but I cannot publicly acknowledge the thing

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Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 1d

oh wow, the early reports are that the new Tron movie isn’t doing very well at the box office. this is wild, because the last Tron movie didn’t do very well at the box office, and also the very first Tron movie didn’t do very well at the box office and also neither of those first two were very good.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Kytri @kytri.bsky.social · 1d

how I feel when I'm trying to convince people to give my webcomic, or even just webcomics generally a go

we gotta make liking niche weird stuff cool

AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 16d

The homogenisation and consolidation of buisinesses and brands has led to the erosion of the midlist, the indie movie or band or comic. There's a real sense of "I'll only try media that's already popular / famous," and I'm begging you to look for the weird shit, the experimental, the niche.

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trickyNOtreat 🎃 @trickykat.bsky.social · 1d

real shitposters only use lower case because we are anti-capitalism

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Autochthonia @autochthonia.bsky.social · 1d

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

They know they are ridiculous people and the thing they hate most is being laughed at. They want everyone terrified and intimidated by how MANLY and LETHAL they are, not laughing because they got got by a grating frog.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 1d

Maaaaaaan, I’d sure love to do anonymous reporting with Wizards of the Coast staff/designers about the over saturation of Universes Beyond sets.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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