Joseph Donne
@joedonnewrites.bsky.social
As-yet unpublished writer of #HistoricalFiction | Lover of #SciFi, reader of most genres | He/him
https://linktr.ee/JosephDonne
https://linktr.ee/JosephDonne
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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Google is on record denying this story, but we all know the question is not if but when, and also, if anything is going to make me less inclined to use "AI" than I already am, it'll be the attempt to shove ads into it
www.adweek.com/media/google...
www.adweek.com/media/google...
EXCLUSIVE: Google Tells Advertisers It’ll Bring Ads to Gemini in 2026
The discussions mark the first time advertisers have heard directly from Google about monetizing its Gemini AI chatbot
www.adweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Google is on record denying this story, but we all know the question is not if but when, and also, if anything is going to make me less inclined to use "AI" than I already am, it'll be the attempt to shove ads into it
www.adweek.com/media/google...
www.adweek.com/media/google...
@vickyausten.bsky.social I snagged your book on Google Play Books for $19.77 😀
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
@vickyausten.bsky.social I snagged your book on Google Play Books for $19.77 😀
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This hit me straight in the feels
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This hit me straight in the feels
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Time for MORE song parodies nobody asked for, this time featuring GOLDEN from #KPopDemonHunters, as sung by... Hamlet, naturally. goodticklebrain.com/home/2025/12... #kpdh #kdh #huntrix #golden
Golden (as sung by Hamlet) — Good Tickle Brain
Exorcising all my earworms for this year by turning them into Shakespeare songs…
goodticklebrain.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Time for MORE song parodies nobody asked for, this time featuring GOLDEN from #KPopDemonHunters, as sung by... Hamlet, naturally. goodticklebrain.com/home/2025/12... #kpdh #kdh #huntrix #golden
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Still averaging about a page per day. Settling into a nice rhythm now on this WIP.
Current status: 22k words in. Goal: ~75k #AmWriting
Current status: 22k words in. Goal: ~75k #AmWriting
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Still averaging about a page per day. Settling into a nice rhythm now on this WIP.
Current status: 22k words in. Goal: ~75k #AmWriting
Current status: 22k words in. Goal: ~75k #AmWriting
When I get my year in review playlist and it hits me like a sack of wet shit just how hard of a year it's been 😞
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
When I get my year in review playlist and it hits me like a sack of wet shit just how hard of a year it's been 😞
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Some shameless self promotion here… but if you’re interested in using @wikipedia.org @wikieducation.bsky.social in the classroom, I co-wrote an OPEN-ACCESS chapter on this very topic with Chelsea Gardner available here www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-... 👇🏻
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Some shameless self promotion here… but if you’re interested in using @wikipedia.org @wikieducation.bsky.social in the classroom, I co-wrote an OPEN-ACCESS chapter on this very topic with Chelsea Gardner available here www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-... 👇🏻
Those who know me know I'm as interested in the future as I am in the past. With that in mind, I was fascinated to read that dark matter may have been detected in our galaxy! (Link below)
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/dark-ma...
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/dark-ma...
Scientist says he may have detected dark matter, the invisible cosmic glue that no-one has ever seen | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Scientist says he may have detected gamma rays predicted by annihilation of dark matter particles using Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Those who know me know I'm as interested in the future as I am in the past. With that in mind, I was fascinated to read that dark matter may have been detected in our galaxy! (Link below)
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/dark-ma...
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/dark-ma...
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
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Give the gift of survival
Hey, if you're feeling thankful for all the bounty in your life right now, it's not a bad idea to toss some coin to trans people who are struggling. (I boosted two folks that I know personally just now, but there are so many, many others on here.)
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Give the gift of survival
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If you want to support independent bookstores, you can buy signed copies of my books from four sellers. Here's a thread:
In the US: Skylight Books in Los Angeles has ONE copy of Heliopause, signed: www.skylightbooks.com/book/9780999...
In the US: Skylight Books in Los Angeles has ONE copy of Heliopause, signed: www.skylightbooks.com/book/9780999...
www.skylightbooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you want to support independent bookstores, you can buy signed copies of my books from four sellers. Here's a thread:
In the US: Skylight Books in Los Angeles has ONE copy of Heliopause, signed: www.skylightbooks.com/book/9780999...
In the US: Skylight Books in Los Angeles has ONE copy of Heliopause, signed: www.skylightbooks.com/book/9780999...
Software I use to write:
• Scrivener (All writing, research dumps)
• Aeon Timeline (most outlining/mind mapping)
• Plottr (outlining with templates)
• Scrivener (All writing, research dumps)
• Aeon Timeline (most outlining/mind mapping)
• Plottr (outlining with templates)
Software I use to write:
Scrivener (for novellas and novels)
Word (for short works)
Scrivener (for novellas and novels)
Word (for short works)
Software I use to write:
4thewords (drafting)
Scrivener (final manuscript)
Obsidian (notes)
Scapple (mind map)
Google docs (sharing)
4thewords (drafting)
Scrivener (final manuscript)
Obsidian (notes)
Scapple (mind map)
Google docs (sharing)
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Software I use to write:
• Scrivener (All writing, research dumps)
• Aeon Timeline (most outlining/mind mapping)
• Plottr (outlining with templates)
• Scrivener (All writing, research dumps)
• Aeon Timeline (most outlining/mind mapping)
• Plottr (outlining with templates)
Piggybacking off of this: the quality of stuff after each session reads more like "alpha draft" than merely talking heads*—that is, much better quality and easier to fix on the next pass.
*I used the subsequent dash to make the people for whom its mere existence indicates AI turn apoplectic.
*I used the subsequent dash to make the people for whom its mere existence indicates AI turn apoplectic.
When aiming for 200-300 words per night gets me more progress than 1600+ for NaNo (Not calling it NovNov, harrumph)
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Piggybacking off of this: the quality of stuff after each session reads more like "alpha draft" than merely talking heads*—that is, much better quality and easier to fix on the next pass.
*I used the subsequent dash to make the people for whom its mere existence indicates AI turn apoplectic.
*I used the subsequent dash to make the people for whom its mere existence indicates AI turn apoplectic.
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This is huge
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is huge
Happy Thanksgiving U.S. friends 🦃🍽️ Currently getting into some reading at my in-laws' house while my wife enjoys the parade. Writing tonight when the extended family departs
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Happy Thanksgiving U.S. friends 🦃🍽️ Currently getting into some reading at my in-laws' house while my wife enjoys the parade. Writing tonight when the extended family departs
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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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I am a dev and I dislike AI because
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am a dev and I dislike AI because
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
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Paperback for under $30 - a bargain! 😏
www.bloomsbury.com/us/analysing...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/analysing...
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Paperback for under $30 - a bargain! 😏
www.bloomsbury.com/us/analysing...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/analysing...
When aiming for 200-300 words per night gets me more progress than 1600+ for NaNo (Not calling it NovNov, harrumph)
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
When aiming for 200-300 words per night gets me more progress than 1600+ for NaNo (Not calling it NovNov, harrumph)
Can someone tell CDS we're good now? 😬😂 #CatsOfBlueSky
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Can someone tell CDS we're good now? 😬😂 #CatsOfBlueSky