Karawynn Long
@karawynn.bsky.social
Award-winning author, copyeditor, reader of SFF. Queer autistic disabled progressive anticapitalist. I have a growing veg garden and a talking dog.
Also: 🐘 https://wandering.shop/@karawynn and 📰 https://ninelives.karawynnlong.com
Also: 🐘 https://wandering.shop/@karawynn and 📰 https://ninelives.karawynnlong.com
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I heard about MRM’s terrible contract and I have heard that individuals have negotiated a more reasonable contract. But MRM didn’t change their boilerplate.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
I was very happy to have a story in Asimov’s in 2023. But I too will not be submitting to any MRM-owned pub again unless the boilerplate contract is revised.
I feel bad for the editors, who are not responsible for this mess. Such a shame that MRM has effectively destroyed three classic markets.
I feel bad for the editors, who are not responsible for this mess. Such a shame that MRM has effectively destroyed three classic markets.
Been saying this exact thing for two and a half years. Still waiting for the broader public to catch on.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Been saying this exact thing for two and a half years. Still waiting for the broader public to catch on.
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Fifty percent off all books and ebooks from PM Press with the code GIFT pmpress.org/index.php?l=... includes Marge Piercy, Terry Bisson, Nicola Griffith, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Vandana Singh, etc and Ann Vandermeer's brilliant SF anthology Sisters of the Revolution pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Fifty percent off all books and ebooks from PM Press with the code GIFT pmpress.org/index.php?l=... includes Marge Piercy, Terry Bisson, Nicola Griffith, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Vandana Singh, etc and Ann Vandermeer's brilliant SF anthology Sisters of the Revolution pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
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Friends, this is a low hanging boycott action.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
Spotify is helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. Stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops running ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Friends, this is a low hanging boycott action.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here’s @sarahjeong.bsky.social somehow going even harder than the T-shirt at the AI-copyright conference: “[AI companies] have ushered in a wholesale destruction of human knowledge and culture that is as significant as the burning of the Library of Alexandria.”
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Spotify is helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. Stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops running ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Spotify is helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. Stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops running ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
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It's a censorship engine designed to promote ideas that Elon Musk likes and suppress ideas that Elon Musk does not like. I really don't get why this evident fact - that Musk openly admits! - is so hard for so many people to understand
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It's a censorship engine designed to promote ideas that Elon Musk likes and suppress ideas that Elon Musk does not like. I really don't get why this evident fact - that Musk openly admits! - is so hard for so many people to understand
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Do ADHD meds count? 😬
Q3: What helped you get out of writer’s block? Is this a strategy you’ve used consistently, or do you need to take a different approach every time? #WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Do ADHD meds count? 😬
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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So far today the CDC has suggested vaccines cause autism, the Coast Guard has okayed swastikas, and Google has made its Gmail spam filter contingent upon using all your private email for “AI” machine learning.
Help.
Help.
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So far today the CDC has suggested vaccines cause autism, the Coast Guard has okayed swastikas, and Google has made its Gmail spam filter contingent upon using all your private email for “AI” machine learning.
Help.
Help.
This is one option. The other option is to abandon Gmail for good.
I know it’s a pain in the ass, because I did it myself about three years ago. Still worth it.
I know it’s a pain in the ass, because I did it myself about three years ago. Still worth it.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is one option. The other option is to abandon Gmail for good.
I know it’s a pain in the ass, because I did it myself about three years ago. Still worth it.
I know it’s a pain in the ass, because I did it myself about three years ago. Still worth it.
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Calling all authors — check out this awesome deep dive on “upmarket” as a modern publishing term:
dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
The One Book Every Editor Wants to Publish
The Commercial/Literary Spectrum and the Invention of the Upmarket Book
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November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Calling all authors — check out this awesome deep dive on “upmarket” as a modern publishing term:
dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
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A man who sees his power collapsing and is trying to claw it back. This is weakness, not strength.
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A man who sees his power collapsing and is trying to claw it back. This is weakness, not strength.
Calling all authors — check out this awesome deep dive on “upmarket” as a modern publishing term:
dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
The One Book Every Editor Wants to Publish
The Commercial/Literary Spectrum and the Invention of the Upmarket Book
dearheadofmine.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Calling all authors — check out this awesome deep dive on “upmarket” as a modern publishing term:
dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...
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You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
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I will say again that it has been just *beyond* hammered home for me that not only do we not live in a meritocracy, we live in an economic and sociopolitical order that actively rewards avarice, incompetence, unkindness, dishonesty.
And tbh that makes me feel better about my lack of success.
And tbh that makes me feel better about my lack of success.
I love mess but man this whole thing underlines how much it sucks that all the worst journalists somehow end up with flashy high-paying media jobs
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I will say again that it has been just *beyond* hammered home for me that not only do we not live in a meritocracy, we live in an economic and sociopolitical order that actively rewards avarice, incompetence, unkindness, dishonesty.
And tbh that makes me feel better about my lack of success.
And tbh that makes me feel better about my lack of success.
I was very happy to have a story in Asimov’s in 2023. But I too will not be submitting to any MRM-owned pub again unless the boilerplate contract is revised.
I feel bad for the editors, who are not responsible for this mess. Such a shame that MRM has effectively destroyed three classic markets.
I feel bad for the editors, who are not responsible for this mess. Such a shame that MRM has effectively destroyed three classic markets.
I heard about MRM’s terrible contract and I have heard that individuals have negotiated a more reasonable contract. But MRM didn’t change their boilerplate.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
SFF writers can’t unionize, but I won’t send stories to them until their contract is fair for every writer. Solidarity is solidarity.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I was very happy to have a story in Asimov’s in 2023. But I too will not be submitting to any MRM-owned pub again unless the boilerplate contract is revised.
I feel bad for the editors, who are not responsible for this mess. Such a shame that MRM has effectively destroyed three classic markets.
I feel bad for the editors, who are not responsible for this mess. Such a shame that MRM has effectively destroyed three classic markets.
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
Spike Lee Blesses Pope Leo with Knicks Jersey
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
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On Thursday, Starbucks baristas in 40+ cities launched an open-ended, national ULP strike. Workers are putting it all on the line and need customers and allies to back them up!
Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On Thursday, Starbucks baristas in 40+ cities launched an open-ended, national ULP strike. Workers are putting it all on the line and need customers and allies to back them up!
Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7