Kristine Smith
@ksmithsf.bsky.social
Spec fic writer (the Jani Kilian SF series and more). Joiner of coffee clubs. She/ her. BJ jackal. Book View Café member. https://www.kristine-smith.com
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Nativists love to talk about the costs of immigrants, but each ICE agent is making $213,000 in total compensation to destroy our rights, freedoms, families, friendships, neighborhoods, and economies. Worse than a "welfare queen." It'd be better to pay them to stay home.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Nativists love to talk about the costs of immigrants, but each ICE agent is making $213,000 in total compensation to destroy our rights, freedoms, families, friendships, neighborhoods, and economies. Worse than a "welfare queen." It'd be better to pay them to stay home.
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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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 11:07 PM
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.
This whole thread, but this post in particular.
I guess today is my "fuck LLMs" day
I guess today is my "fuck LLMs" day
And this is where, if it wasn't obvious, I point out that this is what LLMs do. They have no concept of truth, accuracy, or competence. They only track how likely certain parts of words fit together. They've consumed more than a thousand pieces of input, obviously, but it's all treated the same.
6/
6/
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This whole thread, but this post in particular.
I guess today is my "fuck LLMs" day
I guess today is my "fuck LLMs" day
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*A troubled witch. A wealthy family with secrets. An evil that could destroy them both.* JERICHO by @ksmithsf.bsky.social
Read a sample! bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...
#horror #suspense #WitchesAndWitchcraft #SmallTown #FoundFamily #StrongFemaleProtagonist #AlternateHistory #GideonWitchesSeries
Read a sample! bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...
#horror #suspense #WitchesAndWitchcraft #SmallTown #FoundFamily #StrongFemaleProtagonist #AlternateHistory #GideonWitchesSeries
![[ALT TEXT: JERICHO by Kristine Smith writing as Alex Gordon.
"This gripping contemporary witch tale is a heady brew. . . " --Publishers Weekly ]
[ALT IMAGE: A deep cut in a fog-shrouded mountain is covered with old evergreens, tall, dark, silent. Beyond the closest ridges are the hidden, misty ghosts of trees on further slopes, and beyond them, bright light hidden by an almost blinding curtain of cloud covering the skies.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gal2oc2fpdx3u4hqyrukmu7d/bafkreif3tne2mvd5cc43mp6b2mhkyxka232mir7nx7kllm5zg6v7v3v2r4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
*A troubled witch. A wealthy family with secrets. An evil that could destroy them both.* JERICHO by @ksmithsf.bsky.social
Read a sample! bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...
#horror #suspense #WitchesAndWitchcraft #SmallTown #FoundFamily #StrongFemaleProtagonist #AlternateHistory #GideonWitchesSeries
Read a sample! bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...
#horror #suspense #WitchesAndWitchcraft #SmallTown #FoundFamily #StrongFemaleProtagonist #AlternateHistory #GideonWitchesSeries
Sorry for the Apple News link, but a good article if you can access it.
“We use language to think, but that does not make language the same as thought.”
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake - The Verge
stocks.apple.com/Ayz-oaNDNQky...
“We use language to think, but that does not make language the same as thought.”
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake - The Verge
stocks.apple.com/Ayz-oaNDNQky...
Large language mistake — The Verge
“Developing superintelligence is now in sight,” says Mark Zuckerberg, heralding the “creation and discovery of new things that aren’t imaginable today.
stocks.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sorry for the Apple News link, but a good article if you can access it.
“We use language to think, but that does not make language the same as thought.”
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake - The Verge
stocks.apple.com/Ayz-oaNDNQky...
“We use language to think, but that does not make language the same as thought.”
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake - The Verge
stocks.apple.com/Ayz-oaNDNQky...
Your Interesting Critters thread of the day.
Treehoppers are wild! Like someone hit the "random" button on the character creator.
Look at this weird bug, Cladonota apicalis. from Ecuador.
Now imagine a horse shaped like this, or a wolf!
Why do treehoppers have such weird shapes?
It's a mystery! But we have some ideas.
(📷: Philipp Hoenle)
Look at this weird bug, Cladonota apicalis. from Ecuador.
Now imagine a horse shaped like this, or a wolf!
Why do treehoppers have such weird shapes?
It's a mystery! But we have some ideas.
(📷: Philipp Hoenle)
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Your Interesting Critters thread of the day.
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Of all the people to attack, a sitting US Senator, husband of a congresswoman who survived being shot in the head, a former Naval aviator who flew 39 combat missions and a freaking actual honest to god astronaut who’s been to space four times!
These are not bright guys.
These are not bright guys.
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Of all the people to attack, a sitting US Senator, husband of a congresswoman who survived being shot in the head, a former Naval aviator who flew 39 combat missions and a freaking actual honest to god astronaut who’s been to space four times!
These are not bright guys.
These are not bright guys.
This good thread too.
The other thread: bsky.app/profile/swif...
A commonly-misunderstood aspect of computer security is that you are battling computers.
No. That is not right at all. Computers are barely involved.
You are battling humans who eat apathy and coordination problems.
No. That is not right at all. Computers are barely involved.
You are battling humans who eat apathy and coordination problems.
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This good thread too.
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ICE arrested outstanding journalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social while he was on assignment covering protests at the facility in Miami. Throw him some money please because as a freelancer he doesn't have the legal support backing a full-timer would and we need to continue fighting for a free press.
Tampa based photojournalist Dave Decker @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social was on assignment as a member of the press on Saturday as he was covering a demonstration at the Krome ICE Detainment Center in Miami when he was arrested with 30 others:
www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-p...
#FreeThePress
www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-p...
#FreeThePress
Tampa photojournalist arrested outside ICE detention center in Miami
More than 30 people were arrested outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Miami last Saturday afternoon—including Tampa photojournalist Dave Decker.
www.cltampa.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
ICE arrested outstanding journalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social while he was on assignment covering protests at the facility in Miami. Throw him some money please because as a freelancer he doesn't have the legal support backing a full-timer would and we need to continue fighting for a free press.
I debated posting this because I am not a paid subscriber and therefore can't post gift links. Just thought it interesting that insurance money appears to be running *away* from AI, at least in some respects.
on.ft.com/3M4Y61L
on.ft.com/3M4Y61L
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I debated posting this because I am not a paid subscriber and therefore can't post gift links. Just thought it interesting that insurance money appears to be running *away* from AI, at least in some respects.
on.ft.com/3M4Y61L
on.ft.com/3M4Y61L
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Can confirm
I promise you, the gaping maw of loneliness & a lack of purpose borne of the mismatch between the self you truly are & the one-size-fits-all mold of patriarchal masculinity will NOT be filled by subjecting a woman to pregnancy, childbirth, and unequal divisions of labor just so you can be a father.
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Can confirm
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You cannot respect artists at a fundamental level and steal their work.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
You cannot respect artists at a fundamental level and steal their work.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
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I’m so tired of this. Its exhausting. We’re all broke and the people who steal books don’t care.
I’d bet a whole American dollar that saying “Please don’t steal from us” on social media is basically a challenge to double down and yoinks! away! on our titles.
At least then I’d get a dollar.
I’d bet a whole American dollar that saying “Please don’t steal from us” on social media is basically a challenge to double down and yoinks! away! on our titles.
At least then I’d get a dollar.
I see it's the seasonal argument about why piracy to fuck over Amazon and publishers is okay while many authors live below the poverty line.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I’m so tired of this. Its exhausting. We’re all broke and the people who steal books don’t care.
I’d bet a whole American dollar that saying “Please don’t steal from us” on social media is basically a challenge to double down and yoinks! away! on our titles.
At least then I’d get a dollar.
I’d bet a whole American dollar that saying “Please don’t steal from us” on social media is basically a challenge to double down and yoinks! away! on our titles.
At least then I’d get a dollar.
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$15k stipend to support 9 weeks of full time summer research!
For rising juniors/seniors who are able to travel to and obtain housing at the location of the lab they are placed in!
I did an HHMI summer experience in 2013 and it changed everything for me! Apply…or tell someone to apply!
🧪🧠
For rising juniors/seniors who are able to travel to and obtain housing at the location of the lab they are placed in!
I did an HHMI summer experience in 2013 and it changed everything for me! Apply…or tell someone to apply!
🧪🧠
@hhmi.org Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - #CechFellows named in honor of Prof Tom Cech
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025
Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
www.hhmi.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
$15k stipend to support 9 weeks of full time summer research!
For rising juniors/seniors who are able to travel to and obtain housing at the location of the lab they are placed in!
I did an HHMI summer experience in 2013 and it changed everything for me! Apply…or tell someone to apply!
🧪🧠
For rising juniors/seniors who are able to travel to and obtain housing at the location of the lab they are placed in!
I did an HHMI summer experience in 2013 and it changed everything for me! Apply…or tell someone to apply!
🧪🧠
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Air Travel could be significantly improved by the FAA stipulating three things:
* One free checked bag for all customers
* Minimum legroom set at Comfort/Premium Economy standard (which was the old pre-9/11 standard legroom)
* Disallowing stock buybacks for airlines
Every flight instantly better
* One free checked bag for all customers
* Minimum legroom set at Comfort/Premium Economy standard (which was the old pre-9/11 standard legroom)
* Disallowing stock buybacks for airlines
Every flight instantly better
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Air Travel could be significantly improved by the FAA stipulating three things:
* One free checked bag for all customers
* Minimum legroom set at Comfort/Premium Economy standard (which was the old pre-9/11 standard legroom)
* Disallowing stock buybacks for airlines
Every flight instantly better
* One free checked bag for all customers
* Minimum legroom set at Comfort/Premium Economy standard (which was the old pre-9/11 standard legroom)
* Disallowing stock buybacks for airlines
Every flight instantly better
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NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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a reminder that the conservative base that underlies MAGA (and the Fox News Cinematic Universe before it) came out of direct mail scams going back to Goldwater
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
a reminder that the conservative base that underlies MAGA (and the Fox News Cinematic Universe before it) came out of direct mail scams going back to Goldwater
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
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can't believe rfk jr wants to stop me from eating red M&Ms but he'll eat *** out of an ****
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
can't believe rfk jr wants to stop me from eating red M&Ms but he'll eat *** out of an ****
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They have a Lots of the Rings subway map!
We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
They have a Lots of the Rings subway map!