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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · 2d

Found through @jsanofranchini.bsky.social I especially liked the killjoy idea that happiness isn’t always the ultimate goal. Doing your own writing isn’t always pleasant, but it is rewarding in long-lasting ways.

Dr. Mag 🌿👾 @nobugsnous.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote this blog about how feeling like a killjoy whenever I talk about GenAI.
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On Being a GenAI Killjoy

Maggie Fernandes, University of Arkansas Photo by Maksim Romashkin on Pexels.com At a recent teaching talk about GenAI refusal, an audience member asked Megan, Jen, and me this question: how d…

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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · Aug 26

Virgos bake their own birthday cake. They also don’t believe in astrology.

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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is the most positive view I’ve seen for Virgo.

Simon's Cat @simonscatofficial.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's Virgo Season! ♍ Observant, Clever, Focused!
Discover our feline take on your own sign: simonscatmerch.com/en-eur/colle...

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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · Jul 26

🎉 Happy 1st Book Birthday to She Says by Jennifer Murvin! This stunning collection of stories explores the voices of women with intimacy, nuance, and power. Celebrate with us and grab your copy: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/sh...

#BookBirthday #ShortStories #indiepublication

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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · Jun 26

This totally gets what it’s like. I hope those who aren’t writers tryin to juggle these roles don’t see this as whining. It is so not.

Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Jun 26

"I don’t want to believe I get to be part of the conversation—a citizen of the world of writing—only if I have the ability to temporarily exist as a woman without children.” (@meganleonard.bsky.social)

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Being a Writer Shouldn’t Require Me to Exist Without My Children - Electric Literature

“Seven Words About Lemons” by Meg Leonard

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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · May 28

Considering the Sundance-era Robert Redford and also Burt Reynolds, both fine specimens of manhood sans mustache, there is no denying the mustache adds something. You are right though, there has to be a solid base first, or the mustache can’t do its magic.

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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · May 28

Going further back, David Niven.

Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · May 28

I’ve been thinking about men and mustaches. It seems that each generation only gets one good one— Tom Selleck. Pedro Pascal.

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Moon City Press @mooncitypress.bsky.social · May 27

Congratulations to @joelhans.bsky.social for being named winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award for his story collection, The Bedtime Emptying of Our World. This collection will be published by MCP later this year and Hans will receive the $1000 prize.

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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · May 27

Memorial Day is over. It’s safe to wear white and iced coffee season is finally here!

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Moon City Review @mooncityreview.bsky.social · May 16

One month left to submit to the @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award!

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Moon City Press - The 2025 Moon City Short Fiction Award

• The Moon City Short Fiction Award is for an original collection of short fiction, written originally in English by a single or collaborative author. • Individual pieces in the collection may be publ...

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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · May 13

And let us not forget the amazing Murderbot book series by Martha Wells. So good!

NPR @npr.org · May 12

The new Apple TV+ show starring Alexander Skarsgård features a mix of special effects-laden action, deadpan humor and social commentary. It deserves a big audience.

By @edeggans.bsky.social

Too many great sci-fi shows go unnoticed. I hope 'Murderbot' won't be the next

The new Apple TV+ show starring Alexander Skarsgård features a mix of special effects-laden action, deadpan humor and social commentary. It deserves a big audience.

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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · May 3

This is clearly about fiction, but is pretty much how poetry works too, only poetry does things images can’t.

Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · May 2

My daughter just told me that you either need pictures in books, or you need to write like a painter, and that’s the only way your book will be any good

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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · Apr 17

I dreamed some poetry this morning and most of it blew away on puffs of air. It’s a start. I’m not having luck posting poems here, so I think it’s back to old school: write, submit, publish, repeat

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · Apr 9

Opinion from Karl Menninger II: As officials in Washington, D.C., target minority groups, will those with disabilities be next? #ksleg

As officials in Washington, D.C., target minority groups, will those with disabilities be next? • Kansas Reflector

The administration usually refers to these “others” with collective nouns. My concern is that people with disabilities will be next.

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Lanette Cadle @llcadle.bsky.social · Apr 8

I’ve been trying to keep Shadow from standing in front of the big TV in the living room (right in front of the closed captions) by turning it off and switching to the iPad. This is now her preferred viewing.