Max Gladstone
@maxgladstone.bsky.social
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Max Gladstone
@maxgladstone.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Max Gladstone: Dead Hand Rule - Macmillan Publishers
Join award-winning author Max Gladstone for a discussion of his latest novel, Dead Hand Rule, book three of the Craft Wars series.
us.macmillan.com
We're coming up on the release for DEAD HAND RULE! Come see me and @matociquala.bsky.social on launch day, Oct 28, at @portersqbooks.bsky.social - or on Nov 12 at Pandemonium! us.macmillan.com/tours/max-gl...
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Make or break you say? Well...
January 23, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Make or break you say? Well...
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It's STFU Friday.
Refresh the script 👇
Refresh the script 👇
January 23, 2026 at 10:36 AM
It's STFU Friday.
Refresh the script 👇
Refresh the script 👇
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it's like the Vonnegut estate is allergic to making money
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
it's like the Vonnegut estate is allergic to making money
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I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
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As Pratchett said:
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
As Pratchett said:
I’m ensconced behind the blood drive table (in case anyone spills some)
On my way to Arisia! I’ll be hanging in the lobby to chat starting at 2 if anyone wants to say hi & wandering ‘round after that.
January 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I’m ensconced behind the blood drive table (in case anyone spills some)
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On my way to Arisia! I’ll be hanging in the lobby to chat starting at 2 if anyone wants to say hi & wandering ‘round after that.
January 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
On my way to Arisia! I’ll be hanging in the lobby to chat starting at 2 if anyone wants to say hi & wandering ‘round after that.
It would be easier to deal with giant spiders in a way, because you can point at ‘em, but the underlying obstacles remain and (some of) the forces pushing for climate change are at least as identifiable as a giant spider
I am greatly enjoying Dead Hand Rule by @maxgladstone.bsky.social , which dares to ask "what if climate change was spiders"
January 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
It would be easier to deal with giant spiders in a way, because you can point at ‘em, but the underlying obstacles remain and (some of) the forces pushing for climate change are at least as identifiable as a giant spider
On my way to Arisia! I’ll be hanging in the lobby to chat starting at 2 if anyone wants to say hi & wandering ‘round after that.
January 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
On my way to Arisia! I’ll be hanging in the lobby to chat starting at 2 if anyone wants to say hi & wandering ‘round after that.
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They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Another thing you should know about the Twin Cities, if you're not here, is that while the mayor and governor tell us to stay calm on TV, our council members and other local electeds are on the street patrolling and protecting neighbors, doing mutual aid, and otherwise serving the community.
January 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Another thing you should know about the Twin Cities, if you're not here, is that while the mayor and governor tell us to stay calm on TV, our council members and other local electeds are on the street patrolling and protecting neighbors, doing mutual aid, and otherwise serving the community.
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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i am watching ken burns american revolution right now and this is literally what every letter from the era they read sounds like
Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
January 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
i am watching ken burns american revolution right now and this is literally what every letter from the era they read sounds like
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Last week, we announced a plan to make child care universal. Today, applications are open for pre-K & 3-K. If your child is turning 3 or 4, apply now for the fall at: myschools.nyc
January 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Last week, we announced a plan to make child care universal. Today, applications are open for pre-K & 3-K. If your child is turning 3 or 4, apply now for the fall at: myschools.nyc
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What? The AI companies have misrepresented what they're doing and how it was done? That's unpossible!
GenAI companies keep claiming the books and copyrighted works their programed were "trained" on without permission didn't retain complete copies in their systems. This was a lie.
These companies may now face for even more liability for violating copyrights. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
These companies may now face for even more liability for violating copyrights. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:02 PM
What? The AI companies have misrepresented what they're doing and how it was done? That's unpossible!
I had the chance to read the first arc of this and y'all are in for a TREAT, Django goes *hard* in this. Page-turner, just-one-more-chapter fun. Send him good energy in the views and currency form so he writes arc 2 /faster/
Today's my birthday! And I'm launching a new thing, which is a bit scary and I need your help to spread the word.
So! Today THE THIRTEENTH GOD, my new military progression fantasy magitech Mad Max x Final Fantasy x Gurren Lagann serial starts over at Royal Road!
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
So! Today THE THIRTEENTH GOD, my new military progression fantasy magitech Mad Max x Final Fantasy x Gurren Lagann serial starts over at Royal Road!
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
The Thirteenth God
Taking down a god isn’t easy…
In order to escape a prison at the edge of the world, con artist Kalsis Chiroptera agrees to do the impossible: overthrow the Princeps, the immortal ruler of all mankind...
www.royalroad.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I had the chance to read the first arc of this and y'all are in for a TREAT, Django goes *hard* in this. Page-turner, just-one-more-chapter fun. Send him good energy in the views and currency form so he writes arc 2 /faster/
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hello once again I am miserably attempting self-promotion while the world is on fire but maybe you wil enjoy this story about being so queer you can kill god
New story up at GNS:
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
A thousand years ago, a man became a god. Now, the king sends his daughter to die three times in hopes to wake as something new & dreadful.
Read “The Last God of Talam Dor” by M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
giganotosaurus.org/2026/01/01/the-last-god-of-talam-dor/
The Last God of Talam Dor - GigaNotoSaurus
Content Warning: religiously motivated ableism and homophobia, both internalized and external; self-harm; and depictions of ritual sacrifice including drowning, hanging, and burning, not very graphic....
giganotosaurus.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
hello once again I am miserably attempting self-promotion while the world is on fire but maybe you wil enjoy this story about being so queer you can kill god
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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I’m joining Rep. @robinkelly.house.gov to introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and will use every lever available to end the terror ICE has unleashed on our communities.
Stay loud.
Stay loud.
January 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I’m joining Rep. @robinkelly.house.gov to introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and will use every lever available to end the terror ICE has unleashed on our communities.
Stay loud.
Stay loud.
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It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
“The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.” — www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
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ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
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We don't have to live like this.
January 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
We don't have to live like this.
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There are people who don't know, who didn't know. Moments like these are when they learn, and a window opens for people who want to turn their hunger for justice into action, for our numbers to increase. Stay mad and don't get jaded, in my opinion, get the newly passionate on board. 2/2
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
There are people who don't know, who didn't know. Moments like these are when they learn, and a window opens for people who want to turn their hunger for justice into action, for our numbers to increase. Stay mad and don't get jaded, in my opinion, get the newly passionate on board. 2/2
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in these moments, in my view, it is a political and spiritual DUTY for my outrage and anger to be as fresh as if I'd never heard how they shot Fred Hampton in his bed. As fresh as if I didn't know Bobby Hutton was surrendering when they shot him. 1/2
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
in these moments, in my view, it is a political and spiritual DUTY for my outrage and anger to be as fresh as if I'd never heard how they shot Fred Hampton in his bed. As fresh as if I didn't know Bobby Hutton was surrendering when they shot him. 1/2