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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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It's been a busy, weird couple of weeks over here and turns out I plumb forgot to let folks know I have a new short story up on my Patreon! patreon.com/DavidMariotte It's about a monster hunter, a dragon, and a quest that sets them at odds, but may end in romance?! Check it out!
Get more from David Mariotte on Patreon
Writer/Editor sharing comic book wisdom & new shorts!
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November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's been a busy, weird couple of weeks over here and turns out I plumb forgot to let folks know I have a new short story up on my Patreon! patreon.com/DavidMariotte It's about a monster hunter, a dragon, and a quest that sets them at odds, but may end in romance?! Check it out!
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However if *I* call you it’s really me and it means you have been 100% pressganged into an apple heist, so you better not hang the fuck up
New #WriterBeware blog post: Yet another in the growing catalog of AI-driven writing scams from Nigeria: a multi-layered marketing/editing referral scheme that begins with a message or email from someone purporting to be a well-known author writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
However if *I* call you it’s really me and it means you have been 100% pressganged into an apple heist, so you better not hang the fuck up
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Authors, we are excited to include your books in our 26th Annual Troybery Award Program! Get the list at bit.ly/troybery26
@traceybaptiste.bsky.social @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social @alangratz.bsky.social @ravenaguron.bsky.social @aprilhenry.bsky.social @jodimeadows.bsky.social
@traceybaptiste.bsky.social @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social @alangratz.bsky.social @ravenaguron.bsky.social @aprilhenry.bsky.social @jodimeadows.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Authors, we are excited to include your books in our 26th Annual Troybery Award Program! Get the list at bit.ly/troybery26
@traceybaptiste.bsky.social @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social @alangratz.bsky.social @ravenaguron.bsky.social @aprilhenry.bsky.social @jodimeadows.bsky.social
@traceybaptiste.bsky.social @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social @alangratz.bsky.social @ravenaguron.bsky.social @aprilhenry.bsky.social @jodimeadows.bsky.social
The bill to reopen the gov will enable the crucial work of the Library of Congress to continue, but we still need to secure funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services as well as the National Archives.
www.everylibrary.org/2026_minibus via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/2026_minibus via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on FY2026 "Minibus" Funding for the Library of Congress
www.everylibrary.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The bill to reopen the gov will enable the crucial work of the Library of Congress to continue, but we still need to secure funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services as well as the National Archives.
www.everylibrary.org/2026_minibus via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/2026_minibus via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Los Angeles based friends: Let's say yer boys are trying to move there by like the end of the month (good thing we've been packing), ~$2400/month, 2 bed, in the sort of NoHo/Van Nuys area... anyone know of anything?
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Los Angeles based friends: Let's say yer boys are trying to move there by like the end of the month (good thing we've been packing), ~$2400/month, 2 bed, in the sort of NoHo/Van Nuys area... anyone know of anything?
In cool library news, check out the Prince library card at @hclib.bsky.social locations!
#LibraryLove #Prince
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#LibraryLove #Prince
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Celebrate Prince with a Limited-Edition Library Card
Hennepin County Library is honoring one of Minnesota’s most iconic artists with a limited-edition Prince library card, available while supplies last at all 41 Hennepin County Library locations.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In cool library news, check out the Prince library card at @hclib.bsky.social locations!
#LibraryLove #Prince
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#LibraryLove #Prince
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Today's Love Letter comes from the always-wonderful Mark Oshiro. It is a Love Letter to the motivating, bolstering, sustaining power... of spite.
The Well
A Love Letters Feature by Mark Oshiro - November 2025
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November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today's Love Letter comes from the always-wonderful Mark Oshiro. It is a Love Letter to the motivating, bolstering, sustaining power... of spite.
Hey, @shelf-awareness.com & @publisherswkly.bsky.social --
@bookstoreromanceday.org & the authors & booksellers it celebrates needs more support from the book community!
@bookstoreromanceday.org & the authors & booksellers it celebrates needs more support from the book community!
I'm gonna be real-real here: Bookstore Romance Day may not happen in 2026. By this time of year, I've usually secured at least a handful of sponsors & their backing helps pay for things like newsletter services & Canva & Zoom & internet, all of which are needed for planning & off-season events.
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Hey, @shelf-awareness.com & @publisherswkly.bsky.social --
@bookstoreromanceday.org & the authors & booksellers it celebrates needs more support from the book community!
@bookstoreromanceday.org & the authors & booksellers it celebrates needs more support from the book community!
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Right, this event needs $1500 to happen. There are 600 participating bookstores & for most it’s their busiest sales day of the year, or is second only to Indie Bookstore Day / Small Business Saturday.
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
I'm gonna be real-real here: Bookstore Romance Day may not happen in 2026. By this time of year, I've usually secured at least a handful of sponsors & their backing helps pay for things like newsletter services & Canva & Zoom & internet, all of which are needed for planning & off-season events.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Right, this event needs $1500 to happen. There are 600 participating bookstores & for most it’s their busiest sales day of the year, or is second only to Indie Bookstore Day / Small Business Saturday.
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
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Today is the day Speaker Mike Johnson is scheduled to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona. Never forget, in an effort to avoid releasing the Epstein Files, Johnson has avoided seating for nearly two months since she won her election.
Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today is the day Speaker Mike Johnson is scheduled to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona. Never forget, in an effort to avoid releasing the Epstein Files, Johnson has avoided seating for nearly two months since she won her election.
Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
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I'm gonna be real-real here: Bookstore Romance Day may not happen in 2026. By this time of year, I've usually secured at least a handful of sponsors & their backing helps pay for things like newsletter services & Canva & Zoom & internet, all of which are needed for planning & off-season events.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Babe u left ur bike unlocked again 😭
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Babe u left ur bike unlocked again 😭
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So moved and enraged by the replies to this and was thinking... maybe we should collect them and send them to Chuck Schumer and the rest of the Senate cowards.
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
So moved and enraged by the replies to this and was thinking... maybe we should collect them and send them to Chuck Schumer and the rest of the Senate cowards.
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
Form here, won't collect emails unless you provide them.
forms.gle/YnhsgtKTWD9A...
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Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
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I realize there are so many fights going on right now and it's so, so hard to find the spoons to do shit like this
But censoring people, removing them from public life, is a massive step towards genocide, and we MUST fight it
But censoring people, removing them from public life, is a massive step towards genocide, and we MUST fight it
Not seeing much on my timeline about it anymore, so here's a reminder: payment processors are still trying to censor NSFW content of all kinds, and are in fact getting more aggressive about it; I'm seeing stories of folks losing access every day
Call them & tell them THIS IS BULLSHIT
Call them & tell them THIS IS BULLSHIT
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I realize there are so many fights going on right now and it's so, so hard to find the spoons to do shit like this
But censoring people, removing them from public life, is a massive step towards genocide, and we MUST fight it
But censoring people, removing them from public life, is a massive step towards genocide, and we MUST fight it
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I have a pair of handmade plushies available - original Star Trek Spock and Kirk.
These were commissioned in March and the customer has since ghosted me, so I'm finally trying to sell them on. I guess my fault for trusting people to pay after production.
They were originally commissioned for 1/
These were commissioned in March and the customer has since ghosted me, so I'm finally trying to sell them on. I guess my fault for trusting people to pay after production.
They were originally commissioned for 1/
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I have a pair of handmade plushies available - original Star Trek Spock and Kirk.
These were commissioned in March and the customer has since ghosted me, so I'm finally trying to sell them on. I guess my fault for trusting people to pay after production.
They were originally commissioned for 1/
These were commissioned in March and the customer has since ghosted me, so I'm finally trying to sell them on. I guess my fault for trusting people to pay after production.
They were originally commissioned for 1/
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Marcel is very bad at camping.
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Marcel is very bad at camping.
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The reason why I'm so angry has a lot to do with the lives that will be lost — people are absolutely going to die as a direct result of Senate Democrats folding on health care. It also has a lot to do with the suffering that was endured — people were struggling to get by without food assistance. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The reason why I'm so angry has a lot to do with the lives that will be lost — people are absolutely going to die as a direct result of Senate Democrats folding on health care. It also has a lot to do with the suffering that was endured — people were struggling to get by without food assistance. 🧵
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
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Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
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November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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Most people don’t know this: the U.S. has deported military veterans who risked their lives for this country—and no one even knows how many.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Most people don’t know this: the U.S. has deported military veterans who risked their lives for this country—and no one even knows how many.
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
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The Witches of Oz #1-3: IN KANSAS?! A Mature Sapphic Fantasy is LIVE on Kickstarter!
"Glinda & the Wicked Witch are stranded! Can they find Dorothy—and sort out their romantic feelings—in a world without magic? Mature 18+"
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"Glinda & the Wicked Witch are stranded! Can they find Dorothy—and sort out their romantic feelings—in a world without magic? Mature 18+"
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Witches of Oz #1-3: IN KANSAS?! A Mature Sapphic Fantasy is LIVE on Kickstarter!
"Glinda & the Wicked Witch are stranded! Can they find Dorothy—and sort out their romantic feelings—in a world without magic? Mature 18+"
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
"Glinda & the Wicked Witch are stranded! Can they find Dorothy—and sort out their romantic feelings—in a world without magic? Mature 18+"
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.