Owls
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A promise to myself: Owl Write. For cake and otherwise 🖋🍰. Reviews at owlwrite4cake.wordpress.com
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January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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GUYS IM FROM 2026 AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I HAVE TO WARN YOU. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME TO SAVE YOUR FUTURE. THE YEARS BEYOND WILL BE AWFUL IF YOU DON'T HEED MY WARNING
you should draw more, write more, or make more games. If you don't, consider picking up a craft!
you should draw more, write more, or make more games. If you don't, consider picking up a craft!
December 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
GUYS IM FROM 2026 AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I HAVE TO WARN YOU. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME TO SAVE YOUR FUTURE. THE YEARS BEYOND WILL BE AWFUL IF YOU DON'T HEED MY WARNING
you should draw more, write more, or make more games. If you don't, consider picking up a craft!
you should draw more, write more, or make more games. If you don't, consider picking up a craft!
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I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
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If you're wondering whether the "open letter about AI" on file 770 is worth reading and engaging, it is not. The whole thing is rhetorical mush so it was no surprise when I got to the end and she admitted "her" letter was itself written by AI. Useless bait.
December 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you're wondering whether the "open letter about AI" on file 770 is worth reading and engaging, it is not. The whole thing is rhetorical mush so it was no surprise when I got to the end and she admitted "her" letter was itself written by AI. Useless bait.
You've just opened up a Star Trek-themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
Make it Pho
What are you calling it?
Make it Pho
You've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
Warp Factor Yum
what are you calling it?
Warp Factor Yum
You've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
Enterprise Eats
what are you calling it?
Enterprise Eats
December 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
You've just opened up a Star Trek-themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
Make it Pho
What are you calling it?
Make it Pho
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Actually let me add: we like to think machines and software will be free of bias and prejudice, but that's illusory. Machines are designed by humans (yep even the so called "AI") so machines are bound to replicate that bias and prejudice, *esp* if we're unaware of said bias.
Ok so
The headline is a bit misleading. AI shows racist bias in that psychiatric model (not surprising)
The slides issue is more complex--the AI detects markers that are correlated with race and then can't diagnose because it's been trained on too many white ppl (1/?)
futurism.com/health-medic...
The headline is a bit misleading. AI shows racist bias in that psychiatric model (not surprising)
The slides issue is more complex--the AI detects markers that are correlated with race and then can't diagnose because it's been trained on too many white ppl (1/?)
futurism.com/health-medic...
Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients' Race Data and Being Racist With It
A new study reveals an alarming bias present in four leading AI cancer screening tools, related to race, gender, and age.
futurism.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Actually let me add: we like to think machines and software will be free of bias and prejudice, but that's illusory. Machines are designed by humans (yep even the so called "AI") so machines are bound to replicate that bias and prejudice, *esp* if we're unaware of said bias.
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At last the foxes arrive. Two dozen of them, the ruddy-gold ones from the East, and those with ink-black faces from the West. They surround you in a chorus of excited yips and pull you down into the snow with sharp teeth. When you rise, it’s on four legs, aching with joy, ready to run with them.
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
At last the foxes arrive. Two dozen of them, the ruddy-gold ones from the East, and those with ink-black faces from the West. They surround you in a chorus of excited yips and pull you down into the snow with sharp teeth. When you rise, it’s on four legs, aching with joy, ready to run with them.
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Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:
After an evening of friends and mead and a glut of food, you meander from room to room, tidying the remnants your guests left behind: tufts of fur, stringy scraps of moss and lichen, a handful of lost bells that spill moonlight when they ring.
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Just before twilight, you hang shallow feeders along your eaves, fill them with honey, and wait with held breath. Soon a sound like tiny church bells makes your heart swell, as one tiny nyn first appears, then more. Like dragonfly-mice, their stained glass wings glow golden as they drink.
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just before twilight, you hang shallow feeders along your eaves, fill them with honey, and wait with held breath. Soon a sound like tiny church bells makes your heart swell, as one tiny nyn first appears, then more. Like dragonfly-mice, their stained glass wings glow golden as they drink.
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I’m like the grinch but for regular days
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I’m like the grinch but for regular days
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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Please don't let the fear of not doing something well stop you from trying it for the first time. Write a messy story. Paint a crappy flower. Whittle the worst wooden bear of all time.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Please don't let the fear of not doing something well stop you from trying it for the first time. Write a messy story. Paint a crappy flower. Whittle the worst wooden bear of all time.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
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I see people using AI and it makes me sad. I see people sending me AI and it makes me angry.
If you’re using AI to write your stories or create your art, you’re robbing yourself. I don’t have to let you rob me or Kaleidotrope’s readers.
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I see people using AI and it makes me sad. I see people sending me AI and it makes me angry.
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Hello this means the ebook for AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT, which won the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award, is FOUR DOLLARBS
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hello this means the ebook for AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT, which won the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award, is FOUR DOLLARBS
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
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I remember reading about her cancer all those years ago. Incredibly odd and grateful to feel old in such a good way <3
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I remember reading about her cancer all those years ago. Incredibly odd and grateful to feel old in such a good way <3
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After a heavy snow, you find a bundle on your back step: bark pieces carved with recipes in shaky writing, and a coin as large as your palm. The yard and beyond are oddly silent, but when you pick up the coin, you hear a faint chorus of cheers. You laugh softly; looks like you’re baking today.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
After a heavy snow, you find a bundle on your back step: bark pieces carved with recipes in shaky writing, and a coin as large as your palm. The yard and beyond are oddly silent, but when you pick up the coin, you hear a faint chorus of cheers. You laugh softly; looks like you’re baking today.
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I paused, out of breath. The Void had taken all my frustrated screaming and absorbed it.
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "You must have heard all this before, countless times."
'only you,' said the Void, 'scream your frustration like you do'
I took a deep breath to resume, then smiled.
"Thanks."
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "You must have heard all this before, countless times."
'only you,' said the Void, 'scream your frustration like you do'
I took a deep breath to resume, then smiled.
"Thanks."
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I paused, out of breath. The Void had taken all my frustrated screaming and absorbed it.
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "You must have heard all this before, countless times."
'only you,' said the Void, 'scream your frustration like you do'
I took a deep breath to resume, then smiled.
"Thanks."
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "You must have heard all this before, countless times."
'only you,' said the Void, 'scream your frustration like you do'
I took a deep breath to resume, then smiled.
"Thanks."
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This little mouse from linocut artist Carolyn Howse still needs a home! If you’d like a hand-written, bespoke fox drabble mailed to you in this card, follow @moon-eyed-fox.bsky.social and comment if you’d prefer something cozy or creepy. Open worldwide, repost if you can ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This little mouse from linocut artist Carolyn Howse still needs a home! If you’d like a hand-written, bespoke fox drabble mailed to you in this card, follow @moon-eyed-fox.bsky.social and comment if you’d prefer something cozy or creepy. Open worldwide, repost if you can ❤️
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Ostensibly a lot of the book is about toxic masculinity but this character is like "I would say more that the WORLD IS TOXIC and I happen to be a masculine IN IT and if it could stop doing this that would be lovely thank you very much" also "Oh God I need a cup of tea I can't deal with this"
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Ostensibly a lot of the book is about toxic masculinity but this character is like "I would say more that the WORLD IS TOXIC and I happen to be a masculine IN IT and if it could stop doing this that would be lovely thank you very much" also "Oh God I need a cup of tea I can't deal with this"
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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...
Imagine writing a song about making other people's lives better through small gestures and then use genAI in your music video instead of real actors. WTF, Bryan Adams?!
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Imagine writing a song about making other people's lives better through small gestures and then use genAI in your music video instead of real actors. WTF, Bryan Adams?!
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I really hope I never attract the attention of Joyce Carol Oates, Kendrick Lamar, or menswear guy.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I really hope I never attract the attention of Joyce Carol Oates, Kendrick Lamar, or menswear guy.
I loved this one and still love coming back to it 🖤
I Met My Wife in the Woods by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social from Issue 5
Gaslighting, toxic love; just eerie wood vibes
www.heartlines-spec.com/i-met-my-wif...
Gaslighting, toxic love; just eerie wood vibes
www.heartlines-spec.com/i-met-my-wif...
I Met My Wife in the Woods
I Met My Wife in the Woods by Ash Vale
www.heartlines-spec.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I loved this one and still love coming back to it 🖤