Alex Hofelich, PseudoPod
@pseudopodalex.bsky.social
Co-Editor of PseudoPod, Jury Coordinator and Co-Chair of the Bram Stoker Awards, former Co-Chair of the Atlanta Chapter of HWA
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THIS 👇 is a beautiful example of the type of truthiness headlines we need!! All the "big" news outlets need to stop with their wishy-washy, watered-down bullshit. Grow a spine and TELL IT LIKE IT IS!
#journalists #news #FIGHT #RESIST
#journalists #news #FIGHT #RESIST
Excellent headline work:
Stealing from Thieves
Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody’s Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place
futurism.com/future-socie...
Stealing from Thieves
Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody’s Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place
futurism.com/future-socie...
Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody's Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place
Google accused "commercially motivated" actors of trying to clone its Gemini AI after indiscriminately scraping the web for its models.
futurism.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
THIS 👇 is a beautiful example of the type of truthiness headlines we need!! All the "big" news outlets need to stop with their wishy-washy, watered-down bullshit. Grow a spine and TELL IT LIKE IT IS!
#journalists #news #FIGHT #RESIST
#journalists #news #FIGHT #RESIST
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Today is the last day of voting!
I am having the best time reading Bram Stoker Awards works for the Preliminary Ballot. There is SO MUCH good stuff, and some of it I might not have found without this longlist. The juries did a phenomenal job!
February 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Today is the last day of voting!
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The "hog line" mentioned is named after the hogs in William Hope Hodgson's House on the Borderland, as Hodgson, a weightlifter and athlete, was a big supporter of curling. In the novel, if you passed the hog line, the horror hogs would appear.
The big Canada-Sweden curling beef, explained: defector.com/the-big-cana...
The Big Canada-Sweden Curling Beef, Explained | Defector
As a sport most people pay intense attention to for two weeks every four years and then not at all the rest of the time, curling can be slightly impenetrable to the casual viewer; its intricacies and ...
defector.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The "hog line" mentioned is named after the hogs in William Hope Hodgson's House on the Borderland, as Hodgson, a weightlifter and athlete, was a big supporter of curling. In the novel, if you passed the hog line, the horror hogs would appear.
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It's our 15th birthday this summer, and to help us celebrate it we're opening the stage doors to birthday-themed stories!
We'll be open from the 15-21st March.
What we're looking for:
www.castofwonders.org/2026/02/cast...
We'll be open from the 15-21st March.
What we're looking for:
www.castofwonders.org/2026/02/cast...
Cast of Wonders turns 15 - Submissions Call | Cast of Wonders
It’s our 15th birthday this summer, and to help us celebrate it we’re opening the stage doors to birthday-themed stories! We’ll be open from the 15-21st March. What we’re looking for: We have a number...
www.castofwonders.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's our 15th birthday this summer, and to help us celebrate it we're opening the stage doors to birthday-themed stories!
We'll be open from the 15-21st March.
What we're looking for:
www.castofwonders.org/2026/02/cast...
We'll be open from the 15-21st March.
What we're looking for:
www.castofwonders.org/2026/02/cast...
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You can read part of my short fiction review column from Locus Magazine in Locus Online! Stories from @castofwonders.org @bcsmagazine.bsky.social and @kaleidotrope.bsky.social !
Cast of Wonders, Beneath Ceaseless Skies and Kaleidotrope: Review by Maria Haskins locusmag.com/review/...
February 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
You can read part of my short fiction review column from Locus Magazine in Locus Online! Stories from @castofwonders.org @bcsmagazine.bsky.social and @kaleidotrope.bsky.social !
Excellent headline work:
Stealing from Thieves
Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody’s Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place
futurism.com/future-socie...
Stealing from Thieves
Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody’s Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place
futurism.com/future-socie...
Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody's Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place
Google accused "commercially motivated" actors of trying to clone its Gemini AI after indiscriminately scraping the web for its models.
futurism.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Excellent headline work:
Stealing from Thieves
Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody’s Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place
futurism.com/future-socie...
Stealing from Thieves
Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody’s Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Me with my writer friends on our way to the coffeehouse to write about vampires.
February 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Me with my writer friends on our way to the coffeehouse to write about vampires.
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We're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. One of the books we have in stock is The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again by @acwise.bsky.social.
carpelibrumbaltimore.com/products/the...
carpelibrumbaltimore.com/products/the...
The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again, by A.C. Wis
When the world is endangered, there's no point in sparing the spangles, spilling the drinks, or withholding the glitter. In this collection of whimsical stories of fierce femmes and brave butches, the...
carpelibrumbaltimore.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:56 AM
We're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. One of the books we have in stock is The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again by @acwise.bsky.social.
carpelibrumbaltimore.com/products/the...
carpelibrumbaltimore.com/products/the...
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A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.
February 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.
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I've come to a conclusion:
If you are having a bad mental health time, treat it as if you have a bad cold. You are sick. The brain is an organ, and your hormone system is a full-body system. You ARE actually sick.
Rest. Increase electrolytes. Eat easy to digest foods. Keep hydrated.
If you are having a bad mental health time, treat it as if you have a bad cold. You are sick. The brain is an organ, and your hormone system is a full-body system. You ARE actually sick.
Rest. Increase electrolytes. Eat easy to digest foods. Keep hydrated.
February 13, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I've come to a conclusion:
If you are having a bad mental health time, treat it as if you have a bad cold. You are sick. The brain is an organ, and your hormone system is a full-body system. You ARE actually sick.
Rest. Increase electrolytes. Eat easy to digest foods. Keep hydrated.
If you are having a bad mental health time, treat it as if you have a bad cold. You are sick. The brain is an organ, and your hormone system is a full-body system. You ARE actually sick.
Rest. Increase electrolytes. Eat easy to digest foods. Keep hydrated.
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I read Sirens Chasing Sirens so go take a listen.
Flash on the Borderlands LXXVI
Illume the Kingdom of the Drowned
Left by the Tide, by Edward E. Schiff
🌊
Sirens Chasing Sirens, by Seth Wade
🌊
Dread and Faith, by Ash Vale
Narrators: Leeman Kessler, Scott Campbell & Amy H. Sturgis
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
Illume the Kingdom of the Drowned
Left by the Tide, by Edward E. Schiff
🌊
Sirens Chasing Sirens, by Seth Wade
🌊
Dread and Faith, by Ash Vale
Narrators: Leeman Kessler, Scott Campbell & Amy H. Sturgis
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
PseudoPod 1016: Flash on the Borderlands LXXVI (76): Illume the Kingdom of the Drowned
Were it not for that four-inch scar upon my forehead, I would have thought it a nightmare — some ghastly hallucination, even though it happened in broad daylight. But there is that scar…
pseudopod.org
February 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I read Sirens Chasing Sirens so go take a listen.
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Happy Friday y'all! We'll be posting more about our 2026 themed issues, but here's a sneak peek to get your ideas percolating for the upcoming submission windows:
Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu
Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars
Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️
Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu
Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars
Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️
February 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Happy Friday y'all! We'll be posting more about our 2026 themed issues, but here's a sneak peek to get your ideas percolating for the upcoming submission windows:
Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu
Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars
Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️
Summer: Black Kishōtenketsu
Fall: Conjuring Academies & Spellbound Scholars
Share with a friend who you know will eat this up 🍽️
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I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Check out what's new and keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
February 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Check out what's new and keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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I heard someone define reading as:
Non-fiction: learning through information.
Fiction: learning through imagination.
I like it.
Non-fiction: learning through information.
Fiction: learning through imagination.
I like it.
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I heard someone define reading as:
Non-fiction: learning through information.
Fiction: learning through imagination.
I like it.
Non-fiction: learning through information.
Fiction: learning through imagination.
I like it.
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Impending deadline reminder!
Organically inclusive reader? Fan of speculative fiction? Want to judge the 2026 Ignyte Awards? Judges compose our longlist before we open up to public voting. Applications are currently open thru 2/14.
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/wanna-judge/
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/wanna-judge/
Wanna Judge? - The Ignyte Awards
For the 2026 cycle, we are opening up our longlist judging cohort to folks who may be a good fit (interested, available, organically well-read in a diverse and inclusive titles in sffh whether profess...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Impending deadline reminder!
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This collection is very weird and very good
Today's $9.99 paperback sale is SHAKY PICTURES OF VANISHED FACES by @breathinghead.bsky.social, a horror and Weird fiction collection in which characters encounter forces beyond their comprehension. Disorienting, dark, grotesque, and strange! Don't miss it:
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/shak...
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/shak...
Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces paperback | Cursed Morsels Press
Budget cuts drive a burned-out humanities professor to master the art of annihilation. A girl on the verge of a transformation seeks out a new member for her isolated, inhuman family. A glitching brai...
www.cursedmorselspress.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
This collection is very weird and very good
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19) LOSS by Clark Ashton Smith
December 2, 2024 at 1:02 PM
19) LOSS by Clark Ashton Smith
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Today's paperback sale: The Nightmare Box and Other Stories by @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social is only $9.99 through our online store! Buy a copy of this dark, feminist, literary horror collection and get a free copy of the Solidarity Forever zine. Rad deal!
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...
The Nightmare Box and Other Stories paperback | Cursed Morsels Press
A young queer man finds love at a magical clothing shop—and the courage to stand up to the homophobic cops. A witch who makes custom nightmares wonders why all her victims are connected to the Black P...
www.cursedmorselspress.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Today's paperback sale: The Nightmare Box and Other Stories by @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social is only $9.99 through our online store! Buy a copy of this dark, feminist, literary horror collection and get a free copy of the Solidarity Forever zine. Rad deal!
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...
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well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
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Dutch site IDs ICE agents via public data
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
February 10, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Dutch site IDs ICE agents via public data
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of”
wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents
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These are all excellent picks such as might enrich any Hugo ballot, but I would also add What A Fish Looks Like by Syr Hayati Beker from Stelliform, which was probably my favourite novella of 2025.
Many options to choose from!
Many options to choose from!
Hugo Noms have opened and I want to get in quick with this: there is a fabulous and vibrant contemporary SFF novella scene and the quality is *not* disproportionately located at tordotcom, which puts out brilliant work but does not have a monopoly on it.
5 titles for your consideration follow:
5 titles for your consideration follow:
February 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
These are all excellent picks such as might enrich any Hugo ballot, but I would also add What A Fish Looks Like by Syr Hayati Beker from Stelliform, which was probably my favourite novella of 2025.
Many options to choose from!
Many options to choose from!
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Hugo Noms have opened and I want to get in quick with this: there is a fabulous and vibrant contemporary SFF novella scene and the quality is *not* disproportionately located at tordotcom, which puts out brilliant work but does not have a monopoly on it.
5 titles for your consideration follow:
5 titles for your consideration follow:
February 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Hugo Noms have opened and I want to get in quick with this: there is a fabulous and vibrant contemporary SFF novella scene and the quality is *not* disproportionately located at tordotcom, which puts out brilliant work but does not have a monopoly on it.
5 titles for your consideration follow:
5 titles for your consideration follow:
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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
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Also, while I am gonna be boosting some wishlists tomorrow, a reminder that @protopasta.bsky.social has given us a way for folks to turn money into filament without going through amazon!!!
$20 here = ~500 whistles, also the colors are FUCKIN' AMAZING??? I ordered a bunch of 50g samplers.
$20 here = ~500 whistles, also the colors are FUCKIN' AMAZING??? I ordered a bunch of 50g samplers.
"We Keep Us Safe" by The Whistle Crew
The Protopasta Fil-anthropy Fund is proud to partner with the Whistle Crew, "a loose federation united by our love for 3D printing and community safety." Across the nation, our communities' lives are ...
proto-pasta.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Also, while I am gonna be boosting some wishlists tomorrow, a reminder that @protopasta.bsky.social has given us a way for folks to turn money into filament without going through amazon!!!
$20 here = ~500 whistles, also the colors are FUCKIN' AMAZING??? I ordered a bunch of 50g samplers.
$20 here = ~500 whistles, also the colors are FUCKIN' AMAZING??? I ordered a bunch of 50g samplers.