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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 15h

Great town.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1d

I started Degenerate Art a year ago today, in the last weeks of the before times. Today, I wrote about the most important history and current events I've covered related to our rapidly expanding authoritarianism, and what the future is likely to bring.

State of the Degenerate union

The newsletter turned one today! What's happened and what's next.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 20h

Pay your writers. And support @beaujohnson44.bsky.social like he supports so many other writers. The man is a damn gem.

Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 1d

Do not buy my books from Amazon or Down and Out Books directly. I will not get paid. I should get paid, as per my contract, but in an email from D&O I’ve been told ‘no further payments will be issued.’
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 2d

Meanwhile, in the U.S....

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2d

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent www.rte.ie/news/budget-...

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

www.rte.ie

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 4d

Love spending my entire life devoted to something the culture has spent the same time devaluing.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

www.thetimes.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

www.thetimes.com

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 4d

A lifetime ago I was managing editor of the Alaska newspaper at the heart of this. We worked hard, believed in serving our community, and punched above our weight. I'm proud of these journalists for speaking out against corporate cowardice and hypocritical bullies.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Bohjalian @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, 19. That is how many of my books Anthropic used to train its AI model. Thank you, Authors Guild, for publishing the complete list on their brand new settlement page. #ai @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @authorsguild.org

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 5d

For the #5amwritersclub crowd...

C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 6d

Fun interview with Ali Karim for Shots magazine. We had a wide ranging conversation in which I out myself as a weirdo and shill for @pazsays.bsky.social and @ginphillips.bsky.social, because their books are amazing. Check it out at wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

The Bear Necessities: C.B. Bernard talks to Shots Magazine

Book reviewers can tell you how exciting it is to discover a novel that is ‘different’, that engages the mind and makes one contemplate, p...

wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 5d

Thanks, @pazsays.bsky.social!

Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 6d

“I liked the idea of kind of flipping a Jack Reacher story on its head. A giant ex-military type who lives out of a bag and helps someone in need, except he kindda sucks at it.” Go read this interview (not just bc he shills my book!) and then go pick up ORDINARY BEAR!!

C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 6d

Fun interview with Ali Karim for Shots magazine. We had a wide ranging conversation in which I out myself as a weirdo and shill for @pazsays.bsky.social and @ginphillips.bsky.social, because their books are amazing. Check it out at wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 6d

Writers have to lift each other up, right? Otherwise, what's the point?

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 6d

seconded

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 6d

Fun interview with Ali Karim for Shots magazine. We had a wide ranging conversation in which I out myself as a weirdo and shill for @pazsays.bsky.social and @ginphillips.bsky.social, because their books are amazing. Check it out at wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

The Bear Necessities: C.B. Bernard talks to Shots Magazine

Book reviewers can tell you how exciting it is to discover a novel that is ‘different’, that engages the mind and makes one contemplate, p...

wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com

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Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social · 7d

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Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social · 9d

this is looking pretty appealing rn

A remote lighthouse on a towering column of rock surrounded by rough seas in Iceland.

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 9d

How do I unsubscribe from the future?

Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 9d

OpenAI is getting ready to release an app for people that love TikTok but wish none of it was real. scoop from @zoeschiffer.bsky.social

OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos

The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI's latest video generation model.

www.wired.com

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 9d

We used to put novelists on the cover of magazines and intellectuals on talk shows.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 9d

MrBeast responds after trapping man in burning house stunt sparks backlash

www.independent.co.uk

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 13d

Hey @pazsays.bsky.social, I just shilled THE SHAMSHINE BLIND in an interview with a British crime website when the interviewer asked about the writers whose books I love. I'll share the Q&A when it goes live.

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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 13d

Hahahahaha, I think this is just called "writing." 😂 😬 😭

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 13d

Ah yes the stage of the writing process where after three years of drafting, I’m wondering if this book is terrible. 👍🏽

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 13d

I just sighed so deeply that my dog came over to comfort me.

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 13d

Or shooting us in the feet and telling us immigrants did it.

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 13d

I'd take six months of pancakes and house bunnies over four years of whatever the hell this is.

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 13d

Go ahead and steal my vote, then.

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 14d

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

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C.B. Bernard @cbbernard.com · 14d

I keep a running list in my wallet that I pull out in bookstores. It's not high tech, but it holds up over time.

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