Erin Copland
@erincopland.bsky.social
Writer, reader, Army vet, total nerd, late diagnosed AuDHD, flaming bisexual. RTs not only = endorsements, I sometimes shout them in public (she/her) https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/erincopland1
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Erin Copland
@erincopland.bsky.social
· May 22
*sound of many mousetraps snapping like fireworks*
Me: Hey guys I found some cheese. Kinda bitey tho
Me: Hey guys I found some cheese. Kinda bitey tho
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On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Honey are you okay you’ve barely touched your HOLIDAY TRACTOR PARADE
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Honey are you okay you’ve barely touched your HOLIDAY TRACTOR PARADE
I Have No Legs and I Must Kick, a surprising sequel by Harlan Ellison
December 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I Have No Legs and I Must Kick, a surprising sequel by Harlan Ellison
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I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
September 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
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And here's Scorsese's storyboards for the final massacre in Taxi Driver
This applies more generally: people seem to think you need to have a background as a Big Two artist in order to do storyboards, but that's not what they're about - they're visual writing. You're writing for yourself AND others
This applies more generally: people seem to think you need to have a background as a Big Two artist in order to do storyboards, but that's not what they're about - they're visual writing. You're writing for yourself AND others
December 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
And here's Scorsese's storyboards for the final massacre in Taxi Driver
This applies more generally: people seem to think you need to have a background as a Big Two artist in order to do storyboards, but that's not what they're about - they're visual writing. You're writing for yourself AND others
This applies more generally: people seem to think you need to have a background as a Big Two artist in order to do storyboards, but that's not what they're about - they're visual writing. You're writing for yourself AND others
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Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
Let 2026 be the Year Of Bullying!
Company harassing you about AI? Harass them straight back. Call them names. Tell them they're being stupid doodyheads. We can win this 💪
kotaku.com/mcdonalds-ai...
Company harassing you about AI? Harass them straight back. Call them names. Tell them they're being stupid doodyheads. We can win this 💪
kotaku.com/mcdonalds-ai...
December 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Let 2026 be the Year Of Bullying!
Company harassing you about AI? Harass them straight back. Call them names. Tell them they're being stupid doodyheads. We can win this 💪
kotaku.com/mcdonalds-ai...
Company harassing you about AI? Harass them straight back. Call them names. Tell them they're being stupid doodyheads. We can win this 💪
kotaku.com/mcdonalds-ai...
They can't keep doing this. This is literally a comedy sketch, they gotta stop
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
They can't keep doing this. This is literally a comedy sketch, they gotta stop
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I think about this tweet every day
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think about this tweet every day
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Lydia Millet once told me "when in doubt, tinker"—don't try to plow ahead when things aren't flowing, go back and refresh your relationship to the material. For me, this often looks like typing instead of handwriting. Today, I move from notebook to typing for the first time on this new project.
December 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Lydia Millet once told me "when in doubt, tinker"—don't try to plow ahead when things aren't flowing, go back and refresh your relationship to the material. For me, this often looks like typing instead of handwriting. Today, I move from notebook to typing for the first time on this new project.
Did AI make that steel beam image because it looks like ass
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Did AI make that steel beam image because it looks like ass
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With alt-text bc what a beautiful answer
(I mean don't use AI to build a robot, please god don't do that, but the rest of it yes lol)
(I mean don't use AI to build a robot, please god don't do that, but the rest of it yes lol)
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
With alt-text bc what a beautiful answer
(I mean don't use AI to build a robot, please god don't do that, but the rest of it yes lol)
(I mean don't use AI to build a robot, please god don't do that, but the rest of it yes lol)
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This level of petty is by far the most creative! 😂
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This level of petty is by far the most creative! 😂
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You GOTTA stop being so desperately afraid of the audience. Look at me. Look in my eyeballs. Stop being so desperate for approval. Stop writing for the whiny babies in your audience and start writing for the freaks who like cool fucked up shit
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
You GOTTA stop being so desperately afraid of the audience. Look at me. Look in my eyeballs. Stop being so desperate for approval. Stop writing for the whiny babies in your audience and start writing for the freaks who like cool fucked up shit
For a second I was ready to be astonished that andalite is a rock but it is not. It's still one if the alien species in the Animorphs books, so everyone at ease
![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
For a second I was ready to be astonished that andalite is a rock but it is not. It's still one if the alien species in the Animorphs books, so everyone at ease
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I went FT freelance in 2019 to write my books, but the majority of my income came from freelancing for places like syfy or a writer's room where my name will never show up on the things I made. Then those ended and I had to go back to a day job. Can't survive on what my writing alone makes.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I went FT freelance in 2019 to write my books, but the majority of my income came from freelancing for places like syfy or a writer's room where my name will never show up on the things I made. Then those ended and I had to go back to a day job. Can't survive on what my writing alone makes.
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the sky when you're in a parking lot:
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
the sky when you're in a parking lot:
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I know a lot of people are already spreading this info, but hoping to spread it a little further: donating to a food bank, food pantry, or food distribution mutual aid group is really important right now, as TFG and the fucking GOP are shutting down snap benefits on November 1. I'll link to a few
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I know a lot of people are already spreading this info, but hoping to spread it a little further: donating to a food bank, food pantry, or food distribution mutual aid group is really important right now, as TFG and the fucking GOP are shutting down snap benefits on November 1. I'll link to a few
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Once again:
oliviarafferty.substack.com/p/50-spotify...
oliviarafferty.substack.com/p/50-spotify...
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Once again:
oliviarafferty.substack.com/p/50-spotify...
oliviarafferty.substack.com/p/50-spotify...
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This sign @glopan.bsky.social spotted made me laugh
October 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This sign @glopan.bsky.social spotted made me laugh
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My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.
October 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.
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5 minutes. That's all it takes to start fighting book bans.
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
October 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
5 minutes. That's all it takes to start fighting book bans.
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek