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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · Jul 31

I don’t have books to sell (because magazines pay me upfront) but I do love being *read*

So, here’s a thread of my short fiction, available in text/audio for free:

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 11h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 1h

ye see this shits not inevitable never give up in advance

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6h

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 2h

Just last night I was thinking about how online I am compared to my high school cohort and maybe there's something wrong with me, but also my life is richer for it.

Maybe that's sad but it's true.

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 2h

Met friends, raised money for charity, got job opportunities, got publishing opportunities, learned about so much cool art, sometimes got tea in the mail

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 17h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 2h

I called the past and young me says Marble Hornets

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 4h

this is how I, a resident of LA, found out that the Palisades fire was arson, that they caught the guy, and that he used gen AI to work his way up to doing the crime

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 5h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 15h

something about the sound of military choppers overhead makes me feel like I should be chain-smoking in a tank top while paging through microfiche

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 18h

idk let’s ask a historian

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 19h

Well, either this is a lie and protestors will get assaulted from both sides, or it's the truth and we'll have sparkling civil war

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1d

This might not be the, um, best time to resurrect this initiative, but am ready to greenlight this once I get the pigs, or similar animal that can scarf jiggly. Swimming pool could be a large enough private one. Have leads on public ones.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 21d

Okay, so, Portland...I need an abandoned indoor pool and someone to make really large multicolored jellos from molds that look like creatures if you smashed them on the floor of the abandoned swimming pool... and then someone with some trained pet pigs to devour the remains while being photographed.

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

I still use that toaster lol

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timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 1d

www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

Kaleb Horton Obituary (2025) - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Times

View Kaleb Charles Horton's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

www.legacy.com

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

and hemorrhaging money in the attempt

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

yeah! priorities!

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

hey I finally replaced my nightstand box

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

An old Douglas Fir dropped giant limbs during every storm and it would sound like a car crashed through the wall

Took out the gutters, bent my car's hood, punched through the roof

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

Yes it's under new ownership now, but the owner who evicted me had a hell of a time selling it, and the new person can't find a tenant and lol

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

The air always smelled like burnt tires and the trains would blare their horns at 3am and the house next door was vacant with plywood windows and you raised the rent 10% each year and I STAYED I KEPT LIVING THERE and then you got greedy

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

My old place is on the rental market AGAIN they've been incapable of finding a tenant since evicting me and selling

Which should probably teach me something about my high tolerance for bad living conditions but also lol losers

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E = mily² @emily.news · 1d

imagine trying to have a one-on-one while Goebbels is a few blocks away giving a speech

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E = mily² @emily.news · 1d

christ, what the fuck is happening down at ICE? it's a weekday, i have work to do!

imagine you're using Jira but also:

* you can hear screaming from the protesters at the gate
* you can see a phalanx of federal troops protecting the gate
* you can see a convoy of black cars moving into the gate

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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 1d

The moon tonight is tremendous and this mooncake is delicious

A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 2d

Someday I’ll get one of those $35 mooncake samplers and go to town, but for now it’s just me and the red bean

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

I'm not talking about US politicians I'm talking about normal people.

I see people fighting back and organizing every fucking day. ICE hasn't met their recruitment goals. They haven't met their kidnapping goals. That's WHY they keep escalating.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

I'm genuinely starting to think that the people who say they want to see American's really fight back are really saying they want a specific kind of visible, stereotypical depiction of protest, and have zero zero tolerance for the kind of groundwork it takes to make change happen.

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