Sheila Jenné
@jennelikejennay.bsky.social
Science fiction author & copyeditor. BLACK SAILS TO SUNWARD, THE SEA OF CLOUDS, and BISECTION out now. Support small presses and indie authors. 🚫 AI.
Find my work at https://sheilajenne.com/works
Find my work at https://sheilajenne.com/works
Saying "concrete over abstract" is so much easier for me, because I can literally look at a sentence and know which words in it are connected to something you can sense.
Politics ✖️
Rooms full of nattering old men ✔️
Sadness ✖️
Tears ✔️
Murder ✖️
Stabbing ✔️
Criticism ✖️
Tongue-lashing ✔️
Politics ✖️
Rooms full of nattering old men ✔️
Sadness ✖️
Tears ✔️
Murder ✖️
Stabbing ✔️
Criticism ✖️
Tongue-lashing ✔️
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Saying "concrete over abstract" is so much easier for me, because I can literally look at a sentence and know which words in it are connected to something you can sense.
Politics ✖️
Rooms full of nattering old men ✔️
Sadness ✖️
Tears ✔️
Murder ✖️
Stabbing ✔️
Criticism ✖️
Tongue-lashing ✔️
Politics ✖️
Rooms full of nattering old men ✔️
Sadness ✖️
Tears ✔️
Murder ✖️
Stabbing ✔️
Criticism ✖️
Tongue-lashing ✔️
Purple, it's a little easier to read while the yellow is a bit *too* bright.
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Purple, it's a little easier to read while the yellow is a bit *too* bright.
And by doing that, you undermine authors. If people only pirate our books, we can't afford editing for the next book, and the crop dries up.
That's why I offered such a large variety of ways to read that DO support us without costing a lot.
That's why I offered such a large variety of ways to read that DO support us without costing a lot.
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
And by doing that, you undermine authors. If people only pirate our books, we can't afford editing for the next book, and the crop dries up.
That's why I offered such a large variety of ways to read that DO support us without costing a lot.
That's why I offered such a large variety of ways to read that DO support us without costing a lot.
"I doubt it, unless you're into science fiction."
Most people read one genre at most, and it's never yet been the one I write.
Most people read one genre at most, and it's never yet been the one I write.
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"I doubt it, unless you're into science fiction."
Most people read one genre at most, and it's never yet been the one I write.
Most people read one genre at most, and it's never yet been the one I write.
Oh man facebook needs these, these viral posts keep going around, but when you go to the page you see they post thousand-word essays every hour round the clock. Best sign of AI I know.
But of course there's also insomnia 🤣
But of course there's also insomnia 🤣
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Oh man facebook needs these, these viral posts keep going around, but when you go to the page you see they post thousand-word essays every hour round the clock. Best sign of AI I know.
But of course there's also insomnia 🤣
But of course there's also insomnia 🤣
I sure hope so! 🤞
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I sure hope so! 🤞
Wow, that's a lot of reading! Thanks for your hard work ⭐
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Wow, that's a lot of reading! Thanks for your hard work ⭐
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE if the companies would simply let me use the old version?
Why should I have to give up things that worked great without AI until very recently?
Why should I have to give up things that worked great without AI until very recently?
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE if the companies would simply let me use the old version?
Why should I have to give up things that worked great without AI until very recently?
Why should I have to give up things that worked great without AI until very recently?
I still don't want it. I should be able to choose not to have it.
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I still don't want it. I should be able to choose not to have it.
I'm going to be buying used phones for the foreseeable future just to avoid that. Not that I can help all the apps shoving AI in all the same.
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I'm going to be buying used phones for the foreseeable future just to avoid that. Not that I can help all the apps shoving AI in all the same.
It was filtered for spam five years ago using traditional coding which worked exactly as well.
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It was filtered for spam five years ago using traditional coding which worked exactly as well.
What did you do five years ago?
Do that.
Like I'm sorry if you've gotten used to leaning on the thing, but it's deeply harmful to society. Just like how, if you're neurodivergent and for some reason obsess about leaded gasoline, you still can't have it.
Do that.
Like I'm sorry if you've gotten used to leaning on the thing, but it's deeply harmful to society. Just like how, if you're neurodivergent and for some reason obsess about leaded gasoline, you still can't have it.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
What did you do five years ago?
Do that.
Like I'm sorry if you've gotten used to leaning on the thing, but it's deeply harmful to society. Just like how, if you're neurodivergent and for some reason obsess about leaded gasoline, you still can't have it.
Do that.
Like I'm sorry if you've gotten used to leaning on the thing, but it's deeply harmful to society. Just like how, if you're neurodivergent and for some reason obsess about leaded gasoline, you still can't have it.
I have heard people say "a bubble isn't inevitable! By going around saying it's a bubble, you're going to make it happen!"
YES. I AM.
By withholding demand and pointing out the fragility of investments in it, we can help end it before the fallout gets any bigger.
YES. I AM.
By withholding demand and pointing out the fragility of investments in it, we can help end it before the fallout gets any bigger.
December 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I have heard people say "a bubble isn't inevitable! By going around saying it's a bubble, you're going to make it happen!"
YES. I AM.
By withholding demand and pointing out the fragility of investments in it, we can help end it before the fallout gets any bigger.
YES. I AM.
By withholding demand and pointing out the fragility of investments in it, we can help end it before the fallout gets any bigger.
Evolutionarily, it makes sense. It's a lot more important to run away from EVERY tiger than to find EVERY berry.
But in the modern world, it can lead to us getting discouraged and failing to take the positive action that would help.
But in the modern world, it can lead to us getting discouraged and failing to take the positive action that would help.
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Evolutionarily, it makes sense. It's a lot more important to run away from EVERY tiger than to find EVERY berry.
But in the modern world, it can lead to us getting discouraged and failing to take the positive action that would help.
But in the modern world, it can lead to us getting discouraged and failing to take the positive action that would help.
This #SmallBusinessSaturday , remember to support what you'd like to see more of.
-take an extra five minutes to find a business's own shopfront instead of buying through Amazon or Walmart
-buy ebooks from somewhere other than Amazon
-go to the physical stores in your own town to keep them alive
-take an extra five minutes to find a business's own shopfront instead of buying through Amazon or Walmart
-buy ebooks from somewhere other than Amazon
-go to the physical stores in your own town to keep them alive
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This #SmallBusinessSaturday , remember to support what you'd like to see more of.
-take an extra five minutes to find a business's own shopfront instead of buying through Amazon or Walmart
-buy ebooks from somewhere other than Amazon
-go to the physical stores in your own town to keep them alive
-take an extra five minutes to find a business's own shopfront instead of buying through Amazon or Walmart
-buy ebooks from somewhere other than Amazon
-go to the physical stores in your own town to keep them alive
Big businesses are too huge for us to exterminate them by boycotts. But we *can* protect competition in the market by taking the time to seek out and support smaller businesses.
But apparently it's not as fun to support a small business with an extra dollar as to stick it to the man.
But apparently it's not as fun to support a small business with an extra dollar as to stick it to the man.
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Big businesses are too huge for us to exterminate them by boycotts. But we *can* protect competition in the market by taking the time to seek out and support smaller businesses.
But apparently it's not as fun to support a small business with an extra dollar as to stick it to the man.
But apparently it's not as fun to support a small business with an extra dollar as to stick it to the man.
Despite their anger about worker mistreatment, not enough people were willing to pay a couple cents more for red phosphorus matches. The factory went under. It was over a decade longer before regulation finally banned white phosphorus.
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Despite their anger about worker mistreatment, not enough people were willing to pay a couple cents more for red phosphorus matches. The factory went under. It was over a decade longer before regulation finally banned white phosphorus.
In the late 19th century, it became known that white phosphorous matches caused horrific jaw dysfigurement in the workers that made them.
There was a huge public outcry. A factory was built to produce red phosphorus matches instead. But the new matches were a few cents a box more expensive.
There was a huge public outcry. A factory was built to produce red phosphorus matches instead. But the new matches were a few cents a box more expensive.
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In the late 19th century, it became known that white phosphorous matches caused horrific jaw dysfigurement in the workers that made them.
There was a huge public outcry. A factory was built to produce red phosphorus matches instead. But the new matches were a few cents a box more expensive.
There was a huge public outcry. A factory was built to produce red phosphorus matches instead. But the new matches were a few cents a box more expensive.
lololol, essentially!
Important and often overlooked benefit of Mars: it's too far away to have a real time connection to the internet.
Important and often overlooked benefit of Mars: it's too far away to have a real time connection to the internet.
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
lololol, essentially!
Important and often overlooked benefit of Mars: it's too far away to have a real time connection to the internet.
Important and often overlooked benefit of Mars: it's too far away to have a real time connection to the internet.