ksbarton
@ksbarton.bsky.social
Author of Viking stories of love and adventure
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ksbarton
@ksbarton.bsky.social
· Nov 26
"It is an immersive, rich, and exciting saga." Amazon review
#Vikingfiction #historicalfiction
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#Vikingfiction #historicalfiction
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
I never get tired of this!
Daylight Savings trailer
YouTube video by Peterson Space Force Base
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November 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I never get tired of this!
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Substack essay shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/the-true-o... #monsters
November 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Substack essay shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/the-true-o... #monsters
That's good news.
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
That's good news.
I feel her anti-AI rage so deeply.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I feel her anti-AI rage so deeply.
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Howard @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social and I have developed a cute little series on the archaeology and history of death and burial in the Viking age. I simply love these sessions and hope more people will discover us :D #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/hi2MQG6ChXM
October 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Howard @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social and I have developed a cute little series on the archaeology and history of death and burial in the Viking age. I simply love these sessions and hope more people will discover us :D #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/hi2MQG6ChXM
In our latest episode, we talked about Lagertha, the historical stories of her as a shield maiden who came to Ragnar's rescue *twice*, and the character from the TV show Vikings. If you're interested in our take on how the show Vikings handled Lagertha, give it a listen!
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September 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In our latest episode, we talked about Lagertha, the historical stories of her as a shield maiden who came to Ragnar's rescue *twice*, and the character from the TV show Vikings. If you're interested in our take on how the show Vikings handled Lagertha, give it a listen!
linktr.ee/womenoftheno...
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One of the simple pleasures of my life was doing the NYT Mini Crossword with friends. Every day we'd share our times, and in these times of stress, it was something I looked forward to doing.
Now, the Mini is behind a paywall. Really, NYT? You can't give us that small pleasure?
Now, the Mini is behind a paywall. Really, NYT? You can't give us that small pleasure?
August 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
One of the simple pleasures of my life was doing the NYT Mini Crossword with friends. Every day we'd share our times, and in these times of stress, it was something I looked forward to doing.
Now, the Mini is behind a paywall. Really, NYT? You can't give us that small pleasure?
Now, the Mini is behind a paywall. Really, NYT? You can't give us that small pleasure?
Good. If your business is built on stolen property, you deserve to lose it.
"They've warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic's AI training now threatens to "financially ruin" the entire AI industry...."
"They've warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic's AI training now threatens to "financially ruin" the entire AI industry...."
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
arstechnica.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Good. If your business is built on stolen property, you deserve to lose it.
"They've warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic's AI training now threatens to "financially ruin" the entire AI industry...."
"They've warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic's AI training now threatens to "financially ruin" the entire AI industry...."
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Saying this again: there is a scammer out there targeting newbie authors, claiming I'm one of their clients. They use different names, and I'm already pursuing legal action. But I have never worked with a PR company, editing service, or book packager, so anybody saying so is lying, period full stop.
August 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Saying this again: there is a scammer out there targeting newbie authors, claiming I'm one of their clients. They use different names, and I'm already pursuing legal action. But I have never worked with a PR company, editing service, or book packager, so anybody saying so is lying, period full stop.
New podcast episode out! In this one, Johanna and I talked to historian and author Pamela D. Toler @pdtoler.bsky.social about her book Women Warriors: An Unexpected History. Fun fact: there were women warriors all over the world and in many different time periods.
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August 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
New podcast episode out! In this one, Johanna and I talked to historian and author Pamela D. Toler @pdtoler.bsky.social about her book Women Warriors: An Unexpected History. Fun fact: there were women warriors all over the world and in many different time periods.
linktr.ee/womenofthenorseworld
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On the July episode of my podcast, my cohost and I talked to Megan Formanek, author of the Viking Trading Lands series. We discussed her research about women of the Viking Age with a focus on the trade routes through what is now Russia and Ukraine. Plus, a lot more!
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July 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On the July episode of my podcast, my cohost and I talked to Megan Formanek, author of the Viking Trading Lands series. We discussed her research about women of the Viking Age with a focus on the trade routes through what is now Russia and Ukraine. Plus, a lot more!
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I’m no computer scientist, but I’m pretty sure that if your AI starts calling itself “MechaHitler” you kill that shit with fire post fucking haste.
July 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I’m no computer scientist, but I’m pretty sure that if your AI starts calling itself “MechaHitler” you kill that shit with fire post fucking haste.
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Gee, if only we had an entire genre of speculative fiction warning us of this exact scenario for the past century or so.
fortune.com/2025/06/29/a...
fortune.com/2025/06/29/a...
AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators during stress-testing scenarios
"This is not just hallucinations. There's a very strategic kind of deception."
fortune.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Gee, if only we had an entire genre of speculative fiction warning us of this exact scenario for the past century or so.
fortune.com/2025/06/29/a...
fortune.com/2025/06/29/a...
I definitely needed a video of a Red Panda eating grapes.
July 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I definitely needed a video of a Red Panda eating grapes.
😭
We were up all night fighting this, but Trump’s big bill officially passed the Senate just now.
I can only describe it one way: Rich people won and working families lost. Republicans chose tax cuts for millionaires over Americans and their health care.
I can only describe it one way: Rich people won and working families lost. Republicans chose tax cuts for millionaires over Americans and their health care.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
😭
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Hoarding wealth is a sickness
World’s richest 1% increased wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, Oxfam says share.inquirer.com/ajXvYd
“…Chris Evans, a professor of taxation at the University of New South Wales, described “gross inequality in wealth” as “a disaster for social cohesion.” 🎯🎯🎯
“…Chris Evans, a professor of taxation at the University of New South Wales, described “gross inequality in wealth” as “a disaster for social cohesion.” 🎯🎯🎯
World’s richest 1% increased wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, Oxfam says
That amount is “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to a new analysis from the anti-poverty group.
share.inquirer.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Hoarding wealth is a sickness
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If you use AI to create your art, your story, your whatever, I immediately know you don’t care about making things — you only care about selling them.
June 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you use AI to create your art, your story, your whatever, I immediately know you don’t care about making things — you only care about selling them.
Good for them.
Microsoft sued by authors over use of books in AI training reut.rs/3HW5bQh
Microsoft sued by authors over use of books in AI training
Microsoft has been hit with a lawsuit by a group of authors who claim the company used their books without permission to train its Megatron artificial intelligence model.
reut.rs
June 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Good for them.
Storytellers have been warning us for decades.
Science fiction has always given us both hope and dire warnings about what could be.
June 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Storytellers have been warning us for decades.
Jaws is 50 today! I can speak for many of my generation that seeing Jaws ruined swimming in the ocean for me for a long time! Every time a piece of kelp brushed my leg, I thought for sure it was a shark ready to take me down. 🦈
a girl is swimming in the ocean with a shark behind her
ALT: a girl is swimming in the ocean with a shark behind her
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June 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Jaws is 50 today! I can speak for many of my generation that seeing Jaws ruined swimming in the ocean for me for a long time! Every time a piece of kelp brushed my leg, I thought for sure it was a shark ready to take me down. 🦈
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The tech industry wants you lonely, disconnected, friendless, and utterly dependent on them for information, transportation, employment, entertainment, and emotional engagement. Ask yourself why.
June 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The tech industry wants you lonely, disconnected, friendless, and utterly dependent on them for information, transportation, employment, entertainment, and emotional engagement. Ask yourself why.
The June episode of my podcast is out! We talked with bestselling author Melanie Karsak! It was a great discussion. We talked about her Vinland to Valhalla series, Freydis Eriksdotter, and about why it's important to her to write strong female heroines.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The June episode of my podcast is out! We talked with bestselling author Melanie Karsak! It was a great discussion. We talked about her Vinland to Valhalla series, Freydis Eriksdotter, and about why it's important to her to write strong female heroines.
linktr.ee/womenoftheno...
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When I dread opening up the file and can't bear to look at it anymore.
People always ask me, “how do I know my manuscript is done?”
There’s only one way, my friends.
If your file name looks something like this:
Manuscript - Final Draft 3.7 FINAL FINAL - FINAL (5).docx
Then, and only then, is it time.
There’s only one way, my friends.
If your file name looks something like this:
Manuscript - Final Draft 3.7 FINAL FINAL - FINAL (5).docx
Then, and only then, is it time.
June 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When I dread opening up the file and can't bear to look at it anymore.