Maria Alexander
@lamaupin.bsky.social
2x Bram Stoker Award winner. 3x BookFest winner. Anthony Award nominee. Sword slinger. Cat butler. She/her. I speak for myself not my employer. www.mariaalexander.net
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Maria Alexander
@lamaupin.bsky.social
· Oct 25
I'm humbled and happy to announce that Brimstone & Blades just won THREE BookFest Awards:
LGBTQ+ Fiction -- Winner
YA Fantasy -- Winner
YA Fiction -- Winner
Great thanks to the judges and hearty congratulations to all the winners this year!
LGBTQ+ Fiction -- Winner
YA Fantasy -- Winner
YA Fiction -- Winner
Great thanks to the judges and hearty congratulations to all the winners this year!
25 years ago, I wrote this evil little Xmas nugget. In 2011, I narrated it at Disney with the help of my colleague Jim, an audio designer. If you've not listened, I think you'll mightily enjoy it. ((Please excuse the grammar error early on!))
Bonus Christmas Flash 2011 - Coming Home | PseudoPod
“My mouth is sour with whiskey and the loaded shotgun lays heavily across my lap in my sofa chair. This is my Christmas Eve ritual.” Read the full text here: Gothic.
pseudopod.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
25 years ago, I wrote this evil little Xmas nugget. In 2011, I narrated it at Disney with the help of my colleague Jim, an audio designer. If you've not listened, I think you'll mightily enjoy it. ((Please excuse the grammar error early on!))
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Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
Jeeezus... Just finished reading @betsyaoki.bsky.social's novella "And to Their Shining Palaces Go" and it's brilliant. As an early virtual world designer, I especially appreciate it. I might be falling back in love with science fiction, folks.
December 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Jeeezus... Just finished reading @betsyaoki.bsky.social's novella "And to Their Shining Palaces Go" and it's brilliant. As an early virtual world designer, I especially appreciate it. I might be falling back in love with science fiction, folks.
I'm excited that in mid-December I'll have an updated "Witches of Winter" article. It takes the original piece I wrote for Tor.com and updates it with "witches" from my talk at @sundayassembly.bsky.social back in 11/2021. Move over, Santa and Krampus, for the first gift- and stitch-givers.
a witch is stirring a pot with a broom .
ALT: a witch is stirring a pot with a broom .
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I'm excited that in mid-December I'll have an updated "Witches of Winter" article. It takes the original piece I wrote for Tor.com and updates it with "witches" from my talk at @sundayassembly.bsky.social back in 11/2021. Move over, Santa and Krampus, for the first gift- and stitch-givers.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
1. Learning to Fly, Pink Floyd
2. Night of the Hunters, Tori Amos
3. Gaelic Storm at The Whiskey(-a-Go-Go)
4. Here in the Black, Gary Numan
5. Tim Minchin at the Largo
1. Learning to Fly, Pink Floyd
2. Night of the Hunters, Tori Amos
3. Gaelic Storm at The Whiskey(-a-Go-Go)
4. Here in the Black, Gary Numan
5. Tim Minchin at the Largo
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve see :
*They Might Be Giants
*Patti Smith
*B-52s with openers The Violent Femmes
*Holst’s The Planets at the Hollywood Bowl
*The Looney Tunes at the Hollywood Bowl
*They Might Be Giants
*Patti Smith
*B-52s with openers The Violent Femmes
*Holst’s The Planets at the Hollywood Bowl
*The Looney Tunes at the Hollywood Bowl
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
* Paradise Lost
* The Sisters of Mercy
* Iron Maiden
* Alien Sex Fiend
* A-Ha
🤘😉
* Paradise Lost
* The Sisters of Mercy
* Iron Maiden
* Alien Sex Fiend
* A-Ha
🤘😉
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
1. Learning to Fly, Pink Floyd
2. Night of the Hunters, Tori Amos
3. Gaelic Storm at The Whiskey(-a-Go-Go)
4. Here in the Black, Gary Numan
5. Tim Minchin at the Largo
1. Learning to Fly, Pink Floyd
2. Night of the Hunters, Tori Amos
3. Gaelic Storm at The Whiskey(-a-Go-Go)
4. Here in the Black, Gary Numan
5. Tim Minchin at the Largo
What the actual fuck is happening in Grand Forks, ND? A friend of mine is there visiting his son who's studying at the university. A guy with an AK-47 just chased them through downtown. They got away. JFC, people!
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
What the actual fuck is happening in Grand Forks, ND? A friend of mine is there visiting his son who's studying at the university. A guy with an AK-47 just chased them through downtown. They got away. JFC, people!
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
My dear friend Dr. Agustin Fuentes and his colleague Dr. Nathan Lents published this article on gender diversity, adding their voices to the chorus of scientists decrying the binary. www.prosocial.world/posts/beyond...?
Beyond the Binary: The Compounding Complexity of Biological Sex
Sex in nature is far more complex than a simple male–female divide, emerging instead as a diverse, overlapping continuum shaped by biology, development, and culture.
www.prosocial.world
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
My dear friend Dr. Agustin Fuentes and his colleague Dr. Nathan Lents published this article on gender diversity, adding their voices to the chorus of scientists decrying the binary. www.prosocial.world/posts/beyond...?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 OF COURSE IT FUCKING DID 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 OF COURSE IT FUCKING DID 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm not normally one to spin a conspiracy theory. I grew up with them and I hate them. However, I do worry we're not going to get the entire dossier on Jeffrey Epstein. Far from it. I'm sure asshole got assurances that everything about him had been redacted. The about-face makes most sense that way.
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm not normally one to spin a conspiracy theory. I grew up with them and I hate them. However, I do worry we're not going to get the entire dossier on Jeffrey Epstein. Far from it. I'm sure asshole got assurances that everything about him had been redacted. The about-face makes most sense that way.
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Someone tell Megyn Kelly that she's using techniques from ancient black magic and modern day witchcraft when she prays.
Are Christian "prayer warriors" using ancient magic? Settle in for some fascinating weirdness. open.substack.com/pub/mariaale...
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Someone tell Megyn Kelly that she's using techniques from ancient black magic and modern day witchcraft when she prays.
Someone tell Megyn Kelly that she's using techniques from ancient black magic and modern day witchcraft when she prays.
Are Christian "prayer warriors" using ancient magic? Settle in for some fascinating weirdness. open.substack.com/pub/mariaale...
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Someone tell Megyn Kelly that she's using techniques from ancient black magic and modern day witchcraft when she prays.
Are Christian "prayer warriors" using ancient magic? Settle in for some fascinating weirdness. open.substack.com/pub/mariaale...
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Are Christian "prayer warriors" using ancient magic? Settle in for some fascinating weirdness. open.substack.com/pub/mariaale...
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Whoah, cool:
THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by @sgj.bsky.social makes it onto Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2025!
"Jones’ chilling vampire Western is a retribution-fueled nightmare for readers with iron guts." Congratulations, Stephen and @sagapressbooks.bsky.social!
time.com/collections/...
"Jones’ chilling vampire Western is a retribution-fueled nightmare for readers with iron guts." Congratulations, Stephen and @sagapressbooks.bsky.social!
time.com/collections/...
'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter' Is on the 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Here's why it made the list
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Whoah, cool:
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My smartphone #astrophotography presentation recording is up. The entire meeting is recorded, but mine starts at this link: youtu.be/7RJhz5C67hU?...
The presentations before mine are from 4th yr students, and after is a young member of my #RASC chapter who had an adventurous summer of science!
The presentations before mine are from 4th yr students, and after is a young member of my #RASC chapter who had an adventurous summer of science!
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My smartphone #astrophotography presentation recording is up. The entire meeting is recorded, but mine starts at this link: youtu.be/7RJhz5C67hU?...
The presentations before mine are from 4th yr students, and after is a young member of my #RASC chapter who had an adventurous summer of science!
The presentations before mine are from 4th yr students, and after is a young member of my #RASC chapter who had an adventurous summer of science!
If you love @davidmcraney.bsky.social and his podcast, you'll really love my friend Dr. Joe Pierre's first book, FALSE. I became acquainted with Joe many years ago in Shinkendo when he was the Director of Psychiatry for the VA here in Los Angeles. This is his first book and it's outstanding.
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you love @davidmcraney.bsky.social and his podcast, you'll really love my friend Dr. Joe Pierre's first book, FALSE. I became acquainted with Joe many years ago in Shinkendo when he was the Director of Psychiatry for the VA here in Los Angeles. This is his first book and it's outstanding.
So the vampires all voted for Cuomo?
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
So the vampires all voted for Cuomo?
Looks like there's evidence that OpenAI destroyed evidence -- the database of our pirated work -- as soon as litigation loomed. Sucks to be Sam, waaaaaay more than it sucks to be Anthropic.
OpenAI Risks Billions as Court Weighs Privilege in Copyright Row
OpenAI Inc.'s failure to shield internal communications about pirated books from copyright plaintiffs threatens to expose the company to billions in damages and potentially debilitating sanctions.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Looks like there's evidence that OpenAI destroyed evidence -- the database of our pirated work -- as soon as litigation loomed. Sucks to be Sam, waaaaaay more than it sucks to be Anthropic.
Thanks to Reddit, this post now has almost 1200 reads. And counting... #neilgaiman #dreams #synchronicity #truestory #outoffucks #thishappened #gede
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Thanks to Reddit, this post now has almost 1200 reads. And counting... #neilgaiman #dreams #synchronicity #truestory #outoffucks #thishappened #gede
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My life changed forever that night as something tore the Veil and reached right through to our world. Bathe in the profound synchronicities and come out changed as I did. This is my first public telling following "Neil Gaiman: The Wolf in the Walls." A very blessed Samhain to you all.
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My life changed forever that night as something tore the Veil and reached right through to our world. Bathe in the profound synchronicities and come out changed as I did. This is my first public telling following "Neil Gaiman: The Wolf in the Walls." A very blessed Samhain to you all.
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Real live friends, meat-suits and all! With @keithrainville.bsky.social @lilichin.bsky.social @lamaupin.bsky.social and @nathanrlong.bsky.social !
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Real live friends, meat-suits and all! With @keithrainville.bsky.social @lilichin.bsky.social @lamaupin.bsky.social and @nathanrlong.bsky.social !
I'm humbled and happy to announce that Brimstone & Blades just won THREE BookFest Awards:
LGBTQ+ Fiction -- Winner
YA Fantasy -- Winner
YA Fiction -- Winner
Great thanks to the judges and hearty congratulations to all the winners this year!
LGBTQ+ Fiction -- Winner
YA Fantasy -- Winner
YA Fiction -- Winner
Great thanks to the judges and hearty congratulations to all the winners this year!
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm humbled and happy to announce that Brimstone & Blades just won THREE BookFest Awards:
LGBTQ+ Fiction -- Winner
YA Fantasy -- Winner
YA Fiction -- Winner
Great thanks to the judges and hearty congratulations to all the winners this year!
LGBTQ+ Fiction -- Winner
YA Fantasy -- Winner
YA Fiction -- Winner
Great thanks to the judges and hearty congratulations to all the winners this year!
