Michael Strode
@michaelstrode.bsky.social
Writer, horror filmmaker, croquet vendetta initiator.
Avid cook, gamer, teller of dad jokes.
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Avid cook, gamer, teller of dad jokes.
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As the latest fuckery with KDP and their generative AI goes around, reminder that they started this back in April with their series Recaps feature that cannot be opted out of and that few people cared about. I spent weeks back and forth with support, chronicled on Bsky and my site. (brief thread 👇)
December 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As the latest fuckery with KDP and their generative AI goes around, reminder that they started this back in April with their series Recaps feature that cannot be opted out of and that few people cared about. I spent weeks back and forth with support, chronicled on Bsky and my site. (brief thread 👇)
My heart breaks for Brown, my alma mater. Ever true.
December 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My heart breaks for Brown, my alma mater. Ever true.
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LOS ANGELES READERS: DO NOT MISSE the Saturday 12/13 show by CIAO, up-and-coming sketch comedye geniuses. Brainye, bizarre, chaotic, nerdy. At the Pack Theatre, 1615 North Vermont. Behold these wyzardes of bonkers pop culture yn their element TOMORROW.
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SATURDAY NIGHT SKETCH: Ciao
The Pack proudly presents one of our all-time best Sketch Comedy teams doing a 1-Hour Show!
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December 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
AI fakery embeds itself into journalism. Depressing, inevitable result of LLMs.
thelocal.to/investigatin...
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
AI fakery embeds itself into journalism. Depressing, inevitable result of LLMs.
thelocal.to/investigatin...
thelocal.to/investigatin...
These novellas sound great - dark, speculative fiction woven into historical settings? My jam.
In a late-1800s mining town, the Molly Maguires arrive to help workers fight for better working conditions—but even they can't save the ones sent to work in....
@horrortom.bsky.social's Tunnel 17 will keep you up at night.
SINISTER SOCIETIES out 12.09—pre-order:
⛏️ links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6
#TBR
@horrortom.bsky.social's Tunnel 17 will keep you up at night.
SINISTER SOCIETIES out 12.09—pre-order:
⛏️ links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6
#TBR
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
These novellas sound great - dark, speculative fiction woven into historical settings? My jam.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Don't miss the latest updates from Ruadán Books—from book news to calls for manuscripts—sign up for our newsletter! 📢🦊
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#BookSky #HorrorSky #darkfantasy #writingcommunity
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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Very cool premise.
We're excited to announce a book deal with @naomieselojor.bsky.social for her novella THE CITY OF FACTORIES, which explores the effects of colonialism on Nigeria through a steampunk setting and fractured father/son relationship.
Read more:
links.ruadanbooks.com/eselojor
#BookSky
Read more:
links.ruadanbooks.com/eselojor
#BookSky
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Very cool premise.
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If you enjoyed a book(s), here are 10 things you can do to exercise your enormous power as a reader and radically help the author. And every action here is free:
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If you enjoyed a book(s), here are 10 things you can do to exercise your enormous power as a reader and radically help the author. And every action here is free:
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
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The PW announcement is up for A Dozen Dystopias and How to Dodge Them!!
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The PW announcement is up for A Dozen Dystopias and How to Dodge Them!!
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An author with no significant platform lands a book deal for a nonfiction book, then fears that it will be taken away when publishing professionals realize they've made a huge mistake.
But there's much more to the story than that, from Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd.
But there's much more to the story than that, from Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd.
How I Secured a Big Five Publishing Deal with Almost No Social Media Platform | Jane Friedman
Learn how one author’s publishing “fairy tale” hides years of struggle, with practical lessons to unlock your own resilience.
janefriedman.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
An author with no significant platform lands a book deal for a nonfiction book, then fears that it will be taken away when publishing professionals realize they've made a huge mistake.
But there's much more to the story than that, from Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd.
But there's much more to the story than that, from Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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So grateful to be part of this initiative 💛
My story is included in one of these books (Winter in the City). If you’re able to support, please do.
50% of profits are going to support SNAP-reliant, and our publisher is matching the donation.
Books + helping people eat? That’s my kind of magic. ✨📚🍽️
My story is included in one of these books (Winter in the City). If you’re able to support, please do.
50% of profits are going to support SNAP-reliant, and our publisher is matching the donation.
Books + helping people eat? That’s my kind of magic. ✨📚🍽️
READERS AGAINST HUNGER: with SNAP only partly funded, millions of Americans face not having their nutritional needs met.
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23 to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Our CEO will also personally match this donation.
#BookSky
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23 to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Our CEO will also personally match this donation.
#BookSky
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So grateful to be part of this initiative 💛
My story is included in one of these books (Winter in the City). If you’re able to support, please do.
50% of profits are going to support SNAP-reliant, and our publisher is matching the donation.
Books + helping people eat? That’s my kind of magic. ✨📚🍽️
My story is included in one of these books (Winter in the City). If you’re able to support, please do.
50% of profits are going to support SNAP-reliant, and our publisher is matching the donation.
Books + helping people eat? That’s my kind of magic. ✨📚🍽️
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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Baton Rouge residents and anyone else nearby! Don't forget to visit the Louisiana Book Festival TODAY going on until 4 PM CT.
Swing by and see our author @jrblanes.bsky.social and snag a copy of his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay—you can even get it signed.
#BookSky #HorrorSky
Swing by and see our author @jrblanes.bsky.social and snag a copy of his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay—you can even get it signed.
#BookSky #HorrorSky
November 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Baton Rouge residents and anyone else nearby! Don't forget to visit the Louisiana Book Festival TODAY going on until 4 PM CT.
Swing by and see our author @jrblanes.bsky.social and snag a copy of his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay—you can even get it signed.
#BookSky #HorrorSky
Swing by and see our author @jrblanes.bsky.social and snag a copy of his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay—you can even get it signed.
#BookSky #HorrorSky
Happy Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Happy Halloween!
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Happy spooky season! Here's your Halloween reminder that I have scary stuff of mine to watch and read for those that are interested
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Happy spooky season! Here's your Halloween reminder that I have scary stuff of mine to watch and read for those that are interested
Queen.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Queen.
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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That's no ballroom
A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
October 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
That's no ballroom