Wren
@orangeblossomteas.bsky.social
Aroace VN dev and writer. 20s. He/they.
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Entirely unsurprised that this is happening
It's been real bad for authors writing acespec and/or arospec YA, from what I hear from those on sub the last few years. Most I know of have been told to de-ace/de-aro their characters or give them a romance arc.
YEP been noticing this a lot with author friends who are out on submission the last couple of years
January 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Entirely unsurprised that this is happening
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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It's Aspec Reading Bingo Day -- in which I recommend books for the delightful prompts put together by @nerdydreamer107 and @queerbooksupremacy over on Instagram 💙
Today's prompt is: PART OF A SERIES
Find the bingo on Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
💙📚 ♠️🌈📚
Today's prompt is: PART OF A SERIES
Find the bingo on Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
💙📚 ♠️🌈📚
January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
It's Aspec Reading Bingo Day -- in which I recommend books for the delightful prompts put together by @nerdydreamer107 and @queerbooksupremacy over on Instagram 💙
Today's prompt is: PART OF A SERIES
Find the bingo on Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
💙📚 ♠️🌈📚
Today's prompt is: PART OF A SERIES
Find the bingo on Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
💙📚 ♠️🌈📚
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Since a few folks have asked recently, this is my personal favorite whistle to print. I can do 60 on an A1 Mini in 5-6 hours depending on the filament/settings!
makerworld.com/models/11816...
makerworld.com/models/11816...
Small two-tone whistle - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorld
Download this free 3D print file designed by ACstudio. Boost MeSe ho soddisfatto le tue aspettative donami un boost!ATTENZIONE!!!ESTREMAMENTE RUMOROSO!!!Micro fischietto bitonale. piccolo, ma molto po...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Since a few folks have asked recently, this is my personal favorite whistle to print. I can do 60 on an A1 Mini in 5-6 hours depending on the filament/settings!
makerworld.com/models/11816...
makerworld.com/models/11816...
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That gay VN I keep reposting is only $1000ish away from funding
Look at Bluesky... Making dreams come true! So close at only 16 hours remaining
#LGBTQ #Sapphic #Queer
Look at Bluesky... Making dreams come true! So close at only 16 hours remaining
#LGBTQ #Sapphic #Queer
Women of Xal II's Kickstarter is FINALLY up and running! Please share with your #VisualNovel friends who like their dark political mysteries, character studies, and cast of queer ladies.
First game is free during the campaign, of course.
#Gaming #Kickstarter #Campaign #Yuri #Indie #Indiedev #Game
First game is free during the campaign, of course.
#Gaming #Kickstarter #Campaign #Yuri #Indie #Indiedev #Game
Women of Xal II
Original Game Free! The revolution begins. Can Xjena survive rising violence and The Great Silence— Xal's final extinction event?
www.kickstarter.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
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THIS. Medical professionals shaming ANYONE, even anonymously, for seeking medical care for a thing society already treats as a punchline further stigmatizes and disincentivizes people seeking medical care! I know of an instance of a responsible, safe toy designer HIMSELF, who KNOWS the rules --
I might be the Too Woke Friend here but as someone who has done chaplain care with people who have things stuck in their butts in the emergency dept I don't actually think it should be a journalism thing.
It's really traumatizing for people! And it shouldn't be traumatizing to make a sex mistake!
It's really traumatizing for people! And it shouldn't be traumatizing to make a sex mistake!
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
THIS. Medical professionals shaming ANYONE, even anonymously, for seeking medical care for a thing society already treats as a punchline further stigmatizes and disincentivizes people seeking medical care! I know of an instance of a responsible, safe toy designer HIMSELF, who KNOWS the rules --
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I still think about this video regularly and I hope he is having a very good day/night
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
December 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I still think about this video regularly and I hope he is having a very good day/night
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That's fucked uo, man
I just found out that our stuff is being sold on Amazon - WITHOUT our consent or any ability to opt out bc Amazon is just scraping artist’s websites and putting our shit in their search results. Again, without our permission.
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
That's fucked uo, man
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One thing on "lol no one is arguing against authors using spell check": people *are* arguing that. That's the pro genAI's whole point: that if we ban tools using/based on genAI, we must *also* ban tools that don't use it because acknowledging the difference hurts their attempt at an argument.
December 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
One thing on "lol no one is arguing against authors using spell check": people *are* arguing that. That's the pro genAI's whole point: that if we ban tools using/based on genAI, we must *also* ban tools that don't use it because acknowledging the difference hurts their attempt at an argument.
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They're starting to air commercials saying "80% of companies who invested in AI have lost money on it, so hire us to 'optimize' your AI" -- maybe these companies should stop spending money on dumb AI shit to begin with!
Everybody hates it and any claims that “this happens with any disruptive tech” are obvious and pathetic cope. Shut down your AI depts and take the L large corporations. This is not it
Nobody wants AI. We want Mexican Coke and McDonald’s to bring back the dollar menu. That’s it, you fucking pigs. Easy.
December 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They're starting to air commercials saying "80% of companies who invested in AI have lost money on it, so hire us to 'optimize' your AI" -- maybe these companies should stop spending money on dumb AI shit to begin with!
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Fucking co-signed
You don't need AI as an indie author, you need community. You need people who can help you when you're burning out (and vice versa, importantly). Trade labor with each other, beta read for one another, connect with editors and cover artists. Teach & learn. Help promote one another.
December 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Fucking co-signed
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🧵 But I want to highlight this one because, along with just causing needless ridiculous expenses for companies, it's also (often) a safety hazard to prioritise VERY minor short-term profit the way skimping on paying a translator can do. Just pay a damn human to do your translations.
So if the wheels of a 200000 Euro transport container break and a 20 million Euro satellite spills onto the tarmac, because the machine translation system did not catch that the author of the source text got "brake" and "break" mixed up, hey, at least you saved a few hundred bucks for a translator.
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🧵 But I want to highlight this one because, along with just causing needless ridiculous expenses for companies, it's also (often) a safety hazard to prioritise VERY minor short-term profit the way skimping on paying a translator can do. Just pay a damn human to do your translations.
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The whole thread, but this especially. Please. Just value translation. It is creative work, especially if it's literary translation. It can be incredibly hard and challenging work. It is deeply rewarding work. It deserves to be valued and cherished.
So anyway I don't have a right answer there but just
*throws up hands*
Please value translation more? This shit is so difficult (end)
*throws up hands*
Please value translation more? This shit is so difficult (end)
December 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The whole thread, but this especially. Please. Just value translation. It is creative work, especially if it's literary translation. It can be incredibly hard and challenging work. It is deeply rewarding work. It deserves to be valued and cherished.
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There is *no* ethical use of genAI. It is built on stolen art, through exploitative labour, and every day as they train new model and answer query, they burn immense amount of energy & water.
It has no place in our field, none.
It has no place in our field, none.
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
There is *no* ethical use of genAI. It is built on stolen art, through exploitative labour, and every day as they train new model and answer query, they burn immense amount of energy & water.
It has no place in our field, none.
It has no place in our field, none.
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FYI if you cannot read the language of a primary source, hire a translator. You know. A creative arts professional who understands what they’re doing, what you’re looking for and what the nuances between languages are.
We do not throw fellow creators under the bus, especially not for stolen slop.
We do not throw fellow creators under the bus, especially not for stolen slop.
December 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
FYI if you cannot read the language of a primary source, hire a translator. You know. A creative arts professional who understands what they’re doing, what you’re looking for and what the nuances between languages are.
We do not throw fellow creators under the bus, especially not for stolen slop.
We do not throw fellow creators under the bus, especially not for stolen slop.
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listen I know we are in a confusing place because all the shittiest tech bros decided to slap a sparkle sticker labeled AI on literally everything, including things they have been doing for years.
there is definitely nuance to parse out! I get that!
but some of the arguments on the timeline...
there is definitely nuance to parse out! I get that!
but some of the arguments on the timeline...
December 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
listen I know we are in a confusing place because all the shittiest tech bros decided to slap a sparkle sticker labeled AI on literally everything, including things they have been doing for years.
there is definitely nuance to parse out! I get that!
but some of the arguments on the timeline...
there is definitely nuance to parse out! I get that!
but some of the arguments on the timeline...
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I'm so disappointed to see people willing to throw translation under the bus. So deeply disappointed.
December 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm so disappointed to see people willing to throw translation under the bus. So deeply disappointed.
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Also there are 11 more days to submit your queer speculative stories already published in 2025!
The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.
www.neonhemlock.com/were-here
The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.
www.neonhemlock.com/were-here
we're here — neon hemlock
www.neonhemlock.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Also there are 11 more days to submit your queer speculative stories already published in 2025!
The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.
www.neonhemlock.com/were-here
The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of.
www.neonhemlock.com/were-here
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Just a reminder writer friends, Delilah Waan has an incredible example of an AI statement on her website breaking down her views and every area in publishing where AI could creep in and how she tries to avoid it. If you feel strongly, here's a great way to approach having a statement for readers.
Where I Stand on the Use of AI in Publishing – Delilah Waan
www.delilahwaan.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just a reminder writer friends, Delilah Waan has an incredible example of an AI statement on her website breaking down her views and every area in publishing where AI could creep in and how she tries to avoid it. If you feel strongly, here's a great way to approach having a statement for readers.
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So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
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A true Montreal classic
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A true Montreal classic
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COMING OCT 6, 2026
The long awaited continuation of The Modern Mythos Universe will find the crew in the jaws of a night city built on subterfuge. There’s also time travel and smoochin and cryptids?
Queer urban gothic fantasy romance. Begin the story on Amazon, Audible, and ITCHIO!
📚🌈
The long awaited continuation of The Modern Mythos Universe will find the crew in the jaws of a night city built on subterfuge. There’s also time travel and smoochin and cryptids?
Queer urban gothic fantasy romance. Begin the story on Amazon, Audible, and ITCHIO!
📚🌈
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
COMING OCT 6, 2026
The long awaited continuation of The Modern Mythos Universe will find the crew in the jaws of a night city built on subterfuge. There’s also time travel and smoochin and cryptids?
Queer urban gothic fantasy romance. Begin the story on Amazon, Audible, and ITCHIO!
📚🌈
The long awaited continuation of The Modern Mythos Universe will find the crew in the jaws of a night city built on subterfuge. There’s also time travel and smoochin and cryptids?
Queer urban gothic fantasy romance. Begin the story on Amazon, Audible, and ITCHIO!
📚🌈
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They shouldn't even let folks who use LLMs for their writing BE IN THE ORG, much less on award ballots.
SFWA, constantly doing the worst and thinking they're great.
SFWA, constantly doing the worst and thinking they're great.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
They shouldn't even let folks who use LLMs for their writing BE IN THE ORG, much less on award ballots.
SFWA, constantly doing the worst and thinking they're great.
SFWA, constantly doing the worst and thinking they're great.
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I agree with this entire thread. I am deeply disappointed by @sfwa.org 's decision, especially considering how many of its members (including me) had our work stolen for the creation of that generative AI. There is NO way anyone should be eligible for a Nebula without doing ALL the writing themself.
I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I agree with this entire thread. I am deeply disappointed by @sfwa.org 's decision, especially considering how many of its members (including me) had our work stolen for the creation of that generative AI. There is NO way anyone should be eligible for a Nebula without doing ALL the writing themself.