Rachel Rogers
@rachelini.bsky.social
Lover of musicals, reading, cats, urban animals, sleep. Forever a cataloguer at heart. she/her
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Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
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December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
I bought this book for myself on a whim while doing my Christmas shopping. The artist/author moved here in 2020 just before the pandemic started. It's really neat to see what jumps out at someone new to an area. Also interesting to see how much has changed in 5 years!
December 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I bought this book for myself on a whim while doing my Christmas shopping. The artist/author moved here in 2020 just before the pandemic started. It's really neat to see what jumps out at someone new to an area. Also interesting to see how much has changed in 5 years!
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‘Why are you always tired?’ I’ve been alive every day since I was born. It adds up.
December 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
‘Why are you always tired?’ I’ve been alive every day since I was born. It adds up.
Back to work. I feel spoiled for having a weekend right after Christmas and Boxing Day - 4 days off in a row! Luxury.
December 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Back to work. I feel spoiled for having a weekend right after Christmas and Boxing Day - 4 days off in a row! Luxury.
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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For all the things that I complain about being built for men or tall people and not fitting me properly (like chairs) then there's one like my sit-stand desk where I have to put it as high as it goes and it's still not quite the right standing height for me. What do the tall people do??
December 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
For all the things that I complain about being built for men or tall people and not fitting me properly (like chairs) then there's one like my sit-stand desk where I have to put it as high as it goes and it's still not quite the right standing height for me. What do the tall people do??
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Buckle in, we’re doing Romance 101 - Heated Rivalry edition. This is for all the folks showing their ignorance about what Heated Rivalry is doing. Note: Very little of this is my original thoughts. These things are Known.
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Buckle in, we’re doing Romance 101 - Heated Rivalry edition. This is for all the folks showing their ignorance about what Heated Rivalry is doing. Note: Very little of this is my original thoughts. These things are Known.
All the Heated Rivalry discourse is making me want to watch it despite sports romance not being one of my genres. Strange things happen when romance hits the mainstream!
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
All the Heated Rivalry discourse is making me want to watch it despite sports romance not being one of my genres. Strange things happen when romance hits the mainstream!
A fantastic thread.
Shops at Aura tree. Snow dusted wonderland under (for now) Canada’s tallest residential bldn. Formal skirt transitions to snow fam exploding w uncontainable joy in witnessing drive-by action Santa. A perfect scene to visit & revisit, each time seeing more. 11/10
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December 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
A fantastic thread.
More fuel for my "brain in a jar" campaign
your body can just sprout new bones if it wants. your body can be like "I have decided to create a new piece of bone in the midst of this thigh muscle or whatever, YOLO." this is called heterotopic ossification and I think we should all be much more scared of it than we are.
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
More fuel for my "brain in a jar" campaign
I took a 20 minute nap and it got full dark during that time. I can't be convinced that I wasn't actually out for two hours.
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I took a 20 minute nap and it got full dark during that time. I can't be convinced that I wasn't actually out for two hours.
It's the time of year at work where I'm trying to get my to do list closer and closer to me so I don't miss my deadlines.
December 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
It's the time of year at work where I'm trying to get my to do list closer and closer to me so I don't miss my deadlines.
Going to my first holiday craft market of the season. Yes, it's only early November. Yes, when I saw this one advertised I did say ack that's way too soon. Yes, I'm going anyway.
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Going to my first holiday craft market of the season. Yes, it's only early November. Yes, when I saw this one advertised I did say ack that's way too soon. Yes, I'm going anyway.
Let's keep it up
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Let's keep it up
Boy this budget is pretty depressing.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Boy this budget is pretty depressing.
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Little things become symbols. And symbols are what stick with people.
This budget is full of very very dumb symbols.
This budget is full of very very dumb symbols.
Out of budget lockup. I recently wrote: "Ottawa imposes a 10 percent luxury tax on yachts... yet a family buying a semi in Scarborough pays the equivalent of 15 percent in [DCs] and land transfer taxes."
Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.
Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Little things become symbols. And symbols are what stick with people.
This budget is full of very very dumb symbols.
This budget is full of very very dumb symbols.
Fully half my Instagram feed is visiting Japan right now. I keep expecting to see them in the background of each other's photos by coincidence.
October 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Fully half my Instagram feed is visiting Japan right now. I keep expecting to see them in the background of each other's photos by coincidence.
I'm seeing a large amount of costumes and talk of trick-or-treating on here. Did I lose a week somewhere?
October 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I'm seeing a large amount of costumes and talk of trick-or-treating on here. Did I lose a week somewhere?
Forget the leaves changing colour, today a regular bus rider is wearing a hoodie over his T-shirt for the first time this year, so fall has arrived.
October 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Forget the leaves changing colour, today a regular bus rider is wearing a hoodie over his T-shirt for the first time this year, so fall has arrived.
Faked an answer about baseball today to be polite to a work vendor and it turned into about half our meeting. Did not realize how badly that would backfire. Had no idea it was a time when people had so many baseball feelings. I am full of regrets.
October 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Faked an answer about baseball today to be polite to a work vendor and it turned into about half our meeting. Did not realize how badly that would backfire. Had no idea it was a time when people had so many baseball feelings. I am full of regrets.
Looked away from my computer for 2 minutes and then legit had to trace back my thought process 6 steps as to why I had a specific page open.
October 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Looked away from my computer for 2 minutes and then legit had to trace back my thought process 6 steps as to why I had a specific page open.
Oh no, I've tipped over into "too tired to get up and brush my teeth etc so I can properly go to bed" but also "too tired to focus my eyes on my book or my phone" so I sit here in a lump, staring at nothing.
October 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Oh no, I've tipped over into "too tired to get up and brush my teeth etc so I can properly go to bed" but also "too tired to focus my eyes on my book or my phone" so I sit here in a lump, staring at nothing.
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there should be dessert trucks that just prowl the neighborhoods in the evening hours, playing light jazz and offering an array of pies and tiramisus for a reasonable price
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
there should be dessert trucks that just prowl the neighborhoods in the evening hours, playing light jazz and offering an array of pies and tiramisus for a reasonable price
Thinking of adding a new category to my email. "To review", "waiting for answer", and "to do" will be joined by "to do someday. maybe"
September 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Thinking of adding a new category to my email. "To review", "waiting for answer", and "to do" will be joined by "to do someday. maybe"
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For 150 years, Africville, sitting right next to Halifax, was a thriving Black Canadian community.
Halifax refused to provide city services, and eventually forced residents to move as they bulldozed their homes.
This is the story of that community.
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Halifax refused to provide city services, and eventually forced residents to move as they bulldozed their homes.
This is the story of that community.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
For 150 years, Africville, sitting right next to Halifax, was a thriving Black Canadian community.
Halifax refused to provide city services, and eventually forced residents to move as they bulldozed their homes.
This is the story of that community.
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Halifax refused to provide city services, and eventually forced residents to move as they bulldozed their homes.
This is the story of that community.
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