Fantasy shark detective writer
@skis-n-reads.bsky.social
J. Ives. Author, adventurer, & data job office drone. I post about books, fantasy, tabletop gaming, mtg, skiing, and sometimes environmental and health policy.
Opinions are my own unless they’re bad.
Opinions are my own unless they’re bad.
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A Shark Never Sleeps: Arrow Dodger Files
Amazon.com: A Shark Never Sleeps: Arrow Dodger Files eBook : Ives, J.: Kindle Store
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Next ebook drops in August and paper copy should be out about the same time:
It’s a fantasy detective story featuring a former pirate turned novice detective in a romp through an industrializing magic city. Hope you enjoy!
www.amazon.com/Shark-Never-...
It’s a fantasy detective story featuring a former pirate turned novice detective in a romp through an industrializing magic city. Hope you enjoy!
www.amazon.com/Shark-Never-...
It’s also counterproductive— it’s not always easy to tell the difference between AI generated scammer products and actual cool indie books, but if I see an AI cover, I’m probably not reading it.
Self-published authors are unfortunately very rapidly becoming my most-blocked demographic on here due entirely to the rampant use of hideous AI generated book covers
Just in case it wasn't clear: If I click on your profile and see that you've used AI to make something, you get blocked.
December 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It’s also counterproductive— it’s not always easy to tell the difference between AI generated scammer products and actual cool indie books, but if I see an AI cover, I’m probably not reading it.
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Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Begins Process to Align U.S. Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries
ALIGNING THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the
www.whitehouse.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
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It doesn’t matter if people “truly” believe anything or not. Playing make-believe, publicly participating in a bit like an improv sketch, is just as good as any “sincerely held” belief for all purposes of the function of collective belief in society (though this also shapes people’s private beliefs)
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It doesn’t matter if people “truly” believe anything or not. Playing make-believe, publicly participating in a bit like an improv sketch, is just as good as any “sincerely held” belief for all purposes of the function of collective belief in society (though this also shapes people’s private beliefs)
My Spotify wrapped is that I wrapped up my use of that service this year and haven’t gone back
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My Spotify wrapped is that I wrapped up my use of that service this year and haven’t gone back
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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You know what's interesting though, stories about GLP-1's really don't focus in on the fact that it's an injection.
Yes, I know it's an auto injector but it's still a shot.
Yes, I know it's an auto injector but it's still a shot.
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
You know what's interesting though, stories about GLP-1's really don't focus in on the fact that it's an injection.
Yes, I know it's an auto injector but it's still a shot.
Yes, I know it's an auto injector but it's still a shot.
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Showing me a needle shot on a story about a measles outbreak gets me to associate vaccination with disease... which is wrong.
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Showing me a needle shot on a story about a measles outbreak gets me to associate vaccination with disease... which is wrong.
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I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites
The Gallatin City-County Health Department has confirmed a second case of measles in Gallatin County, with the latest case identified on Dec. 1, 2025.This foll
nbcmontana.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
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I'm about 500 times more concerned with my own elderly parents being victimized by an identity theft or pig butchering scam than I am about them being mugged or burglarized and I think that's similar for most voters bsky.app/profile/todm...
I think the scams at issue are phone and email scams, phishing, identity theft etc. Most people I know are actually quite familiar with those, worry about them and wish government would do more to stop them. A promise to do something about that sort of scam might resonate with voters.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I'm about 500 times more concerned with my own elderly parents being victimized by an identity theft or pig butchering scam than I am about them being mugged or burglarized and I think that's similar for most voters bsky.app/profile/todm...
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nah just promise to do THE BEEKEEPER in real life on the people stealing granny's money bsky.app/profile/sout...
Problem is, if they did that, they would have to become anti-capitalist, because capitalism at the end of the day is one huge scam. Owners steal the surplus value produced by workers and enrich themselves, which then is used to reshape society through laws, regulations, advertising and PR.
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
nah just promise to do THE BEEKEEPER in real life on the people stealing granny's money bsky.app/profile/sout...
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Even a decade ago I'd have far sooner predicted that the US would succumb to authoritarian rule than that it would become a state where vaccines were unavailable.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
www.politico.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Even a decade ago I'd have far sooner predicted that the US would succumb to authoritarian rule than that it would become a state where vaccines were unavailable.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
This RT is an endorsement
We *really* need to actively differentiate Machine Learning from GenAI. GenAI is riding the Machine Learning coattails and risks destroying an incredibly useful innovation by conflating it with absolute slop that codes decently.
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This RT is an endorsement
Got some mice in our house, time to reread Redwall from the villain’s perspective
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Got some mice in our house, time to reread Redwall from the villain’s perspective
Butlerian Jihad now
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Butlerian Jihad now
Pika
Marmot
Eyelash viper
Pink-chum salmon hybrid
Bonnethead (the stalwart ❤️)
Marmot
Eyelash viper
Pink-chum salmon hybrid
Bonnethead (the stalwart ❤️)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Octopus
Nurse Shark
Dolphins in bioluminescent water
Beaver
Roosevelt Elk
Octopus
Nurse Shark
Dolphins in bioluminescent water
Beaver
Roosevelt Elk
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Cougar
Elk
Gray whale
Bearded dragon
Kangaroo
Cougar
Elk
Gray whale
Bearded dragon
Kangaroo
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Pika
Marmot
Eyelash viper
Pink-chum salmon hybrid
Bonnethead (the stalwart ❤️)
Marmot
Eyelash viper
Pink-chum salmon hybrid
Bonnethead (the stalwart ❤️)
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there's a story that squares these, which is that AI lets individual employees lever up in a way that makes them super productive but also super difficult to substitute for, so you need them working all the time and if they ever leave you're screwed.
CEOs do not love that story
CEOs do not love that story
I’d love tech CEOs to stick to a lane. Either AI makes workers so much more productive that they need to do layoffs or there’s so few workers in place that everyone needs to work nights and weekends.
Now it just seems layoffs are happening for economic reasons with AI as a convenient cover story.
Now it just seems layoffs are happening for economic reasons with AI as a convenient cover story.
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
there's a story that squares these, which is that AI lets individual employees lever up in a way that makes them super productive but also super difficult to substitute for, so you need them working all the time and if they ever leave you're screwed.
CEOs do not love that story
CEOs do not love that story
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Cimafunk
Revivalists
Clipse
Trombone Shorty
Volbeat
Cimafunk
Revivalists
Clipse
Trombone Shorty
Volbeat
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
King Gizzard (thrice)
Radiohead
Deerhunter
Godspeed You Black Emperor
The Mountain Goats
I could go on!!
King Gizzard (thrice)
Radiohead
Deerhunter
Godspeed You Black Emperor
The Mountain Goats
I could go on!!
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Stars
Reel Big Fish
Duster
Indigo De Souza
Mystery Skulls
Stars
Reel Big Fish
Duster
Indigo De Souza
Mystery Skulls
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Cimafunk
Revivalists
Clipse
Trombone Shorty
Volbeat
Cimafunk
Revivalists
Clipse
Trombone Shorty
Volbeat
Co-sign, incredible book
8. CALLING BULLSHIT (Carl Bergstrom & Jevin West). I'm not really the target audience for this book, because, as @carlbergstrom.com can attest to, I already call bullshit on many things regularly. But it was a fun read all the same, entertaining, inquisitive, etc
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Co-sign, incredible book
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
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You know what food I hate? Your personal favourite food. Inedible garbage.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
You know what food I hate? Your personal favourite food. Inedible garbage.
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Tl;dr Republicans want to cut the list of "professional degrees" so that many fewer are eligible for the highest level of student loans. Fields cut include nursing, PT, public health. They forced this through a committee but it will have to go through regulatory process. Fight is just beginning.
ED Reaches Consensus On Loan Caps
A very limited number of degree programs would have access to the highest level of loans under a new set of regulations that the Department of Education and its negotiating committee signed off on Thu...
www.insidehighered.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Tl;dr Republicans want to cut the list of "professional degrees" so that many fewer are eligible for the highest level of student loans. Fields cut include nursing, PT, public health. They forced this through a committee but it will have to go through regulatory process. Fight is just beginning.