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@thiefofvoices.bsky.social
a sustained heartache and a dark fever
L Savich. SFFH author. 1/2 of the team behind Mortal Machine: www.mortalmachine.net (currently on hiatus). Industrial wasteland appreciator, recorder of liminal spaces. Saves all his proofreading for manuscripts.
L Savich. SFFH author. 1/2 of the team behind Mortal Machine: www.mortalmachine.net (currently on hiatus). Industrial wasteland appreciator, recorder of liminal spaces. Saves all his proofreading for manuscripts.
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Just realized that every story I write can be summed up by: "underdog uses magic to end a world for the better"
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me doing circles around this graph like a cat chasing their tail
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
me doing circles around this graph like a cat chasing their tail
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Best take on the postal service
It's a service. It's not designed to be profitable. Nobody says anything when the military loses billions per year.
December 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Best take on the postal service
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a doodle i liked whose only actual thought was wanting to draw something in blue & pink, hence the kind of awkward pose
December 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
a doodle i liked whose only actual thought was wanting to draw something in blue & pink, hence the kind of awkward pose
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Quote with your most detailed art! 🎨🔥
i'm usually reticent to join these on a total stranger's post, but i could probably also stand to feel more accomplished about this thing i drew to scan & use in other things
i'm usually reticent to join these on a total stranger's post, but i could probably also stand to feel more accomplished about this thing i drew to scan & use in other things
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Quote with your most detailed art! 🎨🔥
i'm usually reticent to join these on a total stranger's post, but i could probably also stand to feel more accomplished about this thing i drew to scan & use in other things
i'm usually reticent to join these on a total stranger's post, but i could probably also stand to feel more accomplished about this thing i drew to scan & use in other things
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Writers, this is your regular reminder: sometimes show, sometimes tell.
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Writers, this is your regular reminder: sometimes show, sometimes tell.
Another "woke up with this stuck in my head" one: youtu.be/_ue714d1V6I?...
Gorillaz - Rockit (Official Video)
YouTube video by Gorillaz
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Another "woke up with this stuck in my head" one: youtu.be/_ue714d1V6I?...
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I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for
December 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for
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they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead
December 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead
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Suntup Editions may have exceeded even their near-insurmountable standards with the letterpress edition of Clive Barker's legendary novella, The Hellbound Heart.
subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
Announcing the Suntup Classic Edition of THE HELLBOUND HEART—Signed by Clive Barker
Suntup Editions may have exceeded even their near-insurmountable standards with the letterpress edition of Clive Barker's legendary novella, The Hellbound Heart.
The Classic Edition includes, among ot...
subterraneanpress.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Suntup Editions may have exceeded even their near-insurmountable standards with the letterpress edition of Clive Barker's legendary novella, The Hellbound Heart.
subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
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Year's Longest Night, this side of the world. Wrap up inside the welcoming dark & bring it in to carry with you, in the light. The light will come tomorrow & we'll welcome that too, & the clarity & warmth it brings— but for now, esp in this era of weaponized surveillance, appreciate the dark, too
December 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Year's Longest Night, this side of the world. Wrap up inside the welcoming dark & bring it in to carry with you, in the light. The light will come tomorrow & we'll welcome that too, & the clarity & warmth it brings— but for now, esp in this era of weaponized surveillance, appreciate the dark, too
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I often go back to this comment by Jamie O'Neill:
December 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I often go back to this comment by Jamie O'Neill:
These things are the bane of my dayjob existence. (These things and digital fonts rights.)
one thing i've learnt at work is that OCR fucking hates ligatures so we get some howlingly incorrect text from magazine PDFs
Following up on that last repost, the reason why "ffi" is sometimes a single character in typefaces is that it's what's called a ligature, in which characters are merged to make them look better on the page, as seen here:
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
These things are the bane of my dayjob existence. (These things and digital fonts rights.)
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Art from before some of you were even born 😆⏳
(2002 and 2005)
(2002 and 2005)
December 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Art from before some of you were even born 😆⏳
(2002 and 2005)
(2002 and 2005)
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This might as well happen
December 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This might as well happen
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This is true of fiction, too. No matter how similar the concept/setup of your story might sound to someone else's, the mere fact that it's you writing it will make it different, and the fact is most readers won't even make the connection/comparison. Don't worry about it.
Indie Dev discovers the game they're making basically already exists, worried of being deemed a ripoff. Original dev responds.
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is true of fiction, too. No matter how similar the concept/setup of your story might sound to someone else's, the mere fact that it's you writing it will make it different, and the fact is most readers won't even make the connection/comparison. Don't worry about it.
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So, since we have Yet More Discourse going on, I wanna toss out a thing because I keep seeing it come up.
Writing is not always fun, and that’s actually pretty normal.
Writing is not always fun, and that’s actually pretty normal.
Same. Frankly, I can’t imagine any situation where using an LLM to generate text would not make writing the book take ten times as long.
In case it doesn't go without saying: I have not used gen AI to create text in any of my books. I have not used Grammarly etc to "clean up" the text. I have not used it to research any of my books, except where it might be built into search engines under the hood (I do not use labelled AI results).
December 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
So, since we have Yet More Discourse going on, I wanna toss out a thing because I keep seeing it come up.
Writing is not always fun, and that’s actually pretty normal.
Writing is not always fun, and that’s actually pretty normal.
realized that I could, probably, go mine poetry I've *already written* for this stupid book
will it be good? probably not. but it'll be DONE, when I'm coming up 100% barren on ideas for new stuff
will it be good? probably not. but it'll be DONE, when I'm coming up 100% barren on ideas for new stuff
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
realized that I could, probably, go mine poetry I've *already written* for this stupid book
will it be good? probably not. but it'll be DONE, when I'm coming up 100% barren on ideas for new stuff
will it be good? probably not. but it'll be DONE, when I'm coming up 100% barren on ideas for new stuff
LRP I think I'm REQUIRED to get one of those. iykyk :p
December 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
LRP I think I'm REQUIRED to get one of those. iykyk :p
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Hey! Here’s a cool thing I did recently! Made some cute craft labels for @dispeldice.bsky.social x @cantripcandles.bsky.social
They were so easy to work with 💕
Also got sent one of each candle as thanks and oh boy 🔥🔥🔥🔥 tbh I think trout is my fav despite loving them all~
They were so easy to work with 💕
Also got sent one of each candle as thanks and oh boy 🔥🔥🔥🔥 tbh I think trout is my fav despite loving them all~
December 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hey! Here’s a cool thing I did recently! Made some cute craft labels for @dispeldice.bsky.social x @cantripcandles.bsky.social
They were so easy to work with 💕
Also got sent one of each candle as thanks and oh boy 🔥🔥🔥🔥 tbh I think trout is my fav despite loving them all~
They were so easy to work with 💕
Also got sent one of each candle as thanks and oh boy 🔥🔥🔥🔥 tbh I think trout is my fav despite loving them all~
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This is so fucking metal
December 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is so fucking metal
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We deserved at least one win this year 🙏🏾
"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...
Cheese Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in 25-Year Study
One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.
www.sciencealert.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We deserved at least one win this year 🙏🏾
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Good now put a fucking audio jack back on my fucking phone so I can use them
Move over Bluetooth: wired headphones are back – and suddenly cool again
Move over Bluetooth: wired headphones are back – and suddenly cool again
From celebrity endorsements to digital fatigue, the once-obsolete white wire has become a fashion statement and a quiet act of opting out
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Good now put a fucking audio jack back on my fucking phone so I can use them