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ML Brennan

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Author Tor Books: Generation V, Iron Night, Tainted Blood, Dark Ascension (GENERATION V series). Vampires, kitsune, werebears, nerdy jokes, New England references.

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ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · Dec 16

Hey -- if anyone is still looking for a holiday present, can I remind everyone that I wrote a book about broke and sarcastic vampires, awesome kitsune, weird monsters, all set in the mighty state of Rhode Island? With some fun species biology peppered throughout?

www.amazon.com/Generation-V...

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 6h

They are shockingly terrible, and it's gotten worse over the last 5years. I have taught multiple students this year how to create a file on their desktop, name it, and then how to save their drafts in it. Because most are just saving randomly to the cloud and losing stuff because they can't find it.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 6h

Oh, WELL done, sir! Well done!

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 6h

Release the bagpipers.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 6h

Yes, we're in Week Eight of the semester, why do you ask?

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 6h

Yes, you can save a Word file on your fucking Mac. Yes, this is going to involve you OPENING A FUCKING DIRECTORY TO DIRECT WHERE TO SAVE THE FILE.

YES, I KNOW YOU HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, YOU SWEET IDIOT.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 6h

Most of all, I am beyond sick of hearing the term "digital natives" thrown around for a cohort that is great at using apps but utterly fucking lost when it comes to actually using their fucking laptops for anything other than watching TikTok videos.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 6h

I am so fucking sick of having to teach my students how to save a file to their goddamn desktops.

I am sick of showing teaching them that there is a difference between .docx and .pdf. I am sick of teaching them how to upload a file. I am sick of having to teach them how to insert page numbers.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 7h

Ah, you've just fallen victim to one of the most classic blunders. The most famous, obviously, being to never get involved in a land war in Asia. The second--

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 7h

SIR. That is UNGENTLEMANLY CONDUCT in a public forum.

Pardon me while I go and change my knickers.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 7h

At this point I'm kind of counting the months before I have to resort to fucking Blue Books.

Which I would mind less if it didn't mean having to decipher student handwriting.

Maybe I should pitch my department chair on getting typewriters for the classroom.

Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 11h

The report on the use of AI in UK schools, commissioned by Oxford University Press (OUP), found that just 2% of students aged between 13 and 18 said they did not use AI for their schoolwork, while 80% said they regularly used it.

Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds

One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers

www.theguardian.com

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 7h

I'd go with Distinctive Penguin.

Perhaps I, too, was not meant for a life of deception and crime.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 7h

Listen. Strange women, lounging around beaches, partially transparent, possibly distributing swords, is no way to run a system of government.

curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · Jan 5

In #JapaneseFolklore, iso onna are vampire sirens who wait on beaches and ocean cliffs seeking out travellers and fishermen to feed on. They appear as very beautiful women with long dark hair, dripping wet, but their lower half is partially transparent. They sit staring...
#SwampSunday #yokai
1/3

A woman with long black hair emerges from the water and looks over her shoulder.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 7h

Well, I know what I'm doing with my kids this weekend.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 3d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 9h

My midweek Blog leads on The Lychford Collection being out now, how to find us at Thought Bubble and me writing the intro for a great comics series! www.paulcornell.com/2025/10/the-...

Cover of The Lychford Collection.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 2d

Responsible......... FOR MURDER.

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matthew @pahuski.com · 2d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

“If the car’s gone,”

“I’ll give you another cookie anyway”

“because I love you.”

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 2d

We'll all remember this conversation when Gerard goes full Christine.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 2d

This is true -- sometimes to freak out my students I explain to them what it was like to drive to an unfamiliar place before the days of GPS.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 2d

“Phillip K. Dick. Ray Bradbury. Like so many in tech, I draw in completely misunderstanding the authors.”

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 5d

My children's pediatrician has reached the point where he simply refers to RFK Jr as "THAT MAN."

This pediatrician visibly winces in sympathy when he gives my kids their vaccines, because he just hates to cause any discomfort, yet I'm pretty sure he would rend RFKJr limb from limb with joy.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, peeps, it is me again because $2.99 is a STEAL for the ebook (w/ bk 2 next month, no less!)

Writing The Witch Roads in 2022 reignited my love of writing after a rough period when I thought I should just quit. All else aside, this book is about finding joy in the small graces of the world

Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 9d

THE WITCH ROADS ebook is currently on sale (US) for $2.99, so if you're curious & want to read a grimsweet tale of a humble deputy courier & her annoyed nephew, a possessed prince, & a ravenous fungal ghost plague, now's the time.
Bk 2 of the duology arrives Nov 4!

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The Witch Roads

Book 1 in the Witch Roads duology, the latest epic novel by fan favorite Kate Elliott.. Status is hereditary, class is bestowed, trust must be earned.When an...

us.macmillan.com

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 6d

I've spoken with a lot of my colleagues about this, and the first-years are noticeably better about doing the reading assignments. I'm kind of hoping that we're starting to see a cohort whose damage from the covid years had enough time to be ameliorated.

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 6d

Really? I'd love some -- they would make some incredibly happy little boys.