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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 6h

I read "Mr. Death" by @alixeharrow.bsky.social a few years back and was just floored.

Apex introduced me to some of my favorite authors + this is their 20th anniversary doing it for countless other writers/readers. Their Kickstarter could use some help now, so consider supporting them.

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 7h

my broken second toe from 3.5 weeks ago is healing nicely but I have another 2 weeks to go in my boot.

$Black and white x-ray image of foot bones, with a double fracture in the second toe.$

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 1d

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 1d

guess what?

it's TOC'O TUESDAY!! 🌮 💀

and issue 40 is AMAZING

featuring guest fiction editor @vajra.me!!

are you ready?

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 1d

JOIN US

I just backed Apex Magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately

You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools

Be better than that

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 2d

again? that is one thing i am doing today.

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 2d

Read this:

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a great day to reread EARTHDIVERS by @sgj.bsky.social, starting with Vol 1: KILL COLUMBUS.

A comic book cover featuring three European ships on a blood red sea facing the reader, with a massive Native American face hovering in the sky behind them, the bottom half of his face a skull jaw in the water below. EARTHDIVERS KILL COLUMBUS written across the top.

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 5d

If you wanna know why Charlie got Kirked, it’s this legacy of racist, xenophobic shit right here.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 6d

Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA announced it will host its own ‘All American Super Bowl Halftime Show’ to protest Bad Bunny’s headlining performance.

The organization provided genres for fans to choose for the show including ‘Anything in English,’ ‘Americana,’ and ‘Worship.’

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 6d

Folk magic, high school football, and an ancient demon collide in "Tommy the Leg Ain't No Witch." My latest from Cosmic Horror Monthly #63 gets the audio treatment, out today on the Cosmic Goblins podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Episode 06: Tommy 'The Leg' Ain't No Witch by Jonathan Gensler

Podcast Episode · Cosmic Goblins · 10/09/2025 · 49m

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 6d

Folk magic, high school football, and an ancient demon have a run-in in the mountains of Appalachia. Alex Wolfgang nailed this one for the newest episode of Cosmic Goblins. Enjoy this free audio version of my short story "Tommy the Leg Ain't No Witch."

chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 6d

We have a new episode of Cosmic Goblins out today, featuring an interview with author Jonathan Gensler!

Listen here: https://bit.ly/46RweoJ

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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 6d

We have a new episode of Cosmic Goblins out today, featuring an interview with author Jonathan Gensler!

Listen here: https://bit.ly/46RweoJ

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 6d

It really is!

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 8d

very much so. i hate it.

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 8d

Stoked to join this line up on October 22!

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 9d

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 9d

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

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Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 9d

Important slushing lessons:
1) To keep things fair for the writers, don't slush while you're cranky.
2) Never feel pressure to read an entire piece if it starts losing your interest or is a blatantly bad fit for the project.
3) Treat it like a treasure hunt to make the process more fun.

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 9d

These are great - as an Apex Mag slusher, I fully support these tips!

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · Aug 1

Deskilling is real.

This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.

Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · Jul 31

help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help

From r/chatGPTpro, 25 minutes ago: chatGPT blocked at work

Today my job decided to block the site. I use chatGPT to create SOPs (standard operating practices) and power points and polish my emails. What should I do now four question marks. It has 0 upvotes and 20 comments

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 10d

It’s finally jeans and hoodie weather in CO so I am doing fine (despite a broken toe keeping me off my feet fo 4-6 weeks).

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 10d

Hi, Jason!

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 12d

This is exactly right. Never a bad time to recall one of our greatest American thinkers, Henry David Thoreau.

Bracken MacLeod 𖤐 ⚰ @brackenmacleod.bsky.social · 12d

I'd recommend Thoreau to ICE, but I doubt any of them can read.

"...if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine."

"Resistance to Civil Government" by Henry Thoreau; 1849.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12d

This is blame I'm happy to accept. Authors, check to see if you're eligible to receive compensation in the Anthropic Settlement and if you are, file that claim.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

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Jonathan Gensler @jongensler.bsky.social · 12d

@dangerslater.bsky.social is one of the best in the biz and you should definitely check out Starlet, his best work to date.

Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 12d

Alright everyone stay fucking calm but @dangerslater.bsky.social, who is one of our favoritest and weirdest weirdos, got nominated for a god damn Wonderland award for Starlet! Okay go freak out at danger now go go
www.bizarrocentral.com/2025/09/26/t...

The Wonderland Book Awards – Final Ballot 2025 – Bizarro Central

www.bizarrocentral.com

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