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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 8h

my university has been bothering me with the same HEY TELL US HOW YOU USE AI survey for months now so I finally did it, just full on "I don't, it sucks, fuck off"

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 9h

Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games.

Get in touch with me!

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 8h

god booking flights sucks so much, a million different "no I don't want to pay an extra $10" every single time

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 8h

(not to toot my own horn or spoil things, just laying this down in future: I'm really proud of the Sigrid bits. Sigrid has only been mentioned in passing so far but I planned this all out in like 2015 and finally getting to it has been so good, and during revisions those bits hit me like a truck)

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 8h

there's a finished draft, and I'd say it's about 50% a complete mess and 50% the best writing of my career, and The Sunforge felt more like 70/30 on that equation and I wrangled it. I can do this thing.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 8h

It's coming, it's definitely coming. I feel tremendously incentivised to finish this thing – I started writing it before I realised I was trans, and in a lot of ways it feels like the last big tether to my old life. I am cutting that goddam cord, I just need to gather my strength first.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 8h

this means (VERY loosely and unofficially) that you're likely to see the book in early 2027 rather than late 2026

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 9h

there's a world where I just push through the burnout and get it done by the end of the year, but the result is destroying my own health AND a worse book – I hope you can all bear with me to give this thing the time it needs.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 9h

Dawnhounds 3 status update: draft has been in for a while, have been told edits are coming back in the next month or so. I'm suffering from pretty severe burnout and can't get to them immediately, but I've penciled in March '26 to sit down and get this thing done.

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 23h

Hey all 👋 my living situation has dramatically changed. I should be fine for a few months, but if you'd like to help me make - significantly increased - rent, then any change would be greatly appreciated.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/spice8rack
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/spice8rack
PayPal: [email protected]

Get more from Spice8Rack on Patreon

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SLAM JOHNSON @mlyp.bsky.social · 21h

Peep it MLYP-heads.

I love Spice's videos, and if you can't donate then I suggest you check out the fantastic back catalogue of videos I've been enjoying as I get a little too into Magic The Gathering

(They get the coveted MLYP Banger Award)

Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 23h

Hey all 👋 my living situation has dramatically changed. I should be fine for a few months, but if you'd like to help me make - significantly increased - rent, then any change would be greatly appreciated.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/spice8rack
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/spice8rack
PayPal: [email protected]

Get more from Spice8Rack on Patreon

Creating Magic: the Gathering Adjacent Content

www.patreon.com

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 1d

"our opponents are looking into this, so we're going to kick out every specialist we have" is definitely a way to remain a technological and scientific powerhouse

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Just learned about a brilliant scientist friend who is at risk of being deported because their research field (brain chemistry???) is apparently considered a priority for the People’s Liberation Army and I cannot express in words how much I despise this administration

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t care if it’s cringe, suck it up and put on the fucking frog suit

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 1d

really wanna be a fly on the wall of the weird online tradcaths right now

like wait, our faith has courage and principles? and I'm meant to embody them??????

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 1d

as of December 2024 I was basically at the point of "I need to finish this trilogy for the fans, then I'm out for good"

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 1d

yeah not to get too dark but I nearly gave up writing entirely over how trad treated me. This year has been pretty healing, I've been spending time in-person in the community, focusing on people, craft, and joy. I've been lucky to have that. Without it, Dawnhounds 3 would probably be my last book.

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 1d

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 1d

oh Jared Leto is fine with this, he prefers it under 15

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 1d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 2d

oh boy, i hope ukgov isn't betting the farm on AI

(handed paper from offscreen)

my APES

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 1d

it does feel like a lot of NZ politicians over the last decade have looked at the US, gone "the people live a horrible populist slimeball!" then completely faceplanted putting it into action and for that I am eternally grateful

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 1d

it's SO satisfying watching Ray Chung dump so much money into marketing his terrible political party, to have had months of inescapable billboards and posters, then watch him lose in a landslide and get pissy about it

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Kaitāia Friar @basicbishop.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody ray chung tonight

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 2d

it's fantasytober! no wizards, dragons, magic systems, or secondary worlds. no worldbuilding PERIOD!!!! (this was an issue last year so I need to be clear). absolutely no creatures.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 2d

gonna run cosytober but there's no cuddling, no handholding, no banter, every piece must contain a blood wizard

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 2d

I keep seeing AI-generated videos of kittens and it's like ... you stupid motherfucker why would you fake a kitten, what is the point of you, there is no light in your eyes

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