Gin
@ginjones.bsky.social
I'm in training to become a Nac Mac Feegle. Their motto is: "Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!" WEE FREE MEN by Terry Pratchett.
Meanwhile, I'm a traditional mystery author and patient advocate. GinJones.com
Meanwhile, I'm a traditional mystery author and patient advocate. GinJones.com
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The final stop in the Holidays & Homicides blog tour (unless I fell asleep on the bus and missed one) is a review here: saphsbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/holi... #BookSky
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The final stop in the Holidays & Homicides blog tour (unless I fell asleep on the bus and missed one) is a review here: saphsbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/holi... #BookSky
Next wee bit of promo for Holidays & Homicides is the news that Fresh Fiction chose the anthology as its Fresh Pick for the week! Chosen by reviewers and readers, not a paid slot! freshfiction.com/pick.php?id=... #BookSky
December 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Next wee bit of promo for Holidays & Homicides is the news that Fresh Fiction chose the anthology as its Fresh Pick for the week! Chosen by reviewers and readers, not a paid slot! freshfiction.com/pick.php?id=... #BookSky
One last flurry of promotion for Holidays & Homicides, and then I'll leave you to actually read the stories (or, yanno, do other holiday stuff). First up is a bunch of pitches for the individual stories here at Dru's Book Musings: drusbookmusing.com/gin-jones-je... #BookSky
December 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One last flurry of promotion for Holidays & Homicides, and then I'll leave you to actually read the stories (or, yanno, do other holiday stuff). First up is a bunch of pitches for the individual stories here at Dru's Book Musings: drusbookmusing.com/gin-jones-je... #BookSky
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!
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What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Wtf. I just carefully read this entire interview with Frances Allen, only to find out at the end that it wasn’t really an interview with her, but was AI generated. “Vox Meditantis” and “Bob Lynn” have lied to me and I will not read their words again.
December 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Wtf. I just carefully read this entire interview with Frances Allen, only to find out at the end that it wasn’t really an interview with her, but was AI generated. “Vox Meditantis” and “Bob Lynn” have lied to me and I will not read their words again.
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Any dentists in Kenosha, WI wanna help out a young autistic girl,?? This child needs 5 root canals due to her autism medicine.
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
Donate to My 11 year old autistic granddaughter needs 5 root canals, organized by Shirley Tutor-Perez
My granddaughter Rhiannon will be 11 on 12/20. She has been b… Shirley Tutor-Perez needs your support for My 11 year old autistic granddaughter needs 5 root canals
www.gofundme.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Any dentists in Kenosha, WI wanna help out a young autistic girl,?? This child needs 5 root canals due to her autism medicine.
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
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Y'all, this is a really good, important cause. Let's see if we can help them make up the gap.
We put our founding date as our BlueSky birthday and got locked out of BlueSky last week during the heart of fundraising season.
Our budget for next year is looking tight and we’re trimming our agenda. If you can help us with a donation, we will put it to truly good use! free.law/donate/
Our budget for next year is looking tight and we’re trimming our agenda. If you can help us with a donation, we will put it to truly good use! free.law/donate/
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December 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Y'all, this is a really good, important cause. Let's see if we can help them make up the gap.
On the penultimate day in the Holidays & Homicides blog tour, the only stop is here: musingsbymaureen.blogspot.com/2025/12/grea... #BookSky Just one more day of book promo, I promise! After that, I owe you quilt and/or cat pix!
December 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On the penultimate day in the Holidays & Homicides blog tour, the only stop is here: musingsbymaureen.blogspot.com/2025/12/grea... #BookSky Just one more day of book promo, I promise! After that, I owe you quilt and/or cat pix!
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In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In case you have never seen this.
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Trump is blatantly weaponizing the justice system to attack his political enemies while handing out pardons to his crooked allies and those who will commit violence on his behalf. So much for “law and order.” [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
December 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump is blatantly weaponizing the justice system to attack his political enemies while handing out pardons to his crooked allies and those who will commit violence on his behalf. So much for “law and order.” [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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Wishing you and yours a very happy 100th Dick Van Dyke-mas.
a man in a striped jacket is walking with three penguins behind him
Alt: Dick Van Dyke, dancing with penguins in Mary Poppins
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December 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wishing you and yours a very happy 100th Dick Van Dyke-mas.
Relieved to finally get my Anthropic settlement claim filed after nudging by @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and @courtneymilan.com Get it done, everyone! Don't wait for the deadline, because things always go wrong when filing stuff electronically at the last minute. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Relieved to finally get my Anthropic settlement claim filed after nudging by @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and @courtneymilan.com Get it done, everyone! Don't wait for the deadline, because things always go wrong when filing stuff electronically at the last minute. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
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December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
Today's first stop in the Holidays & Homicides blog tour is here: fuonlyknew.com/2025/12/13/h... and the second stop is here: readingismysuperpower.org/2025/12/13/b... #BookSky
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today's first stop in the Holidays & Homicides blog tour is here: fuonlyknew.com/2025/12/13/h... and the second stop is here: readingismysuperpower.org/2025/12/13/b... #BookSky
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New #WriterBeware blog post: per a report by @publisherslunch.bsky.social, Amazon's new gen AI-powered "Ask This Book" feature for Kindle is, in effect, an "in-book chatbot" writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. We’re adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you c...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: per a report by @publisherslunch.bsky.social, Amazon's new gen AI-powered "Ask This Book" feature for Kindle is, in effect, an "in-book chatbot" writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
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See where he is, who’s with him, what he does.
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
See where he is, who’s with him, what he does.
Today's first stop in the Holidays & Homicides blog tour is a review a guest blog post by Erica Wynters here: saltyinspirations.com/holidays-and... #BookSky
December 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Today's first stop in the Holidays & Homicides blog tour is a review a guest blog post by Erica Wynters here: saltyinspirations.com/holidays-and... #BookSky
I am very far from being a sweet summer child, and yet, every year, every single year, I think I'm going to get some writing done in December. And by "some," I mean more than the occasional paragraph. #WriterSky
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I am very far from being a sweet summer child, and yet, every year, every single year, I think I'm going to get some writing done in December. And by "some," I mean more than the occasional paragraph. #WriterSky
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Read to the end. NPR asked why the Trump team ended a low-cost program that cured millions of tropical diseases w drugs donated by pharma. The spokesperson replied with an NPR headline—“Farewell to USAID”—and said: “What do you think farewell meant?” www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The fight to beat neglected tropical diseases was going well. 2025 could change that
The campaign to prevent and treat these diseases has seen great success thanks to a USAID program. Now that program is gone.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Read to the end. NPR asked why the Trump team ended a low-cost program that cured millions of tropical diseases w drugs donated by pharma. The spokesperson replied with an NPR headline—“Farewell to USAID”—and said: “What do you think farewell meant?” www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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I love that this ad came out at the same time. To show them how it's done.
Posting this little 2 minute masterpiece again.
It's a French supermarket Christmas ad. It's everything that McDonalds ad is not. I prefer human art and creativity over whatever the fuck that was. If that makes me a luddite and anti-tech then a] so be it and b] kindly fuck off.
It's a French supermarket Christmas ad. It's everything that McDonalds ad is not. I prefer human art and creativity over whatever the fuck that was. If that makes me a luddite and anti-tech then a] so be it and b] kindly fuck off.
December 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I love that this ad came out at the same time. To show them how it's done.
The next stop in the Holidays & Homicides blog tour is here, where, if you missed any prior stops, there's a collection of quotes from previous reviews: mjbreviewers.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/g... #BookSky
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The next stop in the Holidays & Homicides blog tour is here, where, if you missed any prior stops, there's a collection of quotes from previous reviews: mjbreviewers.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/g... #BookSky