Jason Yarn
@kalyarn.bsky.social
Lit guy. Lawyer human. Jason Yarn Literary Agency - query submission details on my website: www.jasonyarnliteraryagency.com
God fucking dammit
Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora — CNBC
Disney is investing in OpenAI and has licensed its iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, Ariel and Iron Man to be used in the Sora AI video generator.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
God fucking dammit
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Yaaaayyy!!!!
New book coming summer 2027!
ALLIGATOR BABY, the debut novel from the writer of the WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE podcast, Brie Williams!
This is a novel-in-stories (similar to King's Cycle of the Werewolf) about a monster that has seemingly risen out of legend to terrorize an isolated coastal community.
ALLIGATOR BABY, the debut novel from the writer of the WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE podcast, Brie Williams!
This is a novel-in-stories (similar to King's Cycle of the Werewolf) about a monster that has seemingly risen out of legend to terrorize an isolated coastal community.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yaaaayyy!!!!
Happy Book Birthday to IN WOLF’S CLOTHING by Alfred Carry! A timely look at the justice system and American politics through the lens of the recent past.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Happy Book Birthday to IN WOLF’S CLOTHING by Alfred Carry! A timely look at the justice system and American politics through the lens of the recent past.
I had a call with an attorney about a contract today and the first thing they said was “I’m not trying to shake you down, but”
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I had a call with an attorney about a contract today and the first thing they said was “I’m not trying to shake you down, but”
It’s a happy book birthday to THE GANYMEDAN!!!!!
In less than a month, my novel The Ganymedan, which combines Altered Carbon with the spacefacing intrigue of The Expanse, will be out in stores. Please consider pre-ordering a copy. If you already have, thank you kindly!
geni.us/ganym
geni.us/ganym
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
It’s a happy book birthday to THE GANYMEDAN!!!!!
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it's not FOR us
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
it's not FOR us
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JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes
November 10, 2024 at 6:22 PM
JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
My son rushed down after school to get a chance to meet Martin Sheen, whom he idolizes after completing the full run of The West Wing. It was a big thrill to meet him and talk politics.
October 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
My son rushed down after school to get a chance to meet Martin Sheen, whom he idolizes after completing the full run of The West Wing. It was a big thrill to meet him and talk politics.
I got to shake Martin Sheen’s hand today at #NYCC and I know it’s like West Wing nostalgia methadone, but goddamn it made me smile so big to talk to him.
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I got to shake Martin Sheen’s hand today at #NYCC and I know it’s like West Wing nostalgia methadone, but goddamn it made me smile so big to talk to him.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
Dagger
The fact that Kaleb Horton died begging for work instead having a column at some hip legacy mag is such an indictment of this industry. People should have been begging to put him on payroll. But nope, we've reserved that space for Ezra Klein
September 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Dagger
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It seems that Kaleb Horton has passed away. A devastating loss. One of the best writers of this generation. Kaleb was a friend for ten years and in all our conversations I was trying to convince him how good he was, something he seemed to know but also never fully believe. I am going to go cry now.
September 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It seems that Kaleb Horton has passed away. A devastating loss. One of the best writers of this generation. Kaleb was a friend for ten years and in all our conversations I was trying to convince him how good he was, something he seemed to know but also never fully believe. I am going to go cry now.
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I’m never going to stop being mad that hedge funds and tech middlemen siphoned off all the money that should’ve let someone like Kaleb Horton have the career he deserved
September 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I’m never going to stop being mad that hedge funds and tech middlemen siphoned off all the money that should’ve let someone like Kaleb Horton have the career he deserved
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This final post from Kaleb Horton is very beautiful and hits hard. This is just so sad. RIP.
2025, So Far
I wish I had a time machine so I could go back in time and talk to my dad in 1988, just before I was born, and tell him what it’s like to live in the future. I’d tell him all the amazing things that a...
kalebhorton.ghost.io
September 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This final post from Kaleb Horton is very beautiful and hits hard. This is just so sad. RIP.
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Solaris Presents is back with a bang!
Join us at 5pm BST for a fun, FREE!, online event with @taranhunt.bsky.social & @voidcricket.bsky.social talking about the latest releases (THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS & AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD) in their expanding SciFi Universes!
👉https://geni.us/SPTHRH
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Join us at 5pm BST for a fun, FREE!, online event with @taranhunt.bsky.social & @voidcricket.bsky.social talking about the latest releases (THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS & AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD) in their expanding SciFi Universes!
👉https://geni.us/SPTHRH
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September 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Solaris Presents is back with a bang!
Join us at 5pm BST for a fun, FREE!, online event with @taranhunt.bsky.social & @voidcricket.bsky.social talking about the latest releases (THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS & AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD) in their expanding SciFi Universes!
👉https://geni.us/SPTHRH
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Join us at 5pm BST for a fun, FREE!, online event with @taranhunt.bsky.social & @voidcricket.bsky.social talking about the latest releases (THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS & AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD) in their expanding SciFi Universes!
👉https://geni.us/SPTHRH
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
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Many people and institutions that fight back are winning.
This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.
This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.
Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.
September 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Many people and institutions that fight back are winning.
This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.
This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.
This is the key. It’s easy to come out for the big guys. It’s the unknowns who are getting hammered that need so much more help.
We also need to raise hell for every trans and brown and queer and black person who is not nearly as famous as Kimmel.
Normal, everyday people deserve to be just as loudly defended.
Normal, everyday people deserve to be just as loudly defended.
Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.
September 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This is the key. It’s easy to come out for the big guys. It’s the unknowns who are getting hammered that need so much more help.
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We also need to raise hell for every trans and brown and queer and black person who is not nearly as famous as Kimmel.
Normal, everyday people deserve to be just as loudly defended.
Normal, everyday people deserve to be just as loudly defended.
Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.
September 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
We also need to raise hell for every trans and brown and queer and black person who is not nearly as famous as Kimmel.
Normal, everyday people deserve to be just as loudly defended.
Normal, everyday people deserve to be just as loudly defended.