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Lili Saintcrow

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I write books. A crow for a fetch, I'm your huckleberry. She/her. (Hint: Like "synchro.") https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · Nov 9

Hello, new followers! I'm Lili; I write books, sometimes other people even read them.

This feed holds squirrel stories, the life of a working writer, Morning Walk Reports, random ephemera, and links to articles I find interesting, thought-provoking, or cool.

Nice to have you along.

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Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social · 1h

"Hey, can I feed the art you've spent years cultivating and honing into the digital pig swill machine and bask in your reflected glory without having to learn or do a single useful or creative thing?"

"No."

"yOu'LL GeT LEfT beHiNd."

Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 4h

Another day, another ai enthusiast warning me I’ll get ‘left behind’ if I’m not careful. He makes the future of entertainment sound delightful

An ai arsehole tries to defend his use of ai

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 55m

I am so mad because like people love the idea of the Frog being shit posting , but it's actual a deeply contextual response

Meanwhile actual shitposting is about forcing interactions and stringing people along in pointless interactions to deny resources for others

and Zuckerberg knows this

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 18h

Publishers should be invested in promoting the books they publish.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 1h

"...other sources such as household books kept by higher-status women, archaeological finds like witch bottles, and monastic records help shed light on their activities by revealing the plants they used and the ailments they treated."

From flying ointments to healing herbs: the forgotten chemistry behind historical witchcraft practices

The unusual concoctions of village witches have historically been dismissed as nonsense hocus pocus - but is this the whole story? Victoria Atkinson investigates the chemistry behind the myth and whether there was more to witchcraft than ritual and superstition

www.chemistryworld.com

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 2h

I’m so glad he’s doing better! Maybe now you can get some decent sleep too!

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 3h

A squirrel is standing inside and peeking over the top rim of a hollowed out pumpkin. The top of the pumpkin can be seen behind. The squirrel is wearing a slouchy black witch hat with orange stripes and holding a squirrel-sized chef knife. The knife is because the squirrel has carved the words ‘MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN’ in the side of the pumpkin and in the ground in front the word ‘TODAY’ has been spelled with stringy orange pumpkin guts with seeds scattered all around.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 2h

It is cool that the Frankfurt Book Fair (which starts tomorrow) is a major event in 2025 publishing and was a major event in publishing centuries ago. For ex in 1587, one of the hot books at the autumn fair was an anonymous book about Dr Faust printed in time for the fair by Johann Spies. A banger.

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 3h

In which styles cause problems, we are no longer elbow-deep, and of *course* I'd pick the worst first.

Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 3h

Nattering, Formatting

Lili Saintcrow | Nattering, Formatting

I went head-down in reformatting yesterday, only barely glancing at the news, and it was the right choice. One can very easily be robbed of the will to move while looking at some of the shit being …

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 14h

"Instead, state inspectors documented nearly 100 alleged new violations of the agreement. The letter also accuses the company of failing to hire an independent environmental manager to regularly inspect its construction sites. State regulators counted 689 missed inspections."

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 15h

Have spent the entire day head-down in work, barely glancing at the news, and it's done me nothing but good.

Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 16h

"This is the age of hubris — a time in which we are going to watch stupid, powerful and rich men fuck up their legacies by finding a technology so vulgar in its costs and mythical outcomes that it drives the avaricious insane and makes fools of them."

The AI Bubble's Impossible Promises

Readers: I’ve done a very generous “free” portion of this newsletter, but I do recommend paying for premium to get the in-depth analysis underpinning the intro. That being said, I want as many people as possible to get the general feel for this piece. Things are insane, and it’

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 17h

"If we writers want to talk about what we’re not doing, well, that’s why God made the cursor blink."

Sloane Crosley: “How Sober Should a Writer Be?”

Sloane Crosley on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s On Booze and the state of American drinking culture.

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 18h

"Ultimately, I am a strange person who cannot fit neatly into reality."

Notes from a Hedgehog

When an author is blocked from publication in his own country yet cannot live anywhere else...

www.theparisreview.org

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 21h

In which we are finally dry, the weekend was full of formatting, and we could all use a goddamn break.

Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 21h

For the afternoon crowd: Convenience For A Reason

Lili Saintcrow | Convenience For A Reason

The new dishwasher arrived Friday, and of course just after the installer left we discovered the hookup to the hot water valve under the sink was leaking. A few frantic emails (and a great deal of …

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 1d

I love showing my non-writer partner scammy writer shit because she is continually in awe of the audacity of these people.
She loves a good anti-MLM video, so she's always ready to point out how many 20 books to 50k authors sound like MLM huns.

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 22h

"The newspapers they’d once read had become skeletons of their former selves, their content reduced to crime, high school sports, and ads for gun shows and shooting ranges."

How the Collapse of Local Journalism Led to the Erosion of Community Trust

My family had once been proud of me. In March 2011, my sister Terry went to the trouble of stuffing Post‑it notes into every issue of O, the Oprah Magazine in the checkout line of her grocery store…

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 22h

I need another cuppa to deal with all this damn sunshine.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22h

People have no idea how many homeless people in this area are serving their fast food or checking them out at the grocery store lane.

Want to solve homelessness? Build a lot more affordable housing and pay living wages.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 2d

But in case you missed it, Fr Dowling's statement takes the time to make it explicit: "Father, forgive the ones who do not know what they are doing. Have mercy on the souls of those who know exactly what they're doing."

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 1d

Which is thought-provoking, ennit? Like, it’s right there in the name: MUSIC Television. But the suits just wouldn’t let be.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

Again, the hypocrisy here is basically the entire point and always has been. “I can violently attack you on the premise of this thing while I baldly partake of it myself without consequence” is exactly the kind of flex garbage like him lives for

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

www.independent.co.uk

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2d

I love this aspect of it too! he used the words he used on purpose! it’s playing on the whole trope where the devil can’t cross the threshold of a church and you cast out demons by laying on hands and saying the name of Jesus - which is also an evangelical practice!

Madeline Ashby @madelineashby.bsky.social · 2d

I think it goes beyond even that for non-Catholics, many of whom will have seen movies where the presence of the host is used to, say, exorcise demons. It’s very close to saying, “You are possessed by an unclean spirit only the power of Christ can compel.” It’s the ultimate, “I’m praying for you.”

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 1d

... well.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-...