@Burnsie
@ljburns.bsky.social
TV & Book Writer (Roswell, Crave, Sanctuary Bay);
Managing Editor at www.antagonistblog.com;
Gun Violence Prevention advocate @MomsDemand
Managing Editor at www.antagonistblog.com;
Gun Violence Prevention advocate @MomsDemand
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If I pull two all nighters, I can be done this book that is four months overdue.
Me: Surely I can do that at 50.
Also me who injured herself knitting and had to have her ribs put back into place by a physiotherapist: lol sure you delicate flower, let's see this in action
Me: Surely I can do that at 50.
Also me who injured herself knitting and had to have her ribs put back into place by a physiotherapist: lol sure you delicate flower, let's see this in action
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I pull two all nighters, I can be done this book that is four months overdue.
Me: Surely I can do that at 50.
Also me who injured herself knitting and had to have her ribs put back into place by a physiotherapist: lol sure you delicate flower, let's see this in action
Me: Surely I can do that at 50.
Also me who injured herself knitting and had to have her ribs put back into place by a physiotherapist: lol sure you delicate flower, let's see this in action
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When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
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Walz: "To watch people word salad - there's too damn many guns & wrong types of guns on the street. I don't want to hear 'how do you define assault weapon?' I damn sure can tell you what it does & unfortunately we have a bunch of parents now who know a lot more about what these weapons do"
December 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Walz: "To watch people word salad - there's too damn many guns & wrong types of guns on the street. I don't want to hear 'how do you define assault weapon?' I damn sure can tell you what it does & unfortunately we have a bunch of parents now who know a lot more about what these weapons do"
Jeez, first Robert Scorpio dies recently, and now Luke Spencer? My junior high crushes! (RIP Tristan Rogers and Anthony Geary) #GeneralHospital
December 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Jeez, first Robert Scorpio dies recently, and now Luke Spencer? My junior high crushes! (RIP Tristan Rogers and Anthony Geary) #GeneralHospital
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
Just changed my shuffle settings on Spotify to try to get it to actually, you know, shuffle. It immediately logged me out and now won’t let me back in.
December 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Just changed my shuffle settings on Spotify to try to get it to actually, you know, shuffle. It immediately logged me out and now won’t let me back in.
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every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
The new Knives Out movie had some thoughtful and interesting things to say about religion, which I appreciated. But it really didn’t get Catholicism right, and it’s hard for me to explain to my non-Catholic husband exactly why I feel that way. The tiny little moments that were just…off.
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The new Knives Out movie had some thoughtful and interesting things to say about religion, which I appreciated. But it really didn’t get Catholicism right, and it’s hard for me to explain to my non-Catholic husband exactly why I feel that way. The tiny little moments that were just…off.
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I’ve been reporting on the gun industry + lobby for a decade. Whatever we learn abt what happened at Brown, this will be the ultimate truth: The only people who benefit from the status quo on guns in America are the people who make money from guns in America. Everyone else is an acceptable casualty.
December 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’ve been reporting on the gun industry + lobby for a decade. Whatever we learn abt what happened at Brown, this will be the ultimate truth: The only people who benefit from the status quo on guns in America are the people who make money from guns in America. Everyone else is an acceptable casualty.
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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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You know what, I have literally millions of words written over 40 years that could be compiled into an LLM representing "me" and still wouldn't come close to being me at all, your grandma's recorded history is confined to a bunch of extremely brief Facebook posts, how's that gonna go
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You know what, I have literally millions of words written over 40 years that could be compiled into an LLM representing "me" and still wouldn't come close to being me at all, your grandma's recorded history is confined to a bunch of extremely brief Facebook posts, how's that gonna go
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No.
Octopus could be the next commercially farmed seafood. Should it be? — Fast Company
They’re clever, they’re otherworldly, and if a growing band of companies and scientists have their way, they’re going to be raised for human consumption. Inside the birth of a new and controversial in...
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No.
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I write without editing as I go. I think it’s most important to just get the words out. The amount of editing that I’ll have to do always makes me nervous.
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I write without editing as I go. I think it’s most important to just get the words out. The amount of editing that I’ll have to do always makes me nervous.
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
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The hostile bid Paramount is launching to get Warner is backed by the Saudis, Abu Dhabi, and Qataris (and Jared).
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The hostile bid Paramount is launching to get Warner is backed by the Saudis, Abu Dhabi, and Qataris (and Jared).
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. in massive $82.7 billion deal
Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. in massive $82.7 billion deal
www.independent.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. in massive $82.7 billion deal
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
(Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart)
(Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart)
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
(Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart)
(Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart)
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One of the biggest impacts I’ve seen from the unproven idea that people are wrongfully using disability accommodations is that people stop trusting people with disabilities and in fact further restrict, remove, and demonize accommodations for people with disabilities in general
December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
One of the biggest impacts I’ve seen from the unproven idea that people are wrongfully using disability accommodations is that people stop trusting people with disabilities and in fact further restrict, remove, and demonize accommodations for people with disabilities in general
Why does Waze think I want to hear about every single vehicle stopped on the side of the road?
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Why does Waze think I want to hear about every single vehicle stopped on the side of the road?
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“The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
“The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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1. I see elsewhere on Bluesky that the discourse has turned toward telling writers not to be ashamed to admit they have day jobs or other sources of income (or spousal/family financial support), and you know what, that's 100% correct. Day jobs and support from loved ones are great if you have them!
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
1. I see elsewhere on Bluesky that the discourse has turned toward telling writers not to be ashamed to admit they have day jobs or other sources of income (or spousal/family financial support), and you know what, that's 100% correct. Day jobs and support from loved ones are great if you have them!
All pie is bad.
I SAID WHAT I SAID
I SAID WHAT I SAID
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
All pie is bad.
I SAID WHAT I SAID
I SAID WHAT I SAID
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My contribution to the discourse around "should writers be paid or should you steal their work" is: Yes, we should be paid.
ALSO! I'm very proud of my book. If you buy it, I do not mind what format you buy it in, where you get it or if you get it from a library 💚 bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
ALSO! I'm very proud of my book. If you buy it, I do not mind what format you buy it in, where you get it or if you get it from a library 💚 bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My contribution to the discourse around "should writers be paid or should you steal their work" is: Yes, we should be paid.
ALSO! I'm very proud of my book. If you buy it, I do not mind what format you buy it in, where you get it or if you get it from a library 💚 bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
ALSO! I'm very proud of my book. If you buy it, I do not mind what format you buy it in, where you get it or if you get it from a library 💚 bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
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What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
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