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Shiloh Carroll

@medievalismist.bsky.social

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PhD. she/her. Studies fantasy (neo)medievalisms. shilohcarroll.wordpress.com

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Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hello new people! I'm not super interesting, but I do write some literary criticism/analysis; info, short essays, and copies of as many published works as I'm allowed to hand out are at shilohcarroll.wordpress.com. I'm working on some fiction, too, and I'll post here if/when that takes off. 💜

Shiloh Carroll

academic | author | smartass

shilohcarroll.wordpress.com

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Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · 13h

Only 25 more Star Wars books to go.

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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 3d

"achillean" always amuses me as a descriptor because does it mean books about gay men being gay or does it mean more like oh you shot me in the leg you shot me in the fucking leg you fuck why would you do that, that's my goddamn ankle, my one weak spot, now I'm going to die you asshole

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Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · 4d

*banging pots and pans together* QUEER SCIFI WITH LIKE ROBOTS AND SHIT. I've read it, it's very good. And sad. But good.

My marketing is at about the same level as Alexis', clearly

Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 4d

I've been sitting on this blog post since August, but I finally posted yesterday about my plan to publish my gay sci-fi book: alexisamesbooks.com/2025/10/10/a.... I'd like to say that my marketing in the coming months will be better than this but tbh that's probably a lie. #WritingCommunity #SFF

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Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · 4d

a man in a suit and tie is eating popcorn while sitting at a table .

Alt: John Stewart frantically eating popcorn out of a bag while staring at something off-screen with wide eyes

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 5d

Are things good right now? No. But are there signs of better days ahead? Also no. Still, we know that it's all going to hold together one way or another, that we'll emerge from this better than we were, right? Yeah, no, probably not.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5d

you’d think the “AI can replace all artists and writers” people would have noticed that no one gives a shit about watching computers compete with one another, and yet

gzt aka zoidberg @giziti.bsky.social · 5d

or chess: people play chess, they watch other people play chess, it's even getting a little popular to do. computers are infinitely better than humans at chess. nobody watches computer chess.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 8d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Fonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social · 8d

The JADE CITY ebook is an Amazon Prime Day deal today (Tuesday) for a ludicrously low $2.99 which is much less than what I paid for boba tea yesterday so if you still haven't jumped on the Green Bone Saga bandwagon, this is your sign👇

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Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · 11d

We also were caring for an elderly, sick cat until just a couple weeks ago and we're still sorting out what's normal and what was part of her routine or infrastructure. I'm sorry for your loss

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12d

The new writer scam hotness is the email that purports to be from a book club that meets on Zoom, who invites you to discuss [title of yours plucked from an AI database], and who needs you to pay a "small reservation fee" to participate. Gotten three just today. Fuck that noise, plonk it into spam.

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elicia @elicia.bsky.social · 13d

Good morning! Remember to hang in there—things are getting better even if you can't see it today. I know this because it once took twelve popes to ban striped clothing.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13d

Some brief thoughts on the Anthropic settlement, and why I think most authors should claim their share of the settlement if they can, inadequate though I think it is:

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/02/a...

Authors, Time to Get That (Anthropic) Bag

To begin, for those of you who do not follow such things with intense interest, a little context about the “AI” company Anthropic being sued for stealing authors’ works and reachi…

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Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · 14d

*anywhere* but their actual beds

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Balinares @balinares.bsky.social · 15d

It occurs to me some here might not yet be aware of this banger by @tkingfisher.com, the hardest burn to have ever burned, so: here, enjoy.

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💬 38 🔁 15128 ❤️ 15334 · This Vote Is Legally Binding · In response to all those articles about talking to women with headphones... Someone always says it, whenever it comes up: "I guess I'm just…

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · 15d

I have openings in my editing schedule. I do primarily developmental edits of novels and novellas. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and I'm always happy to answer questions.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 15d

Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

The Case Against Generative AI

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

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Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · 15d

Yeah until [politics] and [other politics] and [complaining about my job] 😅

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Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · 15d

I am actually attached to a uni, but thanks for thinking of me!

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Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · 15d

@raeloverde.bsky.social saw this, thought of you
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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 18d

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 19d

some days I have actual commentary and some days I'm like this is all stupid bullshit and today is one of the latter

this is all stupid bullshit

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 19d

PSA: If you're an author & you get a chatty email from a marketer, or book club that praises your book & bashes Amazon's algo before offering to 'help', usually with 500 to 10,000 reviewers, it's just a ChatGPT automated marketing scam.

It's the new Nigerian prince email, brought to you by 'AI' 🙄.

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BioWare Problems @biowareproblems.bsky.social · 19d

An image of Jack in Mass Effect 2 with text reading '"Those tattoos will be on your body forever"

'Yeah I fucking hope so shits expensive'.

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Phoenix Talion @phoenixtalion.bsky.social · 21d

I know this is a waste of time, but of anyone in the Bay Area can take on a cat, this ~5 month boy I trapped for TNR turned out to be way friendlier than I thought and also has a limp that does not pain him but can't be easily fixed.

An orange and white teenage cat with orange eyes, sitting in the corner of a metal crate.

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