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Fantasy writer | Freelance developmental editor | Former physicist. #SPFBO/#BBNYA finalist. He/him. Around the web and my books: http://linktr.ee/patricksamphire 🏳️‍⚧️ rights are human rights

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Patrick Samphire but for Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · Oct 6

Lots of new friends on Bluesky. Hello! In case you haven't come across me before, I'm a fantasy writer, and these are all the books I've published so far.

patricksamphire.com/books

Covers of books by Patrick Samphire. The Mennik Thorn series (Epic fantasy mystery). The Secrets of the Dragon Tomb series (Middle Grade adventures). The Casebook of Harriet George series (Murder mysteries on Mars). And my short story collection, At the Gates and Other Stories.

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It does sometimes feel like publishing is becoming worse and worse for most authors.

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 21h

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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Orrin Grey @orringrey.com · 11h

"We can't uninvent AI."

I dunno. Have we tried? I bet if we tried hard enough, we could.

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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 12h

I'm having one of those moments where I feel like I live on a different planet.

Diane Keaton was a good actress who defined some innovative roles in film.

She also relentlessly defended Woody Allen

Woody Allen who is married to his adopted daughter. Who allegedly assaulted his other daughter.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 22h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Lauren Schiller @leschiller.bsky.social · 10h

We're thinking of printing this out to put up in the kitchen next to the sink. Or maybe getting a needlepoint.

Tumblr user miseria-fortes-viros Jun 14 they don't tell you this but like half of adulthood is just washing the same FUCKING pan.
Tumblr user miseria-fortes-viros Jun 15 WASHING THE FUCKING PAN AGAIN!!!!
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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 6h

Rebarbative [ree-BAR-buh-tiv]
(adj.)
- Causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.
- Unattractive and objectionable.
- Fearsome; forbidding.

Use:
“Harold’s rebarbative disposition lingered in the air like mothballs and melancholy; even the dusty old taxidermy seemed to recoil.”

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Elephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social · 7h

Come on, where is a company like MARVEL supposed to find human artists who can do superheroes on a tight turnaround?

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 8h

Guess I’m not watching WonderMan.

nerd_talks_show 6h
Marvel employees were asked whether the 'WONDER MAN' poster for the in-universe movie was created using Al.
"Its artwork made by artists but touched up by Al," which was clarified with "so, really Al-assisted Photoshop work," and the response was "yes."
(via: searcher_gold | X)

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 10h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Andy Churnwell @churnwell.bsky.social · 11h

It's amazing to think that there was a time before social media when, if you were a gobshite, everybody ignored you. There was no way to make money saying stupid, provocative things because nobody wanted anything to do with you.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 7h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Patrick Samphire but for Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 1h

I can see it and it's available.

Patrick Samphire but for Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 12h

This whole thing is absolutely brimming in both transphobia and homophobia.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault

Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.

www.bbc.com

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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 17h

Non-ironically my favorite genre of writing these days is a syntactically awkward student paper that is nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 17h

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 17h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 15h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

www.reddit.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 18h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 1d

I still don't have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder, so no, I'm afraid your email did not "find me well."

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 15h

Every once in a while a group of 10-15 tourists vanish without a trace in the Paris Catacombs and then afterward the Eiffel Tower is a few feet taller

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 17h

This week's Saturday snippet comes from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, in which Lady & Lord Riven have just arrived at their surprisingly un-welcoming honeymoon destination, a secluded inn in the Black Forest. ❤️🦇

Snap it up now in ebook or paperback: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave
#romancelandia

The illustrated cover for A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, by Stephanie Burgis, shows the silhouette of an elegant traveling carriage over the title and a bat with wings outstretched underneath, all of it framed by apples and with mirrors at the top and the bottom of the image. Above and beside the cover is this snippet of text: “Oh, you poor, innocent fools!” the voice groaned. “If you only had any notion of the dark horrors that lie in wai—oh.” The voice’s tone shifted abruptly as the glowing eyes reappeared and fixed on Lord Riven’s face. “You’re no human.”
“Indeed not.” Lord Riven smiled thinly, the tips of his sharp canine teeth visible by the dim glow of the nearby carriage lamp. “Nor have I been innocent for quite some centuries now, I assure you.”
“And I am no fool,” Margaret said briskly, “so if you’ll direct us to our chambers and arrange for our luggage and a meal to be sent there as quickly as possible, we would both appreciate it. Dawn comes early at this time of year, you know.”
“Not to thiiiiiis cursed house,” the spectral voice groaned...but soft footsteps shuffled obediently backwards, and the door finally swung fully open.

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 19h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 22h

“The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable.“

“This is not a climate-zealot kind of approach. Our old coal-fired power stations are… getting replaced by the least-cost energy, which is renewable energy.”

Love Australia’s no-bullshit vibe.

As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable…

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

www.canarymedia.com

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Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 22h

Moving quickly to a world where students use AI to complete work, profs use AI to grade it, no one learns anything and we will live in a world of mediocrity and incompetence where only the billionaires benefit.

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 1d

I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Dangers of using AI to Grade

Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains

substack.com

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 1d

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

opus.ing

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 22h

like seriously team, I know y'all are working on both improving Discover and on better reply sentiment filtering and all, but it's going to take a while to tune it properly and a "never show my post on Discover" setting would be a 10 minute fix that would get 65% of why people want private accounts

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

I had a post reach the Discover feed today and was once again reminded of how many people on this site are not house trained.

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Matthew Whitfield @matthewwhitfield.bsky.social · 21h

if we lived in a halfway normal country this wouldn’t make anyone nervous, it would simply form part of what we all collectively agreed was real life

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 22h

Rachel Reeves's Budget is expected to contain multiple tax rises, which is making many with large assets nervous

trib.al/Kwo4w6a

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