Sarah Pinsker
@sarahpinsker.bsky.social
Hugo & Nebula winning SFFH writer, singer/songwriter, dog person, horse person, queer, Baltimorean by choice, mediocre but enthusiastic gardener and artist. She/her. Repped by Kate McKean, HMLA.
> Besides Grateful Dead, Phish and Widespread Panic, introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times.
-disappear fear
-Springsteen
-Afghan Whigs
-indigo Girls
-Maceo Parker
-disappear fear
-Springsteen
-Afghan Whigs
-indigo Girls
-Maceo Parker
> Besides Grateful Dead, Phish and Widespread Panic, introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times.
- Jethro Tull
- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
- moe.
- String Cheese Incident
- Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country
- Jethro Tull
- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
- moe.
- String Cheese Incident
- Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country
Besides Grateful Dead, and Phish, introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen more then 5 times.
Radiators
Supersuckers
The Cure
ACDC
Steve Miller
Radiators
Supersuckers
The Cure
ACDC
Steve Miller
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
> Besides Grateful Dead, Phish and Widespread Panic, introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times.
-disappear fear
-Springsteen
-Afghan Whigs
-indigo Girls
-Maceo Parker
-disappear fear
-Springsteen
-Afghan Whigs
-indigo Girls
-Maceo Parker
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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We are in peak French heist season.
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
stzl.ink
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are in peak French heist season.
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willAIm fAILkner
Man, they really destroyed Everand. I've had a subscription since back when it was just Scribd, but now it's riddled with Synthetic Voice narration and outright fraudulent slop. Crazy that a platform would do this to itself
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
willAIm fAILkner
10/10 would recommend
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
10/10 would recommend
I dreamed I was at a con hotel where staff looked normal and every guest looked like a variant of John Astin, no matter their race or gender. Also the number ten didn't exist. @kellylink.bsky.social had a good turnout for her panel on music in fiction (& did not look like John Astin).
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I dreamed I was at a con hotel where staff looked normal and every guest looked like a variant of John Astin, no matter their race or gender. Also the number ten didn't exist. @kellylink.bsky.social had a good turnout for her panel on music in fiction (& did not look like John Astin).
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LAcon V needs Program Participants!
Fill out the interest form here: lacon.org/programming/programparticipant
You will need to log in using your LAcon V Planorama account.
Survey closes March 31, 2026. It's not possible to edit the survey once submitted, but you can submit it again!
Fill out the interest form here: lacon.org/programming/programparticipant
You will need to log in using your LAcon V Planorama account.
Survey closes March 31, 2026. It's not possible to edit the survey once submitted, but you can submit it again!
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
LAcon V needs Program Participants!
Fill out the interest form here: lacon.org/programming/programparticipant
You will need to log in using your LAcon V Planorama account.
Survey closes March 31, 2026. It's not possible to edit the survey once submitted, but you can submit it again!
Fill out the interest form here: lacon.org/programming/programparticipant
You will need to log in using your LAcon V Planorama account.
Survey closes March 31, 2026. It's not possible to edit the survey once submitted, but you can submit it again!
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the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Writers love socialized books (libraries)
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Writers love socialized books (libraries)
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fucked UP
The New Yorker obtained memorandums that revealed that the U.S. had agreed to pay Eswatini more than $5 million, and Rwanda $7.5 million, in exchange for accepting foreign-national deportees. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/P__NVj
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
fucked UP
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SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Libraries defeat every argument.
These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Libraries defeat every argument.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
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Thrilled to post that PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE has made NPR's list of Books We Love!
It's one of over 300 books handpicked by NPR staffers and trusted critics. See the full list here:
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
It's one of over 300 books handpicked by NPR staffers and trusted critics. See the full list here:
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Thrilled to post that PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE has made NPR's list of Books We Love!
It's one of over 300 books handpicked by NPR staffers and trusted critics. See the full list here:
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
It's one of over 300 books handpicked by NPR staffers and trusted critics. See the full list here:
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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So next time people wanna ask about why authors don’t talk about their personal finances online to strangers let’s all remember how strangers online behave to writers.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
So next time people wanna ask about why authors don’t talk about their personal finances online to strangers let’s all remember how strangers online behave to writers.
Sprocket needs a pill twice a day. I have an alarm set on my phone, but sometimes I'm not there at the right time in the morning, or I'm in the middle of something and have to do it a little late and then evening comes and I look at the bottle and I can't remember if he got the morning pill. So
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Sprocket needs a pill twice a day. I have an alarm set on my phone, but sometimes I'm not there at the right time in the morning, or I'm in the middle of something and have to do it a little late and then evening comes and I look at the bottle and I can't remember if he got the morning pill. So
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It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
Ooh. And if she regrets this direction her life has taken, she has the perfect catchphrase: "If I could turn back time..."
New movie idea: Cher gets bitten by a radioactive condo and every 3rd Wednesday excluding blackout dates, she transforms and fights crime as…
TIME CHER!
TIME CHER!
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Ooh. And if she regrets this direction her life has taken, she has the perfect catchphrase: "If I could turn back time..."
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I can’t believe I have to worry about journalism funding and these people don’t.
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I can’t believe I have to worry about journalism funding and these people don’t.
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When you’re not sure why the dog is staring up at the roof so you go out to check and suddenly realize you’re now part of a side quest
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
When you’re not sure why the dog is staring up at the roof so you go out to check and suddenly realize you’re now part of a side quest
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.