Jason Sanford
@jasonsanford.bsky.social
Archaeologist turned author with a science fiction take on life. Author of Plague Birds, member of SFWA and SPJ. He/His. Represented by Lucienne Diver. www.jasonsanford.com
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A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked.
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
When Storytelling Is Called ‘Terrorism’: How My Friend and Fellow Journalist Was Targeted by ICE
As a DACA recipient, Ya'akub Ira Vijandre’s arrest holds drastic implications for the state of free speech in America.
thebarbedwire.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked.
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
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IT'S ALIVE 💀🦎🦌🧠
It was a pleasure and a privilege to edit this book with
@klschroeder.bsky.social, one that I fell in love with straight from the submissions pile. A quiet, aching story that radiates a love of all life while looking death, personal and species-wide, right in the eyes.
It was a pleasure and a privilege to edit this book with
@klschroeder.bsky.social, one that I fell in love with straight from the submissions pile. A quiet, aching story that radiates a love of all life while looking death, personal and species-wide, right in the eyes.
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
IT'S ALIVE 💀🦎🦌🧠
It was a pleasure and a privilege to edit this book with
@klschroeder.bsky.social, one that I fell in love with straight from the submissions pile. A quiet, aching story that radiates a love of all life while looking death, personal and species-wide, right in the eyes.
It was a pleasure and a privilege to edit this book with
@klschroeder.bsky.social, one that I fell in love with straight from the submissions pile. A quiet, aching story that radiates a love of all life while looking death, personal and species-wide, right in the eyes.
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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Ya está disponible el nuevo episodio de @tryperion.bsky.social, en que, además de nuestras habituales noticias y recomendaciones, entrevistamos a Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social, autor de «Aves de la Peste», recientemente publicada en castellano.
Que lo disfrutes.
buff.ly/nKGacjv
Que lo disfrutes.
buff.ly/nKGacjv
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Ya está disponible el nuevo episodio de @tryperion.bsky.social, en que, además de nuestras habituales noticias y recomendaciones, entrevistamos a Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social, autor de «Aves de la Peste», recientemente publicada en castellano.
Que lo disfrutes.
buff.ly/nKGacjv
Que lo disfrutes.
buff.ly/nKGacjv
Total agreement
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Total agreement
Really enjoyed Predator: Badlands. Never thought there'd be a fun "found family" story in the Alien/Predator universe, but here it is.
Also, the trailer for the new Avatar movie is the longest, most boring preview of the year. All it screams is "LOOK! WE HAVE CGI!"
Also, the trailer for the new Avatar movie is the longest, most boring preview of the year. All it screams is "LOOK! WE HAVE CGI!"
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Really enjoyed Predator: Badlands. Never thought there'd be a fun "found family" story in the Alien/Predator universe, but here it is.
Also, the trailer for the new Avatar movie is the longest, most boring preview of the year. All it screams is "LOOK! WE HAVE CGI!"
Also, the trailer for the new Avatar movie is the longest, most boring preview of the year. All it screams is "LOOK! WE HAVE CGI!"
About to watch Predator: Badlands.
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
About to watch Predator: Badlands.
As someone who has previously been a starving writer treated like a disposable tool, this is both hilarious and hitting very close to home.
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
As someone who has previously been a starving writer treated like a disposable tool, this is both hilarious and hitting very close to home.
Today's the deadline to register for @sfwa.org's fall online Nebula event, Quasar, which takes place November 15 and 16. If you took part in this year's Nebula Conference there's no cost to register. 1/ membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today's the deadline to register for @sfwa.org's fall online Nebula event, Quasar, which takes place November 15 and 16. If you took part in this year's Nebula Conference there's no cost to register. 1/ membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
I'm already seeing people saying that if OpenAI goes down it'll be the fault of authors and publishers, as opposed to actually blaming Sam Altman and OpenAI for BREAKING THE DANG LAW!
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I'm already seeing people saying that if OpenAI goes down it'll be the fault of authors and publishers, as opposed to actually blaming Sam Altman and OpenAI for BREAKING THE DANG LAW!
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OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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Good article from @jasonsanford.bsky.social here on this kind of thing. jasonsanford.substack.com/p/genre-grap...
Genre Grapevine: Book Club Scams Are a Warning of Emerging AI Super-Scams
My novella We Who Hunt Alexanders was recently published by Apex Books.
jasonsanford.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Good article from @jasonsanford.bsky.social here on this kind of thing. jasonsanford.substack.com/p/genre-grap...
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Cuomo Makes 11th-Hour Pass At Female New Yorkers
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cuomo Makes 11th-Hour Pass At Female New Yorkers
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so many terrible moments in the destruction of freedom of the press in America but this attempted erasure of a fellow Philly peeps & the important reportage of, yes, Teen Vogue marks a turning point imho 😔
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
so many terrible moments in the destruction of freedom of the press in America but this attempted erasure of a fellow Philly peeps & the important reportage of, yes, Teen Vogue marks a turning point imho 😔
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Looks like they're about to nerf Teen Vogue www.vogue.com/article/teen...
Teen Vogue Is Joining Vogue.com
The transition, in which Teen Vogue will keep its unique editorial identity and mission, fortifies the evolving Vogue ecosystem.
www.vogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Looks like they're about to nerf Teen Vogue www.vogue.com/article/teen...
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Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists of the World Fantasy Awards!
World Fantasy Awards Winners
The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2024 were presented during the 2025 World Fantasy Convention, held October 30 – November 2, 2025 in Brighton, UK. The Life Achievement …
locusmag.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists of the World Fantasy Awards!
Flash submission call, open for next half hour to hour.
an extra hour this morning! what if I fill it with a 30-60 minute spontaneous submission call??
— @aaronburch.bsky.social
open now:
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/1cad7...
— @aaronburch.bsky.social
open now:
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/1cad7...
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Flash submission call, open for next half hour to hour.
Slept great, woke up when I usually do, and now realize thanks to the time change I started my day at 5 am and am totally screwed tonight.
November 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Slept great, woke up when I usually do, and now realize thanks to the time change I started my day at 5 am and am totally screwed tonight.
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Who won this year’s British Fantasy Awards? Here’s the deets so you don’t have to scroll through the live blogging: britishfantasysociety.org/british-fant...
November 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Who won this year’s British Fantasy Awards? Here’s the deets so you don’t have to scroll through the live blogging: britishfantasysociety.org/british-fant...
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November submissions are OPEN!
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
November submissions are OPEN!
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
Great review: "If you're looking to read a horror novella with heart—and many, many teeth—then We Who Hunt Alexanders is the book for you. While it may not solve the world's problems, it nevertheless provides an excellent catharsis for those who wish for justice." 1/2 imaginatlas.ca/catch-of-the...
Catch of the Month – October 2025 | Trouvailles du mois – Octobre 2025 - ImaginAtlas
We Who Hunt Alexanders By Magdalena Nitchi Picture this: a millennia-old monster who turns invisible at night and can change your memories, hypnotize you, and swallow you whole, sending you to a helli...
imaginatlas.ca
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Great review: "If you're looking to read a horror novella with heart—and many, many teeth—then We Who Hunt Alexanders is the book for you. While it may not solve the world's problems, it nevertheless provides an excellent catharsis for those who wish for justice." 1/2 imaginatlas.ca/catch-of-the...
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I received this mail from Arcadia Publishing, the company which now owns Belt Publishing, who originally published my book in 2022.
Belt's authors are not the sort of people who are gonna be cool with this. I feel really bad for whoever is answering the emails at Arcadia next week.
Belt's authors are not the sort of people who are gonna be cool with this. I feel really bad for whoever is answering the emails at Arcadia next week.
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I received this mail from Arcadia Publishing, the company which now owns Belt Publishing, who originally published my book in 2022.
Belt's authors are not the sort of people who are gonna be cool with this. I feel really bad for whoever is answering the emails at Arcadia next week.
Belt's authors are not the sort of people who are gonna be cool with this. I feel really bad for whoever is answering the emails at Arcadia next week.
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It's pretty cool that the US economy is propped up entirely by continuing work on software thats only real functional uses are eroding consensus reality, spreading often politically motivated misinformation, and for various scams like impersonating your grandma and saying she's been kidnapped
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's pretty cool that the US economy is propped up entirely by continuing work on software thats only real functional uses are eroding consensus reality, spreading often politically motivated misinformation, and for various scams like impersonating your grandma and saying she's been kidnapped
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New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...
The Anthropic Class Action Settlement: What You Need to Know Right Now - Writer Beware
One of the most urgent issues confronting writers and other creators right now is the use of copyrighted material for generative AI training. The large language models that power chatbots like OpenAI’...
writerbeware.blog
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...