Art is an act of hope. Writing is an act of rebellion. The world will always need more stories--from real human beings, not bullshit plagiarism machines. Every book is a love story from the author, and every reader is fighting the war against cruelty, ignorance, and hopelessness. We are fighting.

This is the thread I needed to hear today. Publishing is in the darkest moment I've seen in 14 years. I'm struggling, my friends are struggling, the industry is struggling. When writers gather together, we whisper our fears. All we want is to keep publishing, but there are no guarantees, these days.

So a wondrous new technology (or more accurately, a kleptomatic bullshit generator) that does the writing for you is not remotely helpful. Nobody asked for it. What would be more helpful would be if the big publishing companies paid us more and weren't so predatory or inscrutable in their practices.

This also suggests Democrats could win with a Mamdani-style platform of Medicare for All and free public transit.

(I mean we already knew this, but I'm glad someone is explaining it in a way the CFAs can understand.)

It’s the inequality, but it’s also the pervasive sense of precariousness. People can live on fairly low incomes (this isn’t saying they should have to, of course), as long as there’s STABILITY

So what if average wages are going up, if the job market’s so fucked you don’t know if you’ll be working?

To be fair to Pete, he also said Greta Thunburg was the antichrist.

And by "to be fair" I mean "to ensure we fully articulate his madness"

@jonficke.bsky.social do you think this will be the thing that tips Peter Thiel over the edge into declaring an Antipapacy?