When it works. ;)

Me: Goes to enter email and password anywhere.
Screen: Would you like to speed up your login using passkey?
Me: No.
Screen: Great! Let's spend the next 90 minutes setting it up and then not allowing you to log in to anything without a blood test and a note from your 4th grade teacher.

You DO NOT talk about Bluesky club! I mean Fight Club.

I don't know who is in charge of @mayor.nyc.gov's social media but they're crushing it. I don't care what your politics are (I'm Canadian), but from a marketing standpoint, their social media game is on point.
Always on-brand, active messaging, directly speaking person to person... it's so good.

submitted a short story for publication in an anthology, but it may be a long shot. Thematically it is a good fit, however it is 800 words short of the minimum length. If they read it, they may enjoy my modern twist on a ghost story. Edited by the amazing @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social

#author 💙📚

How to report a pirated podcast If your show's audio has been copied by someone else, and you need to get it removed under DMCA or copyright takedown, here's how and where to do that.

AI makes it trivial to impersonate podcasts. It is happening to some shows now.

I had someone try to jack my audience in the past. The only way I got them removed was by reporting an episode where they took a Gary V talk and put it out as their own.

PodNews has a guide: podnews.net/article/repo...

I will. And I’ll give them some treats just for you! Oiled sunflower seeds for everyone!

Chickens!

Someone on LinkedIn said I was “full of crap” about having chickens and that I was making it up to seem like a “real person.”

I Am The AI Chicken Wrangler!

Good luck trying to make an AI-photo with this much random crap in it. Some things you still can’t fake.

#ai #booksky #chickens

Sweet!

Megadeth - Peace Sells YouTube video by megadethvevo

Seems relevant to remind people that this came out 30 years ago. (strobe warning)
#PeaceSellsButWhosBuying #Megadeth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdEu...

I wrote a flash-fiction story about Death/Charon and it contains no AI, AGI, or Robots. I am not sure what's wrong with me lately, but I am branching out, people!

My story about meeting Death/Charon while crossing the river Styx is coming along. A couple more coffee-shop mornings and it will be a draft and ready for editing.

What ya eating for dinner?
Are we supposed to eat a bunny for Easter?
Or just their sweet chocolate eggs?

How do you find the camouflage wearing tax base… I mean citizens.

How do you find them?

Maybe it’s Easter but I started writing a story rethinking Death ~~ the being who shows up after dying, not about what happens when you become un-alive.

I am not too worried about rejections… so far I’m 3 for 5 on accepted stories!

Matt Rouse arrived at @starfarerscafe.bsky.social with the fantastical tale of an information thief and a robot – except this is no ordinary robot. Can a wayward thief find redemption when all she knows is a life of crime?
starfarerscafe.com/2026/02/19/t...

The new chickens lay way bigger eggs. This is Frank & Dora.

I’ve seen a dozen posts like this across the socials today. Gemini seems to be revolting against AI summaries. Lol

For three days now, a parent of a child I coach in FIRST Lego Robot League has come up to me and thanked me for coaching their child, how much their kid loves it, and what amazing things they are learning.

I hope the changes to Lego League will be for the better, because it is a wonderful program.

I love my editor! She sees things that I’m blind to. And since writing is not my “day job” (though I am writing my 9th book) it saves me a lot of time. Time I spend writing more.
If I may ask, were you approached by your agent or did you seek them out?

Aw, you’re so supportive! Most people are like, “don’t quit your day job!” and, “what’s a book? I can’t read!”

Another year of sci-fi writing with some help from editor and author, @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social to improve my skills, my writing has improved drastically.

I started to re-read the novel I was working on and realize it will need a complete re-write. The story is amazing, but the writing sucks.

Good post timing…

I heard that they are told to make their money on the crap to fund their art.

Times are pretty tough for even the A-List these days. Probably had to cut back on the Yacht trips. Can’t make art when you got a jet to fuel!

All the #authorsky authors ask, “What are you reading now?”

Me: “Lego Robotics Workbook?”

No one hires an assistant and gives them access to everything day 1. Why are people doing this with agents? I dont get it.