Moonshine technically cannot be called moonshine unless it was produced on the moon.

The Shine region of the moon, to be precise.

Heads up Authors!
Note: he liked 20 of my posts in 20 secs, which is pointless, given none of my books are on Kindle 😆. Worth blocking regardless of where your books are available!

sketches of statues from the oceania wing in the met

studied today

Photo of a fairly generic modern bathroom with a shower/tub combo, a toilet, a sink, a mirror, and a demonic entity coming out of the mirror

What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

A pastel drawing of a white egret on a dark background surrounded by multicolored stars and a decorative border. Watermark: AnnaDaviscourt.com

I drew another egret.

#Egret #Pastels #KidLit

small crab eating a grape (important)

It's very funny how AI ads are never like, scientists using AI to scan thousands of ancient documents or some kind of actual plausible good use. It's always a guy being like hey chatGPT how do I make a bowl of cereal do I start with a bowl or the milk or what

no one is suggesting that ALL you need to do is knit or day-drink; performative semiotics are for people who want to help - but feel like they need social permission from their peers ::rainbow gif:: ::locks down replies to save sanity from those with reading comprehension issues::

the idea that making art is embarrassing if you don't do it well enough to make a career out of it is an objectively harmful and toxic brainworm.

generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023

people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip

Why don’t you read the book you bought in the middle of reading your last book, that you were insistent would be the one you’d want to read next? 🤣😭

Hideous licensing agreement from Red Ogre Review, but what really jumps out at me is the moral rights waiver

“I do not think that 50 year old men should be having sex with 16 year old girls. But “

This is hilarious because if there’s one thing writers DON’T do it’s gatekeep craft tips

Ask any writer and they will happily give you every scrap of craft advice they can think of. Lots of them will do it even if nobody asked.

Trans people would much rather be able to live openly and freely as our authentic selves than be able to say "we told you so," but it looks like "we told you so" is all we're going to fucking get. 😒

Yeah as disgusting as this is it’s also completely unsurprising, alas.

penguin random house is what a scene kid in 2009 would name a publishing house if you asked her

"I love journalism....but there's only one real journalist, and their name is TechnoPathology. they write exclusively on substack." totally Neil, looks like I was wrong about you

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 62, “Mermay - Golden Hour" by Maxine Vee: In a forest of brown, orange, and golden leaves, a mermaid with orange/gold hair sits on a rock in a small light blue pond. She stares at her open palms, illuminated by a beam of sunlight. Purple flowers in shade lie scattered on the ground in the foreground. The quote reads: "While the Museum of the Lost and Found has an abundance of beautiful, thought-provoking pieces best viewed over multiple visits, we understand that your visit today must be brief. We have therefore created a personalized guide for your visit, based on the hesitance of your touch on the door and the waver in your smile."

ICYMI! Reading for the Uncanny Magazine Poll?

Try the short story "Your Personalized Guide to the Museum of the Lost and Found" by AnaMaria Curtis @anamariacurtis.bsky.social!

You can read it here!

buff.ly/nfv99vA

Beyond parody

homeowners are offline, renters we run this joint for the next hour

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Not all at once though. You have to block them one at a time and see when you die.

I had to double-check I was on BlueSky after seeing that thread, goodness

we wouldn’t be burnt out at all if we had enough income to work part time and pour more love into our writing instead of struggling to survive. companies and governments have poured billions into shitty AI, which could’ve funded countless writers.

“everyone’s saying the market will collapse” ok but when you say “everyone” do you actually mean a large group of extremely broke people who couldn’t accurately pick stocks under any conditions

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