Ola | Aleksandra Hill

“To preserve the values of the civilized world, it is necessary to set fire to a library.”

5am writers’ club, let’s do this.

What timer is this? 👀 I can’t take my adhd meds for a while and this looks like it might be useful 👀

Became American in May. I got to vote for the first time in the 18 years I’ve lived in this country during the primary. I got to vote for the second time today.

I’m so excited I could vote for Mamdani both times. 💚

Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰

"There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue."

Damn, what a coincidence. All these news orgs keep laying off the same types of people while a bilious, rapey, leather-faced buffoon provides them cover and shakes them down for money to build a library named for a man who does not read.

Thank you so very much 💚💚💚

Secondhand Music resonated with me deeply. It dances between the lines of reality and imagination, exploring our fears and hopes for AI. Each page felt like a heartbeat, echoing thoughts I often keep hidden. #booksky #books

@aleksandrahill.bsky.social really brought it with Secondhand Music. I'm not sure which title is cleverer, this or Solitaire for Three. Another hit for Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Vol 2 and @ourmankoto.bsky.social. Thoughtful, plausible, a hint of the fear of AI, satisfying. #booksky

Thank you so much! 🥰

Congratulations!!!!!!!

@rexparker.bsky.social this might give you a chuckle (please ignore the initial fills that turned out to be wrong 😂)

Crossword with a quarter of the letters filled in as F

Fffffffell asleep while doing the crossword last night. 😂

Virgil the blue Merle poodle mix passed out asleep in my lap on the couch

Weekend snoozes 💤

Virgil the blue Merle poodle mix passed out asleep in my lap on the couch

Weekend snoozes 💤

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction sticker on the cover

Vajra Chandrasekera, photo by Sanjeewa Weerasinghe. The author sits at a white table, arms resting in front of him, wearing a tan jacket and a white shirt.

Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!

Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.

Congratulations!!!!

Virgil catching a soap bubble (dog-safe!)

Virgil not quite catching a soap bubble (dog-safe!)

Virgil almost catching a soap bubble (dog-safe!)

Virgil staring at a soap bubble (dog-safe!)

We freaking LOVE bubbles. 🫧

We have a new obsession (volume up to hear what he’s running home for.)

Virgil, a blue Merle poodle mix, absolutely conked out on a couch.

I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve this guy and my incredible husband in my life but I’m so damn blessed to have them through all of the bullshit.

God, I’ve missed writing. The last two years have been shit; every time I think I’m escaping the nonsense, something new happens.

A disastrous med switch and Covid took me out for almost two months just when I thought I was seeing the sun again.

But I’m back. This book is getting fucking written.

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Wired headline: Can AI avoid the enshittification Trap

uh, AI *is* the enshittification trap?

Maybe if I compile a series titled Virgil: The Saddest Boy in the World, @weratedogs.com will rate him 20/10 to cheer him up

Virgil, a spoiled blue Merle poodle mix who has known only love and who gets many treats and cuddles, looks off-camera with all the sadness in the world radiating from his eyes.

Someone cue the Sarah Maclachlan 🥲

Congratulations!!!!

Virgil the blue Merle poodle mix looking absolutely devastated at the prospect of taking a bath.

Truly the saddest boy in the cruelest world. (He had to take a bath)