Danielle Linder

In a way, reality has become much more like a horror movie lately. Everyone is on edge, no one really knows how things are going to go in the future and of course, the werewolves.

If folks haven't read it, I recommend @annaleen.bsky.social's Stories are Weapons, which is unfortunately more and more relevant during this administration. When I started it, I thought, "yeah yeah, I know this." But each chapter was 🤯; well researched analysis of these tactics, recent & historical.

Update on those flattering AI book marketing scams Those AI book marketing scams are proliferating like Tribbles. Here are the new variations authors are getting now.

Here's an excellent article that was just shared with me about the latest scams aimed at writers. Read on, "great author"...
#aspiringwriter #authorlife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity
annerallen.com/2025/11/update...

Here is a picture of a baby otter for no good reason.

Give Us Your Face or Lose Your Account: AI Age Verification Is Here, and Experts Are Worried From Spotify to YouTube, platforms now demand biometric proof of age. Experts warn that you could lose access—and your privacy—if the algorithms get it wrong.

Algorithmic face scans are “dangerous, whether used to estimate our age, our name, or other demographics,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @PCMag.com. EFF favors “a ban on government use of this technology, and strict regulation… for corporate use.” www.pcmag.com/explainers/...

I'll never forget my dad's last words: "It's way past Halloween. Why's this caution tape still on the elevator?"

"Conference" aka the incredibly poor taste Great Gatsby themed party showcasing conspicuous consumption while SNAP benefits for thousands of underpriveleged Americans were cancelled? Bet our tax dollars paid for her ticket, too :( Hanson's actions, words, and opinions do not represent Australia.

kitties appreciating Dali. Or at least appreciating the first warm summer day, in front of artwork :)

Cats of Ulthar: A Campaign Setting for Shadowdark and D&D Narrative storytelling and old-school adventures in the ever-changing Dreamlands of classic Lovecraftian fiction

In case is at all hard to find, Cats of Ulthar is here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dra...

it's a sandbox campaign for #shadowdark & #5e with race/chase mechanics & rules to play cats as characters, set in Lovecraft's Dreamlands

Dracula vs. Hitler and Chaos & Chrome Project Update: Pulp Meets Play At the heart of both Dracula vs. Hitler and Chaos & Chrome is a shared set of rules that make storytelling fast, cinematic, and full of tension. This system is built to capt...

ok, i should really be telling everyone i know to go support my Cats of Ulthar campaign on kickstarter (please do! it's gonna be awesome) but i just found this on backerkit and it looks like so much fun, it would be a real shame if it didn't make its funding goal: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...

A fuzzy paw to start Friday.

Sunset over the Chittering Valley after a gloriously rainy spring day <3

at the #festivaloffiction2025 today, just attended a really interesting talk about story pacing by Sasha Wasley sashawasley.substack.com/about

Sounds like eldritch horror to me... but this is real. friend of mine is in recovery right now from full-on AI psychosis, and is quietly struggling with it. This shit isn't good for us.

I really believe generative AI is a cognitohazard to an entire column of humanity. I don't know, there's a something it fucking does to people that displaces their own entirely-capable cognition and independence, further they seemingly cannot perceive the deficits of. This is not a moral argument.

Me: comic-book villains are not very believable

*2024 happens*

Me: okay, fine. But no one believes that a hero will dress up as an animal like a bat or a spider or a, I dunno, a frog, and face down the bad guys.

*2025 happens*

And I'm off to Melbourne for PAX AU! Well. In a couple've hours, given my plane's delayed :) But tonight!

summertime is here :)

just cat things

Time spent scritching animals is not deducted from your lifespan

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

#author #indieauthor #amwriting #writingcommunity #authorsky

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

Christine Chapel sipping wine. Text next to her reads “my new stock answer when people ask me what I’m up to is “hard to say!” Followed by no additional clarification.”

A dog

😅 A house isn’t a home without muddy paw prints. Double-tap if this is true for you! 🐕

#CatsAndDogs #FurryFriends

Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...

For those in Australia, here's a petition to make our gov charge fossil fuel companies for the damage they're causing. Pls read & consider signing :) nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...

A partially cloudy sky with the sun in the middle. You can see a hillside and trees at the bottom, in the foreground.

Strange days. Strange skies.

Tokyo, Japan. Winter. #blueskyphotocollection #nowpostedinrandomorder #placeswithstoriesinthem