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Reader, especially Crime noir fiction, Science Fiction, Horror, novels and short stories Country Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช European ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

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SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of โ€˜The Wireโ€™, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

09.10.2025 04:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27722    ๐Ÿ” 8789    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 334    ๐Ÿ“Œ 915
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Apex Magazine 2026 is A Project We Love on Kickstarter!! โค๏ธ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฅ‚๐ŸŽ‰

Thank you to everyone who's donated so far! If you haven't checked us out yet, don't be shy! There's room for everyone at the monster mash ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿชฆ

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

01.10.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, itโ€™s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earthโ€™s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

07.10.2025 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8806    ๐Ÿ” 2863    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 145    ๐Ÿ“Œ 124

Agreed. This one rocks though.

08.10.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday, Herzlichen Glรผckwunsch zum Geburtstag!

02.10.2025 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@lussinka-k.bsky.social My wife, son and I are in Bratislava at the moment.

03.08.2025 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey, remember this? So we were able to avoid repossession, but she's still one payment behind, *and* the registration is expired. So I am once again asking for help/donations. If by some miracle we can raise $450 in the next few days, things should be golden.

02.08.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Tax the rich Unterstรผtzt unsere Bundestagspetition Tax the Rich mit der wir die Vermรถgensteuer fรผr Superreiche wieder einfรผhren wollen.

www.attac.de/kampagnen/ta...
Bundestagspetition bis 11. August
Petition to the lower house of the German parliament until 11. August

21.07.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also in meinem Beispiel ist der Rumรคne sehr ambitioniert aber kann deutsch eben nicht perfekt. Das kann auch irgendeine andere Sprache sein. Der Kern der Frage ist, ist die Lektorierung bei einer ungรผnstigen รœbersetzung immer noch leichter als eine mit DeepL? Mich interessiert einfach die Info.

16.07.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wenn jetzt zum Beispiel ein ambitionierter Rumรคne, der fleiรŸig deutsch gelernt hat, seine rumรคnischen Texte selber ins deutsche รผbersetzt und sie dir zur Lektorierung gibt, wรผrden da auch Kontextfehler erscheinen, die jede Menge Arbeit bedeuten? Oder ist das viel leichter als eine DeepL รœbersetzung?

16.07.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Everything in the Garden is Lovely" by Hannah Yang a World Fantasy Award finalist! "Everything in the Garden is Lovely" by Hannah Yang from Apex Magazine Issue 143 is a World Fantasy Award finalist in the short...

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

We are thrilled to congratulate @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social on her short fiction published in Apex Magazine Issue 143, "Everything in the Garden is Lovely," being chosen as a World Fantasy Award finalist!

www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

08.07.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m an artist, designer and illustrator. Iโ€™ve lost work to AI. I know dozens of others in my industry that have too. Some have lost their entire living. As far as Iโ€™m concerned, anyone using genAI is a thief and a charlatan.

06.07.2025 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man says let 's see what you got in front of a microphone ALT: a man says let 's see what you got in front of a microphone

Pistol Jim is now OPEN for the first submission call!

Theme is "ESCALATING CHAOS," word count is 500, no genre limit.

Send your work to PistolJimPress@Gmail.com along with a short author blurb!

04.07.2025 04:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
"Another Hungary is Possible" de Laika (artiste hongrois)
2025, dessin sur un mur de Budapest, Orban, habillรฉ en femme (jupe et blazer rose, hauts talons, rouge ร  lรจvres) il porte une cravate aux couleurs trans et tient dans sa main droite un drapeau arc-en-ciel

"Another Hungary is Possible" de Laika (artiste hongrois) 2025, dessin sur un mur de Budapest, Orban, habillรฉ en femme (jupe et blazer rose, hauts talons, rouge ร  lรจvres) il porte une cravate aux couleurs trans et tient dans sa main droite un drapeau arc-en-ciel

#BudapestPride

Tout notre soutien aux participants de la #Pride interdite de Budapest โค๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿค

"Another Hungary is Possible" de Laika (artiste hongrois)
2025

28.06.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 406    ๐Ÿ” 109    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Nem vagy egyedรผl ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

You are not alone
โค๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ

28.06.2025 09:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Noch nie habe ich das von Piketty beschriebene Problem r > g anschaulicher erklรคrt gesehen als in diesem Video von Gary Stevenson:

23.06.2025 07:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1132    ๐Ÿ” 539    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

Gary is very likable. Thus far, I have understood that he wants to reform capitalism by introducing redistribution. That won't work, because we aren't going to solve the question of power. Someone who owns a lot of money mustn't be able to buy influence with his money.

23.06.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gary ist mir sehr sympathisch. Soweit ich das verstanden habe, will er den Kapitalismus reformieren, in dem er eine Vermรถgensumverteilung einfรผhrt. Das wird aber nicht reichen, solange die Machtfrage des Kapitals nicht geklรคrt ist. Wer Geld hat, darf nicht in der Lage sein, Einfluss zu kaufen!

23.06.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have a bad conscience now. I should also go to such demonstrations with placards like "Tax The Rich".

15.06.2025 10:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Das Cover. Foto eines alten Telefons mit eingezeichnetem Drachen.

Das Cover. Foto eines alten Telefons mit eingezeichnetem Drachen.

Meine besten und skurrilsten Geschichten aus den letzten 30 Jahren in einer Sammlung von ca 400 Seiten. Das eBook der Neuauflage von "Ausgewรคhlt!" ist nun in allen Digitallรคden verfรผgbar fรผr 5,99 Euro. Print on demand folgt.

15.06.2025 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:

10.06.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13385    ๐Ÿ” 5279    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 218
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Yes, I tend to this, too!

10.06.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@witchingmetal66.bsky.social You have struck me as a noir specialist. I want to read a David Goodis novel. Which is the best one?

10.06.2025 04:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not convinced that I have perfect command of grammar, neither in German nor in English.

06.06.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your self-publishing action paid off for me very well. I had some exciting hours with your book. Nobody criticizes and describes the circumstances as clearly as you do. Maybe your numbers will rocket suddenly. You have made some readers happy. That's something.

05.06.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Diabolus Ex Machina This Is Not An Essay

Schรถn wรคr's, wenn die Fanboys das lesen wรผrden

amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...

04.06.2025 06:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Is it possible to make them stop publishing your book?

31.05.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Achso, ganz einfach: Um uns รผber den Tisch zu ziehen!

30.05.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ja irgendwie, wenn die Gefahr besteht, dass ร„pfel verotten oder so. Bei engen Kundenterminen greifen wohl diese Vorrausetzungen nicht, was ich aber nachvollziehen kann, denn das ist ja absolut menschengemacht.

30.05.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mehrzahl der Arbeiter dem Interesse weniger Unternehmer gegenรผber. Warum sollen sich die Arbeitnehmer vรถllig kaputt machen, damit der Unternehmer sich noch ein grรถรŸeren Swimmingpool leisten kann?

30.05.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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