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Modern Bones - Terrain.org Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick's searing Letter to America "Modern Bones" begins, "I am a modern girl and it is just as hard as Fox News is telling my grandpa it is."

wow.

In other words no parking on ANY day that ends with Y.

Hmm. There's a thought. There's Zelazny stuff on my shelf that hasn't been re-read recently. Mayhap it's time to remedy that.

I would much rather meet a black bear, I think.

The joke is that a black bear sees a hiker with a pack full of granola and trail mix and thinks “How do I get my food off that human?” and a cougar thinks “How do I get that pack off my food?”

I’d submit that a hog thinks “Food! WITH TOPPINGS!”

The scam is changing. Now I've got someone wanting "to write a book with me" and is certain that my involvement will "elevate" the book and make it irresistible to readers... I decided to play with this one. I emailed back, "how much will you be paying me? And please don't mention exposure. "

I have clearly been playing the game all wrong until now. Will need to hone soul hunting skills.

And probably why they're so expensive. The ichor of the Elder Gods (which printer ink contains, apparently) is hard to come by and there's only so many times you can pawn your soul...

Rare Merlin and King Arthur text found hidden in binding of medieval book The ‘extremely significant' text was hidden for centuries.

I love that the Zoology department was integral to finding text about Merlin that was otherwise invisible to the human eye.

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

That explains a great deal. I knew Cthulthu had something to do with it.

I just rearranged an entire day because someone who needed me home and available today said they were going to be here today without giving a time. So I waited the whole day. It's now close to 4 pm and they haven't turned up. I HATE it when people do that sort of thing. No respect for my time. Grrr.

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

Oh, GREAT. They really are making the publishing world more and more difficult for its foundation, the actual writers, to survive in.

Maine Coon cat

"You addressed me, minion? What is it that I may grant you?"

Hubs and I went on an Alaska Inside Passage cruise one year and yes there WERE mobility issues involved so the trip helped with that but yeah it all felt rushed to the max. Someday I want to go back to Juneau or to Denali. properly.

{{{Luck}}}!

Maine Coon cat

Happy Caturday. Here, have one sleepy and well baked Maine Coon kitty loaf.

We won't get $3K. By the time the others have picked at it - the lawyers, the publishers - the ones who have actually CREATED the words being squabbled over we'll be lucky to get $300 per affected work. And even THAT is "subject to appeal"...

THIS.

THIS.

I asked AI about its usefulness in ushering in a new era of business productivity and this is what it said

THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING

Makes you think

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

Yes. This one hurts. The last time I felt a similar loss this sharply was Dian Fossey. Both women stood for the natural world in a way that few of us get to do in our lives. She was a righteous primate.

One of the good ones who will be missed. Really missed.

[Hijacking] ...just Scalzi's new work...? I just announced a New Work, too, up for preorder:)

See my earlier post - you interested in a review copy of my own new one?...

The New Book is now available for preorder…

The ebook of "The Wind's Four Quarters" is now available for preorder - amazon: other usual suspects: d2d ...you know what to do... Let me just say that this is really kind of the first fiction I have written and published since clawing my way out of a…

The Wind's Four Quarters The Wind's Four Quarters - Kindle edition by Alexander, Alma, Deckert, Alma. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Wind's Four Quarters.

"The Wind's Four Quarters" now available for preorder -

amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRN8S5G7
other usual suspects: d2d books2read.com/u/49wArk

...if you've read anything of mine and liked it... if you want to make me come back to life again as a writer... preorders are LOVE. You know what to do.

STILL cool. 😀

There's an Emotional Support Books exhibit? [Perks up ears] I have... thoughts...