Claire Bartlett

*cue innocent whistling*

Hooray for @macey.bsky.social and what is going to be an epic addition to the historical fantasy genre, I will sell a kidney if it gets 2027 here faster (haha jk but really)

Hooray and congratulations!

Curtailing people’s ability to read widely and carefully, to locate, assess, and compare different sources for themselves, and to write in their own voice about what they find and what it means, is arguably more effective than censorship. It is also one of the most obvious effects of generative AI.

I know everything is terrible, but Hugo nominations are up and now I have so much reading to do ❤️

I'm feeling a bit conflicted about Nanowrimo this morning. I walked away after the combined AI statement + moderator abuse scandal, but it feels weird. I hoped they'd sort themselves out.

This is...extremely disturbing. What is someone who is not a UK citizen but has books published in the UK able to do? Asking for me.

Apparently there is an Eid party at my kid's kindergarten today. I found this out because she wanted to wear the celebratory mask and hat she got at another kid's birthday party. She is living her best life, and now I want a party hat.

My 4yo asked me what my favorite monster is. I said gorgon and told her a little bit about Medusa.

A few minutes later she spins me a whole story about how some "argons" visited her in the night. They seem like cool people.

A screenshot from a legal complaint with contact information for the plaintiffs' attorneys that states, "Joseph R. Saveri (State Bar No. 130064) Cadio Zirpoli (State Bar No. 179108) Christopher K.L. Young (State Bar No. 318371) Kathleen J. McMahon (State Bar No. 340007) JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP 601 California Street, Suite 1000 San Francisco, California 94108 Telephone: (415) 500-6800 Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com czirpoli@saverilawfirm.com cyoung@saverilawfirm.com kmcmahon@saverilawfirm.com Matthew Butterick (State Bar No. 250953) 1920 Hillhurst Avenue, #406 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Telephone: (323) 968-2632 Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 Email: mb@buttericklaw.com Counsel for Individual and Representative Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class"

A screenshot from a legal complaint that states, "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION Richard Kadrey, an individual; Sarah Silverman, an individual; Christopher Golden, an individual; Individual and Representative Plaintiffs, v. Meta Platforms, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Case No. Complaint Class Action Demand for Jury Trial Defendant."

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION

Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member:

Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800
Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com

Not the worst news, not the best.

Bone fragments of oldest known human face in western Europe found in Spain Remains are of an adult member of an extinct species who lived up to 1.4m years ago, researchers say

I found this article really fascinating!

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Sigh...aged like milk, that one.

Scones?

Having a kid means I can read books to her that always made me curious - as well as books that were my fave! Can't wait for the redwall years but I have the feeling she'll love warrior cats.

Ahahaha the empathy

My bookseller friend is so mad about the romantasy tag! The way it's pushed onto every published thing and the way it's not at all new now. (And she is a fan of romantic fantasy, just not the term romantasy)

Black History Month was started by Carter Woodson, who lived in DC and whose home is a national historic place.
Originally Negro History Week, then Negro History Month.

Woodson chose February b/c both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays are in February

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

I hear Guillermo del Toro, I want to see movie

A classic!

And only then. ONLY THEN.

I have found the secret to getting my child to play by herself. It is asking her if she wants to do something she definitely wants to do, then telling her that means we have to get clothes on and brush our teeth before we go.

I was so glad to read this. I previously disabled AI and because of that Word wouldn't engage copilot when I clicked on it (hooray) but now I've switched to the classic no ai subscription.

The concept of snacking cakes changes everything.

So many words!

And so frustrating, somehow? Like why can't I finish this faster

I'm editing my book and I just have to say I believe in it so hard it hurts.

If I ever finish this monster it's going to be amazing.
#amwriting #amediting