Karin Robinson

I’m extremely glad to hear you are getting the health care you need. I wish everyone could, everywhere.

The CEO of Jordy's agency is kind of a lot.

Hello from London where everyone gets 'free" healthcare, because there is no particular relationship here between employment and being able to see a doctor when you're sick. There are a lot of problems with the NHS, but trust me - once you live this way, you'll never want to go back.

My longstanding view: all those tech founders bragging about dropping out of college to do startups in their parents garages screwed themselves out of essential work relevant skills by skipping Intro to Sociology and 20th Century History 101.

My friend Emma is the new editor of Labour List, so I got her this little present instead of champagne or chocolates. In fact, it may be the exact structural opposite of champagne and chocolates, but she seemed to like it, so that's good!

Imagine if the media fact checked Trump's bullshit nonsense as immediately and as clearly as the Fed Chair did. Wouldn't that be something, hm?

What the fuck?

From the substack AI report: "a typical AI-using publisher is 45 or over, more likely to be a man, and tends to publish in categories like Technology and Business." Of course he is. Of course he does.

This times infinity.

If people are not free to say what they want for fear that they will be punished by the government, then free speech does not exist in America.

CBS are being cowards, but they're correct to fear Trump's retribution for speaking truth he doesn't like.

Free speech does not exist in America.

I haven't got a "jaded" but this use of "cynical" appears just after Jordy discovers Helena's secret social media identity.

Helena regrets not completing her near-kiss with Jordy...

Thoroughly enjoyed doing this brilliant podcast with Ben and Nico. Listen here to find out why I'd feed Shakespeare to a capricious bibliomancer, and why "immigrant" has become a core part of my identity.

Big news for the “you don’t deserve a living wage a robot could do your job” crowd.

Instantly obsessed with this...

Post-divorce Helena is experimenting with her personal style.

the singular message of this ad is "zohran loves new york city" and it is incredibly effective

Cynthia Olivera is a Canadian who’s been living in the US since she was 10 She’s in ICE custody, after being grabbed at her green card interview. The 45 year old wife & mother has been moved between facilities while her husband begs ICE to let her get on a plane to Canada. 🧵 They’re willing to pay. She’s willing to leave. But she can’t escape. This is why we call them concentration camps. There’s no due process. Some people go in and never come out.

Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview.

Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.

I've long been a fan of the Tiny Bookcase podcast, so I was delighted when Ben and Nico invited me on. And I'm really happy with the story I wrote for it, the first story I've ever written in an ancient Roman setting. Hope you enjoy listening to it half as much as I enjoyed doing it.

# 221- Karin Robinson (@karinjr.bsky.social), sci-fi fantasy writer and recovering podcaster, joins Ben and Nico for the prompt 'Mosaic'. Listen here:

www.buzzsprout.com/1129067/epis...

Karin's Substack: faerypolitic.substack.com

#shortstory #SF #fantasy

In this week's #TremblingWithFer Olivia Sowers tells us about Nigel and Ron’s Big Mistake w/drabbles by Karin J. Robinson ( @karinjr.bsky.social ), Sean MacKendrick, & Nicolette M. Ward ( @shadowsbetween.bsky.social )!
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#AmReading #AmWriting #bookworm #WritingCommunity

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

🚨NEW MEDIA CLUB OUT NOW🚨 How to Handle Your Israel-Gaza Stance Properly, Unlike the BBC’s Bob Vylan Disaster

Edelman’s @karinjr.bsky.social joins Tim Burrowes on The Media Club with @mattdeegan.com.

Get it now:

📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g02Q35dEVfU
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub

"You may rejoice, I must mourn."

Happy 4th of July, Batman.

"On the contrary, I have the greatest respect for your nerves! They have been my constant companion these twenty years."*

* Quoting from memory. May not be word perfect.

The first description of the AI bot Jordy has designed based on Helena's' secret, less polite social media feed.

a cartoon character says happy happy happy in a pink background ALT: a cartoon character says happy happy happy in a pink background

Just got notes from one of my beta readers and she loves my book! Her excited little "lol"s and "aw!"s and "I love this!" in the margins are giving me life. Let's normalise gushing in the margins, OK?!

She also spotted some opportunities to improve, gave helpful builds and flagged dumb errors.

Helena is startled to discover her son thinks she's... sort of cool?!