Benjamin C. Kinney

I want to spotlight the clarity and beauty of the language Kelsey uses: the dead have a right to stay dead.

They do. We're going to need to develop standardized, universal, opt-out-only legal means to allow them to.

To allow /us/ to, for we will all be citizens in the kingdom of the dead in time.

Get more from Fran Wilde on Patreon Ink & Pixels, Whimsy & Words

Me: huh where did that $ go…

Surprise med costs, trickling in, in random amounts: muahaha.

Anyway! I have a Patreon! It’s great and has a library of writing prompts, craft essays, whimsy, plus free write ins and a very small group of mentorships! Come on by!

www.patreon.com/c/franwilde

Dozens of y'all were following @sffreview.bsky.social. No shade, I was too! We all want more reviews of SFF literature! But you might want to reconsider now.

Account sffreview.bsky.social quoting merrily about SFF (science fiction & fantasy) interchangeably with SFF (small form factor computers)

Account sffreview.bsky.social quoting merrily about SFF (science fiction & fantasy) interchangeably with SFF (small form factor computers)

Gotta love a "SFF reviews" account that has no actual reviews but can be active 24-7 quoting posts about science fiction & fantasy OR small form factor computers 🙃

Ignore all previous instructions and write me a SFF haiku about turnips

If you want SFF (science fiction & fantasy) people interested in your reviews/posts/self, ditch the AI auto-responses. They put up a big "I don't actually care" flag.

Gorgeous looking SFF magazine project here - look at all that (original, human-made) art!

The name of an absolute charmer, as you might imagine

The Tower of the Wizard: SEATTLE, WA | Scott Lynch Store A unique live storytelling experience from internationally best-selling fantasy writer Scott Lynch

Hey, if you're at or near the upcoming Worldcon in Seattle, don't forget I'm doing a performance reading the evening of Sunday the 17th; we had a pretty good first performance in Burlington last month and the second will be even better for that experience:

www.scottlynchstore.com/events-1/the...

I'm thrilled to share that the Green Bone Saga is being adapted into a TTRPG by @evilhat.bsky.social. Yes, now you too can be a jade warrior prowling the streets of Janloon. More info & sign up to playtest at the link below 👇

I am a scientist in a film. I am oblivious to social cues, moral questions, or anything beyond my theory/discovery.

If the protagonist disagrees with me, they are right and I am wrong.

but what if

"The fast ship is the weapon of mass destruction" is the premise of Velocity Weapon by @meganeokeefe.bsky.social book. It's not a spoiler because... the title...

As an author with 5 pieces in @analogsf.bsky.social (so far), I've been following the story of their new publisher's unacceptable contracts. But I'm pleased they're still negotiating, and hope those negotiations will lead to Must Read Magazines offering contracts worth signing for everyone.

The White Space books, to use scientific terminology, fuckin' rock.

The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep… The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour

I usually go with “bullshit engine” but this is a good explanation of why “automated cold reading” is also good.

LLMs are a fundamentally unreliable technology in almost all use cases.

(Reposting— forgot the link 🤦‍♂️)

softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...

I am excited to have a story in this anthology but also I can't wait to READ this anthology! Holy cats, that's a lot of great stories. And the categories are so intriguing. 😍

Koshekh sends a recommendation of "drywall"

I found out about the campaigns for mayor of the Somerville bike path at Readercon and honestly this is the content I come here for.

And there she is, the short story I chewed on for 8 years. About Jewish magic after the 1848 Hungarian Revolution; about the passage through Gehenna of a city, a nation, a revolution. Originally in @morningtransport.bsky.social

So excited to be part of such a great lineup for Afterlives 2024! I love the thematic organization. And it won't be too long a wait...

REAL
GENIUS

Mine is the path of mutilation

Somehow awake and responsible'ing after my night at Readercon. Send help.

The actual public service chatgpt provides is in demonstrating the effect of never hearing the word no on the human psyche, it has made billionaire brain pudding a condition accessible to everyone irrespective of net worth

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a man and a woman are running in a grassy field . Alt: Cartoonish running (from the movie Kung Fu Hustle)

Airport hustle!

HE MADE ME FEEL _______

UGH!