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Can't overlook or overstate how ridiculous next week's heat looks. Denver may hit 80+ for 4 straight days. And a chance to hit 90. In March.

Denver's earliest 90°+: April 30. If we get there next week (possible)...it'd be 6 weeks earlier than the current record.

Unreal.

#COwx

That’s 125% of the National Science Foundation’s annual budget, for anyone keeping track.

So infuriating!

Grammarly said: "We built the agent to help users tap into the insights of thought leaders and experts and to give experts new ways to share their knowledge and reach new audiences." So, they will put words in your mouth, as if you said them - without your knowledge! Breathtakingly unbelievable.

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I get so tired of talking/posting/writing about AI every single day. Ugh. I just want to write my stuff and not worry about all that.

To be exquisitely clear, I never volunteered for this, I was never asked about this, and I do not consent to this.

Pretty sure everyone I know on the list (much longer than what is shown) would say the same.

Grammarly can fuck off to the edge of the universe and keep fucking off beyond that.

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It should not be like this in March!

I've never used that - and when one of my writing partners kept pushing me to try it, I said, "no thanks...I'll figure out the grammar myself!" Now I'm doubly glad I didn't fall for it.

Looks like we're right in the bullseye for this. Hmmm

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign

This is a protest not just against gen AI training generally, but against the UK government's proposal to allow AI companies to train on copyright-protected work unless the author/artist opts out
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Flyer for the Gold Rush Literary Awards. Submission Window April 20-May 20

Submissions for this open April 20! Details here: rmfw.org/colorado-gol...

It's 71° in Denver right now...just a reminder we got a half-foot of snow 3 days ago.

#COwx

Book cover showing a cartoon image of a flying saucer beaming yellow light down upon a house with people standing in front of it. The cover text is "Aliens Attack!" by Dave Housley.

Forgot the alt text, so here it is again...with alt text!

Just received this book over the weekend. I started reading and cannot put it down! I loved Dave Housley's previous book and this one is even better. Highly recommended! You can get it from Mason Jar Press. #scifi #sff

lol - not going to work. "If the House and Senate advance a bill and Congress remains in session, any bill would become law within 10 days even without a signature from Trump."

Oh wow - that's great, Lynne! Congratulations. Well-deserved!

Just submitted a flash fiction piece about a dystopian, yet hopeful, future. I tweaked it a little, read it out loud again, and thought, "I really like this story." And I do! Hoping the editors like it too.
#hopespringseternal
#writing #amwriting #sffh #scifi

Well, that's interesting - I decided this morning to make this soup and just had it for lunch! I've made it a zillion times. One of my faves for sure.

Exciting!

Seems weird to be excited about snow in Colorado, but we've had virtually none all winter. Just dry, dry, dry and 70 degree days. Even the cactus in my garden was suffering. You shouldn't have to water a cactus, imho, but that's what I did.

Yay! Snow! It's amazing...and beautiful out there. Glad I canceled my meeting and am staying home this morning.

I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.

Writers of the weird should stick together the weird circular collage mouth with vampire teath, ear, heart

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Can confirm this. I was looking up someone else's book a while ago on Amazon and got an error message. Same thing happens with my own books. Just #FYI #BookSky - I had a suspicion this was the cause.

And it smells so good out there! Sun coming out now already, though...maybe that was it.

It's 73 degrees here in Colorado! You got our winter.

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Hey there! Do you see how things are in this Sky of skies? Were you expecting the worm moon to get mean with its eclipse? Absurd! What the worm moon likes best is pathways, tunnels, puzzles made into other puzzles. #65 features new works by 21 high authors, just look-see!

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Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

Nominations have opened for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize!

Anyone can nominate book-length speculative fiction that embodies "hope, equity, and freedom; non-violence and alternatives to conflict; and a holistic view of humanity’s place in the natural world."

www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...