“A new study has found that an explosion in virus diversity 2.5 million years ago occurred at the same time radiation from an ancient supernova bathed Earth in cosmic rays. This could imply a link between the diversification and the cosmic radiation.”
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Looking forward to this one.
Best book I’ve read in decades… I don’t actually know when I’ve read something this exciting & moving & brilliantly comprehensive & utterly mind altering. As for the prose—it’s overwhelmingly beautiful & haunting. Thank you @wwnorton.bsky.social @wwnortonuk.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social 🙏
blow that idea out yer ass
Just truly hard to overstate how fucking dumb people’s use cases for AI are.
It’s shaping up to be a banner 2025 for sci-fi writers. Aliens want to Jersey Shore first contact. Chat-GBT is already lying and acting to self-preserve. Quantum computing semi-proves the multiverse. Mars missions back on the docket. Humanity will keep pushing the envelope, I have no doubt.
For those who want to read: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Found out United Healthcare was double billing me for my son's college healthcare when he was already on my UHC healthcare. The school said many parents were double paying. Today on phone, I got a waiver. In record time. Hmmm. Capitalism is great for many things, but health care is not one of them.
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The application deadline for this Assistant Teaching Professor job in our Creative Writing program at Arizona State is December 5! Please apply, if you're interested, and please feel free to pass it along to anyone who might be a great fit.
This is like throwing gas onto a fire - editors and profs are already inundated. Now we will unleash a crap-flinging Kraken onto the market. I’m so peeved I’m mixing metaphors www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
Anti-book ban legislation has been proposed in Michigan.
I had a chance to look at the proposals from the state library association months ago and they're GOOD.
Michigan may join several other states in being an anti-book ban leader soon.
www.wnem.com/2024/11/13/m...
Right on! I had multiple classes with Rechy at USC and private in LA - he was smart as a whip, an excellent teacher and didn’t suffer fools.
The opening paragraph of Brian Evenson’s short story “The Other Floor”
This is why Brian Evenson is such a master storyteller: look at this opening paragraph! That sentence, almost snuck in there: “Had Doran lived into adulthood” like OH SHIT
Years ago someone told a friend I'd never sell a novel; they said that two days before I got my first novel contract. Just today I saw someone saying that I'm not that good of a writer, which, okay, but I'm contracted for 16 more books, so I guess I'll keep at it.
So, yeah: Fuck 'em. Do your thing.
“I’d scroll through photos on her Instagram, // the fabric growing damp between my legs / where her finger liked to press // itself inside me like a key.” —Maggie Millner, “Couplets” @nplusonemag.bsky.social www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
My prose poem book Sharks vs. Selfies is now available for pre-order at Black Spring Press.
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Consider donating to a writer friend looking to gain custody of their child. gofund.me/581cd166
So glad I’m not in a corporate job right now. A friend has been given an absolutely stupid rush project Friday afternoon and everyone is afraid to tell the SVP in charge it’s a really really bad idea. I don’t miss these fire drills. It’s so dumb I almost want to dish on the details but can’t :).
This is a great story and a reminder that one of the most prominent use cases for generative AI continues to be ripping off artists
Taking a break on my new WIP - first person - to edit early chapters and fine tune the first person voice. My last first person novel was Shadow Dance. Have written 3 novels in between. How do others deal with this shift between projects?
Lions fan here. Hard to believe they are still in this.
Hey all - hoping to find a new literary community. Feel free to say hi and connect with me here :)
