«The US Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Missouri computer scientist whose copyright application was rejected for a work of AI-generated art.» via Locus Magazine
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Please check out my new video podcast on Judith Magazine. I interviewed Torah/Tarot scholar Stav Appel about the Tarot of Marseille. Was it designed to keep Torah study alive during a time when the powers-that-were in Europe tried to eradicate Judaism?
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A great time talking w/ @sallywienergrotta.bsky.social on her Judith podcast, from researching Boston cream doughnuts for my new novel HER DAUGHTER (really) to trying to portray characters w/ no hints of ethnicity, religion...https://bsky.app/profile/sallywienergrotta.bsky.social/post/3mcde3cgxpk2v
On my Substack: a guest essay by fellow author Emma Brattin about a child's survival in the face of a major weather event, thanks to a once-fully-staffed National Weather Service.
sallywienergrotta.substack.com/p/guest-essa...
Fran Hawthorne chats with me about her newest novel "Her Daughter" and why she chose to not have Jewish protagonists in this particular story. The video is now live on Judith Magazine on Substack.
#Author #interview
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The political and cultural climate that’s arisen under the Trump administration has allowed research to be cut to the bone while expert wisdom is mocked and ignored. That’s not good for science or tech. www.computerworld.com/article/4113... via @computerworld.com & @sjvn.bsky.social
<<...I revere the first week of January; I look forward to it all year round.... In the bundled-up days, swift twilights and velvet darkness of the new year, I can exist in a time outside of time, a nexus of reflection...>>
Please click through to read
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If you live in Phila and don't know or understand what the Wanamaker organ represents, then you're not a Philadelphian. This video is a great behind the scene view of the 28,000 piles that are "the voice of Philadelphia."
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For those who celebrate it, may you have a very merry Christmas.
For those who don't, enjoy the winter solstice bonfires and have faith: the light returns!
And for those of my heritage who follow the tradition of going to Chinatown today, order some dim sum for me, please.
Please check out my Judith Magazine video interview with Dr. Marina Zilbergerts about her modern interpretation of the Book of Genesis, exploring human consciousness, machine smarts (or not), and AI
judithmagazine.substack.com/p/genesis-a-...
Two great gifts for the women in your life -- only $18 and $5
Links in the comments below
If you're at #Philcon this weekend in Cherry Hill, NJ, I'll be reading from my new magical realist novel at 6 pm today in Rm 1023. Please join me. (I'm worried that it's a really bad time slot, and I'll be reading to an empty rooom.)
Ralph Eubank chatted w. me about his new book “When It’s Darkness on the Delta” - a combination family memoir & thoroughly researched history of black experience in Mississippi & the traditions, laws, social attitudes and people who defined, shaped & now reshaping it
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For What If? Why Not? How? I spoke with Miriam Seidel, author, editor & librettist about her opera Violet Fire and the new book Tesla’s Opera: The real, stranger-than-fiction Nikola Tesla.
This is about #NikolaTesla, the man, NOT the car.
sallywienergrotta.substack.com/p/violet-fire
Meet Shalzed, a blue-skinned extraterrestrial, who's trying to understand earthlings who have inscribed great treatises on human rights and yet don’t abide by them. Interview with Shalzed's creator Shlomo Levin is now live on Judith Magazine's Substack.
judithmagazine.substack.com/p/meet-shalz...
From Victoria Strauss of Writer Beware: "Predatory Opt-Outs: The Speculators Come for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement"
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As I say on my new Substack: "I’m confounded by this wondrous, ugly, beautiful world. It’s why I’m a writer & omnivorous reader & why I hunger for dialogues with creative thinkers whose minds, ideas & achievements I respect."
Please join me there. (It's free.)
sallywienergrotta.substack.com
Come join me and #scifi author/futurist/fascinating fellow @robertjsawyer.com, as I interview him about Human Consciousness, Quantum Entanglements, Panpsychism, writing and other cool stuff. On my new Substack; free to read, listen and comment.
sallywienergrotta.substack.com/p/robert-saw...
I've just posted the first of what will be a series of book write-ups on my Substack page that I'm calling On My Bookshelf.
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In Judith Magazine: 'Sept 5' — The Movie, the Memories, & the Inheritance. I trace how a long ago tragedy shaped the trajectory of my life, needing to confront hate and seek human connection. Please click thru to read the essay & let me what you think.
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On my brand-new Substack... a short piece on Uncertainty is a Feature, not a Bug. Please click through and let me know what you think, and take a look around.
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Hey Poconos folk! I'll be at Newfoundland library this Saturday with my books and stories to tell. Come by for a chat, and come buy a book.
We're all going to be paying AI's Godzilla-sized power bills www.theregister.com/2025/10/13/a... via @theregister.com & @sjvn.bsky.social
#AI needs far more power than utility companies have to sell to them, which means we're stuck with the bill for building new power plants and grids.
Just published on FOSS Force: Protect Yourself Online: A Hands-On Guide to the New Tails 7.0 fossforce.com/2025/10/prot...
A free public webinar from The Authors Guild next week, on what authors should know about the #Anthropic #AI settlement and you don't have to be an AG member to attend and ask questions. Sign up here:
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#copyright
Esther and her sister in a dune buggy in the early 60s
Increasing Trust in Automated Driving
It is one thing for automated driving to be safe; it also has to be _perceived_ as safe.
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Care about the way EVs are made?
Busbars — solid metal conductors — are emerging as the technology of choice for EV charging harnesses and other high-voltage connections within a vehicle.
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What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement -- From @authorsguild.org
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