Saul (@nomadghostwriter.com)

This is a great article about how AI effects small independent media outlets. It’s also way more informative about how the US issues social security numbers than you would expect any article about AI to be.

11.02.2026 19:14 👍 14 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse

11.02.2026 20:20 👍 4061 🔁 807 💬 113 📌 62

Axed literary magazine Meanjin finds a new home after its axing Melbourne University Press closed the much-loved literary magazine last year, saying it was losing too much money.

QUT will take over famous literary magazine Meanjin, after the journal was closed by Melbourne Uni Publishing last year.

This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

11.02.2026 02:40 👍 343 🔁 106 💬 10 📌 5

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...

"the productivity explosion we’ve been promised" is just us, working harder, working nonstop.

"Workers slipped small amounts of work into moments that had previously been breaks. Many prompted AI during lunch, in meetings, or while waiting for a file to load."

hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

10.02.2026 22:41 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Work is broken. Queer and trans workers could help fix it | Xtra Magazine The five stories in Xtra’s On the Clock series show queer and trans workers searching for, fighting for and inventing work that’s fair and meaningful

As the search for work gets more desperate, queer and trans workers often see the worst sides of work. But they also come with brilliant solutions.

@desaima.bsky.social introduces the five stories in On the Clock, written by this year’s Ken Popert Media Fellows

10.02.2026 21:38 👍 13 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

How a trans woman's removal from a restroom tore the world of competitive pinball apart Pinball is one of the most welcoming sports for trans players. But after a confrontation at an arcade last fall, pinball’s governing group is struggling to rebuild trust.

I keep reposting this article because it needs to be seen. This is what responsible journalism on a discriminatory act against trans people looks like. Jo put in the work.

It's no longer just my and others' personal accounts vs. random men with opinions.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

02.02.2026 05:15 👍 824 🔁 420 💬 3 📌 4

What you have to fundamentally internalize as an indie media maker is that what you are building is countercultural.

All systems will fight you the whole way through. Many people will tell you it can’t be done. No one will see the full vision but you.

And you have to do it anyway.

08.02.2026 21:01 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Collaborative list: Black-led communities for entrepreneurs and creators you should know about 15+ communities, collectives and memberships for and by Black entrepreneurs. Add yours, comment on these or make suggestions for great ones to include.

Black-led communities for entrepreneurs and creators you should know about in the US, Canada and the UK.

15+ communities, collectives and memberships for and by Black entrepreneurs. Make suggestions for great ones to include.

www.revenuerulebreaker.com/list-of-blac...

06.02.2026 03:00 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Most of the freelance editors I follow market to authors. Are there any that specialize in editing for indie publications?

05.02.2026 23:53 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

'We've heard from many who want nothing to do with AI': Mozilla is rolling out AI controls for Firefox in the next build Ah, my letter appears to have made it to the Mozilla postbox.

www.pcgamer.com/software/bro...

04.02.2026 00:58 👍 38 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 0

A pie chart, with the following values: Profit: 32.1% Printing: 35.0% Shipping: 16.8% Platform fees: 10.2% Ads: 3.7% Processing: 2.2%

New on the blog: "Financial Transparency: Print Sales Edition"

In which I explain my experience in the business of selling maps online.

somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/f...

03.02.2026 01:46 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

KO_OP is hiring a QA Analyst We’re looking for a QA Analyst to remotely join our wonderful team. The ideal candidate will have excellent hands-on-QA fundamentals, with a focus on manual testing.

KO_OP is hiring a QA Analyst to help test live service games with a 4-day workweek and a fully remote setup!

📍 Remote, Contract (Canada)
🕹️ Manual testing for live games
💬 English required, BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+ prioritized

⤵️

02.02.2026 17:28 👍 47 🔁 34 💬 15 📌 0

The #pyconau 2026 CFP is now open!

We've refreshed our site with all new guidance for 2026, so visit 2026.pycon.org.au/cfp to get all the details.

Attend CFP workshops around the country in February and March to help polish up that idea you've been sitting on!

Submissions close 29 March 2026, AOE

01.02.2026 10:05 👍 4 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1

Contributor Guide How to pitch and how to write for Revenue Rulebreaker

I'm looking for guest contributors I can trust! My publication is about solo and micro businesses. I need stories with perspectives we haven't heard everywhere else and I need people who are legit who they say they are.

www.revenuerulebreaker.com/contributor-...

01.02.2026 13:46 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Love travel and telling global stories that matter? Don’t miss this live virtual masterclass taught by a seasoned travel journalist this February.

You’ll get 10 years of industry knowledge distilled into actionable steps to turbocharge your work and walk away […]

[Original post on remotequeer.co]

30.01.2026 14:04 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Our January newsletter is out! 🎉 New location, open Calls for Proposals, and all the updates you need. 👀

👉️ Link in the first comment.

28.01.2026 11:52 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Visiting Portland Welcome to Portland, the largest city in the state of Oregon with a population of over 2.5 million people in the greater metro area. The conference takes place in inner Southeast Portland at Revolu...

We’re just over 3 months out from Write the Docs ✏️

Check out our Visiting Portland page, for information on tons of food recommendations, and our hotel partners.

⏰ Opportunity Grant applications close Feb 4.
🙌 Sign up to Volunteer, as spots are filling up quick!

buff.ly/aIPRe0f

#writethedocs

29.01.2026 02:30 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Bookshop.org is SIX today. 🥳

In these six years, we’ve raised over $44 MILLION for local bookstores—and we have all of YOU to thank for that.

Thank you for loving and supporting indie bookstores as much as we do.

28.01.2026 16:21 👍 569 🔁 103 💬 8 📌 9

Rebooting communities 2025 was an 'interesting' year. For me it was best defined by the rebooting of several open source, technical communities. This post is a pause-and-think reflection on close to ~14 months of community...

So I wrote a thing... its been a hustle and a half and we're only getting started!

www.jackskinner.com.au/rebooting-co...

26.01.2026 13:34 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

Write the Docs Salary Survey This annual survey, run by the Write the Docs community, aims to gather data about salaries for people working in documentation and related fields around the world. We hope that this data can help…

This annual survey, run by the Write the Docs community, aims to gather data about salaries for people working in documentation and related fields around the world.

The 2025 survey deadline has been extended until the end of January, 2026. Get onto it right away!

25.01.2026 18:30 👍 1 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Courier Newsroom is hiring: Site Reliability Engineer. . Full-time.

📣 Job Alert: Courier Newsroom is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer!

➡️ Apply now: buff.ly/C7Cgwxy

#DiversifyTech #WomenInTech

23.01.2026 21:01 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Travel Grants PyCon US 2026

PyCon US is offering Travel Grants to those who might otherwise not be able to attend, as well as support diversity, inclusion, and outreach to speakers, students, and other attendees. Apply to PuCon US’ travel grant by February 25, 2026.

buff.ly/kViWBcj

22.01.2026 21:01 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Where are all the queer illustrators? 👋Looking to get some fun stickers made for my super queer book launch later this spring!

20.01.2026 19:51 👍 35 🔁 16 💬 9 📌 0

Should you quit social? 7 entrepreneurs on their social media free strategies Why entrepreneurs are leaving social media now, where they're going and their warnings to us if we stay

It's not just about mental health anymore. The reasons business owners are bailing on social include AI-powered thieves, deep fakes, copyright infringement and surveillance.

Where they're going and why we should maybe leave too in today's story

18.01.2026 18:30 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Who Are the Radical Faeries? 8 Queer Sanctuaries and Circles Around the World A few months ago, I met someone at a festival in Australia who invited me to visit Faerieland, a Radical Faerie sanctuary in New South Wales, where they live long-term with several other residents on a semi-off-grid property. I had first learned about the Radical Faeries at a countercultural festival in the U.S., but I had never been to a sanctuary before. This one is located in the Rainbow Region, a subtropical part of Australia known for its permaculture farms and LGBTQ+ festivals. There tends to be a lot of overlap between Radical Faeries and other alternative lifestyles, so I was already familiar with some of their values and practices. But who exactly are the Radical Fairies, and what can you expect when you go to a gathering or sanctuary? Read on to find out. ## Who Are the Radical Faeries? The Radical Faeries were first formed in the 1970s by Harry Hay, Mitch Walker, Don Kilhefner, and John Burnside, who were active in the gay rights movement and other countercultural movements during the same time period. The desert’s Radical Faeries - High Country NewsHow a gathering of gay men in the Sonoran Desert started a worldwide movement rooted in nature.High Country NewsMiles W. Griffis They drew from hippie cultural, neopaganism, and ecofeminism to create their own response to more mainstream gay rights activism. According to RadFae.org, “we tend to be queer people who look for a spiritual dimension to our sexuality; many of us are healers of one kind or another. Our shared values include individual responsibility rather than hierarchy, gender fluidity, feminism, respect for the Earth.” Since then, the Radical Faeries have expanded to form a loose network of events and communities around the world. Although the group originated among gay men, you’ll find faeries of all genders and LGBTQ+ sexualities. If you’re seeking a place where you can be yourself and leave the world behind for a while, check out one of these Radical Faerie circles and sanctuaries: ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

18.01.2026 06:27 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Are you YES AI or NO AI? Vote now. Big Tech doesn't care if you want AI or not. They should.

Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results

https://voteyesornoai.com

16.01.2026 18:11 👍 2038 🔁 1200 💬 69 📌 146

A person wearing a white suit rides a BikeTown bike in Portland.

Do you rent e-scooters or ride @biketownpdx.bsky.social in Portland? Have you wanted to? We want to know more about your experience and read your ideas.

Take our survey for a chance to win a $50 Visa gift card.

English: www.surveymonkey.com/r/pbotsmmeng
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15.01.2026 19:32 👍 68 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 2

Ah got it, I should tell my local library chain to divest from using Libby.

13.01.2026 06:10 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Got a Specialist Track idea for PyCon AU 2026, or half of one?

We’re hosting our next Specialist Tracks office hours on Thursday 15 January at 6:00pm AEDT

This is a relaxed, open discussion session with the PyCon AU organising team. Find out more: 2026.pycon.org.au/posts/call-f...

12.01.2026 22:49 👍 1 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2

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