@Firlefanz It's completely fine with me that they're supporting bookstores, though! That's... like the entire thing. But they've been slowly building on that core idea and I think that's super smart. They get no real complaints from me, just requests 
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It really is remarkable how much every tech company is now just PURE FUCKING EVIL and intent on inserting themselves in between every human interaction so they can monetize it, monopolize it, control it... -
It really is remarkable how much every tech company is now just PURE FUCKING EVIL and intent on inserting themselves in between every human interaction so they can monetize it, monopolize it, control it...@Firlefanz @crcollins @juergen_hubert
I frankly would MUCH prefer Bookshop had a portal that selfpub authors could upload direct to. And I know that Ingram will distribute your ebook to them (I think?) so I might have to look into that option again. I'm not excited about distributors of any kind for ebooks, not just because they take a cut, but because that's just another level of control that I don't have over pricing and cover changes... which can cause big problems.
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It really is remarkable how much every tech company is now just PURE FUCKING EVIL and intent on inserting themselves in between every human interaction so they can monetize it, monopolize it, control it...my books have long been available on the five major retailers: Amazon, Kobo, Google Play, Nook, Apple
I'm still waiting for D2D to distribute ebooks to bookshop.org — that would be my next preferred shop.
And lots of people host on their own websites with various stores.
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It really is remarkable how much every tech company is now just PURE FUCKING EVIL and intent on inserting themselves in between every human interaction so they can monetize it, monopolize it, control it...@Firlefanz I will be setting up to sell direct in 2026 for sure. I hate this and READERS will leave because of it. I'm unwilling to (once again) hurt my ability to reach people in an attempt to hurt the tech companies--there are better ways to fight than self-injury, and I'm very leery of that. I'm also thinking theyay be forced to walk this back. Happens a lot. So I'm not pulling... For now.
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It really is remarkable how much every tech company is now just PURE FUCKING EVIL and intent on inserting themselves in between every human interaction so they can monetize it, monopolize it, control it...It really is remarkable how much every tech company is now just PURE FUCKING EVIL and intent on inserting themselves in between every human interaction so they can monetize it, monopolize it, control it...
...and now they want to insert themselves between you & THE ACTUAL ART.
It's deeply inhuman.
Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. We’re adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you catch up on the book you’re reading—but only up to where you’ve read without any spoilers. For our endlessly curious readers,Read More
Writer Beware (writerbeware.blog)
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Teach your kids to question authority.I never understood how much I was taught to question authority as a child (by my freedom-loving flower-child mom, to the chagrin of my authoritarian-but-mostly-absent father), until I had my own kids. And then when they questioned my authority, I was like "of course, my child, that's your job"...
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Teach your kids to question authority.Teach your kids to question authority. Including yours.
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Pittsburgh #NoKings (one of 3!!), tons of people, kids, grandmas, young and old.100% this
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Pittsburgh #NoKings (one of 3!!), tons of people, kids, grandmas, young and old.Also, as suspected, the costumes were out in force! Chickens, unicorns, inflatable-anything-goes...
I love how Portland Frog has given permission for everyone to get creative and have fun with this.
*we need this so bad*
Anyone with a frog suit, hat, or balloon got extra candy from me, just sayin
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Pittsburgh #NoKings (one of 3!!), tons of people, kids, grandmas, young and old.EVERYONE wanted a picture of Lady Liberty. Many wanted a picture WITH Lady Liberty. Especially kids,but adults too. Lots of pro picture-takers too, probably some press.
I was hoping there'd be another Statue of Liberty...and I was not disappointed! Only pix I have of the protest (hands were full)!
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Pittsburgh #NoKings (one of 3!!), tons of people, kids, grandmas, young and old.Tools of the resistance!
Can't tell you how excited people were to get free zines from Lady Liberty. Came up to me, wanted to see the box.
It helped that the zines were labeled, but when Joy and Hope were gone and only Mutual Aid and Movement Building were left, it was kind of ironic commentary!
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Pittsburgh #NoKings (one of 3!!), tons of people, kids, grandmas, young and old.Pittsburgh #NoKings (one of 3!!), tons of people, kids, grandmas, young and old. Lots of Frog Friends!
Lady Liberty was a big hit—brought 200 zines and gave away every last one—the Hope and Joy zines went fast.
A ton of people took my picture.
Proud of you, PGH.
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**Anthropic AI Class Action Lawsuit**AUTHOR FRIENDS: the searchable claims database is up!**Anthropic AI Class Action Lawsuit**
AUTHOR FRIENDS: the searchable claims database is up! Make sure you check for your works (and check misspellings of your names, titles, etc, the database is a mess).
TELL YOUR FRIENDS
https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/The FAQ will answer your questions but I also wrote an editorial about the lawsuit in Sigma (local PGH SFF newsletter): https://parsec-sff.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Sigma-473-September-2025.pdf
Anyway, check it out!
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This article is so fucking awesome."Stigmatization is a powerful force, and disgust and shame are among our greatest tools.This article is so fucking awesome.
"Stigmatization is a powerful force, and disgust and shame are among our greatest tools. Put plainly, you should feel bad for using AI. (The broad embrace of the term slop is a heartening sign..."
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the humanities? Yes — and every student gets their own personal chatbot. The second coming of the Trump Administration has exposed the civic sclerosis of the US body politic? Time to turn the Social Security Administration over to Grok. Climate apocalypse now feels less like a distant terror than a fact of life? In three years, roughly a tenth of US energy demand will come from data centers alone.
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TONIGHT (Thursday)TONIGHT (Thursday)
*September* #Solarpunk #Bookclub!We're reading *Lost Cause* by Cory Doctorow @pluralistic
9.25, 8pm ET
Jitsi Meet
https://meet.jit.si/SolarpunkBookclubSept2025Solarpunk Future! Discord https://discord.gg/Xpsknjmh
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Fossil fuels are like the patriarchy: if it's so great, why you gotta enforce it with violence?"In Pakistan,where individuals put up the equivalent of half the country’s electric in solar panels last year, the government asked Qatar to defer deliveries of LNG."
This is what terrifies every petrostate on the planet (incl the US)&the petromasculinity cult at large: that they will lose control.
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Fossil fuels are like the patriarchy: if it's so great, why you gotta enforce it with violence?Fossil fuels are like the patriarchy: if it's so great, why you gotta enforce it with violence?
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/trumps-big-stick-might-bekind-of