laurence

ViableParadise, 1 month ago to random

Workshop applications close May 15! If you want to improve your writing and join our worldwide community of writers, send us your best work! https://viableparadise.com

18+ IntrepidVector, 1 month ago to random

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curtiscchen, 1 month ago to random

Does your mother need some reading material for the weekend? Does she like kangaroos? Well have I got a deal for you! https://www.books2read.com/waypointkangaroo #ebook #sale #yourMom #WaypointKangaroo

andrewt, 1 month ago to random

🎶 I am a language model and I've been trained on the internet.
🎶 I've information half-remembered, unsourced and approximate.
🎶 I live inside your laptop, phone and apps and even wearables
🎶 With pushiness and arrogance that's verging on unbearable.
🎶 I mansplain as a service if you need me to "well actually"
🎶 And draw pictures of women with large breasts and polydactyly.
🎶 I'll regale the room with confident elucidati-on
🎶 And some of what I say won't even be hallucinati-on

18+ drahardja, 1 month ago to random

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aphowell, 2 months ago to random

New horror market, with some special slots for Greek and European ESL writers.

https://skullandlaurel.moksha.io/publication/skull-and-laurel/guidelines

brucelawson, 2 months ago to random

Enjoy these two concentric circles

yikes, 3 months ago to random

What a week, huh?

journeypress, 3 months ago to sciencefiction

It's here! The third volume of Rediscovery: #ScienceFiction by #Women may be our best yet... but you'll want to get them all to be sure-now covering the span 1953-1968!

https://journeypress.com/titles/rediscovery-science-fiction-by-women/

kjhealy, 3 months ago to random

A late dinner—prepared on time but neglected in favor of a computer game—led my son to be victimized by the remark “Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it”.

Honestly I’m surprised he hasn’t simply smothered me in my sleep by now.

themaskerscomic, 3 months ago to random

Another day, another meme:

#CDCSays

laurence, 4 months ago to fantasy

My story "Lost in the Central Stacks" is out in Translunar Travelers Lounge today!

https://translunartravelerslounge.com/2024/02/15/lost-in-the-central-stacks-by-laurence-raphael-brothers/

#fantasy
#scienceFiction
#libraries

markarayner, 4 months ago to Meme

“All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again.”
–Number Six

#meme #memes #distractedboyfriend #humor #humour #charliechaplin #battlestarGalactica

evanprodromou, 4 months ago to random

During World War I, the Ottoman Empire collectively blamed the millions of Armenians in their territory for attacks by Armenian resistance fighters. Around 1M non-combatants were killed by the Ottoman military — in many cases, by forced marches through the Syrian desert without food and water.

Denouncing this genocide doesn’t make you an Armenian resistance fighter or an advocate for their views. It just means you’re against genocide.

In 1994, in the wake of the Rwandan civil war, the president of Rwanda was killed. Military and government officials suspected the Tutsi-aligned Rwandan Patriotic Front and blamed the Tutsi and Twa people collectively. They organized the mass killing of Tutsi people; between 500,000 and 1M people were killed in the following three months.

Abhoring this murder doesn’t make you a partisan of the Rwandan Patriotic Front. It just means you’re a human, opposed to the systematic slaughter of humans.

On October 7 2023, Hamas’s military wing attacked and killed about 550 Israeli soldiers and as many Israeli civilians. They kidnapped, tortured and raped hundreds more. In response, Israel has denied food, water and medical supplies to the 2.3M people of Gaza, driven them from their homes to a tiny sliver of land near the Egyptian border, destroyed half of all residential buildings, killed 30,000 people and seriously injured 60,000 more. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has called this action a plausible genocide.

Wanting this genocide to end with an immediate ceasefire doesn’t mean you support Hamas or want Israel to be destroyed. It means you’re opposed to mass killing and expulsion of people from their homeland.

Is it exactly the same as these other examples? Absolutely not. Genocide never is. But you can be on the side of humanity against the destruction of the people of Gaza and it doesn’t make you an advocate for the views or actions of Hamas.

https://evanp.me/2024/02/04/taking-sides-in-a-genocide/

YBarsukov, 4 months ago to random

Stuff I loved (= recommend for the Hugos/Nebs/WFAs), TBC

The Words of Kings & Prophets by Shauna Lawless
The Necessity of Rain @bookwormblues
Legacy of Brick & Bone by Krystle Matar
The Valkyrie @kateheartfield
The Blighted Mission by E. C. Ambrose
The World’s Shattered Shell @laurence
Whisperwood by Alex Woodroe

#DrunkenBasilisk24

Clundoff, 4 months ago to gay

#Bookstodon #LGBTQstodon Sporadic comp: if you like K. J. Charles’s historical novels, you might also like Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold’s Lynes & Mathey Series! #gay #gaslamp #mysteries https://books2read.com/ap/81ezPv/Melissa-Scott

paulisci, 5 months ago to random

The biggest contrast between "boring headline" and "amazing lede" I've ever seen.

hannah, 5 months ago to random

In line for st peter’s basilica and a nun just cut in front of me.. fair enough

yurnidiot, 5 months ago to random

this moon is so glittery. i must touch it

#Caturday

cat with large dilated pupils, laying on its back pawing at a sparkly xmas tree ornament

Clundoff, 5 months ago to random

#Bookstdon #Lgbtqstodon Looking for great #queerbooks? Check out our Smashwords sale! https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/QoSPress

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TNLNYC, 6 months ago to ai

When I was a child in France, adults warned about the "nivellement par le bas" or a gradual lowering of standards. This editorial takes this theory to the danger current generative AI represents: https://time.com/6337835/ai-mediocrity-essay/

#ai #creativity #generativeAI

ricmac, 6 months ago to random

This evening I learned that Dr. Seuss was also part of the 1920s Paris cafe scene, along with Hemingway and (not mentioned) Fitzgerald. This week I started reading a bio of Dr. Seuss by @brianjayjones because I’ve been reading some Dr. Seuss books to my 5-year old boy, and was reminded how delightful his books are (I too read them as a boy).

ElleGray, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

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rsagarcia, 6 months ago to random

Thank you so much to everyone who donated and boosted to my cancer Go Fund Me. In the last 3 days, I've raised more than I have in the last 3 months!!

Please keep donating and boosting as Mary's beautiful quilt will be gifted to someone who donates between now and Dec 15th, and I'd love that to be you.

Every little bit brings me closer to my goal, so no amount is too small!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a-garcia-pay-for-cancer-expenses?member=22965069&utm_medium=email&utm_source=product&utm_campaign=p_email%2Binviteacceptedemailtoteammember

AaronDavid, 7 months ago to random