Adam Rakunas
@rakdaddy.bsky.social
I'm not happy to be here, but I'm happy you're here. Unbelievably cranky lawyer. I wrote some books. Opinions are my own. Subtext is for cowards. http://www.giro.org
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Adam Rakunas
@rakdaddy.bsky.social
· Mar 2
Fix your hearts or die.
“I wish it need not have been so stupid in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such utterly stupid times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is not to be so utterly stupid and maybe work together so this shit doesn't happen again.”
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such utterly stupid times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is not to be so utterly stupid and maybe work together so this shit doesn't happen again.”
September 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
“I wish it need not have been so stupid in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such utterly stupid times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is not to be so utterly stupid and maybe work together so this shit doesn't happen again.”
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such utterly stupid times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is not to be so utterly stupid and maybe work together so this shit doesn't happen again.”
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Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.
September 14, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.
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Ummm... how did this car get onto the I90 multi use path?
Video from a user in the Seattle Cyclist Discord.
Video from a user in the Seattle Cyclist Discord.
September 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Ummm... how did this car get onto the I90 multi use path?
Video from a user in the Seattle Cyclist Discord.
Video from a user in the Seattle Cyclist Discord.
It is not that difficult to stand up for trans people and their rights to exist, grow, and thrive.
I am so tired of everyone capitulating to these bullying dipshits when we should be laughing in their tiny, cowardly faces.
I am so tired of everyone capitulating to these bullying dipshits when we should be laughing in their tiny, cowardly faces.
September 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
It is not that difficult to stand up for trans people and their rights to exist, grow, and thrive.
I am so tired of everyone capitulating to these bullying dipshits when we should be laughing in their tiny, cowardly faces.
I am so tired of everyone capitulating to these bullying dipshits when we should be laughing in their tiny, cowardly faces.
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If you're wondering why authors are getting so rabid here: First Anthropic stole our books. Then we got denied compensation because of US unjust copyright law and publishers failing to meet their contractual obligations. Then publishers and agents apparently claimed author shares. Now this.
@courtneymilan.com I just pulled this from a post over on Facebook, felt like it might be info worth sharing...
September 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
If you're wondering why authors are getting so rabid here: First Anthropic stole our books. Then we got denied compensation because of US unjust copyright law and publishers failing to meet their contractual obligations. Then publishers and agents apparently claimed author shares. Now this.
Maybe we shouldn't have done this class action against Anthropic but should have instead sat back and let Romancelandia raze them. Sure, we wouldn't get our measly settlement money, but the utter destruction of Anthropic would have served as a warning to the other slop farms to surrender.
September 5, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Maybe we shouldn't have done this class action against Anthropic but should have instead sat back and let Romancelandia raze them. Sure, we wouldn't get our measly settlement money, but the utter destruction of Anthropic would have served as a warning to the other slop farms to surrender.
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IMPT. UPDATE on Anthropic settlement claims mess re: rights-reverted books. 🧵
Just heard from a writer who called the settlement info line & was told that reversion would have had to happen "in 2022 or earlier" for authors to claim 100%. 1/3
Just heard from a writer who called the settlement info line & was told that reversion would have had to happen "in 2022 or earlier" for authors to claim 100%. 1/3
September 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
IMPT. UPDATE on Anthropic settlement claims mess re: rights-reverted books. 🧵
Just heard from a writer who called the settlement info line & was told that reversion would have had to happen "in 2022 or earlier" for authors to claim 100%. 1/3
Just heard from a writer who called the settlement info line & was told that reversion would have had to happen "in 2022 or earlier" for authors to claim 100%. 1/3
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My post from earlier today about the craziness around Anthropic claim notices, updated with both of the notices writers are receiving, and a list of literary agents who are trying to claim a share of payouts writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a...
Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors' Payouts - Writer Beware
This week, many authors who are part of the Anthropic copyright class action settlement began receiving notices like these: The one on the right invites authors to review and confirm their claims: jus...
writerbeware.blog
September 5, 2026 at 12:29 AM
My post from earlier today about the craziness around Anthropic claim notices, updated with both of the notices writers are receiving, and a list of literary agents who are trying to claim a share of payouts writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a...
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ICYMI, I released a book this week! Atlas of Adventure brings new robust environments to your table, many capable of inspiring/supporting an entire session of play.
Atlas of Adventure is here!
This book brings you 30 new Daggerheart-compatible environments across all four tiers of play.
Get your copy at
DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Itch: michaelrunderwood.itch.io/atlas-of-adv...
Heart of Daggers: heartofdaggers.com/products/atl...
This book brings you 30 new Daggerheart-compatible environments across all four tiers of play.
Get your copy at
DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Itch: michaelrunderwood.itch.io/atlas-of-adv...
Heart of Daggers: heartofdaggers.com/products/atl...
September 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
ICYMI, I released a book this week! Atlas of Adventure brings new robust environments to your table, many capable of inspiring/supporting an entire session of play.
Look, if the next administration engages in Tamale Diplomacy in this fashion, I think the future will greatly improve.
Trump says that one of the only things we import from Mexico are "hot tamales."
Not tamales -- but "hot tamales."
Because if you go to any crossing on our southern border, you will see 18-wheelers with huge ovens. Those ovens are set to 375 degrees, and they are filled with tamales.
Not tamales -- but "hot tamales."
Because if you go to any crossing on our southern border, you will see 18-wheelers with huge ovens. Those ovens are set to 375 degrees, and they are filled with tamales.
“We could do tremendous good for ourselves by just not trading with countries” — Trump’s bonkers view of trade is that you become wealthy by not engaging in commerce
September 4, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Look, if the next administration engages in Tamale Diplomacy in this fashion, I think the future will greatly improve.
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New Q: what do you do if your publisher claims 100% of the proceeds rather than just their 50%?
First of all: yuck, gross.
Second: PLEASE report this to @victoriastrauss because she is collecting data and this will help show a pattern and practice of behavior.
First of all: yuck, gross.
Second: PLEASE report this to @victoriastrauss because she is collecting data and this will help show a pattern and practice of behavior.
I know I already posted about this...but to reiterate: Anthropic copyright settlement authors, PLEASE contact me (Writer Beware) if your publisher is making a claim on a book whose rights have reverted, or claiming anything other than a 50/50 split on an in-contract book. [email protected]
FINALLY: If anyone gets a response from a publisher that is something along the lines of "yeah, we just asserted ownership for all titles that had our name listed as publisher regardless of reversion status" PLEASE send that information to me or @victoriastrauss.com.
September 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
New Q: what do you do if your publisher claims 100% of the proceeds rather than just their 50%?
First of all: yuck, gross.
Second: PLEASE report this to @victoriastrauss because she is collecting data and this will help show a pattern and practice of behavior.
First of all: yuck, gross.
Second: PLEASE report this to @victoriastrauss because she is collecting data and this will help show a pattern and practice of behavior.
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Hi! Anthropic Q&A re:rights reversion and publisher claims. This is not legal advice; I can't give you legal advice. What I can do is tell you what I would do under certain circumstances.
#anthropicbooksettlement if a publisher puts in a counter claim for 100% of each book what documentation is an author supposed to upload to counter this claim?
September 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Hi! Anthropic Q&A re:rights reversion and publisher claims. This is not legal advice; I can't give you legal advice. What I can do is tell you what I would do under certain circumstances.
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The fact that Anthropic was able to cough up a billion dollars so easily reminds me again that we need to be taxing rich people at 90% again.
September 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The fact that Anthropic was able to cough up a billion dollars so easily reminds me again that we need to be taxing rich people at 90% again.
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As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
www.theverge.com
September 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
Boy, this sent me scrambling for my reversion letter.
Hey, so based on what other people have said, and what I have now myself experienced, it appears to me that publishers are, um, how do I say this...
Not doing a good job (or possibly any job) of checking to see if rights have reverted on a work before claiming them in the settlement.
Not doing a good job (or possibly any job) of checking to see if rights have reverted on a work before claiming them in the settlement.
September 3, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Boy, this sent me scrambling for my reversion letter.
I pity and envy Simon Philips's drum tech.
September 2, 2026 at 4:46 AM
I pity and envy Simon Philips's drum tech.
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The article mentions the area was once home to dozens of strawberry farms owned by Japanese immigrant families who were dispossessed of their land during their WWII internment.
It fails to mention that Freeman's grandfather founded the Anti-Japanese League that advocated for internment. Weird.
It fails to mention that Freeman's grandfather founded the Anti-Japanese League that advocated for internment. Weird.
Bellevue's retail core is for sale after 80 years of family ownership
A whopper is hitting the real estate market: The Bellevue Collection, a 5.5 million-square-foot mixed-use complex in downtown Bellevue.
www.seattletimes.com
August 31, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The article mentions the area was once home to dozens of strawberry farms owned by Japanese immigrant families who were dispossessed of their land during their WWII internment.
It fails to mention that Freeman's grandfather founded the Anti-Japanese League that advocated for internment. Weird.
It fails to mention that Freeman's grandfather founded the Anti-Japanese League that advocated for internment. Weird.
I have an imposter. If you received a reply from me that seems out of character, it was this person. @rakdaddyy.bsky.social is the account. Please mute, block, and report.
August 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I have an imposter. If you received a reply from me that seems out of character, it was this person. @rakdaddyy.bsky.social is the account. Please mute, block, and report.
A little grieving, on occasion, is okay.
August 27, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A little grieving, on occasion, is okay.
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We don’t talk enough about Stringer Bell’s work as a cartoonist.
Viewers thought that Stringer’s copy shop in season three was just a front to facilitate money laundering for the barksdale organization, but in fact he was publishing some high end mini-comics and was was moving into Risographs.
Viewers thought that Stringer’s copy shop in season three was just a front to facilitate money laundering for the barksdale organization, but in fact he was publishing some high end mini-comics and was was moving into Risographs.
August 27, 2026 at 5:37 AM
We don’t talk enough about Stringer Bell’s work as a cartoonist.
Viewers thought that Stringer’s copy shop in season three was just a front to facilitate money laundering for the barksdale organization, but in fact he was publishing some high end mini-comics and was was moving into Risographs.
Viewers thought that Stringer’s copy shop in season three was just a front to facilitate money laundering for the barksdale organization, but in fact he was publishing some high end mini-comics and was was moving into Risographs.
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There are two good ways to act with the Muppets. Either you take the Michael Cain approach and pretend you are working with a professional troupe from the West End. Or the Tim Curry approach where you pretend you yourself are also a Muppet. RIP
August 26, 2026 at 3:35 PM
There are two good ways to act with the Muppets. Either you take the Michael Cain approach and pretend you are working with a professional troupe from the West End. Or the Tim Curry approach where you pretend you yourself are also a Muppet. RIP
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He finally escaped to the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism
August 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
He finally escaped to the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism
I Will Omelas You.
Dolly Parton was incredibly cruel to me and me alone. She said she simply needed an outlet and I was that outlet, and she’d even apologize after hiding dead fish in my apartment or selling my identity to hackers. I’d never say it at the time but it was the honor of a lifetime
August 26, 2026 at 6:08 AM
I Will Omelas You.
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I think everyone should see this incredible picture of Dolly Parton: it’s by Stacie Williams (asterosperma on Instagram) and it’s called The Queen of Appalachia
August 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I think everyone should see this incredible picture of Dolly Parton: it’s by Stacie Williams (asterosperma on Instagram) and it’s called The Queen of Appalachia