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Author, Good Things Are Coming Your Way (spring 2027) about a magical social worker and a time-traveling vampire who team up to save history from an evil cult... and fall in love!
Writer, Star Trek: Zero Point
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I'm Coming To Australia!
Sorry for the lack of a newsletter for the past week or so. I've been traveling and doing a bunch of events. But also, I kind of needed to pause and reset...
buttondown.com
Australians!
I am coming to you!
I have amazing events in Sydney and Melbourne, featuring wonderful writers.
And I'm also attending the Brisbane and Canberra Writers Festivals. Details at the link!
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
I am coming to you!
I have amazing events in Sydney and Melbourne, featuring wonderful writers.
And I'm also attending the Brisbane and Canberra Writers Festivals. Details at the link!
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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Manny's cafe was once a hotspot for public chats about politics. But it avoided any discussion of San Francisco's role in incubating tech fascism.
Then Manny ran for office as a darling of the tech billionaire set. Now he's dropped out amid sex assault claims.
sfstandard.com/2026/10/01/m...
Then Manny ran for office as a darling of the tech billionaire set. Now he's dropped out amid sex assault claims.
sfstandard.com/2026/10/01/m...
Manny Yekutiel drops out of SF supervisor race
In the hours after the Standard reported new allegations of sexual assault against the candidate, Yekutiel had lost numerous endorsements, including Mayor Daniel Lurie.
sfstandard.com
October 2, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Manny's cafe was once a hotspot for public chats about politics. But it avoided any discussion of San Francisco's role in incubating tech fascism.
Then Manny ran for office as a darling of the tech billionaire set. Now he's dropped out amid sex assault claims.
sfstandard.com/2026/10/01/m...
Then Manny ran for office as a darling of the tech billionaire set. Now he's dropped out amid sex assault claims.
sfstandard.com/2026/10/01/m...
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We've worked with too many organizations where people referred to themselves as changemakers but didn't want to make change actually.
October 2, 2026 at 12:58 AM
We've worked with too many organizations where people referred to themselves as changemakers but didn't want to make change actually.
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Everyone is so tired. Exhausted. And I'm talking to so many friends and colleagues who are hoping for a functional institutional power to come along and take care of them, take the annoying work and worry away. An employer, a publisher, a big funder, an elected leader, etc.
I think it's just us.
I think it's just us.
October 2, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Everyone is so tired. Exhausted. And I'm talking to so many friends and colleagues who are hoping for a functional institutional power to come along and take care of them, take the annoying work and worry away. An employer, a publisher, a big funder, an elected leader, etc.
I think it's just us.
I think it's just us.
Having read this book a couple times now...
this IS great
it IS awesome
You are all so lucky to get to read it for the first time! <3
this IS great
it IS awesome
You are all so lucky to get to read it for the first time! <3
So excited to unbox my new novel that all I can do is babble "this is great!" And "this is awesome!" LOL
October 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Having read this book a couple times now...
this IS great
it IS awesome
You are all so lucky to get to read it for the first time! <3
this IS great
it IS awesome
You are all so lucky to get to read it for the first time! <3
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Gonna be honest, between Jacob Gellar and Cornell (I went to Ithaca College) it’s been a real shit week. Having just written extensively about rape and assault for a recent video, all this has honestly just hit me awfully. I hate living in a culture where rape is so common, so excused and enabled.
October 2, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Gonna be honest, between Jacob Gellar and Cornell (I went to Ithaca College) it’s been a real shit week. Having just written extensively about rape and assault for a recent video, all this has honestly just hit me awfully. I hate living in a culture where rape is so common, so excused and enabled.
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EVERYONE! See Forgotten Island before it leaves theaters!
It's as if a Filipino who was deeply affected by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was raised on anime, Tumblr, and was not-so-secretly a furry, got to animate a movie.
So fun and heartfelt. Dreamworks have really been killing it.
It's as if a Filipino who was deeply affected by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was raised on anime, Tumblr, and was not-so-secretly a furry, got to animate a movie.
So fun and heartfelt. Dreamworks have really been killing it.
October 1, 2026 at 10:39 PM
EVERYONE! See Forgotten Island before it leaves theaters!
It's as if a Filipino who was deeply affected by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was raised on anime, Tumblr, and was not-so-secretly a furry, got to animate a movie.
So fun and heartfelt. Dreamworks have really been killing it.
It's as if a Filipino who was deeply affected by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was raised on anime, Tumblr, and was not-so-secretly a furry, got to animate a movie.
So fun and heartfelt. Dreamworks have really been killing it.
"A Caitian raised by Ferengi"
ZOMG check out this variant cover for issue three of #StarTrek Zero Point by Niclas Mortensen. I love all the covers for this issue, but this one really conveys what issue three is about!
October 1, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"A Caitian raised by Ferengi"
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I always ask if people think hearing a digital piano programmed to play a concerto is the same as hearing my dad — who’s been playing for 79 years and still practices hours a day — do it. And funnily enough no one has ever agreed that it is.
Every time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them.
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
October 1, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I always ask if people think hearing a digital piano programmed to play a concerto is the same as hearing my dad — who’s been playing for 79 years and still practices hours a day — do it. And funnily enough no one has ever agreed that it is.
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It is true, #3 is the best issue if you think humans are losers.
ZOMG check out this variant cover for issue three of #StarTrek Zero Point by Niclas Mortensen. I love all the covers for this issue, but this one really conveys what issue three is about!
October 1, 2026 at 9:06 PM
It is true, #3 is the best issue if you think humans are losers.
ZOMG check out this variant cover for issue three of #StarTrek Zero Point by Niclas Mortensen. I love all the covers for this issue, but this one really conveys what issue three is about!
October 1, 2026 at 8:33 PM
ZOMG check out this variant cover for issue three of #StarTrek Zero Point by Niclas Mortensen. I love all the covers for this issue, but this one really conveys what issue three is about!
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Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse:
archive.org/details/tipp...
archive.org/details/tipp...
October 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse:
archive.org/details/tipp...
archive.org/details/tipp...
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I'm unusually irritated to discover that the turnover (samosa, empanada, clanger, patty, sambousek, etc), which is damn near universal, had not been invented at the time of my Mesopotamian game.
I was all set to write about Iron Age turnovers, only to find there weren't any.
Hmph!
I was all set to write about Iron Age turnovers, only to find there weren't any.
Hmph!
October 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I'm unusually irritated to discover that the turnover (samosa, empanada, clanger, patty, sambousek, etc), which is damn near universal, had not been invented at the time of my Mesopotamian game.
I was all set to write about Iron Age turnovers, only to find there weren't any.
Hmph!
I was all set to write about Iron Age turnovers, only to find there weren't any.
Hmph!
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Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time:
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
Let me see if I've got this right. The team of lawyers who stole an election in Florida, and gave W the presidency, are now the Scotus team at the center of the GOP theft of our democracy.
October 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time:
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
I used to be a mammal until I transitioned
Now I'm a ma'amal
Now I'm a ma'amal
October 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I used to be a mammal until I transitioned
Now I'm a ma'amal
Now I'm a ma'amal
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Exactly.
THE NIGHTWARD was inspired by Caribbean MYTHOLOGY, yet reviews said they couldn't 'see' the 'Caribbean' in it.
I told you it was a secondary world sci fantasy, so excuse me? What even were your expectations? Coconut trees? Beaches? I mean...
I'm not a tour guide & this ain't Burger King.
THE NIGHTWARD was inspired by Caribbean MYTHOLOGY, yet reviews said they couldn't 'see' the 'Caribbean' in it.
I told you it was a secondary world sci fantasy, so excuse me? What even were your expectations? Coconut trees? Beaches? I mean...
I'm not a tour guide & this ain't Burger King.
NOTHING infuriates me more. Let us have the freedom to play and make things up and use or not use our heritage/folklore as we like, jerks! We're not writing you textbooks!
October 1, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Exactly.
THE NIGHTWARD was inspired by Caribbean MYTHOLOGY, yet reviews said they couldn't 'see' the 'Caribbean' in it.
I told you it was a secondary world sci fantasy, so excuse me? What even were your expectations? Coconut trees? Beaches? I mean...
I'm not a tour guide & this ain't Burger King.
THE NIGHTWARD was inspired by Caribbean MYTHOLOGY, yet reviews said they couldn't 'see' the 'Caribbean' in it.
I told you it was a secondary world sci fantasy, so excuse me? What even were your expectations? Coconut trees? Beaches? I mean...
I'm not a tour guide & this ain't Burger King.
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actual hot take: y'all, generally speaking, are not interested in supporting BIPOC and queer authors when they are not writing about Hurt and Trauma because it's not educational to you. even if the books have BIPOC and queer casts and are in new settings.
October 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
actual hot take: y'all, generally speaking, are not interested in supporting BIPOC and queer authors when they are not writing about Hurt and Trauma because it's not educational to you. even if the books have BIPOC and queer casts and are in new settings.
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i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has emerged as a prominent voice calling on Americans to step back from the political hostility gripping the country. The Republican governor is expanding on that message in a new book. https://to.pbs.org/3VmTJnx
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on his blueprint for depolarizing a fractured nation
In the aftermath of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox emerged as a prominent voice calling on Americans to step back from the political hatred and violence gripping the country. Now, the Republican governor ...
to.pbs.org
October 1, 2026 at 11:34 AM
i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy
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"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...
The Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too
The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.
newrepublic.com
October 1, 2026 at 12:22 PM
"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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A Halloween surprise for UK readers! My UK publisher has made THE DRAGON HAS COME COMPLAINTS only 99p for a limited time.
Do you need a cantankerous dragon in your life?
Do you need a cantankerous dragon in your life?
The Dragon Has Some Complaints: A Cozy Novel Of Friendship, Found Family and Dragons By The Award-Winning Author
The Dragon Has Some Complaints: A Cozy Novel Of Friendship, Found Family and Dragons By The Award-Winning Author eBook : Wiswell, John: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
October 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A Halloween surprise for UK readers! My UK publisher has made THE DRAGON HAS COME COMPLAINTS only 99p for a limited time.
Do you need a cantankerous dragon in your life?
Do you need a cantankerous dragon in your life?
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True not just in publishing/writing. Look at how this new Meta Muse basically jumps into the user's shit, mixes it around, gets it everywhere. Shares their address. Lies to their contacts. Sells their stuff at a low price. Do not let the vampire in. Hang garlic. Sharpen stakes.
We should treat genAI in publishing the way you’d treat a vampire trying to enter your home. You never give it permission to enter. It doesn’t matter if it‘s polite or makes generous offers or it’s *only* going to take the ones *you* don’t care about. It’s here for your blood. Don’t let it in.
What the fuck, Joyce. I don’t even read romance novels but this kind of thinking pisses me the fuck off. It further pushes that mentality that some books as “lesser” which is bullshit! All books count!
October 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
True not just in publishing/writing. Look at how this new Meta Muse basically jumps into the user's shit, mixes it around, gets it everywhere. Shares their address. Lies to their contacts. Sells their stuff at a low price. Do not let the vampire in. Hang garlic. Sharpen stakes.
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AI will never be able to make art. Thanks.
October 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
AI will never be able to make art. Thanks.
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So many different people, groups, and organizations have come together to push back against the attack on the freedom to read, including students themselves. Read more about what students in Florida are doing here:
No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards
Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
So many different people, groups, and organizations have come together to push back against the attack on the freedom to read, including students themselves. Read more about what students in Florida are doing here:
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Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist
October 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist
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New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me:
"It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me:
"It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...