L.J. Lawless
@ljlawless.bsky.social
📝YA and MG fantasy writer
📚My workspace is an aesthetic nightmare so mostly I post pictures of my cats
🖥just trying to figure out where booktwitter lives now. lj_lawless everywhere else except elonville!
📚My workspace is an aesthetic nightmare so mostly I post pictures of my cats
🖥just trying to figure out where booktwitter lives now. lj_lawless everywhere else except elonville!
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Even if AI could write a novel what problem has been solved? The problem of knowing what you’re reading was written by another person? Who loves reading novels but hates the part where your mind briefly and mysteriously touched another?
I’ve found that generative LLMs are good at some writing-related things and really really fucking bad at others, and shouldn’t be trusted to do anything on their own. An AI generated novel might be readable in parts, but it’s unlikely to sustain that at length and won’t be … well, novel.
March 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Even if AI could write a novel what problem has been solved? The problem of knowing what you’re reading was written by another person? Who loves reading novels but hates the part where your mind briefly and mysteriously touched another?
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People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
January 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM
People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
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it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
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In light of the govt shutdown and SNAP getting cut for a ton of folks, I have had a fun idea for how to help. I call it "Operation Turkey Heist (legal)."
Allow me to explain...
A lot of grocery stories are doing a "free turkey with X dollar purchase" and food banks very much want those turkeys.
Allow me to explain...
A lot of grocery stories are doing a "free turkey with X dollar purchase" and food banks very much want those turkeys.
October 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In light of the govt shutdown and SNAP getting cut for a ton of folks, I have had a fun idea for how to help. I call it "Operation Turkey Heist (legal)."
Allow me to explain...
A lot of grocery stories are doing a "free turkey with X dollar purchase" and food banks very much want those turkeys.
Allow me to explain...
A lot of grocery stories are doing a "free turkey with X dollar purchase" and food banks very much want those turkeys.
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to understand what's happening in romantasy, and how pubilshers make decisions about what stories to tell, it's in fact deeply necessary to know how diverse YA fantasy actually is. because that's how it becomes really clear the extent to which romantasy publishers are prioritizing straight whiteness
October 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
to understand what's happening in romantasy, and how pubilshers make decisions about what stories to tell, it's in fact deeply necessary to know how diverse YA fantasy actually is. because that's how it becomes really clear the extent to which romantasy publishers are prioritizing straight whiteness
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Nation’s 56,000 Acres Of Spinach Crops Cooked Down To Single Half-Cup Serving
September 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nation’s 56,000 Acres Of Spinach Crops Cooked Down To Single Half-Cup Serving
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FWIW i’ve switched to @bookshop.org for ebooks and Libro for audio books and with very few exceptions had the exact same experience as Amazon without the greasy aftertaste. Highly recommended.
September 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
FWIW i’ve switched to @bookshop.org for ebooks and Libro for audio books and with very few exceptions had the exact same experience as Amazon without the greasy aftertaste. Highly recommended.
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the east coast: I drew you a nice, hot bath
me: in the bathtub?
the east coast: in the air all around you :)
the east coast: there is no escape :)
me: in the bathtub?
the east coast: in the air all around you :)
the east coast: there is no escape :)
July 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
the east coast: I drew you a nice, hot bath
me: in the bathtub?
the east coast: in the air all around you :)
the east coast: there is no escape :)
me: in the bathtub?
the east coast: in the air all around you :)
the east coast: there is no escape :)
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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the Trump administration acknowledged was wrongly deported to El Salvador, is on his way back to the US, ABC News reported Friday
Abrego Garcia Returning to US to Face Charges, ABC Reports
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the Trump administration acknowledged was wrongly deported to El Salvador, is on his way back to the US, ABC News reported Friday.
bloom.bg
June 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the Trump administration acknowledged was wrongly deported to El Salvador, is on his way back to the US, ABC News reported Friday
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a good thing to ask yourself when pursuing a broad political strategy is “would this have prevented the civil rights movement?”
EXCLUSIVE: A top Democratic strategist has launched new policy research and messaging hub, called Searchlight, with a goal of pushing the party toward the most effective, broadly popular positions.
Dems are quietly forming a think tank to help them win again
Searchlight, a name inspired by the birthplace of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, comes at a precarious moment for a Democratic Party.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
a good thing to ask yourself when pursuing a broad political strategy is “would this have prevented the civil rights movement?”
*existential scream about how good Andor is*
May 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
*existential scream about how good Andor is*
props, Canada! Happy for you guys!! 🇨🇦
April 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
props, Canada! Happy for you guys!! 🇨🇦
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god bless canada for taking a look at what we've got going on down here and rightfully saying "uh actually no thanks"
April 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
god bless canada for taking a look at what we've got going on down here and rightfully saying "uh actually no thanks"
This is basically why I had to get out of nonprofit fundraising, it was driving me to 24/7 blind rage 😅
Almost like relying on the benevolence of the greediest people to every exist isn't a substitute for responsible government funded by their taxes🤔
April 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is basically why I had to get out of nonprofit fundraising, it was driving me to 24/7 blind rage 😅
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“The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government **posted their home address** to social media.” 4/23/25 newrepublic.com/post/194289/...
Abrego Garcia’s Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife says she fears for her safety since the Trump administration deported him to a prison in El Salvador.
newrepublic.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government **posted their home address** to social media.” 4/23/25 newrepublic.com/post/194289/...
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
Heheheheh oh look the only move they can make that actually makes me want kids LESS
The Trump administration is assessing ways to persuade women in the U.S. to have more children, as a movement grows on the right to reverse declining birthrates and push conservative family values. Some pitched ideas include cash baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes. nyti.ms/4jh3UAR
April 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Heheheheh oh look the only move they can make that actually makes me want kids LESS