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I enjoy pie.

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2025-09-14 00:16:44 UTC

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DO IT

2025-09-13 23:52:42 UTC

I understand quote posting is coming to Mastodon, and when the functionality arrives I will probably use it BUT I want to be clear to everyone that when I am quoting someone else's post I am not doing to dunk but simply because I want to make my comment more generally available. If I see people use my quote as an invitation to be shitty to the person I'm quoting, I'll likely block them for it. Please never be an asshole on my behalf. Thank you in advance for honoring my wishes.

2025-08-08 14:26:06 UTC

Literally bucolic.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/993/602/359/070/271/original/be95f11e5a2744ec.jpg

2025-05-15 12:12:40 UTC

Love Death + Robots Vol. 4 is now out on Netflix, and I wrote two of its episodes: "The Other Large Thing" and "Smart Appliances, Stupid Owners," both directed by Oscar-winning animator Patrick Osborne. I hope you enjoy both, and the entire terrific new season.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/511/782/567/101/135/original/ce1d3bb3a57823ec.jpg

2025-04-17 11:54:15 UTC

Wealthy anti-social weirdos on the high seas (gift article)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/magazine/seasteading-libertarian-ocean-living.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AU8.Xjd5.ADP3aBCohfTv&smid=url-share

2025-02-21 19:16:07 UTC

It’s deepest February, with cold in the air and snow on the ground, but here is a stack of new books and ARCs to keep you warm. What here is catching your eye?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/043/473/522/567/392/original/361d5365cbb25365.jpg

2025-02-03 15:49:01 UTC

Over on Whatever today, I talk about how the translation of fiction from one language to another isn't just a matter of exact words, and why I now have it as a contract point that the translations of my novels have to be done by humans, not by machine or "AI":
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/02/03/how-translation-works-book-title-edition/

2025-01-29 13:55:12 UTC

Oh no, the Chinese plagiarism machine might have plagiarized the American plagiarism machine
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-29/microsoft-probing-if-deepseek-linked-group-improperly-obtained-openai-data

2025-01-27 15:37:21 UTC

Oh no the Chinese are doing the useless thing that gives wrong answers cheaper
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/tech/deepseek-stocks-ai-china/index.html

2024-11-29 16:18:10 UTC

Every year on my site I do a week-long event where authors/other creators can promote the work they have to sell to my site's readers for the holidays. That starts Monday; today I have a post on which things to promote on which days, so all y'all can prepare:
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/11/29/the-2024-whatever-holiday-gift-guide-starts-monday/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/567/137/987/490/528/original/2888fad8d2c3a644.jpg

2024-11-17 22:08:34 UTC

I haven't put a sunset here in a while. Here you go!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/500/572/083/037/245/original/052412cbef73977a.jpg

2024-11-10 17:34:13 UTC

One thing I did enjoy about my time in France that I don't get much here in the US, and certainly not in Bradford, Ohio, is turning a random street corner and then suddenly, CATHEDRAL.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/459/852/899/069/335/original/445154ac955afc98.jpg

2024-10-08 14:29:54 UTC

Just passed 1,000 posts here on Mastodon. Hey, thank you all for being here and putting up with me occasionally. I have fun here, and appreciate that this service exists in the world.

2024-10-03 13:20:57 UTC

The ceiling of the Kansas City airport is a whole vibe
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/243/691/640/633/746/original/5fca66ec276c1d7b.jpg

2024-08-16 17:26:51 UTC

My own observation of things is that generally speaking it doesn't matter how big your house is or how many rooms it has, at the end of the day you spend 80% of your time in the kitchen, living room and bedroom, 10% in the bathroom, and 10% in whatever rest of the house you have left over from there

2024-06-08 17:58:55 UTC

I just reached 40K followers here on Mastodon. Thank you all for following me! I hope to be interesting to and amusing for you for years to come.
To celebrate this very cool milestone I have today donated to Oxfam, which offers emergency help in areas of crisis and works generally to alleviate poverty.
https://www.oxfamamerica.org/