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2024-07-22 15:21:03

I've written a longish take on the last couple of days, including about how what looked like (and initially was) Democratic panic over Biden morphed somewhere along the way into a rope-a-dope strategy against the GOP, and whether Harris can win (spoiler: yup):
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/07/22/biden-harris-trump-and-2024/
#uspol

2024-06-08 17:58:55

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/

2024-06-02 13:24:54

The most important thing I brought back from Iceland: A whole bunch of chocolate-covered black licorice. Strangely hard to find in the US! And yet there you can find it in every store!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/547/243/859/430/838/original/3203307b53f12d88.jpg

2024-05-31 11:40:35

I like presidents who aren't felons
#uspol

2024-05-24 23:01:29

Iceland is photogenic.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/498/549/508/288/120/original/bb7dbe8ede70f443.jpg

2024-05-21 12:52:58

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Update: Once again, turning the computer off and on again has done wonders (also, I have downloaded Firefox)

2024-05-21 12:33:09

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Update: Just told me the Firefox browser I'm trying to download also has a virus.

2024-05-21 11:53:42

There's already case law on these sorts of shenanigans: Midler v. Ford Motor Co., so Altman was either ignorant of this, in which case OpenAI needs new counsel, or he knew and did it anyway, because fuck you Scarlett Johannson. I'm pretty sure it's the latter.
https://gizmodo.com/openai-pausing-chatgpt-4o-scarlett-johansson-voice-1851488261

2024-05-18 21:00:52

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Also, for the questions you will probably now ask, the New Book FAQ:
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2020/02/11/new-book-faq/

2024-05-18 20:58:20

So, hey, I just finished writing a novel. If you want to know what it's called and what it's about (and when it will be out), just follow this handy-dandy link right here:
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/05/18/new-novel-finished/

2024-05-17 18:10:20

It’s drizzly but otherwise nice today, which makes it a fine time to peruse a stack of new books and ARCs that have come to the Scalzi Compound. Which of these books are particularly catching your eye today?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/457/766/949/168/295/original/238af22a7b5b3635.jpg

2024-05-15 15:21:30

Shit's about to go down
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/445/781/368/342/447/original/4fc4720b07b87e38.jpg

2024-05-12 20:20:59

Happy Mother's Day to one of the few people in the world who can pull off looking good in High-Vis Orange
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/429/968/924/014/594/original/4c9b4a2317849b52.jpg

2024-05-11 03:40:24

Did I get to see the northern lights? I did! In Ohio!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/420/368/897/969/370/original/e2b16209f0142b38.jpg

2024-05-10 16:10:29

Me, super enthused to be 55 today.
(Spoiler: I am actually having a pretty good day)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/417/660/668/874/715/original/e191d050bbe7f0d3.jpg

2024-05-10 01:56:09

I'm happy to say that Starter Villain is a finalist for the Locus Award this year, in the category of science fiction novel. Here is the complete finalist list for my category, along with a link to the full award categories and finalist list. Congrats to everyone who is a finalist this year!
https://locusmag.com/2024/05/2024-locus-awards-top-ten-finalists/
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2024-05-07 23:58:37

Sugar has given you THE SECRET SIGN. You know what to do now.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/402/514/930/118/492/original/134e3cd7dd546588.jpg

2024-05-05 23:36:35

This is my "Okay, but, really?" face
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/391/103/429/467/661/original/a788bb490c01b8aa.jpg

2024-05-05 01:02:02

Charlie is almost certain she saw a leprechaun.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/385/778/318/531/565/original/897453981ea12949.jpg

2024-04-27 18:42:33

Because they're pretty: Some wildflowers.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/344/647/983/416/214/original/e9978114e81b64b5.jpg

2024-04-22 22:48:15

To be fair, it's easy to forget something that costs more than you were ever going to spend for it, to do things that your phone and/or laptop already do better
https://gizmodo.com/apple-vision-pro-already-forgotten-about-1851426564

2024-04-02 01:30:13

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(Also Spoiler: We'll just make more)