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Interzone 304 is available now at Scarlet Ferret.

#DRMfree #Magazine

https://scarletferret.com/magazines/interzone/304

Interzone 304 - Scarlet Ferret

Featuring short stories, essays, reviews, columns, and much more.

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FediFollows Mar 27

Books & Reading accounts to follow (continued):

BOOKSHOPS
@WeightlessBooks - Online bookshop selling DRM-free ebooks from independent presses
@scarletferret - Online bookshop selling human-curated DRM-free ebooks by indie authors
@firestorm - Queer feminist collective operating bookshop in North Carolina, USA
@bookshopIE - Second-hand & vintage bookshop in Thurles, Ireland

AUDIOBOOKS
@audiobooks - Uploading well-performed public domain audiobooks to PeerTube

9/10

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villainous friend Feb 21

A survey on readers' experiences reading wuxia (especially Jin Yong's works) in English: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/reading-chinese-wuxia-fiction-in-english

The researcher is a PhD student who says he's having trouble finding enough people to contribute, so let's help him out. :) https://www.reddit.com/r/JinYong/comments/1r9zfn3/curious_how_did_you_first_encounter_jin_yong_in/

#JinYong #wuxia

Reading Chinese Wuxia (Martial Arts) Fiction in English

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

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𝒜𝓁𝒾⋆ ♡⃛Mar 8

Happy international #womensday

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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Mar 2

so 3 courts + US Copyright Office say you cannot copyright nor patent anything made primarily with LLMs because automata aren't human.

#SCOTUS won't review these rules because copyright is meant to protect human creations, not software or automata.

this may mean #AWSlop #Microslop are “de-copyrighting” & “de-patenting” their own proprietary software as they let automata “code” 🧐

❝ AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule
https://www.theverge.com/policy/887678/supreme-court-ai-art-copyright

AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a case over whether AI-generated art can be copyrighted.

The Verge

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foofaraw Mar 1

Huge thank you to @WeightlessBooks for featuring our special Mindlessly Massive issue. Weightless was basically my way in to the world of litmags outside Clarkesworld and Asimov’s and to be listed alongside so many awesome mags is still a thrill.

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Catherine Lundoff Feb 20

#Bookstodon This would be an amazing day to get your #Fridayreads direct from us! Award-winning great queer books right this way! And the Astreiant Series is eligible for the Best Series Hugo Award! Sales have been very slow, not surprisingly, and we’re taking some external platform hits as well. https://queenofswordspress.com

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HeavenlyPossum Sep 28, 2025

I’m old enough to remember that George Floyd was summarily executed by asphyxiation for suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill at a convenience store, and that Eric Garner was summarily executed by asphyxiation for suspicion of selling loose cigarettes, and that Tamir Rice was summarily executed by shooting for possessing a toy gun, and that Dillon Taylor was summarily executed by shooting for wearing headphones, and…

The US has never had equality before the law. If you’re upset about the politicized prosecution of James Comey, a wealthy, famous, and politically-connected white man as the end of rule of law in the US, I am happy to report that you needn’t worry—things were already fucked.

If you’re not thinking about tearing down that whole system, you’re not seriously thinking about how to defend yourself against fascism.

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BP Gregory Sep 23, 2025

"Until comprehensive public value data is routinely enabled and supported, our most treasured arts organisations and institutions will remain vulnerable to decision-making informed entirely by a single value dimension: money."
https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-value-of-meanjin-weve-done-some-calcuations-and-its-not-about-money-265476

What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calcuations – and it’s not about money

New research considers the true value of Meanjin, using publicly available data. The journal has trained generations of Australian writers and editors.

The Conversation

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Catherine Lundoff Sep 22, 2025

Queen of Swords Press will sort of be at #FlightsofFoundry this weekend. I’m very exasperated that programming will only assign me to the same anthology editing panel for the 2nd year in a row, w/ several of the same participants and I apparently cannot be considered for other panels for…reasons (no idea). Dealer’s Room sales tanked for us in ‘24 so we won’t be back in 2026, barring positive changes. Use coupon code FoF25 for 10% off ebooks 9/26-9/29 while you can! https://queenofswordspress.com/

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