Lori J. Torone

"Graphic with 'Anthropic' logo on left, circuit-like design. Right text reads: 'Authors: You May Be Part of This Class Action Lawsuit. Anthropic AI Lawsuit Explained.' Modern, tech-themed design."

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.

All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.

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Ich am not "postinge too much on blue sky," Ich am teachinge an innovatyve open access multi disciplinarye non-linear onlyne course.

Photograph: Lottie, a young brown spaniel, underneath a rowan tree on the hill rising behind our our house. This land is our place, Lottie's and mine, and everything is here. (Dartmoor, Devon, south-west England)

"Some days I think this one place isn’t enough. That’s when nothing is enough, when I want to live multiple lives and be allowed to love without limits. Those days, I walk with a purpose but no destinations. Only then do I see, at least momentarily, that everything is here." - Gretel Ehrlich

Yikes, Cat! Good luck.

Heartache is an interesting creature. A gentle kind of feral. Longing and loss that is all teeth, a holy reckless howling.

That moment when the book you’ve been hoping for shows up at your local indie bookshop…and your day is so much better once it’s in your hands! (The book is Peter’s S. Beagle’s The Innkeeper’s Song.)

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

Today's Classic Cover is The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley! While this gorgeous illustration by Kirk Reinert isn't the first edition, it's the cover you're most likely to see today

I was biking and paused to sit on the bridge overlooking the Gorge. Seeing this deer making its way through the stream brought me so much peace and joy:

Yay for ideas, boo for not feeling well….I hope you feel better soon!

A white sign says “May Peace Prevail On Earth” in English and other languages surrounded by flowers.

It’s no coincidence that this sign is near a Free Little Library.

Spaceballs: In Space, No One Can Hear You Smashing the Fourth Wall - Reactor "Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."

Mel Brooks gives the Sci Fi Film Club the perfect way to wrap up our month of sci-fi parodies with Spaceballs (1987), featuring Lone Starr, Barf, Dark Helmet, and Pizza the Hutt. May the Schwartz be with you!

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Poetry in Print: Shaping Your Own Chapbook - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association by Wendy Van Camp. Learn how to craft your own poetry chapbook—from selecting a theme to designing the cover—with tips to publish, connect, and share your voice.

This week on Planetside… SPECULATIVE POETICS continues with “Poetry in Print: Shaping Your Own Chapbook” by Wendy Van Camp.

Want to share your poetry in a personal, tangible way? This guide is your start: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/22/p... @indigoskye.bsky.social

Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

I’ve gotten so many of those spam book promotion emails lately, but today’s was the first that actually got my book wrong….no, ma’am, I am not F. Scott Fitzgerald.

And why do they all say “Chef’s kiss”?

Trees in foreground, lake with blue sky and fluffy clouds, surrounded by forest and rocky cliffs

Took a walk by beautiful Lake Minnewaska today. This was my inspiration for “Nymue Rising” in @crowkeys.bsky.social

Sci fi pulp Out of the Deeps by John Wyndham, abstract-type cover beach scene with strange sea-life aliens capturing human figures and a mountain in the sea in the background.

Sometimes it’s a sci-fi pulp mood. #amreading

An illustration of a tiny, bright-green dragon perched on the end of a branch. It has slender green wings, a striped tail, bulbous white eyes with black pupils, and a long, curved thorn-like spike on its head.

Just a little forest dragon minding their own business.

Carved figure with bulgy eyes & protruding tongue on a pew in St Margaret’s church, Cley

Strange little guy from the church in Cley, Norfolk

#BookSky

I’ve been blessed with these two beauties in my backyard every evening for the past week. It’s adorable how they run and play with each other. Watching them has been giving me much joy.

Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Funding to support Year 12 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!

I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

A small black dog sits in a chair by a pool, with her head turned away from the pool.

Honestly, I feel that Cocoa should be more impressed with my hard work instead of bird-watching.

A normal looking blue pool with no algae or tadpoles.

After much brushing, backwashing, and vacuuming for a week or so, the pool returned.

Pool filter is gushing water into a green pool.

Eventually I did all the “opening procedures” and got the sand filter running — all on my own, for the first time (since pool guy ghosted me, can’t say I blame him) so honestly I was very proud of myself. This is only our second year with a pool.

Tadpoles in a blue bucket

Thus OPERATION TADPOLE RELOCATION began and lasted several days.

(They were fast…and I will begrudgingly admit, very cute.)

Every once in a while parents would croak a complaint from within the pool frame.

Each picture shows a very green pool with tadpoles swimming around.

Pond-to-Pool Marathon Summer 2025: in pictures, a thread.

“Mom, we don’t have a pool, we have an ecosystem.” (The cover ripped over the winter…)

Yes, those are TADPOLES

Ohhhhhh ouch I know that pain. I’m sorry.

things change:
authors and wizards are not always to be trusted:
nobody can explain a dragon.

Banded Iron In their Sunday Morning Transport debut, T. K. Rex delivers us to a terrific story of science and monsters.

The Sunday Morning Transport rushes towards destiny with a story from T.K. Rex (@tkrex.bsky.social) about facing down monsters and other challenges. Read a sample or subscribe for the whole story!

Congratulations @wiswell.bsky.social!!! Loved your novel and loved your acceptance speech!