Jake Casella Brookins

Another victory for the World's First Male Wine Mom(TM)

I’m giggling at my desk with a delight I didn’t know I could feel

There are not many things that 97% of Americans have in common. High school English is one of them.

"Mass Effect Fans Call for Thing They Love to be Replaced by Shambling Husk Controlled by Other Entity; Uninterested in Side-Quest to Rescue Original Party Members"

Something I wish was taught and discussed more is that there are good and bad efficiencies, and conversely there are good and bad inefficiencies.

idk how to explain how important this Lula win is but just know the entire balance of world power could have shifted in a terrible direction tonight and instead the people and democracy won despite overwhelming odds 🎉🎉🎉

Pros of having an SFT publishing co.: easy to find SFT Cons: fewer people will read SFT because they'll have never heard of this publisher Pros of SFT scattered everywhere: lots of people finding SFT (even if they don't realize it) Cons: takes lots of effort to find the SFT amidst the other books

"invoking the Factory" is such a powerful phrase, only strengthened by the irony of its naive and clownish deployment "Only an elitist would invoke the Factory" and it's the microwave restaurant next to the boarded-up Spencer's I'm dying

had that dream again that was just Teenage Fanclub's "Is This Music?"

Part of my job involves checking generated text-to-speech for accessibility. Very cool tech for that! But I'm daily reminded that even dry, boring writing is speech: it involves intentions, little pauses & emphases & tonal things that ultimately require a mind. You don't want AI to ready your book!

in a very profound and real way this guy was the secret sauce behind the Coens features. Heavy use of storyboards is an incredibly important part of how they work. Doubtless when they work together again they'll be able to find someone to suit their needs, but dude was the Ringo to their John & Paul

Feels weird to reshare this in the midst of festive season, but my mother is still on chemo, and I'm dealing w healthcare bills, electrical repairs and other expenses, along w frequent trips to medicine shops, police (due to safety issues), etc. It's a lot, so any support will help us stay alive.

Really enjoyed the chance to revisit this series; they're doing some obviously big strange science-fictional things at the concept level, but this read through I was really struck by a lot of the line-and-structure level choices. Great to talk through this with @random-alex.bsky.social!

I wrote about the end of Catapult defector.com/catapult-eli...

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the illustrations in the Project Gutenberg Count of Monte Cristo continue majestic

sufficiently advanced pronatalism is indistinguishable from prison abolitionism

also wild how these 15 people are so into promoting efficiency, effective altruism etc. If it were me and 14 other freaks tied to one set of the tracks and the planet tied to the other I don't think I'd be running around teaching Trolley Problem literacy

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literary award/roast hybrid where the winner gets to NOT give a speech, but everyone else has to make a concession speech

Full shortlist: Animal Spiral Event Horizon The Formosa Exchange One Leg on Earth The Misheard World Plastic Prism Void The Strangers The Angel at the Gates What We Are Seeking

This is how I learned they’re closing bioware

Assuming Counterpoint is included in the Catapult news, that means that 20% of this year's National Book Awards longlist for fiction was published by imprints that will no longer exist in their current form by the time of awards night.

An ENORMOUS congratulations to Pip Adam, this year's winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for her novel AUDITION! 🚀🚀🚀 We couldn't be happier! Pip is a monumental talent and a force of good in the world. Huge thanks to the judges and everyone at @ursulakleguin.com ♥️ @pipadam.bsky.social

Ya’ll, please read Audition and Notes from a Regicide if you haven’t yet

Yessssssss

oh dang

Le Guin Prize announcement coming today! Still time to listen to @casella.bsky.social & @chloroformtea.bsky.social's takes on the list:

distinctly remember @gerrycanavan.bsky.social postulating this as a sign of the end times

Really enjoyed the chance to revisit this series; they're doing some obviously big strange science-fictional things at the concept level, but this read through I was really struck by a lot of the line-and-structure level choices. Great to talk through this with @random-alex.bsky.social!

Tonight, Oct. 20! Join Alain Damasio and Horde of the Counterwind’s English translator, Alexander Dickow, for a conversation moderated by award-winning writer and translator Edward Gauvin.📍Telegraph Hill Books, 7 pm. RSVP: buff.ly/OIMttcx