Josh Sutphin

Just a reminder that I recently started The Hellscape, a weekly rant paired with praxis and community. It's about our collective anger over ~gestures broadly at everything~ and processing that through a (hopefully) constructive lens. ♥ buttondown.com/thehellscape...

Capricorn: There are questions that people with no imagination should avoid asking. Like, "What's the worst that could happen?”

In the lead up to our Día de los Muertos & Samhain event on Nov 1st at Friday Afternoon Tea, we’re recommending sips and snacks! Title: Accelerated Growth Environment by @teffeau.bsky.social Tea: Jasmine Chun Hao by @fridaytea.com Treat: Cardamom bun from Sea Wolf Bakery Remember to RSVP!

Uhhhh this is a *massive* reduction 👀 www.seattletimes.com/business/mic...

So this happened today Special Award – Professional WINNER: @jhameia.bsky.social, @thejillroberts.bsky.social & Jacob Weisman, for Tachyon Publications

Instagram dropped this gem on my timeline and just, like, clearly nothing means anything any more

Brought to you by the Leaf Arranging Committee* *me, it me; colour credit: the local Venerable Pear plus a splash of green from its neighbouring hornbeam

Our 2026 titles are now an ebook bundle too! They make a great gift or a nice treat for yourself. Five queer-normative sci-fi/fantasy novellas for just $45. If you’ve been wanting to read more before the end of the year, this is a great way to get back in the habit! Reading is hopepunk.

Is this seriously still in question? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

What if instead of an "AI-ready public library" we had an "AI-free public library" where the public could access information that came from humans and not stochastic garbage generators? Just a thought. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

MORTAL, HOW DARE Y-- yes. Okay, yes.

Oh hey! One of the subplots from Accelerated Growth Environment! laurencteffeau.com/accelerated-...

In the lead up to our Día de los Muertos & Samhain event on Nov 1st at Friday Afternoon Tea, we’re recommending sips and snacks for your enjoyment. Title: The Color of Time by @millieabecassis.com Tea: Serpent’s Garden by @fridaytea.com Treat: fresh baguette from Sea Wolf Bakery Remember to RSVP!

Our 2026 titles are now a bundle! They make a great gift or a nice treat for yourself. Pick up these five queer-normative sci-fi/fantasy novellas for just $85. If you’ve been wanting to read more before the end of the year, this is a great way to get back in the habit! Reading is hopepunk.

All set up at World Fantasy! Also selling this little snake guy original. 🐍 🐍 🐍

Shhhhhh, they’re scheming 🤫🤫🤫 Art by hungryghost on BlueSky #booksky #characterart #fantasybooks #queerbook #cozyfantasy

Four years ago, when we got married, we never would have predicted this future. Today we’re celebrating by being small business owners and tabling at World Fantasy Con. 🫣 Thank you for being on this journey with us and believing in the hope for a better future. 🫰🤟🖖

I am so, so sick of this shit authorsguild.org/news/austral...

I felt like this might be coming, but it's still the end of one hell of an era chaoszine.net/nightwish-an...

Shutting down Bioware—fucking BIOWARE, of all studios—sure is A Strategy 🤡 I grieve so much for the industry I once loved, before capital got its greedy hands on everything. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Diminish an anime

SUPPORT A SMALL PRESS THIS SPOOKTOBER! (and always, but having an Occasion is nice innit) And YES just asking your local library to order a book is GREAT! 💚🥳 #booksky #amreading #amwriting #sff #fantasy #scifi #hopepunk

Remember- if you do want or don’t want a certain future, it’s your job to vote and participate in your community. Know your voting rights: vote.gov

Im excited for my silly little gay book. F*ck the algorithm. You can’t win against it and it seems to get worse every day, so you might as well hype yourself up! #booksky #writerlife #queerauthor #indieauthor

I'm tired, friends. I'm just so tired. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Support the amazing folks at @shirakipress.com and help them publish more books! They've launched a Patreon. At the lowest tier, you can get access to their Discord, get 10% off books, and feel a sense of accomplishment for helping an indie press continue their publishing journey. How cool is that?

More applicable than ever. This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm #Maggiesfarm

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I love Current Affairs so much ❤️ www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-wer...

Oh, I have been feeling this *so much* lately, this antiseptic-ness of sitting in front of a computer, this feeling of being constantly squeezed into a software-shaped box. lithub.com/will-maclean...

The online brigades, bot propagandists, and AI slop peddlers have destroyed the bonds of trust that hold a society together, and there is no punitive justice that can ever make up for the scale of that violence. Rebuilding that trust will be the work of generations. buttondown.com/thehellscape...

Drama re: an AI ad from Bookshop.org. But they didn't use AI; Meta automatically created an AI "variation" of the original content. I went to disable this crap in our @shirakipress.com ad account and got a popup *demanding a reason why*. Fuck this. We've just pulled our ads. Consent matters.

Reminder to go update your Libby settings under “content controls” now that Libby lets you filter out slop! #booksky

The online brigades, bot propagandists, and AI slop peddlers have destroyed the bonds of trust that hold a society together, and there is no punitive justice that can ever make up for the scale of that violence. Rebuilding that trust will be the work of generations. buttondown.com/thehellscape...

🎉 Bookish news! 🎉 Recorded Books acquired the audio rights for my latest book, THE COLOR OF TIME. It's scheduled for a December 18, 2026 release and is already available for preorders on many platforms! 🎧

My story Gray Rock Method is now available in audio through Ominous Thrill's Her Horrorween podcast! ominousthrill.com/herhorrorween

FALL IS UPON US! 🍂 Soon, the Others will walk the Paths again ... shirakipress.com/products/lig... #booksky #horror #sff #fantasy #sapphic

I have escaped the trenches 🙌 #booksky #writerlife #amediting #fantasybooks #queerbook

We launched a Patreon for Shiraki Press this week! Now you can easily subscribe to receive all our future ebooks and/or print books automatically as they release, plus access our community Discord, and some other goodies. shirakipress.com/patreon

Unity to me: Recreate your 2FA or we'll suspend your account Me: ~tries to log in, existing 2FA is not accepted, no backup methods or recovery codes work~ Unity: So anyway we nuked your account 😈 Me: ...okay? I haven't cared about Unity since 2020, but wow this sure is one way to run a business!

At a glance, you'd think this a strong argument in favor of Threads' algorithmic reach. In practice, it means one post goes further on its own, but I'm not actually building *my* audience so much as I'm building *Meta's*. #SocialMedia

This is how Becky Chambers feels about AI. ME TOO. I hadn’t thought about the sentience issue and damn if it doesn’t make AI “owners” more evil. Print your own at otherscribbles.com/aizine

Story Island starts in ONE month! We're excited to talk about genre-blending, diverse character representation, indie/trad publishing, and how our first year of publishing has gone at this brand new writing conference. Register today at storyislandpnw.com !

A livestreamed execution by firing squad isn't about justice; it's a sadistic carnival act that launders the end of a human life into a hollow promotional stunt for a fascist regime. buttondown.com/thehellscape...

Save the Date! Our next online Shiraki Press Book Club will be for Accelerated Growth Environment by @teffeau.bsky.social on November 12th at 5 PM Pacific time! RSVP via eventbrite at www.eventbrite.com/e/1998022418...

When you're looking at an account on any social media platform, what are some signals that scream "bot" to you? (I have a list of my own, but I'm curious to see what else I'm missing.)

Notice how all this supposed new productivity is explicitly being directed to "build more and better" instead of "achieve a 15-hour work week and get your life back". It was ever thus.

It's magnificent and you can preorder it nowwww shirakipress.com/dll