Adrienne Celt

Adrienne Celt

@celtadri.bsky.social

Novelist, cartoonist, author of END OF THE WORLD HOUSE, INVITATION TO A BONFIRE, and THE DAUGHTERS adriennecelt.com loveamongthelampreys.com

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Courtney Milan
@courtneymilan.com

Hello claimants in the Anthropic copyright suit! The parties filed a stipulated agreement asking for an update to the website. In this stipulation, there are two important things (although there are more that might matter for individuals).

Adrienne Celt
@celtadri.bsky.social

1. I think forced obsolescence should be a crime 2. Every day I delete hundreds of photos from my iphone and then empty the recently deleted folder and my storage remains full and I am losing my mind

Adrienne Celt
@celtadri.bsky.social

I paid so much money for this dumb phone, is it really so hard to understand that I prefer photos of my child to AI tracking software, in terms of what it contains?

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Maris Kreizman
@maris.bsky.social

“Catapult management could not be reached for comment, it remains unclear what will happen to the 16 frontlist titles across Catapult’s four imprints that are slated for spring 2027.” Shocked to learn that bored billionaires don’t answer the phone. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

publishersweekly.comCatapult to Be Sold, End OperationsThe independent publisher, cofounded in 2015 by Elizabeth Koch, will be acquired by an unspecified buyer and end operations on October 30. The newly formed staff union said it was told “continued empl...
Adrienne Celt
@celtadri.bsky.social

Why were they shooting at shoplifting suspects? That alone is insane.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

The police officer, who shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley while chasing two women accused of shoplifting, will not be criminally charged, the Mississippi Attorney General’s office announced.

nyti.msMississippi Says It Won’t Bring Criminal Charges in Police Shooting of ToddlerAttorney General Lynn Fitch issued a terse statement, months after officers, responding to a report of stolen diapers, surrounded a car, guns drawn.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42

Adrienne Celt
@celtadri.bsky.social

Every story I’ve ever heard about a corn maze emphasizes how actually challenging corn mazes are but today I let my small child lead me into one with total confidence and I am forever changed

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanmn.bsky.social

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

Adrienne Celt
@celtadri.bsky.social

Got a snack for a crow that was watching me from a telephone wire, and when I brought it outside, the crow was on my car, staring directly into my eyes. This shall be a happy memory all of my days.

Adrienne Celt
@celtadri.bsky.social

Necessary rage reading

Adam Morgan@adamm0rgan.bsky.social

For @wired.com, I spoke with workers about the quiet push to experiment with AI tools from book publishing executives at the Big Five. www.wired.com/story/book-p...

wired.comBook Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are RevoltingWorkers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
Adrienne Celt
@celtadri.bsky.social

I know this will sound like a lie, but it really is my favorite thing to spend hours or even days on a section of writing, never quite getting it right, and then realize the whole piece will be better if you just cut it