Grace Seybold

This is a reminder that you can have a sprouted potato as a desk plant if you want to.

Proud to announce that my story "Orders" from Augur Magazine @augursociety.bsky.social will be in this! I am so happy that more people will get to read about my little robot.

My main takeaway from today's errands is that I can think of few things less badass than having a window decal that says "BADASS" on your Volkswagen Jetta.

Surprised to see anti-AI graffiti on Gardiner's Road the other day.

IT'S TODAY!!! My fantasy novella, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, is out today! From here on out, if you suddenly have the urge to read about harpies, opinionated weapons, and a bunch of misfits fighting the fash, you can just DO THAT! Order direct or from bookstores: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

There's something oddly fun about taking my morning shower and then immediately going outside to dig potatoes. Yes, I am once again covered in dirt, but at least it's fresh dirt.

Just finished James L. Cambias' "The Ishtar Deception" and it's a delightful space opera romp. It's sort of like if you mixed the Culture books with John Varley's "The Golden Globe" and I was about eight times more cheerful when I put it down than when I picked it up.

YES! It is my author copies of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR! Dreadfully hot humid day but WHO CARES I HAVE MY BOOK

Last night I dreamed I was back in high school and the teacher got mad at me for something and made me count from 796,913 to 803,913 as punishment. Possibly the most boring dream of my life. Shoutout to the version of Ms. Gabourie that lives in my subconscious, I guess.

Canadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...

The word of the day is "caliginous" apparently, because I have encountered it twice.

So excited that my dear friend Emmet A. O'Brien has released his first two novels this week! This is really thoughtful space opera, friends. I've read further in the series, and I'm so excited that some of you can now read them too and discuss them with me: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3JCNPS...

Google AI just straight-up lied to me about the location of the World's Largest Beet. Truly we are in the dumbest timeline.

Found on the same beach.

Sometimes I think about how nice it would be to be a factory-fresh robot so I could be entirely encased in the shaped packing foam they use for fragile electronics. It seems like it would be really relaxing.

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Reading Gary Gibson's "Final Days" and coming to the conclusion that I don't understand how closed timelike curves are supposed to work at all.

Shadows at the footbridge.

Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.

Once again I am reminded, just slightly too late, that when combining a bunch of dry ingredients plus oil, all the dry ingredients can be dumped into the sifter together but the oil really should not be.

Today in “Dudes Rock”: A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.

Blessed are those who catalogue minutia, for they shall know the names of the stars.

Scintillation is a small convention in Montreal in June, focused on reading and writing SF and fantasy. It is a lot of fun, and all people of goodwill who like reading and talking about books are welcome. Membership for 2026 is now open www.scintillation.ca

This is why solar eclipses on Earth are going to be such a major tourist attraction when the aliens arrive. They'll be used to eclipses looking like this. The fact that the moon and sun look the same size from the Earth's surface is such an amazing coincidence and probably rare in the cosmos.

Not pictured: two small dogs who, when I went up into the tree, became wildly excited as though they had just achieved the greatest victory of their lives

Looking up / looking down.

This is encouraging. While it's still pilot-sized, it's at least an ongoing program now, and there are plans to increase the number of supported artists slowly. The pilot showed that every €1 put into the program resulted in €1.46 of return. www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true

I admit there are logistical problems to just living in a tree, but, counterpoint, I am safe from emails here.

Gosh I like being in trees.

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day to everyone who believes that sometimes a single person really can save the world.

One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox. By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands. Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid. “My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”

Today in overheard phone conversations: "So I said, I'm not getting in the car if you haven't got a driving license, and he said that was reverse racism, and that was pretty much the end of the date."

We are so thrilled to announce another book coming from us next year: A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social! We were delighted by the unusual characters and we think you’re going to love them!

I got yer timeline cleanse right here, folks. A whole clutch of teeny tiny snapping turtle behbehs emerged one at a time from their underground nest and crossed the gravel road while I and a couple other humans watched and made sure they were safe from anyone else coming along.

Science!

There's a woman with a resounding voice who does fitness coaching in the park outside my window. When I'm trying to work, the periodic shouts of "YEAH YOU'RE KILLING IT CHRIS!" are a little distracting, but also I'm happy for Chris, they're clearly doing great.

A depressing but useful read on why celebrities who may be taking precautions behind the scenes are often unwilling to do so publicly.

Woohoo, my first GeoGuessr 5K! Admittedly the fact that I spawned right in front of a major train station makes it a bit less impressive, but still, I am pleased.