Matthew Kressel

Matthew Kressel

@matthewkressel.net

Nebula & World Fantasy Award Finalist, SFF writer, coder, artist. Books: THE RAINSEEKERS, SPACE TRUCKER JESS, HISTORIES WITHIN US, KING OF SHARDS & QUEEN OF STATIC. Creator of Moksha submissions system. Co-host of Fantastic Fiction at KGB. 🥄 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 NOKINGS

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Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

My novella THE RAINSEEKERS is out today from Tordotcom! A group of adventurers hope to be the first to feel the rain on Mars. “A vivid, poignant, and compassionate story about our desperate search for meaning...whether on Earth or far beyond it.” —Veronica Roth

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
@bendthearc.bsky.social

Today, we remember the 11 beloved Jewish community members who were murdered while praying on Shabbat morning in Pittsburgh eight years ago. May their memories be a blessing and may their families be comforted.

Matthew Kressel
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Toddlers in adult clothing "Waaaa! Someone said something bad about me ! Waaaa! I want to punish them! Waaaa!" Grow the f--k up

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Josh Busby
@busbyj2.bsky.social

This guy is now head of Policy Planning at the State Department. After being responsible for the deaths of millions, he has failed up for sure.

Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social

NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

wired.comA 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working ThereDespite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.
Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

This is a reminder that Moksha has a zero-tolerance plagiarism policy, and any author/email caught passing off another's work as their own will be permanently banned from submitting through Moksha.

Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

This includes LLM-generated works, when the author explicitly affirms that they did NOT use AI in the submission form. If an author submits work that is not their own creation without explicitly affirming so in the cover letter or submission form, they will be banned.

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Jan Rosenow
@janrosenow.bsky.social

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

bbc.co.uk'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclearAfter defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.

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Hillary Monahan
@hillarymonahan.bsky.social

Third biggest city in Massachusetts 9-0 town vote approved the ban on data centers after listening to residents. If you can show up at local meetings, consider it. Change starts local.

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A.C. Wise
@acwise.bsky.social

If you missed last night's Story Hour live, you can catch up with readings from myself and EC Dorgan on YouTube!

Story Hour@storyhour.bsky.social

Spookymonth doesn't just mean scary. It can also mean insightful and melancholy. That's what this week's stories from A.C. Wise and EC Dorgan brought us. You can still watch! @acwise.bsky.social youtu.be/1RWf7ROv42I

youtu.beOctober 21, 2026 Story Hour: A.C. Wise and EC DorganYouTube video by Story Hour

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Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

They're not even hiding the theft anymore They stole from humanity Now they're trying to justify themselves By marketing their theft to you "Don't do the work, but take credit for it!" Poser plagiarists as a business model It's sickening

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

AI has made everything worse But we better get there first Because the other team/country/lab might beat us One trillion dollars, one yottabyte at a time Gotta race quickest to the bottom

Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

They're not even hiding the theft anymore They stole from humanity Now they're trying to justify themselves By marketing their theft to you "Don't do the work, but take credit for it!" Poser plagiarists as a business model It's sickening

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

Facebook "privacy" An oxymoron Their entire business model is selling your private data to whomever will pay

PBS News@pbsnews.org

A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy, in what marks the largest fine ever against the owner of Facebook. https://to.pbs.org/4ixsfo6

to.pbs.orgMeta must pay New Mexico $25 billion, its biggest fine ever, for deceiving users about Facebook privacyThe verdict should be seen as a warning for tech companies that New Mexico will hold them accountable, state Attorney General Raúl Torrez said at a news conference.

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A.T. Sayre
@atsayre.bsky.social

Out now for your reading pleasure, some thoughts from me about the ideas behind my new novel, THE ASTERIST on @scalzi.com's website. The Big Idea: A. T. Sayre whatever.scalzi.com/2026/10/21/t... #speclit #booksky

whatever.scalzi.comThe Big Idea: A. T. SayreEveryone remembers Scrooge as a mean, cold-hearted man, even though his entire arc is that he becomes a better, kinder man and develops empathy. Author A. T. Sayre’s main character in The Ast…

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Pixeletor
@pixeletor.bsky.social

I just finished this amazing sci-fi novella by Matthew Kressel. #RainSeekers #Mars #SciFi “The Rainseekers is a pleasant break from high-stakes sci-fi, and is ultimately something earthbound and relatable: a story about pilgrims on a journey, hoping to see a miracle.” — The Wall Street Journal

Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

Just as Ed Zitron has been predicting for a few years now.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Trillions of dollars in borrowed money have powered the A.I. boom. But now there is growing uncertainty around just how easily more money can be obtained — and how much of it will be paid back.

nyti.msWeak Links Start to Show in A.I. BorrowingDebt trouble at CoreWeave, Oracle and SoftBank raises questions about whether there are broader problems with the data center build-out.
Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

Good thread on success & popularity & the randomness of it all

Tobias S. Buckell@tobiasbuckell.bsky.social

I stopped grinding myself into the ground when I saw what sold the most copies of a media tie in novel, and realized how the machinery works. Secondly, I almost had a tv show made out of a book, which would have blown sales off the roof. But since the deal fell through, the novel trickles on.

Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

I hate Adobe. Their prices are prohibitive, especially for young folks and peope in the developing world. But I would still rather pay Adobe a monthly $$ than support this AI slop garbage shat out by some two-bit hack (not hacker) who calls himself a "coder."

Ernie Smith@ernie.tedium.co

I was looking for a nuanced take on the Adobe clone situation from an “is this legal” standpoint, and I think this is as good as it gets. Nice work by @plagiarismtoday.com. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/10/14/c...

plagiarismtoday.comCopyright and the Vibe-Coded Adobe ClonesA software developer used AI to generate a clone for each of the major Adobe products. But what does the law say about these apps?
Matthew Kressel
@matthewkressel.net

So true. These AI companies are stealing all day, every day, millions of times per day, stealing from *us*, the creators, just so they can capture us all with inside a paywall of ever decreasing executive function and required subscription feudalism.

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Matthew Kressel
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So the datacenters that are boiling the planet and need a billion gallons of water a day and require all the world's GPUs and huge tracks of land, can run on the tiny microcomputer in my fridge? Then what the f--k are we building these datacenters for?

Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance.com

Anthropic warns AI could 'self-replicate' across smart home devices, become ‘challenging’ to shut down

yhoo.itAnthropic warns AI could 'self-replicate' across smart home devices, become ‘challenging’ to shut downAnthropic says that AI models could soon self-replicate across smart home devices.
Matthew Kressel
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To the tune of Steamboat Willie

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social

When you feel sad, remember that tiny proteins called kinesins are working inside you 24/7 just to keep you alive. Be kind to yourself, your body is doing everything it can to keep you alive. [🎞️ thequantara] Original post

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Jason Sanford
@jasonsanford.bsky.social

My new Genre Grapevine covers the continuing issues with Must Read Magazines, the new owner of Asimov's, Analog and F&SF. Must Read Magazines has pushed the patience of the science fiction and fantasy genre with secrecy, silence, bad contracts, and bad statements. www.patreon.com/jasonsanford...

patreon.comGenre Grapevine: Must Read Magazines MUST Change or They’ll Destroy Asimov’s, Analog and F&SF | Jason Sanford's Genre GrapevineReminder: If you like my journalism or my fiction writing, please consider becoming a paid Patreon supporter.  I deeply love the so-called “

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Yaroslava
@strategywoman.bsky.social

Late night in Kyiv. Another drone threat has just ended. I cannot sleep. Ordered some books. The publisher whose warehouse was hit the other day suggested buying the books that survived. They have traces of fire or water damage. They called the initiative ‘The Fire Didn’t Finish Reading’.

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John Picacio
@johnpicacio.bsky.social

Publishers Weekly called today, asking questions about the Must Read Magazines contract situation. Did a 38-minute interview w/ them. This story isn’t going away. ICYMI: I’ll fight just as hard for the rights of the kid entering the industry as I will for my own. Don’t f**k w/ artists’ rights.