Saul

Saul

@nomadghostwriter.com

Ghostwriter and developmental editor specializing in remote work & travel | nomadghostwriter.com | Co-creator of remotequeer.co w/ @mattcen.com | Portland, OR & Melbourne, AU | 🚲 📖 🎸 🏳️‍🌈 🐕 😺🗺

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Saul
@nomadghostwriter.com

This month, I'm offering *free* beta reads and 50% off developmental editing in return for a testimonial on @payhip.bsky.social. Reply or DM me if you want to get in on it. Limited spots available, open to most genres and word counts: payhip.com/b/F9S8H

payhip.comDevelopmental EditingDevelopmental editing is for you if you've written an outline or a first draft of your book and want to make sure you're on the right track.As your developmental editor, I'll take a big-picture perspe...

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Write the Docs
@writethedocs.bsky.social

For the first time for our Australia conference, we’re excited to offer a hybrid attendance option. If travelling Down Under is not on your list this year, this is the closest you will get to listening to what the documentarians on the other side of the planet are experiencing! buff.ly/50QAizK

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Write the Docs
@writethedocs.bsky.social

The Write the Docs 2026 Documentation Salary Survey is open! Anonymous, takes ~10 minutes, open to anyone doing documentation work anywhere in the world. Results published free for everyone. Closes 𝟯𝟭 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳. buff.ly/ay6PHWn

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Live Free DIY Hard
@robi-lfdh.bsky.social

This is a great article about how AI effects small independent media outlets. It’s also way more informative about how the US issues social security numbers than you would expect any article about AI to be.

COYOTE@coyotemedia.org

Aided by genAI models like ChatGPT, “writers” hoping to get paid for fake stories have become an even bigger problem for publications big and small. One such writer almost pulled one over on COYOTE — until @soleilho.com, who is a nerd, spotted a key idiosyncrasy.

coyotemedia.orgHow COYOTE Almost Got Slopped by AIThe sordid tale of the freelancer who never was.

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Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com

My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse

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Ben Eltham
@beneltham.bsky.social

QUT will take over famous literary magazine Meanjin, after the journal was closed by Melbourne Uni Publishing last year. This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

smh.com.auAxed literary magazine Meanjin finds a new home after its axingMelbourne University Press closed the much-loved literary magazine last year, saying it was losing too much money.

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Lindsey
@lindseydanis.bsky.social

"the productivity explosion we’ve been promised" is just us, working harder, working nonstop. "Workers slipped small amounts of work into moments that had previously been breaks. Many prompted AI during lunch, in meetings, or while waiting for a file to load." hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

hbr.orgAI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies ItOne of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...

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Xtra
@xtramagazine.com

As the search for work gets more desperate, queer and trans workers often see the worst sides of work. But they also come with brilliant solutions. @desaima.bsky.social introduces the five stories in On the Clock, written by this year’s Ken Popert Media Fellows

xtramagazine.comWork is broken. Queer and trans workers could help fix it | Xtra MagazineThe five stories in Xtra’s On the Clock series show queer and trans workers searching for, fighting for and inventing work that’s fair and meaningful

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arborelia
@arborelia.net

I keep reposting this article because it needs to be seen. This is what responsible journalism on a discriminatory act against trans people looks like. Jo put in the work. It's no longer just my and others' personal accounts vs. random men with opinions. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

nbcnews.comHow a trans woman's removal from a restroom tore the world of competitive pinball apartPinball is one of the most welcoming sports for trans players. But after a confrontation at an arcade last fall, pinball’s governing group is struggling to rebuild trust.

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Revenue Rulebreaker
@revenuerulebreaker.com

Black-led communities for entrepreneurs and creators you should know about in the US, Canada and the UK. 15+ communities, collectives and memberships for and by Black entrepreneurs. Make suggestions for great ones to include. www.revenuerulebreaker.com/list-of-blac...

revenuerulebreaker.comCollaborative list: Black-led communities for entrepreneurs and creators you should know about15+ communities, collectives and memberships for and by Black entrepreneurs. Add yours, comment on these or make suggestions for great ones to include.

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Work With Indies
@workwithindies.com

KO_OP is hiring a QA Analyst to help test live service games with a 4-day workweek and a fully remote setup! 📍 Remote, Contract (Canada) 🕹️ Manual testing for live games 💬 English required, BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+ prioritized ⤵️

workwithindies.comKO_OP is hiring a QA AnalystWe’re looking for a QA Analyst to remotely join our wonderful team. The ideal candidate will have excellent hands-on-QA fundamentals, with a focus on manual testing.

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PyCon AU
@pyconau.bsky.social

The #pyconau 2026 CFP is now open! We've refreshed our site with all new guidance for 2026, so visit 2026.pycon.org.au/cfp to get all the details. Attend CFP workshops around the country in February and March to help polish up that idea you've been sitting on! Submissions close 29 March 2026, AOE

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Write the Docs
@writethedocs.bsky.social

We’re just over 3 months out from Write the Docs ✏️ Check out our Visiting Portland page, for information on tons of food recommendations, and our hotel partners. ⏰ Opportunity Grant applications close Feb 4. 🙌 Sign up to Volunteer, as spots are filling up quick! buff.ly/aIPRe0f #writethedocs

buff.lyVisiting PortlandWelcome to Portland, the largest city in the state of Oregon with a population of over 2.5 million people in the greater metro area. The conference takes place in inner Southeast Portland at Revolu...

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Bookshop.org
@bookshop.org

Bookshop.org is SIX today. 🥳 In these six years, we’ve raised over $44 MILLION for local bookstores—and we have all of YOU to thank for that. Thank you for loving and supporting indie bookstores as much as we do.

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Write the Docs
@writethedocs.bsky.social

This annual survey, run by the Write the Docs community, aims to gather data about salaries for people working in documentation and related fields around the world. The 2025 survey deadline has been extended until the end of January, 2026. Get onto it right away!

buff.lyWrite the Docs Salary SurveyThis annual survey, run by the Write the Docs community, aims to gather data about salaries for people working in documentation and related fields around the world. We hope that this data can help…

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Remote Queer
@index.remotequeer.co.ap.brid.gy
remotequeer.coWho Are the Radical Faeries? 8 Queer Sanctuaries and Circles Around the WorldA few months ago, I met someone at a festival in Australia who invited me to visit Faerieland, a Radical Faerie sanctuary in New South Wales, where they live long-term with several other residents on a semi-off-grid property. I had first learned about the Radical Faeries at a countercultural festival in the U.S., but I had never been to a sanctuary before. This one is located in the Rainbow Region, a subtropical part of Australia known for its permaculture farms and LGBTQ+ festivals. There tends to be a lot of overlap between Radical Faeries and other alternative lifestyles, so I was already familiar with some of their values and practices. But who exactly are the Radical Fairies, and what can you expect when you go to a gathering or sanctuary? Read on to find out. ## Who Are the Radical Faeries? The Radical Faeries were first formed in the 1970s by Harry Hay, Mitch Walker, Don Kilhefner, and John Burnside, who were active in the gay rights movement and other countercultural movements during the same time period. The desert’s Radical Faeries - High Country NewsHow a gathering of gay men in the Sonoran Desert started a worldwide movement rooted in nature.High Country NewsMiles W. Griffis They drew from hippie cultural, neopaganism, and ecofeminism to create their own response to more mainstream gay rights activism. According to RadFae.org, “we tend to be queer people who look for a spiritual dimension to our sexuality; many of us are healers of one kind or another. Our shared values include individual responsibility rather than hierarchy, gender fluidity, feminism, respect for the Earth.” Since then, the Radical Faeries have expanded to form a loose network of events and communities around the world. Although the group originated among gay men, you’ll find faeries of all genders and LGBTQ+ sexualities. If you’re seeking a place where you can be yourself and leave the world behind for a while, check out one of these Radical Faerie circles and sanctuaries: ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

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Patrick Karjala
@hi-pat-trick.bsky.social

Ah got it, I should tell my local library chain to divest from using Libby.

Libby App@libbyapp.com

Our official policy provides clarity on our AI usage and the broader impact of AI on the book industry as a whole. Read OverDrive's full policy here: https://bit.ly/4be33jB

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Freelance Opportunities!
@findfreelanceopportunities.com

Freelance Opportunities! is a newsletter that compiles a list of #freelance roles for: • #socialmedia pros • #writers, journalists, editors • video/photographers • audio pros • #designers • #developers • etc. Subscribe to discover new opportunities every week: www.findfreelanceopportunities.com

findfreelanceopportunities.comFreelance Opportunities!Handpicked, exclusive freelance opportunities twice weekly

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Jason Sanford
@jasonsanford.bsky.social

I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association@sfwa.bsky.social

Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration. Read on, and vote well! We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate. www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...