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"They have crossbow men positioned on both sides of the valley overlooking the road," Nightmare said, after he returned from scouting. "It's like a #gauntlet."
"It looks impossible," Roughneck said. "We'll need to find another way."
"You forget," Curtains said. "We have him." He gestured at Flypaper.
He pointed at the map. "They'll never expect us to climb here. There's an overhang. That's where we'll ascend."
He looked among the men. "Any questions? No? Move out!" #wss366

#WritersCoffeeClub How do you organise your notes?

I use a text editor (currently Pulsar) to keep notes in a directory that's shared via @syncthing with my laptops, my phone, and my home server.

I have subdirectories for different projects (e.g. "sfwa") and use filenames like "board-20260312.txt".

I also do all of the rough drafts of my fiction as text files, then move the text to a word processor to revise and format into a manuscript for submission.

"Stop! Stop!" Bob said. He shoved the book in his pocket, covered his ears and fled back upstairs to his room.
Alan chuckled, sat down in the recliner, and leaned back.
"Ah! My chair…" (3/3) #wss366

"It's really good!" Alan gushed. "It's amazing when Gigi really let's loose and kills…"
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Bob cut in. "No spoilers!"
"It's not really a spoiler. That whole arc is just a red herring because the cat is really…" (2/3) #wss366

Alan came down and spotted Bob sitting in the recliner. "Ooh!" he said. "Is that the new Zamenhof Station book?"
Bob looked up.
"Yeah!" he said. "I'm finally getting around to reading it." (1/3) #wss366

All of the faculty in my department at #UMassAmherst got some of the sycophantic AI-generated phishing spam. I've been seeing this stuff for so long, I didn't think much about it. But for most of the faculty it's something new. Ugh.

A friend told me today about a student of his who got a job training AI. He visits a site that presents two AI generated images and he is supposed to write 200 words about why one is "better." He says he uploads the images to a different AI and has it write the words, "because, fuck them."

The one good thing I can say about the Trump coin is that, since it's a gold coin, I can be pretty fucking sure I won't get any in my change.

I've been fascinated by how different languages are represented in a manga recently. https://stevendbrewer.com/languages-of-tsukimichi/

I tried a new Treehouse #beer: God of the Forest. It is boxer-dog approved.

Sometimes when I open a can of beer, a little bit sprays up onto my fingers, and I let Tanuki-chan lick it off my fingers. But when it doesn't happen, I dip my thumb into the beer to give her a little taste. She loves it. My son just shakes his head with disgust. #DogsOfMastodon

*Intricate Hank* is the name of my next electroclash techno band. https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1014075

He drained his cocktail.
"What are you eating?" she asked.
"Huh?" he said, chewing.
"What do you have in your mouth?"
"Oh! These are cherries soaked in brandy!"
"Are they good?"
"They're the best #feature of this drink. Here! Would you like to share?" He moved to kiss her.
"Uh… No thanks!" #wss366

There was a knock. At the door was her co-worker Kyle, wearing a long, black cape.
"May I come in?" he asked.
"What's with the costume?" she said.
"What?"
"The costume! That cape! It looks rather… vampirish."
"Pish posh," he said. "Can I come in?"
"I don't know," she snapped. "Can you?" #wss366

It's cold and brutally windy — but sunny — so we braved the conditions to see the winter aconite with its flowers open. #BloomScrolling

I think they're missing a few verbs, like thrive, breathe, sleep, run, hide, blink, writher, walk, work, eat, drive, fly, swim, laze, watch, crawl, jump, touch, lick, poke, nudge, drink, masturbate, read, flick, sit, type, pour, cook, etc.

Catch, catch by Yena. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOiyDlWl534

DA DA RA DA DA

Just a suggestion: If you do a Google image search, don't scroll down more than two or three pages. The first couple of pages are probably somewhat relevant. But, after that, it's weird, creepy AI shit. Ew.

"Bebe doesn't want to be an #idol anymore," she sobbed. Tears rolled down her face as she waited for the crowd to disperse. She hoped they didn't find her.
She heard a quiet ruff and felt a cold nose press against her back.
"Thanks, Tau!" she whispered.
He turned and stood guard. (2/2) #wss366

Bebe wedged herself between a dumpster and the wall as a horde of fans poured around the corner.
"Where did she go? Find her!" The fans spread out looking for her. They had seemed happy to see her at first, but they they had become demanding an unruly until she had been forced to flee. (1/2) #wss366

I made a "wendigo" with peanut butter, bacon, and pickles.