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The old man hobbled along the path, leaning heavily on his #staff. Two skinny, young men sprang from the bushes and menaced him. The taller one was holding a club, but the shorter, mean-looking one held a saik, with a wicked, curved blade.
"Give us your money, greybeard!" he snarled. (1/3) #wss366

#ScribesAndMakers Without showing it, describe something you've made or seen that is meaningful to you.

I've made so many things… Many years ago, I wrote the Data Aggregation Project in PHP that, long before Google Forms, allowed me to easily stand up webforms for collecting data across multiple intro lab sections at UMass. This allowed us to have students do innovative research projects in class. The paper we wrote about it was stolen by LibGen and perfidiously used by Meta to train their AI.

It's woke to check the use-by date.

Frangipani blossoms floating in the Japanese garden of the Durfee Conservatory, June 3, 2019. #SilentSunday

The sakura buds are swelling, but not yet starting to open…

There is still time to register for the Straw Dog Writers Guild workshop on Generative AI today at 3pm Eastern: https://strawdogwriters.org/event/faking-it-and-breaking-it-generative-ai-and-its-implications-for-writers-a-straw-dog-craft-workshop-with-michelle-trim

I had a great time selling books at the Amherst Global Village Festival yesterday. https://stevendbrewer.com/amherst-global-village-festival/ #books

The tech bros were so worried about what might happen if AI destroyed democracy, they decided they'd destroy it first.

It's woke to vote.

*Lady Cecelia's Trial* is Part 6 of *Lady Cecelia's Journey*, a sapphic romantasy road story. It has not yet been scheduled for release, but if you subscribe to my monthly mailing list, you can receive updates when it appears. https://author-sdbrewer.micro.blog/subscribe/

Once the Baron was seated, attendants whisked in and served a leafy green salad. Cecelia sweated, worried that Kasseh might not be prepared to use each of the nine pieces of silverware correctly. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Kasseh was using the correct fork for her salad. #wss366

It's woke to take antibiotics.

It's woke to stop at red lights.

It's woke to wash your hands after using the toilet.

It's woke to look both ways before crossing the street.

I spent the day selling books at the Amherst Global Village Festival. I had fun and saw a lot of people I haven't seen for a long time. And I did sell some books .

"Do you have any books in Malayalam? I only read books in Malayalam."

"Do you have any Zane Grey?"

"What? Your book is about what? You must have really strange dreams."

"What are those things? Books? What kind of weirdo buys those?"