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• Post #4122295

  This is a very thoughtful piece re: AI that I came across. I don't 100% agree with everything in it, but the analogy with art forgery is excellent. https://matduggan.com/art-doesnt-scale/

• Post #4077027

  Anybody have recs for a good iPad drawing app? Requirements: * Can actually import files from scans without distorting them (old app currently failing this) * Paint, not vector graphics * Works well with stylus * Layers would be nice Paid is okay, but strongly prefer to avoid subs.

• Post #3626186

  New #blog post up today! I have a very petty complaint about portrayals of wormholes in fiction, and now you can read about my silly complaints: https://rznicolet.com/2026/07/05/wormhole-hall-of-shame/ #scifi #wormholes

• Post #2963232

  There was a meme about "what are you top 10 in-person concerts" going around on BlueSky the other day. I felt a bit left out, since I could only think of one I'd been to... because somebody I know liked the group. So! Why don't we do: What group would you really like to see perform live? I'll start: Steam Powered Giraffe. If you haven't heard of them, they're these steampunk vaudeville mime robots that... well... Oh, just watch one...

• Post #2963231

  The new #StarTrek title card generator is amazing. Lots of good fun being had. Link: https://trek.epicrandomness.com The one I just made:

• Post #2963230

  With the #StarTrek title card generator that's been going around, I've been pondering what the main characters from my recently published book would do. The titular wizard is a huge Star Trek fan. She introduces the magic cloak to Star Trek in an effort to keep it out of mischief while she sleeps. The wizard might have opinions about the medical side of things, like so...

• Post #2963229

  All right, let's try a #bloomscroll with a mystery at the end. Pictures here are from two days ago or so. First: Columbine Senior.

• Post #2963228

  RE: https://mastodon.online/@rr4idic/116649828974348633 Update: There are more irises.

• Post #2963227

  It's a day ending with "y," so I should probably be reminding folks... I wrote a book! The Cloak and Its Wizard includes: * Star Trek references * Twin Cities references * Commentary on the issues with keeping your magic society secret * How To Get Your Magic Cloak Into the Laundry Machine (*results may vary) * Random monster encounters * How To Keep Your Wizard Safe During Random Monster Encounters (*results may vary) All the details: https://rznicolet.com/books/the-...

• Post #2032240

  A question for #Minnesota folks: the weather outside and in the forecast is very tempting. If I plant some of the less cold-tolerant seeds this weekend on the warm, sunny side of the house, what are my odds of summoning a surprise mid-May frost? #gardening

• Post #1723280

  RE: https://mastodon.online/@rr4idic/116472364110403550 Apparently a bunch of people liked this post! For those who did: If you know a kid (or adult!) who's into space, NASA has a website that inspired this: https://science.nasa.gov/eyes/ It's got a section in there for exploring the solar system in detail (follow along with pretty much any object or spacecraft, forward and backward in time) and another one with renderings of all the exoplanets we know about, their habitable z...

• Post #1705120

  There are a lot of awful things in our present timeline, but my daughter spent a while today in her cardboard box spaceship traveling to Trappist-1, a real star system with real exoplanets that she's learned about, so it's not all bad.

• Post #825949

  Am I going to be at Minicon? Very much yes! I'm going to be on (or moderating!) panels from Friday through Sunday. Oh, and I'm going to be doing a reading for The Cloak and Its Wizard on Saturday, so look out for that! (I'm there under my real name, not the pen name.) #scifi #fantasy #minicon