I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mmcpc7x2m22cVery sad to learn about the passing of Piper J. Drake. She was absolutely lovely in every way. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcpc7x2m22chttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mmcks6kf4k2eLizard update: Things are getting... friendly20 May 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcks6kf4k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mmckkekov22eJust passed 370K followers here on Bluesky. If you're one of them, thank you! I am happy to be sharing the sky with you. To celebrate this milestone, and because I am visiting this fine city at the moment, I have made a donation to the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Thank you again! www.acfb.org https://www.acfb.org/20 May 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmckkekov22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mmcjjjqnok2kI THOUGHT OUR SHARED LOVE OF COLA BEVERAGES WOULD SAVE ME BUT ALAS20 May 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcjjjqnok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mmc2lvdq6s2zThis just in: LIZARD20 May 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc2lvdq6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mma6klxxc22qI'm not going to pay a fucking fascist so I can go on his site and have my reasoned rebuttals to Russian bots buried by an algorithm [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma6klxxc22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mma3fojm7k2zMy therapist: No, orchids are not fanged predators who want to eat you, they are flowers and totally harmless Orchids:19 May 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma3fojm7k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mma2mdyb3s2zMy senior year of college I was freelance writing for the Sun-Times and if memory serves I was getting $350 a music feature and $100 for a concert review. I was paying my share of the apartment rent with that money, and it was pretty great. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma2mdyb3s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mma22pvabs2zI've talked about money in publishing for as long as I've been in publishing because I don't believe it does anyone any good to pretend the economics of the field aren't what they actually are. I've also been clear that for my own part I have been very very very very very very lucky. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma22pvabs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm7yhuiq222uThis will not affect my current input of 0 posts and 0 replies a day over there https://www.engadget.com/2175771/x-free-accounts-limited-to-50-posts-and-200-replies-a-day/19 May 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7yhuiq222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm7jk2cgvs2uThis just in: SQUIRREL19 May 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7jk2cgvs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm66jnjqa22uThis is not how you do a headline, Space Daily19 May 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm66jnjqa22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm5trul5pk25The sun through the leaves.18 May 2026 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5trul5pk25https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm5ckubk4s2vWanna get a signed and/personalized copy of this book when it comes out later this year? Here's a very fine way to do it. Also Subterranean ships internationally, so if you're outside the US, it's probably the best way to get a signed book (I have no international appearances scheduled this year). [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5ckubk4s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm5646m6xk2jThere have been times when I've posted a picture from somewhere in an airport and someone went to find me. I was not notably put out, and they were nice enough. But in all seriousness, if I don't want to be found I won't tell people where I am, or won't post a photo until I'm already gone. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5646m6xk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm52t26rwc2jSomeone is back at the airport again. It's me, I'm at the airport. Personal business this trip, please do not look for me, thank you in advance for your courtesy18 May 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm52t26rwc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm4ubilygs2zCarcinization is real [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4ubilygs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm4pql4r2c2jI genuinely don't understand why working writers plagiarize, leaving aside the whole pride of authorship thing, there is no bit of writing so obscure that someone won't recognize it if you lift it, the odds of getting caught are just really high https://www.npr.org/2026/05/17/nx-s1-5824503/new-york-magazine-review-ross-barkan18 May 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4pql4r2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm3ptxtfss2dWhat in the sacred name of Tom of Finland is this happy horseshit [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3ptxtfss2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm3eh44m4s26I will never get over how much Roxy Music-era Brian Eno looks like Riff Raff from the Rocky Horror Picture Show17 May 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3eh44m4s26https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm3ctwijhk2uFor solicited work, the rate doesn't go down, no. Back when I was regularly consulting for tech/financial companies, they would ask me what my then-hourly rate was and I would tell them. Sometimes they would say "that's a lot." To which I would say, "yes." And then they would pay the rate or not. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3ctwijhk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm3berb4dk2lIf they're not meeting my rate they don't even get to the first question. There is a reason I post my word rate on my site; it's to let people who can't afford me know not to waste either of our time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3berb4dk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm3anuphjk2xIt's the first question, yes. The next question is: is this this something that interests me? The next question is: do I have the time? The last of these is the primary limiting factor for me these days with projects. I have lots of opportunities (yay!) but also I need to sleep (boo!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3anuphjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm2sa5cxjk26To the person who asked why I jumped ship from Macmillan Audio to Audible: I didn't, Macmillan Audio didn't want to do a whole bunch of my books, and Audible came in and offered me a lot of money for the books Macmillan didn't want to do. Then Audible kept offering me even more money. I took it! https://media.tenor.com/UGpcL6Dst0AAAAAC/hello-money.gif?hh=404&ww=49817 May 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2sa5cxjk26https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm2qrpdtrs2wAs a semi-professional DJ, the way I know the 80s are far in the past is that there's very little from that decade that's staying in my dances these days. The bulk of what people want to dance to is from 2000 onward. What's survived: Prince, Madonna, Depeche Mode, New Order, a couple others. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2qrpdtrs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm2qdrr2js2uTurns out a professional internet troll makes for an uninspiring martyr [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2qdrr2js2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mm2m2uldf226Today a lot of people appear to be confronting the fact that "the last 25 years" doesn't get us out of the 21st century and they do not like it at all17 May 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:qvzn322kmcvd7xtnips5xaun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2m2uldf226