I'm just gonna add a little bit to this as an author who has walked away from an MRM contract at Asimov's. I declined to go the multiple rounds the authors linked below suffered, but the bottom line is that MRM would not give me a contract warranty against their using AI for editing or promo.
What a fortuitous re-release of the prehistoric/mythic novelette that turned out to be about climate change as I work on the prehistoric/mythic novel that has turned out to be even more about climate change.
@adapalmer.bsky.social I just realized that the why fill I buy for my journal, branded 'Fiorentina', product of Italy, has a fleur-de-lis on every page, and I'm gonna be thinking about that all day.
I cannot emphasize this enough: This is shareholder-first, consumer-last horse shit. AGAIN. It's just saying everything in fucking sight is "going on the blockchain." AGAIN.
Meaningless drivel to manipulate stock prices.