A quick note about File770

In the past, I’ve linked to some of File770‘s coverage of genre goings-on. It’s the dude-with-a-blog form of genre press, literally grown out of a physical fanzine, but with a variety of contributors. That means the coverage has been quirky—a long post on playing with Masters of the Universe action figures can sit next to a recap of a James Bond movie can sit next to a link to a Bluesky thread can sit next to a detailed rundown of upcoming business before a Worldcon meeting—but there could still be useful information in there (for any given reader’s definition of “useful”). Mike Glyer also has a history of questionable editorial decisions. That includes (but is not limited to) the affirmative defense and platforming of individuals many genre spaces have deemed unacceptable; suggesting that the use of profanity in an essay is a convention code of conduct violation; publishing an AI slop defense of AI slop; and generally courting controversy to get clicks. (I’m not even getting into the…