hello there jonathan ross. we look forward to learning more about you.

ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink. Two Americas.

You can do this. You can do SOMETHING.

This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.

Calling all 2SLGBTQIA+ poets! We have a message for you from our poetry editor Jess Cho: “Dear queer poets, PLEASE FUCK ME UP.” If you have something strange, dark, and unrepentantly queer… send it our way! We’re open to submissions right now and we pay $50/poem!

The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University. (And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.) /

Hey all, if you're spiraling I've got a couple of psychological first aid tips that can help until you're able to process with an actual professional. Do: name what you feel in your body very specifically. Don't link it to emotions yet. Name "my stomach hurts" and "my chest feels tight" and

Here is the fundraiser for Renee Good’s wife and son, from a very trusted source.

Even more nauseating seeing ICE murder a woman in Minneapolis today. This should be reviewed by Canada's export control desk.

Read a thing on here semi-recently that was like "The difference between actual artists and sloppers is that the real artists will talk your ear off about their blorbos at the slightest excuse because they are always thinking about this stuff, and slop is thoughtless" And wow do I feel that.

I read a review of the Vivaldi browser listing the pros and cons, one of the cons was "No AI-powered assistant". I think they put that in the wrong column.

Listen, I’ve been doing my best posting amateur art making, color and color and more color, and also cooking herbs, cats, books, etc.

Happy science fiction day! To celebrate, today's #12DaysOfPoetry post is my favorite SF poem of 2025 - "them // us", published by @utopiascifi.bsky.social. 🚀 They drop from the sky at moonrise when silver beams twist around their silver capsule.💫

my check this week was only for 3 days because I don't get holiday pay and that leaves me about $800 short on the bills #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 paypal.me/popelizbet or $popelizbet on cashapp 💸 💕

Proof: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOgZ... (not a solo as this is a choral version of the original quintet, but oh man, the alto part is gorgeous and a delight to sing. Basses get to shine too!)

My ten-year old Kindle is failing and I am looking at getting a Kobo to replace it. Any Canadians out there who have used the Kobo both to buy ebooks and to borrow from their local library? I've read online that there is an interface for library books and just want to see if it's functional.

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social : Surprise me: what I want from poetry periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/holl...

And finally, "Circuitry" - a sonnet about exploitation and post-humanism - was published in @sfpoetry.bsky.social's "Cyberpunk" issue of Eye to the Telescope, editing by the supremely talented @caseyaimer.bsky.social. www.eyetothetelescope.com/archives/058...

It's time! The nomination window is open for the Rhysling awards! Nominate your favorite 2025 poems.

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Finally!

forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus

In which I go on about January "montha head" tarot pulls, my touch-stone word for 2026, and various other things I'm trying out. #WitchSky #PaganSky

lol if you need any design work, your girl needs a root canal and crown 😭😭😭😭

attn all queer people in my phone!! fifth wheel press is now open for ekphrasis-themed lit mag subs AND unthemed blog subs! i’m super excited to work on the blog this year and read your fantastic work 💫 duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

I was mentored by men who had murdered. Let me tell you about one of them. A thread in honor of Herb Blake.

If you’re a flash writer, please come join @smokelong.bsky.social’s The Village With All The Flash Writers. And make sure you read the inimitable Zach Doss’s story on which the name of this new community is based. I’ll link it in the thread.

Charming Disaster - "Spells + Rituals" (My favorite band of the last couple years, getting better with each album...) #nowplaying #musicsky charmingdisaster.bandcamp.com/album/spells...

It's now officially 2026, so in honor of the death of 2025 here's our annual list of some cool (new to me) horror (mostly) reading that we did this year. I'm always behind the curve, so most of these books didn't actually debut in 2025, but... well, you get the idea.

Jumanne Williams crying is making me cry “Little Black boy, you are enough.” “You can be afraid but we have to have a courage to match” our fear “No one let go of anyone’s hands, if we hold to each other no one will get left behind”

Here’s a little morsel from Éireann Lorsung’s Pattern-book

Still one of my favorite poems, and a good read for the first day of the year.

This is so sweet. 🥹

"Will this work?" is one of the most common questions that I see in the witchcraft community. My advice is to think like an artist and work like a scientist: Be creative and experiment! The only way to learn if a new/unique technique will work is to try it, record results, and try again. #WitchSky

It’s New Year’s Eve! Free transit starts at 6 pm and runs until 4 am, courtesy of Madd Ottawa and Area & Safer Roads Ottawa. Celebrate responsibly. Get home safely. Happy New year 🎊

REMINDER to send your 2025 original publications of queer speculative short stories (science fiction, fantasy, horror, anything odd and unusual) to We're Here 2025 for consideration - I am the guest editor this year, with the always awesome @cypayseur.bsky.social!! www.neonhemlock.com/were-here

Question for #Druidsky: Are there any Groves in, or at least near, #Toronto ON? Someone messaged Lake of Oaks in Ottawa looking for GTA druid groups, and google-searching isn't turning anybody up. #Pagansky @fellwater.bsky.social #druid

30 years ago today, December 31st 1995, the last ever Calvin & Hobbes comic strip was published. Even now, I still find it so poignant & moving.

LGBTQ+ well-being varies sharply worldwide in a global sample (N=82k). Structural and family homophobia strongly reduced well-being—especially for those facing economic precarity. Reducing homophobic stigma should be a public health priority. #SOGIData #LGBTQHealth

Crow cards for today: King of swords, seven of swords, two of swords Hm. Pointy. Navigating the word-o-sphere, conversations and knowledge What are people ...not being forthcoming about? If anything? Consider your next move carefully. Hm. Pointy.

@amandaearl.bsky.social This might be something that Bywords wants to get the word out about. PAL Place (affordable housing for profession artists 55+) is opening for new residents soon: palottawa.org/pal-place

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

In light of recent Ai related nonsense in the creative industry, I wanted to present some easy-to-digest facts about Generative Ai

Okay, the Rivers of London books are great, but I don't wanna be a cop. Can I be a fox whisperer like Abigail instead?

Gift link for the Big Boat Stuck crowd www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/349e03e...

Who doesn't love a dinosaur? Who doesn't love a rainbow? Who couldn't love RAINBOW DINOSAURS! We have four adorable little guys just looking for a home. http://thebrokencirc...