No Defeat is Final: Kerry Ryan interviews Pat Cadigan @patcadigan.bsky.social and Nicola Griffith @nicolaz.bsky.social

Reasons to be cheerful: www.buzzfeed.com/sienaegiljum...

Woke up this morning: Found the Minions up on the roof stuffing Mortality into the trebuchet. Wow! So long, Mortality, won’t miss ya! All-Day Monday PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like A Boss Party! Yeah, what the hell—no matter what, we all gotta show up, might as well show off, too!

The biggest thing we could do to upset #Putin is to declare we want to rejoin the #EU. Remember the words of former #Russian Ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, after #Brexit: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time.”

Macron made Trump “the first president in history who had to be interrupted and corrected by an ally when the president of the United States was lying and lying about that ally” www.huffpost.com/entry/lawren...

A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity. Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.

Just as the end of Nazism did not extinguish all Nazis, the end of Apartheid did not extinguish all white supremacists. They left South Africa and spread around the world. But I never expected that one would gain control of the United States. #Musk

"You'll never have to vote again," Trump said last July. Are most Americans okay with this? I don't think so. Time to take this threat seriously. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

Woke up this morning: Trash day! The Minions already have Mortality trussed up & stuff in the bin. Bye, won’t miss ya! Coffee! All-Day Wed PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Trash-Dance Party! B/c sometimes, you just gotta trash it up!

Woke up this morning: Tuesday already? Where did the week go? Let’s send Mortality there, too! Coffee!!! All-Day Tue PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like Crazy Party! The only way to dance when the world has lost its mind—everybody conga!

Woke up this morning: Still stuck in the timeline where Trump was re-elected. Kicking Mortality extra hard. Coffee! All-Day Mon PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like Thunder & Lightning. Kick out the jams! Call out the preserves!

I survived measles, rubella, & chicken pox. When I became a mother, vaccines were available for my son. I wept w/relief that my little boy wouldn’t have to spend weeks being as sick as I’d been. Thank you, medical research scientists, for working so hard for our benefit

‘You shall not pass!’

2 died of Ebola: They said Obama should resign. 4 died in Benghazi: They had Hillary testify for 11 hours, held 33 hearings, and launched a 4-year probe. 881,776 Covid deaths, an armed insurrection & theft of classified documents: They cheered, and made Trump a dictator.

Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.

Woke up this morning: In time to see the Minions & the Eels line the half-pipe w/Mortality for the exhibition games. Here come the boards & bikes! HA-ha All-Day Sun PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like It’s Your Day—b/c it is, so shake it like you stole it!

Woke up this morning: now it’s afternoon. Çaturday. As you were.

“A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.” - Henry Fielding

I'm on an SNRI for chronic depression and anxiety. It is one of the only things that has kept me from gaming myself or truly sliding into the depths of despair (and I have tried so many things). The EO terrified me last night. This morning, all I feel is rage. Time to redouble calls/emails/letters.

Woke up this morning: In time to see Mortality launched over rooftops via trebuchet. Bye, Mortality, won’t miss ya! Coffee! All-Day Fri PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance-Dance-Dance Party! B/c sometimes it’s the best thing you can do! So do it—everybody conga!

Woke up this morning: To find the Minions playing Motorball w/Alita & her crew, using Mortality as the motorball. Winners play the Octos! Go, teams! All-Day Friday Eve PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like Anything Party! B/c you can! So you might as well!

Woke up this morning: Kicked Mortality out the front window on my way to coffee. Minions stuffed the wretch in the trash in time for collection. Yay, us! All-Day PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like You Mean It Party! Because I know you do! Now everybody conga!

Woke up this morning: Kinda drifted. Fortunately, the Minions kicked Mortality’s arse—right off the roof. Good one, guys! Coffee! All-Day PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dancin’ on the Sofa Party. Turn it up!

Woke up this morning: To find Minions on the roof, attaching Mortality to a drone, to drop into the canal. Good one, guys! Coffee! All-Day Mon PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like A Boss Party! B/c you *are* one & we all know it! Dance, Boss, dance!

Woke up this morning: Day off.

Woke up this morning: Slowly, w/a sense of purpose but carefully b/c my back is still threatening to kill me. Maybe the Minions should use their pogo sticks on it All-Day Çaturday PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Lots of very loud heating pads b/c Ow & OMG jeez

Woke up this morning: Running late, so stopped running. Ambled to coffee while the Minions hurled Mortality off the roof. Good one, guys! All-Day Fri PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Get Up & Get Down Dance Party! Might as well!

Woke up this morning: Tossed Mortality out the front window for the Minions on pogo sticks. Coffee! HA-ha All-Day Pre-Friday PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Kick Out the Jams Party! B/c as long as we can, we might as well! Everybody conga!

Woke up this morning: Trying to overcome the demoralising horror that is T***p. Still working on it

In mourning for Marianne Faithful until further notice

Woke up this morning: Been waking up every morning. Just haven’t been feeling the pzzazz. Seeing Trump desecrate the US is…I can’t even

Welcome to the plutokleptokakistocracy! Where the ultra wealthy steal from you and run the country in the most insanely inept way imaginable.

Perfectly expressed, Robin!

Woke up this morning: In time to see the Minions launch Mortality off the roof via trebuchet. Good one, guys! Coffee! All-Day Monday PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like You’re Mighty Party—b/c you are! We all are! Now, everybody might-conga!

Woke up this morning: To see the Minions & the Eels playing hockey w/Mortality as the puck. Winners play the Octos—same puck! HA-ha All-Day Wed PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Trash Day Dance Party! Trash it up! Or down—yr trash, yr rules!

Woke up this morning: Kicked Mortality in the face, got coffee, kicked Mortality in the face again. Yeah, that’s the stuff! All-Day Tue PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like The Bad-Ass Miracle You Are Party! What it says on the tin, mate, so go to it!

Woke up this morning: Outa my way, Mortality, I’ve got a blood test this morning. But the Minions’ll kick yr arse for me. See? HA-ha All-Day Mon PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Get Down Get Crazy Dance Party! B/c we might as well—so do it well! Everybody conga!

Woke up this morning: Kicked Mortality out of the way, got coffee, kicked Mortality again. HA-ha All-Day Tue PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Now Party! B/c we can!

Woke up this morning: OK, Mortality, time to get yr arse kicked again! Now go cry about it. HA-ha All-Day Monday PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dancin’ the Day Away Party! Turn it up because why not!

Woke up this morning: It’s a new personal best! In your face AGAIN, Mortality! Go cry somewhere else, before the Octos come through on their roller skates—oh, well. HA-ha All-Day Sun PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like Anything You Want Party! Yr life, yr rules!

Woke up this morning: Run, Mortality! The Eels got new skateboards for Xmas—oh, well. I tried to warn you. It’ll hurt worse tomorrow! HA-ha All-Day Çaturday PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance-Dance-Dance Party! If you call it dancing, it’s dancing! Yr life, yr rules!

Woke up this morning: HA! In your face AGAIN, Mortality! Now run before the Minions & Octos come through on their new pogo sticks—ow. That looks painful. HA-ha All-Day Fri PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Dance Like The Boss You Are Party! B/c you can! So do it—Boss!

Woke up this morning: Just in time to see the Minions catapult Mortality off the roof into the cold light of day. Good one, guys! All-day pre-Friday PJ/!!!WORK!!!/Get Up & Get Down Party! B/c if we don’t dance, the terrorists win—so everybody conga!

Found on Threads—the truest thing you’ll read today:

Christmas Eve dispatch from Cancerland: patcadigan.wordpress.com/2024/12/24/i...

In mourning for George Zebrowski until further notice

Woke up this morning: But I’ll be groggy till late afternoon. Sometimes it’s like that.

In mourning for Barry Malzberg until further notice.

An exchange on X has inspired me to make this offer: When & where I am available, I will gladly escort any women, especially trans women, into or out of a women’s restroom, just so they can pee (or whatever) in peace. Just ask. I’m not as frail as I look.