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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

Now seems like a great time to reshare my LGBTQIA+ masterlist. 3,200+ books with a queer MC, that you can filter and search by multiple preferences, such as genre, target age group, representation, pairing, and additional tags like "dragons" #booksky beffynicolereads.wordpress.com/queer-fictio...

The surest way to make sure there won't be elections is to decide there aren't going to be elections and stop fighting for there to be elections. There is a line between recognizing the seriousness of the moment & drowning yourself & others in so much doom that action seems pointless.

Hard not to be paranoid when you remember all the times your paranoia was justified.

I keep forgetting to post it, but I have been really enjoying working on my Unfree Shawl for the MAL running this month. Here's a WIP pic from last week:

Spring is here and it’s time to plan another year of fantastical adventures! #WyrdAndWonder25 has a nautical flavour (altho all fantasy is welcome as always) and we’re hatching some plans to tempt you out onto the high seas with us thequaintbooknook.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/a...

Elon Musk is not only determined to infiltrate every level of the federal government, he’s coming after our local elections, too. We’re not going to let him get away with it. Pitch in if you can to help us stop Musk from buying the Wisconsin Supreme Court election: secure.actblue.com/donate/scowi...

anyway, share this I wanna draw your scrunglos.

I'm looking forward to joining the #UnfreeMAL this month! Now I just have to figure out what yarn I want to use...

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

This is an excellent book. I read it a while ago, and it helped. I think I’m due for a reread, though, all things considered.

Please spread the word about my FREE online workshops starting on Saturday 25th January - aimed at new writers but all welcome, no requirement to share your work! Do get in touch for more info or have a look here: elspells.com/2025/01/13/e... #WritingCommunity ✍ 💙

every trans author I know is currently unclear on whether their books will be banned in the next four years or not, buy trans books NOW, in paper

2024 was another AMAZING year for Reactor's original fiction! Here's a list of all the incredible short stories, novellas, and novelettes by your favorite authors published this year! What were your favorites? reactormag.com/all-of-react...

🎮✨ The Twitch Together for Good Streamathon Starts Tomorrow! From 12/9–12/15, over 60 streamers are going live for a 24/7 relay in support of Trans Lifeline 🏳️‍⚧️💖 See any of your favorites?? Follow along all week to support us and this incredible collaboration

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Republicans are trying to throw out 60,000 votes in North Carolina, and they're making it hard to find out if yours is one of them. I had a friend throw together a spreadsheet with all of them. See someone you know? Tell them! Click here to search: tinyurl.com/ncchallenged...

A new pinned post for December! My latest spooky-cozy romantasy novella: books2read.com/UndeadInconvenience My next romantasy novel (preorder now): www.stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing... And a cozy fantasy Storybundle you can snap up only until December 26th: storybundle.com/fantasy Enjoy!

I love this article! (And it’s great to have an article to point to when asked what I mean when I tell people Romantasy is not a new thing.)

This was such a fun story! I really loved the ride.

United we stand, divided we fall

This sounds so fun! Looking forward to it!

Five authors of whom I’ve read 10+ books: Seanan McGuire Mercedes Lackey Kelley Armstrong Anne McCaffrey Terry Pratchett (It helps that all of these authors have series of more than 10 books…)

I would like to speak up today for the trans community. You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1

Hey all, I know it sucks, but it’s time to mask in public again (or still). If you won’t do it for yourself or your fellow humans, do it for your cats. (See later posts in Seanan’s thread for the cat part.)

Some genuinely terrible people whining about the "block culture" here on Bluesky is how you know the block culture is working, keep blocking those genuinely terrible people, folks, soon the only people they'll be able to bother here is each other

Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops. They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities. Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish . Thank you.

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If you haven't seen the jewelry up for grabs at the Auction for Trans Lifeline, prepare to be stunned. Here are just a few of my favorites. (The folks at @peculiarityshop.bsky.social absolutely DELIVERED. That fungus necklace...) Go. Bid. The auction ends Monday! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️ The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion. When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!

looks like A People's Future of the United States is on ebook sale (sadly topical I guess). Includes stories by both me and my brother, among many other amazing writer www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Strange Horizons is an integral part of the SFF ecosystem. They're truly the outlet that does it all: poetry, criticism, fiction, podcasts, art, special issues. Let's keep their lights on and make sure they keep doing the awesome things they do for a long time: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

If you are a writer, artist or other creative person and you are wondering if what you do still matters... ...this is a culture war. Which means that you are on the front line. You matter more than ever.

thank you for this, john. i's also encourage anyone who cares about books and authors to patronize independent bookstores wherever possible (including ordering from bookshop.org, use libro.fm for audiobooks, and kobo.com for ebooks. And of course, the Libby app for libraries.

"The historic Black press can serve as a guiding light for practicing journalism in pursuit of a healthy democracy — or, at least, survival and community.” Writes Nicole Carr for @theemancipator.bsky.social

King: hey guys sorry i'm late King: i just could not get up this morning King: feels like I've been sleeping for days King: what did i miss? King: how did the election go? Lovecraft: not too bad King: King: oh no King: oh no oh no oh no

Yes. This. BUT — this is also why we must protect indie bookstores and all libraries.

every single time you make them spend a day voting something down is a day they don't get to use to vote some awful plan of theirs up. This is now a one day at a time scenario. Stall, delay, divert

Okay. I've finally started to properly use Bluesky (rather than just pretend) and I will shortly start properly curating feeds and making lists and all that. Though most of my content will likely continue to be reposts, TBH.

found this helpful

Looking for books that are “full of feminist rage and down with misogyny vibes” and also on sale for a few days? books.bookfunnel.com/FightthePatr...

Here’s some really good fantasy books if you’re in need of an escape read…

Reminder that some of the hotlines people are sharing for crisis conversations 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬, regardless of what your wishes are. These ones won't. Add'l notes in the 🧵

Today’s poem, “The Pixies Are in the Attic” by Azure Arther, is unfortunately timely today. smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-pi...

Wrote a thing. Because that's sometimes how I deal with stuff, by writing shit down. It's not a good post. It's not a hopey-changey post. But it's where I'm at. terribleminds.com/ramble/2024/...

Can confirm, this is a wonderful community! (And I’m not even a speedrunner. I’m part of the fan club / speedrunning adjacent group.)