And we said abolish ICE too. ICE is not inevitable, its existence is not settled —even as it fortifies the settler state. Historically speaking, that ain’t certain either.

Today you should give Latin Americans the dignity of rage, and not expect people to feel grateful for your passive indignation

2025 eligibility post: like many of us I was Eligible for having a nervous breakdown & yet I did not do that, wow! however I also did not publish any fiction. here are some books (& one play) by other people I enjoyed reading very much instead

Dear bluskeeters! I'm doing research with a friend. If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection. Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison. Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.

UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.” Details in our story. thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...

Arcadia.

thrilled to announce that my debut poetry collection LIVING FOSSILS is now available for pre-order from TRP! tell your cats, tell your friends, support queer/trans literature and art [coelacanth emoji when] www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...

Huge congratulations and good luck to beestung's 2026 Best Microfiction nominees! em roth nat raum Loren Maria Guay Yufan Lu sterling-elizabeth arcadia Read their work at beestungmag.com

A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal" refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...

Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon! @alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria! cover art by @warls.bsky.social

fact: transphobia is for losers

workers at Detroit Institute of Arts are announcing a wall-to-wall union drive for all staff at the museum. DIA is an amazing museum with a ton of incredible exhibits. if you could sign the petition, that may help motivate museum leadership to voluntarily recognize the union. diaworkersunited.org

it should be illegal to move your cat off-camera during a Zoom meeting

If you would like to support some of the families of people who have been abducted by ICE in my area during the recent federal attacks on our community that I've written about, local organizers have put together this trusted list of crowd funds.

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

If you'd like to see beestung keep buzzing, please consider dropping a few bucks our way 🖤💛🖤💛

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.

Thank you @clmporg.bsky.social for including my poem in @beestung.bsky.social in this list, alongside so many other fantastic reads!

Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...

emerging from a cave of PhD exam-writing to see people saying nice things about my poetry & now THIS (!!!!!!!)

"Alternative title: You become a queer elder by accident, not because you are good at living but because you are slow at dying." —Loren Maria Guay beestungmag.com/issue24/one-...

Today we are halfway done with the campaign, but only one-quarter of the way to our goal. It’s all or nothing. Please share, and any amount you can help is very appreciated. Horror and weird fiction are good for us. kck.st/4mIkEm1

Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq

Let's be clear: all the AI in edtech stuff (Canvas, Blackboard, Grammarly, Duolingo, OpenAI, the rest) is all about the "lock-in" - locking in students as subscribers or institutions via long-term license agreements for value generation. Is there good pedagogic evidence for it? No.

thrilled to have a new poem out ("Exhibition Notes: Portrait of Arapaima at the All-Night Diner") in this issue of beestung! it's about big weird fish & outliving the lifespan you expected to have. trans & non-binary lit needs readers now more than ever ✨

Stop telling trans people that our calls for basic human rights are what’s holding the left back. Be honest: our humanity means less to you than the convenience of passivity.

Many of these are debut authors. Please check out their books also.

The Sameer Project has been doing crucial work to get food into Gaza. Gaza is facing mass, created starvation- people are dropping in the street from lack of food and water. Never again is now. Donate if you can and spread the ord. linktr.ee/thesameerpro...

SURPRISE! We couldn't wait until next week—our Kickstarter pre-launch page is live right now!!! Sign up to be the first to know when it launches in October, and please spread the word and tell a friend! Every sign-up makes a huge difference. We are officially one step closer to OTHERSIDE!

you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...

thinking about the dems who said we can't abolish ICE as the Department of Education gets wiped off the map

happy non-binary day and week, i edit an online micro mag specifically for non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers and artists! our next issue is coming out on aug 20, and you can catch up here: www.beestungmag.com you can also follow us on this website at @beestung.bsky.social

I'm not sure how to announce such incredibly unexpected news, but my debut poetry chapbook LIVING FOSSILS (on gender, adoption, extinction, & other wild things) has won the 2025 Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize & will be out with TRP in Spring 2026 texasreviewpress.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/a...

Writers! Note that AI translation (under the guise of "global access") is being seen/used as the weak point to get AI into publishing (possible bc Eng lang publishing is weak on translation). Stand with translators & for more human translation, fairly paid!

Film noir goddess. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Check this out!! I just backed Noir Is The New Black: S02E01 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/fai...

Hello, Bluesky! This is a weird day to go live with this project, but: this is an initiative to add a Translated Speculative Fiction category to the Hugo Awards. If you are a fan of global SF, and want to put some more "World" in "Worldcon", check out our site! Lots more to come. translatedhugo.org

So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...

In case you are one of the apparently many people who don't read their publishing contracts, a) don't be a bloody fool and b) IANAL but here is a blog post with a few things for you to look out for as a starting point. kjcharleswriter.com/2017/03/24/t...

If you're an educator in search of an antidote to AI hype and technosolutionism writ large, may I suggest @civicsoftech.bsky.social? Here's more about our community and our work. 🧵 #EduSky

all the worst people are sad tonight and i just think thats neat

so off that Supreme Court decision, we offer you a guide on how to advocate for trans rights in your community:

today is a day to tell trans people you love them AND other things. don’t tell us you love us and leave it at that. get in the streets and protest. call your electeds. help trans people in your life access docs, legal help, medical care, make their rent. do more, please.

The Dead Withheld now has a cover and it's by @anonbeadraws.bsky.social! Get your sapphic neo-noir novella fix and pre-order it asaptually from @neonhemlock.bsky.social . www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-de...

Another world is possible if we fight for it.