When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - NOVEMBER 2025🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 15 stories by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @yoakeim.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @authorizedmusings.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!! www.patreon.com/posts/147084...

2025 was by far the strongest year ever for novels by trans writers from major publishers -- and that's before you get down to smaller presses and self-published stuff, which were also cooking. God, I hope it sustains in 2026 and beyond. A lot of these books sold well! The audience is there!

Today only, Automatic Noodle e-books are on sale for $2.99 on all platforms! Grab one while they're still hot and chewy! bookshop.org/p/books/auto...

If you're wondering whether the "open letter about AI" on file 770 is worth reading and engaging, it is not. The whole thing is rhetorical mush so it was no surprise when I got to the end and she admitted "her" letter was itself written by AI. Useless bait.

Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! There’s only one week left in the year—which means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st! Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨ othersidespec.com/guidelines/

They actually linked to the tags for the 10 most popular ships, so if you write hockey rpf you might want to lock your ao3

New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

The survey is open to non-members (I am not one) and to readers (who here is not &c.) so I encourage you to share your feelings on the matter. Don't assume that everyone already understands that AI is bad or why! I mean, people *should*, but you could say that about a lot of things.

If you -- perhaps due to some recent television-watching -- are looking for some secret relationship-type content, that is also funny (those footnotes!), romantic, and contains fascinating fantasy worldbuilding/magic, I highly recommend this!

please call your senators today and tell them not to make me and a bunch of loving parents into criminals. these fuckers are going to kill us. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The genocide is ongoing. Don't stop talking about Palestine.

And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.

Intergalactic Mixtape #33 is live! It's the last issue of 2025 and is stuffed full of rec lists. :)

Hard agree. I'm paying for this, @sfwa.org ! I sure as hell don't want to reward the folks stealing our work. This is nonsense.

Sigh. @sfwa.org you had ONE JOB.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

There's one critique of ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA I need to respond to: a medieval lesbian having a strap isn't anachronistic. There's a lot of purposeful anachronism/timey-wimey shit in ISLE, but the strap isn't one of those things.

Reminder Canadians: PP has promised to have Canada do to trans Canadians what America is doing to trans Americans. So if you are horrified, you dont get to be smug and you need to make sure he never becomes PM. We are literally always one election away

10 DAYS WITHOUT DONATION from GFM:"Must my child face the same fate as the malnourished children who died in order for support to continue?Please, I need your help.I have nothing to offer my children at the dinner table. My son Hassan needs milk and medicine.My children need shelter.Please help me."

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by @charliejane.bsky.social is on sale for $2.99 on Kobo (in Canada, at least); one of my favourites this year, fantastic exploration of mother-daughter relationships, & one of the most interesting magic "systems" (not quite the right word) I've read in a long while

This year I accidentally got really into barbershop music due to a quirk of the YouTube algorithm and this particular song (by the Swedish quartet that won the Barbershop Harmony Society int'l competition this year) never fails to make extremely happy when I watch it (which is like 3x a day)

Fuck yes, that’s the way

In an effort at something good on the internet today: A thread on Mr KJC, gingerbread architect of the early 21st century. Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.

Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.

Now, I'm no Bigolas Dickolas. I am, at best, a Smallicus Cuntulas. But maybe even a Smallicus Cuntulas could convince you to preorder a very cool book? (that's all thank you good evening end 🧵 )

This book is just outstanding. For the dark fantasy reader - it's weird world building that might come out of the head of China Mieville accompanied by prose that converses with Lois McMaster Bujold. And we've moved on from romantasy trope "two people, one bed"... Try "two people, one body"

I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people. I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇

Well, before I take off on vacation, here's my 2025 Award Eligibility Thread! First, my short story collection, The House of Illusionists. 17 tales of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, including the original horror story, "Sweetest." www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...

One of my favourite reads this year, highly recommended!

‘Heated Rivalry’ has been renewed for Season 2. (deadline.com/2025/12/heated…)

Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/

WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly: - DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems - Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.

good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete sex scenes are craft! goddammit!

Huh! Funny story! Turns out my Christmas novella is actually still published with a bunch of places, just not Am*zon, which is actually fine by me? Anyway, if you are into gay Christmas novellas about messy families & best friends getting together...here it is for $.99! books2read.com/u/47Gl5L

Canadian citizens and residents, there's a new official parliamentary petition raising the issue of electoral reform and proportional representation. Signing is a direct means of meaningful action toward improving our democracy, and it just takes a moment to do. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video

BJ Colangelo deserves a criticism Pulitzer for the kicker here lolllll

I've now opened a raffle for this embroidery landscape - direct link below! The listing has full details for the reason and how to enter, the process, etc. This is a vital moment for me so any post engagement/shares will be extremely helpful! victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... #art

Want to help immigrant children facing deportation alone? Give to the Young Center for #GivingTuesday! ALL DONATIONS MATCHED UP TO $45K TODAY! Last year we worked with 2,000 children in federal detention, fighting for their release to family & immigration/asylum claims. I'm gonna share how. 1/

BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3

Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.

I’m legit in awe of the concept of poems that are too dangerous to fall into the wrong hands

This one *was* evil (but also I did a much worse job on the medium one earlier in the week haha) I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 30th 2025 (Evil), in less than 16 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Honestly folks, you don't have to be a frequent romance reader to enjoy Demas's books. Really carefully observed not-quite-historical fantasy in the Guy Kay mode with, yes, (queer) romance at their core. All good, but can I suggest One Night in Boukos & The House of Red Balconies as 2 standalones.

it is my birthday and I will accept either chests of jewels or everyone buying my book (or both, if you can swing it)

Tennessee people, vote for this lady this week. She's cool and she puts the country perilously close to having a single check and/or balance.

In fact, let’s do this. Comment with what you’re looking for and I’ll try to recommend a read from a Palestinian author for you from my reading list. I’ll do my best to find you a match.