Be one of the first to snag the fabulous anniversary edition of my beloved Fairy Tales of Lyond series. Humorous and heart-warming fairy tale retellings for fans of Robin McKinley and T. Kingfisher. In pre-launch on Kickstarter now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/eli...

This is a lovely idea in a hard time for trans young people, and they're taking donations, too:

Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Writing answers only.

Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.

In fairness she had the most seasons and episodes of the bunch!

Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Great Horned Owl (with babies!) Sea otters (with babies!) Coyotes Quails Alligator lizard (also known as the most Californian list ever, lol)

this is mesmerizing

NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded

The week's new LGBTQ+ releases in scifi/fantasy/paranormal romance for NOV 19 which I reported within the larger new releases blog post. #booksky #romancelandia

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.

do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”

If you see this, post egg.

Beaming! TAMSYN my next novella in the #zombie Planet of Last Resort series is up for preorder (on the Zon and Apple only) & it's the #3 Hot New Release in its category. It releases DEC 8 and will be wide, including Kobo and Kobo Plus. #booksky #sciencefiction www.amazon.com/TAMSYN-Plane...

Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!

I WANT TO HOST ONE OF THESE

Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.

Also I just wanna say that the idea that me too was a walk in the park and it could happen to anyone at random... Literally go fuck yourself.

(throwing open my window) you there, boy, what day is this?

@tkingfisher.com saw this thought of you and the white rat!

I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be

this is the most beautiful thing

One-pager zine inspired by a friend thanking me for telling her about some good things I heard about people doing. Digitally legible format shown; printable version at link. drive.google.com/file/d/1YJfs...

Well this had me tearing up. Sometimes the world is good.

The thing about the relentless march of time is that you only get an ending (happy or otherwise) in fiction. Here in the real world no cause is ever lost forever even though we may not live to see it prevail. This is both hope and cautionary tale.

Hey, I can vouch that the Burrow Cafe makes a truly glorious crepe, so if you’re in the area, give them or anyone else on this list some love.

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

We don’t get to choose the times we’re born into, but we can try to shape the time our grandkids will be born into.

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow 'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

As a child I ate government cheese and free school lunches. I then went on to uni thanks largely to Pell grants. I now (HAPPILY) pay taxes on an income that would not have been possible without that support. Taking care of your citizens is good actually.

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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

"No longer should we think about our political process as settling for the lesser of two evils. We can demand a greater good. And in doing so, we can make City Hall a place from which New Yorkers expect change, not failure."

This thread links to a lot of great food banks people can give to. Teamwork is our best way to battle mass hunger short-term. bsky.app/profile/adap...

I set up my recurring with give.feedingal.org And I also am going to send some more to @yellowfund.bsky.social, as they cover a lot of bases especially with diapers & other supplies that are going to be even harder for folks to buy next month.

My church has a structure on its campus with even a refrigerated section that is part of www.littlefreepantry.org. I just dropped off a big box and plan more frequent donations future supply drop offs in the coming weeks.

Yes. 😭💕

Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads. These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.

If you donated to Platner via ActBlue, you can get a refund! Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!

On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer

If you want to find a local food bank, you can use the website below. If you’re donating, it’s best to donate money. If you want to donate food, PLEASE donate food you or your family would actually eat, including things like breakfast cereals and snack foods. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

"They're not supposed to do that to ME" is not a position worthy of respect. "They should never do that to ANYONE" is.

Food banks need money if you’ve got it. For everything else, contact them and ask—some can take donated meat by hunters or eggs from backyard flocks, some can’t.

I’m still learning. Lots of people who have been doing various forms of activism & community care work for a long time know much & I am grateful to them. & I can’t put it better than Diane Di Prima did: “NO ONE WAY WORKS, it will take all of us shoving at the thing from all sides to bring it down”

✨ Legend ✨

My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

all these people protesting today in groups of a few dozen on the main streets of small towns in deep red Trump country - where they will absolutely take shit from their neighbors about it at church tomorrow or at work on Monday or next time they go to the grocery store - are braver than the Marines

we are such a messy country with such a shit-show of a legacy, but the absolute best parts of us are the things this admin are trying to snuff out, and while I absolutely have a complicated relationship with our flag, this makes me emotional