This is such a good idea, and it's also a pleasant thread to read if you need something like that

Oathbreakers is just $1.99 on @bookshop.org right now as an e-book! Great deal! Less than 67 cents per warring brother! From me and @profgabriele.com

🚨 BOOK SALE 🚨 For the next few days you can preorder my book THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME (or buy other books!!) for 10% off while supporting a queer, Black and Asian owned indie bookstore. 🚨🚨 #BookSky Direct link my book: loyaltybookstores.com/book/9780593...

I'd heard of the Philadelphia mummers' parade, but I knew nothing about it. This short comic explains the history.

I’m always torn and each has many merits but overall it’s the more formally ambitious and dramatic sequel Pine Martens At My Serving Hatch which has really stayed with me in the years since I read it.

Did a Kpop artist recently cover Mad World? My housemate is humming it, but she doesn't really do '80s music.

Technology Isn't Neutral. It Has Values Embedded In It. Those values can also express to different degrees, Depending On Context. These aren't contradictory statements.

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...

Shouting "Uno" during a Tarot reading to spice things up

Two Shows: 1 for the ages 1 to be ridiculed Both worth talking about! susiebright.ink/p/one-for-th...

Starkweather Creek on a bright day that wasn't too cold.

Over on Patreon I've posted three short stories—my gift to those who've supported me this year. If you'd rather, you can just buy the PDF or epub, WHAT MATTERS—monsters and heroes, dragons and princesses, and a young girl's chemistry experiment going global—for $9. Happy Solstice!

For your collective delectation this holiday season: Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!) loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...

Rep. Melanie Miller is behind a bill that advocates say would stigmatize abortion and send more clients to her nonprofit. “Crisis pregnancy center director introduces anti-abortion model legislation” is a ready-made headline—so why was this fact only a footnote?

TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!

The three stages of womanhood: Maiden, Mother, and Multidimensional Pirate Queen

As ya do

If you want to know all the not-so-secret references to real-life San Francisco in Automatic Noodle, I've made a handy reference sheet for you! www.automaticnoodle.website/blog/all-the...

Hedwig and the Angry Grinch

For those of you who like to read books with your ears instead of your eyes, THE FORTUNATE FALL is 50% off at audiobooks .com: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

Expanding Trump's travel ban to Syria is allegedly due to inadequate vetting by Syrian authorities that issue official IDs and passports. Yet it is US consular officials, always, who vet visa applicants, and can refuse visas to any applicant at any time for any reason.

#Booksky We’re releasing an omnibus tomorrow 12/15! Get all 6 Astreiant books by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett in one glorious ebook edition. Astreiant is also eligible for the Best Series Hugo this year! queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...

Note from my notebook (2018). Still relevant.

1/ After two years of bargaining, @propublica.org management has resisted our proposals to bring transparency and accountability to our disciplinary process. You can support our union by sharing this post and signing our petition for a fair contract! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Another local event tomorrow afternoon 2-3 pm at Room of One’s Own Bookstore!

THE DEVIL DOESN'T NEED MORE ADVOCATES

since it's gift-giving season, I just penned a post about how you can get signed copies of my books (made out to whoever you want), plus other potential gifts (such as gift memberships to my Patreon) – check it out! juliaserano.medium.com/signed-books...

I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't... www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

In November 1990, LIFE Magazine ran a now-legendary photograph of AIDS activist David Kirby’s last moments. Just out of frame was another eventual victim of AIDS, and the reason Therese Frare was in the room at all; Peta, a two-spirit caretaker with their own story to tell. By @piperbomb.bsky.social

I thought the human anatomy advent calendar might be fun, but it’s just a knife and a chart.

Thanks to our #archives team & their dedicated volunteers, there are now over 50,000 images on our HEIR Project #digital image (free to use) resource. HEIR’s core images come from lantern slide & glass plate negatives from late 19th C held in collections across @ox.ac.uk 📷🖼️👏👏👏 heir.arch.ox.ac.uk

A stone tablet recently excavated from the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur shows the hero Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, giving his cat a pill.

I wonder if some folks saw Marisa Tomei in "My cousin Vinny" and thought, "Acting, schmacting!"* about her performance. Thing is, that means it's pretty good acting. * (I used that phrase once, but it was about someone I knew personally.)

This is the artist who made the brilliant Hebrew calligraphy Portland frog, et al.

I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism. A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count. If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!

Cat names should evolve like avant-garde jazz. By the time of a cat's fifth birthday the name by which it is generally known should have zero resemblance to its original name.

This is real! Audible has Someone You Can Build A Nest In for just $2.41. The sale only lasts three more days, but this has to be the lowest price it's ever been. Get my queer monster book with Carmen Rose's delightful narration! www.audible.com/pd/Someone-Y...

Ever wonder why the New York Times abandoned balance and impartiality to lead an old-fashioned newspaper crusade against trans equal rights? In one of our most read stories for the year, @evanurquhart.bsky.social took readers behind the scenes at NYT. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵

Join us on Thursday, December 4, at 10 AM for a virtual conversation exploring how fiction can help shape our vision of better social policies. Moderator @edfinn.bsky.social will join @drkarenlord.bsky.social , @annaleen.bsky.social , Malka Older, and Craig Calhoun. asu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

For those not in D.C.-- there will be a livestream! RSVP for it here: www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...

Phaidon sale, 30% off! Including the latest book from Michael Twitty

A mentor-to-be of mine (Philip Yenawine) created A Day Without Art as part of the Visual AIDS collective in 1989. A day to honor the loss of brilliance as a result of the epidemic. 1/x This year, Trump cancelled recognition of World AIDS Day, today, & cuts to funding worldwide have consequences.

One of my favorite theater experiences ever was seeing Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth at the Common Theatre in 1985. So good. During intermission, the friend in the military (active duty) refused to go to the lobby because guys in coats and shades were asking for papers at the lobby doors.

Tis the seasona and all that, so I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...

we are supposed to get 1 trillion inches of snow this wknd -- please enjoy a 15% off coupon code STAYCOZY at roomofonesown.com to encourage you to stay home and browse our website (and brand new holiday cat-alogggg) from the comfort and safety of home! roomofonesown.com/catalog/2025...

Only on itch.io - sale on A Place of Refuge! Buy the three novellas for $2 each, 11/28/25 03:00 AM EDT - 12/4/25 01:00 AM EDT. Former rebel guerillas find their lost beloved friend and escape fascism. Also there's banter and pastries. #cozy #hopepunk #sapphic #spaceopera. itch.io/s/170171/bla...

📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess use code UGHFINE or you could just buy them! up to you 📚 www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks

Introduce yourself with five bands you've seen multiple times. k.d. lang Peter Gabriel Boiled in Lead Midnight Oil Pet Shop Boys