🦉☕🥧 Happy #TwinPeaksDay to all who celebrate!* 🦉☕🥧 *(Except BOB)

BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

Done! Note that, with the discount, even with shipping it's cheaper than buying from The Bad Place. Plus you're supporting an indie bookshop. And an excellent writer. Everybody wins!

💙📚🩸 WHILE I WAS GONE is @andrewcull.bsky.social's latest collection and these unsettling stories again showcase the scope of his imagination, his deft hand, and his unique voice for crafting cinematic, eerie, disconcerting tales across the spectrum of what the Horror genre can encompass. #MSReview

This piece has been viewed over 14 million times over the last 48 hours. Unbelievable. I'm so encouraged to see how many people are as disgusted by this as I am. Sometimes you just need to be reminded that you're not alone. Keep fighting, good people! johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-pam-b...

Willow and Zuni wish you a Happy Valentine's Day and a #Caturday full of love.

Smart people have already written about the many problems of generative AI better than I could, but I’ll tell you this about the thing I know: writing is about writing. It’s an action. A verb. It’s what we do. I write, you write, they write. Skip that and you’re not a writer.

Fuck that NYT piece and everyone involved in it.

What a delightfully thoughtful touch from an etsy shop 🥹

Zuni wishes you a #Caturday full of calm

Willow wishes you a happy and relaxing #Caturday

Willow and Zuni = ❤️ #CatsofBluesky

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www.northcountrynow.com/stories/desp... It happened anyway. I have a lot of thoughts, but right now I just feel disgusted with our county board. It doesn’t just hurt us, this hurts all of New York.

Unfinished. #LiamRamos

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

NPR's Adrian Florido has been buying fruit from the same fruit-cart vendor in his LA neighborhood for years. On Tuesday, Florido was there when federal immigration agents whisked him away.

ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten... #RIP_Alex 💔

"[M]asked agents apprehended 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway on Tuesday...[the agent] led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”

Shout out to everyone who feels like their soul has low tire pressure. We’ll get through this. Tomorrow’s another day. You got this.

Fiction submissions are open now! The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

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A Navajo man detained by ICE, although he had a driver’s license, birth certificate, and all manner of documentation. “We’re told we don’t belong here by people who aren’t from here”—Navajo man. #NavajoNation #FuckICE #Resist #ProudBlue #Pinks

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We / @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social are in this Starter Park, and I couldn't be happier Fuck "AI," always and everywhere

Wrote this this morning as a response to, well, everything. Serenity Prayer, Revised 2026

I'm a generative AI/LLM hater and proud to be one. I support *human* creativity. If you are, too, pass it on (repost/requote/whatever) Give me the joy and delight of seeing my feed populated with nothing but people hating on the tech & those that use it

A little message from me that might help anybody who finds this time of year a little tough. niallharbison.substack.com/p/to-those-w...

What working from home looks like if you're Willow. She may have misinterpreted the word 'spreadsheet.' #catsky

Wanna avoid responsibilities while appearing responsible? Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together? Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude? Try reading a book in public! 📖 #WritingCommunity #BookSky

Mani’s death has had me fiddling about with The Stone Roses 🎸🎶

Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.

You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before

The Invitation, The Dark and the Wicked, and The Coffee Table are absolute bangers. The Invitation makes my Top Ten list of all-time faves. The Dark and the Wicked is exactly what its title implies and I loved the ambiguity. The Coffee Table? 😳 Some of the best acting I've ever seen.

When you raise a cat on horror movies, this is what you get. #CatSky #CatsofBluesky

I never thought I'd look forward to the arrival of The End Times, but here we are. 🖤💀😃 Thanks, @badhandbooks.bsky.social

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I know many new writers worry about how readers will receive their work. That’s a valid concern! That said, two things: 1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want. 2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.