This is wild: the authors find evidence for giant, macro-predatory octopuses in Late Cretaceous oceans that might max out at *62 feet long,* comfortably large enough to attack, kill and eat mosasaurs

HP Lovecraft: what if a mushroom came from space Caitlin Kiernan: what if a mushroom came from space and made zombies William Hope Hodgeson: what if you hated the sea and everything in it and also there was a mushroom

So whenever I write a horribly swollen eyeball into a story someday, know that I am writing from personal experience. (I’m fine now! But it was a weekend for some light body horror!)

#CRPSirens look at this siren tail @rebeccawilcox.bsky.social made for us for #CampRevpit 😍🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🧜

🗳️Today’s the day, friends! If you haven’t voted YES yet, vote at your polling place. And remember, Virginia has same-day voter registration!!🗳️

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

Me: *trying to sleep* A Ghost: *tries to possess me* My brain: AY YI YI I’M YOUR LITTLE BUTTERFLY A Ghost: WTF?! Me: Yeah, it’ll do that constantly for another week or so before it switches to something else. My brain: GREEN BLACK AND BLUE A Ghost: *flees* Me: *still can’t sleep*

Join me and four other incredible authors tomorrow, April 18, at 11:00amEST for a fabulous panel on Language in SFFH! Hosted by the wonderful @britfantasysoc.bsky.social, it's a full day event of multiple panels, some of them including bestselling authors! Hope to see you there!

#CampRevPit doesn't just happen—it's powered by an incredible team! Behind the scenes, a stellar group of #RevPit alums and runner-ups is keeping the campfires burning and the energy high. Say hi to the wonderful crew! ⬇️

Last day to sign up for #CampRevpit! 🏕️ Join us for any combination (or why not ALL) Camp activities via the sign-up form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#CampRevPit: SIGN UP! Hello, campers! Claim your cabin spot and select the activities you'd like to join using the form below! The registration will remain open April 14 to April 16. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Moving to a new state is so expensive. 😭 All of those “just move” folks are out of their GD minds.

It’s time to get signed up for Camp RevPit! We’re going to have a lot of fun this year, so get yourself signed up before the form closes on April 16!

The reposts will continue until we find the answer.

Reminder: Anyone can use the a hashtag. If you're not sure if someone is a #RevPit editor, you can check our website www.reviseresub.com/editors or contact a board member, listed here www.reviseresub.com#:~:text=Revi...

It's finally here! Time to announce our 2026 #RevPit Annual Contest winners and runners-up! reviseresub.com/showcase/rev...

Marshmallow illustrations by yours truly. 😂 Sometimes I miss those lil guys.

WELCOME TO PREVIEW WEEK! While we're waiting for our winners, let's go over what you need for camp. 1st- What is #CampRevPit? #CampRevPit came out of the 2020 Annual Contest when mental health was suffering and was an idea for how to help writers cope with rejection after winners were announced.

The End of a Blogging Era That's right, Aledan Merfolk, this is the very last post on the Mermaids and Margaritas blog (which started as the Sticky Note Stories blog waaaay back in 2006 or so). The website and blog have gotten too big, too complicated, and too slow for their own good. I've been…

Christina Koch: So several years ago, I was giving a speech about crew and crewmates and teamwork. And someone asked, what makes a crew? What is different about a crew than a team? And I was like, I got this - open my mouth confidently to tell them everything I knew about being a crewmate

Tfw you manage to stop yourself before accidentally pouring cinnamon creamer instead of water into the coffee maker…

There is nothing wrong with celebrating something good. It’s necessary for survival.

If you need a distraction from the current horrors, Camp RevPit is a great way to do it! Writing games, events, and community!

There is no McTry.

More myth in the thread! Here is Persephone descending to the Underworld these were a modern take on ancient black-figure pottery, so mixing that black and warm yellow with bright cmyks

We may or may not have an announcement coming soon. Watch this space ⛺ #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

Politics has unexpectedly hit a special interest of mine so here is a quick rundown on the Avignon Papacy.

Brutal.

So if blue eyes don’t actually have any pigment and are only blue because of Rayleigh scattering, does that mean they’d appear to be a different color on a different planet with a different atmosphere/sun?

So if blue eyes don’t actually have any pigment and are only blue because of Rayleigh scattering, does that mean they’d appear to be a different color on a different planet with a different atmosphere/sun?

Once upon a time @totallydonna.kitrocha.com & I wrote a trilogy about book nerds in a dystopian future who just wanted to build a library but the tech bros wouldn't stop being evil so they did community organizing & crimes. They are ON SALE this month for $2.99! www.kitrocha.com/series/merce...

Good morning! All day today my colleagues and I will be on STRIKE. You can help us send a message! Please do not visit ProPublica's website and tell management to give us a fair contract so we can get back to work: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Come on then, and remove him.

"No," the swordmaster said. "One does not refuse the king," the herald said. "I do. I will not train his soldiers or officers, I will not tell my students to join his army, I will not support his unjust war." "You will regret this!" "No," the swordmaster said.

I'm not sure how you can be against removing this man from office right now. What will it take? A nuke being dropped? It's too late then. The purpose of impeachment and the 25th Amendment is to prevent that type of thing from happening, not just to react to it.

FYI if you’re talking about the #Artemis II mission and you want to get the spaceflight terminology right, the mission is “crewed,” not “manned.” (NASA made the terminology change official decades ago, so this isn’t new, but a lot of folks just aren’t aware.)

This morning, NASA sent up a message recorded by Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell before his death:

We are so, so small. #Artemis

NASA #Artemis II flyby coverage schedule; all times in Eastern. You can follow along live on NASA+ (plus.nasa.gov) or on the NASA YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@NASA). It should be amazing to watch!

"What can be done?" Stop using AI, you shower of arseholes.

“Why don’t you post on Threads, Rebecca?” Well, while it does seem to be a rolling series of dumpster fires fed by a gooey sludge of bots, ragebait, and a rotating selection of Disk Horse’s greatest hits, mostly it just never seems to work on my phone.

Ich see trees of grene Redde roses too Ich see them bloome For me and you And Ich thynke to myselfe What a wondirful worlde Ich see welkin blue And cloudes of whyte The brighte blessid daye The darke sacred nighte And Ich thynke to myselfe What a wondirful worlde www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

On the plus side, Spouse got me a wonderful anniversary gift this year. This is a heavy pen, and I think I prefer it for drawing over writing. I still can’t beat my beloved stub nib TWSBI Eco/Go and Faber Castell Grip for my writing.

When will my fountain pen feed come back from the cursive wars?

Packing up to move to a different state is always hard, but it’s so much harder when there are school transfers involved. Y’all, I’m gonna be distracted for, um, a while. 🫠

I dunno if prologues and epilogues are part of the main story but I do know that as the sole product originators in a multi-billion-dollar industry, professional organizations for authors should exist that have collective bargaining power with entities like Amazon and offer real health insurance.

Anyone saying this has never spoken to any writers, who mostly have two modes, either hyper "I *need* to get these 15,000 words out *right now* to make my brain shut up" or agonising for a literal hour about whether to use "a" or "the" in a sentence they then delete.

An excellent writeup of the existentially terrifying House Resolution 7661. reactormag.com/what-to-know...

"The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing. Not a dramatic collapse. Not Skynet. Just a generation of researchers who can produce results but can't produce understanding."

moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!