I received this postcard from China today. I’m guessing it’s a recipe. Can anyone tell me what it’s a recipe for? I recognize bok choy in the drawing, but that’s it. #postcrossing

We reached 202% funded overnight--thanks! That means we've doubled our initial goal and we're getting closer and closer to the audiobook stretch goal! #cozyfantasy #furryfiction #indiebooks www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

This is the second book in a month trying to world-build with dairy cows with no babies or bulls. That's not how cows (mammals) work despite what the Dairy Industry pretends. I'm saddened and angry that basic facts like this are unknown and showing up in books I'm reading.

one thing about writing an entire book about sandwiches is my brain is just full of random facts now. coffee plants were forcibly introduced to java by the dutch. tuna fishes have extraordinarily high lung capacity. barbecue was a status symbol denoting slave ownership in the antebellum south

Sam Neill sounded like my grandfather when he sang. Watching these earnest and kind videos during lockdown brought me such comfort. It was like my grandfather reaching through time to tell me not to be afraid. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTSGEHJ5N/

People hate being surveilled by the pallid gleaming cube necklace. However, they love being surveilled by the cute fox brooch, robotic snail, parrots in the rafters, mushrooms, stained glass window

This will be my last statement on the McConnell hospital photo Whether it is a real photo is irrelevant I have to go to work tomorrow and hope I don’t get sick because unlike McConnell I can’t take a month off work, and he is one of the people primarily responsible for this Have a great night

Two year anniversary of when I first posted this comic

even though D.C.'s Fourth of July has sucked, it doesn't suck everywhere.

Until this country faces our racism, nothing will get better. Everything we want is kept from us out of the racist (and classist) fear of someone Black having more. 250 years of racism holding everyone down.

Photo of the year. Today. D.C. The masked morons are the Proud Boys, on their way to another round of shenanigans (it's 103°F outside). Apparently they're proud enough to show up, but not proud enough to show their faces. Anyway, this is part of America today, 250 years after independence. #life

These beds are new this year. Extremely happy with how they've turned out, as they are pretty much just a hodgepodge of extra seeds and plants I couldn't fit anywhere else 🌱

Honored to say The Works of Vermin is a finalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize! Congrats to everyone on the list!

Raspberries are sized JUST RIGHT to be fairy clown noses. "Clown" defies species, defies scale—clown is a fundamental property of intelligence

Queer Palestinian author Tareq Baconi, from a trip with his husband to find his grandma's home that she had left during the Nakba: "Within the most private dwellings stand Palestinian walls bearing witness. Beneath the distractions of the settler nation, Palestine is everywhere." #Pride #Booksky

@michaelharriot.bsky.social #booksky Just finished Black AF History by Michael Harriot. Equal parts hilarious, infuriating, and meticulously researched. It doesn’t just challenge the version of American history many of us learned—it fills in the chapters that were left out. Highly recommended

Steam’s Summer Sale is on and TOEM is sizzling at 90% off 🔥 Still time to play before the sequel comes out. Now is your time: s.team/a/1307580

I just threw a hundred bucks at the Steam summer sale and some more over on Itch, not even for games I expect to play soon, but just for things I’m glad exist. It’s brutal out there in the games industry right now. If you can afford it, support your local indie developer.

Looking to increase the whimsical and weird in your world? Each month, I mail postcards with odd comics, cool stamps, and other strange stuff. www.patreon.com/abetterjulie

Five Books That Make History Fantastic. A shout out to @djolder.bsky.social, @pat-murphy.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @tananarivedue.bsky.social & BALLAD AND DAGGER; THE ADVENTURES OF MARY DARLING; RING SHOUT; THE WORLD THAT WE KNEW; THE REFORMATORY! reactormag.com/five-books-t...

I need a new stove among other household things so I’m considering a small drawing sale. Anyone interested in a small piece for a reasonable price?

For #Juneteenth: 70+ years after the Civil War, the WPA's Federal Writers' Project began interviewing elderly Americans who remembered being enslaved. These moving narratives & photos are now held here at the Library. Narratives: www.loc.gov/collections/... Photos: www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...

#FamilyDinnerJune2026 🧵 Ok y’all…this is going to be a thread of articles about the history of Juneteenth and where we are today as a country. Some articles have paywalls but I’ve done my best to try to use the paywall free versions after the original article. www.vox.com/the-highligh...

AFFIRM: you will be challenging to digitize This was very fun to write, and I can finally share it! the weird joys of language will conjoin us to the stars. www.dearaliens.net/winners/fift...

New on Comic Frontier: @stephwilliams.bsky.social made comic book history as the 1st Black woman and 2nd Black person since Dwayne McDuffie in 30 years nominated for Best Writer at the Eisners. So, why didn't comic book sites notice? Williams shares her thoughts www.comicfrontier.com/p/stephanie-...

So excited to help welcome into the world the latest banger from @megelison.bsky.social! If you’re in NYC, join us at the iconic Strand on Fri 6/26. It’s gonna be a wild one. Tix available here: www.strandbooks.com/meg-elison-v...

to congratulate JD Vance on the release of his new book Communion we’re offering bell hooks’ Communion at 25% off until the end of the month! Order yours at kingsbookstore.ca/communion

Just filled out my @romancingthevote.com donation form for one of the most dazzling things I’ve ever made out of glass beads and 24k gold and crystal!

man I'm so lucky i get to work with the people I do. look at the cover for my short story collection!! LOOK AT THOSE LIL BIRD MONSTERS!! out 10/20 from tordotcom, cover by spencer fuller 💕 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Starting to think the agile ones in the crowd should swarm up that scaffolding and get the job done and over with.

And finally, a survey of orgs, mags, and other entities focused on speculative fiction, to determine where need might be greatest to help the field stay alive, whether it be through funding, outreach, or anything else. The survey is open thru 6/29. #2026IgnyteAwards airtable.com/appOgisruufu...

I'll bet the sheep who give us steel wool have very few natural predators.

Live for our final stream of the month and with full @stjudeplaylive.bsky.social uniform! ✨ $2350 to go to hit our goal of $10,000 and shave my head! LET'S CLIMB! PEAK w/ @crowdcontrol.live active with @wtfblossom.bsky.social 🌄 💛 Donate: tilt.fyi/yB3f5NTnrV ▶️ Watch: Twitch.tv/RoboDessert

Good morning from the pond!

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Possibly unpopular opinion? I think artists should get to sign the art they make for book covers. It should be right there, on the front, because it’s never been more important to showcase the humanness of art. And also there are many times when I see a beautiful cover and wonder, “Who made this?”

This is great. Over halfway to goal in just a few days. Every bit counts. @tananarivedue.bsky.social www.gofundme.com/f/help-prisc...

I wrote a reverse dungeon crawl called CANDLE. You go up instead of down. Things are still trying to kill you. https://loottheroom.itch.io/candle

I found one washed up on the beach once. (Dec 1, 2024) It was both hard & slightly squishy. It could have been plastic or rubber but it wasn't. Very "did this fall from space" feel.

Wee moth on the kitchen window.

Lightning is a kind of fabric, as evidenced by how it is measured in bolts. Ethereal and glowing gold, crackling every moment—kings used to wear it into battle, draped with shining murder

A new Hong Kong nasal spray could cut stroke impairment risk by over 80 percent share.google/Er4yJnpwBBQY...

I was actually born with only one wolf inside me so have spent my life waiting for an emergency wolf transplant. We have a donor wolf. What we lack is a surgeon who isn't a coward.

Just finished reading FIYAH #38, a really strong issue of the magazine, and T.T. Gibran's story "Minority Museum" broke my heart. fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

book mail!

The broken plastic frog unearthed in the garden has been our household god for two years now. She is benevolent.