Issue Three is officially for sale! (If you can catch it.) www.adventitious.net/stories/for-...

So, who is in Issue Three???? ⛵ @macarrick.bsky.social 📸 @ldcolter.com ♟️ @yelenacrane.bsky.social 🪶 @abigailkemske.bsky.social 🐜 @amandaghelms.bsky.social 🐴 @elismontgomery.bsky.social 🎨 John Saul 👸 Clint Hannah-Lopez 🩰 Anna Kahn ⚱️ @chrisblake.bsky.social 🚪 @mruthrobinson.bsky.social

There's an opening for Talarico to seriously beat Paxton in Texas, as Mollie describes in several posts below. These grassroots orgs are focusing on voter turnout in Texas in the face of suppression.

Fashion designer Jeremy Scott delivers commencement speech to Kansas City Art Institute graduates. Wait for it…

My latest newsletter issue is up! With book recs for works by @shaykauwe.bsky.social, @slhuang.com, and S. Hati. buttondown.com/amandahelms/...

We're preparing the 2026 Shortlist for announcement and the open voting period on June 8! There are currently 2 ways to support: General Donations (for which you receive our thanks): ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/ Sponsorship (for which we might send you stuff): donorbox.org/sponsor-the-...

Ahead of Colorado’s US Senate primary on June 30, I will be joining Hasan Piker on Wed 5/27 at 4pm MT/3pm PT. It’s about time we elect fighters for Medicare for All, ending the genocide in Gaza, abolishing ICE, and standing up to the billionaires and the corporate lobbyists they control. Join us. ❤️✊🏽

DEAD WEIGHT IS OUT TOMORROW!

My latest newsletter issue is up! With book recs for works by @shaykauwe.bsky.social, @slhuang.com, and S. Hati. buttondown.com/amandahelms/...

Effective tax rate paid by Jeff Bezos from 2014 to 2018: 0.98% Effective 2025 federal tax rate paid by Amazon: 1.4% Typical tax rate paid by the average American: 14.5% Just thought I should point that out.

How is this farce of a do nothing government still going on? It's as if the system that protects incompetent white men and women in power was built to protect incompetent white men and women to stay in power.

Listen, if this campaign funds in the first 48 hours, I have promised ALL my cats a can of tuna. (They get to share, it's a large can okay.) Support weird fiction! Support cats getting fed tuna in celebration!!! (I will absolutely share the video too 😸) #RECORDED tiny.cc/recordedantho

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Vale is an all-around awesome human being! Help them out if you can!

I am not remotely a lawyer, but I think if you agree to review a manuscript for a press and then feed that manuscript into AI without the permission of the author, the author should be allowed to sue you into poverty.

What is the mathematics of word of mouth? My latest book THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS seems to be having exceptionally good word of mouth, so I found myself wondering...what does "good word of mouth" mean? You know. Mathematically.

Oh and as part of prep for my forthcoming novel THE FIST OF MEMORY, I'm making a list of science fiction novels by BIPOC or non-Western authors that include either 1) First Contact or 2) a Big Dumb Object (BDO) or 3) A Hivemind. Really want to get as many as possible. All recommendations welcome!

I am not on TikTok. I will never be on TikTok. This bethcato2 account is impersonating me and direct messaging writers in an effort to sell marketing services. Any account pretending to be me on TikTok is fraudulent.

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

Josh from @cardsagainsthumanity.com and I teamed up with 4 awesome artists (@theoatmeal.bsky.social , @boxbrown.bsky.social , @shing.bsky.social , and one anonymous artist) to make anti-ICE urinal stickers you can pee on. Get yours for free at PeeToMeltICE.com bsky.app/profile/peet...

The effort by southern states to push undeniably racist, gerrymandered maps demands a response from Democrats-to protect Black voters, and to save democracy itself And-if the DNC funds candidates in state legislative races-Dems might be able to gain 22 seats Because all politics is, in fact, local

Forgive me, but— Fuck this. Removing the rule that requires notification of people of polling place changes?? The majority is against them. They know it. They don’t want us to vote. So in addition to whatever you do—VOTE

(what if i whispered sweetly —or menacingly depending on how much you dislike my shenanigans— into your ear that ...fiyahcon...is not dead)

At the rate Trump keeps bragging about his doctors repeatedly making him take the dementia screener, it's only a matter of time before he starts bragging about other oddities. "The thickest blood they'd ever seen. Direct quote. The thickest!"

My eyes have been bugging out in disgusted disbelief for like the past five minutes (this is about that romance book by the Fox News anchor, for which I did a thread about books I'd rather read than that book)

It was such a pleasure to work with Derek on this story! Check it out!

Last day for those subs! Polish them up and get them in--don't self reject!

So excited to share that "Worth of Ashes" by @amandaghelms.bsky.social is out in the world! I read the first version during a contest on Codex, and I am so thrilled that the lovely kernel of a story I saw then has been expanded into this gorgeous story. podcastle.org/2026/04/14/p...

NAACP President Derrick Johnson responds to the Supreme Court's decision to gut the Voting Rights Act:

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Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

hope everyone is ready for #MerMay... May's long-form newsletter will have the inside scoop on my next novella, THE MERMAID'S PURSE, so it's a great time to sign up! 🌈🧜‍♀️ buttondown.com/florilegia

most gerrymanders are republican legislators saying fuck the voters these ones are the voters saying fuck republican legislators

Young artists aged 16-24 who have been directly impacted by criminalization/policing/punishment can apply for this residency & get $2500 to work on a creative project! Visit bit.ly/diyresidency26 to learn more. Please help us spread the word!

There are some important things to remember in terms of Awards-shortlist day etiquette. A short thread. Even folks I really like and respect make some blunders on this stuff. 1) Allow people to enjoy the shortlist. Avoid dismissing the finalists (whomever they are) for at least a month.

Starbucks introducing AI to "personalise" your coffee seems like an excellent time to remind you that what companies want to personalise with AI is the price you pay for what you buy.

it's April 15, around the time Greenwitch's week-long adventure begins. come explore this oft-overlooked book's place in weird fiction with me! greenstreetpress.itch.io/lost-coast

Tune in right here on April 21 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time to find out who the finalists are for the 2026 Hugo Awards for Science Fiction.

Opens slush pile. Reads generated story... Bans. Reads generated story... Bans. Reads generated story... Bans... Screams. Closes computer. Screams again. Runs off into the woods. Sees squirrel. Hmmm... Squirrels have never submitted a generated story. Squirrel gets treat.

New story day! "The Worth of Ashes" is up at PodCastle podcastle.org/2026/04/14/p... Featuring a mother, her dead sister's ashes, and the mother's efforts to trade the ashes for food so she can feed her children (it's more heartwarming than it sounds)

It looks like some Democrats are preparing to help the GOP reauthorize a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens. Zero Democrats should vote to allow the regime to gobble up mass surveillance data to punish Trump’s enemies and round up immigrants.

Thanks to Bruce for reading and enjoying! You can be like Bruce and catch the story here: podcastle.org/2026/04/14/p...

Cannot say enough how in 2024 disaffected & conflicted voters kept telling us in focus groups: "in 2020 you told us to turn out to 'protect our freedoms.' we did & then all this [dobbs, anti-voter laws, econ hardship] happened anyway. now you're telling us the same thing?"

Hi it is my birthday, please do something to support the freedom to read ❤️ Ilovelibraries.org + Call your reps to oppose the federal book banning bill HR 7661: reps.fyi

A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST is a Locus Awards finalist in the category of First Novel! I can’t believe I get to write these words! Thank you so much to everyone who voted, and congratulations to all my fellow finalists across the categories. This is such a dream!

2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists https://twp.ai/9OV8UI

If you’re in FL-24, TX-11, TX-20, or TX-25, we really want to talk to you — because these are the only congressional districts without an Indivisible group. We’re organizing in all 50 states (plus the future state of DC) and 431 congressional districts to defy Trump’s fascist agenda. Join us.

I’m generally not good about reposting my stories, but here I am, reposting! For the weekend crowd, ICYMI

This infuriating attitude shows up on the bookshelves in learning environments, too. We expect girls to empathize with boys, but we kneecap every opportunity to let boys empathize with girls. And look where we are.

Just watched the Artemis II re-entry and splashdown, which was almost textbook in how well it went. My main takeaway as a layperson following this mission is that it’s striking how much better NASA is at this stuff than the various private operators.