Preordered Platform Decay, the next book in the Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com, release date is May 5. Time for a re-read? I did re-read them in Dec. It's been 4 months. That's long enough between indulgences, right? (If you haven't read the Murderbot Diaries, you are required to now.) 📚💙

Residents and neighbors of the Chilkat Indian Village, in Alaska, are organizing to stop a proposed mine that residents say will pollute the river with acid.

From there, the links to other justice efforts for gender, reproduction, queer, disabled, race, income, housing, land back, and more just seems to grow. Atheist activism should be nothing less than the effort for total social transformation. None of this work is siloed.

No seats left at the criminal hearing for the town hall this morning. The KCRCC showed up for this one. Today we’ll be hearing a motion to dismiss from the defendants (LEAR security guards). The judge has also handed out jury instructions in the event that the case moves forward. #idpol

BTW, it really does appear that Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte. (Not a joke!)

this tingler is free in celebration of my new novel LUCKY DAY. if youve enjoyed my trot on your social media but never made leap into ordering a book, let this be your invitation to consider LUCKY DAY. thanks bud either way i appreciate you so dang much. LOVE IS REAL us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Me for the @lrb.co.uk on how (not) to argue with fascists, bigots, and the people in your family or friendship circles pulled by them. With thanks to @joanbraune.bsky.social Layla Aithaldj and Alex Roberts for agreeing to be interviewed. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

I was pleased to share my thoughts with David Renton for this article. There are a lot of good quotes from others as well here, including critique of Prevent in the UK and critique of the treatment of former members of hate groups as experts. (thread)

"Abortion laws were never meant to stop rich people from having abortions." ~ Nadine Smith, director of Equality Florida

Cynthia McDonald presenting "A Secular Case For Reparations" Excellent. (At American Humanist Association conference in Chicago.)

Friends in and around #Boise! Saturday is the official launch of the Reproductive Freedom & Privacy Act aimed at restoring reproductive healthcare, liberty and privacy in Idaho. Please join us at the statehouse from 10am-12pm to be the first to sign the petition! actionnetwork.org/events/rise-...

Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.

Commentary: Groups of masked agents, armed with weapons, moving around the streets of a city in unmarked vehicles creates a public safety risk for police and for residents.

6/21, Los Angeles: A neighborhood volunteer documenting ICE was stopped by agents in an unmarked car, surrounded, and threatened by masked agents while they filmed him on their phones.

Y'all, those are NOT "riots." Lordy.

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

@matociquala.bsky.social has a new White Space book coming out and I AM SO EXCITED. #booksky 📚

Today, I will be officially written up for the LTE I wrote endorsing Michelle Lippert for Library Board of Trustees, apparently bc it could be construed that I was speaking on behalf of the library. They're wrong, & I won't sign. I know where the line is, I did not cross it.

Feel like I should read Good Lord Bird, for multiple reasons.

Welcome: Good to Follow @stlouisatheists.bsky.social @atheists.org @nickfish.me @josiahmannion.bsky.social @secularstudents.bsky.social @ffrf.org @ffrfaction.bsky.social @wiljay.bsky.social @gingercatmom.bsky.social

Our opponents are getting sloppy. The KCRCC also sent out their 2025 voter guide out with a 2024 date printed on it, & our opponent on this also ignored the word count limitations, and her statement was cut off mid-sentence. Is that the kind of sloppiness we want on a LIBRARY board? #idleg #cdaid

Our opponents are getting sloppy. The KCRCC also sent out their 2025 voter guide out with a 2024 date printed on it, & our opponent on this also ignored the word count limitations, and her statement was cut off mid-sentence. Is that the kind of sloppiness we want on a LIBRARY board? #idleg #cdaid

[climbing on to rooftop like truth coming out of her well to shame mankind] SINNERS!!!!!!!

Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl is suing the people who used physical force to silence her. “Along with words of comfort and sympathy, folks have described similar acts of aggression in their own neighborhoods, reinforcing to me the importance of demanding accountability in my own case.” #idpol

I received an award this weekend, a recognition, alongside some other folks whose activism, organizing, mutual care, and policy work I look to in awe and for inspiration. It's taken a little bit to process this, plus, you know, I still had two days of photography to finish! @atheists.org #AACon2025

I received an award this weekend, a recognition, alongside some other folks whose activism, organizing, mutual care, and policy work I look to in awe and for inspiration. It's taken a little bit to process this, plus, you know, I still had two days of photography to finish! @atheists.org #AACon2025

Remember the 6 men who forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenphol from the Coeur d'Alene town hall? They’ve been arrested and charged! www.kivitv.com/news/six-men...

Talking about organizing a regional conference on resisting and undermining white Christian nationalism/fascism at American Atheist Convention in Minneapolis. 😊 #AACon2025

Talking about organizing a regional conference on resisting and undermining white Christian nationalism/fascism at American Atheist Convention in Minneapolis. 😊 #AACon2025

Congratulations to @atheistsunited.bsky.social, and my friends @wiljay.bsky.social & @josiahmannion.bsky.social on winning well-deserved awards for their activism at #AACON #AACON25

AG Keith Ellison at American Atheists Convention in Minneapolis. Love it. 💜✊ #AACon25

“Just because we don’t have a higher power doesn’t mean we don’t have a higher calling.” — @nickfish.me @atheists.org #AACon2025

“Just because we don’t have a higher power doesn’t mean we don’t have a higher calling.” — @nickfish.me @atheists.org #AACon2025

AG Keith Ellison at American Atheists Convention in Minneapolis. Love it. 💜✊ #AACon25

Autistic people, regardless of ability, do not owe society productivity before they are worthy or being treated with kindness, dignity, or respect.

This week, SSA is proud to bring student perspectives to the national stage at the American Atheist 2025 National Convention. Because the future of secular leadership starts here. #SecularStudents #AACon2025

On Friday I’ll be speaking at @atheists.org #AACON25. If you’re attending please stop by

Was at #AACON25 a few minutes and bumped into @atheistsunited.bsky.social Evan Clark, @josiahmannion.bsky.social, @nickfish.me, @stephaniezvan.bsky.social , and finally met @wiljay.bsky.social in person. Good times

Coeur d’Alene City Councilman Dan Gookin has announced that charges against the men who dragged Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl from a town hall on February 22, have been filed. Anxiously awaiting an icourt update. #idpol

Fuck ICE, you're on Indigenous Land

In Idaho clergy are not required to report child abuse, if I’ve read the law correctly.

Fuck ICE, you're on Indigenous Land

This that still annoy (well, maybe more than annoy) the fuck outta me: 1) Libertarians 2) White saviorism 3) Atheists that stan for Sam Harris Probably no coincidence that there's a fair amount of overlap in that Venn.

This that still annoy (well, maybe more than annoy) the fuck outta me: 1) Libertarians 2) White saviorism 3) Atheists that stan for Sam Harris Probably no coincidence that there's a fair amount of overlap in that Venn.

Come join us! convention.atheists.org

On May 20th, vote for Michelle! Here, she clearly lays out the stakes. If we win this, then in 2 years, we can flip the board to one concerned w good governance, that cares about our community, about curiosity, will work to restore programming & hours that serve us. cdapress.com/news/2025/ap...

Sloppily written legislation seems to be the way of things these days.