One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.

I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

when mitski sang “I want to see the whole world, I don’t know how I’m going to pay rent” - really felt that tbh

Thinking today how homelessness runs through this story, through Epstein's (Virginia Guiffre had been homeless before meeting him), and even through Gaiman's (his nanny was sleeping on the beach when Palmer recruited her, and he used threats of homelessness against another victim).

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Never forget who sold us out: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen

So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader

I don't like to compare the two (what's happening in Gaza and Sudan are both atrocities, and it's easy for folks to make a comparison seem like a competition, especially online) but these numbers are beyond horrific.

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets. no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live! No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️‍⚧️📚 #transbooks The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.

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Thanks to your support for Taínofuturism, @stelliform.press is publishing TWO standalone sequels to SORDIDEZ in 2026! 📕The first is called CACIQUES. Set in Borikén, our heroes learn how to live without the Empires that have long defined them. Can they vanquish the lingering ghosts of coloniality? 9/

time to step away from the starbucks drinks, y’all. do not cross the picket line. unions are how we fight back. corporate monopolies are heavily consolidated right now. it’s a large part of why prices are high and wages are low.

Haymarket Books are amazing, 80% off is such a bargain, please go browse

Trans main characters tackle themes including self-discovery, love & friendship, trauma & healing, literal and/or metaphorical demons, magic, war, or even the world itself in this multi-genre set of 32 books by trans authors! Queernormative worlds! Found family! Trans joy! itch.io/b/3352/trans...

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

my neighbors are screaming and I can hear fireworks in the distance

i am asking all the cis people in my life to make a LOT of fucking noise about this

A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

Nebraska Public Media collaborated with PBS and the Wisconsin Menominee to make a full, free, video game. What a cool thing for public media to work on! They're always finding ways to meet audiences in new formats nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/nebraska-...

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm

In the lead-up to #Novellavember, I am going to do some rec threads! I decided to dedicate day one to tiny presses, the true loves of my heart. I have yelled about all of these books before. I will yell about them again. You're welcome.

#Novellavember rec post #2 is for #WomenInTranslation! (Yes I yelled about at least half of these last year and YES I am 80% sure one of these is actually too long to be a novella, but this is the ride we are on now, let's go!)

@jennabeet.bsky.social !!!

WI/Madison folks: come out to @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social next Wed, Nov 5 at 6 pm to celebrate the magnificent new short story collection from @syr.bsky.social, WHAT A FISH LOOKS LIKE, out now with @stelliform.press! It includes an OPEN MIC, so come read! <3 roomofonesown.com/event/2025-1...

The tl;dr is - we've been trying to fund three translations for seven months. All money goes to Black African writers and translators. For *reasons* this isn't getting talked about by the power structure, and someone who isn't me could likely convince them to please do so. This is important.

When transphobes talk about "basic biology" like they're experts, it always reminds me of a seven year old who declares they know all the numbers that exist because they learned to count to 100.

taking the phrase “fandom-brained” from everyone who has not spent a full year in the fandom mines (moderated a Big Bang or spent a semester in fan studies)

Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K

Recently, an encampment in Koreatown got swept by the city. Residents were forced to leave, and their belongings were thrown out. The next day, olive trees in planter boxes were dumped onto the now-empty parking strip. The saplings are blanketed in shade. It will be impossible for them to survive.

Planters and landscaping continue to be installed under the guise of "civic beautification"... but the ugliness gives the game away. Their true purpose is the private co-opting of public land, as well as the displacement and erasure of our most vulnerable community members.

Just a reminder that cash works better than food donations. Food donations take up volunteer time to make sure you're not donating something inedible (happens far too often) and also food banks get better discounts so their money can go farther than yours can

I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...

Congratulations to @vajra.me for winning the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for his ferociously visionary RAKESFALL! & congratulations to all the finalists; I can confirm that this was an enormously challenging decision to make--because each novel in the shortlist was worthy of winning in its own way.

spooky makeup! spooky makeup 💄

You can now watch Oscar Award winning documentary No Other Land in the United States of America. Link below.

Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window!! We will open in November and close in April. See our announcement on the website for details. All our usual Submissions Guidelines still apply. podcastle.org/2025/10/17/a...

On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT. The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...

They are arriving because of the mass mobilizations and they have figured out that Twitter isn't going to be the main space to monitor activity.

Here’s a list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

This is the Western Alaska animal nonprofit working to rescue the pets in Kipnuk. The residents of Kipnuk are under a mandatory evac order but can not bring their pets with them. Supporting this group will help with charter aircraft, etc. www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com

"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."

I only open my Short Story Cohort applications a handful of times a year. If you apply and are accepted, you'll receive three months of short story coaching and critique with other writers. Applications are open now: maryrobinettekowal.com/short-story-...

We talked to someone this week who told us about how she and her husband were harassed out of the quiet, out of the way spot where they were living by LAPD Officer Harris Cho, only to be moved to a spot that made them a target for gang violence. Their tarp was slashed and their dog was kidnapped.

Just chipped in. Plz give to the Sameer Project if you can; they have the people and infrastructure to efficiently distribute food and water as the trucks start rolling back in.

When I took my first writing workshop, On Spec was the only active SFF mag in Canada—and an inspiration when I launched Augur 3 years later. That was 13 years ago. They made space where there wasn’t for specfic in Canlit & set the stage for the many Canadian editors who’ve launched mags since.

Chiitan has a dream. I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past. I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination. Until then, let's all support each other🤍

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)