in other Roc news: guy dressed like Jigsaw standing on a median near the public market, stay free out there

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Why tell the whole?

taking suggestions for movies on Tubi to watch with the father-in-law tonight, of the Statham/Denzel/Bond/Bourne/etc ouevre

My Filipino American History Month display at my library. It’s my honor each year to showcase & uplift Filipino stories. Just 5 years ago, I didn’t have enough books to even put up a display, but now my display overflows. I marvel at how far we’ve come. And yet there’s always room for more. #booksky

The Only Station That Matters upholding its title by playing Julee Cruise in the middle of the day

patricia rutledge oh what a legend

Trying to figure out how many ways we can flash the red lights here. This was NEVER EVER ABOUT BOOKS. Books were the tool. THEY ARE STEALING YOUR RIGHTS. THEY ARE STEALING YOUR RIGHTS.

Sharing this comprehensive Writer Beware post, for anyone needing clarification, links etc on the Anthropic court case and its many issues. Includes link to search US copyright site for registrations. writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/b...

so excited to dip into this over my long weekend! 🧜‍♀️

I’m not talking about the “AI “actress”” thing because it is so clearly an astroturfed non-story which only benefits from people taking it seriously, even as outrage / distaste. It does not exist. It *will* not exist, at least as executed by these people. I refuse to fall for it.

you used to be able to wildly burn the old you at midnight, now you have to sort the fragments so they can be cast into the correct bin at the municipal dump, somehow it's not the same vibe

The calls to action are beginning on utility shutoffs. I am asking people for shareable resources; a lot of impromptu messages so far. The key, for those of you who can act without details, is to call the governor and the chair of your state PSC/PUC and ask them to ban shutoffs, just like 2020.

an acquired taste, you might say

Hey, the common loon called. Yeah, it was hauntingly beautiful

vol. 4 sent to print! will def be premiering the digital version early through my newsletter in October... 😇 buttondown.com/florilegia

first day of 60-degree weather in my area requires @caitlinstarling.com collar pins & the BIG loafers (plus pumpkin horchata cold brew 🎃) kinda love how the new tattoo looks peeking out from socks.

✨COVER REVEAL!✨ LAKE EFFECT by Hillary Behrman, is a debut short story collection about the wild and hidden places in nature and the heart. Selected by Lauren Groff (@legroff.bsky.social) to win the 2024 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Available May 2026. Preorder in bio!

there was a fairly egregious terminology error in the big tradpub legacy book I read this week but sure, stunts involving garlic ink, that's a better use of money than paying editors

I figure all these sites are basically intended as crypto-adjacent scams, and people showing up on them to chat like they're forums is either actively harmful to the scam or just a waste of time because it forces the owners to act like mods instead of fleecing the rubes.

When you’re publishing your publisher friend. @alexwoodroe.com wrote an amazing horror sci-fi banger! So stoked be publishing her!

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

"is it [xyz] enough" is the mind-killer. I will permit the decision to be from the editors.

OK, ok, I need to stop being coy and self-effacing. I am DELIGHTED that my work in making lesbian history accessible for authors of historical fiction is being recognized in books that used my work. My ultimate goal is to never again hear an author of a sapphic historical say "There's no sources."

she's so snugged

The only way to do it is if 95% of the film is a near-unwatchable shitshow

hello #WeeknightWriters! for #FirstDraftFall I'm planning to finish the first draft of a novel, currently titled The Kill: gold-diggers and small-town secrets in the Hudson Valley.

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯 I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨ youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others. Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla: “People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.” 1/3

💙📚🩸 It's the 1st & been awhile since I shared so: Horror #publishers on Bluesky; mostly #indie & active (posting regularly or w/in past 6 mos) ***with confirmed NO AI policies (will not use or accept generated words/images)*** Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/UwgWqLc Feed list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

seeing a lot of people acting like this is the exception rather than the rule but it's the most glaringly extreme example of what's happening to state schools all over as far as grift and cronyism.

IMO every publication and every publisher should have a clear statement about their generative AI policy. To dictate what is acceptable writer usage, yes, but also to declare their own usage (or lack thereof). Do they use it for slushreading, editing, illustration, correspondence?

'Beryl and the Great Pumpkin Parade’ linocut print. matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com/product/bery... #BLOCTOBER2 #linocut #printmaking

happy October! I'm biased, but I think this is a great little scary-season collection, ft. Halloween staples like "baptism in blood" "your horrible husband falling prey to a cosmic horror" and "second-person stories written entirely in one sentence."

Nurse Hammam has been struggling to survive and to keep his family alive in Gaza. His accounts keep getting deleted by Bluesky, despite the fact that he's clearly a real person undergoing this genocide. Help him at tinyurl.com/nursehammam

I have re-released my fairy tale story Candlewife, including a brand new audio version read by me. It's possible something related may come out later this month. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2025/10/cand...

New today on the site! "The Courage to Teach" - @eccantwell.bsky.social on George Roy Hill's SLAP SHOT (🎨 by @garymillsfineart.bsky.social)

if I have to keep hearing about Brandon Sanderson, you have to keep hearing my about my weird, gross, pro-apostasy post-Mormon stories: menshevixen.itch.io/son-of-perdi...

You know who describes himself as a “happily excommunicated Mormon” and doesn’t tithe to a church devoted to transphobia

#FirstDraftFall starts TOMORROW and we are so excited to help you plan & write your projects!! If you want more support than the Bluesky chats + prompts, join our Sustaining Membership Program for access to weekly virtual write-ins, monthly socials, and more - starting at just $5 per month

Cervantes invented a guy to get mad at but showed us instead that dudes rock

I'm running up against the last two chapters of my initial outline & am not anywhere NEAR the end of this book, so, haha,,, 😅

putting together October book crates 👻

New episode! We are in the midst of Latine Heritage Month, so Tiffany Gonzales and I are here to tell you what horror books by Latine authors you should read!

Good news!

generals gathered in their masses/president calls them all fatasses

Covens in the US, UK, Belgium and New Zealand, your time is here. #InterviewWithTheVampire season 2 is available to stream now on Netflix.

Free short stories on the CHM website! Treat yourself to some spookiness with "Leave No Rock Unclimbed" by Pauline Chow: https://bit.ly/4pZq3HY