Last night’s earworm which bounced through my brain each time I woke was — "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer. youtu.be/puPRFGspl6w

The West is going to suffer terrible consequences from Israel's genocide. New column 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Putin says his friend Trump got robbed.

While I like some of the actors in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series, fuck all of them.

Sauron is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the Morgul-host to Free People-led cities like Helm's Deep, Osgiliath, and Minas Tirith due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on the heirs of Dúnedain.

One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.

WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

Celebrate every day, etc // Celebrate Black History Month by reading these 16 sci-fi and fantasy authors who've shaped the genre winteriscoming.net/celebrate-bl...

Can confirm! (I'm from the Okanagan, we know things)

Netanyahu calls Canadian recognition of Palestine the worst thing anyone has ever done to Palestine

it genuinely sucks so much in this country how often you only learn about a super fucking cool person because something horrifying has happened to them

US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve

J.K. Rowling naming a Scottish-Indian character:

I hadn't expected to read this on CNN. Oh sure, the greatest nation Earth frequently cosplays as Canadian when traveling, but the actual inclusion of Canadian anger, the "I didn't vote for him", the worldwide disgust, everything. Worth a read. www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/t...

The Aussie press not holding back when it comes to its coverage of neo-Nazis.

Israel bombing Nasser Hospital twice is an accident in the same way the deaths of 18.000+ children during the genocide have been in an accident in that they weren’t accidents at all.

What possible explanation could there be here that would justify this reutersagency.com/media-centre...

Given how hard it can be to hear of interesting new things, it's worth it to follow a bunch of small/indie presses, even if you've reached newsletter saturation point. There's @crossroadpress.bsky.social, @qospress.bsky.social, @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social, @wtpress.bsky.social and many more.

And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...

UK cartoonists launch “Cartoonists For Gaza” to respond to the humanitarian crisis, including Martin Rowson, Rachael House, Kate Evans, The Rickard Sisters, Roger Langridge, Bryan Talbot, James Sturm, Nick Abadzis, Lauren Weinstein, Hannah Berry, and Darryl Cunningham #cartoonistsforg4za

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Don't know Charles Saunders' work? He's woefully under-recognized author of African-inspired S&S - but so much more than that. His Imaro books took the genre and set it on its ear while somehow staying true to it at the same time. Def worth seeking out/enjoying

Feel like this little sob story *could* have mentioned that Boyne's Polari nomination came five days after he wrote a piece referring to trans-inclusive women as the evil wives in the Handmaid's Tale, "ready to pin a handmaiden down as her husband rapes her". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The "ambassador" from a hostile nation blames Canada for having stood up to American threats and attacks on our economy. We need to hold the line. Any backtracking in the hopes of striking a deal with these gangsters will be seen as weakness.

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

Canada's Parliament overwhelming voted to end weapons shipments to Israel. Prime Minister Carney must follow through on this promise. We cannot be complicit in the genocide of a people.

From Le Journal Amusant, 1893.

Go for it. I don't even care any more.

Go in for a chipped tooth, come out of the emergency vet 10 hours later - he'll be in there for a few days yet. Removing 5+ litres of fluid around his lungs - and if that works, removing more from around his heart. If that works, stabilization & antibiotics could give me a few more months.

I couldn't possibly appreciate Gail more. Just awesomesauce.

#Booksky Last 16 hours to get the Pride StoryBundle! 14 great books by great queer authors and support for Rainbow Railroad too! storybundle.com/pride

The White House on Carney: "It’s very simple, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada caved to President Trump." MAGA is not interested in negotiating trade they are into ritual humiliation. We gave up our right to establish domestic tax policy on tech oligarchs. Trump is now going after dairy.

The difference between this and Nazi propaganda against Jews is that this is AI-generated.

Stay safe and stay sharp gang.

"Be Crime" just makes me happy

African developers make a game where African characters steal back actual artefacts that are actually kept in Western museums and private collections while teaching you about the artefacts. This looks awesome.

Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

This is like watching herpes fight gonorrhea

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By Ruben Bolling Genius. Click in.

I keep thinking about how Jonathan Joss’s attack hasn’t yet been officially listed as a hate crime (and, lets be honest, isn’t likely to be), and how that aligns with so much the culture and history of queerness. This crime won’t be counted. (CWs on article for animal abuse, murder, hate crime.)

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

Brand Manager getting ready for Pride Month

Israel has killed on average more than 100 people every day for 591 days straight.

This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

Some superior wizard-school series you can easily replace HP with: 🧙 Witch Hat Atelier 🧙 Little Witch Academia 🧙 The Worst Witch 🧙‍♀️ The Owl House 🧙 Mashle: Magic & Muscles 🧙‍♀️ Wizard of Earthsea (le Guin) 🧙 The School for Good & Evil (Soman Chainani)

Fantasy (Book) Cafe has been doing an INCREDIBLE series over the years - Women in SFF. If you love the genre, you have to check it out. You can learn more about authors you know and love, and find new and exciting ones to dive into. You just can't lose! 50/10 stars, highly recommended

Women in SF&F Month: Karin Lowachee Todya's Women in SF&F Month guest is Karin Lowachee! Her short fiction includes "A Borrowing of Bones" (selected for the Locus Recommended Reading List), "Meridian" (a Sunburst Award finalist that was also selected for The Best Science Fiction of the Year,…