So honored to be a part of this writing quintet. And just floored that we won this award together.

Freaking thrilled for @darklylem.com - thanks to the Wellman Award jury for continuing to celebrate NC spec fic writers!

So, this happened! Thanks to darkly @echoesofthemurk.bsky.social for representing us in person at the convention and securing this dope plaque.

i am obsessed with Iron Garden Sutra by A.D. Sui a generation ship arrives fulla skeletons and a monk of death is excited to do his job. but when he gets there? he's not alone, and neither are all the academics AvP for the gardening set

AI discourse is taking up too much oxygen (in addition to water) in writer spaces and it's bumming me right the fuck out. What is a delightful/weird/delightfully weird story you've read this year? Include read/purchase links. Get some humans paid.

Happy Space Whales Sunday.

If people would use alt text, this wouldn't be an issue. Alt text is parsed by the mute words filter so please use it.

it should be the bare minimum that Sam Neil's resting spot is draped with the future flag of Australia

Bringing one of the best tweets of all time over to Bluesky in honour of the Three Lions QF victory

alright it's over the line, it is live. Still plenty of slots though, if you want to apply. go.bsky.app/PhVMreq

Look as a trans person who has processed thousands of submissions as well as hundreds of OIAs, LGOIMAs, letters to the minister etc please do give parliamentary staff a chance to process these submissions before getting worked up. Just because the government sucks doesn’t mean public servants do.

Football players are just kids in the backseat of a car. "Ref! He's touching me!!

This essay by @darthj.uno about the recent proposal to amend the WSFS Constitution to limit how many Hugo finalists can be listed per nominated item is terrific. #HugoAwards

Date yourself with an old film reference.

Fucking FIFA! (derogatory) Fucking football! (complimentary)

Heartbreaking: The Worst Country You Know Just Won A Great World Cup Quarterfinal Game

I promise there's no chance you're prepared for the 17s mark

Post a random picture or else everything will go tits up in July

Just want to remind all y'all that there is a Bsky starter pack of the 2026 Hugo Award finalists so you can follow them all with relative ease. Handy tool that I hope @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social and @brisbane28.org will emulate.

This whole thread is great; I pulled this particular bit out because when I had this realization it was what set me free.

Not to roast my mom on main, but there was an unfortunate period when she was calling me a "non-binary birth-giver" and I had to break it to her that the gender-neutral word for parent is "parent"

The publishing email scam is so pervasive, I generally don’t even bother with them anymore (it’s scams all the way down!) but one I got today is worth sharing. 1/4

Just in case anyone out there hasn’t heard: My upcoming Star Trek: The Original Series 60th Anniversary novel ECHOES IN ETERNITY comes out October 27 in hardcover, eBook & digital audiobook, and is available now for PRE-ORDERS! (Please pre-order it. … Pretty please?) davidmack.pro/writing/echo...

I think we should start measuring government programmes in Hayden Donnell's 'metres of roading'. Lowering the age of bowel cancer screening to 45? 5 metres of road. A year of Three Waters? 63 metres of road. Reading recovery? 13mm of road.

And we've reached this stage of watching football on television.

This is a delightful surprise! And here's your pub quiz moment: in 2026 3/5 of the darklies are North Carolinian.

We've recently published a report on the state of gender equity in trades in Aotearoa - it's not good.  The good news is Cahoots is working hard to make real change in this space.  We're launching our strategy on 3rd July, read more at docs.cahoots.nz

I just did a job that I've been fighting with for days because the MANUAL left out a step that I had to find on a YouTube video and can I just say I hate this for us.

Well, yeah. You can fix anything with duct tape *or* WD-40.

"Aha! The Greens has a $800m mistake on their costings!" Greens: "yes you're right. Now we've corrected it and there's still no significant material changes to our policies" ".......okay" #nzpol

The doors of Story Oracle, Clarion West’s first ever choose your own adventure narrative game, are officially open. Awaiting you inside the labyrinth are adventure, romance, and as many as 10 book recommendations curated by some of your favorite CW authors. Start your journey here: bit.ly/44kuAuI

If this game turned into the finale of Shaolin Soccer I would not be surprised.

everlee is free - please RT, all the details here: www.webworm.co/everleeisfree/

Clem Fandango does not share my love of the beautiful game.

This post brought to you by me shouting, "are you fucking kidding me?!" at the television while home alone.

I genuinely did not care about the men's world cup this go around until the first ball was kicked, but in that split second I was 100% back on my bullshit. It's some kind of sorcery.

Sunrise this morning over Matiu Island and Hutt valley. #Aotearoa is so beautiful.

More of that, please!

If you are a cis person just state your pronouns, or state the pronouns you'd like to use that day. He, she, they, it, xie, per, these are all fine. "Any pronoun is fine" is also fine if it's true. "My pronouns are sparkle/sunshine," fuck all the way off. Also, do not ever add "obviously."

I love these maps

Everybody, The Onion is extraordinarily on sale for Father's Day. It's $75 for a year's worth of papers shipped right to your house, which is a crazy deal. Your dad will love and/or be very confused by it. We also have some big news coming this week. Help us help you. membership.theonion.com

Suburban bus ride sightings: a guy in his underwear? (boxers, t-shirt, white socks) standing in his open garage, looking out, bewildered, and holding a bedraggled small dog under each arm.

Guess what? I wrote a completed four book queer cyberpunk detective series! It’s about fighting back against corporate hegemony in the virtual and physical worlds. The first book is Self Made, and the whole series is available in print, ebook, and audiobook. Narrated by me!

I just noticed that my currently watching list pretty much sums up my personality.

Guy at the pyramids called after me “sir!” No response “maam!” No response, after a few seconds he tries again “cousin!” I think we’ve cracked it. There is a gender neutral honorific.

A well-edited 25 minute condensed game is the best way to watch a football match as a neutral. You get a real feel for the flow of the game and bonus: you can watch a whole tournament without becoming a feral goblin.

1, 2, 3, 4 we don't want your culture war 5, 6, 7, 8 you can't make us cis or straight

PSA in my first carousel. Take a scroll. Pass it on.

If I have learned anything in my decades of studying film noir, it is that, just as there are 15 years in the classic noir period, there are 15 different categories of film noir titles

Confession: I mentally substituted "book" for videogame/game when I read this, and according to the instructions I was not even supposed to read it, but damn. You should read this, even if you're not supposed to.