Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it. So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon. Please feel free to share. www.patreon.com/posts/this-i... catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. (not sure about this one...)

David needs folks to lend a hand. https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerrolds-health-and-leukemia-fundraiser?lang=en_GB&ts=1765731124&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOs_FtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6KKiZ2rx4-CeehknGhy0m7jAsLfQXTijNNB--x4dSYOZovtFMCTh0YuSl10w_aem_bDanHCEMaHX8JsZvYYD7Jg

Now on Bluesky, political posts from SF author Connie Willis (not the one on Coast to Coast AM). The posts here will be mainly links to the regular posts at keepcalm.beehiiv.com with occasional share of other interesting posts. This account is managed by Lee Whiteside (@mrsftv.bsky.social)

I went to the Trump Kennedy Center Honors Cursed By The Monkey’s Paw and all you got were these 1500 words of observations www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Planning to see them on the current tour when they come to Phoenix in April. Presale starts tomorrow morning.

It may not be the best Christmas song ever, but it was definitely the very first Christmas single I ever bought. youtu.be/Psf9PSf0xhQ?...

"Gosh and golly, it's the Call and Molly Holly Jolly Almost Solstice Singalong!" I AM PLAYING A BANDCAMP HOLIDAY SHOW WITH @mollylewis.wtf!!!! YOU CAN WATCH IT ANYWHERE ANYTIME* Tickets: mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/call-m...

Definitely happening a lot. Half the time they don't even have the correct author in the email.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen the artist multiple times— Todd Rundgren Elvis Costello Bruce Springsteen "Weird Al" Yankovic The Pretenders

Introduce yourself with five (unexpected) concerts you've seen - Chase The Sweet Bram Tchaikovsky Roy Clark C. W. McCall

47 years ago today, I almost got crushed when the doors opened for a Heart concert at Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium. The crowd pressed forward, and I started moving with the crowd, not touching the ground. I was not surprised when people died at the Cincinnati Who concert about a year later.

Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."

What do you Want from Life, Charlie Brown?

Just for reference, some of the titles of the Peanut's collections aren't that far from what the meme has been generating.

So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish, Charlie Brown.

A movie that takes place where you're from (and was filmed there and I watched them filming some outdoor scenes).

Yeah, this week's It's Storytime, Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6'" by F.E. Choe, is a beautiful story that sneaks up, quietly slips its hand around your heart, and squeezes it until you think it's going to break. I love that so many listeners love it, too.

With all the other stuff going on, this seems to not being noticed by major media or even people like @atrupar.com and @acyn.bsky.social .

After looking up LPS for a 1970s meme, I checked out the current top 100. There's all the songs from the new Taylor Swift LP, a bunch of Halloween songs starting to drop, and Christmas songs starting to rise. I guess there aren't really any Thanksgiving songs... www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3XI...

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

I saw that #nuggets was trending, but my first thought was of the classic LP compilation by Lenny Kaye not the basketball team...

Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming by the perimeter fence day to all who celebrate. A solemn 30 second screaming before vanishing will take place at 11am.

Oh I am SO excited.

45 years ago tonight, Tempe, AZ. Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band. A four hour show. Most of it captured on video. Here's how he opened his second set with references to local car dealer Tex Earnhardt. youtu.be/YdLC-sG4f4U?...

OH AND HEY-- ALSO one week from tonight I'll be at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social talking with the ever-wonderful @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social about writing and dinosaurs and GOD'S JUNK DRAWER. Stop by! Ask questions! Get books signed! Far away? Order books to get signed and sent to you!

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-) he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

Five trick or treaters so far. Much slower than last year so far.

Shazam!

Hey. Just wanted to remind y'all that this is coming. Look. Look! I convinced Wizards of the Coast to let me write a print MAGIC THE GATHERING novel!

Got some Hot! Fresh! Seasonal! PSL-Scented! Spooky-season deals on my relevant books from around the 'web! Okay they're NOT fragranced like that weird-ass garlic book, but hey: you won't have to quarantine them in plastic wrap and bury them in the yard. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/spooky-...

We're only 10 DAYS AWAY from the end of our Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter! It's scary cutting it so close at only $11,985/$20k so far, but Apex is used to scary! We have a fancy new banner, a WHOLE CATALOG of rewards, and earnest optimism! Let's get to 20k! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

#NoKings Manhattan ARROOOOOOOO

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

Hasan: The UK still has a king. King Charles III, but he has less gold in his palace then Donald Trump in the oval office right now. King Charles has more respect for democratic norms than the whiny manchild trying to send his troops into as many blue cities as he can.

Nye: We are here to tell our lawmakers that what's going on in our government is wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king

Frogs for freedom. #NoKings

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

NYC #nokings Jubilant atmosphere in Times Square - and so many good signs

Oh there's a @kierongillen.bsky.social Image Comics Humble Bundle going right now, featuring all our Image work together as well as DIE and The Power Fantasy! www.humblebundle.com/books/roll-f...

I think I still have one of those 3.5" disks somewhere. Here's a video looking at it, with some history about PTEN in the commentary around it.

I know Mo Ryan from her media reporting on SF/F TV series. She was at the ICE protest in Chicago today and has this report on what was going on there today.

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IT IS TIME! RELEASE DAY IS UPON US! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION, co-authored w/ Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social IS HERE! Available wherever books are sold via @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks for shares & support! 🖤 bookshop.org/p/books/amer...

Tomorrow is the release date for SILVER AND LEAD, the nineteenth book in the October Daye series. It should be hitting Kindles for the East Coast in about three hours. For everyone who's still on this ride with me, thank you. I am so appreciative. I hope to see some of you in the coming weeks!

I concur with this sentiment.

Please stop posting that bullshit thing about Melania Trump plagiarizing from C J Cherryh. It’s AI-generated and not true.