If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.

ANGRILY BOOSTING THIS AGAIN

I think of conflict as any challenge, friction, or contest, whether it's between people or between people and their surroundings. I don't really go for hard rules, but most stories are improved by meaningful conflict and weakened by its absence, because conflict is a way of exposing the truth.

theres so much horrible shit about the murder of renee good, but there is something deeply terrifying about the way everyone from media to politicians have erased her wife from the story. ive seen far more mention of her late husband than her wife who was sitting next to her when she was murdered

Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them. It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

"I'm calling to demand the immediate dismantling of ICE for the murder of a woman in Minneapolis today and the impeachment of the President for his support of that murder" is the easiest call to my senators and representative I've ever made

oldhead advice from an oldhead. every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown" and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work gotta build for long term

One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun

Which is also why I will not countenance any fatalistic dooming from anyone on this website right now. If. These people can stand up to armed government thugs in the street, you can keep your keyboard pessimism to yourself for a few days.

Build on this momentum people. Call your electeds today and demand that they draft legislation to abolish ICE and hold its rogue agents accountable. We need prosecutions. @liccardo.house.gov @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov

this is actually much more important video

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery

Like, I post this as a joke, but it's really like this. It does no good to pretend otherwise. And if, in our hand-wringing laments, we don't acknowledge this or our role in making our own social media experience so shitty, nothing's going to change.

Vote now in the Broken Frontier Awards 2025! Nominees for 'Best Artist' are: @abscomics.bsky.social, Anna Readman, @donyatodd.bsky.social, @keezyyoung.bsky.social and @decassette.bsky.social. #BFAwards25 Online voting form here: www.brokenfrontier.com/introducing-...

your mileage may vary but my experience on here improved pretty noticeably when I stopped offering explanations to people whose questions sought conflict rather than answers

“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’” www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

i admit to being slightly annoyed that "chatbot psychosis" is becoming accepted terminology for something that isn't really psychosis in the sense that we've used it to describe an organic medical condition prior to this. i feel like we need different terms for cult/groupthink/chatgpt/etc delusions

Every time I hold my four-month-old nephew, I think about how Talia was born just a few weeks before he was, and how different her life has been. There is no fairness in war, but if we can make things even a little easier, we must. Please give what you can. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily

fuckin a brother, there are more good leftists than cranky brain poisoned idiot leftists, and there are more good liberals than mealy mouthed capitulating liberals, people need to suck it up and try to get along with people who might not fit 100% with you if we're gonna get out of this

I don’t love you and I’m not holding your hand: call your Senator and tell them that the must shut down the government on January 30th until this ends, a thing that Democrats have the hard power to do at this very moment.

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

impeach him. try to do it once a month, if necessary. build the case over and over to not just the American people but to the world that this isn’t the way things should be here, that this isn’t the way we should use our power abroad.

OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️ If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between! 📚 Open window: Jan 1-14 📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

2025 was a pretty fantastic year for me creatively. I finished a book for the first time in, uh, a while, and had my first short story acceptance in a while, and I'm so excited and energized by what I'm working on. Just feeling absolutely sickos.jpg about my own work after years of feeling off

Fresh bergamot pound cake for the new year!

Pleaseeeeee! I care far less about the tropes than how the characters are interacting with them. Just telling me "enemies to lovers" and a couple pepper emojis isn't all that helpful.

Favourite graphic novels of 2025 blog up now! www.hari-illustration.com/what-ive-bee... #BookRecs More books, nuance and yelling in the link. Comics are REALLY good, guys

done! (mostly, will probably do some minor edits and weathering when I get back to my laptop haha) #sinners

Get vaccinated and pick up a pack of n95s to wear in crowded and indoor spaces, friends. Just keep one in your bag, it doesn’t have to be a lifestyle, just a precaution. Protect your family, friends, and vulnerable loved ones from the flu, measles, and COVID this winter.

I want more fat people in sexy shows and not for inclusivity and representation or whatever, I want it because fat people are extremely sexy.

As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

well, time to enter the buzz cut phase of my 5-year hair cycle again

niche tabletop post: I won a game of Twilight Imperium for the first time yesterday and I'm still glowing with pride

TO HELL 39 pages // 2022 // horror // #comics "Do not speak. Do not look upon his face." Brother Isaac is given a task. It becomes an obsession. read below ⤵️

where i create from

you know, these days, many people time of year. but this season, try when to everything a special time — it just might become which with you

Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

friends! this is a fantastic opportunity to read some amazing short stories and poetry, support some super talented authors, AND participate in the incredible community-building work of the transfeminine review ✨

PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN on prohibiting gender affirming care for young people. Flood 'em with comments! www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

I’d be grateful if folks followed this project on Kickstarter 🖤 Aiming right now to go live in January, depending on when I get all my materials ready. We have some exciting invited authors and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social is on board for interior illustrations.

never forget that fatphobia originates in white supremacy and has propagated itself as a tool of social control and one of many tactics to divide society against itself

SFWA is doing a survey on LLM use in the industry. You don't need to be a member to submit. Writers/artists/humans need all the advocates we can get, and I hope we can encourage SFWA to take a strong stance. www.sfwa.org/sfwa-survey-...

harrowing breakdown of Katie Johnson's account of Trump and Epstein's sexual exploitation of her and many girls like her. she was only 13 when it began. katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...

thought this was a really excellent shitpost and not an actual documentation of a real thing but no, no

hey, are publishers just not editing for proper use of semicolons anymore or