A group of youth climate researchers affiliated with UC Davis is trying to fix climate models to correct for fossil fuel industry propaganda that has snuck its way in. But... of course their funding was just cut. :( So they're doing a GoFundMe. www.gofundme.com/f/support-Ba...

Are you doing a neat Ursula-related project? Talking about her work on a podcast, or reviewing the prize shortlist, or anything else? We'd love to hear about it, if so! You can always tag us here, and every email that comes through the contact form is read by an actual person.

Many assume bc I'm Jamaican that any vernacular in which I write must be Jamaican, and the story must be set there. But I'm more fluent in Trinidadian, more likely to use that. Or whichever vernacular I can effectively imply. In "Riding the Red," the language is from nowhere near the Caribbean.

virtually attending a workshop tonight and instructor mentioned using chatGPT to search for something if google isn't helping and i do not care that i am insufferable anymore i have simply accepted i am the insufferable guy everyone knows when it comes to this shit

I'm here to banish the darkness, if only for a moment. A vaccine for chlamydia in koalas. Developed in Canada by a global team, with help from the family of Steve Irwin. It reduces mortality, reduces disease severity, provides protection for baby koalas. Turning the tide on a deadly disease.

Okay folks, Keezy is an AMAZING artist. You know what to do. Here is her ko-fi: ko-fi.com/keezyyoung

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

It’s finally here! I’m at the launch of PO wong’s great second novel, “Slice the Water.”

sharing an update from my friend Mohammed in Gaza. On top of everything that's happening, his phone was damaged. as a belated birthday gift, I'm trying to raise money to help him replace it gofund.me/d6c648f5

FYI @nalohop.bsky.social

It's happening - Canada will criminalize hate symbols like swastikas used in protests by hate groups Fed Govt to table bill Friday criminalizing use of certain symbols to promote hate #Canada #NoHate #cdnpoli Bill will target symbols related to recognized terror groups www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

My novelette "The Touch of an Old Friend's Hand" — a story about robotic pets which many readers have told me made them misty-eyed, but in a good way — can be yours for only 99 cents today, along with 11 other awesome tales. Why, that's less than nine cents per novelette! How can you pass that up?

This is an incredibly important fact about current reality that's missing from how we speak to friends/family. Consider that we truly are living in different realities. This book has been incredibly helpful for me in reframing how I speak to people about, well, anything these days: amzn.to/42lIMDe

Here are four ways anyone can support and help their local library: • Get a library card ⭐️ • Use your library card 🌟 •Visit the library 💫 •Tell everyone to get a library card and support their local library ✨

A lot of Pogo (including this) is out of print On the surface, it’s a word-for-word adaptation of the court scene from “Alice in wonderland.” But the king is Kelly’s caricature of Joseph McCarthy. Published DURING the McCarthy hearings, he turned the story into a veiled critique of current events

Since we are supporting trans people, this is direct support that makes a huge difference

Boosting.

TODAY IS THE DAY HOTBLOOD! IS OUT!!!!!!!! run don't walk to your bookstore or comic shop and pick up this searing western about how much america sucks through the lens of toxic yaoi. it's brilliant it's sexy it's got some of the best paneling

This coming Saturday, September 13th! Oklahoma Comic Art Festival @okcomicarts.bsky.social

Thank you so much to @karinlow.bsky.social for this stunning endorsement of Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA, the first book in a new epic fantasy series Inspired by the culture and folklore of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska! Out October 2025. Preorder now: geni.us/doorsea

And what an incredible journey it has been. 🖖

@premeemohamed.com you promised the Heist Bees were just a thought experiment www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

She is done. No more last looks. No more polish. No more what if I added this or that. She is proofread, revised, edited and all shined up. I am euphoric. This is a high I have not experienced before. I wrote a fucking Trinidadian lesbian gothic banger. Dear publishers come get her. 😃 💥💥💥💥

@ronniebutlerjr.bsky.social did a great job as narrator!

I'm listening to the audiobook of Blackheart Man by @nalohop.bsky.social, narrated by @ronniebutlerjr.bsky.social. So delightful! Highly recommend. We all need cheering up & this combo does the trick. The language trips from the tongue like poetry with laughter bubbling behind, making it sing.

Still available:

Coming next week, a new collaboration @kyliu99.bsky.social and I wrote! It will be my first appearance in Reactor :)

Thread! Every author I know with an assistant finds it really useful. (And one day, maybe when my kids are adults and financially self-sufficient, I would love to try that, too!)

One time I paid someone $45 (American) a week to spend 3 hrs monitoring my Twitter, and it was amazing. The moment I can afford an assistant, I will hire one.

My novel SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER is under the microscope in the "Reading the Weird" column over at @reactorsff.bsky.social: reactormag.com/no-idea-what...

Why am I telling you all this? Because Tiffany once more has a couple of slots for new clients. If you're even curious, I highly recommend you contact her via @tiffscribes.bsky.social Chat with her to see whether the two of you might be a good fit. Do it soon. She's a precious and limited resource.

Just spotted this: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for emerging BIPOC writers in Canada: an opportunity to work with Lindsay Wong arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/CA...

About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”

"I commend you on your ability to appropriate with such panache." --Gomez Addams, "Wednesday" That line's gonna stick with me for a while.

Thread: Many years ago, I realized that some of my successful writer friends who didn't seem to struggle with the non-writing side of a writing career the way I do had a special advantage: an assistant.

:) My pleasure.

Our 2026 Kickstarter page is live! Be sure to click that "Notify me on launch" button so you don't miss out on any of our backer rewards, as some will be extremely limited! ⏰ Visit our Kickstarter page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine," That's... usually not the case! In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using. We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that? youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk

I remember helping my mother scald raw milk before we consumed it.

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda How quick we forget.

oh hey it's pre-order sale time again at @barnesandnoble.com which makes it a great time to pre-order WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, interviews about activism, protest, and collective action, edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & yours truly

SPREAD ME is an Indie Next pick!! One of the greatest honors a book can receive imo. Thank you to everyone who supports the work of indie booksellers by shopping at your local bookstore and by pre-ordering via @bookshop.org!! bookshop.org/a/13492/9781...

Thread: Many years ago, I realized that some of my successful writer friends who didn't seem to struggle with the non-writing side of a writing career the way I do had a special advantage: an assistant.

2025 SLF Working Class Writers Grant Applications Open

From an uptick in comms from wildlife rescue places lately: don't use glue traps, they're so cruel; do not spray paint wildlife, including birds and turtles; do not pick any animal by the tail or you can severely injure their spine. This includes opossums, for whom it can be life threatening.

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Come for the launch of Billy-Ray Belcourt’s newest book on September 23rd at @museumofvan.bsky.social !! www.eventbrite.ca/e/an-idea-of...

I’m coming to #London #Manchester #Edinburgh and #Glasgow touring a book on the long history of #transgender people and the fight for #LGBTQ rights against Nazis in the #Weimar. I’m a journalist, an author, a TV host, a PhD, a podcaster. Interview me. Let’s annoy #TERFS @theguardian.com any takers?