Brutal photo caption from The Guardian: “Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team.”

Obvs Spain deserves this but also Martinez needs his own special Cup

I'm watching in germany. The German commentators kept quiet for nearly the whole thing until suddenly the shot widened and we just hear with a German accent, "Oh, Miss Piggy"

KERMIT!!!

My cat Helen brought her favorite ball down to the den and is playing her own soccer game against herself and the ghosts while we watch the final.

alright, vamos!!!!! #ESPvARG

That was so delightful and stressful but mostly delightful and I'm SO GLAD a penalty goal was not the determining factor. I love you Mbappé!

I thought that the French didn’t go on vacation until August.

this game is giving me secondhand embarrassment

If we win tonight I think France should give us back Calais. By the same token, if they win we should give them Hastings.

in an apt metaphor for how this book is going, my white board just came apart in my hands

THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS

With "The Shape Of Monsters," author Tessa Gratton is presenting the second book in their epic #fantasy trilogy "The Moon Heresies." To learn more — like what inspired and influenced this middle installment — check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧙🪄

#AICouldNever blend gagaku and Joe Hisaishi www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIfz...

This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.

"That's what I do, that's not who I am." Something writers have to remember too. Sam Neill seemed like a very thoughtful, talented guy.

RIP Sam Neill

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Writers! As of today, we're officially open for pitches. 🎉 New Fansplaining has been live for two months: hopefully time for folks to see the ambition of the project, and the kinds of stuff we're hoping to publish in the future. Also...do you actually want to be edited? 😉 (I always do!)

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Happy book birthday to THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS, by NYT bestseller @tessagratton.bsky.social! MONSTERS is the highly anticipated sequel to THE MERCY MAKERS–we can’t wait for readers to see what comes next!

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couple of thieves #art #illustration #birdart #myart #magpie

This is what novel plot revision feels like

A quoted agent: "I’ve had [rejection] responses from editors specifically citing that it’s difficult to place queer books in stores, and they’re being selective about acquiring queer stories."

On this, the 6th day of our Queer Holy Month of Pride, I'd like to share some queer book resources! 🌈📚 First off, I've been creating/curating queer adult SFF lists since 2019. The latest has links back to all of the previous lists:

Junicorn Day 1: Ancient #junicorn #kaseyart

RAINBOW MONTH IS HERE!

Reminder that Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS BRING HONOR TO YOUR HOUSE

When I say I won’t read your Substack this is what I mean:

One more task for today: call your senators about HR 2616 The "Don't Say Trans" bill literally states it's "defending women from gender ideology." Cis women, I am deputizing you especially. Please make several phone calls to tell them to knock it the fuck off.

Ponyo (2008) #animationtidbits #sakuga #animation #2danimation

I love this art so much! It's for illustrated edition of Queen Demon, sequel to Witch King. (which is also out in regular hardcover, ebook, and audiobook.)

If you wanted to know why a large swath of the #kidlit community was upset about Mac Barnett's "crud" sound bite, this is what we knew could happen. This was published in the WSJ today in an opinion piece called "Mac Barnett, Come on Down." How long before the book banners start using this quote?

Working on a newsletter about the massive sinkhole in my neighborhood and writing the third book in a trilogy. (they're not NOT related). Sign up here: buttondown.com/TessaGratton

Happy Star Wars day ✨ The High Republic is everything we love about this galaxy, hopeful, luminous, and just a little haunted. We’ve written about it, enjoy! #ForLightandLife swlegacyreader.substack.com/p/a-new-dawn...

Speculative fiction fans, can you *please* stop using YA as a way to insult adult fiction? YA isn't devoid of subtext or descriptions. It isn't lesser. If you notice those trends in adult, it's not because YA trends have infected it. And if you notice that in YA, then you need to read better books.

My latest is up! open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

They killed the Voting Rights Act today. Let's stop giving them our fucking money. Join the May Day Eve Cancel Party tomorrow and stop giving so many of your dollars to right wing billionaires. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

Is the New York Times more biased than other major US news organizations that cover the trans community? Early data from our 2026 news tracker suggests they are. Of the 10 outlets we've been tracking, NYT had the fewest stories that quoted a trans person of them all. More here:

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

Loved the first book--dreamy, strange, and very...charged. Can't wait to get my hands on book 2!

Early sketch I did for Star Wars Path of Deceit by @tessagratton.bsky.social and @justinaireland.com

We love to see book banners eat shit electorally

LISTEN. Thank you, Cecellia Wang.

forgot the most important of the genre

THE MERCY MAKERS ebook is on sale today!

Truth bombs from Frog and Toad

this also happens w original fic, but it is so much worse w ff.