Ok this is not going to be expected, but Catch Them Before They Fall: The Psychoanalysis of Breakdown by Christopher Bollas, and I found out about it on the psychoanalysis subreddit. A very interesting book that IMO made a strong argument for more flexible health insurance + community care.

OMG I have been looking forward to this novella by @ceciliatan.com and now It comes with a MOCKTAIL 😭 as a mocktail fiend, I approve!!!

that’s what they have to do all too often in real life. (I’m not sure I actually agree with this stance - having a character be corrected on something CAN help with awareness, making the reader reconsider - but at the same time there is something to it sometimes? Idk, kinda curious to discuss it.)

With these kinds of things you can also say there‘s also the factor of the author sort of writing for other neurotypical / cis / (insert privileged group) people over the people that (insert bigotry) effects. Like, expecting marginalized readers to sit through the MC learning to not be awful, when

I can’t express how disappointed I am. But here’s a second disappointment: Tokarczuk is a co-founder of a video game company that uses AI. This interview is her promoting the company (also why it was published in a business venue).

Her terrible handling of an intersex character in The Empusium put me off her. Sigh.

for context a box of scores and ephemera for the eclectic klezmer cimbalom player and restaurateur Joseph Moskowitz were discovered in the attic of a relative last year and photographed and posted here.

I had this exact same experience, so I am sadly not surprised by Tokarczuk's pro-AI stance.

The upcoming collection of trailers has a trailer, very meta! I am really looking forward to this + so awesome to see multiple trailers where I am just "?!? what is this this looks so cool" even though I am following new puzzle game releases quite closely. (WHAT IS THE ONE WITH THE CAT)

This. Absolutely no software in the US can pronounce my name. I am lucky if they can DISPLAY my name visually.

Oh I didn't know this was coming! (I feel like I have probably been living under a rock 😭) Super excited to read!

What is the weirdest speculative fiction book, adult or YA, you've read in the last 10 years or so?

So @tkrex.bsky.social has a @neonhemlock.bsky.social novella, THE CURSED BLADE OF WEK, announced 4 days before their ecofuturist collection debut, THE WILDCRAFT DRONES, from @stelliform.press? Is this the banner year or is that 2027?

Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

Last chance today!!!

My husband has consented to me reading this book out loud to him, so I am resharing my unhinged love for this tiny novella of clones, redemption, and cheese. Also, this whole thread of unhinged book reviews is one of my favorite things I have ever done on BlueSky.

I have so many feelings about this! I knew Rachel and admired her intensely. This book is a historical monument, one of the origin points of the trans novel. It is also a great time! It is also, on a second look, weird as fuck and deeply magical. I am so deeply happy it is coming back into print.

RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS and available for preorder feministpress.org/products/978... CC @rozkaveney.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social @catfitzpatrick.net Please tell your friendssss

Hi friends! QU: finally some good news! My mom is out of danger and should be discharged soon. Tyvm to everyone who’s been supporting us, it really means a lot 💜 Now I’m dealing with some medical bills. We’re about $300 short rn. Can you help us? Any amount helps a LOT! ko-fi.com/haileykaas

Hello, I'm on the academic lit search again - is there any writing out there on trans lives* in Northern Ireland? Thank you! * specifically trans people, I've found tons of great sources on LGB people. @hleehurley.com

This is one of the best games out there … And it’s literally about redoing your turn over and over again until it plays out ideally (time travel) so it’s the perfect Autistic perfectionist game.

If you've ever done any research in historical records, you'll understand how MASSIVE an alteration this is.

The perfect musical instrument doesn't exi-- Oh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a3-...

Finally put together my March-April #metroidbrainia reviews post! Enjoy! www.reddit.com/r/metroidbra...

Finally put together my March-April #metroidbrainia reviews post! Enjoy! www.reddit.com/r/metroidbra...

Oh The Thaumaturge is coming to PS Plus! I wanted to play this one!

hello!!!! on Wednesday, i am reading my 2024 @3lobedmag.com story "All Her Rows of Teeth" at @storyhour.bsky.social come see how i turn this low quality fact into horror!!!! Mike Allen is also reading!

I just kind of think a lot of authors are averse to marketing terms in a way that hinders them. If you don't like the word brand just think of it as what you want to be known for. It's a good thing to try to exert control over!!

The perfect musical instrument doesn't exi-- Oh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a3-...

Time for my annual PSA! Many public libraries in the US do have a summer reading club for adults! Participating helps boost stats and you can usually earn prizes or enter for giveaways. If you're not sure if your library participates, ask anyway so they register patron interest!

Did you see that I'm doing a giveaway of @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social 's new book?!

29 HOURS LEFT TO SUPPORT OUR TINY QUEER/COOPERATIVELY OWNED PRESS!!!! We are fully funded and only $500 from having the full costs of this queer and intersectional speculative anthology covered!!! Featuring this incredible cover, editor introductions to every piece, and a dope internal layout!!

Did you see that I'm doing a giveaway of @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social 's new book?!

It makes me so angry that baldur’s gate won every single game of the year award in existence, but if it had been an indie game it would not have been allowed on the any storefront or funding platforms.

I recommend this book!

SURPRISE ADDITIONAL GIVEAWAY! @bogiperson.bsky.social is giving away a copy of IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS from Patreon - will ship to any place USPS ships to. Open until May 17. You do not have to be a paid backer to enter. www.patreon.com/posts/back-w... #IgnoreThisBook

Ha valakit igazán utáltok és pont házat vennének, akkor ajánljátok nekik az enyémet! Legrosszabb szomszédok, poros utca, unalmas város: ingatlan.com/35287230

Ok this is for those who want a book giveaway at the middle of the night my timezone!!! Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann: www.patreon.com/posts/157920... (yes it is really good! I blurbed it!)

Ok this is for those who want a book giveaway at the middle of the night my timezone!!! Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann: www.patreon.com/posts/157920... (yes it is really good! I blurbed it!)

Me: So if hotel bookings are down, flights are down, not many people are coming to Kansas City, surely I can find some cheap tickets to a World Cup game Me: Looks at ticket prices 😮😮😮

Mati really likes this track (I do too) and asked for the full album, but I'm not finding it... It doesn't seem to be available on streaming, and Discogs shows the vinyl unavailable and on the wishlist of 200+ people 😭 Any ideas really welcome! (I'm pretty sure this is it - see link)

Nasser Mizdawi - ياللى عزيزي على [Libya, Psych/Funk] (1983) https://redd.it/72bylb https://youtu.be/rVAX1qjFqKI

Thanks for sharing! I didn't know about it. Looks like the date changes as it is the 3rd Sunday in April.

OK Global Southern Bluesky, let's go: share your most beloved non-Anglophone pop culture franchises. We want to know about the Nepali romance novels, the Khmer superhero comics, the Guatemalan detective movies, the Malawian ghost hunter cartoons. Or whatever's out there. Please boost!

Okay, because @caylen.bsky.social asked and because I’m a nosy bint who likes to find out, I looked at Tokyopop’s financials filed as part of its share offering: www.sec.gov/Archives/edg... and, in a word: yikes

Reminder that there is in fact a nonbinary parents day (April 19), but it's not very well-known, so spread the word about it -

Popped into local park bookshop and thought ‘well why not!’ So I did

Well just because my city and state are now ruled by saffron nazis doesn't mean I get to stop shilling my work. Still need income. Such is capitalism. Here is a book about my now nazified city, Calcutta, in the 90s/00s, imagined as a host for refugees from a distant reality. Places are memory.

Theyre GAMERS leave them ALONE