Typhoon day today. Stayed in. Wrote 2k of a new scene. Finished two terrific books, napped, and then revised. Now to catch up on Star City.

I'm beyond thrilled to have this introduction to an upcoming collection by Cesar Aira reprinted in The Paris Review. Reading these stories and being immersed in Aira's worlds was intoxicating. In collaboration with @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social, working on this was a dream.

The stories in our inaugural Best Of anthology are all wonderful! Including Somto Ihezue's award-winning "We Begin Where Infinity Ends", and so many more. Back us by visiting http://kck.st/4wtYJ6... or the link in our bio. #SFF #Booksky #backthebook #sciencefiction #fanstasy

In honor of Bonnie Tyler, esp to The Way Home fans: magical realism, time travel, and some off-the-charts w/w chemistry surrounding a body of water. youtu.be/RnZ998RqM40?...

Gutted about this. If you haven't seen the French film 'The Five Devils', I recommend taking the time—it features one of Tyler's songs in an incredible scene that lives rent-free in my head.

Once upon a time, there was light in my life But now there′s only love in the dark Nothing I can say A total eclipse of the heart 😔 Rest in Peace Bonnie Tyler

Best STAR TREK captain. Wrong answers only.

MAGA representatives trying to sane wash Trump's statement about the "Islamic Republic of Japan".

Gosh, I’ve been living here for over a quarter century. Guess I just forgot to stop by the mosque.

Yes to this whole piece, with the exception of the part about short form video. My guess is Netflix isn't really trying to compete against TT and YT but verticals, which are usually subscription-based and took in $7b in 2024 variety.com/2025/tv/news...

New Review - a transformed U.K. in an ever long Cold War, aliens and first contacts all combine to create something fascinating in The Next Enemy Shall Be The Last by @stewarthotston.com out now and strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/7/...

welp, i've entered binky into the local shelter's calendar contest. each dollar donated is a vote. you know what to do 😂 gogo.photo/662883

Inwood is also home to the last native forest in Manhattan. Beautiful place.

There’s no season to the memory, just the tropical sun melting the months into a haze of March-April-May.

Fellow authors: without any context, what’s the first line of your current WIP? “Your mom has those bones,” her father told her. “You do too, kid. You won’t age.” In the photo, K’s mother is a blur. Could be in her 30s, like in their first house on M Street, or the wraith she was in their last.

Hajichi, the traditional hand tattoos of the Ryukyuan people of Okinawa, once graced the hands of women from Yaeyama in the south to Amami in the north. In 1899, the Meiji government of Japan banned hajichi as part of an attempt to quash "backwards" Okinawan culture.

DOGE deletes itself: The Department of Government Efficiency ends temporary charter on July 4, 2026, after failing to secure its promised $2 trillion in savings. The Elon Musk-led initiative drastically reduced federal workforce through deferred resignations and deregulation are among it legacy.

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We are coming up on the last hours of bidding. If you ever wanted me to help you dress your characters for a historical/fantasy/futuristic era, the bid is at $202 right now and there are second (and third!) chances for this! It all benefits @romancingthevote.com www.32auctions.com/organization...

📸 Another one of those unfortunate defining photographs of our time.

When America is at our best, we look out for one another and know that we have much more in common than what separates us. That idea has been fundamental to the fabric of our nation since our founding.

DOGE officially ends on July 4. It was sold as a war on waste. Instead, it became an engine of it, costing $1,028 per U.S. taxpayer The Trump regime forced out more than 300,000 civil servants, cancelled thousands of contracts & grants, & dismantled institutions built over decades. A disaster.

Happy July 4th from the future to all fellow Xers struggling to reconcile their bicentennial memories with a dystopian present.

So this happened today.

Both books are superb, and the Russian TV adaptation of Life and Fate is pretty good despite what seems like a politically motivated truncation of the letter scene. thebaffler.com/latest/the-m...

“We fell in love down at the pier. You were sunbathing. I was around.” Happy 81st to Debbie Harry, author of one, among many, of the best song lyrics ever. youtu.be/p2mdkO8Qgac?...

Ada Limón One for what will Cling and remind me— We are the weeds.

Performer whose home counties enunciation defined a golden era of television comedy dies aged 86

Or me having fun geeking out over Andor. Really enjoyed writing this, and there’s loads of great writing and publishing advice on this blog.

What bothers me about some of the Supergirl reviews is the dismissal some pretty established comic book lore. "Radiation seeping into Argo? Yeah right!" Or "why is she drunk all the time?” No attempt to connect the very obvious dots between Alcock's performance and her character’s past. 1/2

You joke, but I remember Snyder fans saying something like this last year. Claiming Krypto needed to be "buffer and more manly" and comparing him to an overly muscular dog that was clearly not being treated well.

Happy Lottery Day.

Saw it & delighted in and loved much of it (other than a few strong misgivings toward the end). The parts I did not like were clear attempts to appease the Snyderbabies with dim lighting and guitar riffs. We also complementary WoT comics, finally translated into Japanese.

As one of the judges of the inaugural Protopian Prize contest, @r-emrys.bsky.social spends a lot of time thinking about how fiction can inspire real, positive change--to that end, here are five speculative books about futures worth fighting for!

You guys were right, Edith Wharton was really good at writing gothic & ghost stories. I was missing out. #BookSky 💙📚

Paired the first ep of #TheWayHome with Le Guin’s “The Direction of the Road” in my seminar to look at ecology and temporality. The old McMinnville tree and the Landry pond are now partners in crime.

We're looking forward to this new anthology from alumnus Oliver K. Langmead! @oliverklangmead.bsky.social

Trying some Okinawan Karaki tea, a very pungent cinnamon made from bark in the Yanbaru region. Minus the jasmine in this mix, it’s close to how I imagined klah.

Oh joy. We’ve now got typhoons 7 AND 8 heading our way.

Morning, Bluesky. Today is 慰霊の日/Okinawa Memorial Day, a prefectural holiday commemorating those lost in the Battle of Okinawa.

Happy Birthday to the great Octavia E. Butler from teacupsandtomes.com where you don't need to go back in time to find low prices on clean, used books! www.teacupsandtomes.com/shop/p/kindred #usedbookstore #onlinebookstores #womanowned #booklover #bookstagram #octaviabutler #booksky

Kara and Krypto’s upcoming movie antics look fun and all, but you haven’t seen Krypto and Streaky battle for bestest super pet on a practical-joke-planetoid created by Mr. Mxzyptlk.

The second bookshelf arrived. More freed from boxes. Walk-in closet now walkable. Home theater and projector arranged.

I always find it funny when people say "this era will be judged harshly in history books". Like, if we've learned anything from recent world events, it's that nobody reads history books.

A former student now friend who works in a bookstore in Tokyo and loves to read, lamented that the customer numbers are dropping. Still a relatively healthy presence of paper books and physical media, but this is not a good sign. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06...

Wearing a flannel over a Hawaiian shirt because the bus driver sets the air conditioning to Hoth.

Future historian department: -Front page of today's NYT reports creation of world's first trillionaire. -Lead op-ed of same NYT is about worst-ever Ebola outbreak, which *this VERY SAME trillionaire* enabled, with his "chainsaw" destruction of US public health in the world. The book writes itself

Millie in the French Supergirl poster is doubling for Adele Exarchopoulos in “Zero F***s Given.”