Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).

One of the Whistle Goblins is auctioning off a beautiful piece of knitting in order to raise money to DO MORE 3D PRINTING!!!

ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills. To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.

Hades 2 🌙

Hello. If you're a trans writer & your book is a) available in paperback & b) can be shipped directly from penguin, harper collins, simon & schuster, hachette, macmillion, bloomsbury, sureshot, tyndale, lockdown, remnant, penny, barbour, dover, scholastic, kensington, harelequin, redwheel/weiser:

Hey North Carolina readers! Looking for something awesome to do tomorrow in Raleigh? Come visit Tap Yard Brewing from 12 - 5pm to check out the Paper Hearts Market! Tons of great authors and bookish merch folks coming together to make a fantastic event! I'll be there with some BRAND NEW STUFF!

Quote with something silly! #illustration #art #artist

As it's Friday 13th, & tomorrow is Valentine's day, you can take the opportunity to snap up spookily-romantic titles in our Valloween 0.99 eBook sale! https://geni.us/Solarissale @natania.bsky.social @alexdecampi.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com

Pigeon Mail reposting a piece from my solo show at Nucleus Portland because I'm writing a little love letter for my husband for Valentines day (d'aw) [ #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache ]

Do you listen to podcasts about romance novels? One of the romance scholars (Dr. Precie A. Schroyer) is inviting you to take part in a research study: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

We've raised nearly $6800 for this utterly essential organization (see thread). Can you help us get to $7500 today? (Remember to click "adjust donation")

It's Friday, I have many things to do and there are good books on sale! All links to Amazon and Bookshop are affiliate links, other links are not. Affiliate links = I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. Bookshop is my favorite where it's an option! They may be on sale other places!

Could use some work in the coming months, keep me in mind if you need a mage.

This is a scam. If you see this, DON'T click it.

I'm in the twin cities and want today's news to bring relief, but it hasn't yet. A friend in Washington organized this to help me but lately, it's been hard to get out of my own way and admit I'm still in need. I'm facing big bills related to what's been going on here and I could use the help.

Hey Twin Cities! My hair person works out of a Sola studio and thanks to ICE, she's been struggling to pay the rent for her space. She 1. needs mutual aid to pay the rent, and 2. bookings to keep her employed! Book here: anjidoeshair.glossgenius.com V3nmo mutual aid @ anjidoeshair

hey, this might sound a little freaky, maybe even a little radical, but I think the focus should be making sure writers/artists are properly compensated, supported, and have a secure way of living/creating instead of trying to replace us with robots, and/or having us train them.

I am halfway through my ARC of this and I am pleased to report that IT'S FUCKING DELICIOUS. you should pre-order!! you should also come see me ask TJ some questions about it at Lovestruck Books in Cambridge on March 11

Still hoping this @sirensconference.org ticket can find a home!

Knitters of Bluesky and the people you love: this is for you.

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

Me: I'm gonna sit down and do some graphics for marketing while the baby draws! *two minutes pass* Bean: *chasing the dog around with the bubble wand* MOOSE BLOW MOOSE BLOW

I had this idea a while back, and the only way to see if it works is to try it. The idea is monthly mini-sales on a theme, like a book bundle, except that readers can browse and pick what interests them. The biggest obstacle is my small reach, so share this around! sheilajenne.com/2026/02/11/i...

In a month where everything is romantic, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends an alternative. Here's 5 excellent backlist books featuring asexual characters!

Who wants to take home a little magic? Take a look at these two beauties, wrapped and ready to travel the world. (Each listing has a video of them in motion so you can see the glow come to life.) oishiny.etsy.com Free international shipping included. #Handmade #DisabledArtist #ShopIndie

A quick reminder my Gothic Paris books are re-releasing March 10th and you can preorder them in order to get this exclusive novella! (you can also buy a new UK edition, that would also count).

$1200 more!!!!! Let's get this done by midnight! #kidlit people, can you help?

No ICE In Minnesota bundle hits $100,000 goal in just a day aftermath.site/no-ice-minneso...

NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship. Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.

It's the release day for Tea Tale by Kristina W. Kelly! Verne was a little spicy getting the box open, but we got there! Check out this great sapphic D&D-inspired fantasy, and remember to pick up the first book, Tavern Tale, if you haven't yet! #queerbooks #lgbtfantasy #lgbtqbooks #sapphic #Dnd

And here's the sketch for the third @taplingzines.bsky.social sticker! I'm Ace myself so i really wanted to include something for Ace-spectrum folk. 😄♠️ #illustration #AcePride

@libro.fm is partnering with Kennedy Ryan, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ellery Adams, and Charlie Jane Anders to raise funds for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, assisting booksellers and comic retailers in need. 100% of the audiobook proceeds between Feb. 10-12 go to the foundation!

Here is the Columbia Heights GFM!!! If you would like to do something today, this goes to rent assistance for folks who have been hiding in their homes or, worse, had a breadwinner kidnapped. 💔 www.gofundme.com/f/support-lo...

TFW you figure out your local toddler play cafe rejoined a transphobic group of promoters AND added a butterbeer latte to their menu, so you're spending the time you already paid for sitting on their couch writing a fuck you email

New pose reference drop ❤️‍🔥 Introducing new model Natasha!

The irony in the midst of all this trauma is that ICE forcing communities to come together means that at long last. I may actually be able to play some of the amazing ttrpgs with people. (link to the amazing No ICE in Minnesota bundle supporting the Immigrant Law Center in Minnesota!)

for the evening crowd!

#BHM Day 9: Black Friars 🧶 Not all Black figures in medieval European art are symbolic, allegorical, or exoticized. Some are simply there bc Black people were there. In the image from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (c. 1416), 3 Black monks appear in a scene of 1/7 #yarnsky #yarnmarket

Only about a month after opening registration, we have almost 350 independent bookstores registered for this year's #BookstoreRomanceDay. If you're in a book buying mood, why not throw some support to one of them? bookstoreromanceday.org/participatin...

josephine montilyet as the nine of pentacles - 2/3 of my postcards for @dragonageannual.art 💛🍇✨ #dragonage #josephinemontilyet #dragonageannual

The best kind of explosion 🙃 Save the date!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

hey folks!!!!!!!! I know there is a ton happening but things are not better in MN. www.standwithminnesota.com

TMU Library is hosting the 6th annual Black Histories Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Theme: Toronto music scene. Date: Thurs., 26 Feb. Time: 12-3 pm Location: TMU Libraries Collaboratory (LIB 387) Free + free lunch. Register here: calendar.library.torontomu.ca/event/3977359 (no affiliation)

New mutual aid option just dropped (OK, maybe it didn't just drop, but I just found out about it): a direct aid fund run by Shir Tikvah. Takes donations by credit card or ACH. www.yesodfund.org

valentine's day is just around the corner! grab yourself 29 fabulous romance books for only $25! 👀 #booksky itch.io/b/3515/valen...

The Chronicles of Nerezia are a series of queer fantasy novellas that follow a small group of friends as they travel a world haunted by deadly shards to reach the magical forest that haunts one of theirs' dreams. I have a bundle for you to grab the others: itch.io/s/178663/los...

THIS IS EXTREMELY MY JAM CAN'T WAIT TO PREORDER

Ok folks, I've updated the wishlist page of our ragtag group of whistlesmiths and we have a number of people running low on filament - if you wanna help contribute to our efforts of making and distributing free community safety whistles around the country, here's the list! linktr.ee/WhistleWishL...

It's Aspec Reading Bingo Day -- in which I recommend books for the year-long Aspec Bingo by @nerdydreamer107 and @queerbooksupremacy on Instagram. Today's prompt is NO ROMANCE One slide again! ♠️🌈📚