#FundraiserPerk As a thank you for your donation you will receive a signed and personalized copy of MARIA THE WANTED by V. Castro. You also get a La Llorona Postcard and the Locus’s April E-Issue and Digital cover art. Donate at http://locusmag.com/...#FundraiserPerk or through our bio!

Horror is a genre of many different styles and approaches, and I'll be exploring many of them over the four weeks of my SUBGENRES OF HORROR course! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/subgenres-... #horror #folkhorror #slasher #psychologicalhorror #ghoststory #bodyhorror #horrorfiction #horrorwriting

scotus hasn’t been real or legitimate since obama was blocked from naming a judge 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Happy TDOV to all my trans sibs. Keep on trucking. Keep on holding each other up.

Hey gang, from today until April 30th, Juniper Books is gonna be donating a portion of sales of the fancy Sworn Soldier editions to Trans Lifeline!

China billionaire owner of Northumbrian Water wants to bid for Thames Water. NW has 50+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, fleeces customers. 90% of England's water is foreign owned. More of the same can't solve problems. Must end privatisation. Must nationalise.

Jaysus Effin' Christ. I hope this leads to a better policy of scrutiny. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...

This whole 🧵 needs to be read and understood.

The strike occurred the same day as a U.S. attack on a girls’ school in Minab, killing 175 people, an apparent war crime. Using an untested weapon on an elementary school and sports hall, without clear knowledge of its effects, would seem to fit the bill of a war crime, as well. trib.al/tdl0XGl

We have 2 cool shirts! I have to sell them out by early April for 2 reasons: 1) 5 of my family members are staying in the Skype a Scientist stockroom in mid-April 😅 2) I need to fund our mural project which starts the first week of April! They're soft! They're cute! Get a shirt! SquidFacts.net

It’s only a general strike if it originates from the unions. Everything else is a sparkling economic disruption.

I am a citizen of Iceland and let me assure you that we are not terrified of the future because of “authoritarian gender ideology”. What scares us is transphobes, ultra right wing ideologies, the manosphere, fascism, MAGA, oligarchs, techno fascists, ecological collapse and climate change.

While our American cousins take to the streets to protest against Tяump's authoritarianism on No Kings Day, we're marching in London to prevent his divisive politics being imported to the UK. I'll be playing a few songs in Whitehall around 2:30pm www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Harry Potter tattoo regret rate is an order of magnitude higher than regret for Gender Reassignment Surgery and yet no one has been brave enough to suggest we legislate Harry Potter tattoos.

As the IOC introduces new rules it's nice to see that one of the two women accused of being a cheating man competing as a woman has been totally cleared and can compete again. I assume certain people will be apologising for the hate they caused. www.reuters.com/sports/olymp...

"Many disabled people in media, myself included, owe a debt of thanks to Alice, whether she helped us personally or indirectly by fundamentally reshaping the culture around us." Very much agree with these words by @sesmith.lol on Alice Wong. disabilityvisibilityproject.com/celebration-...

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

Dr Charles Shepherd (@meassociation.org.uk) explains how in the 80s and 90s psychiatrists claimed #MECFS was due to “deconditioning” and “abnormal illness beliefs”. Graded exercise therapy made many patients worse, with some ending up in wheelchairs. It was only removed from NICE guidance in 2021.

Folks, we are live! Thank you for your patience this year. The team has been working so hard to get this going despite major roadblocks. To see all of the amazing things our community has produced, visit the link in our bio or go to locusmag.com/igg26 youtu.be/ODl5yiDlA_0

Donations support our work, which is driven by a vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together. From doing scientific research to informing and educating more people about why bats conservation matters, it's only possible because of you www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...

I'm receiving reports from airports all over the country about ICE sightings. I'll be sharing updates here as I get them. ⬇️

Two years ago I had my agents ask authors seeking blurbs if they had used LLMs in the writing or research for their novels. If yes, then I won’t read their books. I know I could be lied to. If I am lied to, I will LOUDLY retract my endorsement. I hope more writers might adopt a similar policy.

Nigel Farage should not be allowed to make incorrect comments on vaccines or Meningitis origins. This isn’t free speech. Why isn’t he reprimanded @houseofcommons.parliament.uk

ICE must not be allowed in Toronto. They’ve kidnapped Canadians. They’re currently holding a 7 year old autistic Canadian girl in one of the camps. Boycott all World Cup games happening in the US, and demand ICE stay out of Canada.

THE SOURDOUGH COMPENDIUM by @angelaslatter.bsky.social is coming soon! ✨ This is a compendium of award winning, fantastic tales from the dark gothic heart of Slatter's Sourdough universe... https://tinyurl.com/mrxu75hc 🧙‍♀️

"The book opens with Wendy teaching children at the orphanage...Soldiers are returning home broken [from WWI]. Families are falling apart. Kids are being left behind. The atmosphere is already heavy before the supernatural horror even starts creeping in." www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803654...

One thing that the Mr Bates vs The Post Office and the Dirty Business films have exposed is that things that we take for granted as being regulated - such as the Post Office, GB News, and the Water Companies - really aren't.

@cindyleifer.bsky.social Just listened to Immune Booster 24. After hearing about the placenta covering itself with sugars to possibly? avoid an adverse reaction to the foreign body, all I could hear in my head was Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me"! More of a scientific song than they intended?

Unboxing a book that took 16 years. What’s it about, who is it for? How to order? www.annaolaw.com/book-migrati... want 🎧 to Dahlia Lithwick interview me about it? Fresh podcast below 👇🏽/

I posted a 1912 photo of a man with smallpox and someone asked if it was AI. That says something about the moment we’re living in: because of vaccination, we’re now so far removed from this virus that real images of it look fake. #medicalhistory #vaccines #vaccineswork #skystorians

I'll no doubt make a few tweaks when I have looked at it again with fresh eyes, but my quartet of Blackadders is pretty much done. #caricature #art

If the 15th anniversary of the earthquake & tsunami in Japan is a struggle right now, perhaps what we need is this book by Heather Smith & Rachel Wada. THE PHONE BOOTH IN MR. HIROTA'S GARDEN was inspired by the real life wind phone created by Itaru Sasaki. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Dyshan Best, a Black man, who was shot by police and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for an ambulance after an officer having a “mild anxiety attack” took the first one that arrived at the scene apnews.com/article/poli... Rage rage rage

Native British Animals you say?

stop calling disabled people having basic human rights and support "benefits" or "advantages"

The last episode of BatChat season 7 is out now! To finish off this series, join us for a nice gentle episode as we drift down a river in canoes with the Bedfordshire Bat Group. As dusk falls, volunteers begin to survey the bats that call the river home. Listen here: buff.ly/ifTiuPO

It's no longer OK for you to sit in the house of Lords because your dad did. But if your mate put you there? That's fine. Neither of these really feel like democracy to me.

an absolutely incredible thread about Why You Do Not Use the Plagiarism Machine to Do Your Job as an Attorney

The best time to fill up your car was 30 years ago. The second best time is now.

Running a business on your own can be challenging at times. Today feels like a good day to say that I'm proud of what I've built. And I'm proud to be part of a community of women who are out there doing the same. Happy International Women's Day. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

COVER REVEAL!!! A great launch in People yesterday -- and MAZYWOOD is already the #4 bestseller in Black Horror on Amazon! Please pre-order when you can so my publisher knows what's up. :) Out Sept. 22! Preorder link: bit.ly/3OMpYco Read more about Mazywood in People: people.com/tananarive-d...

The Ellisons’ new Paramount/Warner Bros mega-media monopoly would never pass muster if America still had antitrust enforcers. So who can stop this? State attorneys general. Here's how. ⬇️ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-paramount-mega-media-monopoly/?source=group-ShortText

Why do doctors take it so personally when patients experiences of their treatment plans don’t meet up with their rigid expectations? We’re not having symptoms to spite you.

O God!

GSK CEO got 50% pay rise to £15.6m. Did you? Neoliberals moan about rise in minimum wage. Govts preach pay restraint to workers. Silence on profiteering, hikes in exec pay/perks, dividends, share buybacks. The state devoted to welfare of the super rich.

Let this serve as a reminder to his other bootlickers…. He has no loyalty to anyone. The moment you cease to be useful he will cut ties. “Just following orders” is not an excuse. She presided over the killings of US citizens & lied to Congress. Arrest her.