They want a national abortion ban. It’s why they went after Roe. Banning it for veterans is just another step in removing our autonomy and controlling our bodies. Reproductive freedoms are worth fighting for and veterans deserve better. www.ms.now/news/abortio...

Anyone who hasn't seen Emmet Otter's jug band christmas, its on youtube free! youtu.be/wmDH9x_YT-s?...

Dear US Media, Can we please stop normalizing attempted regime change of Venezuela by the US government? Why not ask instead, if the US wants regime change why not Russia?

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

Christmas giveaway time! I've got a 2026 Calendar in need of a good home. For a chance to win it just click Follow/Like/Retweet (and if you can spare a couple of quid a month & want to encourage me, sign up to my Patreon.com/happytoast - but that bit's not necessary to win)

Ghost bites finished last week covering Belsnickel. Learn about this crazy German tradition. Tune in now! linktr.ee/ghostbites #ghostbites #hauntedholiday #belsnickel #christmas #germantradition

Truly the darkest of times and should be condemned by every government. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

If only #TWiV could go six rounds with the leading “anti-vax” Influencers in Chief.

1/2 Apropos of nothing in particular, I guarantee I will never write a piece of fiction with the "help" of a large language model because a) I spent too many years developing skills to just fuck off now, b) I don't plagiarize other authors, whether intentionally or by way of statistical matches.

To increase profits airports have turned themselves into malls so travelers will arrive well before their stated departure time. A consequence of that is people who can walk 10 minutes but not 45. Add in increased disability with Covid and you get this. But sure frame it as a "problem"

solidarity with trans people and death to fascism

In 2023, a Peruvian court ruled that #Covid is an occupational disease because it can be transmitted orally between individuals, including in the workplace. All workers should be entitled to workplace mitigations to stop the spread of airborne infectious diseases & to #LongCovid compensation.

If the founders of our country had intended for their leader to be above the law, they would have created a monarchy with an explicit provision that the monarch is above the law. Instead, they created a president, equal before law, with provisions for the president's removal if necessary.

Absolute bullshit, and authors, if Harlequin has your foreign rights, you should also complain.

We are three months away from THE WONDER ENGINE by T. Kingfisher ⚔️ In this brilliant conclusion to the Clocktaur War duology, old foes resurface, and Slate and Caliban are forced to deal with the echoes of their past choices... Pre-order now: https://tinyurl.com/5b67r82t ⚙️

remember when some of y'all were welcoming her to the resistance ... please, next time she mildly criticizes trump, please remember she's still the enemy, trying to hurt my family specifically. and they aren't gonna stop with minors.

I know most people tune this stuff out but there are 4 different people who I know personally (who do not know each other) who are seriously ill and/or hospitalized right now due to COVID or Long COVID related issues. Protect your health. Protect your family. Mask up this holiday season.

Trial by jury is not ‘tradition for its own sake’ FFS. It’s the cornerstone of a justice system that USED to be admired around the world. Why not try honesty? Lack of money has destroyed the courts. If you want a decent society YOU. HAVE. TO. PAY. FOR. IT. I’d love a govt that admitted that.

Tonight Askasleikir (Bowl Licker), the 6th of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He likes to hide under beds and steal used bowls to lick them clean. Children leave their shoes out in the window for him, he gives the good ones a small gift or a treat, the bad ones get a potato.

GIVE AWAY! // AKA WE DID IT AGAIN! Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵) Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!

Literally a third grader, looking at a map, would ask “what land could Venezuela be possibly stealing from America?” So WHY isn’t EVERY damn White House media person asking the SAME question ???

Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor. "I can't afford a visual artist" So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them? Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.

If you like horror where the town is complicit, the past refuses to stay buried, and the woods are only part of the problem... Inheritance is out now. 🩸📚 #FolkHorror #HorrorBooks #IndieHorror #Booksky

Yup - viruses kill but before they kill you you can spend 40years being unable to move, exercise, have children, keep your career, and you can watch your family fall apart. All because you wouldn’t wear a mask? #ME #LongCovid #Lyme #POTS #PEM #LivesWeCannotLive @longcovidsupport.bsky.social

Flu is not "just a flu". www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Holiday gathering reminder 🎁 If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%! This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍

To paraphrase the Greek statesman, Pericles: "You may not be interested in politics, but politics may be interested in you."

The bottom line: for cognitive resilience & to slow the enshittification of human intelligence, read long form. I'm a writer so of course I'd say that almakatsu.substack.com/p/thursday-t...

Today is the 13th anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, which resulted in 26 deaths, 20 of them 6 and 7-year-olds. That we did not limit access to guns after Sandy Hook, once and for all, makes the deaths at Brown University all the more heartbreaking. We must end this now.

I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...

Once again.

Just ordered a shirt:

The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything. It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

People need to boycott the US right now. Don’t wait for these demands to go into place. Don’t go for the World Cup. Don’t go for the Olympics. Don’t go to Disney or Vegas or Broadway. It’s not safe, and your tourist dollars shouldn’t support fascism. Vote with your dollar.

Flixborough: The factory that was wiped off the map timharford.com/2025/12/caut...

The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight. A once eradicated disease now surging. Preventable illness, disability and death. This is RFK Jr’s legacy. Children paying the ultimate price. Get your vaccines.

Please wear a mask if you have flu symptoms and you can’t avoid mixing with other people. apple.news/AtvA_yCGuTqy...

This is more a rant than an admonishment because I know you all would never, but if you are evacuating, do not turn your pets loose. You take them with you, you put them in cars with your neighbors, you do SOMETHING. You are responsible for their lives.

I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people. I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇

Disability rights are not wrong, we are not scroungers, or fraudsters, we are people. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases humans have ever encountered. "Measles can live for up to 2 hours in an airspace after an infected person leaves an area." If you are around a measles outbreak and not masking. . . .

“I struggle a lot with accepting my life the way it is now. I had to give up lifelong dreams and accept the fact that my body is not capable of doing the things I love to do… I struggle with accepting the lack of control.” https://buff.ly/38xVMgh #ChronicIllness #DisabilitySky

It’s that time of year again! For this year's State of the Horror Nation, I’m joined by @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @annarosereads.bsky.social and @georgesreads.bsky.social for a deep appraisal of 2025 in horror writing (and some film) SO MANY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS! All podcast places - enjoy.

“You starve your public schools to feed your private schools and charter schools,” said one superintendent about the state’s efforts to grow charter schools. “Our foundation was set up for a free and appropriate education for all kids. All kids!” By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social