People are doing year wrap-ups already (give December a chance, people!) buuuut I'm curious -- What's the thing that's most dear to you that you've published this year and why?

I'm getting book scam text messages now and this has made me absolutely furious.

If any of these Senators 👇👇👇are yours, CALL NOW and tell them not to cave. On the heels of Tuesday’s election results, literally thinking about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. This is why Mamdani won.

It BOGGLES THE MIND that there are Democratic senators considering caving to the GOP, who will then have ALL the leverage AND increase our insurance premiums for funsies HOLD. THE. LINE. SENATORS: Kelly—AZ Slotkin—MI Peters—MI Ossoff—GA Coons-DE Cortez Mason—DE Rosen—NV Shaheen—NH Hassan—NH King-ME

HUGE ANNOUCEMENT: We are beside ourselves with excitement to share with you that we've been awarded a $100,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

After 13 years as the top federal workplace, NASA is facing an employee exodus and months of turmoil after deep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration. If fully implemented, the changes could reshape U.S. science for years.

Synopsis: Executive produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions, this three-part pop culture and historical docuseries confronts and reclaims the Wild West. It reveals the story of the Black cowboy — a history that has been stolen, erased, and left untold.

Looking to start off your new year with some writing? I'm running a flash royale to encourage lots of writing. Then I give you feedback on said writing because in this house we love revision 😍 More info and sign up here:

Our friend the Eastern Spadefoot Toad lives in the eastern United States from central Florida north into New England, and as far west as the Mississippi river! Like other Spadefoots, they live most of their life hiding in burrows dug with the sharp spades on their hind feet! (photo by Evan Feusi)

i have been DYING to share this cover for SO LONG so everyone please look at it and not my face.

The cast-iron skillet hack for reheating pizza really is a game changer. 1) heat up a large cast iron skillet 2) vegetable oil spray, just a teeny bit 3) turn down to low 3) put in 1-2 slices leftover pizza 4) cover 5) go away for 7 minutes. Crispy, gooey pizza!

I have a new flash story out today! “How To Set Up Your Mourning Robot” is now free to read in @lightspeedmagazine.com! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/how-...

This included yours truly and man is the job market rough right now for trying to find something new.

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

Honoured and overjoyed to learn that Bury Your Gays won a British Fantasy Award!! 🙇‍♂️ I’m so grateful for the opportunity to have worked with @ghoulish.bsky.social and our incredible contributors. Thank you to everyone involved in the British Fantasy Awards!! Kicking my heels in glee.

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Here's an 8"x10" ghost ship piece, in thanks/for engagement 😅👻

🎉 We're thrilled to share our nominees for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards! ✨ 🎉 buff.ly/FS2olmv

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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"

Are you interested in covering politics in the Lone Star State? The Texas Observer is hiring an intern to help us cover the 2026 elections! Apply here: www.texasobserver.org/jobs/

So sorry to hear that we've lost Celeste Rita Baker. I only got to publish her once, with "Glass Bottle Dancer" in LIGHTSPEED (which was selected for inclusion in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy). www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/glas.... RIP.

Spicy tofu and slaw wraps

I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers. "Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."

Now watching, one of the greatest films ever made

There are some pop culture writers who I literally read everything they write and it's almost always because they made an offhand positive comment about either Return to Oz or a Diana Wynne-Jones book a decade ago and I pledged allegiance.

Hey now. Made the banner! www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...

She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle. www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...

Deeply saddened and more than a little shocked that we've lost Celeste Rita Baker. I had the privilege of editing her once—do read “De MotherJumpers” in Strange Horizons! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

How am I celebrating the launch of my book, you ask? Same as any author: by admiring the tiny diorama I made depicting a scene from the first chapter:

Love @kcmeadbrewer.com's newsletter Love @ezhang77.bsky.social's writing Love getting to publish incredible writers and people with two of my favorite people for @hexliterary.bsky.social

at long last! fresh bats flying out from the watery depths! spotlighting stories by @nicanstett.bsky.social, @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social, @ezhang77.bsky.social, & Sanni Omodolapo🦇 don't subscribe to my weirdo letter? to each their own but you should still check out these stories! so here's the link

The @nytimes.com calls THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT “illuminating” Watch it now on Netflix and read the full interview at tinyurl.com/TWHENYT

One of the most irritating things about applying to jobs right now is the number of scams out there. It seems like every other job posting is a scam and many are getting very good at looking like real job postings. And I hate it! I'm already stressed and tired, I do not need to also be paranoid.

Listen, I'm not anybody, but same!

I really don't mind asking for blurbs at all, but same: I've been delighted to write blurbs for folks. Most recently for @amandaheadlee.bsky.social & Kate Anderson. ❤️

Asking for blurbs is always scary (to me!), so I'd like to just put out this: if I've ever interacted with your work positively or you think I might like it, I'm likely to be delighted to read your book for a blurb.

let's talk poetry... tell us about your favorite collection (read or written) or if youve read my work & wanna ask me wtf i was on when i wrote something (or if just wanting insight to a particular piece or entire collection) or link to a fave poetry podcast or book review - whatever you want.

Mamdani says in his victory speech, “we will hire thousands of teachers.” This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.

I contributed some of my games to this. Please keep supporting Palestine now, always, and forever.

Looking to start off your new year with some writing? I'm running a flash royale to encourage lots of writing. Then I give you feedback on said writing because in this house we love revision 😍 More info and sign up here:

people really mostly don't care that much and the pundits who have worked hard to scare up panic are the minority

What a beautiful way to wake up this morning. I’m a curmudgeon about politicians, but this is what leading with love looks like.

Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June. It’s louder & clearer tonight.

posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch

Cheney was so evil that him dying actually lifted a curse

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight