nothing makes me feel as stupid as attempting to create one extremely simple wordpress page.

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Cannot possibly emphasize enough how FUCKING GOOD this book is. My favorite read of last year, and a top tier rec for queer novels for and by queer writers.

Includes The Necessity of Stars by me! A fading memory, an enduring love, and something really peculiar in the garden...

You can help Ahmed's family survive Israel's genocide by sharing & donating. His severely ill father urgently needs healthcare that's unaffordable under Israel's genocidal siege. You can help by sharing & donating, Ahmed is just 17 & struggling:

You can share & donate to help Sophie and the rest of the LGBTGIA+ community in the Gorom refugee camp in South Sudan. They're survivors of violent persecution, & urgently need help affording necessities including healthcare, food, and clean water:

Dr. Abu Safiya has been illegally detained for over 500 days without charge.

I'm writing in the harshest terms: my kids are starving&I can't do anything. My shoulder is about to fall off my face due to arthritis, I have a heart condition, and my husband was critically injured in the Gaza war. I need $200 to buy injections.Please save my shoulder😭 chuffed.org/project/1839...

“Habiba was there with her wife. She was also wounded in the attack. They were rushed to the hospital together. No updates on her.”

"Her death is yet another reminder that this war is destroying everything in its path -homes, infrastructure, lives, and the environment alike. We condemn the illegal invasion and the continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon and call for an immediate end to this war" - Julien Jreissati Greenpeace MENA

If you're running up a publication and using genAI to produce illustrations for it instead of paying human artists and/or using free stock photography/art, you shouldn't be running a publication. Simple as that.

The temperature is honestly fine but like??? Must it have the mouthfeel of soup? At this hour??

took a shower, stepped outside into the night, immediately began to sweat again. 83% humidity is a bit much for nighttime, imo 🫠

The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.

it's Juneteenth!!!! what a wonderful day to donate to the Ignyte Awards!!!! are these awards Black only? no. but i know the burden of the cost and work relies mainly on Black people. so let's alleviate some of that? shall we?

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I could stand to read the first few pages of the filing, and already saw that it's based on outrageous, easily disproven lies. Which would matter, if this wasn't going to be heard by bigoted, partisan, hateful hack judges who wish we were dead.

Watermelon 😔 I love every other melon, but the texture of watermelon is like styrofoam in my mouth.

Go support Strange Horizons!! It’s not only of the most exciting SFFH magazines out there, always publishing excellent new writing, but it’s kickstarted so many careers as somebody’s first sale (myself included!). Many great offers in this drive, check it out!

A surprising amount of Popular Western Media is about the Horrors of Imperialism, written by citizens of empire with no perspective on what it means to be subject to that kind of erasure, brutality, epistemicide, and dehumanization. Its ubiquity and popularity is as fascinating as it is bizarre.

Esraa from Gaza has been accepted with a fee waiver to a master's program at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, but in order to qualify for a student visa she needs money for her evacuation, resettlement, and living expenses.

I am delighted to announce the launch of Arcane Oblong Editorial and Design ✨ We are a small group of freelance book editors and designers who can work on your manuscript from the first page to galley proof stage—and now we're open for business! For more, please see our website: arcaneoblong.com

1 donation in 1 month. Hamdan's family has been driven off this platform by its racist and genocidal admins, like so many Palestinians exhausted by making new accounts. You can help them survive by sharing & donating.

What’s even more jarring is this is all security theater. It’s farce to appease the racist xenophobic populace. There’s no reason whatsoever to treat high performance athletes, most of whom play in European leagues, as any kind of threat to the fucking US.

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Wow what a moment! We are so honored to be on the ballot and in such splendid company!!! Thank you so much to the Ignyte Team for seeing and recognizing our efforts!

A banner dropped in Chicago on June 2, reading “Open the cages, free them all”—connecting Chicago’s Broadview detention facility to the hunger strike and protests at Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark. Keep up the pressure. Background: crimethinc.com/Broadview2025 crimethinc.com/DelaneyHall

Not to play favorites, but the Ignytes are the best, and so it's an especial joy to see TWO (2) Deadlands poets honored as poetry finalists, along with three other fantastic works! Congratulations, @angelaliu.bsky.social and Ishita Basu Mallik! Our skeletons love your skeletons dearly.

This is the deep nerd shit that I live for

reblog to expand his coherency aura and give all bisexuals +10% attack speed

SOGIE isn't just for queer people - it helps us understand the full spectrum of identity. I just mapped my SOGIE 🏳️‍🌈 Turns out everyone has one, even you. Find yours: paolodomingo.com/apps/sogie/

three days ago, I slipped on the stairs and was saved from injury by landing firmly on the meat of my butt. today, the moment i started jogging on the treadmill, my ass began a rhythm of OWW ugh OWW ugh OWW ugh. the butt giveth and the butt taketh away.

88 signatures so far - if you live in the UK PLEASE email your MP about adding their name - it will take you less than 5 minutes with the form below. Yes, even if your MP is a transphobe - it's good for them to know how many of their constituents disagree with them.

Pictured below are some mid-century examples of àdìrẹ eleko (starch-resist), àdìrẹ alabere (stitch-resist), àdìrẹ oniko (tying raffia around the cloth, sometimes with small seeds or stones to create a pattern), and even hand painted cloth. The last really turns cloth into art.

Homeward Books is open for submissions through June 14! Send us your unsaleable stuff! olasubs.com/call/6a0513a...

“My wife and I lost our jobs & income in Gaza. We struggle daily for Ziad & Mirna. Quoting this post takes seconds, but it's deeply helpful for a family that lost everything and is still suffering. Please don't pass by without helping. 🙏 Verified by Molly Shah ✅” tinyurl.com/25tzjwtb

UNRWA Situation Report covering May 20-25: In Gaza, "[n]utrition partners observed a 21 per cent increase in malnutrition admissions between January – April 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, despite the ceasefire." www.unrwa.org/resources/re...

hmmmm why would the regime stop a **swiss** soccer player from entering ..... oh i see

I think it was Five Nightclub in Madison, WI? But it was not my vibe at the time, and the first place I really had an "oh, THIS is it" gay bar experience was at La Cage in Milwaukee. My joints are still paying for their time spent on the La Cage dance floor.

At 30%!! Can we get to the halfway point today? 👀📽️ #crowdfund #BackerKit #SFFH #anthology 💙📚 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Happy Pride! This is a reminder that none of the paths out of this mess are straight. What queer lit are you reading this Pride? If you're looking for recs, almost half our books fit the bill. Our newest novel, THE HUNGER OF THOSE WHO BUILT IT is available on Netgalley! www.netgalley.com/ca...

🐍 Cover Reveal 🐍 THE POISON PALACE retells the story of Alexander the Great's invasion of India from the point of view of a courtesan sent to assassinate him. Out with Dutton Books in Jan 2027, will link to pre-orders below. #booksky #amwriting #debutnovel #books

From launch month to Mer-May and now Pride, it's Month 3 of the Yemi and Nova Show! Get your grizzled tragic chaos lesbians and YEAR OF THE MER on bookshop.org and get 15% off with code PRIDE26. bookshop.org/p/books/year...

collective punishment, invasion, and impunity. from the usual suspects.

Residents make their way as they flee the southern suburbs of Beirut, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to attack targets in the suburbs www.arabnews.com/BattlefieldL...

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3 donations in 2 weeks. You can help Walaa survive her pregnancy in the midst of Israel's genocidal siege of Gaza by sharing & donating. She's starving & sick, & urgently needs help: