I am once again best by The Sickness, but at least I've got good company in my blankie burrito.

This is such a violation and it's so incredibly disrespectful of the authors. How dare one of these subscribers send FIYAH stories to Writing Atlas. These are NOT public stories. What a shitty thing to do to any author and market, let alone the only all-Black speculative short fiction market.

The main conceit of "AI" (namely chatbots and "agents") are the twin promises of control and productivity. The mechanism of control is that you can be replaced more effectively by a machine, or someone who wields the machine more adroitly than you.

I am in the middle of reading this right now, and it is so good. Drew and Ellis are fantastically characterized, and tbh "nothing bad happens" belies how deep it digs into the hard, messy work of being a recovering asshole. Whether that be an asshole to yourself, others, the world.

My book has a back! Thanks so much for the blurbs, @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social @ktidbeck.bsky.social @literaryminded.bsky.social and Suzan!!

also someone eats an unremarked-upon jumja stick in this episode, and that is how you know the writers are true nerds.

Oh, man. It was at times silly and gimmicky, but damn. Starfleet Academy 1x05 made me cry real tears. DS9 is half my heart, maybe moreso now that my mother, who first watched it with me, is gone to the big wormhole in the sky. I'm so grateful to see it honored and loved again.

a marketplace for souls trading in paper money for an item from their loved ones. something small something unnoticed. today, beloveds!! new POETRY: in which Orpheus is a Hmong daughter by Phoua Lee psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

Don't enter this. You'll lose all rights to your story. Period. Competitions like this need to be called out, so they learn their good reputation shouldn't be used to steal the bread from writers' mouths. And that we're not all clueless rubes waiting to be taken advantage of.

having never watched the show before, i watched the start of Bridgerton s4 because i heard the main guy was a disaster bisexual. and he uh is that. and also, while i think he's a believable character as far as the genre is concerned he also seems to be the bi guy all biphobes picture in their minds.

The testimony was harrowing; you can watch it all here www.youtube.com/watch?v=UagE...

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the biggest saddest queer filipino mood: i was so excited that this guy who at the cafe was wearing a skirt. i was like omg omg look over here and see the giant pride sticker on my laptop and be my friend. and then he turned around and was in fact wearing the most ornate priest gear possible.

And bear in mind that these are just confirmed victims of Israeli violence not a final death toll - the actual death toll is very much higher - many times more.

This is a key reason why officials'/politicians' statements should always be double checked against experts. Even when Biden was saying this, international organisations and experts were saying that Biden's claims were not true and that Gaza's Health Ministry is historically reliable.

add some dry ice and bars would be charging $35 a glass for this diarrhea potion

We cannot and must not forget Israel continuing its genocide against the Palestinian people - including children. There is no ceasefire.

MERRY VIDMAS

"one doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall." apnews.com/article/immi...

while pulling up weeds in the garden yesterday, I was bitten by the largest, angriest ant whom I have ever met. but the bite bump wasn't that bad! yesterday. this morning, that bump looks like I got hit with a baseball bat. can nature not? chill tf out????

But you're not allowed to call them concentration camps? Coming to a city near you... 🧾 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

golden marram

“6. Improve conditions at the uh. At the concentration camps.”

how the shit is there more January left

"To be female is to be a footnote." this story, omg

Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House. They have rushed it to the Senate for passage. If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk. Live here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...

So, the Immigrant Defense Network and COPAL have been doing the vast majority of large-scale direct aid. They are getting the money to families, schools, churches, neighborhood groups, you name it. So many people cannot leave their homes. You can help here: immigrantdefensenetwork.org/donate/

Schiltz identifies "96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases." That list is limited to orders issued *since January 1 of this year.*

Vida is a dear friend, new mom, and an incredibly hard-working and precious member of our SFF community. She's dealing with some serious and costly medical issues, and if you have the capacity to help, I'd be so grateful.

Vida could use more help: she gave birth and has a disease that will necessitate a kidney transplant in medium term. The meds for said disease aren't cheap and there's the cost of family plus work she can't do right now (babies eat time!) Please check out her fundraiser (gofundme doesn't work in PH)

These 2 sweet boys will have to go to the shelter if I can’t find them a home by Thursday. #uglydogs if you know of anyone that might give them a great home, DM me. On Friday, I leave for Florida from Missouri. If you are even close to my route, I will deliver them. Help me help these love bugs.

'My sister’s children are orphans, with no father or provider, living in a torn tent that offers no protection from the cold and rain. A storm is approaching, and we urgently need $200 for a tent and blankets. Your compassion could be their only warmth 💔'

How have people watched these same outlets lie every single day about Gaza, about the videos we all can see, and yet expect it to be different with respect to their own situation? Why do you think they lied to begin with? Because that was the order that came down to them: protect the empire.

BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.

The request includes a declaration from a witness who filmed today's shooting of Pretti. Read their words: "I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me.

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

One of the worst things about living under fascism. I remember watching the 2020 Delhi pogrom unfold live on social media. We all saw how it happened, how Muslims were attacked, by cops and civilians, & then we saw those same Muslims blamed, & activists & students arrested for the 'riot'.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Still, call your senators and tell them NO FUNDING FOR ICE AT ALL and stress to them that they must vote NO to any "reforms" like "training" and body cams that would give more money to ICE. NO. DEFUND AND ABOLISH. THAT'S IT. You can find your senators here: reps.fyi

this from the people who said it was wrong to tear down statues glorifying confederates "because history." no hell hot enough.

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BREAKING: Whistleblower disclosures reveal a formal ICE policy to ignore the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.  Every American should be terrified by this secret ICE policy authorizing its agents to kick down your door & storm into your home. 1/

This thread gives me hope and quite a bit of Schadenfreude for all those ICE agents getting harassed.

Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again. Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.

This is a fundraiser for the poor child who was kidnapped by ICE today in Minneapolis, his photo has been all over my feed and rightfully so. If you can donate/boost, please do. And as always, fuck this shit and fuck anyone who had anything to do with it.

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Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to hold his tariffs unconstitutional 🤔🤔🤔

Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.