Readers in Missouri! Your Right to Read Coalition is looking for members! They're working to keep libraries open & protect them from outside interference in their vital work. Both individuals & organizations can join. ncjwstl.org/right-to-rea...

The difference between fascism taking over or being forced to recede is in the nature of the opposition

Genis and Mithos are friends!

Doomed lovebirds

The hottest girl in your school shows up at your front door begging to spend the next two months at your house hiding from her influencer mom. WHAT DO YOU DO??? YOU CAN PREORDER SUMMER OFFICIAL NOW! 🛹🩵🍦 rebekahweatherspoon.... #booksky #romancebooksky

At 84 years old, Willa Robinson is retiring and closing Willa’s Books and Vinyl, the store where she’s spent years selling works by Black artists. She’s placing the beloved space in the hands of @kcdefender.bsky.social, which will preserve her vast archive.

Today, Canada recognises the State of Palestine.   My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

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Want some info to help you boycott Sinclair and Nexstar TV stations? This short thread will help. bsky.app/profile/kevi...

Do it, and you may well make an actual difference in the cause of liberty. Hell, it's sure a lot easier than actual civil disobedience. Do this, so that particular option won't be quite as necessary. 5/5

(Thanks to the bizarre way our media is regulated and news is disseminated--in express opposition to the intentions of the founders of this nation who wanted it to be basically impossible for newspapers to fail as business propositions--this happens to be where the pressure point is.) 4/x

Then contact each and every one to let them know you will boycott them unless Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated. If he is, this particular probe of the dictator will be checked. 3/x

you live in a place with an ABC network affiliate owed by Nextstar or Sinclair, the Republican megaconglomerates that put the regime up to this decision, watch it for a few hours and write down the advertisers. (In Chicago, that means ABC-7, WGN.) 2/x

History often turns on unexpected pivots. The aspiring dictator has probed the limits of his power by getting a comedian fired. This has been met with significant pushback by both ordinary and powerful people. Tipping points like these can make a difference. 1/x

This is censorship. Full stop. There is no law against drawing these things, only the tendency of Bsky to think it's icky. And I know what it's like to have my art pulled for being "icky." Solidarity with pornographers. I'm not joking. We are siblings and we need to act like it.

Romancelandia: even if you don't read dark romance, the new Bsky guidelines should concern you. Disallowed: "Illustrated or animated" depictions of nonconsensual adult content. Why ban fictional depictions of anything? And how will consent be determined from an illustration?

Yeah, I’m not going to silence myself when the issue is being silenced—I’m going to take time every freaking day on my vacation to fill in another feedback report pointing out the flaws in the new terms and how it’ll be weaponized especially against queerfolk. I think in this case, noise is better.

Do YOU remember “the 21st night of September?” Earth Wind & Fire’s co-writer Allee Willis said she told the band: “We can’t leave ‘baa-dee-ya’ in the chorus. That has to mean something.’” Maurice White replied: “No, that feels great. That’s what people are going to remember. We’re leaving it.”

Hulu and Disney plus are now offering 70% off subscriptions, and in response I am offering Hulu and Disney plus 70% off deez nuts.

Every time I draw cartoon characters punching each other’s lights out, I’m actually encouraging and also literally doing violence. If I draw the Baba Yaga eating a baby, I’m literally advocating cannibalism and also doing meal-planning. Were Bluesky’s guidelines written by twelve-year-olds?

again, it is an especially great time to support & buy books from the wonderful team at @loyaltybooks.bsky.social: loyaltybookstores.com

In this month’s #RomanceColumn, it’s all about Austen anniversaries and the centuries-old urge to yell “just tell them, you fool!” at a fictional character. Dukes, time travellers, private eyes, and flapper heiresses ahoy! (Gift link) #Romancelandia 💙📚 #booksky

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But I already am???

Witch King is on sale right now in ebook for 2.99US across various ebook retailers (I don't know if this applies to other countries.) bookshop.org/p/books/witc...

Mastercard also had a statement in here that it would leave erotic fiction alone. Remind them of what they said in 2012

BREAKING: A pro-Palestinian student group at the University of Missouri in Columbia can participate in the school’s Homecoming parade next weekend, after a federal judge ruled the university cannot exclude the group because of its viewpoints.

So to be clear, the judge is not striking the complaint down because Trump has not made a claim. He is striking it down because it is incredibly long and argumentative.

Hey if you follow me and you're in Kansas City (or feel like visiting) and you want to come hang out and drink wine and talk about books you can do that with me at Tannin!!! Five-course menu with wine pairings and a signed hard cover. What more could you want?!?! September 22 at 6:30pm!

This Week's Onion Magazine:

I’m proud because my book was an instant bestseller! And I’m also sad that the world is on fire. This feels like a tiny light. But I shall accept light of all sizes. I hope you have a twinkling lighthouse too, my friends.

The judge in the Bartz v. Anthropic case filed a list of questions and concerns to be addressed with the notification form in the class action. There's nothing in particular I want to pull out, but I think it shows that the judge is thinking carefully about fairness to the parties.

gif of the last movie you watched

I want to staple this (in as much as you can staple a video clip lol) onto the foreheads of writers and editors who have limited experience making comics.

Remember when the hot debate was about what a slippery slope we’d create if Simon & Schuster cancelled one Nazi’s book deal?

Congratulations, Delaware!

In their efforts to give the GOP a leg up ahead of next year’s midterms, Gov. Mike Kehoe and state lawmakers may have overlooked something: House Bill 1 includes the same Kansas City precinct in two Congressional districts.

State Sen. Lincoln Hough voted against efforts to end debate on gerrymandering and initiative petition bills — and was swiftly removed as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. (@missouriindependent.com)

Call your reps AND senators! Trans people need to have their healthcare protected. Tell them you support trans people. Cis people, pick up your phones and do some heavy lifting.

Loyalty is the best.

My favorite kids

Behold: www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Call to action for Alabama! Leave a public comment on a truly terrible proposal that would ban "positive descriptions" of trans people in libraries. www.erininthemorning.com/p/positive-d...

"Porn bans" ALWAYS lead to trans bans Michigan bill seeks to lock up trans people for posting selfies.

hey speaking of fighting back against censorship: Michiganders, start calling/writing/faxing/in-person bothering your state reps about this!

Finished reading #ithadtobehim by @adibkhorram.bsky.social Absolutely delightful! Made me miss Italy and start searching for vacation plans to Milan. Also made me want wine, Prosecco, and limoncello but I always kind of want those anyway… I’m hoping we’ll get a book about Arya next.

It Had to Be Him by @adibkhorram.bsky.social #RomanceCoversAs Jeff Hiller (Hiller did this on purpose, I feel sure.) 3/12

oh what's that? a goodreads giveaway of my next YA?

I think Romance gonna be okay. A million effing bucks, y'all! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ahp...

Missouri's legislature passed not one but two measures on Friday taking aim at voting rights. In addition to the gerrymandered congressional map, Republicans also pushed through a plan to heavily restrict citizen-led constitutional amendments.