If you're a cis person who wants to be kind to your trans and nonbinary friends right now, please do not forward us links to stories about trans people being abused, having their rights taken away, or living in fear. We already know. A friendly "hey I hope you're OK" is much more helpful. 💖

Got my eye on a few neighbor cats after the rapture. 🐈🐈🐈

Walking around this morning picking up this and that. That little quake last night meant business.

Berkeley just experienced a small earthquake. Check USGS for the official earthquake magnitude: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... Remember to drop, cover, and hold on during earthquake shaking.

Long, jolty one 😬

#California #quake M4.8 | 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California | 1m ago | Sep 22, 2025 01:56 am (Pacific Standard Time) Did you feel it? Submit a report! #moderate #M2+ #M3+ #M4+ #United_States #California

Bat is tolerating this mysterious stranger.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Sad that the @atticalocke.bsky.social shout-out got cut from this! But here it is anyway… www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Okay: there’s been a couple of cool new books about fungus science recently and I meant to get them and now I don’t know what they were. Send help.

Bay Area folks, come see the Pint Size 3 show at Transmission Gallery Oakland! I have a couple of pieces on view, and it looks to be a really great show. Opening reception is this Saturday Sept. 18, 1-4pm, and on view until Nov. 1. thetransmissiongallery.com/pint-size-3....

The 1st episode of the new pod-miniseries I'm hosting at @issuesinst.bsky.social is out now! I talk with spec-fic writer & anthropologist of tech @boriscrito.bsky.social about the slow disaster of data centers, the rapid disasters of hurricanes in the Caribbean & the ways we envision the future:

Wishing @gillyarcht.bsky.social a happy birthday 🎈 I hope it was splendid!

Denver now has two purebred herds of its own and is using those to repopulate bison across the plains in partnership with native tribes. www.kunc.org/regional-new...

My poem, "In the Future, AI Will Make Ofrendas" is in the short poem category. It's such an honor to be a nominee. Thanks to everyone for reading 💜🌸

It's the FINAL voting weekend for both the Rhysling and Elgin awards, SFPA members! Voting closes at the end of the day on Sept. 15th. Voting links have been re-sent as an official missive, but do reach out to an exec if you need the links again. We hope you've enjoyed reading ✨ and please vote 💜

My story "DISRUPTION" is featured in WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance and Hope, edited by @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social, out from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social on December 2nd. Thanks to Sareena Kamath at Saga! preorder!

Went out this morning and got our Covid and flu vaccines. They did ask me if I had any immunocompromised conditions and I said cancer and that was all they needed. They said they’d had tons of people getting the vaccine all weekend since they got the new one in.

STUNNING "Traditionally, wearing blankets was functional, but I thought, If fashion evolves, why can’t Native wearable art evolve too? So I used metallic thread to make the blanket shimmer, adapting an old form to a contemporary aesthetic." hyperallergic.com/1014669/mari...

Went to a yarn store with @gayathrik.bsky.social who is going to knit me hat!!!💛💛💛 So basically my Friday is awesome.

tmblr.co/ZyQ6_xhnRR2x... Read my review! Read the tags! Maybe help make this a reader-supported endeavor instead of a Reader-supported one! Lord only knows I have more books coming

are you ready for some big news? WE ARE OPEN for BIPOC subs for issue 100! and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body 💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖 find out more here: psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

It’s midnight! That means Witch You Would is OUT NOW AHHH! Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!

Witch You Would Day! It's finally here! Witch You Would is out today! Proliferation of exclamation points!!! Thank you so much to everyone who boosted, pre-ordered, or is running out to a store today to grab a copy off a shelf; your support means the world to me. Double thanks if you tag me about…

Another really important story from the Climate Justice Fellows at @globalvoices.org. if you haven't spent any time thinking about the international trade in trash and what that says about global hierarchies, here's a place to start. And if you have, here's an update/case study.

If you’ve ever worried whether art matters. It does.

The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

TODAY is the last day to enter the SFPA Poetry contest! Open to all!! sfpoetry.org/wp/annual-co...

The White Earth Nation’s bison herd welcomed its very first calf, marking what tribal leaders call ‘a new chapter’ in returning mashkode-bizhiki (bison) to Anishinaabe lands. Bison are being reintroduced through a partnership with the InterTribal Buffalo Council. buff.ly/XMsVVPs #ShareGoodNewsToo

**Special Announcement** Our beloved Holiday Extravaganza will be back this year! We're still working out the (fun, funny, fabulous) details, but we have a date: **Saturday, December 13** Mark your calendars & stock up on the party food! See you there!

No updates/no sightings... but thank you to EVERYONE who's looked. We have one trap in the backyard ("smelly fish and water!") and one more is on the way, and my friend M is coming to sleep over for the next few days till I get back. 🥹 I have a good community and good friends I am very lucky

Got this t-shirt at the SF Pen Show today (Yanchako/Fog Cats) and it's still making me chuckle 🌉

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Please please help me spread the word! I've been to Atlanta a few times, but I don't know as many folks there as I do in Seattle or LA. So I would really *massively* appreciate any and all help letting ATL folks know about this event. 🍑💖📚

Nbd, just making a little book 🪡 Was really fun!

All of you @swsworlds.bsky.social attendees, you are AMAZING. I was so excited to see how many people were interested in receiving a signed copy of my novelette that I decided to draw two names instead of one. Check your email -- winners have been notified ✨🌸💖

OMG, did I write a Taylor Swift/George Orwell essay yesterday?

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Just a few days left to vote in the Dwarf Stars! Get those votes in -- your vote really does make a difference!

So they're...controlling the trains?

To paraphrase William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social, the apocalypse is here, it's just not evenly distributed.

And now for our Issue 98 COVER 🎉 🎉 🎉 Wound, by Zi Xu

First newsletter post, and it features my grump 🖤🦇🐈‍⬛

And here's a link directly to the first post: hi-felicia.beehiiv.com/p/hi-it-s-fe...

Check out this superbly Ruckerian video, then help Kickstart his next novel: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rud...

I did the thing! I FINALLY got a newsletter together. If you'd like to know what's happening in my writing and art worlds (with updates now and then about the BAT), you can! I'll share news about publications, readings/signings, and places you can view/buy my art 🖤 hi-felicia.beehiiv.com

big hearty shout to @bcsmagazine.bsky.social for declining a Hugo nom. it was only by the grace of them stepping aside that we got to appear on the big stage it means SO MUCH to a little deathy zine like ours even though we got the lowest # of votes on the ballot we were still on the BALLOT 💀

So pleased to share the incredible conversations of this upcoming podcast, talking to friends who work on topics like the intersection of food systems & climate; the takeover of Afghanistan; gender inequality; and how all of these fit into our understanding of disasters~ I hope you enjoy listening

UPDATE: Governor Cook has issued a statement. “President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022.”