I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.

Text I got today: "I've seen a lot in my 60 years in politics." Oh? Do you see that 60 years in politics is too long?

Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

My resolution was to be less online. I wonder how I'm doing so far.

Very much enjoying the tenth and last season of @withinthewires.bsky.social It's my favorite podcast.

Put south at the top of your map and keep it there for awhile to get accustomed to the fact that our ways of seeing the world are social constructs.

Sabrina Carpenter x Diamanda Galas duet would be a cultural reset.

Also, click "Presses" to get to the open calls on www.acolyte.media! The link on our submit page just brings you to the main page (have to fix that!) You can also find the calls directly at havenspec.acolyte.media

Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

I don't want CLAIRE DEWITT AND THE CITY OF THE DEAD by Sara Gran to end but I'm down to the last 30 pages. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Gran

Going into 2026 like...

Ring out the false, ring in the true. youtu.be/SrXswIbWA7Y

Billionaires control the narrative, and they are loving an authoritarian America.

happy new year! i have two stories in this anthology, one of which—“brighter than anything on earth”—has never been free to read…until now!

He really does being out the worst in everybody.

I think I shocked our guests tonight. We went round the table saying what we were most looking forward to in 2026. My answer: The death of Donald Trump. I stand by that but maybe I've been too online.

I love the short story "Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories." I see it as a stage play. I wanted to adapt it. I see actors doubling up on roles. I wrote to Wolfe's estate? Agent? I forget which. No reply.

Because of a conspiracy theory-based stunt by a January 6 insurrectionist who was trying to intimidate children and daycare workers, Trump is now freezing ALL childcare payments across the country. You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Digging into this issue - lots of great work! @thecitronreview.bsky.social

A MAD Look At New Years Resolutions Artist & Writer • Sergio Aragones MAD Magazine Special Collectors Edition Hodgepodge Of Humor Vol. 3 December 2025 👉🏻Tap Here For Full Dept👇🏻 #madmagazine #writerwednesday #sergioaragones #newyearsresolutions #newyearseve #happynewyears

Probably the best of the hour-long episodes. I was impressed by how much they got out of such a short story.

Thanks for this. I'm clueless as to what's happening today. Most of these names are new to me.

It's here! My favorite jazz albums of 2025! Hope you find a record or two or dozen you might love! motherslug.substack.com/p/033-my-fav...

Ended the year with Carmen Dog by Carol Emshwiller - a satirical feminist fairy tale where women begin turning into animals and female animals turn into women. It was a vicious, cruel, sexual, comic, operatic, chaotic nonsense and I loved it. So many scenes cut far too close to the real.

Allan Moir . . . . .

I'll take it.

These things need to be banned. Full stop. They are dangerous in so many different ways.

How much more damning evidence against Trump is it going to take? Do we have to convince every last goddam person in the United States of America?

Bygones.

if it has not been said enough, it is extremely telling that this is all being held in place by violent threats, and that it very much looks to be coordinated we are hostages; the entire country is hostage to this

Will America ever be worthy of them? I’ve said that were I young & newly married, I’d adopt & not bring a new child into this America. Trump, MAGA & Worsening Climate Crisis are Destroying its livability. Sane Americans must Unite & Fight as Never Before! youtu.be/z-BmmCD-r8M?... go.bsky.app/Aw6CKFG

After Trump the person I most want to see behind bars is Musk.

The thing about being an educator working in PK-12 is you learn very quickly how little so many adults value and respect children. Even those whose job is to teach them. Children have agency. All adults - including parents and educators - should protect that.

I hate arcs. I hate redemption. It's formulaic bullshit that has less to do with observation of the human condition and more to do with conformity to a storytelling orthodoxy.

There is just one day left in this sale! Get 25% off my dragon and get it delivered on release day. This is going to be the best price anywhere.

Occasionally, poems also happen. "A Short Walk in the Garden Hanging over Babylon" was published in Katabatic Circus (Volume 2): a.co/6254kqq

So much political correctness, you can’t even say “Happy New Year” any more.

Happy New Year to all who observe the Gregorian calendar.

But then I always had the wrong attitude.

I've never exactly been poetry in motion on the playing field. The only times I ever really enjoyed playing baseball, basketball, football, volleyball, whatever, was when I had a sense that here, now, we were playing just for fun. Otherwise, I could never bring myself to give a damn. Wired that way

The latter for sure. I haven't heard any rumblings about the former.

Ha. Brings back a playground taunt in middle school, after I flubbed something in sportsball (I honestly don't remember which sport): "Oh, Marcinko, all you can do is READ."

‘I really admire the way you can just read and read and really ignore reality’ (I did lose my temper at that one)

Scott I respect you for taking a hard line. The only thing I would've objected to myself was the first thing you objected to about merchandising. I don't remember that in my contract. My sale was so long ago I think they just sort of bought my contract in some sense from the original publisher.

Glad you were able to negotiate your way to a contract you could sign. I recently had to pull my accepted story intended for the next issue of F&SF after far too many back and forth emails. Heartbreaking. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

The issue can be had as a digital download or physical copy. It's in Barnes and Noble now...among other places. My story The Corporate Soul, is very topical indeed and is a tale I'm especially proud of.

They wanted to require me to do two sequels. This outfit uses a new publishing model, give you 40% of royalties (the gross) instead of an advance. That royalty rate intrigued me. But I need to see that the book will sell in their marketplace, before I commit to two more books. Made 'em drop that.

But my most recent novel, The Silver Revolver, was published by Wolfpack. They had something in the contract giving them shared rights for any movie or television adaptation! I am RIGID about THAT'S A BIG NO. So I got them to change that and another sketchy thing.

One of the most respected mags for sf & f, for generations, is the aptly named The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Over 2 years ago, I sold them a story--but they were having unprecedented problems, & finally were sold to a new company. After 2 years...the issue is here! www.fandsf.com

What recourse do we have? Isn't what he's asking people to do illegal? What agency should we alert that he is doing this?