*clears throat* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

There's an upcoming ReadAlong for "The Sign of the Dragon" on Reddit fantasy: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co... As far as I can tell, it's organized by oboist73, to whom I'm greatly indebted for posting many many kind comments about "The Sign of the Dragon." The first bit of the discussion is on 10/7

that feeling of being ten and sinking your teeth into a Grownup Book full of words you imperfectly understand, staying up too late reading under the covers with your flashlight, is one of the defining joys of nerd childhood. let reading be a little dangerous!

one of the common threads you will frequently find among devoted adult readers & writers is that as kids the librarian let them get away with reading whatever the fuck they wanted. so much of the scifi and fantasy I fell in love with as a kid was very much Not For Kids, but it made my brain light up

Oh god, you're such a baby. Fine. From now on 10% of the stuff we say about Jeffrey Epstein will be positive.

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

When I die please leave me alone or I will return as something you have to hunt

Do I know anyone in western or central NC who can foster (or adopt, hell) a pregnant mama cat? We have a sort of emergency situation where she’s been pulled inside to try and get her spayed to stop her having any more litters in this area (this may be her third) and the household can’t keep her.

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.

This still seems relevant! And I’m going to give away the punchline of this post I published *Tuesday* — before the whole Kimmel ABC fiasco: End subscriptions that reinforce everything bad that’s going on right now and pay for indie media & creativity (if you can) www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

Again, I'm just describing the situation. If we want to transform it, there's pretty much only one thing for converts to do: shut the fuck up and listen. But even that might be too much to ask.

What we're seeing in the "don't sign up for protests" discourse is what Paulo Freire described as the convert's failure to trust the knowledge of the oppressed. As the convert tries to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, they refuse to let go of a world where they were the authority by default.

I can’t vouch for everyone on this list but the people on it who I’ve worked with are top notch. The state of the industry is disheartening but there’s a lot of incredible talent here for anyone who’s able to snap them up.

just absolutely furious with @alixeharrow.bsky.social for being such a goddamn genius "the contradictory heart of what prose does, which is to waste the reader’s time as efficiently and sexily as possible...a reader gives you their time, and you tell them, word by word, how to spend it." y E s

because it got traffic, worth mentioning that, i dunno, taking a portion of what was a mediocre streaming sub and helping people in gaza eat and survive is worth doing when and where you can. folks where you can check feeds for accts in need @mommunism.bsky.social, @indrapramitdas.bsky.social thanks

feel free to throw sub pages up in the quotes or wherever. a few for the road clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... www.patreon.com/c/bourbonpen... www.patreon.com/cw/fusionfra... www.patreon.com/c/3lobedmag/... www.patreon.com/c/TypebarMag... www.patreon.com/EAPodcasts

bradbury's sentences are stained glass nobody knows how to recreate and people will still say that shit. COULDN'T SEE THROUGH THE WINDOW, VERY ANNOYING!

Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water. These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested. They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.

Every bike mom in my neighborhood has been throwing down for months in front of ICE vans to save their neighbors, but people making ten squillion bucks are all, "crime, boy, I don't know."

Rich people, especially rich people in the media & entertainment industries right this moment: The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.

And please believe me when I say, I will assess these things with the eyes of someone who has watched many many people without anything at all risk *everything* to make change. Have as much or more courage than a script supervisor or a camera operator or a story editor with $7 in the bank.

Bring back tv shows with a decent episode count. "Filler episodes" aren't a thing, what you meant to say was "character development." Also if shows could be more than 2 seasons long and air less than 3 years apart that would be great

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.

Sure is a lot of silencing critics this week coming from the people who said we shouldn’t silence critics last week.

by karl rove am i being pranked here

jimmy kimmels time slot replaced with reruns of jimmy fallon playfully ruffling trumps hair

under capitalism, the primary power we have against corporations is as consumers when they get so big that they don’t actually need to worry about consumers, they can effectively function like kings. totally indifferent to our anger because our individual dollars don’t add up to enough to care

What would be interesting to read today is a smart cultural critic with a deep knowledge of TV & a firm grasp on the context of not just today's events but Hollywood history! OH WAIT you fired Sepinwall @rollingstone.com ah well, who could have foreseen that such expertise would ever be useful

"The common denominator is spelled M E N. Men."

A producer told me once she has to warn young crewmembers to avoid being alone with Aykroyd. "Not because he's a creep, he's a gentleman. But if you let him strike up a conversation the next thing we know all the PAs will be huddled in his dressing room learning how humans evolved from dolphins."

u ever think about how trying to hawk ur books/stories or w/e is essentially one introvert (guy who just wants to write) trying to sell to another introvert (guy who just wants to read). both parties are just, hilariously, the least equipped guy to be on each side of the equation.

You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.

Graphic design is my passion

1) don't RSVP for protests 2) organizations fundraise off their email lists. that's what this is. it's not signing a petition or publicly taking a stand 3) when Imani is trying to save you from yourself, LET HER 4) in my heart of hearts I know they just want to brag that they RSVP'd and then not go

one of the cruelest indignities of this hell timeline is the fact that Kash Patel has the power to be incredibly dangerous, because CLEARLY he was intended by Fate to be the exasperating coworker who can't attach a PDF to an email and annoys everyone so much that he unifies the rest of the staff

Read @moryan.bsky.social, spitting straight fire as usual, about how the offhand dismissal of cultural critics is connected to *gestures* all of this

I saw goody proctor celebrating charlie kirk’s assassination

Chicago. You have somewhere to be on Saturday. Been working on this for weeks with a crew of badass organizers. It’s free. It’s all day. You will leave so very prepared to help protect your community. www.eventbrite.com/e/free-chica...

I just checked to see how many episodes are left, oh wow, the first season of #ThePitt was fifteen episodes??? I feel like that never happens anymore. What a time to be alive!!!!!!

This is such a good piece. Insightful as always, Mo talks about the moment we are in, how we got here, and what we can do to make a difference. Reading this I felt a spark of hope - something that has been in short supply this week/month/year.

Still simply and completely bowled over by how good this collection was. Pick up UNCERTAIN SONS and see for yourself!

I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

I so deeply respected Alan Sepinwall that when he gave a show I did years ago a rough review it was the only one that broke me. I actually wrote him a (respectful) letter in response, thanking him for his thoughts and hoping we could win him back later in the season when some of his concerns... 1/2

you don’t understand bro, if we didn’t lie, no one would buy our product 😩

I loved this collection. Thomas is one of our absolute best working right now. Go get it.

Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.

This lawsuit is so fuckin embarrassing for everyone involved Also great job orgs that were like yeah we'll just pay him the bribe I mean uh settlement and surely he'll go away and leave us alone and not develop an even larger appetite, no I've never read If You Give a Mouse Cookie what's that

everyone please join me in a very hearty WHAT THE FUCK