(If you appreciate EXTRA specificity... it wouldn't fit in the graphic, but for this issue, @rukman.bsky.social would especially love to see "sweeping worlds, intimate conflict, and deep deep hurt," "POV fuckery," and "stories that make me feel like how Six Deaths of the Saint made me feel." 👀)

ICYMI, we are OPEN to original fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors through July 21st! We're having the best time reading your wonderful work. Still deciding what to send us? We asked our reading team what they'd like to see more of, and they answered! Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines

If someone told me they had a box of Thin Mints with my name on it, awaiting my death to be opened and savored in a celebratory milkshake while the person, presumably, cackles, I would change my whole life immediately. Faster than GoC Future & Co's whole gravestone and bed sheets bit. ASAP.

"That's what I do, that's not who I am." Something writers have to remember too. Sam Neill seemed like a very thoughtful, talented guy.

Me: Okay brain! I notice you're having a little bit of anxiety about things that are out of our control! Brain: Aaaa Me: *coaxingly* Which is making it hard to sleep?? What if we acknowledged that we can't control everyth -- Brain: Aaaaaaa Me: ... and... and we... Brain: AAAAAaaaaAAAAAaa

a thousand monster / dinosaur / megafauna movies since Jurassic Park have tried and failed to replicate its magic, but the thing Jurassic Park understood is that we aren’t just hooked by the Big Toothy Creature, we’re hooked by the moment a crotchety old grump rediscovers his sense of wonder

in a world of Lindsey Grahams, be a Sam Neill

Bugger it. Sam Neill was just one of those people who always seemed like A Good Sort

My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it.

Never forget that time Sam Neill gave a quote about murder that was so beautifully kabonkers, we all assumed it was a Clickhole bit initially

I think I'm just tetchy tonight because broad dismissiveness towards YA in adult SFF has contributed toward driving publisher support to YA-as-easy-reading-for-adults instead of YA-as-books-written-for-teens and it means a lot of my cohort are afraid they'll never sell another YA

On Williams-Sonoma's social media, I hope people are leaving comments like "This is a bedroom set without kindness, never meant to be lived in, not a fit place for people or for love or for hope," and the executives are MYSTIFIED

I finally found the silver lining: if McConnell is, in fact, still sentient, he now knows what’s waiting for him as soon as he corks it

I’m not saying we should eat less healthily, but this is a question one rarely has to ask about a doughnut.

Maybe I'm not overthinking, maybe I'm just regular thinking about stuff that’s overhappening

Oh wow they really said "Hey millennial bisexuals!"

I appreciated this Wired review of this chair that I will almost certainly be buying and also I love that whoever created this graphic knows exactly who this chair is for www.wired.com/review/amsea...

I’m so embarrassed that I started this book like, “UGH a canon text, let’s see what’s the fuss,” and now I’m quietly weeping with joy to myself and filled with goodwill and optimism toward humanity and its capacity to love. How dare you, Jane Austen!!!

The fantasy, the dream, of a man who loves you well enough to try again, to adjust his own behavior, after taking the effort to imagine what might have broken your heart so as to cut him so deeply when he tried to grasp its jagged edges before 😭😭😭😭😭

What I'll remember most about The Joker was his sense of humor and how he deployed it to instigate chaos in Gotham. Though he frequently tried to kill me and everyone I love, The Joker was never disagreeable." -Batman

Me, one month ago: bsky.app/profile/trun...

[chuckles] I'm in danger

Every Senator out here showing their ass. We are living under fascism, what the fuck are you doing with your Sunday morning besides holding up this mask to keep the wheels in this machine that is devouring America? Shameful clowns.

Whatever shopped there shops alone.

Interesting to see McConnell honoring the ancient pharaoh's tradition of taking your pet along with you to the afterlife

In my time being chased by the lumbering, gibbering, flesh-masked man wielding a chainsaw, we often disagreed on many issues. But when he wasn't lurching and shrieking at me as I leapt thru various windows to escape, I saw a real humanity in him prior to his resuming his homicidal pursuit. RIP king.

No homophobia, no ableism. I've seen a bunch of both already - even on my tightly curated timeline. If you can't make jokes without those, you're not funny and I have no respect for you. Which is sad, bc just the fact that Lindsey Graham is dead is deeply funny

This is like watching a preseason game, everyone limbering up and getting a few reps in for when It finally happens. I like what I see. Scouting report is positive. When the big game arrives, I think we’re gonna see greatness. Squad is ready.

My husband: comes in humming, waking me up. After a minute I blearily squint at him. Him: idk it's like you don't even want to know that Lindsey Graham died! Me: Lindsey Graham??? (This slowly registers) Is Mitch McConnell even in this thing?

It's giving breadsticks

I'm not paying for this free appetizer. Where's what I ordered?

baby are you ai because i didn’t invite you and no one knows how to get you to leave

victory lapping on this one

You're going to get left behind if you don't use Al." Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long- form, and books without needing Al summaries.

EVERYONE SHUT UP; HE’S HERE!!!!!

Mrs Gardiner, Maximum Auntie!!!

This also clarifies Elizabeth to me because so far we have seen her developing a fondness for people she originally found annoying—Mr Collins, Lady Catherine, and for a time Charlotte. I have to imagine she must also love her family this way.

Happy anniversary of that time the post office asked me to provide evidence that my package was not delivered.

ELIZABETH: Should we… expose Wickham? JANE: I don’t know about it. What do you think? ELIZABETH: Well, I guess we shouldn’t be the ones to do it since it’s Darcy’s account and not our story to tell. AND we have this precise discussion about abusers to this very day!!!! JANE!!! AUSTEN!!!!

The headlines have finally started really living up to the potential of our era

#Caturday. My step. My staircase. My house. No, it is not convenient for you to go past me. Any further questions?

still kind of absurd to me that Google went from being a trusted household name, literally the first stop in the quick acquisition of accurate information in the palm of your hand, and then nobody else but themselves screwed it over and tore it apart because it wasn't enough for them

I can’t believe I’m having feelings at this remarkable pitch over a book that’s mostly made up of visits and letters.

LMAOOOO ELIZABETH: This letter makes me SO MAD I will never read it AGAIN. *five minutes later* ELIZABETH: Okay just one more peek.

The University of Washington has some very detailed reports they have made about WHY this is happening. They are using Washington States DOL data. It’s illegal in WA, but the system is accessed via law enforcement and the Feds keep using it anyway. They are most likely doing this EVERYWHERE. 🧵

An old man is comatose, his wife fled the country, and someone else is removing the carpeting. This is like minute 53 of a Law & Order.

Rewatching Crazy Ex Girlfriend because I need bits and songs and crippling depression all mixed into one