My favorite Christmas movie is CHRISTMAS WRAPPING by The Waitresses!

Ugh. One of the neighbors just busted out the didgeridoo.

Thank you so much to all who donated so far!! Billie was able to finally get her surgery to open her trachea, but there were some complications that need more treatments over the holidays, and my friend & her partner can’t maintain jobs while caring for her. Every cent helps! 🙏 gofund.me/a5d6f8a9a

This is the desk organizer in the color I specifically requested from Bree & I can barely wait until it arrives. www.etsy.com/listing/4430...

1. Do not donate to either of the current GFMs set up in Mel Curth's name as they are not authorized. 2. Report them to GFM as fraudulent.

I know it's Christmas Eve, but an Ontario animal sanctuary (pet pigs, horses, etc) just had their water tank system fail. It's going to cost over $3000 to fix it, and it's an emergency situation (the animals have to have water). Please donate/share if you can: www.ralphysretreat.ca

Okay, and here's an account purportedly of Curth's lawyer saying the GoFundMes are not legit: blacksky.community/profile/did:...

A Hollywood Pawshake is in otter for Volunteer Linda’s holiday ice treats! She makes works of edible art that are otterly devoured in minutes. 🦦🎄🎁

This framing is disingenuous. Those local taxes in Portland paid for Preschool for All & the only people complaining about them were wealthy donors. Part of living in a society should be redistributing resources to benefit all & provide opportunities for people to raise themselves up.

the cutting edge is a christmas movie

I first started reading @leannareneehieber.bsky.social's books back when Dorchester was still a going concern (IYKYK) & Brooke Borneman introduced us at BEA. If you, like me, love a paranormal historical, do yourself a favor & pick them up.

Y'all are awesome! Because of that, we were able to help resolve this yesterday afternoon. In the process, I discovered that things don't look great for M on the rent front, either. Extended Christmas Magic? NYE Magic? We shall see!

Gonna be a little bit ~different~ today and pay tribute to the queer icons of Christmas. Starting with fussy, frustrated, child-hating Professor Hinkle from "Frosty the Snowman."

Minnesota! I am obsessed with how adorable this dog is. He is still available for some reason. And you can trust John. Please consider bringing The Professor into your family so that you can supply me with pictures of him forever.

This lies perfectly at the intersection of so many of my interests. It could (and should) be absolutely OTT bonkers & anachronistic, à la Tudor Horse Man Show.

This is what we're losing with the loss of mass market paperbacks & I hate that for us. Clinch covers & stepbacks & *colors* & slightly weird juxtapositions of elements. Real models & real artists who got real paychecks. BRING IT ALL BACK! We deserve nice things.

I'm getting so very petty. I've started blocking (largish &/or random) accounts that follow me that don't use alt text, especially if they're image- or meme-heavy.

Everything Harry Potter got should have gone to Discworld instead. I don’t care that 41 is a lot more movies than 8.

There is a dog somewhere nearby that has been barking for two days straight & I'm honestly starting to get worried. Has it been abandoned? Has its person died? Or did the owner leave for the holidays & not hire a pet sitter for a dog with separation anxiety?

It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first. You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.

Godsdammit. Being unemployed sucks for a lot of reasons, but today's is that I discovered that there are dough hooks available for my vintage Sunbeam Mixmaster, but I can't justify the $25-$40 to purchase them.

“Write to the market.” You’ll never catch the market. By the time you’ve written it, the market is gone. Write what you’re on fire to write, and sometimes the market shows up.

I keep thinking about the SFWA apology, & this sentence stands out "Our approach and wording was wrong and we apologize for the distress and distrust we caused." That's not apologizing for what they did, but for how they did it, which is not at all the same thing, but folks seem keen to forgive them

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

I was thinking of going to see a movie on Christmas Day, but there is nothing playing that I want to see, which makes me sad on many levels.

Happy holidays! Pigeons make milk, and I hope this fact fills you with joy and concern during this festive time of year

IT'S TUESDAY (not Wednesday)! But it's #buyastrangerabook day! The grooviest of all the days. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only.

They're baaaaaack. www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

Time for some CHRISTMAS MAGIC, y'all. A single mom I know locally has had her electricity cut off for non-payment. If anyone can help out, I'd definitely like to get her squared away by Christmas Eve. PayPal: donnajherren @ gmail . com Venmo: @ DONNA-HERREN-0 CashApp: $totallydonna

Oooh! Looky! @beckymew.bsky.social's guillotines are back up in the @peculiarityshop.bsky.social store. They always seem to go fast, so get yours while you can. www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

The #1 movie from when you were 10 years old is how 2026 will go. From the month of my birthday (left) & for the year (right). Please let this be true.

Mmm...soup.

What's your everyday superpower? Mine's being able to track down the customer service email so I can avoid the bots on phone or chat.

Those bunny ears are a Romancelandia icon. 💓 If you've been around for any length of time, you know Joy!!!

This how they did in my team in Jan. They kept them long enough to train bots, then fired them. I'm currently surviving doing work of 4 people, at breakneck pace. If you wonder why I have clear eyed view of where we are with LLMs, this is why. I was ground 0 www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forc...

What's your everyday superpower? Mine's being able to track down the customer service email so I can avoid the bots on phone or chat.

Hoping you all have a warm, light filled Longest Night from my little family to yours

My inner 6-year-old just indulged in an afternoon snack of Neapolitan ice cream & a root beer & my gods, the food of childhood is comforting.

The thing about the Al discourse, is that at this point, I feel like people are just looking for new reasons why it sucks as some kind of game. We don't need new reasons why it sucks. They never fixed the old reasons. "It kills people" is literally more than we need to justify hating it.

All that space & a tiiiiiiiiny fucking kitchen. I guess if you can afford all of that...decor...you can afford to have all your meals delivered.

I’m looking for 100% Filipino people who are willing to submit a cheek swab test in hopes for a genetic match to my aunt, who is battling blood cancer. The registry for stem cells doesn’t have many Filipino people in it, and joining it could help many. Please share/reach out to me! bit.ly/4aiUIKQ

"It's a subcategory, shelved in our 'chaos bisexuals' section."

I’m praying for a Christmas miracle. That we all get what we really want.

Seattle, who needs a sweet dog?

the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024

And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.

It's awards eligibility season and we at ConCurrent are definitely eligible for one award: the Hugo Award for Best Related Work. However, if you think we're a good fit for other awards, please do consider us! Short fact thread incoming. 1/

It’s far, FAR better to forbid wrongdoing—and have some people trespass—than to willingly capitulate and, in doing so, suggest that no wrongdoing even exists.

This is depressing. Professional bodies that take this position legitimise the use of LLMs — not forbidding the behaviour is as good as condoning it.

Hearing murmurs that publishing houses are pushing editors to use AI in their work. How can writers help employees push back against this? If you work in publishing & don’t feel comfortable replying directly, I am opening up my DMs.