This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

Bot activity is picking up again. MAGA accounts (many of them automated or coordinated) are flooding social media with AI photos and videos right now. Two things they’re pushing hard is fake crowd shots to make massive protests look empty, and fabricated imagery to make peaceful demonstrators

Thrilled that my first new short story in several years, "Constellations," about astronauts crashlanding on a distant planet, has been published by the @technologyreview.com. Acquiring editor Rachel Cortland. Art by Rogan Brown. Free link to avoid the paywall: ter.li/r3tbrsgr

Recently attended a movie at the Alamo and ordered something that was marked allergen safe on the menu, only to be served something contaminated. Lost three days to something that would have never happened if they still staffed people. Tech overreach is a nightmare.

As the father of a middle schooler I have seen the rebellion against AI forming there — even using “that’s AI, bro,” not indicating something is literally AI, but that something is metaphorically so — it’s sus, it’s bullshit, it’s bad weird

I watch things like this and I really really wish that more people were helping folks to connect the dots about why/how this is all happening.

Men in navy wearing adidas gazelles spotted in Midtown. Groundbreaking!

People in comics & the British fantasy scene! If you were around in the 80s-90s & are willing to speak on or off the record about Gaiman, please DM me or reach out on email. I will put you in touch with someone working on a longform piece. They are wondering why no one, so far, is willing to talk.

Moon cracks open like an egg. Big Dragon comes out, flies down and makes new home in the Atlantic ocean. Before we learn anything about it the president bombs that, too, and four months later the carcass washes up on the shores of New Jersey. ”Who could have prevented this tragedy,” headlines say

The self and the cyberself in quiet introspection

The next Murderbot is out on May 5 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/platform-d...

one of the many things I find very dispiriting about the present moment is that everyone agrees that someone should do something but the "something" almost always feels wholly inadequate (retired presidents write op-ed) or wildly implausible (general strike)

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

i think we should be clear that just because the astronauts did not immediately declare the moon haunted, does not mean it is not haunted it may mean that the astronauts are now themselves haunted have we prepared for this eventuality and if so how

extremely bad time for an astronaut to find out he's a werewolf

We’re back! @mollymcghee.com talks about labor exploitation, the language of class discourse, and her fantastic book Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind. Give it a listen, she’s a gem!

I think one of the things about bluesky is that for a lot of its users, it represents a kind of retirement from social media. Like I’m tired and I want to get out of the game

idk guys when i see a lot of similar headlines insisting that editors & authors are all already embracing AI, i don't assume these things are true. i assume there are a lot of very rich people with an unpopular product pushing a particular narrative in my industry!

In other news, I am really excited to share some new initiatives we're launching at The Rumpus including increased pay, writing and editorial fellowships, and microgrants. therumpus.net/2026/03/31/e...

o where art thou outrage farm

just stunning clickbait. what a headline!

I talked to Julia Ringo and Naomi Huffman of the very cool small press HAGFISH that focuses on literary resurrections of underread women authors. countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...

Ok mail from Deep Vellum saved me

WATCH: More than 80% of U.S. children attend public schools. Some of the Education Department’s ultraconservative advisers, led by Secretary Linda McMahon, want to change that. Here’s an inside look at their dismantling of public education:

in a reading rut , , , searching for the cure , , , where is a contemporary classic when you need it

College magazine I started is still going a decade out. . . Brings a tear to the eye. . . :,-)

“the ways in which a story-germ uses the soil of experience are extremely complex, and attempts to define the process are at best guesses from evidence that is inadequate and ambiguous." — J.R.R. Tolkien

because I keep forgetting to mention it: LITERALLY ANYONE can nominate books for this prize! yes! that means you! you have until march 31st!

I will continue to show up to spite the horrors I will continue to show up to spite the horrors I will continue to show up to spite the horrors

Listen to Premee! I don’t make the rules!

my attachment and affinity for the word balustrades cannot be explained

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

Infantino got you down? Not sure how to feel about this year's World Cup? Want to read writers from around the world make sense of it all? Follow us: @goldengoalmag.bsky.social

Some exciting news! I'm working with a bunch of talented editors, illustrators, and writers to put together Golden Goal, a one-off print magazine about the 2026 World Cup. If you're interested in supporting us, we're currently doing a small fundraiser www.kickstarter.com/projects/mag...

I'm sorry, main character auditions are closed for the day! Everyone still waiting in line should come back tomorrow.

Ground breaking? At a funeral? Rain.

Rain? During a funeral scene? Ground breaking.

Min’s new novel is spectacular! Book critics: contact Cordelia Calvert and me for review copy/interview requests: cordelia dot calvert at hbgusa dot com michael at broadsidepr dot com @minjinlee.bsky.social @reaganart.bsky.social

kind of amazing that everything trump does can be understood through the lens of narcissism and it's related needs (e.g., self aggrandizement, revenge, domination, grievance validation). i don't think any character has been so one-dimensional, not even wile e coyote or scrooge mcduck

Ha, I like that! I might repurpose it. “Nicola Griffith: Ruthlessly invading old forms since 1993” 😎

Nicola Griffith invents new genres by ruthlessly invading old forms. Her work is not only spectacular—it redefines what contemporary 'fantasy' can be. If you haven't read SPEAR there's no time like the present!

This country is under some kind of wizard's curse where every 50 years there's a crisis that reminds everyone why it's bad for a small gang of obscenely rich assholes to control everything, and we go ohhh and then we all immediately forget again

Henry Yuen went into computer science to design video games, but he ended up studying the theoretical foundations of quantum computing. "Looking back, I couldn't have predicted any of the twists and turns that my interests have taken," he said.

“Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.”

Happy Valentine’s Day. Love always wins 🤍 sl1nk.com/4gY2X

Watch the full video here: youtu.be/dUp01MXUkpo

Thank you for being part of our twelfth anniversary, Mr. Mayor! It was an honor to have you officiate our marriage.

v emotional about this because Liam and I got married in that exact room, I was a witness when @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social & @thomaslstrickland.bsky.social got married in that room, and now I get to see @mollymcghee.com & her spouse get married in there by the damn mayor ♥️ the DMV of Love forever