I'm not on the same path when she gets to her bit about AI, but otherwise I am enchanted.

damn. this piece of flash/prose poem by yousef allouzi goes hard... INAUGURATION DAY

The Mari Lwyd Christmas Cards are back in stock 10 packs available skullsandsheets.etsy.com/listing/4409...

Trunk-or-treat guy had to know that he's part of the essential goddamn fabric of the epstein files, so why the fuck did he even start with the assertion that he would release the files? And part of campaign? Because of course that was going to be beyond his ability to control from day one, right?

The Fairy Tale series created by Terri Windling led me to seek out the retellers of tales and the folklorists + it may have been Tam Lin by Pamela Dean that started it all. And her (TW) Borderlands. The circle of writers and artists incl Jane Yolen, Ellen Kushner, Charles de Lint, too many to list

WTH @support.bsky.team You suspended Sarah Kendzior, our Trump truth teller? Author of They Knew? Readers: Sign up for Sarah's free newletter on Substack at @sarahkendzior "I was suspended from BlueSky for defending the honor of Johnny Cash," she writes. I wish I were joking."

We're currently open to submissions of novellas and collected short fiction for our 2026-27 publishing schedule! Find out more here: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions

If I lived in the north, I would be submitting to Carnyx Press. Good advice from good folk.

I propose an international law that once you become personally responsible for the murder of 1,000 people, be it via direct violence or policy, you are declared a dragon and adventurers can form parties to quest against you.

AI usually means Arseholes Involved. It’s a thieving, hollowing and unethical beast of a thing. It has no place in an ethical, decent society. It has no place in Hookland and never will.

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci

@mermaidwrath.bsky.social it is birthday today??? Wishing you a happy!

For #InternationalCoffeeDay: Once I’ve had a coffee, I can face the day, & contemplate doing things which require higher brain functions, like carving letters in reverse, or the molecular structure of caffeine. 🧪🐡 This is a lino print, in a rich, dark, coffee-brown on beige (like creamy coffee) 🧵

"The night is thick, the night is tough. But still our hope is kept safe in the depths of our hearts." Frankétienne, Haitian writer, poet, playwright, and painter.

Trump speech today was the most dangerous speech ever given by an American president those still claiming that “this was just a meeting that could’ve been an email” or any other form of downplaying what we are witnessing is downplaying the fascist threat we face. Trump declared war against us

There's no win here in the usual sense of you make a compromise and then pass it on a bipartisan vote. That's for when what passes is actually binding and followed. The choice is lawlessness and unconstitutionality with only the GOP voting to rubber-stamp it, or the same thing but with Dem votes. /x

Trump has declared war against the civilians of this country

The republicans are at war against America and the only opposition voice worth listening to at the national level right now is the governor of Illinois.

The fact the governor of Illinois is beging for citizen coverage because media as a whole is intentionally not covering the governments terror campaign should be absolutely a five alarm fire if you are not already figuring out the federal government is at war against us.

To be divorced from the land, to feel ourselves separate from nature - these are great undoings, vicious acts of self-harm.

Rampant violence continues in the unstable former British colony as its authoritarian leader continues his repression of immigrant groups. @cpo10za.bsky.social

Got a #WednesdayWIPs draft on chandeliers, glamour, wax tears or anything else related to the roaring twenties or jazz age? This is the month to polish and send it to #Verdigris: #PoetryOfDecay. We’re open all September:

Window wide open to let the music out and the cool air in. I love that the word, air, can also mean music. This artist is new to me, and this piece sings to me of things I actually do love about autumn. I'm determined to embrace the seasons this year, including the ones that usually make me sad.

I can't quite figure out whether I got blocked for being anti AI or if the list is of people who are all in for that garbage. But either way, there's something about crypto on the blocklist creator description, so good riddance to bad rubbish !

I've known people in this social level and they mostly ran their lives this way. Read this article: antithesis of Trump, Musk, & Bezos. I was personal assistant to a billionaire's daughter: These quiet habits separate the ultra-wealthy from everyone else – VegOut share.google/osG9eTGDZqvc...

Ooh it's Sunday Time for hymns. I'll start.

something about tuesday? I dunno I'm not on tiktok anymore lol mad I heard about it after I got home from the grocery store lol I would have bought smokes

This Day in Labor History: September 21, 1908. The Industrial Workers of the World met for its 4th annual convention in Chicago. This convention would reshape the struggling nascent organization, moving it clearly from an intellectuals’ movement to a workers’ movement. Let's talk about it!

I have to hope that it is having some effect on someone, somewhere, somehow. We did attract the notice of our governor a while back, so there's that. No counterprotestor presence today. Hm.

So I'm going to be doing a Corsi-Rosenthal box build demonstration at the Oak Park library branch (San Diego) tomorrow at 3pm if anybody is interested. I will give away as much in materials as I can afford which is probably like 3 small boxes, but hopefully this will help someone, somewhere

Heck yeah! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRJ42QY...

"He soon caught the attention of Joseph Goebbels, who sent him... to organize the Nazi youth movement there." "Goebbels organized a public funeral for the new "martyr" to the Nazi cause.... Goebbels delivered the eulogy.... During the Nazi era, his life was glorified in memorials, books, and films"

Be ungovernable

Neil Finn is great, but I kinda want them to go with Rick Astley. Because he’s really fucking good singing The Smiths songs, he seems to enjoy the dramatic teenager feeling of them, is reportedly a great guy, and I feel like his doing it officially would make Morrissey’s head explode.

archive.is/FuyVL How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days, from January of this year, in The Atlantic.

I have a friend in need, if you have a little extra. It says back to school, but it's much more than that. It's housing and health before school. ffnd.co/P8Lyvd

I wonder if Susan is related to Hüsker?

Happy belated birthday (intentionally) to me and happy book birthday to @janeharrington.bsky.social I pre-ordered through bookshop.org and I can hardly wait to get started reading! Extremely busy schedule means I must wait a bit.

@eepicheep.bsky.social I’m crossing my heart that Connecticut will follow Illinois’s footsteps in doing that next.

Block and report.

we're just over halfway there. thank you. i have an interview for a fulltime position and alli has a couple, so things are going okay. anything helps: reposts, donations, anything.

My beloved Wednesday Bookclub has a call to action over at the blog. Can you please take a moment to look and another to add a note letting the people know that AI is vile? Thx! 💙💙💙💙 I need to get my list of "what I read on my summer vacation" in order, but first, I have some letter writing to do.

Good afternoon. Still plenty of milkweed and butterfly weed blooming but no Monarchs this year. Yet?

“Cucumbers won’t stop the murder wasps,” said a spokesman of the British Cucumber Board which published the alert, “but they’re one of your five a day”.

It's the real life version of a New Yorker caption contest cartoon. I wish I had something clever to contribute. But when I'm filled with revulsion, I find it nearly impossible to be clever.

We need some help; I got laid off. reposts, likes, and any donations help. We're trying to stop eviction so that we can hopefully nail a couple interviews and get full-time jobs. Anything helps. www.gofundme.com/f/keep-buddy...

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‘It’s up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well...what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much and…she's blind, she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.’ ~MdeC, DQ for #BookWormSat