Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

I was really excited to share this image of a particularly superb owl, given that today is #superbowl Sunday, but unfortunately, it soared away with its bedtime snack before I could get the photo...

A pox upon the augury of every algorithm With vocabularies plundered from egregious plagiarism

Happy Birthday, Jules!

16th century magician Agrippa of Nettesheim had this to say about the contagious foulness, or “musk,” of evil men: “Therefore philosophers advise that the society of evil and mischievous men be shunned, for their soul—being full of noxious rays—infects them that are near with a hurtful contagion.”

With so much Muppet talk tonight remembering there is this comic about how they did this scene.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

The commonsense reform to concentration camps is not having them.

It's time for the annual @locusmag.bsky.social poll! Vote to show your love for worlds other than this one: poll.voting.locusmag.com

No dream kings, no masters.

Authors! Did you know you get more out of being a member of AABB than just constant nagging to go to your school board meetings? No, it's true! You get a newsletter that keeps you up to date on the good and bad of book bans, the freedom to read, library advocacy, & more...

Huge congrats to everyone with work on the Locus List! Voting is now open for the Locus Awards. Anyone can vote, no subscription or membership required. You can also write in your favorites! locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

From the 2025 Recommended Reading List: Sunward by William Alexander locusmag.com/2026/02...

Hey, the @locusmag.bsky.social annual Recommended Reading list is up for 2025! Which means voting is open for the Locus Awards! locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

This is absolutely glorious company to be in!

It is so so important that you be both silly and furious right now when necessary

Vermonters! This Thursday I'll be teaching two playful workshops. (Note that play can help snap us out of panic and the ever-narrowing focus of survival mode.) Hosted by the Aldrich Public Library and sponsored by @vermonthumanities.bsky.social

Vermonters! This Thursday I'll be teaching two playful workshops. (Note that play can help snap us out of panic and the ever-narrowing focus of survival mode.) Hosted by the Aldrich Public Library and sponsored by @vermonthumanities.bsky.social

Here are all of this year's Youth Media Award winners and honorees. What a great day to celebrate something, and how nice that it is youth literature. bookriot.com/2026-youth-m...

If you need some joy on your feed today, i HIGHLY recommend following the #ALAYMA tag when the awards start because it's going to be the biggest book nerds you know just celebrating the best reads for kids 😭❤️

General strike today across the US in solidarity with Minnesota! This is your chance to demonstrate real collective power! Do not miss it!!

Sending love to Minneapolis.

So unbelievably proud of Minnesota for making it so loud and so clear that good people won’t be cowed, won’t stand for ICE terrorizing communities and neighbors - just so many good people, goddamn, there you are, I see you all

As usual, @naomikritzer.bsky.social is here to offer practical suggestions in the face of overwhelming horrors: naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

This is a really good thread. If her name sounds familiar but you can't place her, Margaret Killjoy is the podcaster who does "Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff" (the counterpart to "Behind the Bastards," which is also a good podcast and which she appears on pretty regularly.)

Things continue. #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis. #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

Including a recommendation of (probably) my favorite book of the year, SUNWARD by @willalex.bsky.social

Personal Me: Not in the Twin Cities, but want to help support everyone on the ground? Here’s a good list.

The Philip K. Dick Award recognizes exemplary science fiction published in paperback in the United States. Here are the 2026 nominees!

I HAVE NEWS

"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns." 💔

In less than a year, Authors Against Book Bans has made an impact on the fight for the freedom to read by helping to transform individual passion, talent, hard work, and money into collective action. On top of some big election wins, here are some highlights from the year!

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

all this is both foolish and unnecessary

it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"

“To be free, after all, is not to be undisciplined.” —“Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?” This edition of The Language of the Night was published in 2024 by Scribner.

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Here's my last SFF book review column of 2025. This time around, I focus on three science fiction books that blew me away: Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social Slow Gods by Claire North There is No Antimemetics Division by qntm DARN GOOD READS FOR UR EYEBALLS www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

In which the great Uma Krishnaswami shares the stage of her blog with me:

“And then I laughed.” Absolute winner of today’s One-Line Paragraph Award.

“GLORY TO COOPERATION AND KINDNESS!” - @dimension20.bsky.social

Hype each other up as often as possible. If you like someone’s work, as a fan or a peer, tell them. (This is how so many of best relationships began!) It will always catch them at a good moment. Because rejections are hard. Making art is hard. Tell people when you like things. It matters.

Tonight you’ll be visited by three spirits.

Today is your LAST CHANCE to nominate your favorite books, movies, TV shows, book covers, and more for the Reactor poll!!! go go go go go go!!

ANNOUNCING...THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF 2025 POLL!! Books! Movies! TV shows! Book covers! Video games! MORE!!! Reactor Magazine wants to know your favorites from the year!

Thank you for a wonderful 2025, Bluesky community. Here's a small gift of gratitude: $10 off our last workshop of the year THIS FRIDAY. Use coupon code PCCBSKY at checkout to take $10 off your registration. Tell your friends 😁 reachyourapex.com/pcc