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I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers: NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints. and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.

There was some lady who I swear said that this dude was in bed with Project 2025. Everybody said she was fearmongering though. What was her name...? Not Cassandra but it’s close.

First they came for James Comey and I said, "Huh, ironic... But still very bad."

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE HAPPY HELLO SUNSHINE DAY!! ☀️☀️☀️

Fun fact: Doctor Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, close friend of Trump and RFK Jr., and self-admitted fraudulent supplement huckster, sells multiple forms of leucovorin through his supplement company, iHerb, which he didn’t divest when taking his federal gov role.

If you didn’t know, Mehmet Oz has a financial stake in the company iHerb which sells: folinic acid supplements (folinic acid = leucovorin) The lies about Tylenol, autism, and this “treatment” are ALL part of their grift.

Me on my way to the rapture.

Anyway, don't give your child an unproven autism "cure" sold by a snake oil salesman. Stop trying to fix your autistic children. They aren't broken.

This democratic republic is so flambéed

You can "honor" Kirk's memory by doing the thing he'd hate and donating to an organization that wants to help low-income trans adults receive gender affirming care: www.transincomeproject.org/donate (also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)

Good morning, chums! Don’t forget this is on all day today as well!

Where's that journalist who said we aren't living in a fascist country? I just want to talk!

It's always been like this, and it's because the elites are essentially self-preserving, and civility has always been the tool by which non-elites are condemned.

Much of the apparatus of fascism--surveillance, militarized cops, etc--uses how armed the American population is as an excuse why they need so much more.

Next week I get to onboard at my new gig AND have surgery. Rough, but the promise of flexible but steady income is THRILLING. Provided I make it through the end of August checkpoint AND can afford surgery and med costs. Current goal of at least $1395 of the remaining 18% of the campaign total.

Suicide TW But so important

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file. Here is the class certification:

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People who comply in advance with the human rights abuses suggested by this administration are taking the side of fascism. I wish we were facing a more nuanced world, but the agenda of fascist domination has been stated plainly. The line is clear.

Back to school supply giveaways around Maryland baltimorebeat.com/back-to-scho...

I am literally SHAKING with anticipation. Stunning cover + the first chapter preview is so compelling. 🔥

If you missed out on my kickstarter and when it was out at sbcf back in October feel free to subscribe to my email newsletter when I add it into my online shop ! buttondown.com/LaweyD

An extension of thr fact that cops can lie in the commission of their duty to no consequence.

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Looking for heroes, you say? Let us introduce you to the abortion rights activists who took on Alabama's attorney general—and won. So many lessons here for the post-Roe era. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Received my copy of The Fool, the Absolute Mad Woman by @laweyd.bsky.social yesterday, as well as the Making of booklet. Y'all this work is GORGEOUS. Get your hands on both if you can!

If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.

I don't think most Americans realize how hard tariffs are about to hit them. The combination of 1) escalating tariffs, 2) companies slowly passing the cost to consumers, and 3) the repeal of the de minimis exemption in the Big Beautiful Bill, a lot stuff will be more expensive in 2027.

The Itch/Steam thing dropped off the trending tab. Therefore it's time to remind you again to swamp the payment processors with more calls. If the call volume dies down in under a week they aren't going to learn their lesson. Make them regret it.

85% of Gaza is on the brink of death due to starvation. Israel could let aid in at any moment. And some people (like these men tried to do with me on Friday) are still trying to justify this atrocity. There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.

Maybe we could find out. Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372 Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111 Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911 Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440 PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000

it is time to politely call up the payment processors and request that they reverse this decision there are more of us than their are of these collective shout dipshits

It took me 3 minutes to lodge a complain against Collective Shout for falsely identifying as a charity. I encourage other Australian Game devs to do the same.

HOWDY🌱 cowpokes I made a FREE tutorial on how to make your own download page for comics, art packs, zines etc w/ NO CODE on your own carrd site. i'm a queer nsfw artist that knows a few things about websites saddle up if you a Carrd, Stripe acc, & 20 mins: whskyspurs.art#makeyourowns...

A lot of people need to hear this

Exclusive: Kerr County, where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing, had the technology to turn every cellphone in the area into a blaring alarm, but officials did not do so before or during the river level rising to record heights.

Dudes just speed running Her (2013) Dir. Spike Jonze when counseling is right there

I don't think it's helpful to say "don't spread bad news, just be supportive!!" when people are very justifiably scared and furious about how targeted and vile the attacks on trans rights are, but I will share all the resources I can to support trans folks in this moment as well.

NEW today, beloveds! Five Deathly Reads for Summer by @mariahaskins.com featuring M.R. Carey, @daviddemchuk.com, @corinneleighclark.bsky.social, @sgj.bsky.social, @edenrobins.bsky.social, @nassos.bsky.social, and BONUS @cheriepriest.com, @rfkuang.bsky.social psychopomp.com/five-deathly...

Considering how facial recognition software primarily targets and frequently misidentifies Brown and Black people, I just know that's a shitshow and a half waiting to happen.

More black, brown, Asian, Aboriginal, Pasifika, Maori etc MC's. Dito for aro, ace, enby & trans rep. Centre stage! More normalised queer romantic/ sexual relationships. More ND & disability rep, including chronic illness rep. & characters whose identities help them succeed. #LGBTQWriteAThon

Guys, please talk about Thiago Avila. He's the Brazilian activist on Freedom Flotilla kidnapped by Israel. He's still detained and has been doing a hunger and water strike since yesterday early morning. There have been reports of unsanitary conditions too. Please talk about him.

Lovely seeing this Barnes & Noble piece highlighting queer narrators reading queer books! TWO of the fantastic narrators for ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT get spotlit here, L Morgan Lee and Em Grosland 🫀 check out this and other books they've narrated! 🌈 www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/narrato...

3...2...1... Let's jam.

Before we begin, some housekeeping: Salute to the community in LA standing on business this weekend to protect their people from state violence and abduction. If you've got it to give, please consider pitching in on a bail fund: www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-dire...