1) America is no longer a reliable ally. 2) It is untenable to be in an alliance where the lead country is taking an aggressive policy towards other countries in that alliance, including threats of forceful annexation. If you disagree with either of those poitns, at least explain why you do.

important reminder that, while we appreciate her sticking a knife in Trump at this present moment, Marjorie Taylor Greene is a committed antisemite and is not and will never be your friend

My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul

Tell people they matter. Tell them they’re appreciated. Tell them you’re glad they’re here. Those words might be exactly what they need.

Honestly I understand why people are hopeless. Evil goes unpunished out in the open. They are laughing at us. Just laughing. I guess it’s against the rules of this place to be outraged at pedophilia.

He’s had many names, lived many lives, worn many disguises. 🎭 a magician’s last act 💖 a burgeoning romance 🗡️ brothers at odds 📓 21 pages 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/H6oGDdB 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-final-ac... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

The sense I am getting through all of this is that Larry Summers used his position to get a substantially junior colleague to listen to him whine about his marriage, then tried to get her to “have a drink with him” and stormed off when she was like no thanks I have a presentation tomorrow.

youtu.be/RiO6Z1C2Q0A?... who wants to hear me do an abysmal american accent?

Since we’re talking about it today…for anyone who dislikes the idea of a guaranteed HEA because it spoils your enjoyment to know how a story will end, that’s fine. It’s your right to read what you like, and maybe romance isn’t for you. But also: imagine romance books are like going on a road trip.

There is not enough Black SFF in movies and tv shows and it shows. To date, Nicole Beharie is the one of the few Black woman to ever lead a SFF tv show on a major tv network. This hasn't changed in the over the decade since Sleepy Hollow premiered. That is shameful!

Trans Day of Remembrance is in about a week. Aside from Miss Major, are there any other transfeminine author who have passed away in the last twelve months? Want to make sure I recognize everyone.

There's no irony and no "hypocrisy." The people in that video see Benidorm and other Spanish towns as British colonies. They believe they're entitled to them in the same way their ancestors believed India or America were rightfully theirs. Of course they want foreigners out of "their" town!🧵

Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

with all these pedophiles and pedophile-apologists on the right, my hard stance as someone planning a family right now is that anyone who voted for these people is not allowed to be in my children’s lives because I cannot trust them to not hurt my children

It's interesting seeing how many people in respectable media seem to think a 14 year old is not old enough to hear a drag queen read a book, but old enough to get flown to an island by a billionaire and then molested

HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!

ADULTHOOD IS SO CLICHE I HATE IT HERE

If I'm Mamdani I'm like no you have to go now

your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️

"Afrofuturism, which juxtaposes the culture of the African diaspora with science, fantasy, and historical revisionism, explores the radical idea that Black people will not only exist into the future, but will also lead liberated, consequential lives...

I think we all understand that this movie is going to be my entire personality

275/1000 🙏🏿

lads: what are your favourite endearments to be called?

boy the bsky mods sure aren't beating the pedo allegations.

we owe reparations not just of money but labour to west african nations to bring their agriculture and infrastructure back to the level it would be if chattel slavery hadn't happened. we should have national service not for a military but 4 hard, thankless jobs, to encourage empathy at all levels.

For my newsletter, I wrote a little about how there seems to be a recent rash of trans people taking their own lives. Please take care of yourselves this holiday season, I promise you that there are people who want to help you if you're struggling. www.burnsnotice.com/if-youre-tra...

+pinches bridge of nose+

Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force. (Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!) Great obit—no paywall.

Friendly tip for folks. My discord got hacked yesterday and my computer was acting funky ever since. Turns out it was malware installed through a blender file I bought as part of an asset pack on CG Trader. I didn’t know blender files were being used this way, but I figured I’d spread the word.

"The toy is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to small catnip mice who are slighted by other felines." - Fitzwilliam

The one thing I've learned from the 21st century is that it very rarely comes down to incompetence OR malice. It is almost always both.

Why has there never been a movie about the burning of Cromwell, Oklahoma? A prohibition boomtown hired a retired Old West legend as marshal. He made a dent in crime, and was then murdered. A month later the *entire town* burned down, allegedly at the hand of his old Wild West buddies.

i'm starting to think that chapter one, kill the tribe's abusive leader, is an unusual start to a book... am i just being super welsh about this?

Saw someone post that they didn’t want to take any aurora photos because it was cliché, everyone’s doing it The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

We need the 5th wave of feminism right the fuck now and the absolute minimum viable project is an alliance of trans fems, sex workers, and healthcare workers fighting for personal, political, and workplace autonomy with the militancy of the revolution in Rojava Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

it was always the most “open secret” shit imaginable and no one did a fucking thing about it. people don’t give a fuck about sexual abuse unless it convenient rhetoric to weaponize against communities at high risk for sexual abuse—trans women in particular

Africa is LITERALLY the origin of humanity, yet it is constantly ignored/dismissed/exploited, and the lives of people there are deemed worthless. Outside of people whose ancestors were taken from Africa during slave trades, everyone outside of Africa comes from the same 10K ppl 60'000 years ago!!!

This winter, The Hive in Shrewsbury is launching an inspiring new programme designed to support children and young people who find school a struggle www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/creativ...

"If the BBC decides to fold, rather than fight, its reputation is shot to pieces, isn't it?" "If the BBC just backs down ... it doesn't deserve to survive" view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...

this year i did not expect to watch two shows about men's mental health and the importance of support networks... ted lasso is the flipside of a coin with Hannibal on the other side...

revolution or invasion are the only ways this will change but when the only people who have guns are arseholes what the fuck do you do?

You don’t need permission. You need courage. BIG TALK only counts when action follows. You can be scared - everyone is. Bravery is moving anyway. And you need to be brave right now more than ever.

My holiday short story: A Puppygirl for New Years will be going up for sale later this week! Get a sneak peek on my Ko-Fi or Patreon tomorrow, but the story for sale on Itch will have a bonus scene just for all you puppies out there!

O! #DanceWithNini 💃🏽 #TransWoman

i am so glad pinterest started bombarding me with ted lasso because i never would have watched a show about sport, even with juno temple, and it is the wholesome hopepunk i needed...

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

Good example for me how a lot of pop writing advice stuff, often designed to sound pithy, can get in the way of actually helping authors absorb the insight behind the advice. It creates mythology rather than building storytelling wisdom available to people learning to write

This is one of my favorite indie series! I was so excited when Lyra Wolf reached out for an arc review. 😊 The Fire in the Frost is another wonderful addition to the series! #booksky💙📚🪐 #bookreview www.behindthepages.org/post/the-fir...

The post was made in October. The post was Sarah quoting Folsom Prison Blues as a quote skeet to an article that dismissed Cash as uncool. A real safety team wouldn't have to lie, especially if they were in the right.