These people always pitch themselves as savvy Real America Whisperers but constantly talking about how Republicans are right and Democrats are annoying is abysmal electoral strategy. Talk about how minorities aren't a threat, billionaires are!

I swear, the people most likely to sneer at the romance genre are also the ones least likely to be able to write a good sex scene.

This is, of course the divide between conservative and liberal/leftist thought. The right wing is obsessed with what's in people's hearts because they think evil is inherent, something you are or aren't. On the left, we care about actions. Evil is what you DO.

Stop using the word "woke" the way white conservatives do. "Staying woke" just means to be aware of the ways structural inequality and police violence harm Black (and sometimes other oppressed) communities. The term you all want is "politically correct"

Get to know your mutuals! In no particular order, 10 things I like: 1. TTRPGs 2. Cosmic horror 3. Prog rock 4. Curry 5. Tea 6. Sandalwood incense 7. Sri Ganesha, the Remover of Obstacles 8. Heroic fantasy 9. Underrated UK psych powerhouse The Bevis Frond 10. Dark chocolate

As always, today is a great day to support artists, writers, creators of all sorts. If you have the means, buy a book, sign up for someone's Patreon, commission an art piece. It's also a lovely day to leave a nice comment, post a short review, spread the word about someone's work. Everything helps.

This is extremely cool. @ghostyghosty.bsky.social has been posting words of the day from this over on his YT channel lately and it's a really compelling glimpse into the #language and vocabulary of criminals of yore. #LinguistSky #LanguageSky

Your biggest rival/obstacle should be your former self. Doc Hammer had a great bit where he was like, "When I say I suck, what I mean is what's inside of me is better than my previous work, I have to apologize for it with my next piece" (paraphrasing)

If someone tries to hire you and doesn't have a style guide document, that is a warning sign that they are either unprepared to be outsourcing or they simply don't value consistency.

Join us in raising $40,000 by November 24th to support the healthcare costs of the very real humans who provide our amazing direct services! 82 have donated. Become number 83 and learn more here: www.scarleteen.com/read/how-s...

The Death and Life of Schneider Wrack might be the best weird fantasy you haven't read. Nate should by rights be highly in demand. Pass some work his way if you have it.

Nate is legitimately one of the best living writers in the UK. No-one can match his absolute mastery of the grotesque. You should hire him to write for you

I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.

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Starbucks employees have long fought against consistently unpredictable schedules, short staffing, low pay, and unfair labor practices. Today, @sbworkersunited.org is striking to demand progress in stalled negotiations. Solidarity✊🏽

Do you know what I'd like for my birthday today though? I'd really love for you to check out the Hope Springs Eternal Daggerheart TTRPG Kickstarter and give us a follow if you haven't already! Signal boosting, also great. It would make my day 🥰 www.kickstarter.com/projects/eri...

hey I need a fully functional exact replica of Terminus Est. no reason.

It’s that time of year again, where I come around asking for support for @scarleteen.com for those able to pitch in with some cash, some shares, or both. We’re raising for a healthcare fund for our team this time around, and a 10k match is in play: classy.org/fundraiser/6815368 Can you help? ❤️🙏🏼

it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are

The strike is not about whether or not you approve of Starbucks coffee. It's about the workers, who like all workers deserve equitable treatment and fair pay. That is the issue. Why bring up your personal feelings about the coffee? Nobody in this conversation cares. Start another thread about it.

RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.

🎶 Eggs, sugar, milk, no flour. Set the oven to medium power. Let it rest for about an hour, 21st century schizoid flan.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.

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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

Starbucks workers are planning to strike, beginning tomorrow, at locations that are unionized. They need our support to gain a fair contract & a living wage. DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE If you go to non-unionized locations, give your name, to be shouted when your order is ready, as "Unionize Now"

Unlike the banality of evil, the stupidity of evil feels new and it definitely is not. Evil just didn’t have podcasts back then.

"Boondoggle Ranch" You couldn't make this shit up. You'd be laughed out of the room.

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

Don't wanna be all annoying about this. But being able to bathe and not have my health completely fall apart is for real kinda important to me. :/ It's wild times and most of the formal support I get is on hold or in limbo or just wildly underfunded/unstaffed right now. This is my lifeline. 🙏💖

This is absolutely Mamdani's not-so-secret secret power: he knows who he is and what he believes and he wants to help ALL of us. So you can't trip him up with a trick question; you can't get a fake note out of him. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND HE'S DONE THE READING AND HE'S HERE FOR US.

I really like this idea and I think I'm gonna steal it for my next campaign or one-shot. Even just the idea of starting in medias res and panning around the scene for an iconic shot of what everyone's doing has a lot of juice.

If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS. Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org

There are soooo many mainstream books on sex/love/dating that conflate ‘commitment’ with ‘exclusivity’ in a way that is quite odd for supposedly rigorous writers and scientists to be doing. Those two words mean different things! Say what you mean!

Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels. The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.

A Cover Reveal! 🌕 Many thanks to everyone involved in the creation of this auroralicious cover for The Cellar Below The Cellar...out February 2026

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

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i wrote a pay-what-you-want solo journaling rpg about death. it's a fun time. hbbisenieks.itch.io/all-our-yest...

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I really wish every time someone complained of left wing bias in something they were asked the question: 'OK, what would this be like without left-wing bias? What would you leave out and what would you put in instead?' Because that'd be a very good measure of what they actually mean.

Writers and artists: reply with a link to one of your works. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some creators.

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We're socialized to constantly apologize for being too outwardly excited about things, but this world is so full of terror and misery that I'd rather see those bursts of light and passion shine through the cracks wherever you can find them.

The background story 👇🏼🙌🏻🔥 AZ Rep Yassamin Ansari says Mike Johnson refused to speak to her about the Epstein Files, so she set up outside his office, and he turned the TV up to drown her out.

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

Richard & Linda Thompson "Withered and Died" #LyricsPrompt day 7 "country" This cruel country has driven me down Teased me and lied, teased me and lied I've only sad stories to tell to this town My dreams have withered and died www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-H...

Not now, carnivorous death ball

I have the honor of being Lead Designer on the Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart Campaign Guide project! For those curious about our approach, I did a stream walking through the free beta campaign frame we have on the KS page: youtu.be/yNfa7AWRK6g?...