OUT TODAY 💫 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵: 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social is an essential book for organizers & activists in times of crisis and struggle. Get the book, e-book, or audiobook now—and DL the reading guide too! www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

$1695 secures November! We've made progress (thanks to y'all being freaking AMAZING!!) but we have to keep going. If you see this, will you please share it? The more folks who see it the better as I navigate my second layoff of the year. Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis

So uh. I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and... you can now preorder it!

"Look, I don’t WANT the guy on my team, but Byron was bisexual and there’s nothing any of us can do about that." BIG MOOD lolsob 😂😭 shout out to @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social for sharing this terrific newsletter. very much looking forward to "A Lady For All Seasons" getting published next year 🙏✨

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

happy birthday, Miriam 😊🎉

The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.

By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K

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A Bloomy Head was one of the best books I've read this year, check out this thread and go pick up your copy today. let's support independent authors, please & thank you 🙏✨

Headed to bed tonight with $1820 needed to cover November necessities. Thank you all for helping! Please share this if you see it - that's a big help 💜 Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis

Dear novelists: thank you. Keep writing. That is all.

I feel like something more people need to understand about having a village is that you need to do things for other people too.

Day in a life of a Ukrainian war cat ❤️‍🩹

so excited for Old Fox Advent Calendar, such a magical time of the year 🥰🎉 Anne Louise weaves tiny stories full of magic & kindness, please consider supporting.

When dictators fail on the battlefield, they turn their weapons on civilians. Hitler bombed British cities. Stalin shelled Finnish towns. Putin strikes Ukrainian homes. Same pattern, same evil.

Karla Strand writes in @msmagazine.com of Read This When Things Fall Apart: "Not a guide, this volume is a salve for the wounds we incur when doing the work, and its contents are the love and encouragement we need to continue tending the fires of resistance."

In my next free newsletter, I've collected a bit of a bibliography for A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS. Lots of further reading and podcast links for those interested in seeing where inspiration came from! Subscribe: buttondown.com/tjalexander

I'm thrilled to present you my new novel, LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE, coming in April 2026 from Dark Matter Ink. It's all the things I usually obsess about: Slavic gods and cursed deals, political turmoil, trauma, revenge and duty - but this time with a hefty dose of love 💀

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Abortion Without Borders has helped more than 200,000 people access abortions since 2020. Keep their hotline alive. Donate today 💚 abortion.eu#save-awb #save-awb #AbortionAccess #Poland

Good morning, happy Halloween y'all! Insomnia is never invited but damned if she don't crash the party anyway so I've been up a good while. We're starting today with $2320 left to raise. I'm applying and trying to cope with the fear. Thank you all for all your help. You give me hope and comfort 💜

I talked to @biidaasamose.bsky.social about what it takes to stay human and protect each other in fascistic times, and how we can build networks of care, defend our neighbors, grieve, and make space for joy. This episode includes some Nishnaabe wisdom and music from Leanne. Transcript + audio:

Last year we got a tip about a children's pastor who'd managed to stay in ministry for decades even as allegations of sex abuse trailed him across four states. I kept pulling thread and found something far bigger: a 50-year pattern of abuse and cover-up in the largest Pentecostal denomination 🧵 1/

I was just laid off for the second time this year. It's going to be a hard fall and winter. My safety net, as is the case for too many of us especially these days, is the kindness and generosity of friends and strangers. Anything helps. Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis

🌈COVER REVEAL🌈 From the acclaimed author of Chef's Kiss and A Gentleman's Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead. A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS is out March 10. Preorder & full synopsis: tjalexander.com#books6

My second novel YOURS FOR THE SEASON came out yesterday! bookshop.org/p/books/your...

👋🏻 We’re at the emergency vet with Mr. Shrimp! He’s being checked for bladder stones because his litter box usage has been weird this week. It’s $800 that isn’t in our budget, but he deserves the world. 🐈🧡 If you want to help, I have zines in my shop: ko-fi.com/theverbalthi...

COVER REVEAL 🔥✨🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈 I’m so excited to finally show folks this BEAUTIFUL cover!! Stunning art by Jan (@thistlearts.bsky.social), who not only obliged me in portraying all three (!!!) of my queer, poly, radical pirates—he also absolutely nailed their dynamic! Coming March 17, 2026! emcaro.carrd.co

anyone want to do an online bookclub with me about the histories of sex, reproduction, gender and justice?? purchased my copy of Nursing Clio Reader on publication date and eager to discuss!! #BookSky #skystorians

Thank you! I have an open-door opposites attract Jewish rom-com coming out May 19th with SMP called SOON BY YOU! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A reminder that this sale only lasts until Friday! 🎃🍁🍂

"Make them fight for everything & everyone they take from us. It’s on us to be the people who fought this. ....Let’s make it count & show other decent people what the hell they’re made of. No matter how bleak things may seem, no matter how long the odds, we are worth fighting for."

Hi yes hello! Is anyone out there super wealthy and secretly longing to pay rent/utilities for a single mom and her little family during her second layoff of 2025?? Just got the news that I'm being laid off from my job of two months after being laid off from my job of a decade earlier this year 😭😭

My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."

There is still part of me that has a hard time understanding how governments deliberately starve their own people. My people have been starved, many times, but always by colonizers — growing up, I naïvely assumed this benefited colonizers. But no, they take their cruelty home and do it to their own.

been keeping this book on my break glass in case of emergency TBR, always enjoyed & admired Tehlor's writing. so nice to hear a good review from a trusted bookish buddy 🙏✨

How many of the 14 can you identify? #deconstruction #exvangelical #currentevents #news

Not a food bank, exactly, but I'm friends with a family that lives on SNAP & WIC and I've been doing a fundraiser to help them get safely housed (we achieved this!) and make it through November with food. So it's just one family, but I am so moved by everybody who has donated ❤️

I just donated to our local food pantry. Please help if you are able. Things are about to get scary for a whole lot of families.

Want to help feed people during the SNAP shutdown and also enter to win a whole bunch of cool stuff? Donate to any food bank, food pantry, or mutual aid group that distributes food, post a receipt here, and I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner. More details in 🧵:

Buster just got up from a nap so please excuse his bed head.

Do what you can today. Repeat tomorrow. Take care of each other. ❤️

This is Pringle. He was found as a stray with a dislocated femur and severely damaged hip socket. Despite being in a lot of pain, he just wants to kiss everyone he meets. He needs surgery to repair his hip, then he can focus on giving out smooches. You can help him below ❤️‍🩹 15outof10.org/pringle

Has anyone used a Zio patch in lieu of a holter monitor? I'm pursuing a POTS diagnosis and there are no specialists nearby. My PCP is trying her best to order some tests before sending me to a general cardio. #NEISvoid

I fucking hate Nazis, which includes hating their actions, philosophy, culture, regalia, and fucking stylistic choices. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect anyone I vote for to feel the same.

“Sometimes we rescue each other with words,” says organizer Kelly Hayes, discussing her powerful new anthology.

FOOD BANK FUNDRAISER! $4,000 raised since last night for food banks across the USA to help them prep for SNAP ending Nov 1 🥫🍎🥗🥣🥛🥧🤝 No org, just the BlueSky community being generous 🤩 If you want to help keep the momentum going, here's a fresh thread of food banks in the states losing the most SNAP

Following Ada's lead, I'd like to do the same. Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️

I was interviewed by my friend @shaneburley.bsky.social about Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. "Refusing to give up in apocalyptic times is an act of love, and in some ways, it’s an act of faith — it’s about making a commitment to what’s sacred to us."