This is the new “TV is turning our kids gay!” and, from the 60s, “Rock music is making our daughters like Black people!” A cisgendered woman with no experience in her self-declared expertise gets a whole article. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Look, I’m from Seattle so I can look you straight in the eye and say, yeah, the rain in England in 2026 is a bit much.

I just find it difficult to take seriously any adult who says “f-bomb”. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Transphobes have opened up “a toxic, traditionalist culture” so bad the WI is closing chapters rather than comply. Well done, TERFs! Even the WI calls you toxic. But those women’s wishes don’t count, I’m guessing? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Oh, hey, got 10k followers without seeing it today. Hello! I write books and stuff. Got a new YA coming out in April (and a MG in September and an adult novel next February and I am tired). I support Japanese food, Buffy rewatches and trans rights. I don't support golf.

Seattle! I’ll be at Emerald City Comic Con on March 7! Come say hello. www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/en-us/experi...

I mean, come on, if your position requires you to agree with Putin, Trump, and Musk; to ignore the lived experience of children and adults; to ignore the entire medical community and a hundred years of history; and if your only "safe place" online is a child-porn generating website, then maybe...

Support every trans, non-binary or questioning person you know. Speak out for those you don’t. Vote for politicians who want to expand humanity, not shrink it. And for god’s sake, stop buying Harry Potter or the works of those who want to ruin the lives of our loved ones out of their own ignorance.

It was consensual.

Trans kids are dying, will die (these are proven facts) for no purpose other than the distaste of powerful people who have zero experience or apparently empathy.

The new, poisonous “guidance” for trans kids in schools has no foundation in science or medicine. It forces trans and non-binary kids back into the closet purely for the comfort of a loud, radicalized minority. And that’s gone so well, historically.

Got the new Tyrant Philosophers book by @aptshadow.bsky.social LOVE this series.

Support every trans, non-binary or questioning person you know. Speak out for those you don’t. Vote for politicians who want to expand humanity, not shrink it. And for god’s sake, stop buying Harry Potter or the works of those who want to ruin the lives of our loved ones out of their own ignorance.

The new, poisonous “guidance” for trans kids in schools has no foundation in science or medicine. It forces trans and non-binary kids back into the closet purely for the comfort of a loud, radicalized minority. And that’s gone so well, historically.

I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic. There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition. There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot. This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.

Dogs don't necessarily need to dream, I guess, but it's so amazing that they do. My little fat cockapoo, sleep-barking at dream squirrels, sleep-running her little feet, even sometimes having a happy dream and wagging her tail. The world is afire, but dogs dream.

God grant me the confidence of a middle aged straight guy who thinks his six-minute breast stroke lap qualifies him for the middle lane. #nichetweet #dontcare

I was a late-ish adopter of BlueSky, but now I'm only 32 people away from 10k followers. That would be cool. This is in no way a hint. Not at all. This weather, right?

Rep. Balint: This is not a game, Secretary. Bondi: I'm Attorney General. Balint: Apologies, I couldn't tell.

America is run by furious morons.

Absolutely true, and the rates vary WILDLY. Had two quotes for one book. One artist asked for 250 Euro. The other for £10,000. No joke.

I was a late-ish adopter of BlueSky, but now I'm only 32 people away from 10k followers. That would be cool. This is in no way a hint. Not at all. This weather, right?

This El Paso stuff is really unsettling. Feels like a government preparing for war on its own country.

Would you like a signed, SPECIAL EDITION HARDBACK of Piper at the Gates of Dusk? Waterstones is offering it exclusively via pre-order. Out April 7th, but pre-orders help an author like you wouldn't believe. Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/piper-a...

It exists in the world. Released worldwide in English on April 7th. Something is coming…

they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole

It exists in the world. Released worldwide in English on April 7th. Something is coming…

I just cannot get over how embarrassing this is of Wes Streeting. The naked desperation, the brain-spangling disingenuousness, a politician of the very very worst kind. So desperate to impress big boys, he might as well be a widdling puppy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Genuinely could not be more delighted to have Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody (illustrated by the awesome Tim Miller) on the Carnegie Longlist. I absolutely love these little weirdos, and I love writing middle grade. What a fantastic surprise. Go read the other titles on the long list too!

Man who doesn't turn up to do his job, tells a room full of retired people that working from home is bad.

Genuinely could not be more delighted to have Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody (illustrated by the awesome Tim Miller) on the Carnegie Longlist. I absolutely love these little weirdos, and I love writing middle grade. What a fantastic surprise. Go read the other titles on the long list too!

It’s practically a work of art that he thinks we’re all that stupid.

The dogs have never been more curious than when I do knee physio on the floor.

Tim Allan, who just quit as Starmer's director of comms, was on the board of the trans-eliminationist hate group "Sex Matters", whose director of advocacy Helen Joyce urged transphobes to get through to "decision makers" so that the "numbers" of trans people could be "reduced." That's what they did.

Yay, the Seahawks won! Sports!

Only a year and a half too late

Thank you, Collider, for putting A Monster Calls movie on this list! So damn proud of that film. collider.com/best-fantasy...

I see the cancelled and silenced Lionel Shriver has a headline review in the New York Times.

Today’s the day. Go Seahawks!

When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it

If you're looking for some joy, here's a gorgeous-seeming human being who must be protected at all costs in Klingon/Elsa cosplay singing all of "Let it Go" in Klingon. Humans really can be quite wonderful. via @trip.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@emeraldcity...

Oh, dear, what a shame.

Very happy to say that my book Invisible Rainbows is coming out in a few months!! 🌈 Info & preorder: wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/inv...

Afternoon

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