My privilege to share some lovely stories from the science community about what Sam Neill's timeless performance as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park meant to them—and why it will continue to inspire kids to chase their own discoveries for years to come.

#Booksky Kobo or KoboPlus book buyer? Our books are out there, including the Lynes & Mathey gay Edwardian murder mystery duology! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

The number of children receiving SNAP nationwide has dropped by more than 1.5 million since Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill became law, based on CBPP’s analysis of available data from 17 states. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

I missed that Violette Malan had published a collection of stories about her wandering mercenaries Dhulyn and Parno last fall! I really liked the first two novels, but missed getting the last two before they went out of print, fingers crossed for a reissue of those someday also!

stop. if you think the existence of a warrant is part of the conversation in any way, you cannot, by definition, argue that it makes any difference whether the guy they killed had a warrant or not. because right guy or wrong guy, an arrest warrant isn't a death sentence.

Angeline Era is part of the first ever nonbinary-dev led game event on steam!! store.steampowered.com/curator/4610... #NonbinaryCodedGames

Holy COW. Text analysis of comments on the OMB rule: overwhelming opposition, overwhelmingly not form letters. (But 9 in 10 comments supporting the rule ARE form responses, LOL) Whatever happens next, folks have stepped up.

All the books I've added to my TBR list so far this month: bysinginglight.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/b... (The UKL Prize effect hit hard!)

THIS FRIDAY, 7/17, @alychelms.bsky.social and I are doing an @macarrick.bsky.social event at Copperfield's Books in Sebastopol, CA! 7 p.m., with a reading and a Q&A -- we hope to see you there! copperfieldsbooks.com/event/2026-0...

the hard drives have statements, body cam video footage, and other evidence that the feds had been withholding, in case anyone else saw the post below and was like .....ok but hard drives belonging to who, showing what? www.wbaltv.com/article/minn...

Here's the sort of "The Bog Body Motif in Trans SFF unsyllabus" I compiled from this thread as well as contributions from panelists Ann LeBlanc and Sonya Taeffe: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Smashwords' Big Summer Sale is still ongoing, and I have my core series at 50% for the occasion. Queer fantasy adventures full of friendship and mysteries, in big novel and novella sizes 💚💜 www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

A hidden terribleness about the AI translations of older games that keep popping up lately - in this case Tricolor Crise for the Dreamcast - is the way they knock the wind out of the sails of the people who are trying to actually do it properly. LLM version didn't even use the right character names.

ENDING SOON: My Liege pre-orders close Thursday, July 16 at noon! My Liege is an art book in collaboration between @damesprod.bsky.social, @novamali.bsky.social, and 60 artists! Our book celebrates queer love and warriors of all kinds. This sneak peek is from @owlyjules.bsky.social !

ENDS IN 3 DAYS!!!! Our Award-Winner #HumbleBundle is now live! Treat yourself to the best of the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror while supporting #DoctorsWithoutBorders buff.ly/kAZ8PUS

#generativeart interlude Angel break #xquery #svg #creativecoding #humanart

This week's blog is about the mistakes I see newer authors making in 2026. As someone who has been publishing since 2014, I have thoughts and some advice for newer authors with only one or two books out:

YAYYYYYYY khōréō has funded!!! kick 'em some more money in the final days of their fundraiser so they can do even more cool things!

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California and 11 other states sue to block Paramount's takeover of Warner, arguing it would 'extinguish competition.'

PODCAST DROP: I got to chat about the weirdness that is SUNSHINE by the great Robin McKinley. Come listen if you want to explore with us why the writing is so slippery, why there’s WAYYYY too much worldbuilding for the plot it has, and how this book engages (and rejects) the Western Vampire Canon.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY that you can leave a public comment on the OMB Grant Proposal. Join us from 2 - 3 PM ET today at our OMB Deadline Day meeting to hear from experts and learn what comes next. Leave your comment 👉 zurl.co/oz4dV Register for the meeting 👉 zurl.co/iv9o0 Or links in bio!

Tales From Rugosa Coven is available for preorder! Skiffy & Fanty said "This is one of the most grounded-feeling urban fantasies I’ve ever read, with deeply developed characters..., featuring a strongly positive theme of a supportive, inclusive community." www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2026/07/01/t...

They need less than $200 to fund, this is extremely doable, and you can help! Let's get this funded, friends!

I JUST CAME FROM HELL #1 is live on Kickstarter! Check out our wares! All of our reward tiers are comics! Digital, physical, and bundles including the previous books in our trilogy: EAT MY FLESH, DRINK MY BLOOD and WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? Come on over, say hello, and support indie horror comics!

I encourage everyone who has submitted comments on the hot mess that is OMB-2026-0034 to also send a copy to your congress critters. www.theverge.com/science/9576...

It's a gloriously rainy Monday and there are good ebooks on sale! All links to Amazon and Bookshop are affiliate links, other links are not. Affiliate links = I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. Bookshop is my favorite where it's an option! They may be on sale other places! Click away!

Absolute last call for sale pricing on ebooks for my june releases! By Thieves-Light, the opening novella for my gay romantic sword & sorcery adventuring duo; the meet-cute of the bladesmith and the brigand: jayxwolf.itch.io/by-thieves-l... www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6F9FR7K/

"the American Astronomical Society said the endeavor cannot be considered to serve the public interest and would waste taxpayer $ by wrecking the work of federally funded astronomical facilities even as it brought untold risks to people and wildlife" Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

First issue launching tonight! ✨

Charles R. Saunders (1946-2020) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Ken Kelly, 1981; R, James Gurney, 1985 #fantasy #books

If I looked down at my hands and saw Gamera looking back at me with absolute trust and affection like this I'm pretty sure all my problems would go away

Unbound also fraudulently understated our sales to the point that THE SCOTTISH BOY has more Goodreads reviews/ratings than copies sold—and we have proof, because we got sales figures direct from Ingram and compared them to our royalty statements. But the administrators chose not to investigate

like the OP, I got got by this. but someone messaged me and advised me that "politiplot" is an account that posts AI-generated political videos. fuckers

This is a truly important collection of Tanith Lee’s works - available to those of us in the UK as well.

I went to the Sonic cafe :D

4 days left and they're still $3000 short. This is an important magazine and it needs your help. You all showed up for my single anthology and I know you can do it again 💚 Don't forget small donations can help it grow tons, too!

This could kill the arts.

Normalize unreposting stuff/deleting comments once you learn more!!!

This story of hope against everything else is everything right now. Perfect decision for it to be at the remove of something akin to two demigods in conversation 🙏

last evening ☀️

White House OMB is proposing huge changes to $1.1T of funding assistance that will decimate services and social programs, gut Medicaid, and amplify existing inequities in academia and science. Comment deadline: July 13, 2026. A tool has been created to help! Please reshare. ombcomment.netlify.app

What Missourians have to keep in mind is that the state sales tax is on top of your city’s sales tax, and eliminating any state income tax you pay does not eliminate your federal income tax. Vote NO on Amendment 5 August 4th. #NOon5 #NoEverythingTax www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/p...

here's what I put – do not copy it word for word, but you can have it as a basis for your own comment if you want.

I got a half-letter-size binder and some sheet protectors to keep my sewing patterns in, perfect fit and will be a lot easier than keeping track of the individual ziploc bags they come in ^^

🎂 HAPPY 33rd ANNIVERSARY to the Lufia franchise! (Originally out on the SNES in 1993!) Our 82nd community VGM arrangement album, Lufia II: Of Gods and Men, is now available! 🔥 ⚔️ 2 hours, 29 tracks, 31 musicians! (NOT genAI music/art, no thanks!) 💿 FREE DOWNLOAD: lufia2.ocremix.org

The Court's decision last week in Slaughter expanded the president’s control over executive agencies, yes But it also laid the foundation to further shrink those agencies’ ability to actually *do anything* that conflicts with *the Court’s own policy agenda* ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...

Hey neat! Battle Chef Brigade is now on mobile (thanks, Crunchyroll!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6LO... apps.apple.com/sb/app/battl... play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Coneflowers with different stages of yellow aster disease. First is no petals, only flower growing out of flower growing out of flower. Other is the disease hits after the flowers start growing so you get green and pink petals, sometimes stunted.