It is the last day of 2025 and we are heading into the end of the year-end sale YESSS I AM GOING TO GO MARK THINGS DOWN LIEK WOAH BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW I GET www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness... (The sale will still be going tomorrow, January 1, for anybody still figuring themselves out.)

There's a repeated problem - that good news doesn't feel like news, because it's not a single moment of upheaval the same way all the bad news is. Good things happen because people build them, step by step, until things are simply different than they were before.

Update: I emailed the opt-out address listed on their website and got a reply. But, I never. Should. Have. Had. To. Opt. Out. I’m so tired of these tech companies & their entitlement. DoorDash putting small restaurants on their apps w/o permission, AI scraping our sites, & now this? It’s exhausting

2026 is going to be a SUPER IMPORTANT YEAR for getting resources to grassroots organizations on the ground in states where voter suppression & intimidation efforts are already underway. We started by mistake in 2020 & are never stopping, I guess! www.bustle.com/entertainmen...

Hey all, I've spent the past few weeks working really hard on the kobold heart hoard project and it's available for pre-order now. It's 10 glass hearts, starting at $25. nora.jewelry/products/kob... Shares are appreciated.

Finally made it by Record Exchange, there is something deeply appealing to me about browsing a big, cluttered record store that's just full of stuff

put some 2026 calendars up for sale (US shipping only, will ship after dec 25) @ shop.formyths.com if you're outside the US or want to DIY also made a printable version @ formyths.itch.io/2026-calendar

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

december was the month of getting ghosted, which. inevitable i suppose but still disappointing. savings chewed through but at least i had a buffer. shares appreciated. $150/$500 for december's bills/building back up for january while i keep sending in job apps.

For more info, go to www.sfintranslation.com and click on the "Big SFT spreadsheet" link on the right hand side

Presumed extinct, Campbell’s keeled glass-snail was rediscovered on Norfolk Island in 2020. Now, breeding efforts by Taronga Zoo and partners have grown the population and released 340 tagged snails into the wild — Australia’s first large-scale snail reintroduction, & newborns are already appearing.

I promise you're not.

Yop! New novella coming in Aug: “Kova wants to become a monster slayer for fame, fortune, and the love of her sweetheart. When she fails to win her apprenticeship, she goes back home with her tail between her legs–only to find the monsters are waiting. And you can’t fight monsters with love.”

More of this. More of THIS. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

Aaaaahhhh I got my author copies of Song of Spores! And some more to send to higher-tier Patreon backers. Here are some pictures in the meanwhile (for everyone). (There is alt text if you click through) www.patreon.com/posts/books-...

As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.

8 book titles on my 2026 reading challenge thanks to recommendations! 44 left to go!

Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!

"Pigsy" has been hard at work this year on his adaptation/rework of #Castlevania Symphony of the Night to the #Sega Mega Drive / #Genesis And the results have been superb so far Full vid + download link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoPp... #homebrew #retro #gamedev #gaming #indiedev #retrogaming #PS1

damn. I just searched and the piece I wrote for them years ago about domestic violence and Title IX is gone

"And I never say no" We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control. We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.

You can't cite one single successful AI marketing campaign for a book, and yet insist that it is "necessary" for people to be competitive.

(More fun facts: read by the same ultra-talented, golden syrup-voiced audiobook narrator who did my wee novella THE APPLE-TREE THRONE!) libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

In happier news, the unabridged audiobook of THE KING OF ELFLAND'S DAUGHTER, by absolutely-famous-for-it weirdie Lord Dunsany (one of my faves!) is THREE AMERICAN DOLLARS on Chirp today! www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/t...

You can help displaced Palestinian families surviving the ongoing genocide by supporting The Sameer Project, a Palestinian-led aid organization that helps provide medical care, tents, food, warm clothing, and other urgent necessities

It's #podcast time, y'all! Grand conspiracies, colonization, and intentions, oh my! @shaunduke + @sgwong.com are joined by the wonderful @marthawells.com for an interview about Queen Demon and The Rising World series! Audio/Video: skiffyandfanty.com/p... #podcasthanks for listening.

If you can't find something on the TV this #boxingday , might we suggest catching up on our Solaris Presents online events? FREE, available anywhere in the world, ft. @premeemohamed.com @mattfnwallace.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @voidcricket.bsky.social#boxingday& more!

Birthright citizenship has been part of our constitution for over 150 years. The Trump administration wants to change that. Here are the facts: bit.ly/44Tm6Mn

Government services aren't businesses. Delivering mail to citizens is something we pay for. But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.

All now complete, enjoy on this Christmas Eve 12 books that are worth your attention and why.

Somehow Palpatine returned again

PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN on prohibiting gender affirming care for young people. Flood 'em with comments! www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

I’m nobody special and I’ve had right wing extremists try to ruin every aspect of my personal and professional life, including showing up in person and leaving written death threats at my work and home. This “problem” is an inherent part of right wing extremism; it’s a feature not a bug.

It’s the last issue of 2025 at @strangehorizons.bsky.social (I know, what even is time etc). What do we have for you in Reviews? Monday is the always incisive @octavia-cade.bsky.social on Syr Hayati Beker’s What A Fish Looks Like (@stelliform.press). “Is there one right way to navigate apocalypse?”

It is open season on all of us, but I am so deeply concerned about our contingent colleagues, lecturers, and graduate student instructors. Hope that she sues and wins.

I’d be grateful if folks followed this project on Kickstarter 🖤 Aiming right now to go live in January, depending on when I get all my materials ready. We have some exciting invited authors and @mspencerdraws.bsky.social is on board for interior illustrations.

I am delighted to report that Spellcasting On by @andiwrites.bsky.social is exactly as delightful as I thought it would be! Go get it! amzn.to/49njAjB

Diamond Dust Zone, Act 1 'Sonic 3D Blast' SEGA Mega Drive Tatsuyuki Maeda

For sale, soggy shoes, possibly worn - Ernest Herringway

The ACLU of Missouri is suing the state and the Secretary of State over the implementation of a new congressional redistricting map. In September, Missouri lawmakers passed a mid-decade redistricting map meant to add a Republican congressional seat, done at the behest of the Trump administration.

How to make glass in ancient Assyria. First, you grind your ingredients separately, which can include certain kinds of stone, roasted carnelian-coloured seashells, “white plant”, and salicornia ashes. Then, “You mix them together” and place them in a cold kiln with four openings

Well, I just had the royalty report from my little book that could: Sleeping With Monsters, a collection of reviews published by Aqueduct Press in 2017. www.amazon.co.uk/Sleeping-Mon... www.aqueductpress.com/books/978-1-...

New ship of Theseus just dropped: is it the same band if all the original members have been replaced

I feel like the tide has turned against it, justifiably so, but I'd actually like to put in a good word for "write every day" as advice, it has helped me commit to making progress- even just a little progress! my daily writing is sometimes under ten words!- through a year of variable mental health

Stop everything you're doing. Here's Sonic the Hedgehog as a Tamagotchi getting down on the dancefloor in a 1998 Japanese TV commercial #gaming #retro #Sega 🎮

Orthoceras (big) and Lituites

There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.