People are getting their news from AI – and it’s altering their views theconversation.com/people-are-g...

Lucy Liu on 'Rosemead,' rejection and returning to Mandarin www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...

Ten Manuscript Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in January 2026 authorspublish.com/ten-manuscri... #SubOp

Scientists say they have discovered 20 new species deep in the Pacific Ocean www.npr.org/2025/12/21/n...

To the shock of no Wisconsinite: Wisconsin’s cuts to environmental funding were among nation’s highest, report says www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...

Is Being Kind Good for Your Health? www.euronews.com/health/2025/...

New poem on my YouTube channel: youtube.com/shorts/hIJrN...

I hold my chosen family as the most sacred unit. Only some members share my genetics.

'It’s not a coincidence’: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Justice Department has now sued 18 states in an effort to access voter data www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...

76 Calls for Submissions in January 2026 - Paying markets publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/12/72-c... #SubOp

64 Writing Contests in January 2026 - No entry fees publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/12/64-w... #SubOp

It's Stuff Your Kindle (or other devices) day for romance readers: "On December 26, 2025, get a curated offering of free romance books at your preferred ebook retailer, no strings attached. This is just a helpful collection of free-for-a-limited-time romance ebooks!" www.romancebookworms.com

Merry Christmas: youtu.be/BPsUPZIPrbk

23 Publishers Accepting Memoir Submissions authorspublish.com/23-publisher... #SubOp

More cards.

81 Opportunities for Historically Underrepresented Writers (December 2025) authorspublish.com/81-opportuni... #SubOp

8 Holiday Romance Books to Snuggle Up with This Winter bookriot.com/holiday-roma...

Yet doctors, safety regulators, and others are expected to get on board with 50+ possible variations of rules between states. Then again, when a machine does all your thinking... Trump signs order to block states from enforcing own AI rules www.bbc.com/news/article...

30 Magazines Accepting Flash Fiction authorspublish.com/30-magazines... #SubOp

20 Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Authors Pick Their Favorite Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books of 2025 gizmodo.com/sci-fi-horro...

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

30-year-old’s poetry side hustle brings in $12,000 a month—how he built it www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...

Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment. lithub.com/public-libra...

AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents futurism.com/artificial-i...

Holiday short from the pandemic: youtube.com/shorts/cO5sr...

How do you contact your reps? Right here mother pupper! Go to the left menu, type in KOSA and they literally tell you what to write and say. You barely have to do any work. Find your legislators and get going! This is everyone’s to do list today.

No more endless waiting. Just, you know, regular waiting. Plus, if you submit today, you can get a response before the next episode of Pluribus! Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes... #writing #writers #writingcommunity

LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal. abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in December 2025 authorspublish.com/5-paying-lit... #SubOp

Filmmakers: A Massive List of Winter 2025 Grants, Labs & Fellowships ‘Tis the season (for submissions). nofilmschool.com/a-massive-li... #SubOp

8 Sensational Christmas Thrillers and Crime Novels bookriot.com/christmas-th...

"Welcome to the FISH List of lively independent literary magazines. This list evaluates and ranks over 4,000 lit mags against 14 criteria to help you find your new favourite indie lit mag." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/fish-list....

OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Made a lot of oversized sticker cards this year!

Telescope in Chile captures stunning new picture of a cosmic butterfly apnews.com/article/butt...

Everything Is Not Fine in the Art World Auction headlines offer a picture of health that hides a body in crisis. hyperallergic.com/everything-i...

I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.

I was the other poet in the Len Pennie row: here’s my story "Sarah Doyle’s poem Laika won high praise but when she queried similarities to it with the poem Good Girl she was caught up in a storm of accusation, denial and online vitriol." www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

A global publishing scam assisted by AI has targeted Australia. Here are 5 tips to avoid scammers theconversation.com/a-global-pub...

Poets are now cybersecurity threats: Researchers used 'adversarial poetry' to trick AI into ignoring its safety guard rails and it worked 62% of the time www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

42 Terrific International Literary Journals authorspublish.com/42-terrific-... #SubOp

If they "redefine" citizenship, they don't care for (or know) our beloved Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/suprem...

First two holiday greeting cards for the year.

Fact checking isn't censorship. We're traveling on the ship FFS and are nearing an iceberg while the engine room is on fire and people are stuck in their cabins with food poisoning. www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...

Ten Manuscript Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in December 2025 authorspublish.com/ten-manuscri... #SubOp

37 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for December 2025 authorspublish.com/37-themed-su... #SubOp

Promotion Commotion (for writers): How to Steer Clear of Scam Artists authorspublish.com/promotion-co...