Spider lilies from the beginning of October. They're very pretty in their own right. But these little symbols of death are especially beautiful to me because they remind me of how much I will miss Japan and how happy I will be to return home at the end of the year. #Japan #flowers

Israeli ceasefire means it will massacre the emaciated maimed shell of a body they left you in for entering your own home, then claim Israeli terrorists were feeling unsafe near your house while they were destroying what was left of your life and family. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

They did this to my father in 1970. He wasn't even allowed to say goodbye to his mother. 55 years later, same abuse and injustice.

FLASH FROGTOBER 👻🐸 “Night is a Mouth with No Shape” by @jjlofflin.bsky.social is now up! Art by @olaal-fateh.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...

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The world isn't silent on Gaza - this is by far the most vocal I have seen the general public on a political issue in my lifetime. I have also never seen a bigger difference between the anger of the public and the inaction of specific institutions and governments. That's the crucial disconnect.

Please share & give to help Mahmoud's family, including his little son Adam who's sick & needs urgent treatment & nutrition, survive Israel's genocidal famine & assault on Gaza. They're being starved, & Mahmoud has burns from unsafe cooking fires. Donations are slow, & Bsky keeps deleting them:

Submitted my novelette to a magazine and received the best kind of rejection letter: "The story is perfectly well-done, but it's not right for us. In the meantime, we hope to hear from you again." Let's go! #publishing #writing

The IDF are monsters

Ran my novelette (body horror/Sci fi set in 1900s Canada) with my critique partners. Their responses were almost exactly as I hoped. Now editing.