I wasn't sure, when I first planted this up over the summer, if the plants were going to stay in place on such a steep incline, but they're all really solidly rooted now 🌱🪴🌵 #Houseplants #Succulents #PlantSky #BlueTue #ColorADay #EastCoastKin

This is Teddy. Despite his name, he is not actually a teddy bear that has come to life. Just happens to be an exceptionally soft and cute and cuddly little guy. 13/10 (IG: teddytheduke)

when i say bring that baby home i mean EVERY BABY

Time is truly a flat circle when it comes to abusive men parachuting into movement work, demanding to be worshipped, and then taking a wrecking ball to critics and ultimately the whole project once challenged

Tim Burton’s films are generally beloved, but does nostalgia blind us to issues like representation? Read our newest article by @sharai.bsky.social and decide for yourself if maybe revisiting the past isn’t always a good thing. #horrorsky

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks! Get 2 books for at least $3 Get 4 books for at least $10 Get all our stuff for at least $18 This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project! www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...

Shout out to our first round of Day 1 backers: Héctor G., Reyna Blue, Sam Scott, Lydia Pyne, Beth Murray, John, Janell, Isana, Zack Fissel, Eboni Dunbar-Scott, jrho, Denise Whitaker, Elizabeth, Tonya R. Moore, David J, and Kit Stubbs! All Day 1 backers get an exclusive social media profile badge!

America can be a land of whiteness or a land of freedom, but it can't be both.

Everyone's struggling & the world's on fire so I'm sorry to ask, but I need your help again. If you could donate and/or share my Go Fund Me campaign, it would go a long way to helping me pay for increased costs for my breast cancer treatment. Details in my update. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old

“I think everybody’s afraid for their safety at this point. But I think authoritarian governments like this thrive on fear, so we just have to keep showing up.” -Erin Elliot www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...

"Remote cameras catch rare predator in Californian forest. There are only 500 left on the planet" — just look at this dude! www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Hey folks! Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.

On Langston Hughes’s birthday, I share this timeless poem.

Don’t forget to read Black books ESPECIALLY this month. Kicking it off with Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social because it came from the library just in time 💜

"After all, the state has no hands of its own. Everything that is made is made by human hands, and those hands need not obey the state. Anything the state can do, people can do, because they already do it." 🔥

we need to take a moment to celebrate when a good thing happens. it is fuel for the work. feel the joy. take a big breath in. let yourself cry. we will win because we've got us.

Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad. Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️

So pleased to see SPREAD ME on the Locus Recommended Reading list, in absolutely incredible company!

"As The Earth Dreams" is on the Locus Magazine 2025 Recommended Reading List! 💜🩵🖤 Thank you to the contributors, the readers, and the reviewers at Locus! 🥹🥰 And congratulations to everyone on the list! 🤩

"A thought-provoking science fiction fantasy set in near-future Cleveland that follows a reluctant curator of digital human consciousness who must uncover twisted secrets and navigate ethical quandaries and dangers when anti-technology rebels attack the futuristic library." #booksky #sff #Cleveland

Horror keeps proving the same rule: Black women identify danger early. Survival depends on whether anyone listens. I give you the Wunmi Mosaku Cinematic Universe of Being Correct, where clarity is never the problem. Reception is. 👻📽️ #blackwomeninhorror nighttidemag.com/2026/02/01/s...

As Black History Month approaches, a reminder that HORROR NOIRE, the best-reviewed documentary of 2019, is at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, but is still not “Certified Fresh” because there are only 38 reviews (RT says limited release movies require 40). Is this the year? Will you answer the call?

I truly believe discourse about voters (especially those who may have voted for Trump) would go better on this app if everyone was using the spectrum of allies as a framework commonslibrary.org/spectrum-of-...

A bystander took a heart-wrenching picture of Liam Ramos in his hat and Spiderman backpack, and there was pressure, and he and his father are free. We must not forget all the prisoners still in the camps whose names and faces are known only to their loved ones. We must make miracles for them, too.

oh my god, i’m crushed. catherine o’hara you queen

My dear friends, please be angry. Be energized. Be smart and kind and flexible. Be water. Be brave. But above all, be intentional. Be tactical. Be cunning. That is how we can be dangerous.

"Let it matter what we call a thing." —Solmaz Sharif

Catherine O’Hara SCTV thread youtu.be/990OaFr8EYw?...

Catherine O'Hara, the Emmy-winning actor known for comedic roles across the decades — from Kevin's beleaguered mom in "Home Alone" to the iconic Moira Rose in "Schitt's Creek" — died Friday at 71. https://to.pbs.org/4c2hxDl

I hope they're laughing together today

tell your friends, your frenemies, your favorite writers & publishers... only a couple days left to send us the best nature-based speculative fiction you published last year! We're reading 2025's ecohorror, clifi, solarpunk, anthropomorphic, ecoweird, dystopian, utopian, anti-utopian, ecofuturism!

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! HIRING: The Buckeye Flame seeks two Reporting Fellows to cover LGBTQ+ Ohioans of color. Pay for the six-month fellowship is $15,000 and applications are due by noon on February 13. thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/01/26/r...

If aren't in Ohio (or you aren't close enough to help locally), please donate to haitiansupportcenter.org emergency fund.

Nisi Shawl is a visionary brilliant author, editor, critic and teacher, who is working on a book of otherworldly philosophy that sounds incredible. Not surprisingly, this project has grown and flowered, and Nisi needs a bit more support. Please help if you can! www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...

An unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume angrily confronted Santa Clara city officials during a joint meeting of the City Council, city authorities, and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority on Monday, using his public comment to condemn the city’s stance on cooperation with ICE.

Always read the alt text

As far as I know, Tom Suozzi here still does not have a primary challenger in his district (NY-3 on Long Island). The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.

At a town hall with his constituents, Alabama Rep. Barry Moore told the crowd that migrants are not allowed due process They shouted him down so hard he ran away and left through the back door lol

God bless the people who are going out there and directly confronting these fucking cowardly Democratic politicians. Thank you.

Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...

Here's another example of why, when experienced organizers and activists advise you to get involved with your community today, you listen. Preparation is key to success. 19thnews.org/2026/01/ice-...

“My guess is that … ICE is going to be looking at areas of the country — including Springfield (and) parts of Columbus — where they know that large numbers of Haitians are here, and they’re going to be engaging in racial profiling,” Brown said. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...

"The message...says a meeting last week led by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and state leadership, emergency management officials and others discussed that a federal immigration enforcement initiative may begin sometime after the TPS deadline." www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springf...

I love Moon Palace so much. They are a crucial hub of the social justice community. Angela is a Minnesota treasure.

[NEW) Minneapolis is showing us how it's done. Over the past few weeks, I've received questions about how to adapt the Social Change Map for emerging efforts. I put together a short planner that can support folks in: facilitating meetings identifying roles evaluating growth bit.ly/49VL2nK

"I am so tired of waiting. Aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife and cut the world in two— and see what worms are eating at the rind." ~ Langston Hughes 🌸🌸🌸