2026.02.25 Found a new vocal stem and coping mechanism today!

Looks like the original has been swept away by the sands of time.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE ADJOA ANDOH IS NARRATING THE AUDIOBOOK WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT I AM SO HAPPY

Whenever I get a notification of a Mystery Package on the way it's almost always from my publisher.

As a Black man with Tourette Syndrome, the Public Advocate has some thoughts on BAFTA, Pt. 1: Hear about his experience with Coprolalia, his thoughts on how BAFTA mishandled the moment, and the need for care for all who are harmed: Full video: youtu.be/FgaqKIxS4Hs

Take advantage of the sale to buy The Subtle Art of Folding Space! (Link is in the quoted post.)

You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.

me talking about the latest queer sff with my friends like

New Story Today! "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and birds that fly above the earth across the expanse of sky" in Sunday Morning Transport. A happily married selkie, a magical princess, and missing a home that only hurt you. www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/let-the-wa...

This is today!

Ahhhh cannot wait!!!

Gonna have a lot of “Lord, I see what you do for others…” in the timeline today but just remember that God helps those who help themselves so let’s hippity-hop to the chippity-chop.

Today I finished the upcoming book "Radiant Star" by @annleckie.com - it was great. I love these stories; they're so complex & detailed, & the world-building has so much depth. Colonizing, visions, religious strife, famine, & many, many unintended consequences. Releases May 12th in the US. #BookSky

This May we are getting BOTH a new Murderbot book by @marthawells.com , AND a new Radch universe book by @annleckie.com ! It's time to get excited. www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2026/02/18/s...

You want to read this.

If you want to write anything good, you cannot afford to be afraid of your reader.

I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

Three days, slightly under $3k to go in order to fund WHAT ELEGANT STARS, a space opera & fashion anthology that I am deeply, deeply excited to write for ... if it gets funded. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

This is one of my fave of Norton's!!!

Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)

It *literally* does. Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.

I am ABSOLUTELY reading this as HARD PROOF that Romans farmed ichthyosaurs. It is fact now. Sorry.

i really like this one. i have no idea how it's going to be received. it takes some incredibly big swings, and does a lot of things that very rare in modern novels. but _i_ really like this one.

A star for Radiant Star! www.publishersweekly.com/9780316290357

Reasonable, with an emphasis on “start to”.

For some reason I can't explain I've had 99 Luftballons stuck in my head.

I'm just going to say a thing. What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.

The mighty @maxgladstone.bsky.social is very smart about making things and you should read his newsletter. buttondown.com/MaxGladstone...

These are all excellent picks such as might enrich any Hugo ballot, but I would also add What A Fish Looks Like by Syr Hayati Beker from Stelliform, which was probably my favourite novella of 2025. Many options to choose from!

This is a really powerful piece from @thatsabrina.bsky.social that also makes me really want to read her new novel: lithub.com/the-power-of... #romancelandia

Enslaved persons did often work on ships but 1) All three cultures used sails to maximize wind power 2) most Roman rowers were not enslaved & thetes in Athens were poor but free men 3) most Punic rowers were freeborn. Slavery is so important to understand but let’s be intentional and factual.

Still a little mad about this. Dismissing craftivists (who are mostly women) as cringey bandwagoneers is bullshit. Not everyone is Extremely Online; communities form in person, too: PTA meetings, book club, grocery store, gas pump, daycare pickup, pharmacy, dog park, ice rink, stadium, etc etc etc

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

Important content.

Daughter & housemate were over yesterday. Housemate left their grocery/todo list behind. I sent them a pic of it (driving back to get it wld be a pain), and then noticed that the Todo section included an item for "Snuggle with Fitness Coach Vanburen." Priorities.

I have a lot of thoughts about the "I can generate 200 books a year you can only do 2 at most if you actually write the things, I win" bullshit, and no time to yell about all of it. So I'll just say this:

People have worn out "performative." We often perform things that are real, you know. Posting is a kind of performance of one's politics. Performative doesn't actually mean "fake" or "empty," it just gets deployed that way. We actually need performance. Case in point: last night's performance.

Please don't accuse people in knitted hats of only wearing their supposed politics if all you're doing is posting, which is basically just another way of wearing your politics. It's a silly thing to attack people over in any case. Using fashion to signal support for ongoing acts of rebellion is good

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

February 9, 71 CE: A Roman military diploma notes: Liccaius, veteran of the Classis Misenensis (“Fleet of Misenum“) received citizenship, along w/ land, right to marriage, & citizenship for his children & wife. 5% of American troops are foreign born. They’re not guaranteed citizenship (RMD IV 204)

🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏 🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏 🎵 that is not your favorite author or a stunning book club offer 🎵 They are asking you for money=it's a scam 👏👏

I hope everyone Superbowling has a lovely evening, and also wishing a Happy Extremely Peaceful Grocery Shopping to all who celebrate.

The thing you do that is "bad" that you do for yourself has meaning. Even if other people judge it "bad" based on some criteria (and they will do that, no matter what accolades you get--just go read Amazon reviews of your favorite book ever), the art you make has value.

You can make art with stick figures, if your stick figures capture something that is human and relatable. You can make art with legos. Your limitations as an artist are a part of you: a thing that you sometimes outgrow, sometimes manage, and sometimes, you just learn as an old friend.

Finally, if I were a writing professor and I was loudly espousing the view that poor people couldn't be as good at writing and so needed AI, I would really take a strong look at my biases, because whew. The ivory tower is coming from inside the house on that one.

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

Most cartoonists aren't Rembrandt, but they become the voices of generations bc they are able to pinpoint, with painful accuracy, something no one else had the words to say. That's where the quality of their art comes from. A great artist is a great observer. The skillset is secondary.

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

all talent really is? It's one thing that you have a knack for right away. That's all it is. it is a single pea buried in the mattresses of practice. You don't even have to have that one thing. Harping on talent is how they keep you from trusting you can do it. it's a grift.