As an author whose books contain only horse characters, I second this.

Terror plays a big part in this shift, but there's also a swelling "better dead than trans" sentiment among American elites. Maybe we should pool our money for a PSA ad in the Atlantic, reminding their target audience that every trans child's suicide means one less kid they can rape.

FINALLY, a towel for when I only want to dry my boobs.

I don't usually call out vidya games here, but this little free-to-play gem was such a delight I just have to. Weird blend of leftism, kink, and 80's nostalgia. May leave you sexually attracted to lizards. Fair warning.

Just waiting for one of them to say out loud, "We're all pedophiles now."

"The brain on these T-70 racists doesn't do much. Just tends to gum up the works. So I find it's best to just take your main racism feed and plug it straight into the mouth."

The rise from lethargy on the left has become a notable enough phenomenon that we should really make a name for it. Something about staying awake or not asleep or something? I dunno. We can workshop it I guess.

My AI scammers have been pretty dull lately, compared to the time Nora Roberts wanted to collaborate with me. Greg Egan won't even write back after I reminded him of our embarrassing incident at BronyCon 2016. But I did manage to bring a semi-well-known book club organizer to climax. So now...

Glad people are finally acknowledging the reason we lost Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania in 2024: Seattle leftists sitting out the election/

Anyone else know a cat who does this? Anytime I'm using a pencil, he runs over and wants it in his ear. (He has no actual ear problems, as confirmed by his long-suffering veterinarian.)

If your election strategy requires enforcing message discipline among literally tens of millions of people, you just want to lose with an excuse. We need better Democrats.

Gonna be honest. I'm not having the best century.

I may be having a little crisis later, when I fully process the fact that sneeze vocalizations are, at minimum, a conditioned response.

Handed a policy AND a political win on a silver plate. Too chickenshit to use it.

5) What these assholes mean is “hooray, a chance to smash fuck out of another country so it can never obstruct or impede us, and who gives a fuck about the people who live there, they are of absolutely no concern to us”. When they tell you otherwise, they are lying.

I mean every word.

Remember, everyone, only 56 more bee shopping days until beemas.

Original caption: "Bet you wish you didn't skip wing day, don't you, motherfucker!"

Yeah but, you can't deny that if Crispus Attucks just complied with law enforcement, he'd still be alive today.

My grandpa started doing this about ten years after he was diagnosed with early-onset dementia.

Felt a brief splutter of shadenhope when I saw that the victim was a photogenic white woman. A toddler could turn that into a propaganda win. Shit like this is exactly how an extremist sentiment for mass deportations was stoked in the political center.

Fun fact: 6% is about the rate at which Americans say they've been abducted by aliens.

@mwl.io knows writing, Trek & epics. Amnandi Sails, he says, is "a glorious blend of Sinbad, Star Trek, & epic mythology." He ain't wrong. "Michael Moorcock needs another chair... ZZ Claybourne hasn't claimed a spot at his table, he's dragged the whole table into the 21st century." 'Zon review

Wait... other people can see what I write in those things? I thought it was more like MS OneNote.

#Booksky In the mood for fast-paced heists, witty dialogue and badass ladies having adventures? Why not check out Alex Acks @katsudon.bsky.social’s terrific Marta Ramos stories? books2read.com/ap/xyqN6x/Al...

I'm so excited to announce the Kickstarter is LIVE for the Tea Princess Chronicles deluxe omnibus special edition! That's the complete trilogy available in one beautiful volume: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cas...

I dunno. I still feel like we can fix this by having calm, civil debates with lying bigots who want to put me in a camp.

Going into a new year knowing that somebody is excited about something I wrote = Priceless 😁

BCS 2025! "The Nature of Spells, the Nature of Children" @aimeeogdenwrites.com BCS #441 "A roof over her head, food to eat. Very little, perhaps, compared to what the young master would have enjoyed. But what good was that sort of thinking?" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... #BCSof2025

#Booksky This sale ends on 1/1!

I know a lot of you've been waiting for this. Here's my year-end rundown of everything I've accomplished in 2025, available only on the free tier of my Patreon. Don't miss it!

Willing to read anything someone puts together that details how anyone could build a machine that displays moving images, transmitted from afar. Go ahead. Tell me how that's even possible.

This corporate anti-DEI push has really gone too far.

This is your regular reminder that, once they're done with us, they're coming for you. Consider giving a shit.

there's mainstream unanimity that trans people are deluded freaks. the political divide is just how much surface politeness they should bestow on us, as a treat

Shame on this church. Jesus would never be politically divisive.

Some more gems from @zzclaybourne.bsky.social's BREATH, WARMTH, AND DREAM: "There were still at least three hours of summer daylight before the universe settled upon them." "Stars are fascinating. Always there but only seen on their own schedule." (+)

A friend of mine (def not me writing under a flimsy pseudonym) wrote a novella about people who have to save the world by having way-way-way-too-explicitly-described gay sex with Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln. Hit me up by DM if you want a review copy.

Coming up in the next season of Children the Trump Administration Killed.

Everybody out here all erudite and charming with their awards eligibility posts. Me: But seriously, here’s my post link. Short, sweet, short. zzclaybourne.com/write-on-right-on/2025/12/9/2025-awards-eligibility-post

Consistent logic is a luxury we just can't afford. Not if we're serious about making every extant human into basically the same guy.

Wash on delicate cycle and air dry only.

I know it looks like an empty bathroom floor, but if you look long enough you might just find the cat in this picture.

My INHUMANE neighbors SENSELESSLY ABANDONED this FREEZING, STARVING kitty for over 4 hours.

Listen, if they're gonna relentlessly let you know the McRib is back, you can damn sure have a full Pride Rock moment with your work. Shame is the little death. Let it pass through you. All that remains is whee.

Sorry senators. The latest polling is in, and likely voters are more concerned about childcare costs than political violence, so we can't be seen opposing your summary executions. (Also, we have no plan to address childcare costs.)

"Some books are just so full of wonderful moments--like every page! I'm reading @zzclaybourne's BREATH, WARMTH, AND DREAM, and I am ~raking in~ the quotations... "'She said lost feathers are blessed by all gods...'" Thank you, @asakiyume.bsky.social for sharing this light this morning!

Good thing nothing like this has ever gone wrong before.

Heading over soon!