I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101

Minnesota, my home, is carrying a heavy burden right now. Being kind is not being weak. The strength to care for others, to love and protect our neighbors, to be a shield and not a sword, to be warmth in the cold is true Minnesota nice. (Photo by local photographer Ricky Roman, MN)

Good.

May his retirement be very, very long and may he never sleep more than an hour of it. May he wake up sweating to find his only company is the silence of vengeful ghosts. Also may a Minnesota tick give him a red meat allergy, because he seems like the type who would absolutely melt down.

"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.

I'm not celebrating Bovino going under the bus because I think it means this is over. I'm celebrating that we've entered the Shitheads Going Under the Bus era. God I'm so pumped to trip more of them under it.

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.

I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”. Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists. Name them, record them, and make it public.

We are now reaping what US imperialism has sowed. Closer and closer to home it has stalked us. The forces of fascism have eroded all checks on power, all accountability, all legal forms of objection.

> omg you guys. was in a meeting with the white witch today and she tried to cite the deep magic to me >wut >I mean >you were LITERALLY THERE when it was written bro

If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case. "My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.

Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”

Reviews are great! Also, tell everyone you know about books you have enjoyed. People are more likely to buy a book vouched for by someone they know, so tell your friends and family and social media followers!

It’s true of writers as well.

Post you from a different era. High school graduation, 2004.

Our fascist president is directing his fascist secretary of war to send troops to my home city, using "Full force, if necessary." This is an escalation of what he did in 2020 grabbing people off the street, including the most dangerous of terrorists, the Wall of Moms #Portland #Occupation #Antifa

There is no route out of fascism that involves sacrificing the vulnerable. All that does is tell the fascists that we're willing to turn on each other for the illusion of safety.

Mispronounced @seananmcguire.bsky.social 's name when we met at #WorldCon (it's SHAWN-in, not SHAY-nan) and my dyslexic brain knew I always get it wrong but couldn't remember which was which. I now know what I'm going to think about when staring at the ceiling at 3am for the next 20 yrs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I read so many of these! Shaggy Man was such a dignified homeless person, and in Oz was treated with respect without attempts to change his nature.

In Oz a prison is a place of kindness, and thus Ojo went from unlucky to lucky.

In a country that claims its founding principle is freedom, there should be no more sacred a holiday than #Juneteenth. "Acknowledge the tragedy. Consider the legacy. Lest we forget." #Juneteenth #Freedom #Antifascism #America #USA #UnitedNations #UNOpenSourceWeek

once again I must tap my own sign

This is so hard to do, but so essential. Busdrivers still drive their busses, dentists still reach for the drill. Authors still have to be silly little bananas shilling fantasy to the masses. In all cases, the sky is burning, but the cats must be fed.

Had a great deal of fun at Oregon Renaissance Faire.

The land of the free, because of the brave. #Pride

I really like this firefly-lantern selfie from my most recent book event.

Great article shared with me via another community I'm a part of regarding the #resistance against the #authoritarian #coup-in-progress, in light of the deliberate effort to hit us with an overwhelming blitzkrieg to sap and divide our strength: convergencemag.com/articles/res...

Signing copies of #FogandFireflies in preparation for the Audiobook release tour. Live now on @barnesandnoble.com Nook, @googleplay.bsky.social books, and @audiobookscom.bsky.social, with the rest of your favorite retailers coming soon! #youngadult #fantasy #goodreads #booksky

C.S Lewis: "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

Sad to say the little guy didn't make it. Built him a little cairn under our mural.

Caring for a very sweet little stunned bird who hit the window this morning. He's sitting up now which is a good sign. Hopefully he recovers.