“Good news, the entire industry is unionized,”

The Magus | tarot pet portrait (2021) portfolio: www.shaferbrown.com tipjar: www.patreon.com/shaferbrown

If ICE can kill anyone it wants with impunity, then none of us have any meaningful rights. It’s that simple.

The Final Chronicle of Yeneh is out today! A genre-bender full of sentient alien plants & portal fantasy adventure. A duke’s granddaughter rushes to discover the truth about her planet’s native life before her family's terraforming wipes it out. www.jomiles.com/yeneh #booksky #newrelease

Also here in Lawrence today!!!

AF attack to Llyl

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Soot, ash & TOXIC BLACK RAIN are falling from the sky in Parkersburg, West Virginia, after a massive plant fire. In an interview with Status Coup, hazardous waste expert Sil Caggiano warns that the fallout could contain toxic compounds linked to cancer risks.

Testing something re: photo carousel 🌈

Detail of the window of the Red Lodge at Bridine. It is believed to Lodge 103 in United Lodge's records and is known to members as 'The Leaf-gowned Lodge'. As with all the Red Lodges, they claim not be a society of occultists, but merely a group with esoteric interests.

Yuima Nakazato fw26/27 Haute Couture #fashionsky

Periodic reminder that if you don't like writing, you don't have to do it. By which I mean find another hobby, not outsource the writing you claim to be doing.

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Get your popcorn, friends. This detailed breakdown of how a bunch of anthology editors responded to the realization that they had accepted AI fraud content is INTENSE, and infuriating, and inspiring.

what has cancel culture come to

hold on, about to chat with mcconnell

Fellow authors, without any context, what's the first line of your WIP? "In a peaceful abbey swaddled in night’s indigo robes and the lullaby of cricket song, Brother Ephraim dreamt of war." (this is def the thing I am supposed to be working on and not something I'm theoretically letting rest)

Unboxing my new Fantasy novel the only way I know how: WITH A SWORD.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Do not sleep on Tanith Lee!!

Only took fourteen years of dreaming & heeeeerrreee it is! Friends, I'm thrilled to share the cover of my debut novel with you all. The most desi haunted haveli ever! Haunted places. Haunted people. And some very haunting stories Preorder link in the thread

After an Israeli strike killed Lebanese environmentalist Mona Khalil, volunteers fight to protect Lebanon's sea turtle sanctuary and the legacy she left behind:

You do not have to give people “due process” before you choose not to vote for them. You can just be like “oh word the guy who wrote rape apologia and had allegations just got another serious allegation? Guess he doesn’t need to be my senator.”

Not to be all "it's my birthday, buy my books" but it is and you should. THE DEAD WITHHELD: tiny, quick read, queer, paranormal neo-noir, grumpy protag with questionable decision-making YEAR OF THE MER: big, special editions, fantasy, slow burn sapphic tragedy, grumpy protag, worse decisions

The Trump Curse strikes again.

Everything Trump touches dies.

Sigh, I was really enjoying the U.S. World Cup run 😔 Croatia’s out, the U.S. is out don’t know who to root for now At least we went out with some sloppy play that felt like a real throwback to how I expect them to perform lol (also they were def cursed by trump tho)

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That the U.S. appears to have completely visibly given up after a catastrophic own goal fuck up is a little on the nose.

US Men’s Soccer Team “We are taking time to reflect on the best path forward”

According to his grandfather, Tyrin Johnson was the father of a young child, and was preparing to help lead the family’s construction business. Americans are understandably outraged, and demanding full transparency and accountability.

Yesterday, 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson was shot and killed by two members of the National Guard in Memphis.

Pausa de Humiliacion

I am SO happy to announce the table of contents for [RECORDED]: An Anthology of Found Media Stories, coming to haunt you on October 13th, 2026! 🎥 📚💙 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Hey quick PSA that sugar free gummies of most kinds will have a laxative effect. This information is brought to you by mistakes made while Mama was off having a mani/pedi. Save yourselves and your loved ones, friends.

Time to update the old Oil Refinery Bingo card - Omsk, fascist Russia's biggest oil refinery, has finally been hit.

there's something so Roman Empire about "the Senator obviously died a couple weeks ago but nobody is allowed to say it"

CUM all gone in the round of 16 for sure. The absolute state of the home teams at least we all went out at the same time.

That’s what happens when you get rid of the department of defense

Big cursed vibes on this football performance

🚨UPDATE🚨 The leader of the far-right group I've written about a few times now, Citizens for a New Louisiana, now has to pay over $50K in legal fees to Louisiana librarian Amanda Jones. Pretty big deal. Screenshot via @librarianjones.com :

tbf, "DO NOT USE" is a fairly accurate representation of Mitch's approach to the Constitution

While it’s extremely obvious, I also want to note that drawing the line at something like a fucking Nazi tattoo is not only morally correct, it is absolutely one million percent the strategically smarter move

my favorite piece ive ever made (so far)

Yeah, this is worth saying. The crime of "sexual assault," under Maine law, encompasses rape, and rape is straightforwardly what Platner is accused of here.

Convert soccer goal counts from Celsius to Fahrenheit Makes it a more exciting game USA 33.8 v 35.2 Belgium

Abdul’s post is good. Lots of the replies to this post are from insane people still defending Platner. Not everything is a conspiracy. Lots of times, people are just pieces of shit.

hot take: no one actually wants 'authenticity' in politicians: people want a performance that is both competent and has them as the target audience. lots of politicians derided as wooden and stiff are being more 'authentic' than politicians who are personable and likable, who are performing

One Cold Night

You want 1 in every 6 people on the internet on the planet playing Xbox games every day. Assuming you just mean over 15, that’s just under half of all adults with internet access on the PLANET EARTH playing Xbox every day. And your first crucial move is to *fire* 1600 people. This is madness.