I just had to mute an account that was repeatedly posting rapidly flashing gifs before it incapacitated me for days and forced the cancellation of D&D. PLEASE do not post flashing gifs. Or if you must, mark them sensitive content. I didn't block them, just unfollowed and muted, in the hope they

In the wake of all the news coming out of the US and the amount of shouting at the TV I've done, I thought everyone else might benefit from one of my favourite photos from 2017 to break up the doom scrolling. I cannot fix the big things, so here's a small thing.

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Emergency cat photo for those very stressed right now.

I'm working on a story for a horror call and...yeah. I don't normally write horror this...uh...yeah. (Vagueskeeting because I have no idea what will happen with this story).

“oh, i wish there were some kind of punctuation to chain these two sentences together” the humble semicolon:

My favorite thing about cats is the way they'll just stare at you like the creepy twins from The Shining and it's your job to guess wtf they want.

smoldering coals 🌑

By the way, Kaleidotrope is open again to cover art submissions. As with everything, nothing AI-generated or assisted, but reprints are more than acceptable. You'll find the full guidelines, along with where to email me links to your portfolios or galleries, here:

So, proposal: We have a national Chief Medical Officer. This is a qualified doctor, not appointed by the President, who can unilaterally temporarily invoke the 25th. The process would then move to a panel of doctors. Because right now we have no safeguard against the President experiencing severe

My two Captain America backups from 1978 — one about Rick Jones, the other starring the Falcon — will be reprinted again in March as part of a 1,048-page hardcover selling for $125.00. I'm happy to see them be reprinted, even as I continue to be amazed anyone's willing to cough up that much cash.

Our first issue of the year features stories by Samantha Murray, M. L. Clark, Nika Murphy, James Patrick Kelly, Ju Chu, A. W. Prihandita, and Seth Chambers. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_232 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

We at eSpec Books publication wish you all a wonderful new year. Thank you for all your support, and be assured the new year will bring more amazing steampunk, urban fantasy, military sci-fi, science fiction, cryptids, and other worlds of wonder. especbooks.square.site

We at eSpec Books publication wish you all a wonderful new year. Thank you for all your support, and be assured the new year will bring more amazing steampunk, urban fantasy, military sci-fi, science fiction, cryptids, and other worlds of wonder. especbooks.square.site

Just a note. If you run any kind of business, your website should have a contact form. It should be easy to find, not buried at the bottom of About or any other page. You should also have SOME way to contact you via social media, in case the reason somebody is trying to contact you is because

'Happy New Spider'. buttondown.com/JenniferRP/a... #Television #Superheroes

May 2026 be better than 2025 in every possible way!

So, I have no idea what's going on...but welcome to this crazy spike of new followers I've picked up from who knows where! Just going to give the bullet points: * Abortion is healthcare * Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary people are awesome. * We need to not just take back

Who put me in what starter pack?

Calling all space artists! Only 1 day left to submit to The Art of Planetary Science (it’s free). All the details in the link.

Birchbark 😁

My digital painting inspired by a Sci-fi novel. If you share my love of science fiction, and want to connect with me, check out my newsletter, the link is in my bio. #scifiart #bookcoverart

We exhausted around here. Just enough energy to say nite nite. Hope you dream happy dreams. Love & hugs to you all 💤💙💤

The 'Tandem Call', a powerful, dangerous experimental birrin aviation test-bed. It was designed by House Kendi to test many rediscovered aerodynamic principles from before the Fall War. The wisdom of combining these principles all into one airframe remains to be seen... #illustration #scifiart

My very good boy is just her me to cleanse your timeline.

not to be that guy but I think there are more women scifi writers than are listed on this compass who might be helpful to also place

Don’t let this face fool you: she is a pen thief of the highest degree.

I'm beginning to understand why people are calling COVID-19 airborne AIDS. LC may involve immune system damage. People are saying that's AIDS. Because everyone has memory holed what AIDS actually DID to people before we had treatments. They don't understand that if COVID was airborne AIDs,

Sitting behind my table at AwesomeCon DC when somebody who looked just like John Barrowman walked past. Narrator: It was John Barrowman.

Currently reading: A Future for Ferals, ed. Danielle Ackley-McPhail. Please order this book (and the sequel) if you love cats; all the profits go to various cat rescues! You'll find it on the eSpec Books website.

I really love my morning nap says Thor! 🐶🥰😇😴

Except Mary, Jesus and Joseph were brown… Merry Christmas, everyone.

Read Banned Books, says the little kitty. 📚 ❤️ 🐈 Buy them. Gift them. Read them. Talk about them.

I'm back at Slate next week after mat leave, and will be looking at pitches again! Particularly interested in health and science opinion and analysis, and/or with a first person angle, as well as features (2,500+ words, deeply reported) that turn a big idea on its head. [email protected]

'Complicated Relationships'. buttondown.com/JenniferRP/a... #Fantasy #Booksky

White Pocket, Arizona 📷: Stefan Liebermann #landscapes #Arizona

Merry Christmas and also we need a Chihuahua rescue as our third dog

Delly belly, for those needing a cozy weekend vibe #CorgiCrew

The war helmet of the King of Kish - King Meskalamdug's golden helmet. Gold, in form of wig, from Ur, 23 cm high. Iraq museum, Baghdad

I'm mostly seeing this on Threads, but if somebody's whining about being sick with the flu? It's not the time to scream at that person about how they'd be fine if they wore a mask. (I'm not saying don't advocate for masking, I'm saying don't dogpile people who are miserable).

A pair of swans glides effortlessly across a still pond for the #serenity theme by @alan678.bsky.social for #BirdoftheDay #photography #birds

I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter.... (1/10)

Happy #Caturday from this little marshmallow. #cats

Just an afternoon kitten of cuteness. #KittensOfCuteness_bsky #MenWithCats

Rufus Griffin pounds the streets of Vegas in a tale of intrigue and illicit fight clubs and bouts too incredulous to believe, even when he sees the fighters with his own eyes. It’s CryptidFightClub by I. Patrick Thomas especbooks.square.site/product/cryp... #cryptids

How did I not know about The Beauty TV show? It drops in less than a month? (This won't be to everyone's taste as it involves body horror, but...)

LPM PHOTO OF THE DAY Take Part: https://landscapephotographymagazine.com/ulp Mt Rainier Alpenglow Light, Washington State, USA by Scott Eliot