EEEE AND THIS NEWS

I am late to shout about this news but!~!!!! Ahhhh!!!! This is literally the greatest. Cannot wait to see what comes next

I love this move by @wired.com and hope other publications will follow. Public records (like public lands!) belong to all of us.

If you're in Michigan, please join me in calling Gary Peters. Then I'll see you at Zingerman's. 5calls.org/issue/cr-con...

And if you're still doing your #HugoAwards noms still today, check out @marisca.bsky.social 's works!!!

Okay it is the last day for #HugoAwards nominations! my poem: smallwondersmag.com/piece/abstai... is eligible if you are looking for works to nominate in poetry! buff.ly/3QcUTw6

I am so behind on promoting this but! The book I co-edited, Music Information Literacy: Inclusion and Advocacy, is having a virtual book launch (1 of 2) today at 1:30-2:30pm with @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social ! Go here to register: libraryjuice.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Those who know me know I was highly critical of what I saw as some of the rhetorical excesses of the campus protests. Khalil and I wld probably get into a spat immediately. It's all the more important for people who believe as I do to say clearly, the protections of the law are for everyone.

Congratulations to everyone on the long list of Rhysling Award nominees! Are you looking for nominees for the 2025 Special Hugo Award for Best Poem? This could be a good starting point--nominations end March 15!

It's now that time of year again that I am beefing with this one (1) particular squirrel who likes to use my patio for things, usually my plants for sunflower seed storage. Today though? They just ripped the tassels off my outdoor pillows and yes, I am sure it's so cute and fluffy in its nest. BUT

Oh! She has! In at least one interview she talked about the briefings she's received on counter-intelligence. She has made music videos to click tracks instead of audio so it wouldn't leak. Taylor Swift is a legitimate security expert like almost nobody in the world. She has to be. She's the target.

It does seem very strange for this to be a one-time, Seattle-only special Hugo category, especially given the vibrancy (but the nonetheless under-read vibrancy) of the sff poetry field.

We are SO excited to see so many Small Wonders poems on the Rhysling nomination list! Congratulations to @prioryruins.bsky.social, @dyanisabin.bsky.social, @cafenowhere.bsky.social, and @elismontgomery.bsky.social! We'll be linking to their poems in a thread below. 💜

Thrilled to share space with phenomenal poets like @dyanisabin.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social @angelvleal.bsky.social & so many more 💙

If you like Bond this is disastrous.

"Dozens of workers focused on lamprey control were among scores of Michigan federal workers fired without notice in the past week" 'I'd like to ask them why ... it doesn’t seem like they realize who they’re getting rid of, and the impact it’s going to have.'" via @bridgemi.com

For those outside of metro Philly, the Inquirer is one of the few remaining major city papers owned by a nonprofit foundation, not by a billionaire.

Hakeem Jeffries tells members that Dems will soon introduce a bill restricting access to Treasury’s payment system

Hi folks! If you're a climate researcher whose work has previously benefited from NIH funding, or whose work is currently being affected in any way by the freezes, I'd love to chat. Feel free to DM or email!

Read aggressively, read broadly, try to figure out how the writers you admire pull off their tricks. This will help you more than any workshop or MFA program, but more importantly it will fill you with the love for this stuff you absolutely must have in order to endure the bullshit

Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able. #academicsky @drugmonkey.bsky.social

More on how the NIH was working to address bird flu, before the change in federal administration www.nih.gov/news-events/...

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

YES!

Here’s the thing I take from this: we absolutely have to hold our governments to their net zero pledges, and to try to over deliver. 3 C is beyond catastrophic. 2.5 C is devastating. Less than 2 C is still going to lead to heartbreaking results.

Ohio Rep. Michael Rulli says two lesbians asked him to save women's sports. As far back as 2017, conservatives talked about sports as a way to "divide and conquer" the "alphabet soup" because they believed sports was a wedge issue that could turn lesbians against trans people.

Last October, I reported on Ohioans who said they felt they'd been tricked to oppose redistricting reform because of misleading ballot language: boltsmag.org/ohio-issue-1... Chair of state GOP just said. “Confusing Ohioans was not such a bad strategy." (!!) www.thenews-messenger.com/story/news/l...

I'm a Xennial-cusp year, and I firmly believe Gen X, the oldest of whom are 60 now, will deny that a lot of their neglect-based social apathy is a big part of the rise in fascism. While Boomers live, too many of us will point elsewhere, but we're 20% of the population and our parents are dying.

Bill Kristol understands the demands of this moment better than most of the Senate Democrats

Still wild to me that so many "savvy" folks on left and right have bought into the idea that online misinformation is overblown and doesn't really matter. From lies about migrants to transgender people to crime to election denial to climate denial, it's literally driving our country's politics.

1/ RE Meta's decision to abandon fact-checking (and follow the lead of other platforms taking a similar hands-off approach), it's not great. But we have seen this movie before in media history and it's probably more instructive to anticipate what this moment creates. ...

I admit one of the only reasons I crave immortality is to see how historians factor into their tales of our current reactionary swing the fact that all of our techbro billionaires are having their midlife crises at the same time.

This is a fabulous list and I am so so so honored to be on it among these other incredible poets <3

Isn't there a thing in science about how the very act of observing something alters it?

THIS BOOK IS AMAZING! GO GET A COPY! (Also: Look at that dog!!! 😍)

anyone who is into podcasts, we were interviewed on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social by the outstanding Jen Hoyer for our book! It is still unreal that this is out in the world newbooksnetwork.com/music-inform...

Also, the "CEO who shuts the f*ck up," then shares their annual bonus with employees and authors.

MY BOOK! LOOK MY BOOK IS OUT! I'm just downright honored to have gotten to edit this remarkable, progressive volume published by @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social If you're library adjacent in any way, it's really it's worth checking out, and I'm not just saying that --> bookshop.org/p/books/musi...

I'm a little behind on the announcement news but my agent sibling's DEBUT is officially coming out in 2026 and I legitimately cannot wait <3 @aijiang.bsky.social !!!! 💥

The cover is perfect and THIS NOVELLA IS SO GOOD. a literal gem that I've been thinking about since Marisca let me read it, believe me you NEED this in your life

IT’S HERE 💫 IT’S QUEER 🍄 AND YOU CAN PREORDER TODAY 🔥

I’m sorry, almost *1 in 10 U.S. journalists work at the NYTimes?* Not because of its size, but because so many other newspapers have died? That is…wild. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...

New essay! "Romantasy All Along!" by Tansy Rayner Roberts! @tansyrr.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/roma...

I fought in the 2015 reddit wars to get male readers to see female writers as more than only romance and childrens authors, only to arrive on the doorstep of 2025 where female readers assume all female writers only write romance and send unhinged emails about no HEA in non-romance genre book 💀

🖤🍄✨ SOON ✨🍄🖤

I liveskyed the 2024 Martial Law Declaration of Korea. This is the thread.

As a highlight, my still favorite Kate Elliott work (although it's gotten fierce competition lately from Sun) is the Crown of Stars series, whose first volume actually came out the same year Game of Thrones did. But got a tiny fraction of the interest And the series is complete, done and awesome

In case you're wondering what's been going on in South Korea, this is an informative and eye-opening live-sky of current events.

YESSSSSSSS

Asunder was one of the best novels I've read this year!!!! Stunning, emotionally deep, with wild and innovative world building. If you haven't read it yet you're missing out!