we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est

Trying to get into the seasonal spirit of things but not exactly succeeding. Not even watching Muppet Christmas Carol helped.

I was trying to decide what kind of Christmas cookies to make this year, and it definitely felt like a good time to bring back my dumpster fire cookies from 2020 🙃

She looked out. The profile of a demon lord decorated the city's skyline. She sighed; did the pose. The goddess lifted her, transformed her into a magical girl. She beat the demon into a pulp, then faced the harder battle: to return to her seventy-year old body, with aching knees and knuckles.

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

Finished reading 20 books this year. This is the most I have read since I stopped blogging/reviewing. And it was just for enjoyment (so yeah, nothing below a 3 star in that list). So happy to find joy in reading again.

The hardest part is deciding which one.

I adored this trilogy that grabbed me from the get-go and didn't let up for the entire series.

"As God is my witness, I thought..."

I'm thankful for my friends I have known for years who I followed over from the other site, my book club buddies (best book club ever!) and always, my Stellar Four ladies who will always have a special place in my heart.

Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!

IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited This has been a long time coming! Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...

Finally saw Thunderbolts - this is what I've been missing from Marvel movies. Looking forward to Fantastic 4. (Yes, behind on movies. As always)

we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light

😳 Not looking forward to when the kids at school start getting into this. I can already picture the parent comments.

So now people are calling everything that's not a documentary AI? Like they forgot special effects and scripts/actors existed before Chatgpt? I know I am now one of the olds, but over the last couple of weeks I have seen this more. I mean, something can be fake without being AI.

Ahhhhh for just one week, if you're in the US, you can snap up Wooing the Witch Queen as an ebook from Amazon for just $2.99! Grab it now: www.amazon.com/Wooing-Witch... #romancelandia

Last minute reading for the Hugo Awards? "Loneliness Universe" by Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social is a finalist for a Best Novelette Hugo Award! It's also a Nebula and Locus Award finalist! Read it here or in the Hugo Award Packet! buff.ly/AUcknfB

Last minute reading for the Hugo Awards? "Signs of Life" by Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social is a finalist for a Best Novelette Hugo Award! Read it here or in the Hugo Award Packet! buff.ly/gfcazX8

But I will be cold, right?

Is the "My Roman Empire" thing still a thing? Cause I think mine is going grocery shopping & people see my cart and think I'm either hosting a raging party or I'm a prepper, but no, I have teenagers and it's summer. The amount of ramen alone, it's a lot. Just so much ramen.

Used KPop Demon Hunters to discuss word choice and irony and theme with the youngest. Putting that English major to work. Blew her mind with Soda Pop.

If you can help and share it would be appreciated. I'll be helping with the funeral later this week. www.gofundme.com/f/support-sa...

Using a typewriter. And fixing mistakes using a typewriter. Not having TV content 24/7. Only being able to see movies in the theaters.

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who or Transformers.

Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter is 41% towards funding. DON'T STOP US NOW BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME!!!! buff.ly/FTfV1GZ

I honestly only care about my own kids' SAT scores. And that's if they want to take the SAT. Or if a kid I know tells me about their SAT score, then I will be all Woohoo! But yeah. I vaguely remember my own score. It served it's purpose now doesn't matter. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I ALREADY KNOW THIS

*Stares at the visions of our health insurance futures combined with forced birth (and all those HEALTH complications)* Seeing it from 10+ years of dealing with docs and insurance with the current system. I don't even know where to start. Probably inappropriate laughter.

Gosh darn it another audiobook sale on libro It includes titles I've listened to & liked, if people want recs: The Annual Migration of Clouds - Premee Mohamed The End of Everything - Katie Mack Pests - Bethany Brookshire The Light Eaters - Zoë Schlanger Always Coming Home - Ursula K Le Guin

People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it. They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory. Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human. Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.

A shapeshifter made of violent resistance. A plan made of weapons-grade insanity. A novella made of fascist-punching grit. Run, Coyote. RUN. hornedlarkpress.com/product/coyo...

Remember this kid came back from summar camp and saved humanity's future by not being a snitch.

KPop Demon Hunters was exactly what I needed for a little escape among everything horrible.

ya'll, i say this with love: don't get too doom-and-gloom, okay? Native people are still here. we. are. still. here. even after everything we've been through. if we're still here, you will be too. 🤍 have faith.

HELLO did you know that NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US won an Ignyte Award and the Alberta Literary Award for best collection? They NEVER give that shit to genre books So this is a HINT you might LIKE the stories within and they are CHEAP

Been focused on trying to be a helper as much as I can. It's the only way I know how to go through (yes I vote and will call my reps too). Focused on schools, education and helping disabled kids get what they need to do what they want to do.

Point 3 needs to be made into an inspirational sticker.

I HAVE A NEW SHORT STORY OUT! I’ve been struggling with whether to spoil the premise by saying the five words that would DEFINITELY get you to click. So I won’t now, just go read it & be surprised. At 2pm I’ll post the five words. ;) www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when...

Both books in the Bound to Fire & Steel duology are on sale right now! Two books about an ancient dragon god, his new mysterious consort, and her extremely stabby girlfriend, for under $4!!! Get the horny dragon books, thank you. amzn.to/402Q3XS

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

Went to see some art today. A good reminder that throughout all of the shitty times, people have created beautiful, moving, challenging, funny, useful, entertaining, enraging things. That's some good to hold on to.

I've never won an award. But! I've been a finalist 21 times, including SIX times for “We Will Teach You How to Read...” which is a finalist for the Hugo, Ignyte, Nebula, Sturgeon, Locus, & Eugie Awards. I'm proud of this story and deeply honored. I'd love for you to read it: tinyurl.com/mry6kpx6

Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.

On the back of a recent wave of AI shilling for use in "education", here's my second, tangential essay in the "I call bullshit" series: On not screwing over learners in my writing classroom by pretending generative AI will do them more good than harm. suyidavies.com/essays/i-cal...

Honestly one of the best reasons I can give you to plant native plants right now is that everything fucking sucks & a lot of it feels (or is) totally out of our control (depending on who you are). One thing most people can do is plant a plant and then look at bees happily sipping on it.

I read a novella that I thought would go one way and that would be depressing but beautifully written. I was right about beautifully written. Overjoyed at the hope found. The Practice, The Horizon, and The Chain by Sofia Samatar

The other half of this: *you* need to become the person in the room fighting for people who aren’t there.