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it's Earth Day and i write climate fiction. when i was a little kid, i got my parents to start recycling, and my mom to stop using aerosols as i was concerned over acid rain and the hole in the ozone layer. do i believe we're 100% doomed? no. i've seen us turn stuff around before. let's keep going.

only 8 days left to grab WHAT THE DEAD CAN DO on Kindle or Nook for just $1.99. that's a hell of a price for a story that these other authors quite enjoyed! a.co/d/03ukKbTU 🤙

fuck sam altman forever for taking away the last places where we could engage in good faith: the creative arts, which should be a testament to human ingenuity. i am so mad that everything i read or listen to or admire is now tainted with doubt. do you understand? he is a thief of joy and i HATE HIM

ok when did my publisher change the slug on this book to call it a "new masterpiece" 😳🤯 it was sometime in the last 3 months cuz it's not in my pinned tweet was it bc of the early reviews or brb head exploding (but the NEW MASTERPIECE is out and you can get it now wheeeeee 🎉)

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I love this book a lot, folks.

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Across five prose fiction categories, there are 30 different authors shortlisted. That means no author was shortlisted more than once for a novel, short story, novelette, novella, or series. Awesome to note there are 10 authors who appear on the ballot in those five categories for the first time.

What book would you take with you into the next life?

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many thanks to @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social for her blurb, which made me feel so seen 💖 if you want to be disoriented and frightened, but ultimately heartened, head to psychopomp.com/house-body-b...

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Jo writes with smarts and sincere kindness. I'm looking forward to a warming tea and a sweetness that will never cloy, but will linger if I'm lucky.

The Great Influenza of 1918-1920 is laughing from the beyond

Republicans in the states are redistricting early at the behest of Donald Trump. The response by Dems in Virginia, California, and elsewhere to counter-balance is being triggered only by a blatant plot to steal the midterms. This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom.

Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history. Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes. But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year. Trickle down hoax.

The Locus Awards finalists are posted, with Story Hour guests in several categories! Congratulations to @casskhaw.bsky.social, @somtoihezue.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @wiswell.bsky.social, @acwise.bsky.social, @isabellamweber.bsky.social, and... (1/?) locusmag.com/2026/04/2026...

Two authors whose stories usually highlight the horror anthologies I read, not to mention their longer works are pretty good too.

LAST DAY OF THIS DEAL IS TODAY

I just posted a review of The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com, an excellent and intricately built novella, which comes out this Tuesday! acwise.net/the-language...

would love to read criticism abt the minor strain of fantasy where magic returns to the world--Mirrlees's Lud-in-the-Mist, Crowley's Little, Big, Clarke's JSaMN--esp bc they're *not* inversions of the nostalgic "magic-leaves" story, nor utopian/millennial; they end w a very ambiguous transcendence

issue 42 of The Deadlands is RELEASED UPON THE WORLD including many deathy fiction and poetry INCLUDING ONE (1) NOVELETTE, our first novelette in a while it's been too long tbh. check out the issue page below and DEFINITELY, PRETTY PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SUPPORT US LIKE A SKELETON 💀🦴🖤

I may never use a hotel coffeemaker again.

The Anthropic book theft settlement is essentially done, but many more battles remain. I also agree with Catherynne M. Valente's recent essay calling the settlement "blood money." 1/ www.patreon.com/posts/155693...

The girl cannot leave the house because the alternative is worse.

I am a little put off by the Chun Li vs. Cammy pettiness, but I may have hurt my throat screaming when my husband pointed out David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, because I am a very normal person. youtu.be/Xt4X4FvXk2A?...

I just signed, and I encourage all of my Stanford colleagues to do so as well. The idea that the DOJ is asking for private student data to promote "fairness" in admissions is ludicrous. Instead the info will be weaponized to force our compliance w discriminatory directives from the Trump admin.

So good, folks. Horrors you can enjoy!

How many jokes have been made so far about Star Trek sending an away team to check the regino levels? I would like to feel original.

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Spikes in sales of fish tank antibiotics.

Today @motherjones.com is rolling out “Power Hungry,” our package on the AI oligarchs who are upending communities and destabilizing democracy in their quest for a new level of intelligence—and riches. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I started out frustrated with people in this app repeating misinformation that Indigenous People receive reparations, only to discover google search has literally nothing but blatantly AI written articles peddling racist hallucinations. Folks, Native Nations do not receive reparations.

It's reverse Robin Hood.

And HONEYEATER is on the Ditmar Award ballot! Both for the novel and for the internal illustrations.

The Catholic bishops have just made crystal clear the reason that the pope is right and JD Vance is wrong: A just war can't be a war of choice, which this one clearly is. This is a crucial theological, political, and moral argument, and the clarity here is needed and powerful

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The thing is, this is probably happening because AI book “authors” are uploading hundreds of books and then not selling many of them because that’s not the plan.

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Less than an hour on the 2026 Locus Fundraiser, so many great rewards! Cut scenes, chats, and more from luminaries inc. Connie Willis, @wtalabi.com, @richardkadrey.bsky.social, @angelaslatter.bsky.social, @kashinggiwa.bsky.social, @maryrobinettekowal.com! www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

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we are so excited to see One Message Remains by @premeemohamed.com on the 2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists list!!! congrats to all the finalists!! and get your own copy of One Message Remains here: psychopomp.com/one-message-...

My beloved novelette Phantom View is a Locus finalist! Wonderful news, especially since it's sharing a ballot with @acwise.bsky.social @sentencebender.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @marthawells.com @nassos.bsky.social @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @hildur.bsky.social & @aimeeogdenwrites.com! Yay all!

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

Last weekend, @tamikathompson.bsky.social and I had a great conversation about her new book. TCoHG is 🔥, and I'm not just talking about the cover. It's a modern Gothic layered deep with social horror and complex, believable characters. There may still be a few signed copies at Orinda Books.

It really depends on your arena, I guess. ALL of comics use Bluesky. We jumped here as one group when leaving Twitter.