"the productivity explosion we’ve been promised" is just us, working harder, working nonstop. "Workers slipped small amounts of work into moments that had previously been breaks. Many prompted AI during lunch, in meetings, or while waiting for a file to load." hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

Substack is not your only option. www.wired.com/story/best-s...

Sitting down to go over the last of my book edits right now!

The Trump admin has shut down the CIA’s World Factbook, a country reference that for six decades has provided data on birth and death rates, major exports, and more. Long used by government officials and by researchers, educators, and journalists, the database was taken offline today.

For queer + trans folks traveling in the US, this is one of the tips I recommend to protect yourself + your data while in transit! Grab a checklist to stay safe + discreet here: queeradventurers.com/reduce-digit...

ask @josephcox.bsky.social and @jasonkoebler.bsky.social ANYTHING. get your questions in now and they'll start answering live today at noon est: www.reddit.com/r/technology...

This isn't “parental choice.” It’s shelves emptied, stories erased & students cut off from ideas that help them learn, question & grow. Every removed book is a reader who won't see themselves reflected & narrows the world a little more. FL students deserve libraries full of possibility, not fear.

Hey #writers, who'd be up for doing a workshop to raise some funds for Minnesota charities? @alexpenname.bsky.social and I are putting something together. Repost and spread the word, please!

and we're open! we're looking for standalone novellas, 17.5K - 40K words, on the theme of environmental justice. check out our full guidelines here: reckoning.press/submit/novel...

This is live, friends! You can also bid on a critique from me in here.

I'm in the "gathering blurbs" era of my soon-to-be released book (OUT) ON THE ROAD: THE RADICAL JOY OF QUEER TRAVEL Seeking recs of LGBTQ authors, inclusive travel experts, queer travel creators, or otherwise likeminded people. Drop the name of someone who you'd love to see endorse this book!

TOMORROW! Join me for a virtual seminar with @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7pm ET where I will make the whole query process clear and manageable. Lucky participants will receive a LIVE query critique. (It's not as scary as it sounds.) www.mcnallyjackson.com/demystifying...

Writing community, there are so many really amazing prizes in the Publishing for Minnesota auction! Check it out if you haven't yet www.32auctions.com/organization...?

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

💙Thank you to everyone out there in Minnesota, showing up for your neighbors💙

Copy pasting 'almost verbatim' directly from Claude into your manuscript is plagiarism. Jeez.

It's great that they landed there, but would've been better if they adopted artist-friendly policies in the first place.

Where are all the queer illustrators? 👋Looking to get some fun stickers made for my super queer book launch later this spring!

I'm dipping my toes into book events to launch (Out) On the Road, so if you want to see me pop up near you, or if you're a queer author and you want to collaborate on a book event, reach out!

My book is ranked 58th in LGBTQ travel guides and it's 4 months out from pub date 🥹

This year we’re doing an open call for ordinary day diaries from the LGBTQIA+ community, and specifically we’re asking people to record their day on the 12th February. Whatever you get up to, we’d love to have it in our collection!

On the face it's a win, BUT Avelo sold 6 to its planes to ICE, per @onemileatatime.com. So they're still profiting from deportation. 🚫

#Minnesota: I am a Guardian reporter, based here in the Minneapolis area. I want to hear about what you're seeing, hearing, feeling and want you think needs to be covered. You can find me on Signal: rachelleingang.241 or by email at [email protected]

T'S HERE➡️ (OUT) ON THE ROAD is the book I wish I had when I first started traveling as a visibly queer person. It explains SO MUCH of what travel's really like when you're LGBTQ – but from a perspective that centers joy, power, and freedom.

✨Cover Reveal Tomorrow✨ . (OUT) ON THE ROAD isn't a guidebook – because laws and places change too fast for print. It's a by-us, for-us LGBTQ guide to the queer travel experience with insights from me and expert travelers who don't let being LGBTQ+ hold them back from exploring the world.

Well, I guess I'm going to AWP this year. Train tickets purchased.

ICYMI, my queer chapbook's on sale and you can save $2 if you order it by the end of the year!

ICYMI, my queer chapbook's on sale and you can save $2 if you order it by the end of the year!

Something exciting just landed in my inbox 👀

I turned in my manuscript last night and my wife bought me flowers. 🎉🥹🎉

Can Harvard not find someone else to take over his course load, or do they not want to? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Unpopular opinion: If your podcast doesn't have a transcript (or isn't discoverable in Apple Podcasts, which will), you've lost me as a potential audience.

Still looking for a couple people to chat with if! If that's you, reach out. 🌈

fuck this noise.

LGBTQIA folks! 👋 Currently writing a piece for AFAR about the passport decision 🏳️‍⚧️ and I need a few quotes for context. DMs open if you want to chat or know someone with strong feelings about this one.

So now journalists can’t ask questions?

Feeling so grateful for the early love On Queer Homesteading is getting. Readers are connecting with the heart of this project—queer belonging, land, + communities. If these themes are perfect for someone in your life, grab a copy for the best price now: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/on-q...

🏳️‍⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives! Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you. With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026. Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️ 🧵 Details 👇

Scavenger hunt, gov’t-edition— If you visit a USG facility (base exchange, gift shop), please check if they’re selling any Trump merchandise. Yes/no reports both useful. Photos that show proof of location a huge plus. DMs open. Also [email protected] or 202.804.2744 (Signal/mobile). 6/

Showing users 15 billion scam ads a day while bilking the scammers for extra cash.

So who's writing the movie about a ragtag bunch of authors taking down the tool who thinks if AI takes your job, you deserve it?

Twice a month, I track the biggest news stories and travel trends through a queer lens. Each issue provides need-to-know travel news that centers us. The kinds of things mainstream pubs don't know to ask about. Get year-round guidance + tools to explore the world🌍 queer-adventurers.kit.com

On Queer Homesteading explores the role of back to the land movements for queer liberation, healing, and community, including women's land communities. 📖 The women’s land movement began in the 60s and 70s amid a time of political turmoil and a desire to re-connect to the land.

begging with my entire heart for election results across the map which force the Dems to finally begin internalizing the lesson that throwing trans people under the bus is going to fuck them repeatedly

Just about a month left to submit!

You mean all that appeasement NYT has done was for nought?

“every time theres a republican president the economy collapses” feels like pretty easy messaging on the economy

Every $1 invested in SNAP generates $1.80 in economic activity. It’s not about the money, Trump just wants Americans to go hungry.

Hartford #VisibilityBrigade this am! Rain will not deter us from getting the messages out! Get out and VOTE this Tuesday! And please donate to your local food pantry! Many Americans will need help! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social

🏳️‍🌈 QUEER WRITERS OF COLOUR! 🏳️‍🌈 We’re now open for submissions until 30th November. We want to read your boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome!🍎 See our guidelines: fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/