psst someone might have just reopened for queries for the first time in 2026, at long last 👀

Please help get the word out that I am open for submissions. Thyme Travellers is an award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction and horror. My publisher and I are making it a series. Submissions are open for short stories, pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

bring it back 😭 we deserve

congrats everyone, and especially @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @older.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN being a finalist 🥳

Six months into ‘ceasefire’, Gaza suffers under persistent Israeli attacks https://aje.news/cwf0ve

a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

*slides a massive reading list of Palestinian fantasy, sci-fi, and horror across the table* soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

That quote is from @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social ! I always share it whenever and wherever I can.

Just 23$ more and we’ll be 50% funded! 🍉✊🏼

While killing dozens of people in Lebanon (MOPH says 112, civil defense counts 250+, until now), Israel still found time to kill another one of our colleagues in Gaza.

i am so tired of 'pushing through', of sharing and resharing what my people are going through, while trying to keep my family and loved ones, here and displaced abroad, afloat, while staying informed and empathetic, while practicing 'joy as resistance', and and and but i see no other way to be.

i don't believe in posting through it or centering my Diaspora Feelings over what my family and friends are living through in real time so i will refrain from expanding this into a whole thread of angst. please donate to mutual aid efforts in lebanon www.chuffed.org/project/1719...

"Lebanon is ready to explode. The Israelis found their perfect opportunity. Most of the world is looking at Iran. Lebanon is too small to matter. Israel knows that. They got away with a live-streamed genocide. Why wouldn’t they get away with another one?" - @ayoub.bsky.social

Israel called today's operations in Lebanon ETERNAL DARKNESS and we are still being told that this fascist nation can be reasoned with. This is just a fact: either Israel is stopped or expect the war to continue and expand. Those are the options.

We didn't deserve this day.

If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.

It's not just Iran whose surrender is being demanded. It's yours. Your hope. Your belief in yourself and our collective potential. Your empathy. They want to crush those things. They want you to believe their will is inevitable. They want you to surrender.

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

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No matter where you go, no matter the cultural and religious differences, the people there are just PEOPLE. They're brave and cowardly, they're selfish and selfless, they're good and bad. They want to live their lives and keep their families safe. They're PEOPLE, like you.

Those in the imperial core owe the world much much more.

hey anyone else feel ridiculous clocking in at our little jobs and sending out our silly emails. yeah me neither.

This is a sick civilization. An open call to genocide. It is clear that Gaza is how we got here- tolerating genocide in one space begets another. Generations of our ancestors have worked to build something different, toward the preservation of earthly life. I hope I live to see this re-orientation.

Almost at 20% funded now! I’ve also answered some questions you have. So, check out the FAQ.

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

The US normalized double-tap strikes in the first drone wars, during the Obama regime. It's been a *standard* war crime for the American military for nearly twenty years.

Different rules for people based on race or ethnicity is Apartheid. That is literally the definition Killing people based on race or ethnicity is genocide Neither of those are up for debate, and this is codified in Israeli law even more now Shameful that so many STILL can’t call this what it is

feeling the US supreme court ruling, Indian govt decision & UK "guidance" consultation in my bones today/TDOV, so here's a tinyletter on why Nemesis is redistribution not retribution, how law is (etymologically) a lie, & how to steal ourselves back from power 🦊 www.somayer.net?na=view&id=7

Psst - don't forget that you can take 40% off audiobooks in our playlist featuring stories by trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary authors with code TRR26 😍 Ends tomorrow! Link to the playlist ⏬

I have a story in TRANSCENDENT 3 (ed. @bogiperson.bsky.social), alongside so many excellent ones. It's about an agender/genderqueer culture of workers confined to a desolate port planet in a galactic human civilization that uses alien tech to travel freely across worlds. You can read it here too:

Israel’s holocaust of Palestinians reached a horrific new low today. No different than trains heading to gas chambers. Shame on everyone silent about this.

We're so excited @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social gonna come to our humble bookstore to talk about "We will rise again". You really shouldn't, under any circumstances, miss this! 😁

Thrilled that @charliejane.bsky.social will join @annaleen.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social and myself at our WE WILL RISE event at the American Book Center in Amsterdam on April 10th! abc.nl/events/event...

The future is a contest of imagination. In, WE WILL RISE AGAIN, stories & essays sketch visions of what might be & how to achieve better worlds. I'm so honored to host @annaleen.bsky.social @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social in Germany for 📕 events that celebrate this amazing anthology!

Aicha by @halalltakeaway.bsky.social is out today! Inspired by Moroccan folklore, this is an epic and rageful historical fantasy, telling the tale of Aicha, daughter of a Moroccan freedom fighter, who unleashes a creature simmering beneath her skin as the Portuguese invade her country. 💙📚🪐

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Fresh updates! Check out the news page and main page on my website. karenlord.wordpress.com/news/

No injustice anywhere is a "distraction" from a liberation struggle elsewhere. Our freedom is bound up together, just like our oppressors are.

The least we can do is be students of the struggle enough to know that freedom never looks like US bombs falling on a people already under seige. May the Iranian people know liberation from the tyranny of the regime & the violence of the US & apartheid state.

The US and Israel are bombing Iran. Anyone reporting it as “preventive” is engaging in propaganda, by definition. There is no interpretation of what’s happening as anything else than a crime. You don’t have to like the Iranian regime to understand why this is bad.

Laura and I are doing a donation drive for a food program here in the twin cities. We’re offering query critiques in exchange for donations. Details below

Today’s the day! I’ll be posting my #MSWL throughout the day. Writers, if you see a post that feels like it’d be a good fit…reminder that I reopen to subs on the 1st through the 7th of every month (unless otherwise noted). See pinned tweet for QT link!

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

Palestine's most important university used to hold classes in living rooms when Israel shut it down. A devastating essay by one of its own professors on what happens when a university keeps functioning but stops meaning anything. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/the-...

Dear Adobe, No, I don't need the AI to summarize. No, I don't need the AI to help me search. No, I don't need the AI to help me resize the margins. No, I don't need the AI to do anything. What I need is to hit the print icon without your product crashing from all of the AI popups.

'border czar' is a thing people are saying with a straight face???

hi #amquerying friends! despite my best efforts, alas, i won't be able to open up to queries next week (last week of the month). i really want to start the year with a fresh slate and still have quite a bit of queries to go through from 2025 so will aim to open up at the end of feb!

We are immensely proud of @leemandelo.bsky.social and all of our contributors behind AMPLITUDES, for making the @bsfa.bsky.social longlist! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

so my sister works at a call centre and her biggest op these days is the ai 'receptionists' some healthcare providers are now using, which make an already rough job even worse and highkey dystopian 🙃