Re-upping this:

November 6th, 2025

I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it. So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.

@julieczerneda.bsky.social now you went and made *me* cry... <3

THEY DO NOT BREAK US THEY BREAK UPON US

Uncanny is always full of amazing stuff. But you know that already, yes? (-:

A Monday haiku My brain will not brain, no matter how much coffee. Screen font so tiny.

I will venmo any reporter $400 to ask trump "what does SNAP stand for"

I can't recommend this series enough. The MC goes by Fergus Fergus for a large portion of the series or various other fun pseudonyms. But his problems are bigger than he previously thought. It's a very humourous and enjoyable space adventure series.

The USDA now threatening grocery stores who offer discounts to SNAP recipients. People are going hungry. Their benefits were illegally cut off leaving them to starve. 40% of SNAP households have children. If grocery stores & local business want to step up to help… let them.

I get why it’s confusing, but “everything an LLM says is a lie, including the truth” is, I think, a good frame for dealing with them.

Oh the caucasity

Meanwhile, this is my day today:

every word of this.

Dear Democrats: This should be the easiest possible thing to message between now and midterms. Don’t screw this up.

Some joy in the world: porcupine eating a pumpkin www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM4X7pgH/

They literally ruin everything they touch

YES THIS. If you are one of the "all is lost" people please feel free not to say so in the comments of my posts, it'll save me the two seconds it takes to "hide for everyone" your comments. All is not lost. All is never lost. I prefer not to have you infecting others with your doomerism in my space.

It's all hands on deck. I am shamelessly asking, one more time, for reposts and signal boost as this bird glides toward a landing in a few hours. It's gonna be a beautiful book, and there aren't going to be very many available afterwards! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

I suppose it had to happen eventually. Woke up this morning to find a strange man in my bed. (And yes, he was poking me in the back.)

Right now I would say, being a resident of Massachusetts, that I am equally sad I won't be able to vote in the NYC Mayoral election and grateful to not be able to vote in the Maine senatorial one.

Weirdly enough, I did have this on my 2025 Bingo card

October 28th, 2025

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

I spent a lot (read: far too much) time prior to writing my novel that comes out in April thinking about how civilization could fall apart, including: climate change, pandemics, starkly dystopian income inequality, faltering education, rising fascism, the dissolution of the US, etc. 1/x

(also Emma Thompson is the GOAT)

Uh, anyone have a good, relatively easy Chicken Kiev recipe they’re willing to share? My son has just informed me that he (me) has to cook it to bring to class tomorrow for an assignment. Not sure yet how much that means he (me) will have to make. At least he didn’t wait until tonight to tell me?

This would be stunningly beautiful if not for how absolutely terrifying it is. )-: Keeping everyone in its path in my thoughts.

Berkshire County resident (and HS teacher who loves and teaches @pronounced-ing.bsky.social work!!) with another suggestion for donations!! www.foodbankwma.org

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

October 25th, 2025 Five seconds of wind in a corn field.

During Covid I went wild and read a ton of 1930s sci-fi fanzines, and science fiction fandom has always had a) women and b) men insisting there aren't any women

giant anteater

Sphinctocracy. Government of assholes.

October 24th, 2025

I could just stop doing interviews and send this

Go to this!

Me whenever the AI topic comes up:

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

October 23rd, 2025 Today’s traffic problem.

RFK Jr. is an ableist racist transphobic eugenicist who is making everyone less safe. So I wrote a satire about it. "Mission Report From the Tiny Alien Piloting RFK Jr’s Body" Mission Report 892: Project Destroy Humanity v2: RFK Jr To: Kelvian Central Control, Planet Kelvian D 1/16

Like someone else said, you have to hand it to Trump; he managed to do what even the Flight 93 hijackers couldn't.

If I'd been thinking, I would have made a few notes at last night's Traveling SFF/Worldbuilding talk, bc several thought-provoking, profound, and/or useful things were said. So, I'm paraphrasing/summarizing from my (terribly AuDHD) memory, and if I botch/misrepresent it, that's 100% on me. 1/x

Thank you all for a wonderful talk tonight, and safe travels to your next destination! @jrdawson.bsky.social @itsamia.bsky.social @emilyjaneauthor.bsky.social @yumewrites.bsky.social and Elaine Cho. <3

Dammit, I liked Platner. )-:

Yes, please