i know you’re looking for it. here she is, girls. here she is, world

Lindsey Graham was a simple, tragic man to understand. He lacked a moral core. The great empty spaces of his life were filled with an insatiable need for “relevance.” He found it as a cast member in the most malignant reality show ever made. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/lindsey-kn...

BIG NEWS: I have a new short story collection coming out in September & I'm doing it a different way, publishing it in collaboration with the new collective @breakthroughbook.bsky.social. You can read about it - & assist with printing costs by ordering a copy - here: www.tom-cox.com/my-next-book...

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly of them, they should have behaved better” - Anne Lamott

Happy anniversary of that time the post office asked me to provide evidence that my package was not delivered.

While we wrap up our auction this year, can we remind you for Fated States, which is about to kick into high gear for the coming election season? fatedmates.net/fatedstates

Super disingenuous framing by HuffPost. Look. I'm the king of calling Bernie and his Bernie Bros and the DSA Bros out on their anti-Black racism. This is not that. He was asking a *Black leftist*, how they address nonsense from *Black centrist* because as a white leftist, this is not his place.

HEY FRIENDS! Did you miss your shot to sign up for @clairewillett.bsky.social's Hater's Book Club, now with 50% more schism? Did you miss your chance to sign up for @courtneymilan.com's Samuel Alito is a Whiny Pissbaby Chat? We got you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Fellow authors: without any context what’s the first line of your current WIP? “The boy had come to visit the magic.”

SOMEONE MENTIONED IT. You know the rules. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...

I can't believe taking the mexican chicken baguette off the greggs menu worked

I used a semicolon.

democracy possible when the odds are increasingly stacked against it. If you believe in the will of the people freely exercised to determine the future of the country *or* if you like really gorgeous knitwear and other cool things, here's your chance to put your money where your heart is. (4/4)

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

One more day on the @romancingthevote.com auction for voting rights! The bidding is heating up on the zoom, but the real steal is the zoom + screenplay critique, which is somehow going for LESS than the zoom alone! Get your bids in now! #Scriptsky #Scriptsky+ www.32auctions.com/organization...

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. Happy 250, America!

Thread. Celeste needs our help!

The founder we should talk more about is Thomas Paine, who will fuck your shit up every time. Here he is in The Rights of Man just ripping into any ideas of "originalism" and that kind of garbage.

Every 250 years America must begin the process of sloughing off its mad king or we get out of shape

I was just coming here to promote this as part of @romancingthevote.com but @sallysultzman.bsky.social (thank you, and so much better at my promo than I am 😂) got to it first!

Happy Fourth of July! Remember, the REAL fireworks are the tears of your enemies as you destroy their proxy bids and dash their hopes, in the name of democracy. auction.romancingthevote.com

this administration wants to sand all the beauty off our nation, but all they have done is make it clear that our diversity was the load bearing wall and their mediocrity has always been the termites chewing at the foundation. they're small. and we have something they never will: wonder & joy.

The willingness of this administration to just erase facts is truly frightening and only illustrates why the Wayback Machine is so important.

YIKES!!

people are not responding to their objective material conditions but the world as mediated through their screens, which are being controlled by malevolent billionaires. the more your experience of the world is intermediated through this false reality, the more reactionary you become

The three branches of the United States government, as delineated in the Constitution, are the God Emperor, The High Council of the Six Ayatollahs, and the Federal Reserve

Books are bottled empathy. They’re telepathy in physical form. Fiction makes us better people because it gives us a safe place to experience and learn to care through the most complex pain. Remember: fascists have designated empathy a sin & moral failing. They don’t want you caring for anyone.

Wake up, guys: time to badger your Congressman again. This is the latest version of the crappy KOSA bill: "push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about private and encrypted communications."

Y'all we have SO MANY PDF downloadable coloring sheets this year, and I'm currently doing final checks and making them live! You can get one or two for $1 each, grab an artist's entire coloring book, or get the MEGA BUNDLE of the 50+ submitted this year! auction.romancingthevote.com

Hmmm…

I figured out my @romancingthevote.com item! I always get asked about copyediting. Here's your chance to see how the sausage is made. One hour, your words, and I'll show you how to set up a workflow that'll make your life - and your future CE's life - easier. www.32auctions.com/organization...

Items are going up for Romancing the Vote — in support of voting rights! I believe they’re still uploading all the listings but there is already A TON of wonderful items & consultations to bid on or buy outright. Start making your plans now! Here’s one from me: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal

friend at a big tech co just told me that her company's chatbot and their client's chatbot have been caught in a mutual support loop for several days that has generated nearly 20k emails

I would support anyone to run the party who promised not to sell or give my number to anyone outside the state I vote in.

Hi, I'm Janina ♾️ AuDHD + Long Covid 🥄 🎨 Multi-curious artist 🖌️ Painting & printing, fibres & fabrics 🧶 🔬 Scientist (plants, fungi & enzymes PhD)🌱 🏳️‍🌈 Queer (bi, she/they), fiercely pro trans 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌍 Love for the planet & hate for the systems of oppression 🔥 Building a community of neurodivergent creatives

Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19

can't argue with this.

475 million of them are accidentally clicking on a link in Instagram and getting annoyed

June Progress The book-writing is going along in a timely manner! This seems a big deal, given years past. And this is why I've done the financially problematic thing of focusing on the book while hoping my greeting/sympathy cards and art find buyers on Etsy (or, rather, that buyers find them). I…

"Erased, in both cases, is that these technologies cannot function without staggering amounts of human administrative labor."

Boost your productivity with invasive, distracting, mostly incorrect summaries of emails you didn't want to read!

The writing is, dare I say it, going well. My outline is working, I can see the scenes, the characters are talking and offering thoughts…but my “one day I will make more than $1 in a ‘good’ month” confidence is low. So, I post again into the void: Hi, I write books. rafinleybooks.com/series/book-...

They tried to hide but I got em anyway

Over on Whatever, I talk about the legit business email I got that was written with "AI," why I thought it meant the sender's domain was hacked by scammers, and why using "AI" in business emails automatically lumps you in with scammers and frauds. Don't do it! whatever.scalzi.com/2026/06/11/p...

Life’s been challenging, esp. since I was short on rent. I’ve been full time taking care/training a performance horse (not mine) & cleaning stalls. I’m in dire need to get some bills paid & get cat food/litter & some household items. Orders over $75 will get these 3 5x7 prints from the backyard.

Proof of #writing I don’t (or try not to) get caught up in word counts. But I wanted a way to gauge whether I’m staying on track to the (approximate) finish line of the rough draft. (This is from the Word Elf app.)

The distortion that occurs in a writer's brain over time regarding the work cannot be understated, it is WILD. Publishing completely breaks us.

HERE WE GOOOOOOO! The donation form is open for 2026! Give us your arts & crafts, your signed books & special editions. We want your consultations and your expertise. Help us raise money for Vote Riders & The Southern Coalition for Social Justice! Submit by June 28th! form.romancingthevote.com