Frederick Douglass’ speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” serves as a powerful reminder of our nation’s greatest contradiction—an exclusive democracy. As we mark America’s 250th we must remember: we cannot celebrate freedom while the U.S. denies it to millions.

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Well, what’s this? A blurb from the lovely @chuckwendig.bsky.social for Offerings for Ordinary Gods (out three weeks from TODAY from @clashbooks.bsky.social — ahhhhh!)! Really, really grateful for such a stellar blurb from a brilliant writer/person/friend. I am a lucky human!

god what a time to be a weird tudor nerd

It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.

CL Polk's THE FEYWILD JOB just landed in my physical mailbox an hour ago, and I am going to make myself do actual work before reading it, but uh maybe not a LOT of actual work.

Oh yah also I'm people with books, yep, me, okay: here's the preorder link for my upcoming novella A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, full of harpies and cake and opinionated weapons: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

Raising rent relief funds for a Minneapolis family in need. We’re still here helping our neighbors! Total need is $1800. Every bit helps! V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater We keep us safe and housed 💛 Please share and help if you can! Thank you!

Please y'all, help pitch in to keep El housed. It's hot as hell in Florida right now.

Hello. Disabled, queer, Black woman geek here. I make beaded and chainmail jewelry that's geeky, queer, spooky, witchy and sometimes super cute. www.dragonandwolfdesigns.com PayPal.me/grumpywitch ko-fi.com/dragonwolfde... gofund.me/e728eae3c

10 orders down, 30 to go!

On Damnatio Memoriae and de-Trumpification. (Gift link) Been waiting for this one to go up. Please read and share.

HERE IT IS, this is what I posted about yesterday!!!! (If you're a trans woman I'd be very happy to tell you about my experience as a cis Daughter.)

PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME HOW THEY CAN HELP ... Here's a way: Please consider commenting that you OPPOSE this research-killing legislation. You can do it anonymously. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... Comment period is open till July 13 🇺🇸

My Pride Raccoon keychain is one of the items up for auction. www.32auctions.com/organization... There are so many awesome things available. Please check them out!

I got a large donation and updated the ko-fi goal to reflect it, and now just need to raise $600 for rent. Thank you so much! Eating good food today and getting wet food for my sick cat were deeply appreciated. Just rent to go now! #helpsky #mutualaid #helpfolkslive

Lowery Bridge in #Minneapolis this evening. Happy #Pride!

My birthday is July 5th. 🎂 🎁 Contact info, links to my wishlist; also ways to send me gift cards or cash, or 💜 help folks in Minnesota can be found here: linktr.ee/LaurelKrahn & a link to my Watch Party Discord as I plan to share a new birthday vid show at noon CDT on my birthday. 🎉

Today marks four years since the Dobbs decision—a historic injustice and assault on women’s dignity. My solidarity forever with those who need abortions. Find your local abortion fund and donate today: donate.abortionfunds.org/give/323375?...

Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.

Sama'a's family endures unimaginable suffering every day, from hunger and heat to the constant threat of Israeli bombardment. Please give what you can to help them survive. chuffed.org/project/1575...

One week from today, Everybody's Perfect comes out! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A Dubious Clamor by @marissalingen.bsky.social is out in a few months! This one is a present to your future self. Come for the magic swords that are pissed at bad legislation, stay for Marissa's immaculate sense of social atmosphere.

It is Bookshop's Anti-Prime sale which means shipping on EVERYTHING is FREE. You can support indie bookstores and load up on reads for your summer. This includes my novel, THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS, which drops in three weeks. I want to thread some other book recs, though!

Hammam is a volunteer humanitarian nurse treating Gaza's wounded since the war began. He urgently needs our help: his family is starving & homeless, and his brother is disabled & suffers from severe seizures. Any donation -even small ones- can help get food & medical care chuffed.org/project/1844...

Vaccines save lives. This is the FIRST time that ZERO cervical-cancer deaths have been recorded for this age group, and it’s thanks to the introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Yes, you read that correctly. ZERO.

I’m about one fifth of the way into @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social’s What We Are Seeking, and it’s one of those “how are books so good?” experiences. Just everything I want in an sf novel.

Reading for the #HugoAwards and I was completely blown away by The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For by @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social, Best Novelette finalist. So many twists and turns with great characters. You will not guess where this is going. Read for free. reactormag.com/the-girl-tha...

There is an account faking mine. @datlowen.bsky.social is not me. I reported it and I hope you will as well.

Much of the time Glossy Ibises look uniformly dark. They only get all the colors when the light hits just right #birds 🌿

"Dealing with the impossible, fantasy can show us what may be possible. If there is grief, there is the possibility of consolation; if hurt, the possibility of healing; and...the curative power of hope. If fantasy speaks to us as we are, it also speaks to us as we might be." - Lloyd Alexander

I hear the Wood Thrush’s haunting song often but they’re hard to spot. Occasionally one will come down and I get very excited #birds 🌿

Help us cross the halfway mark!

This is Wister. When I first met him he was terrified and disoriented, but the shelter where I volunteer gave him the time, space, and support he needed to blossom and become affectionate and happy. If you can, please consider a donation to help cats like Wister! givebutter.com/mollys-birth...

yes, folks are still patrolling to stop ICE in Minnesota. for me, this weekend meant about 200mi of driving and many fully kitted up ICE agents. your support for gas still makes a huge difference in keeping us going. venmo: @quecksilber #ICEout #FuckICE

Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.

I have a new story out today at Technology Review, and they gave me a gift link to share! www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/12/1... It's about thoughtcriminal archivists, word-fame, and how to get through a dark age without losing your soul. Much.

Still in awe of the talent the 4th Street Fantasy Convention can attract 4thstreetfantasy.com/2026-program...

I see your baby bear, goose and elk bleps and I raise you a deer blep #mammals 🌿

Turns out the chonky groundhog below has little piggies! These two were in the exact same spot where I saw the parent a month ago. They're maybe half the size of the adult and so cuuuuute! #mammals 🌿

This is such sad news. I began by thinking how wise Jane was and how she would deliver a brilliant insight in the most matter-of-fact way; but I ended thinking of her broad streak of sheer goofiness and profound appreciation of the ridiculous.

Incredibly, three weeks today EVERYBODY'S PERFECT (my first new novel since 2020) will be released! Gorgeous cover by Caroline Jamhour

Written by @tnh.nielsenhayden.com 46 years ago. There are many reasons I love this person. nielsenhayden.com/GodandI.html

Do me a favor, would you, since bluesky is suppressing HER but might not ME, and share this deep dive of Ash's about Caroline Cossey aka Tula, among other things a trans Bond Girl in For Your Eyes Only. Can you get people to share this and save it to watch later and subscribe, to combat this bs??

Strange Horizons is moving off kickstarter and onto BackerKit. This has delayed our fundraiser launch by about a week. Won't you join us? Here's our prelaunch page: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

So I got overwhelmed today and missed that Someone You Can Build A Nest In is a Kindle Daily Deal! 2.99 for all the queer monster romance your eyeballs can carry! The deal is still live! For ten hours, I think!

Sama'a and her young girls need food, shelter, and clean water, none of which are easy to find in Gaza's ruins. Please give what you can to help. chuffed.org/project/1575...

People have been asking me if I know of a resource like StandWithMinnesota for New Jersey, and I haven't found something comprehensive. So, for the moment, I have put together all the links to NJ orgs, crowdfunding links, events, and stuck them on a page of SWM. standwithminnesota.org/jersey