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…it should break your heart to kill.

I think very often of that Micaiah Johnson piece where she says, "The problem isn’t with craft, but with the human heart." (link will be in subsequent tweet)

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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Totally forgot I have a story out with @morningtransport.bsky.social today. It’s a shadow duet with my friend and mentor, Pat Rosal, about the ways art can interrupt programming - whether it’s academic, religious, or literal. www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024

Me, on NYE: “I hope to envision societal changes through the lens of community and love rather than hate and retribution” Me, three days later: “Fuck this place fuck him and fuck you and WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO SANCTION US”

Every hour I get randomly angry at another party responsible for this unjustifiable oil grab. For 9 o clock it is that dork ass from The Office and his stupid “Venezuela is only thirty minutes away” American jackoff show. And the Nobel Prize Committee. Can’t wait to see what 10 o clock brings.

just gonna break this out again, no reason

if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live

the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

RIP Dick Cheney, you would have finally found something to like about the Trump presidency (illegally overthrowing a government for oil)

He legit just pardoned the president of Honduras for drug trafficking but now Maduro is going to stand trial for “narco terrorism.” This all makes a lot of sense and definitely isn’t about oil.

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Dear bluskeeters! I'm doing research with a friend. If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection. Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share

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one last time, for the road

What is a short(ish) piece of writing (any genre) that you most appreciated reading this year?

I love this one because it could be about Liza Minnelli or about a capuchin monkey named “Liza Minnelli” and it works equally well.

I got stoned with Solange.

A deadline in the middle of winter when I am living in the northeast is antiblack and anti Southern Californian and I will not be taking questions at this time.

Hoping to see more submissions from under-repped groups in my submissions—don't self-reject, it's easier to send me a story about death. We're open until 12/31 (midnight eastern). psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

all the articles you read about this will say it "would charge doctors" but there is nothing in the bill limiting the felony crime to medical providers. you could write "would charge parents" and be just as correct. news outlets downplay it because news outlets are transphobic.

The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors. Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

My fav part is Brandon Sanderson (who is now the lead from a 90s romcom) reading a book written in the language from District 9.

There never seems to be a good time for anything online lately so I'm just going to throw this out here now: I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.

lol there is at least one typo in everyone of these posts I AM PAID TO WRITE WORDS I SWEAR LOL

Guys, I love you. I know you hate/find it funny when other people reading my work “don’t get it yet” or comment negatively about something that is later revealed to be the point. They are allow to do that! You don’t have to tell them they are wrong and YOU DEFINITELY DON’T HAVE TO TELL ME.

Everything is so stupid

It was very naive how many STEM people thought Republicans would stop at the humanities

I’m fine with discussions about how to be less judgmental, but not from people who think that means trans people don’t get rights. We’re not the judgmental ones in this whole thing.

Hey, if yr a Boston or MA local punk or metal band on here, who thinks yr sound and vibe would be a good fit for the Boston Dyke March, a non-corporate trans-inclusive (and trans-led) event running since 1995, or if yr in touch with one, reach out to me, my DMs are open.

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

The onion just prints the news now

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to stick with it! Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much! gofund.me/ce21d48c2

A cat enjoying the view of stars being born 🌌

1. “Back off, Bucko. You’re bad!” is poetry. 2. Please explain “no thanks, I’d rather not be a cannibal.” Is this a world where weed is people or people is weed? Did weed during the “reefer madness” era have a bathsalts reputation? I don’t understand!

Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

And remember, the main thing the profit motive gets you is…

Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration? Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:

We have one last Traveling SFF Book Festival event tonight at 7pm at @copperfieldsbooks.bsky.social in Petaluma with me, @andreagstewart.bsky.social @tarasimauthor.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social and @juliavee.bsky.social ! Please come!

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody. Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.

I keep getting mad at myself for never remembering to early vote but voting in the morning and then getting to be at a bar with my friends when Mamdani was named mayor in the same day was actually 10/10 and I would do it again.

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

ok sure. you hate andrew cuomo because he’s an unlikable slimy creepazoid with an adversarial relationship to the people he would govern…..but what if i told you a bunch of other slimy creeps with identical worldviews said to vote for him. does that change your mind