Before Santa and Krampus, it was female deities who ruled Yule. This is an update to my Tor.com article published 9 years ago with MORE witches! What could be better? Happy Yule!

We watched Brett Goldstein's standup special on HBO. I thought it was hilarious. Bret thought it was a bit rough in spots but funny. I, for one, recommend it.

Hat-tip to @lamaupin.bsky.social

Next these fuckers will outlaw people from being left-handed. Calibri is easier for people to read who are low-vision and dyslexic, as well as those using screen readers.

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There’s a clear pattern: Trump is turning the pardon power, which is meant for mercy, into rewards for the wealthy and well-connected, eroding trust in both the law and the presidency. Quid pro quo pardons are plain corruption.

"the ballroom isn't being paid for by taxpayers, it's being paid for by corporations and billionaires!!"

Exactly what I'm doing. This new book I'm working on is so different I just assume it's going to be on the struggle bus. But I wanted to write it. I felt passionate about it.

You guys have pushed Snowed to #13 in monster fiction for teens. Nice! This post gives links to buy it for all your readers, not just Kindle.

The best part is the totally offended look when I touch her bum.

Oh FFS songs from Spirited are going through my head. 😆

Mocha would like to remind everyone that it's that time of year to watch IN BRUGES. 🔫🌲 She'd also like to remind you that IN BRUGES is a brilliant movie about everything going wrong. For everyone. #christmasmovie #martinmcdonagh #ralphfiennes #colinfarrell #brendangleason #jesusoffuckingnazareth

25 years ago, I wrote this evil little Xmas nugget. In 2011, I narrated it at Disney with the help of my colleague Jim, an audio designer. If you've not listened, I think you'll mightily enjoy it. ((Please excuse the grammar error early on!))

Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW

Jeeezus... Just finished reading @betsyaoki.bsky.social's novella "And to Their Shining Palaces Go" and it's brilliant. As an early virtual world designer, I especially appreciate it. I might be falling back in love with science fiction, folks.

I'm excited that in mid-December I'll have an updated "Witches of Winter" article. It takes the original piece I wrote for Tor.com and updates it with "witches" from my talk at @sundayassembly.bsky.social back in 11/2021. Move over, Santa and Krampus, for the first gift- and stitch-givers.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen: 1. Learning to Fly, Pink Floyd 2. Night of the Hunters, Tori Amos 3. Gaelic Storm at The Whiskey(-a-Go-Go) 4. Here in the Black, Gary Numan 5. Tim Minchin at the Largo

What the actual fuck is happening in Grand Forks, ND? A friend of mine is there visiting his son who's studying at the university. A guy with an AK-47 just chased them through downtown. They got away. JFC, people!

Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced. Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.

My dear friend Dr. Agustin Fuentes and his colleague Dr. Nathan Lents published this article on gender diversity, adding their voices to the chorus of scientists decrying the binary. www.prosocial.world/posts/beyond...?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 OF COURSE IT FUCKING DID 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'm not normally one to spin a conspiracy theory. I grew up with them and I hate them. However, I do worry we're not going to get the entire dossier on Jeffrey Epstein. Far from it. I'm sure asshole got assurances that everything about him had been redacted. The about-face makes most sense that way.

Someone tell Megyn Kelly that she's using techniques from ancient black magic and modern day witchcraft when she prays.

Someone tell Megyn Kelly that she's using techniques from ancient black magic and modern day witchcraft when she prays.

Are Christian "prayer warriors" using ancient magic? Settle in for some fascinating weirdness. open.substack.com/pub/mariaale...

Whoah, cool:

My smartphone #astrophotography presentation recording is up. The entire meeting is recorded, but mine starts at this link: youtu.be/7RJhz5C67hU?... The presentations before mine are from 4th yr students, and after is a young member of my #RASC chapter who had an adventurous summer of science!

If you love @davidmcraney.bsky.social and his podcast, you'll really love my friend Dr. Joe Pierre's first book, FALSE. I became acquainted with Joe many years ago in Shinkendo when he was the Director of Psychiatry for the VA here in Los Angeles. This is his first book and it's outstanding.

So the vampires all voted for Cuomo?

Looks like there's evidence that OpenAI destroyed evidence -- the database of our pirated work -- as soon as litigation loomed. Sucks to be Sam, waaaaaay more than it sucks to be Anthropic.

Thanks to Reddit, this post now has almost 1200 reads. And counting... #neilgaiman #dreams #synchronicity #truestory #outoffucks #thishappened #gede

My life changed forever that night as something tore the Veil and reached right through to our world. Bathe in the profound synchronicities and come out changed as I did. This is my first public telling following "Neil Gaiman: The Wolf in the Walls." A very blessed Samhain to you all.

Real live friends, meat-suits and all! With @keithrainville.bsky.social @lilichin.bsky.social @lamaupin.bsky.social and @nathanrlong.bsky.social !

I'm humbled and happy to announce that Brimstone & Blades just won THREE BookFest Awards: LGBTQ+ Fiction -- Winner YA Fantasy -- Winner YA Fiction -- Winner Great thanks to the judges and hearty congratulations to all the winners this year!

America is going to be a smoking crater before 4 years are over.

It would be the opposite of a shame if a DoS attack took down the WH website. Repeatedly. Forever.

Abundance is never a justification for greed. The witch looks around the corner of the now and harvests the hedge for tomorrow's ailments. She has no temptation to take the birds' share, nor the Faery's tithe. The witch's way refuses rapacity. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

🤩 These ones are def one of my favourites ❤️🦁🧠 #NoKings #Pinks 🌸

LA area peeps: If his owner doesn’t turn up, this sweet boy is available for adoption starting tomorrow.

When this story broke earlier today Republicans claimed it was probably fake news since it was reported by the NYT. Now multiple media outlets have confirmed it, including Fox. Hegseth and Vance are complete morons for pulling this dumb stunt.

I stood on a platform with a megaphone for an hour today leading chants in Studio City, CA. It was glorious to see thousands of people come out to protest. Just a few of my faves.

Do NOT engage with the government propaganda accounts. Do NOT quote dunk, do NOT reply. Just BLOCK. BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK

Found ten propaganda accounts for y’all to block.

A harrowing journey with a golden ending. Link in comment.