it's worth noting 1) that there's a longstanding tradition of trying to play solidarity against basic self-respect and 2) that the Combahee River Collective's coining of the term "identity politics" was directly in response to this

I love the bonkers theory I’ve seen floating around on tumblr that Tom Bombadil is Eru Ilúvatar

Parents of young adult children or people who have jobs with gen z colleagues (or rare Actual Young Ppl On here): I want to interview someone who's done any kind of government employment scheme (whether apprenticeship or other) for a book (fiction). Would appreciate any tipoffs!

Sahar is trying to raise $250 to cover the cost of medicine for her son Odai. If you can support, please do: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid...

This is so fucking bonkers lmao

SHXNDNCNDNCNFNV I LOVE WOMENS FOOTBALL!!!!!!!

YES! Here! This is where we were sending funds, which then go to sudanese-run Emergency Response Rooms. Thank you x www.sudansolidarity.com

Waking up to see we raised ninteen grand in #Creatives4Sudan. Amazing, everyone. Thank you all for your generous bids, and donating items. If you bid, the auction will put you in touch with the relevant creative by email.

DM DARRAN IS ON SOON

If you want forever copies of your favorite Warners, buy your physicals soon!

I endorse this so hard, AI will eat us alive if we can't be clear about the difference between affectively enjoying something and understanding *why* we enjoy things, and what that then means for art

at this point, no matter the resolution, berman & nwsl owners have tarnished the league. we all knew this inflection point was coming and they still failed in the worst, most public way. i would pay to read the group chats of players everywhere discussing a league fighting a star’s $1m/yr contract.

It's Friday! Time for the good news thread. What's YOUR good news? In lieu of a pic of what I'm watching, I'm sharing the #Creatives4Sudan auction again. My good news is we've raised over 13k now but we can do more. Please consider a bid to make my news even better! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

If Eurovision won’t ban Israel, it’s incumbent on every other nation to boycott the event. Or be seen as condoning genocide.

A challenge for Bluesky: my sister wants a book for Christmas but has given me nothing to guide me apart from “it has to be above 4.2 on Goodreads lol” 💀 She likes His Dark Materials & murder mysteries but said she’s open to genres. I was thinking King Sorrow by Joe Hill but has anyone read it??

No content with fucking over trans people, Streeting aiming for people with ADHD next. Get fucked, you slimy prick.

Does anyone from Labour want to actually do something besides capitulating to this

We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions. It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.

A challenge for Bluesky: my sister wants a book for Christmas but has given me nothing to guide me apart from “it has to be above 4.2 on Goodreads lol” 💀 She likes His Dark Materials & murder mysteries but said she’s open to genres. I was thinking King Sorrow by Joe Hill but has anyone read it??

Thanks for everyone who's bid on the #Creatives4Sudan auction so far. In amazing news, we're at 12k. We have TWO DAYS LEFT though. If everyone places lots of little bids, I think we could get to 15k easy. The money is going to Sudanese-run Emergency Response Rooms. 💗🇸🇩 app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

Let’s all watch Darran be Dungeon Master this weekend for charity!

Over the next week I'll be flagging ace items in the #Creatives4Sudan auction raising money for people fleeing genocide in El-Fasher. While our news is wall to wall about budget nonsense, Sudan is ignored. Help #KeepEyesOnSudan and raise funds by sharing and bidding. app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades

Great thread

Me last season: well the women’s side are chaotic but haha, champions league winners!!! boys step it up Me now: ok guys can you have a word with the women’s team please

Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.

this piece provides a good look at why queer folks and allies are adamant about protecting the space. it's special, and necessary.

Wishing everyone involved only what they deserve (red card in the first match and a humiliating group stage crash out)

NOT HECTOR TOO????? What the HELL

Wrighty make the Lotte Wubben Moy intro please, socialist footie fans + socialist footie players unite thanks

OH MY GOD??????

I will be posting about this non stop in the days to come but v excited to say this auction is LIVE! Funds will go to Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Perfect xmas presents and treats for you! app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan

I wish more reporting on this made the point that novelists won't be displaced by LLMs suddenly producing literature instead of story mulch, but because decision makers focused only on the bottom line, who don't understand what makes a good book, will be persuaded story mulch has got 'good enough'.

Amazing oversize book bursting with art, info & great design, all about being a Pict in 690CE. Is an academic text, an illustrated all-ages book & a TTRPG sourcebook all at once. (Hepped to me via @kierongillen.bsky.social's lap.) carvedinstone.scot

Not this being how I find out Nursey got traded to Vancouver?!

I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery? Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!! Here are 5 other things to know:

I just want trans people the world over to be able to live in peace, and I don't think that should be an unreasonable ask or expectation.

This explains why British Library staff are on strike The union says - managers take home up to £170k with £15k bonuses, while staff offered below-inflation pay rise Meanwhile, frontline staff take abuse for the massive data breach - which managers failed to foresee @pcsunion.bsky.social

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures

It’s not just that people don’t know there are simpler ways to do things. It’s that they’re being TOLD to integrate Ai into everything. I’m reminded, again, of the radium craze. Radium is not magic and nor is Ai. Both are, unfortunately, harmful. Original from @mariyadelano.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

llps.substack.com/p/alice-wong.... what is remembered lives. @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me wrote our assess off on our Crips for eSims memory song for our beloved @sfdirewolf.bsky.social . #AliceForever

Labour looking at Denmark, one of the most racist places in Europe re it’s migration laws, and going “Yeah let’s have that” is so depressingly predictable and disgusting

Vote Labour

Thinking about all those people who told me they HAD to vote for the Lesser Evil party as their gov now starts seeing piles of valuables collected from the undesirables processed in mass numbers as a pr victory

For those learning about the devastating loss of Alice Wong or those newly discovering this fierce disability activist, you can get to know her through her own words here, (via @emilybeitiks.bsky.social) disabilityvisibilityproject.com/author/alwon...

Paging all at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, me and a few pals are running an auction raising funds for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Can you offer any auction items - original art/signed prints/even commissions? Info and signup here! www.sudancoup.com/auction #Creatives4Sudan #Tb25

One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.