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NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice. Give it a read:

1. A Kansas Judge has struck down the anti-trans "experts" the ADF parades. "Cherry-picked information, conjecture, and research taken out of context," ruled Judge Folsom III. He then established 349 facts that support trans care and reversed the Kansas ban. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

holy shit I'm finally watching I Saw the TV Glow and if I wasn't overly emotional already *Amber Benson* showing up 😭

wandering the Sonora desert in a carefree fashion like

Goodnight. 🖼️ Alan Bold

You're not longing for the 90s, you just want to solve mysteries while having sexual tension with Gillian Andersen. It's a universal feeling.

I want to reassure everyone that abortion providers have been ready to switch to misoprostol-only abortion for a long time now, and clinics can still provide mifepristone in person. You can still access abortion and there are people who will help.

One of you gorgeous souls asked me to strip down my old planetarium and make one purely for constellations. Cool! So: that is literally all that this does. It’s still real data! There 41,000 stars in there, and you’re at the location of earth, but it’s super minimalist. Click on the constellations!

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

For the consideration of my trans actor and comedian pals.

Why do all my books these days drop characters into some kind of tunnel where they feel the weight of the earth pressing down on them with all the darkness and cold of deep space and soon realize they are nothing and they are everything, and everything is the abyss ?? Like what is that!

Your moment of calm: Rabbit contemplates eternity on a quiet morning. (further calm: this bun sat there just observing the world, no cares in the world, for a good ten minutes)

Friday mood

Just reading all the wikipedia pages for the Saw franchise at 11:30pm, why

This one is gnarly and also got me right in the heart a lil bit

Once again.

For awards season, I'd like to take a moment to hype FF's 2025 cover artists. FF's cover art is commissioned, based on stories from each issue, and @abistevensart.bsky.social @almosthomefree.bsky.social and @evelynepark.bsky.social did an incredible job of bringing these stories to life! 1/4

Part of the US's destructive Rugged Individualism myth is that if you can't hustle and grind your way to the Great American Novel, then you just didn't want it enough.

The Hugos nominations are now open, so I'm going to do a big ol' thread of short fiction. Starting off with my monthly short speculative fiction column where I spotlight 10 stories I loved. These posts will get you started in finding noms. 1/ reactormag.com/tag/short-fi... #HugoAwards #HugoAward

‘Tödlein’, Death as an archer. Made from pear wood. Dated to before 1519; artist: Hans Leinberger www.khm.at/kunstwerke/t...

I want to emphasize that at this time the unconfirmed reports that President Trump has both arms stuck "elbow deep" in the airplane toilet are just that. We will be monitoring this story. Please be responsible about spreading news that both his arms are "as far as they can go" into the toilet hole.

It’s called elevated horror, T. It’s when the dracula is actually that your mom died.

9. I get a lot of horror submissions, even though I don't really consider FF a horror market. But "Dear New Tenant" by @jaqevans.com is a pretty good example of the type of horror story I really go for. Cosmic, but domestic. www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/

Me, midway through revising a scene: oh I gotta go do something, no worries, I'll just pop in a few blank lines to remind me I need to finish rewriting this bit, totally gonna remember what I was doing here 👌 Me a few days later:

I would love to see us lend considerably less oxygen to rage bait in 2026. Like just say no.

you know, these days, many people time of year. but this season, try when to everything a special time — it just might become which with you

O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!

some heart healing for your wednesday youtu.be/XQs59YY-e2I?...

It's time for slower art. The constant churn and grind pushed by techno capitalism has reached its inevitable conclusion with AI slop. Let's make our best work and be patient with our process. Let's release art that's worth stopping for and savoring. Let's show each other what humans can do

Haha, You Clowns just made me cry?? What a balm

Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.

Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Kinda forgot what it feels like to have some actual honest to goodness hope for this country

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

This is moving because he’s addressing our community— but it’s also so so good, like, technically in terms of pronunciation. The authenticity of this campaign is off the charts because there are so many of us, from all different backgrounds, so invested.

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

Phantasm 2 is a weirdass low budget delight and if you have 97 minutes and the ability to watch it, it might give you a little strength to go on

ICE shot a priest in the head with a pepperball. Just for kicks.

"Hey, it's the witching hour somewhere," I say, downing a glowing potion that transmogrifies me into a tall toad in a stovepipe hat.

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

wizard frog is insane

Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media. The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters. They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters. Israel is once again breaking international law