i do not have the energy for working through the implications of this tonight other than to say california has ballot dropboxes that are collected daily and therefore can't be wrongly dated, every state should do this and Californians should strongly consider using them over mailboxes

This is a photo of the surface of an asteroid It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox (1/2)

Today only, Automatic Noodle e-books are on sale for $2.99 on all platforms! Grab one while they're still hot and chewy! bookshop.org/p/books/auto...

The most soul-nourishing book I read this year was Annalee Newitz’s (@annaleen.bsky.social) Automatic Noodle. End the year on a positive high and pick up a copy. Walk to your local bookstore and see if they have it. (Best!) Or… you can get it here: bookshop.org/p/books/auto...

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

“What I remember so clearly feeling at the end of this book was, 'I'm so happy they get to be happy,' that I just wanted to sit with them and let them be happy” 🥰🥰

Buffy fans will see it. #TheGentlemen #BuffytheVampireSlayer

Actually if someone has a nice atmospheric shot of flooded modern city ruins / a subway especially that would also serve.

Candy is back with a gift for everyone: a recap of  Heated Rivalry ep. 5 just before the finale drops.  "I don’t know if my heart can keep growing; Jacob Tierney, you’re giving me dilated cardiomyopathy." https://bit.ly/HRep5

Murderbot is checking the perimeter. Ilya and Shane are going to the cottage. Even in the darkest times, our imaginations create places for love and safety.

Am reading An Accident of Stars right now AIFG

I can relate, Murderbot. I can relate. #murderbot #slyart

The wizard eats some firm herbaceous cheese.

California officials and weather forecasters urged holiday travelers to avoid the roads on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ahead of a series of powerful winter storms that threatened to slam the state with relentless rains, heavy winds and mountain snow through Friday. https://to.pbs.org/4941VMA

More than 50% of all flood fatalities are vehicle-related. You never know how deep the water is or if the road has been washed away or compromised beneath the water. Don’t risk driving into floodwaters. Turn Around, Don’t Drown! weather.gov/safety/flood-turn-around-dont-drown

In case you missed it Canada changed their citizenship laws recently. If you have Canadian ancestry you may be eligible for citizenship by descent. I need to look into it some more but this is amazing. immigration.ca/claiming-can...

NEW: It’s not just readers that suffer due to Harlequin’s mismanagement of the' Heated Rivalry' books. Reid misses out on royalties, & booksellers miss out on commissions—which is especially painful during the holiday season when many small businesses make the bulk of their money.

For anyone in the US (and maybe Canada as well? Please let me know if so!), Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale for $2.99 on Amazon, Kobo, and B&N for 7 days, starting today: www.amazon.com/Wooing-Witch... www.kobo.com/us/en/search... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wooing-the... Enjoy! :) #romancelandia

Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.

I’d rather have nice safe emotions about shows on the entertainment media; having them about things real-life humans said and did just led to stupid decisions.

why not put count von count into various vampire scenes: thread

THERE IS NO EARTHLY REASON ALDIS HODGE ISNT EVERYWHERE

My novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster is just $2.99 in all e-book formats today. (Kindle, Kobo, Nook,etc) This is the book of my heart. It's a queer mother-daughter story about healing and forgiveness. It's got 18th century lit, riot grrls, and filthy weird magic. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

This is wonderful news!

In an effort at something good on the internet today: A thread on Mr KJC, gingerbread architect of the early 21st century. Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.

For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Oh, and it's free today. KOBO www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... B&N www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-magpie... APPLE books.apple.com/us/book/the-... AMAZON amzn.to/48HyBv1

I was really curious about this, so very pleased to have this interview to read

penguin pattern

Between covid shots and cheese I should be invincible

After a day of market-ing I feel, what I can only assume it feels like, to be a turtle going into brumation. Nobody look at me nobody talk to me I am going to bury myself in mud and lay very still until further notice.

OH MY GOD FINALLY, I CANNOT WAIT

You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:

Ahhhh! Automatic Noodle is one of Kobo's best science fiction books of the year!! I'm so proud of these humble, noodle-making robots. www.kobo.com/us/en/p/best...

Hey, I want to offer some helpful tips for coping with the cold for ICE folks who might have come from warmer places. 1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!

I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms March 10th, 2026! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...

My takeout fortune cookies are setting me up for too much relationship drama in too short a timeframe. That soup was really good, though

Steve Cropper, the soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics “Green Onions,” “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” has died. He was 84. https://to.pbs.org/48fgEoM

I resisted reading these because angels as narrative focus often just annoy me, but these angels in dystopian Paris are so very good to read

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

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Truth

Want to cozy up with some tasty books this season? I cooked up two new ones for you in 2025! Automatic Noodle (instant bestseller!) and the anthology We Will Rise Again co-edited with @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social (out 12/2!). Have a feast! #booksky #blackfriday

Introduce Yourself With Five Concerts 1 Prince 2 Grateful Dead 10/31/91 3 Laguna Seca Daze 1993 4 The Flecktones 5 Bowie with NIN That was hard. I’ve left off so many important ones

Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake

Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important. We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."

This s high quality

Linguists describe language and its use, rather than prescribe its use. I understand. Nevertheless, for the love of all that is holy, this thing / is not a "backslash." Come on, people.