Hey queer editors! An editor friend of mine is wanting to pass along a sensitivity read project. Are there any transwomen here who offer sensitivity read services or who just want to take this on? Lmk so I can forward your info!

I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)

It does some stuff well but needs constant supervision, and when it messes up, people often don’t know why or how. This makes it both worse and dangerous. I would not structure my economy out of this just as I wouldn’t allow an anonymous man to build my house with materials I’ve never heard of.

it's an evil use of technology, brent

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

It’s as bad as it’s ever been here. Local volunteers are wearing bulletproof vests to pack groceries for their neighbors.

This was written by one of my kids. (Shared with their permission)

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

Who's out here writing the sports Why Choose romance?? Who's repping it?

this is WHAT WE ARE SEEKING thought (buy WHAT WE ARE SEEKING)

Recently and beautifully reissued!

Y'ALL SHE (/HE/THEY/ZIE/ETC) IS BACK IN PRINT!!!!

i spent about half an hour of my time today, in the underground lot of a walmart, talking to my house rep's staffer, then my state senator's legislative assistant. dems are worried about midterms and many don't want to take action on ICE+DHS until then. PUSH THEM NOW.

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

Kirby Era has begun 😈

The first two hours this morning

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

There's a fantastic review over @reactorsff.bsky.social for Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA - the first book in new indigenous epic fantasy trilogy THE RAVEN AND THE EAGLE! "I missed this book when I finished it, feeling like someone had been telling me a story, but suddenly disappeared."

To add to this - THE MEMORY HUNTERS is not inspired by the Middle Ages. Valerian IV does not wear plate armor. But she does have a sword, is sworn to guard her charge, and went to combat school. And I wrote her specifically to fulfill the princess/knight trope. Sapphically.

Happy solstice. Remember always that the light returns as the cold sets in. Hope returns even as everything gets worse.

As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.

Anyone who was lucky enough to attend some or all of Concurrent knows what an amazing and uplifting experience it was.

Glad Rolling Stone published this, especially given the loud silence from the rest of the media on this grim watershed moment in US political history.

I love a portmanteau, it’s like fucking but for words

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Green soil in Utah. Many years ago volcanoes spewed iron-rich lava. The resulting soil was later at the bottom of a wetland, areas of highly reducing conditions that turned the soil beautiful shades of green 💚. #redox #soil #science

Here are the top 10 most popular post-1945 American authors at the Seattle Public Library over the last 20 years.

This is incredible.

This book is so incredibly special, and I'm deeply grateful that reviewers are seeing what I saw in it. Thanks to Maura Krause at @reactorsff.bsky.social for loving Raven and Elān as much as I do.

🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.

Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?

that's 12/18 for we yanks 🫡

I published 2 speculative poems in 2025! If you're nominating for the Hugos, I'd love it if you checked out "Beyond the Standard Model," a theoretical physics poem that was in Analog last January: web.archive.org/web/20250117... (1/2)

I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism. A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count. If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!

the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...

I wrote this earlier this year and I still hope it can be of use! www.eater.com/24364171/ice...

WHAT WE ARE SEEKING got a starred review in Library Journal! A perceptive one, too. Bujold's ETHAN OF ATHOS is definitely a book I thought about while writing it

What I love about reading is the autonomy. I can engage in whatever content I want, yes-- but more importantly, I can have whatever relationship I want with that content. I can be swept away, I can be distantly observing, I can be in a tug of war with the text. It's playful and free.

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

Friends! I bring good news of the world to come!! My novel is coming out May 19, 2026. And it is available for pre-order now! Either at your local bookstore or at the link below!

btw I got the official notice of the Anthropic class action (and my unique ID!) last night, so authors who were also expecting that, check your email, which I know is probably currently a garbage fire like mine thanks to all the promotional crap

romantasy fans, meet romorror. meet romience fiction. meet surrealmance. meet postmoderomance. meet tom clantasy

Hearing reports that some of you have not been informed that we are casting the net far and wide to determine the science fiction and fantasy favorites of the year. Here's me amending that:

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

This #thanksgiving, snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) geni.us/Solarissale#thanksgiving, And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future! 1/2

Can you imagine 50 people a day, I said 50 people a day, walking into an ICE office, singing "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant" and walking out?

UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts. If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split