By Modigliani

Paging Gov. Hochul...

To the two well-respected local SF/F community leaders who each told a teenage child of a friend of mine, "I can't wait for you to turn 18, I'll be waiting for you," I know your names you fucking shitty-ass pedo bastards, and I *remember*.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

More (51%) non-Orthodox rabbinical students are queer or trans (LGBTQ) than NOT, according to a new survey. 12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men) 16% are Jews by choice 12% ID as a race other than white.

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike. Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year. Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.

People reporting AI problems in their workplace, from AskAManager, has me even more determined to never use it. www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...

On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

dynasties are a symptom of democratic failure - maybe high barriers to entry into politics - maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem - maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability

True even on a local level, especially when combined with machine politics. I'm repped in the state legislature by a guy who is the son of a pol and the brother of another pol. Decentish guys but there have been no other options, even for primaries.

Anyway, here's a whale.

Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics? Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com

some days you just gotta be SUPER GREEN ✨💚✨ www.peculiarityshop.com

This is outrageous for a lot of reasons, starting with the fact that Sarah doesn't know why she was suspended @aaron.bsky.team, this was either a weird mistake or the result of somebody filing a false complaint. Instead of doubling down, why not just restore account without explanation?

Still thinking about this story. Imagine how cooked your brain has to be on Fox News -- how terrified you have to be, every day in your isolated suburban castle -- to start *shooting* when you see brown people at your door, before the door is even open. We're such a nation of terrified cowards.

"The purpose is not to learn words," he said. "The purpose is to make sense." I don't understand how you get to the latter without the former. I wonder if teachers in HS and college are aware of this and if it accounts for the difficulties their students have reading longer & more complex texts.

every time i see a listing for a basement apartment these days i think about how easy would be to drown down there and it's very funny to me that anybody still believes climate change isn't a thing

Iona Abbey Cloister #photography

Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.

Because this is a brand-destroying action by Senate Dems.

You cannot go wrong with a Cherie Priest novel, and here are some deals!

AND FOR THE SELF-PROMO TAX: you guys guess what…the rain stoped and the sun came out, holy crap

Lol menopausal women just finally have the ability to dump their lame ass husbands because the kids are grown.

I personally don't think they have a plan, other than "stay in power." Because who doesn't want to be the person who can get reservations at fancy restaurants and get invited to the cool parties and have their opinions sought out, and if they're not in office any more, well.....

Democrats for real fucked up.

I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.

The worst arguments I ever had with my father--who was reasonably egalitarian and modestly feminist--were about marital rape and if men were "owed" sex after a certain number of dates or a certain amount of monetary outlay.

In the midst of all that we are facing, I want us to think about who we are being told to look to for understanding in this moment, who is being propped up as the voice of wisdom, and ask how right were they in predicting this, a year ago, 5, 8 years ago, and then ask why they are being centered now

Upon the publication of my friend @danielkraus.com's definitive work on George Romero's zombie series, here's that time he asked me to moderate a conversation between him and the master Tom Savini: youtu.be/lgOa0E4x5lE

Now this is a great YA novel.

Racism, past and present

Never have. Never will. Not interested in going anywhere *near* a crap app built out of countless millions of hard-won words stolen from my colleagues, the use of which will (bonus!) begin progressively to degrade my cognitive skills and blunt the edge of the tool I’ve spent half a century honing. 🤨

jfc UNPLUG THE DAMN THING ALREADY

I am but a lowly editor and I don't use it either.

Guess That Gull! What kind of bird do you think we have here? #Bird #Photography

Come for the call-out of the NYT, stay for the drubbing of a whitepaper as an "unscholarly corporate-sponsored piece of risible chaff."

Absolutely gorgeous.

Me, to an editing client: the hero cannot dispose of a body by dumping it in a pool in a creek. Do you want to kill people downstream? (The villain could do it.)

Please consider donating to my synagogue's warm clothing drive! Amazon wishlist (easy, wide range of prices): bit.ly/bundled25 Silent auction (beautiful handmade crafts!): www.32auctions.com/bundled2025 We want to give mittens, socks, hats, etc. to families who come through our food pantry!

I juat can't with this Supreme Court. There is something deeply wrong and inhuman about nearly all of them.

Here we go! www.trumpcancelledmyflight.com

if you're Jewish (and even if you're not) and you like Shakespeare and you're in NYC, consider going to see PLAYING SHYLOCK, a solo show starring Saul Rubinek. I was very curious about this show since I have complicated feelings about "Merchant."

I'm in @thenation.com this morning on the repeated failure of transphobia as political strategy, efforts to scapegoat trans people for Democrats' own failures, and Zohran Mamdani's model of solidarity

#FridayReads just finished THE BRIAR BOOK OF THE DEAD by @angelaslatter.bsky.social, which got steadily darker, tenser, and more exciting as it went. Kept forcing myself not to race through & it was still over too soon. I love how relationships are the foundation for everything that happens.

Hello, heist fans! This Sunday, Nov. 9, I’m teaching a virtual heist workshop! You can still register today, but you need to hurry! I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat: www.eventbrite.com/e...

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Ellis is done. The preliminary injunction has been entered. Ellis grants plaintiff's request to certify the lawsuit as a class action, which means it applies to more than just the named plaintiffs and includes all nonviolent protestors as well as those engaged in news gathering & religious practice

Ellis orders that agents wear "conspicuous identification" in two separate places and wear and activate body-worn cameras while engaging in enforcement actions.

Those warnings must be given "at a sound level where the targeted individuals can reasonably hear it," Ellis says