Worth noting that the highest profile and most successful Democratic elected official currently in those states is Laura Kelly, the Governor of Kansas, who seems to not believe in Ezra Klein’s theory of politics!

Bob Seger and Stevie Nicks. Fleetwood Mac.

I'm sorry, Nate Silver? We are listening to advice from somebody who couldn't even get to Nate Gold? And this guy is supposed to know who can win. Get real.

Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved! horror.org/awards/curre...

If you see this, quote with a gif of the last show/movie you watched. 🎥 #filmsky It was specifically this episode. :) We cracked up. WHY AM I SO BAD AT BEING GOOD!

"Rakuten Kobo" and Bookshop.org for books. See attached for all else. This is not an endorsement of the providers.

ok i understand what's intended here but. this is really funny.

If you're looking for a #newread on a nonexistent budget, check out this collection of free science fiction. You can get my novella DESERTER as well as many others: books.bookfunnel.com/free-sci-fi-...

This is a pretty eye-opening thread.

Last thing you see before you get knocked unconscious #Art #OCSky #BskyOC #ArtSky #BskyArt #DnD #D&D #Mara

Emma is officially a necromancer in our games. She has been exploring a very dark side of her witchcraft. And I love that for her. She also changed her hair 🥹 #witch #originalcharacter

I felt this pressure too as a teen dreaming of being a writer! And while I’m glad I read a lot of those works, and have that knowledge in my tool belt, I do wonder what more contemporary works or works by women I wasn’t reading in the time I had.

New upload: Behind the scenes of my oldest novel: Mage Slave. How I wrote it, how NaNoWriMo helped, how long it took.... #writingcommunity #romantasy www.youtube.com/@MoonAndManu...

I am lightly horrified by how many people have now looked up their books and found out their publishers (who often were required contractually!!!!) just... didn't register the copyrights on books. Not all of them! Just sporadically! This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.

Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file. Here is the class certification:

The worst part of writing this thread is discovering that I was very wrong in stating that US publishers probably filed copyright for you, because whew I have seen some big names get called out as not filing copyright.

Anyway things are a bummer so here's a baby deer on our front lawn smoking some kind of YARD CIGARETTE, the silly rebel photo by me

Folks who have replaced Kindle / Audible, what did you choose? I’m leaning toward Kobo Plus but every time I try I can’t complete the purchase on my phone which seems like a bad sign. 😅🥴😅

That bathing TavQOTD reminded me of this tierlist I downloaded off of tumblr ages ago. I'm willing to hear arguments.

A new Superman statue was unveiled in Cleveland It honors the iconic hero and his creators Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster in their hometown 📷 GreaterCLE

#bluesky needs more baby goats... ☺️

**Sue's Solarpunk Writing Class** I'm still deciding whether to run this, but if I do, it'll be online and free. This form is to be notified with the class signup information. Drop your email here if you're interested: www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_wr... #solarpunk #writing #climatechange

🌳🌳🌳🌞🌳🌳🌳 #summerdays #sunshine #nature #trees #forest

It’s pretty telling that the people who claim to revere the Constitution and love sprinkling the number 14 around anywhere they can fit it absolutely hate the 14th amendment.

“Cultivate your inner emperor or empress … Start each day like you can change the world, because you can and you do.” (Paraphrasing) Cat’s speech alone made going to the con worth it! Thanks for the inspiration, @catrambo.bsky.social !

When you strip away humanity

Me in a few words: ✨ Optimistic, epic, sweeping stories 🌙 🏰 Romantasy and Space opera 🚀 💘 Writes a lot of "falling for the wrong person--dang it" 📚 🔮 Also a gamer, D&D fan, and tarot card reader 🍀 ⚔ I play green paladins a lot. 🌳

My story of how my #writing journey began: youtu.be/iPYlvfbQa9k?... #writingcommunity #authortube

I will be at Confluence con in Pittsburgh July 25-27. I’m speaking on hopepunk, indie publishing, and writing romantic SFF stories. The amazing guest of honor will be @catrambo.bsky.social - will be fun! Join me if you live in the area! confluence-sff.org

This week on Planetside... SPECULATIVE POETICS continues with “How Many Poems Does It Take to Make You a Poet?” Brenda Gates Spielman asks: Is it publication, persistence, or just permission that makes a poet? Read at www.sfwa.org/2025/07/08/h...

I'm not so good on my subspecies, but this could be Badger Badger Badger, Badger Badger Mill-keeper, Badger Badger Hops-brewer, or Badger Badger Lady-Ares.

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨ We want your books. So we can acquire them. And print them. For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨ Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words. Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread. Pass it on 👀

at this point i'm straight up blocking people trying to conflate ▶️ SPELLCHECK ◀️ WITH ▶️ DATA SCRAPING ◀️ 'waaaah, ai's in everything, you can't be mad about chatgpt and midjourney if you use spellcheck' THEY ARE NOT AND HAVE NEVER BEEN THE SAME THING, YOU OVERCONFIDENT SOUFFLÉ.

Mr. Thorne: What’s like a Bag of Holding, but for time? Me: ADHD. 😆😆 #adhd #dnd

The newbie's going to have to learn fast and not die. Former telepath Talia is struggling with trauma while embroiled in a perilous mission, and working to trust her new compatriots. #spaceopera #specfic #sf #sapphicbooks #sapphic #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚🪐 books2read.com/b/rattri

Happy crows 🐦‍⬛

There’s no market for this because the professions listed are largely operating under the assumption that you should overload people until they can no longer handle it.

Adulting is… I really frickin like my dentist. 🪥

Today is the birthday of Rachel Carson, a personal hero and one of the most important conservation voices of the 20th century. Her talent as a writer and researcher drew attention to the wonders of ocean life and alerted the world to the ecological dangers of indiscriminate use of toxic pesticides.

New from 404 Media: authors are getting caught leaving AI prompts in their novels, telling the AI to follow someone else's style. We bought a copy to confirm. www.404media.co/authors-are-...

Oops. (The few who get caught are probably the tip of the iceberg)

Celebrating reaching 40k in my WIP! #amwritingfantasy #amwritingromantasy #fantasyromance

Local flora #bloomscrolling

This Cinco de Mayo, we’re celebrating the contributions of our Mexican and Mexican-American neighbors, the bonds between our great countries, and the shared values of liberty and democracy.

I don’t know man, what could it possibly be?

I saw someone post, apparently seriously, “we don’t need NOAA, we can just ask ChatGPT to predict where and when hurricanes will hit.” I don’t think we should sentence thousands of people to death because some overconfident buffoons don’t understand how science works. 🤷

I am not often quoted in @nytimes.com DealBook, but I hope the business community is listening.

May the 4th be with you!

I can't stop taking photos of these stunning #tulips. My flowers of the year in the garden, so far, and the competition is already fierce. 😊🩷🌸 #flowers #rain #spring #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #nature #NaturePhotography #gardening #gardens #beauty #hope #peace 🕊