Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

Scored big-time today on ebooks! Deals for 2.99€ in Germany, not sure how long the sale will last. These have been on my wishlist for quite awhile. "Black AF History" by @michaelharriot.bsky.social Also Paladin's Grace, Faith and Hope by @tkingfisher.com

For this Black History Month, given the regime’s vile smearing of Ohio’s Haitian population, I think it’s a good time to remember a literary giant of Haitian descent, Alexander Dumas, père He gave us the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo & so much more en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...

In good news, a little one was born in Utah🦒 www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...

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Armies wear uniforms for a reason. And not just because it makes the laundry easier. I am reminded of certain lilac blossoms on a certain Glorious 25th of May. How do you tell your comrades from your potential murderers? A carrot, a leek, a lilac sprig, a red knitted hat, a frog costume. Duh.

My #SuperbOwl, let me show you it:

One sign of falling journalistic standards is the pronunciation of foreign names. In the pre-www past, newsreaders phonecalled embassies to ensure correct pronunciation. These days many anchors in sports & politics don't even google. Saying names right is a mark of respect. #GoodMorning, everyone

Hmm. This somehow puts me in mind of shadow knitting, which I've always wanted to try...perhaps a scarf?

Important thread, up and down.

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

Alright. As is now tradition, here are my 10 favorite African SFF stories from 2025 📖 📚 Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!

Sadness is a downpour—it arrives without asking, soaking through our defenses in seconds. Joy is a garden—it must be planted seed by seed, watered with intention, weeded of doubt, and fiercely guarded against the storms that would drown it.

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday. It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening

"How about I kidnap the dragon," the knight said, "and you come to rescue them?" "It's still the same story," the princess said. "No! We're all subverting-" "I am tired of being in stories," the dragon said. "What?" "If you're not in a story, what even are you?" "I'd like to find out."

5. Man könnte sich verleiten lassen, dass unsere ganze Demokratie ein Betrug sei, und die Eliten doch machten, was sie wollten. Aber das Gegenteil ist wichtig: Jetzt darum kämpfen, dass Rechtsstaat und Demokratie stärker sind als Kriminalität und Korruption. #Lockthemup.

Can't order from overseas but happy to signal boost.

Quiet. We’re busy rebuilding Venezuelan infrastructure. And the Kennedy Center. 🤡

Well I'M delighted to be in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library!

Hat tip to @geraldcoleman.bsky.social for doing The Work.

The California State University system spent $16.9 million last year giving ChatGPT to all students, faculty, and staff. We are asking the CSU chancellor not to renew the contract with OpenAI when it expires. Anyone can sign the petition — link below!

I don't like the idea either, but it's more nuanced than the cartoon suggests: apnews.com/article/ice-...

Ältere Frauen mit Uniabschluss sind laut "Economist" übrigens eine der wichtigsten und mutigsten demographischen Gruppen bei den Protesten in Minnesota.

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (30 Jan 1882-1945) A Thought for Today from www.wordsmith.org/words/renite...

"...Trump has used eerily analogous phrasing to Putin’s in claiming that Canada “isn’t viable as a country” and the border between the US and Canada is artificial."

Last month, Secretary Kennedy had a press conference where he claimed that the original intent of the ADA was to exclude trans people. So I asked a bunch of experts and someone who was actually there.

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I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:

Don’t obey in advance. Pulling books “just in case” teaches power what it can take. Libraries should stand firm, not shrink. Don’t pre-ban. #FreedomToRead #StopBookBans

Edith Clarke, the first female electrical engineer in the US, invented a calculator (the Clarke calculator) to solve electric power transmission problems, a precursor to modern smart grid technology. It was patented in 1925. #WomenInSTEM It's International Day of #CleanEnergy!

"The Dark Lord has taken over our land. What do we do?" "Learn from the goblins." "What? Those useless little-" "Takes skill to mask rebellion as incompetence." "What?" "They know His reign will end. For now, they persist and resist." "Oh." "Also: remember every moment of joy is a victory."

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The replies are full-flavo(u)red and very much worth savo(u)ring!

Ikogaan mikwam! = Ice out! Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #ice

Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.

I agree with the several experts quoted in this article: this is nuts. Turning AI generated text into “good enough” for critical safety regulations will require so much expert work that they might as well pay the experts to write the regulations in the first place.

This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.

This 15-year-old girl was one of 187 Black students whose Supreme Court case gave us the right to protest The unconstitutional attacks in Minneapolis are directly tied to the erasure and demonization of our history... Read her story at: www.contrabandcamp.com/p/at-15-this...

Important info in the thread + linked post.

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

it's why even at our worst, I can't hate this country. so many of us are awful. the people in power are so often awful. but we are a 287 different cultures in a trench coat and when those of us who love being in that trench coat with the gang rise up, we are fucking amazing.

Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.

it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...

All true!

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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Can someone on the ground near a detainment camp start a volunteer transport network? People could sign up to drive refugees home, one leg of the trip at a time. Animal rescues have moved dogs cross-country this way for years.