I grew up in a conservative Christian church in MN that held fundraisers to support Hmong immigrants. Most Mnpls residents valued everyone no matter skin color or immigrant status & only progressed since. Yet regime thought they'd be on the side of federal agents attacking, kidnapping, & murdering?

This thread is amazing and inspiring. Here's the source article: margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/from-minne...

If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is. Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.

"An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself. This is difference made legal." It is a good day to read Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. It is a good day to do something.

Imagine other horrors that could befall people uploading their consciousness / digitized minds in a capitalist society: Weapons guidance, slave labor, anywhere "AI" fails. When your digital mind dies, they just reload a copy and carry on Hello updated backstory of "I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream"

I’m excited to announce the launch of a fiction series over on my Patreon: My novel, Empire Ship, begins dropping in weekly installments starting now! www.patreon.com/c/mckitteric...

She Won. They Changed the Machines & Rewired the Election. We know the R's interfered in the '24 elections (voter interference, voter-roll manipulation). Now we know those occupying the White House lost the election. And they did it with Musk's help: thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-th...

Immigrants make America Great. NO KINGS

In these trying times, writerly solidarity and human connection is more important than ever. These workshops don't just help you master SF/F/H writing, they're an invitation to the large & dynamic Ad Astra writing community. SF Summer has been the core of my year since 1992!

Don't know if y'all are staying away from news, but here's my most recent rant about how the right wingnuts are weaponizing DEIA to attack women and minorities: www.tumblr.com/mckitterick/...

He mispronounced "bigotry."

Eyeball Surgery#1 complete, in bed cuddling Harvey. During was like end of 2001 A Space Odyssey, psychedelic visions & felt going to die. Saw ok after, now only laser afterimages, diffuse special effects. Disturbing but normal? Wearing cyberpunk eyegear for week then do again in 2 weeks, other eye.

Big winter storm about to hit what appears (on the radar map) to be most of the USA, thanks to a polar vortex driving south. Here in LFK we're expecting 8-12" of snow and a quarter inch of ice, plus 45mph winds. Prep for power outages, folks!

Once upon a time, not the entire internet was 4chan. Only 4chan was 4chan, because everywhere else would kick you out for Doing 4chan in their spaces. It sounds utopian, but it is true.

Listening to our brand-new baby's little sing-song sleeping chatter with my beloved partner's breathing fills my heart with joy.

I'm now a poppa! Harvey arrived into the world at 7 pounds 10 ounces, 21" long, beautiful, and healthy. I'm the luckiest man alive ❤

Well-said. This has been driving me mad. from Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/mckitterick/...

Huh, had no idea about this. Here's the website with more info: boiefiling.fincen.gov

Our birdies have the same palette as the world outside today.

Peepers is the cutest little creature ever to creature.

Did not expect to open the curtains to a winter scene today.

PS: Why buy now? With the impending tariffs, expect prices of imports to rise 20-60% depending on how much nations kiss orange butt. I recommend you do the same if you've been holding off on big purchases! Not only did I save 25% on both, but also many more% by buying now before prices rocket up.

Is there a way to enable email notifications about replies and reblogs on Bluesky? I try not to be online all day but don't want to miss things!

Just arrived! Unboxed and assembled, weighs about 80 pounds, ready for the incoming Astro-Tech 152mm (6") f/8 triplet apo refractor - my dream setup. This means I have a couple big reflectors to sell, so if you're looking for a 12" Meade LX90 SCT or a 16" LightBridge f/4.5 truss-tube Dob, hmu.

Still not working - if you've done this, help!

Have you updated your handle to use your own domain? I'm in the process of updating my handle to use the adastra-sf.com doman, but though I've tried both methods of uploading a TXT file to my server (DNS interface and no interface), it's not resolving even after half an hour. Tips? Ideas?

Whoever thought of this is a great idea.🦉

And for what? Soulless botshit that moves no one.

Character limit here requires screenshot from my Tumblr blog post - www.tumblr.com/mckitterick/... -(full text in alt)

Please share your positive childbirth experiences with my darling spouse!

To be happy - to enjoy the absence of unhappiness, or to free yourself from the emptiness that comes with depression - seeking the sense of wonder is far more reliable than just seeking nebulous "happiness." More on this life-hack on my free Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/seek-w...

Years ago someone told a friend I'd never sell a novel; they said that two days before I got my first novel contract. Just today I saw someone saying that I'm not that good of a writer, which, okay, but I'm contracted for 16 more books, so I guess I'll keep at it. So, yeah: Fuck 'em. Do your thing.

Thanks for sharing this! James Gunn's original Gunn Center is no more, but you can find an updated version of the piece here on the Ad Astra Science Fiction Institute website: adastra-sf.com/SF-Defined.htm

Only a month until Baby McKitterick is due - so excited to meet him! To prepare, I've been renovating the house, building storage, and starting on the nursery. Also got four more vaccines today to keep him safe. OUCH

Hello, world! Mostly wanted to establish myself on this site just in case something bad happens to my main blogging and social-media site (Tumblr - I'm McKitterick there, too).