While sleeping, a sudden storm crushed our tent in Gaza. Now, my kids are soaked, shivering in freezing mud. We weren't prepared for this nightmare. Please, help me find a warm tent and dry clothes to save their small bodies from the cold. Verified by @mommunism.bsky.social ✅ gofund.me/5f2429cda

I'm really enjoying Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Didn't even know there was a new GoT show and I wound up binging almost all six episodes last night

Authors and reviewers, if you fancy an ARC of my next book then give me a bell. It is fun, someone gets beaten to death with a pair of boots, there is a mouse with cobalt fur and gem eyes, naked swordfights, iguana-men assaulting pirate castles. As you can see I need quotes for marketing...

Me (luddite who couldn't ever get past the 2fa login screen and eventually decided i didn't need to be on discord that bad): Look who was ahead the curve all this time

A few days ago, a friend asked me to make a FB group for our friend circle planning a tea party. I made the group and invited six people. SIX PEOPLE. It's for a tea party, at someone's house. ... wait for it ... (AI slop post 1/ ?)

Tony Gilroy, creator of Andor, wasn’t allowed to use the word “fascism” during press junkets in 2025. Interesting interview in The Hollywood Reporter. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

There are many forms of dehumanization contributing to the polycrisis, but the dehumanization of children is the biggest problem. It's the final boss. The way these people view and talk about children is deeply, deeply sick

🔴 NEW: More than 75,200 people were killed during Israel’s military campaign in Gaza between Oct. 7, 2023 and Jan. 5, 2025 — roughly 25,000 more than the 49,090 violent deaths reported by Gaza’s Health Ministry for the same period — according to a new population-representative study published in...

Rümeysa Öztürk, who was swept off the streets of Somerville last year by masked immigration agents, announced she completed her doctorate. “I would like to be called Dr. Öztürk, not Miss Öztürk, from now on," she wrote in a social media post.

Waseem: 'These beautiful children deserve warmth, food, safety, and hope this Ramadan. Despite hardship, their smiles remain strong. Your support can provide daily meals and basic needs for an entire month. Please stand with us and donate here: gofund.me/35fdca7d Every dollar makes a difference. 🌙'

I’m lucky to be beta reading more of @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social work today. Ester is a master at immersive speculative fiction. It’s hard to believe any of these characters are made up. They feel so real.

Really enjoyed The Ganymedan recently. Very cerebral science fi, with intricate world building.

We're celebrating USA #blackhistorymonth by highlighting some of our fantastic titles by black authors, ft. O. O. Sangoyomi's British Fantasy Award-Winner MASQUERADE, multi award-winning anthology NEW SUNS & its sequel edited by @nisishawl.bsky.social & @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social#blackhistorymonth's THE GANYMEDAN!

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

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BREAKING: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been convicted of insurrection for declaring martial law in December 2024, and has been sentenced to life in prison.

My responsibility doesn’t pause. Every single day, my children need food, safety, and the basics of life. After losing everything, even simple things feel heavy to secure.💔 Your kindness helps me put meals on the table and bring comfort back into their small world. 🧡

This week's essay is up: continuing my look at Iain M. Banks' Culture novels with Matter (2008). Podcast version to follow shortly.

lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard

At some point Trump administration incompetence will end up killing lots of US citizens.

New blog post from @stopgenai.com and I, on how this fraud is being pushed, and why we never had to worry about Skynet after all… stopgenai.com/anti-gen-ai-...

Jeffrey Epstein to Bill Gates in December 2016: “come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting” (www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)

We're working around the clock developing Chess 2

RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.

It's time for your periodic reminder that we count on subscriptions to keep the lights on. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ Thank you.

My oldest turns ten in a week. Insane and unreal. Still feel like I'm being punk'd but no, I have an almost ten year old.

The first three books of The Spyridon Saga are out, and the reviews are giving me all the motivation! Can’t wait to get started on book 4 revisions next. mybook.to/Spyridon

Happy Monday! The Ganymedan, my debut novel, is now available as an audiobook, narrated by Shawn K. Jain. Thank you for reading/listening! 🙏🚀🪐

Palestinians have the right to live in dignity and safety.

It should be understood that it is now a normal and acceptable business practice to dump billions of dollars into wasteful bullshit with zero demand that everyone knows is not going to work in order to starve the state of money and resources that it could otherwise use for social programs

Whitney Cummings, an anti woke reactionary who is fresh off a multi-month long crashout over criticism of her performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, got hired by the Daily Show to say Vote Blue No Matter Who??? What the hell is going on over there?

People argue that America is a democracy, America has the White House. I say: slavery was abolished there half a century ago. The anti-slave war ended in 1865. Since then multimillionaires have mushroomed. They have the whole of America in their financial grip.

Happy Salamander episode day to all who celebrate.

Irrefutable proof that no matter how moderate you are, Republicans are going to call you a communist. No sense running away from popular positions to avoid this smear because it’s inevitable

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all: The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files

I would argue there is a throughline here with every Palestinian in Gaza being called a terrorist

Today I'm remembering Philando Castile, shot in 2016 by police in the Minneapolis suburbs after being pulled over for a broken brake light. "Sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me," he said. Ten seconds later one of the cops had shot him five times. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...

My child is sick with a dangerous virus in Gaza, and his condition is worsening; he could lose his life at any moment. We need $300 to buy treatments that could save his life. Please help us before it’s too late. 🙏 🔗 chuffed.org/project/mahm...

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

"It is the heart of US policy, ladies and gentlemen, to use fascism to preserve capitalism, while claiming to be saving democracy from communism." - Michael Parenti

Always on my list of books I recommend for anyone and probably even better to read right now. RIP Michael Parenti

RIP to the realest. Gonna watch today in his honor 💔💔 youtu.be/s5oPFAfdrkU?...

Parenti on revolution.

RIP Michael Parenti.

Not exaggerating when I say that the collective action in Minnesota will be studied for generations if not centuries to come

Ah wow. Thanks to folks who nominated Uncertain Sons and Other Stories @undertow.bsky.social for the BSFA longlist. And congrats to all the longlist nominees. A lot of familiar names, too many to tag, but happy to be in your company! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...