I thought something seemed off about the the image posted below: it's a photo that's been edited and colorized by AI. Please don't do that.

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system." This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

23-year-old journalist Plestia Alaqad, like many Gazans, lost her home in the first days after October 7. unable to reenter her homeland, stuck watching the horror continue, she’s publishing her diaries from reporting on the ground. full interview @teenvogue.com www.teenvogue.com/story/plesti...

The thread broke so here's more books by living marginalized authors that are banned! Girl In Translation by Jean Kwok Of course we ban the books about Chinese-American sweatshop workers! bookshop.org/p/books/girl...

Happy Book Birthday to my bud and occasional co-conspirator in literary mischief, the redoubtable @davidmack.bsky.social! His #StarTrekSNW novel RING OF FIRE is officially on sale today! #StarTrek www.simonandschuster.com/books/Star-T...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a music player for an 11-year-old that works nicely with iTunes or some other digital music service? My son will not be getting a phone for at least a couple more years.

It's not game-related, but the Babylon 5 Interactive Information Kit has been preserved. This is a Windows 3.1 multimedia floppy sent to TV stations around 1994 to help promote the show, and it's a fun time capsule of computer materials (and the show) at the time: youtu.be/IYDy3pnvqxU?...

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy! #primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie

The wonderful @bookshop.org is hosting an Anti-Prime sale! What a great time for AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION! We are THE PERFECT Spooky-Season read and we'd love for you to join this examination of ghost lore through a Gothic lens! 🖤 bookshop.org/p/books/amer...

This little text game I made last year is sort of my love letter to The Outer Worlds, Forbidden Planet, Mass Effect, Philip K. Dick, First Man, and so on. But also an exploration of grief:

I love that the Zoology department was integral to finding text about Merlin that was otherwise invisible to the human eye.

This must be some kind of maniac mansion

If you do only one nice thing today, please let it be helping Rebecca meet her cancer treatment fund goal

Hiring on my team! Looking for someone passionate about comic books and graphic novels, marketing, and the book and library markets. Happy to answer any questions about the role! careers.wbd.com/global/en/jo...

Hi! I’m here to support my former colleagues at Quirk Books, which includes a laid-off woman who is currently on maternity leave, an editor who resigned due to working conditions, and seven members of the recently recognized union. All of this happened within 8 months of my own resignation.

In other scientific literature news, a quantitative linguist published a study comparing the literary output of identical twins. My brother Austin and I were part of the dataset www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YFIRR...

Alas, I won't be at NYCC this week, but you can find me at the 17th St. Books of Wonder on Friday at 6 p.m.! (RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/ya-thrills...) And you can still pre-order a signed and personalized LITTLE NIGHTMARES: THE LONELY ONES until 10/8 at booksofwonder.com/products/978...

Librarians, booksellers, & educators— when you talk about banned books, please focus on the thousands of CONTEMPORARY books that are being banned right now. For example…. #BannedBooksWeek

I'm sure Nintendo is marketing something with this animated short, but maybe they also wanted to post something cute on our timeline. youtu.be/rsufGY5I8jA?...

Whenever I wake up early to write, something usually derails my efforts at least briefly. This morning it was finding a large brown spider in the kitchen, googling it, deciding it might be a brown recluse(!?), and then evicting it from the house. 😬 OK, now I can finally get to work...

Irony just took its shoes off and slowly started walking into the ocean until it was never seen or heard from again…

Randomly found a Pretty Soda Sailor Moon in my fridge

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

The acting CDC director has finally signed off on the vaccine advisory panel's recommendations for the COVID vaccines. While the CDC is trying to sell this as a win for antivaxxers, in reality this means that COVID vaccines will be more accessible than they have been in recent weeks.

*gasp*

I honestly don't know where I'd be without PBS. That network taught me so much about the world outside of my neighborhood & beyond my borders and planet, how to be a kind, empathetic, and caring individual, and to never stop learning. Thank you @pbs.org and thank you @whropublicmedia.bsky.social.

like!!! we KNOW that it is a small number of weirdos with outsized influence who want to ban books, but it's always nice to get a confirmation

Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) to direct a "Moomins" animated feature film. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Alas, I won't be at NYCC this week, but you can find me at the 17th St. Books of Wonder on Friday at 6 p.m.! (RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/ya-thrills...) And you can still pre-order a signed and personalized LITTLE NIGHTMARES: THE LONELY ONES until 10/8 at booksofwonder.com/products/978...

Here's the link! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kylE...

This Wednesday, join us with guests @leannareneehieber.bsky.social & @shvetathakrar.com, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, October 8, 7pm at the KGB Bar. @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social will be impersonating @datlow.bsky.social! Come one, come all!

Friends! Last days of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION release week! In publishing, 1st week's sales are a *really* important metric for ongoing support, so if you haven't ordered yet, your support of our non-fiction book of Gothic lit + ghost lore would be such a help!

Interested in celebrating spooky season with your middle grader (or anyone who likes MG fiction)? May I suggest my scary but not too scary PRESS 1 FOR INVASION? Kirkus liked it; I hope you will too! Check out reviews, an excerpt, and pick up a copy here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Press-...

NEW: Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order prohibiting federal immigration agents from using any City-owned property in enforcement activity.

Delighted that Cory is having a moment with "Enshittification," because it's an accurate word for what's happening in tech and he's the right person to describe it. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

BREAKING: Judge Immergut has GRANTED a 2nd TRO blocking National Guard from ANY state be sent to Oregon. She was very annoyed the DOJ circumvented her order from yesterday. I'll be joining Adam Klasfeld on Substack live to discuss in a few minutes...

Happy Chuseok everyone!

Update: The solution was Superman pajamas!

Drop some PUMPKIN

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

It's Banned Books Week! Sign the petition against book bans at www.bookbanpetition.us

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Hey FYI the main reason women get stress fractures in the Army is that the heavy rucksacks they carry WERE DESIGNED FOR MEN. They do a shit job of distributing weight to the hips (where we are stronger w our builds). It's a design flaw. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

I planned to take my daughter for donuts this morning and she was enthusiastic. But first she wanted to play with me. An hour later, by the time I finally got her ready and dressed, she said she didn't want to go out to buy donuts because "it's too sunny." Frustrating, but I can also relate, kid.

The death of a YA horror legend, a celebration of Jane Austen at 250 years old, and more YA book news from the last month: bookriot.com/celebrating-...

This guy not wearing a mask makes him the bravest ICE agent and yet is still, like all of them, a pathetic bullying coward. Look at him grab Fuentes, who’s literally just standing there. Look at the hatred in his dumb face.

I wish Elon Musk would stay in his lane, but not even Teslas can manage that.

If you want to support @hamishsteele.bsky.social as he and his show are currently under fire by bad actors, I recommend picking up his latest book Go-Man. I haven't had a chance to read my copy yet but the cover alone shows it's going to be a charming adventure