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

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Today August 15th is the last day to cast your vote for the Ignyte Awards! Go here to vote: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote

"i just use AI for-" say no more, i already think less of you

Not my bro saying Oprah said “Look under you car, I’m putting life jackets there!” 💀💀💀

"I used to believe that if I stayed out of politics and focused on my work, then I could avoid ostracizing anyone and things would just work themselves out. But now, the work of helping my patrons feel safe, informed, and free is itself political" bookriot.com/running-for-...

Here's India May's story of how she went from a quiet librarian to a loud threat to Iowa Legislature. She's running for office, thanks to seeing the ways that the current legislature is specifically targeting libraries throughout the state: bookriot.com/running-for-...

You know how those of us who've been covering and talking about and shouting about book bans for over 4 years now have talked about how vital it is to show up to school board meetings and library board meetings? How necessary it is to vote down ballot? How change happens by "being political?"

Went ahead and made a starter pack of Iranian/Persian artists I know who deserve all the love and support now more than ever. Let me know if I missed anyone and I’ll add them go.bsky.app/LHbyaKpv

This is physical bravery. This guy is a patriot.

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

In Pasadena, protesters ran ICE out of a hotel. The hotel insisted ICE leave. Protesters slashed tires of many of the vehicles and local tow companies refused to assist. /

Masked ICE agents spotted swapping out license plates this morning in Bell Gardens, CA

Greater Los Angeles is a peaceful city the size of the entire state of Delaware. There 18.5 million of us, from all walks of life. We love our city. We do not need anyone to "liberate" a city that is already free. #NoICE #NoNationalGuard #NoMarines #NoKings

I don't know if there are any Neopets fans over here but if there are, you should really check out Santae because it's everything Neopets should be in 2025 and isn't. It's also inclusive & they actively make updates in real time. It's AMAZING. Thank me later! www.santae.net/refer/1486

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Oh thank God! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Picked the worst city to try this in, too. Nearly 4 million people just in the City of Los Angeles. That number jumps to almost 10 million for the whole county. LA has a long, proud history of protests and uprisings, esp against systemic oppression.

yes, the fact that he's a senator shows that they're not worried about the repercussions. But the key issue, the thing to be repeated every time this is shown, is that they have no reason for arresting him, just like they have no reason for detaining the vast majority of people they've detained.

Melody is rad as hell - her leaving like 2 pairs of jeans, like 3 outfits total behind for her books??? Such a badass move. Embedded her in my heart forever.

Sara and Cynthia’s harmonies!!!!!! Woooooo. Beautiful. #TonyAwards

Is it an “original” story if they use AI? This is terrible 😡

This could have been an arts program for those kids…

Melanin in YA, your source for all things Black in traditional young adult publishing, is seeking remote volunteers this summer and fall! If you love Black YA books, please share! Thank you! forms.gle/2RSXxxGrQBWr...

The best place to start is @wes.readonlymemo.com's Substack -> Ghost migration tutorial. If you're comfortable hosting a website, already have a URL, etc., it's all fairly straightforward. The trickiest part is setting up the DNS records to point at the new site.

Reminder that I’m happy to help you move your Substack newsletter to a self-hosted Ghost newsletter that you fully own and control (and that scales more cheaply than Substack if you’re monetized.)

Marvel could pay for my healthcare for the rest of my life for a fraction of 1% of profit from Spider-Man Noir, a character whose original comics I edited. For Peter David to die in medical debt, co-creator of Spider-Man 2099 and writer of countless seminal Hulk and X-Factor comics—that's a disgrace

Black Doctor Who fans, what are your thoughts on the latest season? How are you enjoying it? How did you enjoy "The Story & the Engine" episode? Y'all on here? I asked this on Threads & got a lot of white people responding...maybe I'll have better reading comprehension luck over here? Let's see...

I am so happy that James Ward Byrkit’s sci-fi anthology series SHATTER BELT keeps get discovered and passed along to new fans. 4 episodes, each about a 1/2 hour long, all streaming on Apple TV right now! Please check ‘em out — you’ll love ‘em!

Stay tuned... #DVPit #writersky #booksky

WOC interested in Van Life, DO NOT join the FB Group "Van Life Women" (www.facebook.com/groups/27185...). Someone posted an anon post about no politics. I commented asking if there were active moderators since they @ everyone (72k+ people) & I was removed from the group. Not a safe space at all.

WOC interested in Van Life, DO NOT join the FB Group "Van Life Women" (www.facebook.com/groups/27185...). Someone posted an anon post about no politics. I commented asking if there were active moderators since they @ everyone (72k+ people) & I was removed from the group. Not a safe space at all.

My ride share driver called “Good Will Hunting” a very old movie and idk how to feel about that cause she must have been 50ish years old and I don’t look like I’m 12 so how old did she think I was for that movie to be “very old”?!?!?!?? She then tried to redeem herself with The Goodbye Girl 😂

Huh, weird

In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.” A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...

Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

I am THRILLED to announce that I’ve partnered with Jay’s House Bookshop & Bakery, an indie bookstore owned by Black women, to offer their first ever LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR’S BOX featuring LOVE SPELLS TROUBLE!! Buy 🔗: jayshousebooks.com/products/lov...

WOW. I mean, Boulder is beautiful. Park City and Utah are going to feel this one moving forward. Yikes. Let’s call it the price of hate. Sucks to suck.

The envelope keeps getting pushed further & further #MomSky

If you don't live in California, please consider sharing the piece with your California-based family/friends, and ask them to do the same. What happened that night should never have happened - and it was the direct result of very poor training on the part of PD - which caused direct harm to me.

- Please consider calling your legislator's office and ask them to read the piece + look into penal code reform. I outline some specific ways that the code can be changed. - Please also call AG Rob Bonta's office and ask them to do the same.

Must Read!!! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

If you preordered the Wicked Limited Edition 4K + Blu-ray Gift Set that releases in JUNE, check to see if you were charged by Amazon today for it because I was and didn’t get an email that I was charged or that the release date changed (it hasn’t). Just FYI.