why is my brain like this 😭

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

monica lewinsky's boss exploited his position of power and she faced literally decades of mass harassment, cruelty, objectification, and misogynistic jokes and here we are in 2025, comedians still use her name as synonymous with blowjobs, i fucking hate it here.

If you're thinking about fiction to nominate from this year's crop, I'd love for you to consider my fairy-tale retelling, "Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow," published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. :)

The Chain Story Project just released its TENTH free fiction offering. Head over there now and, for FREE, you can get my brand new story Blood for the River. (Please like and share. Sharing is a HUGE help. Thank you.) chainstorycore.com

hear me out, maybe it’s time to stop making men the president for awhile

Good morning! Have you checked out the queer shenanigans of the #NeoG yet? Hyper-competent space opera for the 21st century. (aka this is not your father's military science fiction) #Booksky 🌈📚💙

every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites

unironically they're 100000% correct

I need everyone who uses AI to generate art & text to notice what Vince Gilligan says here. You're surrendering your brain, your creativity, the divine spark within you to a machine. Someday you'll wake up and find you're no longer capable of writing or thinking. And for what?

never change, ohio

This trip just became a bit more scuffed, so any little bit would be a great help! Thank you so much for all of your support already!

Thinking of this quote from Mamdani’s victory speech.

oh this is the one

every part of mamdani's victory speech was a triumph of speechwriting, but opening with a debbs quote and the whole crowd cheering at the attribution—jaw on the floor, in the best way. wow. wowowow. what a tone to set. my heart is so full 💖

There’s no reason ever again for any Democrat to suggest moderating on trans rights. There was never a moral reason but now there’s no political reason either. Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.

Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM

posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch

This is why you can't succumb to nihilism. I know it's SO fucking hard, but that's what the fash want: for us to give up. Fuck them, it's not over

live view from cuomo hq

this is a fun one because actually like how unpopular of a sitting VP do you have to be to offer absolutely zero boost to a relative's election chances

it’s no “i [ohio silhouette] voting” but it’ll do 💖

Hi, Bluesky! It's my birthday! 🎁🥳🎉 If you'd like to help me celebrate, here's what I would love: 1. Do something kind for someone today. 2. Buy, check out, or recommend any (or all!) of my beautiful, enchanting fantasies, which you can find here. May they bring you joy. 💖💖💖 www.shvetathakrar.com

if Teen Vogue as we know it dies today, I hope its team know in their hearts that they did more to champion democracy and freedom of speech and to mobilize citizens of all ages toward progressive causes than all the pundits at legacy outlets who sneered at the notion of wanting teens to be informed

i told this tiny dingus it wouldn't be a super long vet visit and then they made me leave her there, "we'll call you probably late afternoon," she's never gonna forgive this betrayal

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈 Video Description: Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨ youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared

losing it laughing over that vid of the quote-unquote video game clip going around, the one made in ai, fuck it's hilarious, the total word soup (word salad at least implies structure), the 'options' that pop up, the map just folding into itself over and over, it's SO bad. slopper trash. incredible

TODAY IS RELEASE DAY for BATTLETECH: OUTFOXED! My new BattleTech novel! You can still pre-order a signed copy at my website! I'm trying to organize a few signing/gaming events in November, too, so I'll have more info about those. www.swankmotron.com/shop

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

scorpios riiiiiiise, it's finally our season 🍁🎃🍵🤎📚🌙🍂🌻☕ gawd i love being outdoors this time of year there's really nothing like it, it's so CRISP out here everything is VIVID it SMELLS GOOD it's almost the best HOLIDAY! everything is comin' up scorpio

I guess I just don't understand like... if you don't consider being a nazi or transphobe dealbreakers in an elected official then what do you actually stand for

I'm still working on this proposal. But before I get back to it: I want to follow my annual tradition of sharing this essay I wrote about my grandfather's favorite Halloween tradition in 2019 - (I always miss him more this time of year!)

*violently taps the sign*

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days. Covid is not over. You can infect others before you feel symptomatic. People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing. We need to protect each other.

Hello new followers and thank you for curating me into your timeline. Please also consider these brilliant folks! go.bsky.app/6WxXXBY

editors are trying to make your book better, not ruin your life

oh hey, this is neat! generalstrikeus.com cool movement and they’re super transparent about how they store collected data from signups and have options to join WITHOUT collecting your data. also demanding a constitutional convention (among other good stuff) HELLO 🤩🤩🤩

Happy Columbo’s Day

Happy Indigenous People's Day! And remember:

The cover to BattleTech: Outfoxed, the first full novel for Katie Ferraro and the Fox Patrol, goes way harder than should be possible. The book comes out in 13 days. Pre-orders should start soon.

two (TWO!!) episodes are dropping this afternoon so i'm scrambling to get all my to-dos done in time to bop around the internet doing frantic searches for streams before i get entirely spoiled on screencaps alone vash the stampede we need you now more than ever, save us save us vash the stampede

they don’t get that the thinking part is the fun part. even banging our heads against the wall & swearing we forgot how to write & we’ll never finish the draft is the fun part, because we always get past it. creativity always triumphs. persistence creates real experiences on the page. ai could NEVER

“you’re too old for fandom” you’re just weak, this will be me in my 80s

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

The Portland protest frog has done more to protect American democracy and fight fascism than all but the tiniest handful of elected officials