You have 2 choices for lunch today: Eat a sandwich & stare at your phone (DEPRESSING!) or Eat a sandwich & watch 6 women.and nonbinary spec fic authors read from their work (FUN! FREE! FIND NEW BOOkS!). The choice is yours.

I’ll be part of this reading tomorrow! Free and virtual, register now 📚✨

Some of this was on my mind because over the weekend I wrote a rant/pep talk about making art in the age of human and AI slop. (Which is an age maybe not so different from any other...) countercraft.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...

REGISTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A BOOK! Today 7PM ET! Recording sent to registrants. Not available to buy on-demand. Come learn from these talented authors! LINK us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #webinar #writingworkshop #writingcommunity @armyvet5.bsky.social @v-e-tirado.com @shakieranthem.bsky.social

Only a couple days left to enter the massive Disabled Kidlit Writers Anniversary Giveaway! The giveaway is international and winners can choose whatever book format they want. Plus, there's an extra special prize for one teacher/librarian! #DisabilityPrideMonth #Booksky #Books #Giveaway

this is the very technology orgs like the UN is adopting to "solve" gender inequity

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Tell everyone an' 'em about ConCurrent, where every day is DEI because we live in a culture

Massachusetts! Freedom to Read legislation is in the legislature & there is a hearing next week! Info you need to submit written testimony here: malegislature.gov/Events/Heari... You can also sign up to get updates from Mass Freedom to Read here: instagram.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

My vaca was JUST what I needed to reset! Now I'm excited to share my upcoming #webinar on 7/31 STRANGER THAN FICTION: WRITING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE! Recording sent out after event. More info here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @shakieranthem.bsky.social @armyvet5.bsky.social @v-e-tirado.com

If you live in one of these districts, make the call today

BREAKING: Senate Republicans just rammed through Trump’s massively unpopular Big Ugly bill after 26+ straight hours of debate. It’s not over yet, the House MUST reject this bill. Now is the time to speak up and get loud. NO CUTS TO MEDICAID. KILL THIS BILL!

We're shimmering at the sight of two Astrolabe stories on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 2025 Longlist—congrats to @shakieranthem.bsky.social and Amelia K., whose work both live within the Errants asterism!

If you can't protest today (like me, unfortch) or even if you can but also have some extra cash lying around, donate:

Just some regular fashion advice for going for a little walk in your city! Share this so others can improve their style :)

Choosing to wear a mask is a radical act of kindness, resistance and community care. It’s a simple yet profound way of saying “I care about my health and others” In this time of rising fascism, survival is resistance. Refusing to treat anyone as expendable is resistance. Masking is powerful

If you can wait til 4/26 to buy your books, please do! That’s Indie Bookstore Day. Put it in your calendars. And ignore any conglomerate book sale you might see tomorrow, if you can. Support your indies!

Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment? It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.

If you have a Republican rep, CALL THEM PLEASE

While mainstream media, centrists, and "contrarians" have spent a decade hyperventilating when people call Trump is an authoritarian... in the future no one will think the Americans of today didn't see it coming. They'll think, correctly, it was announced with bullhorns.

These three horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse are in the position of penthouse dwellers who think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-one-knows...

Thread on a quick way you can help stand up for transgender rights. I did it. Please do it too.

Hello from me and my neighborhood owl.