Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.

Love this thread! I have a chapter in an anthology coming out soon about Kinsey's animal mating films; which I argue were crucial for his claims about human sexual behavior (including the naturalness of same sex relationships). In lieu of the essay itself, here are a few screenshots of Ken and Art.

rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead to their conservative families but running a lovely antique shop in vermont

This pride month can we all stop assuming people in m/f relationships are straight? Like I just want everyone to remember bisexuals, pansexuals, and asexuals are all out there too. And dating someone of an opposite sex doesn't erase that. Still reeling over "hetslop" tbh what is this shit

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word? Right now my horror novel BEDFELLOW is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long the sale will last. www.amazon.com/Bedfellow-Je...

Toronto Public Library is still looking for an innovator in residence, civic tech edition. Deadline has been extended to: Sunday, June 7, 2026 tpl.ca/programs-and... h/t @vassb.bsky.social

Harder to think of a clearer example of "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master's House" for this era than people using "generative AI" to protest the outputs and infrastructure of "AI"

many of the faculty that have been fired were critics of the administration - a chilling and shameful episode we should be following, especially those of us in higher ed

So grim. In the 1990s I visited China. The faculty there couldn’t believe I designed my own courses. They kept asking the same question in different ways thinking I hadn’t understood. I assumed that China would come to adopt Western freedoms, not US would adopt central control.

Adorable young kestrels surprised by a butterfly.

Or, you know, any kind of catalogue of all of Chappell's offerings? (Yes, I know about the fire.)

Musicology friends, another question: is there an index of Chappell's Orchestral Journal? I have not located one...

Nicola Griffith on how Pride does not signify that All Is Well in the queer community. Just yesterday I experienced some seriously vile homophobia; we are not safe until we are all safe. nicolagriffith.com/2026/06/04/p...

"Band Candy" or "Passion" rewatch tonight, anyone?

Musicologists, do we think lyricist "Talbot Owen" is a real identity or a pseudonym? They are credited with lyrics for "Montague Ring" who was Amanda Aldridge, & I can't find anything useful about them....but other Ring songs list Ring as the lyricist, so I don't know why she'd use it...

if you know of someone who researches, writes novels about, makes movies on, creates games about, etc. the Middle Ages AND they're fun to listen to, THEN maybe they should be on the podcast! fill out the form or send the link around --> forms.gle/PBmxK86XLfbD...

I would buy this album

I’ve seen reports by journalists, an AI venture capitalist and programmers saying they fed prompts to LLMs telling them NOT TO HALLUCINATE. Anyone who does this should lose all credibility regarding generative AI. They’re admitting they don’t know how it works.

For those who might not be aware, there's an amazing resource called the SFF Research Database, probably the most comprehensive survey of scholarship, criticism, and fan writing on sff.

my advice for librarymaxxing btw is to start with all the libraries where you have an address where no one would mind you getting a letter, eg: parents, parents-in-law, friends, siblings, siblings-in-law, universities you’re an alum of if you can still receive post there, wherever you work or study

there should be a thing where you can nominate someone deserving to knock one of the letters off

I'm doing a lightning talk at OIPA Symposium about using open source software in your publishing workflow. From writing to typesetting to publication, stop using Microsoft and Adobe.

Wisp: “if you aren’t born with badger markings, it’s perfectly fine to get them aftermarket.” (Badger markings are non-white patches of fur on #GreatPyrenees dogs.)

Readers of #BookSky Announcing The Porter Square Review of Books! Starting RIGHT NOW, the PSRB will publish one review, written by a PSB libromancer or a Writer in Residence every week or so...

On the old site, someone noted that, In Jewish tradition, there are 36 righteous people -- Tzadikim Nistarim -- who uphold the world. If even one disappeared, the world would end. They don't necessarily have to be Jewish. I'm coming around to the idea that Dolly is one of them.

Composer Jessica Rudman and I are giving away the sheet music for “Where It’s Safe,” our piece about the importance of abortion access: hcommons.org/app/uploads/...

PSA to English-speaking SFF authors - If you want to sell a reprint to Átjáró (they might have approached you), please know that the first issue just came out and it has all genAI illustrations.

I get so many books like this on NetGalley--and sometimes even from more experienced authors. I'm duty-bound to complete reading them, but the sentiment holds.

Accessibility is queer praxis

I really cannot say enough about how good the phlebotomists at my Quest labs are. They are excellent and kind and should make a minimum of a million dollars a year. .

Hello someone I know is doing a survey on sentiments re AI in museums & archives - relevant whether you work in the field or just like going to museums forms.gle/MUcvs9oGStUU...

I waited a while to write this one. The time finally felt right.

A brilliant light gone out

Celebrating Pride month? Why not treat yourself to a Flytrap subscription to celebrate? Become a paid monthly subscriber this week, and get one month free: https://f.mtr.cool/sufmuqohhb

Senior Director of the Museums of Art, Archaeology, and Anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia (applications close June 27) careercenter.americananthro.org/job/712811/s...

If an org is passionate about its mission, if it cares about people fundamentally, it can't be using gen ai for marketing. People won't tell you. Most of them won't complain. They'll quietly stop supporting you and walk away. If your work is critical for marginalized communities, why risk it?

HERE WE GOOOOOOO! The donation form is open for 2026! Give us your arts & crafts, your signed books & special editions. We want your consultations and your expertise. Help us raise money for Vote Riders & The Southern Coalition for Social Justice! Submit by June 28th! form.romancingthevote.com

also sweet lime-hatch chile cookies, the awesome playlist for Amusement Park Arcana by Jennifer R. Donohue (who for some reason I cannot tag here); Coke, and a very happy, damp Wisp, who loves the rain. (Noodles is hiding in the crate; he does not like thunder).

Post AI art of any kind, get blocked.

Teaching, laundry, thunderstorms, writing about Amanda Aldridge and how her music (published under the name "Montague Ring") was used in silent film accompaniment.

Cishet white people: your beloved Aunt Gina will ABSOLUTELY turn your queer neighbors and your immigrant friends in to the secret police. Cut her off until she fixes her heart.

Five baby hedgehogs found under garden decking. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fascism is as fascism does, parallels to AI critique > When deaf people try to warn about the predatory nature of Makaton, we are accused of being cruel to the intellectually disabled. Absolutely harrowing and a mustread

Reverie Magazine (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

Job: The Huntington Library is hiring a curator of early printed books huntingtonlibrary.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Huntin...

Libraries could/should be a central focus for the growing interest in physical media, from books to LPs & CDs to Blu-ray Discs etc. (*especially* in this economy). Instead...

MS magazine's picks for June books! msmagazine.com/2026/06/01/b...

Attention book lovers! We're doing our first SciAm Summer Reading Challenge. Click through to find a bingo card you can fill out. You can win prizes!

Hellllloooooooo!