What middle and upper class cis het white people need to understand is that they only have as many rights as the most vulnerable do. You have only the rights trans people and immigrants do.

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️ As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

crabs

Oh, look, a cover! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-l...

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

The @guardian publishes the names of Gaza children killed by Israel. 18,457 and growing. (“Does not include thousands still buried under the rubble”) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

my hands are shaking with rage and grief. i shouldn't have to do this. the edited text on this image should not exist. this should not still be happening in 2025

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Absolutely thrilled to share the cover to next year's short story collection coming out from @tordotcom.bsky.social! I'm obsessed with it! Comes out March 24, 2026, but you can pre-order it now wherever you like getting your books! Here's Macmillan's link. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

print reproductions are hard with textured paintings using a dry brush technique, but this turned out nicely

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

I think people feel the most comfortable defending old books bc they're "canon" bc we've made the mistake of trying to defend each book on its merits-- when it's not about the books at all. They're banning good books and mid books and bad books bc they want to defund public education 😤

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat. For the crime of … complaining about government policy. Core 1A speech. With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

this is so fucking gross i don’t even have words to process how fucking gross it is

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at: sheerspite.ca/five-things-...

was feeling discouraged seeing much pro-ai sentiment at a LIBRARY conference-from folks who have spent careers advocating for data privacy, information literacy, and responsible tech use-but the closing keynote from @alexhanna.bsky.social is giving me hope that we can resist "ai" in our info spaces

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

The BlueSky mods will ban everyone but Jesse Singal and JD Vance; the people that should be banned.

if you care about comic book sales, then understand that you need to care about the public library before any other outlet

Selling a graphic novel to one library is worth more than selling to ten individual people

store.ironcircus.com/products/sta... Hey folks! today @jopi.bsky.social and I's book Stars, Hide Your Fire is 30% off in the Iron Circus Store. The discount will be auto-added when you check out. But grab yourself a copy!

Book tour for Queen Demon (the sequel to Witch King, next book in the Rising World series) starts tomorrow! 1/11 artsatthearmory.org/events/bill-...

Right. In light of a bunch of annoying turds equating being rude about genAI with bigotry, and insults about code being the same thing as slurs, here's a quick thread on the actual inclusion/marginalisation/discrimination impact of *using* genAI tools.

Thinking about the way (white) fans of The Murderbot Diaries missed the fact that it’s a slave narrative until @marthawells.com started saying, “IT’S A SLAVE NARRATIVE” in interviews.

🌷✨ shortboxcomicsfair.com ✨🌷 comic by @weisanboo.bsky.social

We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.

Since you've voluntarily invited a boycott, you get one. A thread 🧵 about investors in Bluesky, who would love to hear your feedback by phone, snail mail, or email.

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

- We need cheaper printed black and white comics for the love of god - Comics for adults could do crazy numbers if they actually had support, pubs are leaving money on the table - Prose authors shouldn't be hired to write comics based on prose chops alone - Cartoonists should be paid 700x more

this will ruin lives

This Florence Welch interview is....take it in pieces because it is hard, but it is GOOD. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

I think this could work

“But at least we had a civil debate,” I say, nodding in a companionable way to the firing squad as they raise their rifles

lie: ai is inevitable, so we need to teach students how to use it truth: they're making ai inevitable by ensuring it's the only tool students know how to use

*high pitch scream of joy*

Cis people do not have the fucking right to tell trans people how they should feel about Harry Potter or J.K. Rowling. If you are an ally, you should just shut up and listen.

RIPTA service cuts go into effect starting TODAY. These cuts were preventable. @GovDanMcKee.bsky.social shortchanged RIPTA in his proposed budget in January. In June, many RI State Senators voted against a last-minute budget amendment that would've directed sustainable funding to RIPTA.🚌⚓️

(If I got angry at myself for being angry I would be angry constantly and I wouldn’t have time to think about anything else.) (Wait, I think I am angry constantly. That might explain a lot.)

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It’s just a matter of time but also I’m tired of waiting for it and I’m already dreading the 8 million “who could have predicted this” thinkpieces

I wish people cared about the first amendment rights of authors and artists who are getting their works banned in schools and libraries across the USA as much as they care about the rights of white male comedians to be on national TV

In the light of recent developments, I wanna say that I'm 100% anti-censorship and pro "create and enjoy whatever fiction you want". It's one thing not wanting to consume dark fiction yourself and not wanting it to exist at all. Your personal discomfort doesn't mean it should be banned or illegal.

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