I'd really love for you to take a look at this thread. I think you'll really enjoy the stories... and I just had to replace my catalytic converter which, alas, costs about 1000 times what one of these stories does. :) (Repost, if you don't mind. It helps. Thank you.)

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Yup. This is also why I get annoyed when people start suggesting "golden age" science fiction titles to people who are new the genre and are asking for suggestions. You want to turn a modern 15-year-old off science fiction forever, recommend stories that were old when her grandparents were her age.

Adrian and Liam have more courage than any billionaire, the WashPo, the NYT, and the entire Republican delegations in the House and Senate, and most of the senior Democratic delegations.

That'll do, audience. That'll do.

Why do comic creators self-promote all the time? Because we have to. Even working with a publisher that's supportive, press only goes so far. The rest of the success falls on the shoulder of the creator rallying their fanbase. So here's mine. I'll RP yours. www.kickstarter.com/projects/whi...

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

As long as I'm dying on hills: kids need access to horror stories. Children out there have and will go through absolutely horrific things that they don't have the words for, that they can't process on their own. Kids already know monsters are real; they also need to know monsters can be survived.

There's a book about a dinosaur rodeo coming out this month. What else do you need to know?? (But just in case, here's all the fantasy books releasing in February 2026)

2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

Jon Collins's coverage of this has been outstanding, and this article, about ICE observers in the outer suburbs, is no exception. (No paywall because this is MPR.)

This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):

See green, post green! #Battletech

If they redeem themselves, they wouldn’t care if they got their status back and they might not even want it; that’s how redemption works; that’s what redemption is. What they want is exoneration for free, with a side order of vindication.

Nobody is entitled to be a successful writer. Nobody is entitled to be both famous & well liked. For every famous writer, there is a multitude of talented people who are just as deserving (or more deserving).

I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Liam made people look. Now don’t look away. We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive. #FreeTheChildren

Wood Elf in progress #dnd

So in Goonhammers first book awards our very own Russell Zimmerman and @swankmotron.com Bryan young tied for best non games workshop book. Violent Inception and Outfoxed ! Congratulations ! Russel also shared the black library debutant award with Avalon Irons ! Congrats everyone ! #Battletech

I have a new BattleTech short story out today. "Remains to be Seen" is set in the Magistracy of Canopus and sees the 4th Ceti Hussars (formerly the Lexington Combat Group) dealing with loss and identity... and a bank robbery. Best of all, it's FREE store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/bat...

ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten... #RIP_Alex 💔

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

this is how every outlet should refer to X

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The Utah legislature has banned 3 more books for Utah school kids in their misguided efforts to protect children from... ideas and thinking. This time, it's Wicked, Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I hate this. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

Signal boosting for a friend!

“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle. (I love the new show, but there's something about the classic design I still love... :)

By the end of 2025, The Bunny Cruise will have raised $12,000 for various LGBTQ+ charities and shelter-type organizations. Can't ask for more than that. Thank you to all my supporters for making this possible.

Yeah, this is what I wrestle with -- a college freshman today was only nine when Trump first ran for president. They've grown up with him as a baseline, not an aberration.

We spent the summer of 2020 yelling at Portland cops to quit their jobs, and about a third of them quit their jobs. It's incredibly effective. Keep yelling and blowing whistles.

It cannot get lost in the shuffle, even with so much else going on, that the world's most wealthy people have had their minds absolutely rotted out, just saturated to the dripping point with black mold down to the studs and frame, by the all encompassing unhumanity of their wealth.