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Today is National Coming Out Day! It's also Freedom to Read Day, aka the last day of Banned Books Week. This feels right — because the main reason they try to ban books is to keep people from dreaming they could ever come out. My latest newsletter: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Huntrix based on Klimt’s Water Serpents #KpopDemomHunters

This is true and they are super endangered by poachers who shovel them up by the hundreds and sell them at flea markets and shit. You should not buy the plants and if you happen to kick the poacher in the shins on accident, no one will hear about it from me.

I never manage to catch the best bleps but today? Muahahahaha

Willow’s little face 😭

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Hey, I know that everything is terrible right now, but I also have to make money, so I'm going to tell you that A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is on SUPER SALE this month! Just $1.99! Amazon: www.amazon.com/Ship-Edge-Un... Bookshop (Buy indie!): bookshop.org/p/books/a-bi...

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

It’s introduced me to some of my most beloved friends, connected me with people in my industry, and opened up opportunities I otherwise wouldn’t have ever accessed. 💗

It's cover reveal day so I got u dis. Snag the new cover on sale all month long using the spooky sale section of the link in my bio.

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Kind of in the vein of that last repost, there is an interesting distinction between: Human creation of a character that has no volition, won’t interact if you ask them something Generated characters with no volition, won’t interact if you ask them something And the third thing…

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

ice has brought far more violence to chicago than was there prior

I am not ignoring all of the *everything* when I say this: We live, in a million ways, at one of the most miraculous times in human history. We can harness the winds and sun for electricity. We have mostly eradicated illnesses that used to kill multitudes. You can read this from wherever you are.

#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...

Sitting here, I had this thought about why I have been telling people how many books I’ve written. It’s not meant as a brag—it’s just my job, and I’m prolific, but also: 1. I often minimise my own accomplishments to make others comfortable 2. I…forget how many and people sometimes ask 😂

I’ve just finished writing my 42nd book, writing all week through a high fever (please do not be like me), and I am finally feeling a little more human even if vocally I resemble the guy running the Pit of Despair in The Princess Bride before he clears his throat. 🥴

the amount of people i know whose wheelchairs or other mobility aids have been damaged, fully destroyed, or lost by airlines is pretty significant. this is an extremely widespread and financially devastating problem.

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

American Christians deciding the Pope doesn't know the Bible because he said immigrants are human is the perfect summary of the evangelist movement

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...

Me: *has a third of a book to write in two days* Also me: *gets a Covid jag in one arm and the flu jag in the other* Difficulty level up Pls pray for me

Willow thanks you very kindly for your outpouring of love! 🥹🥹🥹

Sometimes this little old lady baby cat sits on my chest, gives me hugs, and then will very thoughtfully lick my cheek just once Her name is Willow. Pls tell her how good she is.

evergreen always

Ever since I learned how to say axolotl correctly, I love saying it 🥹 Here is a video if you don’t know!

Hi! Did you know that you aren’t pronouncing axolotl correctly? Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use! Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers: NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints. and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - AUGUST 2025🏳️‍🌈 I round up 25 stories by @rukman.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social @mererain.bsky.social @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social & MORE!!! www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...

Hooray, A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence is out TODAY! You can snap it up in ebook or paperback now: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave Gorgeous cover design by Artscandare. ❤️🦇❤️

Thanks for helping me hit $65- striving for 2 VITAL bills. Rent- $700 by Sunday morning. NEEDED to survive. Storage- LATE. $600 needed by Oct 1st or I lose my unit! Spare mobility tools, other essentials at risk. #PleaseShare, and help if able? #DisabilityCrowdFund #MutualAidRequest #HelpSky

I’m on sale!!!

The homogenisation and consolidation of buisinesses and brands has led to the erosion of the midlist, the indie movie or band or comic. There's a real sense of "I'll only try media that's already popular / famous," and I'm begging you to look for the weird shit, the experimental, the niche.

The disability community needs support & solidarity to fight these pharmaceutical tariffs. Most of us can barely afford our medications as is. We can’t suddenly stop taking them, we will die. We can’t stockpile them. A 100% tariff will cost lives.

if economic concerns are national security then economic migrants are refugees

This is the same cat taken seconds apart

We are not guessing about this. There are a metric ton of studies of pilot program and they all show the same thing.

I really wish people would stop talking about autistic people (like me!) as a “risk” instead of a neutral and naturally occurring subset of humanity who get born mostly because other autistic people exist in our bloodline. It’s really exhausting. We’re human and ✨can hear you.✨

Me: has a wonderful week away with my bestie The news cycle upon my return: your country of birth says your autism is from paracetamol and your home country keeps platforming a man who says he’ll deport you back to the other one you came here to escape Me: oh

You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of. We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.

An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...