Hey so… someone with an active measles infection went to the Shakira show at Metlife last week and now the NJ department of health issued a warning to everyone who went….. just a reminder to everybody who’s going there to see Beyoncé this week, plz be careful. ✌🏾😷

I’m tiiiired of everything being an ad. You can’t even watch a movie anymore without “this movie contains product placement”

Holy shit, the petition to ban the so-called "conversion therapies" in the EU has reach the threshold in the 7 countries needed and obtained more than a quarter million signatures in the last few days! This needs to reach a million signatures by Saturday! eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

South East Asian book recs! These are all fantastic. 📚💙 📚🌏 📚🏳️‍🌈

I see techbros on the daily telling me I won’t be able to survive without gen AI and I’ll be left behind without it - like does that fear-mongering work when you say it in the mirror to yourself or something? I promise you’ll survive without gen AI lmfao. You have a brain!!

Yup! Also tailors and seamstresses are your friends and can help you hold on to your clothes longer if they need repairing or altering!

you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you

The right for autistic people with intellectual disabilities (and other disabled people) to live outside of institutions was only granted by the US Supreme Court in 1999.

Noon from They Bloom At Night by @nvtran.bsky.social !! fantastic YA horror I read recently #theybloomatnight #art #transrightsreadathon

the autistic struggle of looking for meal ideas for picky eaters and it’s just recs for toddlers

In case you isn’t on IG and are a NetGalley user! #booksky

urban fantasy with no conspiracy to keep magic secret whatsoever, it's like, you can just look it up and get reasonably accurate info about all of it on wikipedia, but there's a cultural disinterest where most people just don't bother looking into it

I observed the same thing this past week 🫠 As I've said before, if you want indies and trad authors to rely less on Amazon, you need to put your money where your mouth is and buy them elsewhere. My books are at all major retailers and in libraries.

This is appalling - more extreme, cruel and dangerous than anything the Tories did in their entire 14 years in power. We need to start getting organised to resist this.

The 2025 Trans Rights Readathon starts on March 21st and runs through the 31st. The goal of this event is to Uplift, Amplify, and Support trans authors, trans stories, and trans communities. 🏳️‍⚧️💙💗🤍

Support Patreon creators through desktop browser! Don’t make purchases or sign up for subscriptions through iOS! Creators see NONE of that extra price hike and you are feeding giant companies extra money. Support smart! 🌱

I’ll be honest, I think the reason I’m a chronic liker of posts and stories etc is just because I really like clicking buttons

Today is the 1-year anniversary of starting my publishing imprint and I need your help. I really want to meet my subscriber goal so that we have the support we need to accomplish more. Please subscribe for just $5/month and help us fight for Black & brown authors. Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

I lost my cat today. I just started crying because it was 5pm and that’s her dinner time. I’ve also cried because of her water bowl, her cup of water, her bed she was in just this morning, her used litter boxes, her food bowls that still have her nibbles taken out of them. 💔

Today is the last day to voice your opinion on the Copyright and AI consultation in the UK. As companies like Microsoft are slowing down their investments in datacenters, one should ask: is this a sustainable industry basket to put all our eggs in? 🥚

You know if it’s this bad in the UK it’s probably 10-15% worse in the US. I have not met one single person in real life that knows what Asexuality is, including myself 3 years ago. I didn’t bother reading about it because I was convinced it meant something it didn’t mean…

“I don’t pay attention to the author when I read a book.” Okay but hear me out…maybe you should.

Hi, I'm Lanelle 👋 I'm an #AuDHD #Spoonie. I'm currently setting up #UntypicalityReclaimed. I provide neuro-affirming coaching for fellow #neurodivergent and #disabled folk! I've just launched a bookclub and will be offering a variety of resources. I'm excited to connect with value-aligned peeps!

I’m waiting on yarn to get to me and then I’m gonna crochet my first jumper. All I’ve done so far is many unfinished projects (scarfs, Kindle covers, blankets, etc) and granny squares. It’ll be a challenge. 🥰

This is your reminder to download your kindle books onto a device where you can keep hold of them if Amazon decides to remove them. They'll be removing that option on the 26th of this month. 5 days. So back up your library!

I think one thing people who use AI to promote their books should consider is that even beyond it morally turning a significant potential reader base away, one of the major benefits of working with artists is you gain exposure to their following base. AI is cutting out any marketability for you.

I wish some of the biggest accounts here on Bluesky would use alt text more. It really doesn't take that much time to do. Here's a link to a quick explainer. www.zdnet.com/article/how-...

multiple times a day i come across cool artists that i can’t repost because their images don’t have alt text. it is always so disappointing. 😩 please add alt text to your images so everyone can enjoy the stuff you make! folks are much more likely to share your work as well if you do!

mutual aid request 🚨 I feel really shitty asking for financial help especially since everyone is going through it right now but I’m currently unemployed after 6 months of job searching still and I have a student loan repayment coming up that I cannot pay so anything helps. thx❤️ #booksky

the rage that fills me when I hear people eat. like I literally have to leave the room, I cannot cope with it.

An underrated aspect of Discworld is that the most heroic, kindest, empathetic characters were usually pissed off and grouchy because the world was fucked and they were powerless to meaningfully change any of it. It was the soft-spoken genteel fucks who were very content with it staying that way.

This is very urgent. The UK government is planning to change copyright law. If you are an artist, author, musician or work in the creative industry please read this. www.chrishaughton.com/blog/ai-and-...

idk how people read after a busy day because all I want to do is shower, lie down and do absolutely nothing 🫠

Friends, now is a good time to read the Tiffany Aching books to your kids. Terry Pratchett was such a kind and pro-social writer and these books are all about the magic of caring for each other and making people who fall through the cracks your business when no one else will.

Everything is on fire but hey! At least there's still books

is anyone else’s Storygraph super slow and keeps not working for some reason like i’ll click on something and it’ll stay on the loading screen forever or just not register that i’ve clicked something at all

Got a lot of crochet done! I’m doing a book genre blanket (so every two rows is a colour that represents the genre of a book I’ve finished for 2025), I’m very excited about it 🧶 I also did that while watching the new season of Goosebumps, I’m enjoying it

When you announce that you don't read author's based off their ethnicity & identity, you tell on yourself. It's not a flex to be like I don't pay attention to identity or race of my authors. It's a weird thing to need to announce especially during a time when we are uplifting voices #booksky

this is weird because I’m currently listening to this & when the Gollum voice came out I was like “omg HE’S the guy who voices Gollum?!” because I had no idea, it was a fantastic moment 😂

I wish ebook apps can offer a virtual bookshelf feature. I mostly read ebooks but can't show them off all pretty like physical books! Feel free to steal my idea, ebook apps! I WANT IT DARN IT! 💙📚 #booksky

i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there

Important update from the Pratchett estate about the Good Omens graphic novel. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dun...

dude anxiety is EXHAUSTING. 🥴

Oh, hi there! It's cover reveal day for Brigands & Breadknives, with art yet again by the amazing @emberwickart.bsky.social- I love it so ❤️ Coming Nov 11 '25 from @torbooks.bsky.social-

a thing that sucks about being autistic is how it feels like your behaviour is being constantly surveilled in order to pathologize it for example, Burt likes to keep their wet and dry foods separate. so does Carol, but she’s not autistic, so nobody cares.

“I hate cats." Death's face became a little stiffer, if that were possible. The blue glow in his eye sockets flickered red for an instant. "I SEE," he said. The tone suggested that death was too good for cat haters.” ― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

As an autistic I wonder just how many friendships have crumbled because people just make up things about each other in their heads and run with it. 😕

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?