this is why he was first boot on his Survivor season

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

New Patreon post! Sally Parlier @sallyparlier.bsky.social tells us why she loves "The Monsters of Heaven" and "Sunbleached" from Nathan Ballingrud’s collection "North American Lake Monsters"

My only piece of writing advice is that if your thing DOESN'T include characters saying things like this, it is bad and you should throw it out

f for fuck this

The reviews are in! Justice in 21st-Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder by Cristina Bacchilega and Pauline Greenhill reviewed by Sally Parlier Dark Worlds We Wander by Kristin Kirby reviewed by David Lewis Ley Lines by Tim Welsh reviewed by Cameron Miguel Link to latest issue in bio!

My latest book review!

Israel is now bombing my father’s hometown of Yazd, so in lieu of talking about how terrified and furious I am in this moment, let me tell you a little about Yazd. 🧵

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

anyone wanna see an article that'll get your ass dead?

I did 2 terms as a VISTA. I’m a millennial—I graduated right after the market crashed & there were no jobs. AmeriCorps gave me meaningful work, even though it was minimum wage. The school pantry I started still serves 100s of students a year over a decade later 🧵

if you’re an artist who ever thought “what’s the point? The world is Hell and I should do something that matters instead” even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.

We did a DNA test because curiosity got the better of us. 13 different breeds listed.

It's Friday, it's review day! Here's @sallyparlier.bsky.social on José Maria de Eça de Queirós's Adam and Eve in Paradise: Margaret Jull Costa's new translation from @ndbooks.bsky.social offers the chance to consider that most interesting (and speculative?) of subgenres, prehistoric fiction.

Honeymoons in Temporary Locations by Ashley Shelby reviewed by Shannon Fay A Spectre is Haunting Greentree by Carson Winter reviewed by Marisa Mercurio Adam and Eve in Paradise by José Maria de Eça de Queirós, translated by Margaret Jull Costa reviewed by Sally Parlier Link to issue in bio!

-This can be the beginning to so many towards less thoughtless consumption -it can help people towards incorporating things like the BDS list into their everyday life -this can help people figure out viable alternatives to what feels like inevitable use of Big Company sites It's not zero sum y'all

New Aardman character drops: she's not mad, she's just very disappointed 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums This is the 7,500-year-old "Red-haired Goddess", in the National Museum, Belgrade. It was found near Odžaci, Serbia 😁

A major reason to watch more silent film is that there are all kinds of hidden subgenres. For example, trade magazines discussed "lion pictures" alongside comedies and dramas.

Kendrick had no plan to win any of this shit. He was just hatin and look where it got him. There’s a lesson there!

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Everyone please check on your trans and immigrant friends they are very worried about tomato prices.

I just learned that Michael Jackson allegedly would get up and set down tracks whenever the thought came to him because he was afraid if he didn't do it asap the muse/God/etc would give it to Prince instead and if this concept is true I have some work to do.

Today, Donald Trump doubled down on his vows to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.

I was not expecting Outlander to go the GRRM route with getting beyond the books. Nor the incest. But I have to admit the choices are reawakening my obsession with the series.

this sucks man we coulda been living in one of the ones with terrifying sex aliens

my year in review from @strangehorizons.bsky.social, very happy to be part of this team 💚

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

has anyone ever done a count of the number of guys named Bill in Stephen King’s works?

Yellowstone is made for people who love motion smoothing

Not all who wander are lost. Except you.

It's Wednesday, so there's another @strangehorizons.bsky.social review for you: @sallyparlier.bsky.social on @kaychronister.bsky.social's The Bog Wife, a "reflection on the necessity of creating new interactions with nature."