TEXAS educators - how is SB13 (passed 6/20/25) impacting you as you ramp up for the school year? What challenges are you discovering? What support do you need?

LOSING IT over the fact that the person who "asked ChatGPT how to play the game" is the first person home on Big Brother Bahahahaha LOSER BEHAVIOR, LOSER STATUS

Anyone in education access/advocacy, publishing, diverse books initiatives, etc hiring? I'm a former educator, I'm a project manager, stage manager, freelance writer, K-12 book expert, and adaptable to pretty much anything. Want someone knowledgeable and passionate? Let me know 👀

Every now and then, someone comes along and makes zombies fun again. @cassiekayreads.bsky.social reviews Elias Cold's YA horror The Duke Steals Hearts & Other Body Parts–a gothic fantasy that starts with a missing nose and gets weirder from there: reactormag.com/book-review-...

How does someone even start to figure out what else they want to do when their dream job is going through an identity crisis and you're worried it's not going to end well? Asking for a friend. ...but maybe that friend is me. Idk what I want to do when I grow up anymore, y'all.

Max is one of my favorite people on this planet. The hand they have been dealt is unfair, unjust, and awful. I'm not in a financial position to help, which breaks my heart -- but maybe some of you are.

Use 5Calls and CALL YOUR REPS. Hakeem Jeffries is using his time on the floor so we can continue to voice their opposition to the "Big Beautiful Bill." He has been speaking for hours, making sure the GOP couldn't pass the bill in the dead of night as Americans slept. CALL. YOUR. REPS.

Between the DanDaDan film's mongolion death worm, Elio's alien worm species, and Andrew Joseph White's upcoming YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN, 2025 really is the year of the worm for media and original storytelling. Go worms!!

"We have The Hunchback of Notre Dame at home" The Hunchback of Notre Dame at home:

If I had a nickel for every time an Uber driver on this work trip has asked me to explain to them why audiobooks count as reading, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but wild it's happened twice for such a short trip - I've been gone ONE NIGHT

In my current WIP I made the discovery that if I make my placeholder a meme, I am tickled enough to move on and come back to it later - landed on [Somehow, Palpatine returned]. Highly recommend 😂

The "Jamie Lloyd's [musical]" trend with the different guys in boxers keeps making me think of the stud cards you collect in Shadow Hearts Covenant PLEASE someone understand me 😂

No kings

Here I am, once again, wondering to myself, "should i just go to library school"

You know what hits incredibly differently when you reread it 5 years later after the sudden deaths of your father, uncle, and grandmother? Legendborn 😂🥲

The person in front of me at the Metro had $1100 on their card and for the tiniest, briefest moment I considered starting a new life as a pickpocket

BOOOOO TOM FELTON

Anyone have recommendations for a day in #Nashville? Bookstore recs (obviously) and other fun things welcome!

Feel uncomfortable doing this but - it's my birthday! I'm temporarily supporting myself and my mom on a salary that barely supports just me. If anyone can spare a couple dollars, it would be so, so appreciated. Paypal: @ sandradoubledee Cashapp: $sandradoubled

There's something kinda fun about giving blood directly under a TV loudly playing one of the Jurassic World movies 😂

Can you imagine saying something so bad, so incredibly out of pocket and racist, that 500 theater kids sign a letter to get you banned from the year's biggest cast party

Sometimes my job involves reading corporations' impact report and just want to emphasize that THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS: * AI for Environmental Sustainability * Inclusive AI * Responsible and Ethical AI I hate this timeline

Hello a heartfelt FUCK YOUUUU to everyone who knows me, knows of Cosmoknights by @hannahtempler.com, and didn't tell me to immediately read it -- I JUST READ IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2025 HOWWWW

Texans--I know we're asking a lot these days, but that's because these anti-book bills are moving fast and we need to throw everything we can at the Lege to stop them. These calls are quick and can make a big difference! And please share!

Death Becomes Her is why I shouldn't listen to musicals anymore because I'm just mumbling the weirdest lines to myself throughout the day

Watching this week's Drag Race and unfortunately for me, sports are involved and the uniforms are Foxhole Court colors my #aftg brainrot stands no chance

I want to play Ernest in Death Becomes Her as Bob Belcher - who's gonna be brave enough to bring my vision to life and cast me

Somehow Marvel made a movie that I really like?? And want to write an ESSAY about???? Sure close enough welcome back 2008 recession pop culture

If anyone's curious about how I'm managing, I made this today

Me watching Drag Race All Stars 10 while also spending too much time at AMC Theaters: Gender euphoria feels good in a place like this

Look who is back in the book slinging business! Need a last minute Mother's Day gift? Come see me on behalf of @dreamersbmore.bsky.social at Wico Street Beer Co for their Mother's Day pop up #baltimore

Sam Reich shared he has a Notes app on his phone just labeled "Brennan Prompts" and that's the level of shenanigan support I'm looking for in 2025

If any of my friends have it in them to create a Game Changer/Taskmaster flavored adventure for my birthday, I would love that My contribution to that vibe is that my birthday is less than a month away

Finally watching the new Game Changer and I shit you not, one of the prompts was a final exam I had in college. that final was the reason I did not graduate with a 4.0.

IMMEDIATELY started using this while working this week. Love having a desktop option so I'm not wearing out my phone during the work day 😍

Catching up on Disney Dreamlight Valley has led me to develop the theory that Aladdin can't read and Genie granting his "turn me into a prince" wish did not include the ability to read

It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Here's how to appreciate teachers: pay them better.

Sinners really is That Movie and I'm already trying to work out when I can see it next

Only people who spent a lot of time around sideshow looks at Tim Curry's Pennywise and goes "okay but I could fix him" It's me. I'm people.

Watching the original IT miniseries and child Stan trying to survive his Pennywise attack by loudly listing all the birds he knows is extremely Brennan Lee Mulligan coded

do we think Seth Green's character in IT being scared of a werewolf is exactly why he was cast as Oz

Desperate to write a series of essays for someone on what different sci-fi and fantasy IPs teach us about human resiliency and the power and necessity of community in the face of fascist powers

My mom has finally arrived in the city! While she's looking for a place, she's staying with me, my roommate, and our cats. Talk about a full apartment! The journey isn't over, though. Any help for this former #teacher and #longcovid badass is appreciated! www.gofundme.com/manage/ms-du...

A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context* Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when An LLM just generates text

Roy G Biv is his name and rainbows are his game

And if seeing Sailor Moon Super Live made me want to write a series of essays on what we can learn from sci fi and fantasy media about the power of community, what then??? WHAT THEN

The dangers of bookselling: people talking about a book you haven't gotten to yet and you are trying SO HARD not to listen 😂😂

Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies. Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

Felt cute, seeing Sailor Moon Super Live later 🌙 💕