300k Black women got fired, Jimmy Kimmel was gon be OK. Give them their jobs back

5th grader Anneliese rec'd GAUNTLET by @karunariazi.bsky.social ! #kidlit #5thgradebooks "If you like books that have a little bit of mysterious and fantasy in them then you will love this book." 📚👍 www.thelogonauts.com/2025/09/blog...

you have three years to find a person who doesn't suck. Get to it

Could I start crying at everything happening. Sure. I used to. But I gotta protect my neck. Especially because #yall continue to prove that yall aint doing shit about anything happening. So I gotta make sure me and mine cool.

LOOOOOOOOK LOOK AT THE EYE MOUNTAINS

Happy birthday to me. I feel the least I can do with it is asking you - particularly non-Black PoC and white friends - to stand for something today. Give mutual aid. Speak out for what's right. Plant a seed of goodness even if you're worried it won't sprout. 🌻

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.

Sure would be cool if we lived in a world where poor and working-class people ever got a real, genuine chance to devote themselves to their art practice, their studies, and—frankly—their own lives

AND ALSO making and sharing memes is not resistance. If your resistance consists of texting memes, you aren't helping. You aren't doing anything but circle jerking and/or stressing put your marginalized friends (if you have any). There are countless Things you can do to ACTUALLY help:

Oh, I’m just over here chillin 😅

I’m really sorry US white folks, but you guys are the main culprits behind these super defeatist DMs I get and I am so sorry you’ve never had to go through this kind of stuff before, but please don’t expect me to the receiver of this kind of defeatism and to join you in it. I cannot.

Octavia E. Butler said, “We don’t have to wait for anything at all. What we have to do is start.” Word.

Silent prayers were held in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, marking 80 years since the atomic bombing of the city by the US on August 6, 1945.

reading on eink then shifting to the phone is a shocker if apple had any innovation left, they’d be making the world’s best eink-type device the youthz are OVER digital overwhelm and concerned about their eyes

live action catbus looking pretty sweet

morning mood

The reason that so many Americans are convinced they're stuck with this lesser evil duopoly system forever is the same reason they're the only western country without universal healthcare. An arrogant refusal to look at countries much much older than the US and (god forbid) learn something

So we all watched the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad right? We all see what's going on there right?

If your books signal comfort and safety to a white supremacist and it takes social media to turn them off from you, maybe you should ponder that instead of looking for validation.

heads up #SDCC:

For those who asked. The link tree for the Sameer Project is here: linktr.ee/thesameerpro...

Venus Williams just won her first match in two years and at the end when they were interviewing her about what a miracle it was, she said she had to come back and play a match; they told her she was on cobra and she’s always at the doctor so **she needs the health insurance**

Such an important blog post from one of the greats (in my personal opinion) that speaks to so much of what I've been feeling with less years in the biz. Off to buy my copy of It Was Her House First by @cheriepriest.com. You should do.

Since we're in the DC Renaissance, putting it out there that I have always been a DC girl and esp Batman/Batfam. DC, please hit my agent up. (I do have Superman/Supergirl plots, too, and if we redo Wonder Woman, I'm prepped for that too. CALL. ME.)

still thinking about how good Superman (2025) was

Nothing quite sums up what's wrong the world like "People saw Superman saving a small animal and they got mad."

🤲🏾🤲🏾🤲🏾💔💔💔

They're going after students who speak their minds on Palestine, but they won't stop there. They'll come next for anyone who says anything they disagree with. We all have to draw a line together. #defendhighered #aaupvrubio

Thank you @karunariazi.bsky.social for always loving so deeply, so fiercely, and so openly. A heart is a heavy burden, yet you still hold yours so high for others. I’m excited to dive into your latest, but I, uh, need a minute first 🥹😭🤧

Tearing up reading the dedication for @karunariazi.bsky.social’s novel SABRENA SWEPT AWAY.

Mona passed out from hunger today. Please read her thread about the degree of starvation in Gaza. This is the personal story of someone in the deadly blockade the US govt supporrts.

What a blessing it is to try in your own way to make a difference in the world. What a gift to have such an opportunity.

When I’m waiting for reviews of my new book.

Remember, a first draft's only job is to exist

I'm so glad I pre-ordered @karunariazi.bsky.social's latest wondrous book! It is so very lovely! Check out SABRENA SWEPT AWAY bookshop.org/p/books/sabr... #NewBooks #NewRelease #YALit #Kidlit

Thank you so much, dear @leannareneehieber.bsky.social! 🩵

And evergreen reminder - watch the documentary Street Gang if you want the receipts - that it all started from supporting Black and brown children. What serves the underrepresented serves all.

"Hard times are coming, when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies, to other ways of being. And even imagine some real grounds for hope." ― Ursula K. Le Guin, 2014

The four horsemen of CEO fear:

There’s not enough evil in the world to break us or our ability to see our innate beauty and strength even under the worst of conditions. Justice has a long memory. Breonna Taylor, 2020 Amy Sherald

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

Brilliant. Yes. Love this.

✅ Generational trauma ✅ Wedding drama ✅ Body issues ✅ Philippine mythological creatures ✅ Shadow mommy villain ✅ Queer rep (bi, lesbian, pan, NB) ✅ Might make someone create a WorldCon panel about strong female characters w/ an anti-lesbian bent MIRROR MARKED is now available for pre-order!

gently: it's fine if you don't love explicit sex scenes in fiction but it would be cool if you could talk about it without sounding indistinguishable from moms for liberty