If you're doing a best books of the year round up, just saying I think my book is pretty good. . . .

Abolish ICE and destroy their computers and databases.

two boycotts are better than one

Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!

Finally picked up Star Wars Outlaws and was no one going to tell me the battle droid had ROLLED UP SLEEVES?! Not a one of you told me this was a slow burn with a droid.

The local New Orleans group who recycle fabrics and fiber, and teach sewing classes, RickRack, had a message on Instagram today I thought I'd pass along here, too....

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Found out a former employer was using my FB ads account for a campaign…. My personal FB ads account that takes money directly from my bank account. It even has my name on the account. I’m just so baffled.

So looking at the actual SF chronicle article, the only place this song is accruing notice is on Spotify, which is easily gamed by bots. If I were an AI proponent who desperately needed to boost the validity of my investment, this is exactly what I’d do.

The end of an era! So sad.

We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced... 👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...

A most exemplary vegetable! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DChYpM/

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets. no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Educators who use Gemini are for the most part looking at the suicides and copyright violations from OpenAI and Anthropic as separate, like Gemini is better or different. We need journalistic exposes on Gemini.

Lots of terrible news out lately about ChatGPT, but it doesn't seem like anyone is investigating Gemini, esp the education space (ie Gems). If you want to crack AI edtech, that's a big one. Lots of Google ecosystem schools have mandated Gemini, and I have few critical resources on it specifically

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

"Several teachers fled with a student and hid in a back of a pickup truck, 'terrified of being found,' Meadow said. 'They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know,' Meadow said."

🧵*11/5/2025 noncooperation thread* A daily-ish thread of acts of noncompliance & defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions. * THE VOTERS ✔️REFUSED TO COOPERATE ✔️REFUSED TO COMPLY ✔️WERE VV DEFIANT Thank you, bless you, everyone who voted (& in such big numbers!) for democracy & decency!!

They’ll insist this is a one-off victory — something that can only happen in New York & nowhere else. They’re wrong. New York is the world financial capital — home of Wall Street & billionaires from across the globe. If everyday people can defeat oligarchs here, we can defeat oligarchy anywhere.

Now comes the even harder work. But for tonight, let's celebrate.

The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.

Hell to the yes

declaring class war on warlocks and their role in sustaining patriarchy

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

So upset about @teenvogue.com being absorbed into Vogue. Teen Vogue’s political reporting has often been sharper than other mainstream outlets. Now there will be no political staffers left. www.thewrap.com/teen-vogue-e...

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

You may have heard that the Trump Administration is sending federal agents to a few California counties to monitor the Prop 50 election. Let us be clear. It is illegal for anyone to attempt to stop you from exercising your constitutional right to vote if you are a U.S. citizen.

Finally, a petition to start the process of giving people the power on autonomous vehicles in our communities!! actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

Some promising news

One reason it took me so long to write this @coyotemedia.org essay is I kept trying to find a positive, productive note to end on. All I really got is “fund the goddamn bus.” www.coyotemedia.org/in-which-we-...

for @coyotemedia.org, I wrote about Uber, Waymo, sexual assault, surveillance, and Kit Kat, the feline mayor of 16th street — who deserved better, as do we all www.coyotemedia.org/in-which-we-...

CBS News has reportedly disbanded its race and culture unit, which was formed in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020 NBC News eliminated its editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT earlier this month

This is ugly. But the reason this lady was protesting is even worse. ICE thugs detained two children and their father on their way to school. One child appears to have been beaten in detention, and no one seems to know where the 12-year-old girl is right now. The family had been seeking asylum.

Not PG&E with ads about using AI to prevent wildfires 🫣🥴 Like… we already don’t trust this company. This doesn’t help.

*10/29/2025 noncooperation thread* Community fridges are a tremendous resource; do a Google to see if you have any near you (eg: www.thelovefridge.com/find-a-fridge) Be sure to check the rules posted outside any fridge you want to contribute to (in my town, eg, they don't take leftovers). 3/

Amok, amok, amok! 🎃 Peaches & Michael put a spell on you on the @midnightmasspod.bsky.social Halloween ep with 1993’s HOCUS POCUS! Joined by drag stars Tina Burner & Nicole Halliwell, they celebrate queer fandom, Sanderson magic & spooky camp perfection. Listen now at peacheschrist.com! #hocuspocus

🚨Period Drama PSA: #TheForsytesPBS will premiere on March 22nd! Source: www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterp...

While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

the thing is that "it's gonna be an uphill journey" means that its hard and tough, but "it's all downhill from here" means that it's only getting worse and more chaotic. so i guess there's nothing you can do

“We’re not afraid,” said Rev. Jorge Bautista. “They want us to be afraid and we’re not afraid, and we’re going to continue to show up. And we’re going to continue to practice our rights to protest and to do our diligence and make sure that our communities are protected.”

Hey everyone! I am so sorry to ask for help but I'm in a very dire situation since my mom is in the hospital and I'm stuck with the bill. I don't expect to hit the $1600 goal but literally ANYTHING helps. Thank you so very much and I'm so sorry. ko-fi.com/ttrpgifs/goa...

I’ll be polluting the shades of Pemberley as well.

Deadline extended: abstracts due Oct 31

you know how Bath, England has jane austen parties? there should be one (1) hotel in Yorkshire that has a “haunt the moors” package. book it and they take you out to a field and give you a nightgown and candelabra and just let you go ham. charge $500 for a photo package. whatever. it’ll print money.