I cannot emphasize this enough: The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent. They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so. Doomers are not realists.

One more sleep til pub day!

Happy Mabon, witches.

About to start a two day seminar that's ten hours total and required of all parents at my son's school to attend and is all about racial equity in education. Things aren't rolling back everywhere. Some people're still trying to do the right thing.

And to be clear the merger between Tenga and Nextstar *shouldn’t* go through. It blows past the FCC limits of local stations that one company is supposed to own. But Carr was expected to change the rules bc they *want* right wing media conglomeration

This is is flying around without much context so to be clear about exactly what happened. They voted to de-couple the "V" (varicella, aka chicken pox) from the MMRV so they are two different vaccines, not to say that kids shouldn't get the shots generally. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

As a colleague mentioned yesterday, Gamergate is one of the five most significant developments in US politics since the Cold War

This keeps growing, but a current list of my book events for the next couple of months.

Next week I become a published author.

I periodically take a month off sugar, and it's amazing how overly sweet stuff tastes after.

Squee! A delivery date! I'm VERY excited about this one - It's A Spell for Midwinter's Heart, by @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social #BookSky #Reading #Books

In my pjs and under a cozy blanket at 730--heck yeah fall is coming

Make a band singular: AWOLCITIZEN

I think I'm going to celebrate turning in a draft of book 2 by pretending it's already fall and watching Practical Magic.

I feel like I haven’t mentioned my books in ages. Mostly I’ve been too tired to be here much. And I only made one sale last month (related? Possibly! Oops) So. Hey I have 2 books published. Both are very queer📚💙🌈 You should check them out if you think they sound cool? (Spoiler: they are!)

Huge congratulations to my friends over at @gearboxofficial.bsky.social on the BL4 team. All you vault hunters are in for a treat.

When you find out about Libro.fm, an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible that’s 100% employee owned, a Certified B Corporation, and shares profits with 4,000+ independent bookshops 😍

Watching Fred Meyer go the way of Bartells, both local chains that were much better than the national chains, get bought up by nationals and then enshitiffied and shut down, does not make me happy.

Vibrating under my skin a bit being on the same list as Arundhati Roy, Patti Smith, Kamala Harris, et all. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

In case anyone else is wondering, no, he did not order the flags to half mast when Melissa Hortman and her husband were assassinated.

Great British bake off having a drag king before Rupaul is crazyyyyyy

The air smells like cigarillos.

"You're a charlatan. That's what you are." -- Cantwell to RFK Jr

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight. I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open: emmkid.info

this is the guy the energy abundance bros lauded lmao

I've got an essay up over at SheWrites in their witch issue about writing magic! shewrites.com/craft-tips-f...

y’all know what one of the first nazi book burnings was right? y’all know why they did it y’all know trans people were one of their first targets and even the ALLIES left us in the camps when liberating everyone else y’all see what’s right in front of you, right?

CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo

Dr. Deb Houry (resigned from CDC yesterday) is giving live media interviews now outside the CDC. From what I can hear, she's speaking forcefully in favor of public health and against the nonsense the CDC is facing. Understand: She is a very cautious person. This means a lot! #USAnotRFK

Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

Flocks of White Women Seen Flying North As Pumpkin Spice Season Begins: tinyurl.com/3th2uc7k

70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary

BREAKING: Workers at Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks just won their union elections. They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.

I don't have the proper words to say more than this now but I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated. If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience. thank you

Been awhile since I shared some chains on this platform, so here you go.

Guys, guys, I got the recruitment email for the AI creative writing model training position. Gawsh, imagine getting paid 50 whole dollars an hour to render myself obsolete. What a deal, eh?

I’m so pleased to finally be able to share my winning NYC Midnight story with everyone. I write about grief often—it’s how I process, and how I work though my fears. This story was no exception.

Accidentally opened a discord convo where I was buying something from another AC:NH player in 2020 and fell into a flashback.

AI CANNOT HAVE THE EM DASH I LOVE THE EM DASH

Oh hey, the ebook of Murder by Memory is $2.99 right now! Get your sapphic spaceship murder mystery novella while the gettin’s good! us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 💙📚

This has been in the works for a while, and I'm so excited I can finally announce it! I worked with the lovely people at Briarwick to choose just the right scents, and they smell DELICIOUS. Thank you so much to @briarwickcandles.com, and if you order anything from the collection, I hope you love it!

People out there willing to say this shit in public.

HEY SOMETIMES THERE IS UNCOMPLICATED GOOD NEWS It's rare but it happens!!! If you think this is a big and great deal (it is) please consider donating directly to the Florida Freedom to Read Project www.fftrp.org/donate

Costco never sold mife, but it definitely sells plan B! and the generic is like $6 you can only buy two at a time, though so if you were, for example, going to start stashing it in community pantries and lil free libraries get your friends to stock up, too

Check out this anthology of speculative poems, including mine: Journey of a Dandelion Seedling

This is a historic affirmation for Black voters in Louisiana & sends a powerful msg: The VRA is still a vital safeguard against discrimination in our democracy. Grateful to our clients & incredibly proud of the @aclu.org team leading the case & co-counsel, incl ACLU LA, @legaldefensefund.bsky.social

Seattle's Nate Gowdy was one of the reports the LAPD illegally detained and then lied about. freedom.press/issues/the-l...