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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!

I'm going to say this again in case you haven't heard this one: I was a talented writer and it did *nothing whatsoever* because I hadn't put in the work, and I put in the work for ten years (subtracting the bit where I had to quit for my mental health) to write Witchmark talent alone could *never*

I don't know what to tell you. You can't sit at a piano for the first time ever and play a sonata. You can't pick up a tennis racket for the first time and serve a 110MPH Ace. You have to fuck up. You have to be able to handle failing. You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.

I just saw a post saying happy 21st birthday to I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning by Bright Eyes and said aloud “now that can’t be right” Unfortunately 2005 was in fact 21 years ago. What the hell man

Writing this story made me happy in a dark time. I talked to half a dozen people who started queer bookstores in their communities, and what I heard gave me hope. These aren't just bookstores — they're a lifeline for people who have no place else to go.

"I HAVE to use AI to make art because I'm not good at making art! it's HARD!" that, my stupid friend, is the entire point of the struggle

This might sound like hyperbole. It is not. They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up. They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable. It is the UK way.

An update! The recently-released ‘Old Gods of Appalachia: Dig Your Own Grave’ ttrpg book from @montecookgames.com features a bitesized short story from yours truly, titled “Crossing Through.”

I fought and won a small war on Wikipedia to get the language calling Walter Breen's child sexual abuse "relationships" changed on the MZB page, before the daughter alleged she had also sexually abused her. People did not want the facts, but comfortable, exonerative euphemisms for raping teens.

in all seriousness it is just an unfortunate truth that if you rise up and find success in the arts there will be peers who let their jealousy overwhelm them. in my other creative life i remember the exact MOMENT when i opened a magazine to see a bud i trotted up with suddenly trash talking.

‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." … She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’

centuries pass and still it sings. what a gift it is, how time flattens under the weight of a practiced voice. how irreplaceable

I think often of the women in the Louis CK story—how they all left comedy and never went back, but he’s still going. It’s everywhere and it’s such a loss for them and for us—for things they’ll never make that we’ll never see.

We're still stuck at 1 percent of Hailey's goal. Can we get it to 10 percent today? 🏳️‍⚧️💖

a breakdown of how my job feels like recently

journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact

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Hmm, anybody got anything?

OK folks, let's get this started. Think back to pandemic year 2020. Think of SFF books from that year which "include positive explorations of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered characters, themes, or issues." A broad citation! Here's my initial longlist from racking my brain. What've I missed?

Two things that I'm in made the list: The Outspoken and the Incendiary, Terry Bisson @pmpress.bsky.social and Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, edited by @leemandelo.bsky.social from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social. Proud to be in such excellent company!

Thanks so much for including ‘Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity’ on the Recommended Reading List, @locusmag.bsky.social! And thanks to the contributors and @erewhonbooks.bsky.social as always 🖤

Oh let’s goooo

Steven Pinker wrote a legal analysis of a *child sex crimes law* as a favor to Epstein and then had the gall to say he had no idea what the guy was accused of. All of the “hey what’s the big deal here” pageantry is insulting

ICE is assaulting and at war with americans. we are all their enemy. no other way to look at it at this point

Have a very sweaty, flushed selfie from our trip to Chiang Rai yesterday ✨

it's been very clear Epstein was a white supremacist, yet our (very white) media largely ignored to the public's detriment

From the wonderous fantasy to mind-expanding sci-fi, from the depths of horror to the magical realms of the speculative, we're proud to have an expansive list of SFF fiction eligible this year for awards consideration! @dianapho.bsky.social @viengsamai.bsky.social

I will simply never recover from reading this sentence: "Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

An Anthony Bourdain quote I think about often when it comes to affordability under Capital: "Who in the end gets to own paradise, use paradise, or even visit it?"

it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”

It's time for people who can do the job to primary every one of these people.

It's the end of the month. Lots of folks haven't been able to work all month because of ICE. They will be evicted in a few days. @governorwalz.mn.gov could stop this right now.

If you haven't yet read Pagans by @jamesbluecat.bsky.social, it's an absolute delight I really enjoyed your collection with @annaleen.bsky.social and Karen Lord; I also enjoyed @leemandelo.bsky.social’s collection Amplitudes, if you haven't read that. Also @seraph76.bsky.social’s Call and Response

About to finish The Woods All Black by @leemandelo.bsky.social it’s soooooooo good!

This thread is what I was trying to get at yesterday — it is so, so important that we not rely on them being perfect white martyrs. So many others who've died or been attacked are neither, and they matter, too. They deserve our defense, too. The state shouldn't kill ANYONE.

(TW suicide) One person who died in ICE custody this year is someone I haven’t seen mentioned much—Chaofeng Ge. He was found hanging in a shower room at a processing center. It was declared suicide…even though his hands and feet were tied behind his back. ICE is refusing to give the family details

“We have extrajudicial assaults on Americans going on a daily basis now and it’s not okay. We cannot act like this is not happening. What they’re doing in Minnesota with the strike needs to expand. I think we should be talking about a national general economic strike until this is over” - Ed Norton

You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.

Aka Spotify stole the earnings from 88% of all songs uploaded. They all made money, Spotify just chose not to pay the creators.

There is such freedom in reading trans stories that don't turn us into beatific angels "above" rage and fear. There's a feral sort of joy in being that seen...in your vitriol being the GODDAMN POINT, not a thing to overcome. Bright eyes in the dark, sharp teeth, and the shrieking glee of revolt.

When I tell you I read all of "The Woods All Black" by @leemandelo.bsky.social in one day, understand what a high mark that is in this book's favour. A folk horror revenge tale set in an isolated Kentucky holler in 1929, it gives full throat to the beauty and power of trans rage. #bleakspeaks

they’ve been assuring everyone this is the case for at least 15 years. It’s always been “next year you’ll see, there’s going to be a flood of regretful detransitioners,” and it just never happens. Instead study after study shows people are have an incredibly high satisfaction rate from transition.

You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"

So, turns out this whole article is basically made up, at least according to the guys and their screenshots. A good reminder for me and others to pause on news that includes no sources or citations. youtu.be/FMFF2EVmyCY?...

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

A scientist can pretend that his work isn't himself, it's merely the impersonal truth. An artist can't hide behind the truth. He can't hide anywhere.

Amplitudes made the long list for the BSFA! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

My org @immcouncil.org represents those two gay men. They had been arrested on charges of sodomy by Iranian moral police, and fled the country seeking asylum. They face the death penalty if returned, yet the Trump admin denied their asylum claims in a kangaroo court process. They are terrified.