You've transformed single mom Mai's ability to survive: delivery of her baby, nutrition, shelter. But as hunger escalates in Gaza, she is once again skipping meals so her little ones can eat. Keep it going—for her survival and dignity. Give/find her link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...

No vacation for Congress. Make everything follow them home. Call the home state offices. @5calls.org can help sort that out With every call send an email or fax: Easy. Text ‘sign PZSFUW’ to 50409 resist.bot/petitions/PZ...

#kidlit folks -- This auction opens tomorrow. It's to raise funds for kidlit writing retreat scholarships for #Neurodivergent Kidlit folks. It includes AMAs and crits.

Do people ever ask themselves, why, on this beautiful planet, they are spending time defending a system where 12 billionaires have the same amount of wealth as 4.5 billion people

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"If there is one myth I wish society would retire, it’s the idea that resilience means “toughness” or “bouncing back.”"

even disregarding the energy consumption and ecological harm, and the plagiarism, each distinct bad effect inherent to LLMs is alone enough to outweigh all current and potential future benefits (presuming for the sake of argument such benefits are even real, not illusory).

Please share as widely as possible. This is open to Palestinians anywhere in the world, published or not. Call for Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror stories! Pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

Now they’re deporting doctors who serve communities that desperately need medical care? These physicians are not criminals. And now all of their patients are left without care. Who will they come for next? #AbolishICE #MedSky

TOMORROW I am ranting about Harry Potter pull-to-publish books based on Draco-Hermione fic and whether you can have your cake (Harry Potter) and eat it too (read fanfic with the serial numbers filed off) on @theflytrapmedia.com. Grab 20% off for you and a friend as a Resident of the Bog! Just $88!

This is real. And yes, the thing you can do is follow artists, photographers, scientists & other who are "trustworthy" Check their timeline, check replies. Avoid people who just repost stuff. Esp if it is just cute stuff. And unfollow or block people who repeatedly repost AI

I think another reason many Americans Feel Bad About the Economy: There is a constant barrage of information indicating to the casual observer that people who run scams and lie and refuse to play by the rules aren't just going unpunished, they're *making way more money than you are* as a result.

The SciArt Feed here on Bluesky is gated so I can keep Gen AI out. If someone posts AI, I boot them and it disappears. I think it’s happened twice in 2.5 years. A worry-free feed. Pin & Like here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Through the view of one community in San Jose, this article tells the whole story of the Bay Area housing crisis, from the lack of housing to the unequal economy. There's also a section on the negative consequences of Prop 13.

The major newspapers and tv channels of the United States have been filled with these kinds of unquestioned statements about nearly every evidence-based progressive attempt to reduce inequality and make our society less cruel and more safe. As I explained in Copaganda:

in which I really, really love this Zen Cho novella, and I hope you will read it, and also look how great that cover is

how adults colonize every third space and remove young people — including the Internet link: dragon-in-a-fez.tumblr.com/post/8134647...

Released 3 days early period for members has passed so read away. If you find what you read useful, consider a free or paid membership! #Native #Indigenous #SocialMedia #AI

Forgot I could've watched Call the Midwife, but I couldn't because my daughter and I were watching The Apothecary Diaries.

Two Jackie Lau audiobooks on sale!

please provide alt text describing the images you post, fellow artists. there are so many of you whose works i love that are posted without alt text, and which i wouldn’t feel right reskeeting to my followers unless i also felt up to the task of providing alt text myself. which i often don’t.

A reminder that if you want an advance reader copy of my book, sign up for my newsletter before it launches on 4/15! One lucky subscriber will get a copy, and five of you will get some fun stickers.

The cover ➡️ The first page

COVER REVEAL TIME! We're less than a week away now from the publication of my next book, a gentle animal fantasy adventure with illustrations (& cover art) by me Pre-order links are becoming available for the ebook! Blurb in comment below! Wren arrives April 18th! #sff books2read.com/wrensaria

I see a lot of people on here are currently succumbing to “a weird, long-lasting flu-like cold” so it’s probably worth a reminder that COVID has not been eradicated. If you don’t want to help spread a new strain please mask up when out in public.

If you want to help families in Palestine, you can support The Sameer Project's initiatives. They're a Palestinian-led, on-the-ground aid group that collaborates with other networks to provide vital food, water, shelter, and medical care to families during the ongoing genocide

We photographers warn against following content scrapers (who steal photos, post without credit & make $ off the accounts.) This thread shows there really is an account resale market for Bluesky. And scammers take full advantage (Gray Catbird says be careful and guard your passwords) #birds 🌿 📸

If I could go back in time, I might ask Jane Austen if she could imagine that future authors would write so very many retellings of her novels. (I am NOT complaining--I love a good Austen retelling.) Jane was pretty smart, so I'm guessing she'd just give me a look and say, "Yes." #kidlit 📚👍

It's disappointing when people you thought care about accessibility and things repost random stuff with no ALT text. And is from a substack. Feeling like I'm being unreasonable even though I think it's more like some people don't care about stuff like that.

Support a Two-Spirit artist this pride month! I really need more sales to pay my rent for this month and March 🥹 Don't sleep on these!! These are def the top coolest pride pieces I've ever made → cvkvlv.com 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Goal progress in comments ↓ #Pride #Queer #LGBTQ #Gay #Trans #TwoSpirit #Indigenous

If you don't know the history of the 504 sit-ins—a landmark event in U.S. disability history from April 1977—one of the more enjoyable ways to learn about it is by watching Drunk History's Judith Heumann episode. Even if you know the story, watch it anyhow. Cheers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y505...

Hoping someday to live somewhere where it rains more (assuming I have good shelter). I feel so much more myself when it's raining.

Haven't had to break out my compression gloves in a while, but today is that day.

Thinking today about this kind staffer who used to answer the phones a lot at Swalwell's office. And then she was just gone. Hope she left because they were cycling through interns and not because of something bad. Hope she's well and thriving. May the survivors find peace and some form of justice.

All I'm saying is we should be able to find people who aren't rapists or sex pests or don't have Nazi tattoos to represent us in Congress I do not think I'm asking for the world here

Thread 👇 Adding that we had an elected DA who was somewhat progressive, and when she called out Swalwell for (not this that I know of) other stuff, he threatened her with a lawsuit and endorsed her recall, which succeeded. Now we have a more status quo DA and Swalwell is still our rep.

The affect of a well-intoned "dude, what the fuck did you say?" Is truly remarkable. People all the time say "I want to be an ally, how can I help?" And most of the time the answer is just to call out gross behavior.

A Colorado farmer named Clara Coleman realized farmers don't do much in terms of self-care. So for the last 6 years, she's been awarding $100 microgrants to hundreds of farmers, for massages, a nice dinner out — that kind of thing. New from Nicole Caruth: ambrook.com/offrange/lab...

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It’s getting to a point where I’m very confused what people were doing before ai… Like why do you NEED this to write/code/art for you. Why do you feel you NEED this or what you wish to create will never be made? At that point, it doesn’t deserve to be created if you aren’t willing to do the work.

Here's @alexip718.com's starter pack of "A.i."-slop-free news sources. go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

I think a lot of people who are running the rape supporter's handbook are deeply unaware that it is the rape supporter's handbook. The rape supporter's handbook is such a normal part of the average lexicon that you have to interrogate it to understand how it works.

Blocked 2 accounts this morning because they used and didn't delete gen-ai images...and one uses ableist language in their profile and calls themself an ally while the other runs a substack. I have mutuals following both. Be careful about folks posting disinfo and using substack (platforms nazis).

One of the most powerful tools in continuing to fight to protect our right to read and right to access full, diverse libraries is getting present and understanding that hope is an action. What that means, how it works, and where there's hope right now: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

The #GeneralHospital video for Lynn Herring's 40th anniversary is other actors wishing her happy anniversary... youtu.be/gc1pQgFj4D0?...

Nobody panic, but submissions for the 2026 season of Virtual JaneCon are due tomorrow. Head over here for the form: virtualjanecon.com/submissions-...

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Once upon a time I tried to get a known sexual predator ousted from an art space where we both lived, and I'll skip to the end of that story now: I was told that I was overreacting AND that I was making women feel needlessly unsafe by speaking out, and I eventually had to be the one to move.

Btw! This is teen appropriate. There’s some cussing, but that’s it. So if you have teens who like the romance take them with you!