This is so sad. Breeds have breed specific needs. Including exercise. Please read up beforehand.

Amazon just tried to recommend my own book to me ("you might like this!" Yeah I do actually) which is how I found out that Season of Love is on KU right now.

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

I’m over halfway through this book and having a great time!! It’s well worth $2.99!

I found my community in @kitrocha.com’s discord. We’ve talked nearly every day for six years. We share mutual aid and recommendations and rants. They’ve supported me through some of my hardest years. I’ve even met some of them in hugspace 💜 I think they saved my life.

If you're celebrating International Lesbian Day, can I recommend doing so with Noelle Northwood, the fat dapper butch dreamboat from Season of Love? Bonus! The book starts right after Sukkot. It's seasonal! bookshop.org/p/books/seas...

Ope, Readers, it’s this time again!! Try not to like DVpit posts if you can remember — stick to commenting to support authors! (Posting because I am also reminding myself)

I recently learned that Ypsilanti, MI has a local cryptid called a Smeet. It’s a furry flying frog! (I found this out from seeing a banner saying “smeet week!” at a library and lemme tell you, I never could have guessed what it meant)

I have a bunch of really sleep inducing data entry and design work that I really Have To Do. As it is stuff that requires very little brain, I will need something to distract the rest of mine while I do it. Thus, I am looking for the podcasts and shows that are diverting you/bringing you joy.

Fat man sexy cover art! YES!

One of the filthiest (positive) books I’ve ever read and a fascinating exploration of mythology as well!!

The murder (of crows) is live! You can find them all in the Halloween collection: whimsystation.com/collections/... #bsnm 🧶

Breaking my bluesky time limit today to talk about this article!! I really appreciate @sesmith.lol’s clear-eyed breakdown of the connections between mental illness, gun violence, and fascism. Smith has an especially great point about BIPOC folks predicting fascism beat by beat.

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

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I'm sorry I keep asking for help, but I literally have nowhere else to turn. I am doing my best to get back on my feet, both literally & metaphorically, but that will be exponentially harder if I lose my apartment. I desperately need $482 for rent & enough utilities to avoid shut off. Please.

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

Autistic kids are precious and autistic adults are precious and that’s that.

If white people want to treat protests like brunch, fine, but don’t pretend that you’re saving democracy that way.

Very basic fabric is made just by laying one thin thread over another in an alternating pattern. Like very tiny pliable bricks that snuggle babies, shroud elders, and comfort everyone in between.

Witch King by Martha Wells is $2.99! bookshop.org/a/1382/97812...

Daughter of Tides by Kit Rocha is $1.99! amzn.to/4nxOM3Z

Listen, I love contemporary romance. LOVE IT. But I really hate how many of the recent pubs still have heroes with jobs in American law enforcement. I’m gonna make a lot of assumptions about the authors and their political beliefs from that alone. And I’m sure not going to be paying for any of them!

Giant Salamanders are soooooo cool! If you have a chance to see one, you absolutely should. I saw my first at the National Zoo and I’m delighted that my local zoo has them as well!

I’ll take 500 hours in my veins PLEASE

A random reader thought: I want my book apps to have more functionality like a music app. Let me make playlists. Give me an option to shuffle my books and surface something random from my library. Let me favorite books so I can easily go back for rereads. Give me complex labeling!

Today I told the friendly staff member at the indie bookstore that I was disappointed by the romance section and she said “Please tell me who you’d like to see!!” Because the staff fought for years to get that section at all and every request helps their fight.

It’s not unusual for me to hike, travel, or go on outings by myself. People react weirdly to this. For example, recently: Me, standing in front of the hostess stand at a restaurant Hostess: can I help you with something? Me, floundering: a table? Hostess: oh. Just you? Yep. Just me.

This is Pepper. She needs a home where her job is weighted blanket and not terrorizing every other cat in the house + making them ill. She's very territorial but extremely sweet with (adult) humans. Do you live within driving distance of Houston + need a solo lap cat? I will bring her to you!

Being monitored or watched trips a very specific trigger for many trauma survivors. It's not that we have anything to hide-- it's that scrutiny & the threat of shame or punishment was frequently used to control us. Sometimes even by people who leveraged spiritual "authority."

Goddamnit. I wasn’t even online last night to enjoy the hope.

Whew, today’s news is fucked up and I don’t know what to do with the level of rage and grief that I feel. So: support trans people always, especially now, and here are some recent pictures I’ve taken to provide a lil doom break. I love walking in parks and seeing pollinators.

(I do a lot of my book reading on screens) I’ve read a bunch of bangers recently!! Defiance by Etta Pierce ZOMROMCOM by Olivia Dade Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai

My mother used to tell stories about how early a rebellious spirit starts and her example was how my sister —a few days old—had tried to manipulate them by crying for attention. Anyway enjoy hell motherfucker.

Finally, Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite is only $2.99! I loooooooved this sapphic cozy mystery and can't wait to read more (and see the knitted shawl patterns inspired by it!) bookshop.org/a/1382/97812... amzn.to/4oLI3F2

When I got off work tonight, I doodled a lil bird to help me unwind #DrawABird

Bookmarking this to read when I have a moment!! (Laura posted a link in replies) I’ve long thought that book covers have an accessibility problem. The fun fonts and designs often make it difficult for me to decipher and I don’t even have vision accessibility needs. (Beyond being near sighted)

“Why is no one reading historical romance?” Well idk but I dnf’d the last two (highly recced) new-to-me currently publishing histrom authors I read for glaring issues in how their characters and narrative voice thought about women 🤷🏼‍♀️

Look what came in from my library hollllllllds!!! That’s my weekend sorted!

Much has been said about the “canon” and gatekeeping that I’m not going to repeat, but this idea becomes especially ludicrous if placed in different contexts. Starting your kid on picture books? You must start with the first picture book from 1658. How will they understand the genre otherwise?

I don't have a dog, but some of you definitely do! This very short, simple survey about things like your dog's color and size will help teachers and students create statistics projects!

OMG time is a blur I forgot about this and woke up to new Olivia Dade on my Kindle, BEST TUESDAY SURPRISE

Donna & I are trying to kill the last (so far, knock on wood) of our pesky medical bills and scrape together enough money so her son can have the experience of his first Very (Very, Very) Used Car, so it is SALE TIME AGAIN! thebrokencircle.etsy.com

This is an incredible book and $2.99 is a steal!!!!

This is a really great thread with genuinely good advice about interacting with dogs!! I find that many people know less about dogs than they think they do. Threads like this are a great way to break up the doom scroll and also pick up tips. 🐕

This is an excellent explanation and the exact difference between my previous dog (a herder) and my current dog (a lab)

Fiction only becomes "cozy" for me when there is something to be relieved. A real exhaustion, ache, estrangement, or other weariness, that the narrative challenges and provides some kind of comfort against. If I don't buy the exhaustion, I don't buy the relief.

Team Everyone Should Know About PMDD! I don’t talk about it enough, but I have PMDD, along with up to 10% of menstruating folks (and may be higher percentage for ND ppl). It causes extreme mood changes, intense anxiety & depression, and can lead to self harm and SI.

Husband, snuggling me and watching me scroll: your feed is giving monsterfucker Yes and???? I like it this way!