This is fucking bone-chilling

Folks who grew up in one place their whole childhood: do you get asked "did you like staying in one place?" Or does this only get asked of people who moved around a lot. Cuz I always want to be like: how would I know? I never knew anything different. It's the way it was.

Proof for @geekyjules.julessherred.com that I made it. Though now I may live here because surprise surprise a guy is being a creep and I don't want to walk out alone

Men on dating apps, if they read, only read old scifi by white men. And I dont know how to respond with anything other than "ugh"

Excessive force. PERIOD! They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor. 📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

And the sheriff, da, & more! This is huge!!

Democrats Just Broke the GOP super-majority in the Mississippi Senate👏💙 #Mississippi #Democrats

15 (!!) years ago, I got my first query rejection

It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each. 💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency

There are some big, consequential elections happening this week. Ours is smaller but small, local elections are incredibly important when state government is 🗑

This is just reporting. This is what headlines in the New York Times and your local paper should look like every day. The New Yorker should be publishing stuff like this, only with an umlaut thrown in occasionally for some fucken reason.

Also - tomorrow! In London! Where I currently am but am not very often!

Tonight!!

President Obama called Zohran Mamdani on Saturday — praising his campaign and offering to be a "sounding board" into the future. Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday. "Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.

One more and I'll have doubled my goal! I'll send out class info to everyone who has already donated later today

"How libraries expect to survive or thrive when they’re unwilling to talk about the ongoing efforts to dismantle them is unclear."

This entire "the Dems need to abandon identity and focus on economics!" discourse is being driven by rich assholes who would melt down at the slightest hint of higher taxes on the wealthy or more welfare for the poor. Look how they're treating Mamdani! It's cynical bullshit all the way down.

One more and I'll have doubled my goal! I'll send out class info to everyone who has already donated later today

I joined @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social 's fundraiser and am offering an advanced query class plus a recording of a Query 101 class to anyone who donates $20 or more. Plus two very rare opportunities for a query critique Please repost. teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...

I try not to gripe too much about the dating apps but... this man liked my profile on an app (which has the pictured words & others), was chatting me up, asking lazy ass questions (how was your day? Tell me more about yourself) I randomly see his hinge too and tell me why it says "Conservative"?

Yes. All the empirics on misinformation indicate that the way to defeat bad ideas is to mock and marginalize them. Constantly declaring "hey the far right isn't so bad" is a terrible strategy both morally and electorally. Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"

Well I'm in bed for the rest of the day and tomorrow because a barista thought giving me soy milk when I asked for oat was fine.

We are at $370 raised so far and the query critiques are sold out!! That's 3700 meals provided!

Reposting for the morning people!

I joined @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social 's fundraiser and am offering an advanced query class plus a recording of a Query 101 class to anyone who donates $20 or more. Plus two very rare opportunities for a query critique Please repost. teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...

If I did a workshop with proceeds going to my local food bank, what topic would you like to see? Queries? Something else?

This weekend Jules placed first in a pro-am natural bodybuilding competition and he was informed he won't be able to compete next year because he's trans. He's familiar with politics and media and he'd be a great client to challenge this transphobic sports policy in Canada.

I've responded to all queries sent in July (or before). Working on August now.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Periodic announcement that we have a Latinx Writer Discord server. DM me if you’d like an invite :) #WritingCommunity #Author #Authors

Reminder that I publish a weekly list of online author events and writing workshops! This week features 11 FREE events for writers! sarahnicolas.substack.com/p/virtual-bo...

CNN confirms that multiple sources suggest Graham Platner knew his tattoo was a Nazi symbol years prior to launching his campaign — and is now blatantly lying about it. www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Federal agents raided the WRONG HOME in Portland—no warrant, guns drawn on a family with a baby. ICE still arrested 2 people after realizing the mistake. ICE official on the aggressive tactics: "If people interpret that as aggressive, so be it."

Commentary: Trump is destroying the White House to fulfill his little princess dream

Not surprised, Trump lied. The entirety of the East Wing will be torn down. And yes, we should be disgusted about this.

Texas HB 900 has been permanently enjoined and the part of the bill requiring booksellers to rate books has been overturned! @bookpeople www.expressnews.com/politics/art...

In Mexico, blackouts caused by data centers destroyed people's refrigerators and oxygen equipment in hospitals, and water shortages meant toilets couldn't flush in schools. AI is another version of colonial extraction.

Join me and bess for our weekly write-in and for the love of Godiva, someone please bring us an actually-fun fun fact

This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.

Just kidding, couldn't resist. Took a nap and rallied

Tonight at a gay bar, the day before pride, a human dj played "fast car" by Luke combs and that is certainly a choice that was made.

I will unfortunately not be going to pride tomorrow because I will be at a very niche star wars con and if there is any sentence that has ever defined me it is that one.

I, a 42yo Floridian born in Missouri, have finally chosen my NFL team. And I have chosen them solely based off non-game activities. And I have brought friends over with me. It's time for me to own my first ever NFL merch. Skol Vikings!

Still looking for a job and would love love love to run virtual writing workshops for a writing organization, which i have 12 years experience doing! Open to other opportunities that wouldn't require me to quit agenting though!

It's here! The audiobook of THE GRIMOIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION has finally arrived. Narrated by Megan Tusing and available most places one can find audiobooks! rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97... @sarahnfisk.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social

Remember, AI bros are pushing outrageousness (“casting” beloved dead performers, inventing AI actors) because they are hemorrhaging cash and need the buzz. Ignore.

Rec me your favorite recent SHORT books 😅 (my reading challenge is weak this year).

The Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl–an optional state-wide competition intended to get kids excited about reading–has banned 8 books from its teen competition this year. Among the banned books? @samiraahmed.bsky.social's book about banned books. What the hell is going on? bookriot.com/helen-ruffin...