At the state fair with my kids, and my daughter summed up the entire carnival ride experience perfectly. Screamed at the top of her lungs on a fast spinning ride: "I do not feel safe, even if I know I am. This is so much fun! "

Also, an effective general strike has free transit all over town, a way of providing free food etc. It’s not just staying home it’s alternate social infrastructure so people can survive striking

Philip Larkin said "What will survive of us is love," but research based on previous collapsing civilizations suggests it's more likely to be inorganic items that can be buried, burned, or struck without significant degradation. Likely what will survive of us is ceramic toilets.

Embrace the cringe. Dive into the weird. It's where you'll find your vulnerability and your truth. Whether that's in writing, social media, or just your life, start being authentic weird self. We're all just feral goblins underneath a thin veneer of social awareness.

I'm serious. This too is fascism.

A Universal Basic Income that help the poor and generate economic growth from the ground up? We’ve no way of knowing that’ll work! Better we invest in artificial intelligence that is currently consuming all our power to create a John Cena lookalike that tells pornographic stories to children.

Why am I vibrating? Could it be that entire pot of coffee I just downed? Surely not. (Repeat tomorrow)

the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back

Its literally this. I have seen so many AI bros just not want to have to be bothered thinking

I dreamed that Dolly Parton was hosting our local trivia, and she called me "one smart cookie," and I realized I had peeked. No high will ever match being praised by Dolly Parton.

i mean, that sure looks like their plan

I can't let the first of the month get by without marketing a tiny bit. I wrote some books! If you like fairies, urban fantasy with some spice (3🌶, some onscreen, not explicit), lots of rebellion against authoritarian regimes, and cocktail magic, check out Summer's Blood. a.co/d/byOtoO9

Really loving my garmin watch decoding to freak out lately. It: Your heart rate was over 115bpm ALL night so you got zero actual rest. Me: Really? I slept quite well. Is it over 100 now? It: YES! YOU'RE AT ... 120, 110, 104, 92, 72, restng rate of 64. Just kidding. Me: are you okay?

How many books have I read this year? Nice.

Just to state the obvious: I do not believe that a political movement trying to re-legalize child labor, deny schoolkids free lunches, lower the age of sexual consent, slash funding for child care & elementary education, and slash Medicaid genuinely gives a shit about the welfare of children.

This "lazy Medicaid scammer" myth is an insane level of gaslighting It's not like Medicaid recipients receive any money The benefits are used to pay doctors-for medical visits And who thinks an otherwise healthy gamer living in his mom's basement is even going to see a doctor Just more GOP lies

"You're not allowed to help the poor because they're disproportionately black and that's not FAIR" is a really vile argument to put on paper.

These are some of the most odious people alive.

Driving home from taking some photos and saw the clouds going pink. Hurried inside when I got there and popped the drone up to get a shot of the Seattle skyline. #Photography #DronePhotography #DJI #DJIMini3Pro

There's something seriously disturbing about kids singing lyrics about their "HMO checks." I love kids attacking excellent rock songs, but there's a disconnect.

Failing down the stairs in your 40s is a really bad idea. Don't do it.

Show me your budget and l’ll show you your values, concentration camp edition

After months of insisting open windows and the environment are affecting my partner's sleep, he asked if we could sleep with the windows open tonight. The doors, the windows, all flung wide!

Children are in their nightly fight/ rough housing time. Husband to struggling younger child: if you can tap out, you can punch him. Older child: oh dad why?! Younger child: hahaha thanks dad! (Older child quickly regained control, then gave younger opportunity to yield. )

Ex-farm worker here. We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing. Not true AT ALL. Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are. The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour. At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.

There are so, so many things I want to do. Get better at oil painting. My PhD. Paint my miniatures. Read. Knit or do cross stitch with a podcast. Take a professional make up course. Gardening. Improve my dressmaking skills. How do billionnaires end up being such tedious motherfucking nazis?

If you'd told me when I moved to Seattle, less than ten minutes from downtown, that I'd be waking up at sunrise to feed and let out chickens, I'd have laughed at you. But here we are.

Seattle life is a lot. This weekend's adventures: fresh blueberry pickings, impromptu sidewalk sprinkler parties, private dance lessons, wrestling chickens, crabbing and fishing on the Sound, roller skating, street festival and farmers market, and a curated scotch tasting. I'm exhausted.

I love cherry season in Washington. But it makes me miss tomato season in Georgia. I'd sweat buckets for a good bloodred, heirloom tomato from a roadside stand right now.

It’s not Tiananman Square. These vehicles don’t stop. A deflated American spirit is left behind.

Humans. Not so bad sometimes.

Why yes. Yes I did just finish edits on my eighth book. It'll be published this fall with @falstaffbooks.bsky.social , and you're gong to love it.

Started a step challenge with my 7yo, 11yo, and husband. How I'm going to outpace my relentless energy children is a mystery, but I'm still going to try. 💜 Cue the 6:30 am dog walk

Husband was having a full on dream that woke me up. Fasted breathing, whispered warnings about "Don't do it." Now I definitely can't get back to sleep.

Corporate politicians are more outraged that Mamdani won't condemn something he didn't say than they are at Trump repeating racist things he definitely said Silicon Valley is more accepting of a racist who dehumanizes Muslims than they are of a Muslim who defies billionaires Are we great yet? 2/2

Edited thirteen chapters today, and I can see the finish line. Only problem now is I'm gong tu have to remember how to get in that marketing bandwagon. How do I make myself and my books appealing, when I just want to hide in a swamp somewhere?

Sometimes you read poetry and it just straight hurts your feelings.

That's so awesome! Supporting indie authors is so important! 📚✨ Every little bit helps them create more magic! Keep spreading the love! 💖 #IndieAuthors #SupportCreativity

That's fantastic! Supporting indie authors is so important! Every story brings new worlds to life. 🌟📚 You're making a difference! Keep spreading the love! #SupportIndieAuthors #SFFCommunity ❤️

I just bought this series -- and tipped an extra $5, because they are criminally undercharging for their work. Go support an indie SFF author and encourage their incredible activism.

My 7yo daughter is currently upside down on the couch, her legs wrapped around the outside of her arms and feet resting on top of the Switch she is playing and holding over her face. I don't know how she is comfortable, but she swears she is. (Not sharing photo publicly, but I did get proof.)

This is when writers should demand higher pay.

re: helping everyone gain what billionaires have, I recall again this classic Reddit post on what wealthy people have that poor people have no idea about

"Those crazy pools with two types of insurance. Why would anyone need two types of insurance? Just get another job! " These people are so out of touch, and they truly don't care to do even the slightest bit of thought when it comes to normal people's lives.

To all the artists creating in these times: thank you. It’s not easy to make beauty, truth, or meaning when the world feels chaotic. Whether it helps you breathe or comforts others, your work matters. Art doesn’t need to fix the world to be meaningful, sometimes it just needs to exist.

My daughter played doctor and sent me back to bed after diagnosing me with "a serious head cold." So I guess I'm getting more sleep today...