A MARSH ISLAND, the newest S&T Classic is on shelves now! !🌻🌾 Thank you to the hosts of @onebrightbook.bsky.social for your conversational afterword to the book! A Marsh Island is available anywhere books are sold, including unnamedpress.com/all-books/p/...

This is one you do not want to miss! And I’m not saying that just because we got to chat about it. Jewett called it her favorite among her works. Her subtle examinations of urban vs rural life, queerness, and the ecological landscape she knew well are stunning.

try it and remember what I said about steam reviews being incredibly important for developers!!! Yes, even for a studio with dozens of employees!!!

Writers of Bsky: Scratch is back! This time as a weekly newsletter/blog about how writers are surviving ~these times~, run by me, @manjula.bsky.social, @maggiemertens.bsky.social, and @latriagraham.bsky.social. You can read more about why/what that means in our announcement post below.

New! A normal hot/cold tumbler with normal moths on them. No weird stuff. buff.ly/FTIEjjf

Next time you get ChatGPT to write a love letter for you, I want you to think about how you could've hired a human instead.

Let’s see, a new pinned post maybe. I am an illustrator and I also make pictures with my own hands for animation and games sometimes.

It's an honour to be included in such a star lineup 🥹 Thanks so much!!

Relevant to this conversation on literacy is that, for example in other media like video games, fans of a work are engaging or want to engage in the themes and structure of a story but have difficulty articulating what makes the story or themes work, especially when expressing what doesn’t work.

I’ve just finished reading the ARC of an upcoming romantasy book within one day, and it was really good! Well-plotted and consistent in its themes, so it was well worth the wait.

Once more, an Olympics event being the last good thing of the year before things become terrible.

Prove this place is good for culture and post a good book cover

In a recent paper for the Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, scholar Simon Linblom argues that the true villain of the story is neither Johan, nor Kinderheim 511, but an existential viewpoint that “reduces the world to a single controllable narrative” #monster #urasawa 1/9

Book recommendation, a wonderful and informative doorstop covering American film to 1907, a topic usually taken care of by a single chapter or even a paragraph in many general histories of film

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope launches this Wednesday! Over 100+ essays on the craft of game writing and narrative design; affordable priced. … AND we’ll also launch with the first two episodes of the podcast series, where we talk to the article writers about their craft.

📖 WEBSTORE SALE 📖 Happy Women's History month! From now until the end of the month, you can grab select historical series at 40% off, only from the Yen Webstore! Shop now before these deals slip you by! buff.ly/QCxkBVr

Long, firm, tubular body, DEEP blue eyes, really wonderful expression. he is so calm, confident, really in charge here. Big, bouncy ears, perfectly set, a slender, whippy tail, and of course, those smooth, vibrant ribbons. Best in show.

In a recent interview, Cillian Murphy officially spoke out about the reports that he has been cast as Voldemort in HBO's #HarryPotter TV series: “I’m categorically not. Can you make that the headline?” Source: The Times | Learn More: bit.ly/4sjY99S

Remember my infographic about How Books Enter the Library? In this new version, I’ve added an annotated summary of Kelly Jensen’s “Books Don’t Just Appear on the Shelves.” Use this mashup to help folks understand how the claim of porn in school libraries makes no sense. tinyurl.com/how-books-2026

Laika and The Gotham have launched a new animation accelerator supporting early- to mid-career creators with mentorship, studio access, Annecy participation, and Gotham Week pitching opportunities. www.cartoonbrew.com/educational/...

The Voyageurs Wolf Project of Northern Minnesota tags & documents grey wolf ecology & behavior: www.voyageurswolfproject.org The video you see here is confirmatory proof: Wolves. Love. Blueberries. As much as 83% of a wolf's calories in summer months comes from eating berries.

'Gordon's Wine Bar - Villiers Street WC2' by John Duffin www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/artists/399-...

Media Do International to Acquire Seven Seas Entertainment: sevenseasentertainment.com/2026/03/01/m...

Of the many artist tributes out there, I think about this Akira piece by Alex Toth often. Otomo feels like someone who is the exact antithesis of Toths philosophy; pure hyper-maximimalism over stripped-down gestural brevity. I can't help but wonder what Toth thought of Akira.

Coping by looking at birds

#pathologic3 #pathologicgame

Kite (1998) #animationclips #sakuga #animation #2danimation

Jason Low is publisher and co-owner of Lee & Low Books, the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the U.S. and the force behind the Diversity Baseline Survey. Here, Low issues a call to action to fellow members of the industry to focus their efforts on fighting book bans.

In ancient China, students were wished “to pluck osmanthus in the Moon Palace”, a poetic blessing for success. Exams often fell during the Mid-Autumn Festival, when osmanthus bloomed and the moon shone brightest. In folklore, the Moon Palace, home to Chang’e and a towering cinnamon tree, 1/2

This is genuinely one of the best reasoned pieces of writing on US-Taiwan relations by anyone running for Congress I’ve seen in recent years. Even as someone who believes that strategic ambiguity has value in 2026. Everyone, go check out @katmabu.bsky.social!

かわいさのあまり昨晩からコツコツ描いていたドウデュース産駒の駁毛ちゃんのファンアートです　かわいすぎるよ〜〜〜😭

Theaters at USC go hard.

BROWT GANG

Browt in human form

browt is a tawny frogmouth btw!!!

Need that martin scorsese pokemon grass type bird

Pokemon Winds and Waves Starters 🌴🌊✨

#Japanese translation of #TheMembranes www.instagram.com/p/DVPzjx0Adw...

Vending machines really scam you by paying for a bag of chips that’s 60% air.

the one and only Kaori Sakamoto ✨️ I will miss your skating so much🥹 #kaorisakamoto #olympics2026 #figureskating #art #illustration #milanocortina2026

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot" HELL. YES.

This post by @tashalharrison.bsky.social is a tour de force and required reading for everyone, romance and otherwise: filthyficwithfeelingspod.substack.com/p/from-bodic...

It is completely reasonable to email your dean and/or Provost to ask what is being done at your university to stop this from happening to your students

Bari Weiss has fired the Animaniacs due to a lack of political balance

REVIEW: Tales of Berseria Remastered "Berseria’s gripping story of betrayal, revenge, and self-discovery captivates the player from beginning to end thanks to its cast of compelling, fleshed-out characters." checkpointgaming.net/reviews/2026...

Congratulations to Christopher T. Fan, whose book, ASIAN AMERICAN FICTION AFTER 1965, is an Honorable Mention for the 2026 Book Award in Literary Studies from the Association for Asian American Studies. tinyurl.com/4bwnz8na @chrisfan.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Tonight’s night class of Business in Entertainment is gonna be great.

What would the acronym be for Paramount/Warner Bros Discovery.