It is super weird whenever someone sets up a new Substack and I can't say I have regrets about ditching the platform at all

This guy got beaten by a bunch of masked thugs whose salaries are paid by our taxes simply for being Mexican. Help him out.

I love sharing streaming logins with friends. I get the occasional email that says something like "You logged in from a new location: Are you in St Louis right now?" Why yes, Poob, part of me is. 💞

This isn't news to anyone who has followed people like @annaleen.bsky.social or @sarahgailey.bsky.social or many others for a while, but I'm glad it's getting wider coverage

humans do not host the Muppet Show, Kermit the Frog hosts the Muppet Show! there i said it, i got it off my chest

It's under the brand name 'Yeztugo,' and it has a 100% success rate in women and a 96% success rate in men even after a year - which means that it's far more forgiving of a weird schedule, and still highly effective if you delay your booster.

Just because good news is worth celebrating: There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection. HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X) "Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal? Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail… Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you. Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."

it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for

Can we please acknowledge the, er, penmanship here

This is a great time to get off Substack. Beehive and Ghost are good alternatives. As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.

I could slam my thumbs on this stupid phone for 100 years trying to be funny and I’d never come up with something so perfect

Obviously the layoffs at the Washington Post are devastating to journalism, the media, and especially all the journalists themselves who've lost their jobs. Please, please don't start a Substack. There are so many other options that aren't overrun by Nazis.

Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event

This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care. It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back. www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

#Sirens26 Faculty Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): Speculative fiction master from alt-history hippos to horror. Gorgeous essayist. Dedicated fan. Thoughtful community builder. Hugo winner. Raconteur. Provocateur. EW: "For those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready."

We need our communities now more than ever. So we hope you're thinking about coming to #Sirens26! Online registration ends February 20. Please take care of that so you can learn from our amazing faculty, discuss the books you love, and hang with our community of readers, dreamers, and world-makers!

There are under 30 copies of the Bird Oracle hardcover left between the Deernicorn store and my own, and we won't be reprinting a hardcover. But the .pdf is currently pay-what-you-want on itch for a limited time! Nominated for a Best Writing Ennie! sawdustbear.itch.io/the-bird-ora...

when i say bring that baby home i mean EVERY BABY

Hell yes, my debut novella GRIEF EATER is now live on Barnes and Noble for pre-orders! I would greatly appreciate any help in spreading the word. Thank you! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grief-eate... @interstellarflight.bsky.social

Today is my birthday! It's not a milestone birthday, but I'm excited to be here. I'm loved, and I'm so profoundly lucky, and I'm going to push my luck with some birthday wishes.

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression. CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school? DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town. C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name? DR: Now look

Beautiful ratio on this concept, team

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Being interviewed by Isaac Chotiner must be like having your heart weighed against the feather of Maat, but in public so everyone points and laughs as your soul / reputation is sent to the underworld to be devoured by Ammit…

one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party

Chotiner:

Absolutely surgical precision, every time

So pleased to see SPREAD ME on the Locus Recommended Reading list, in absolutely incredible company!

Huge congratulations to everyone with work on the Locus Recommended Reading List! Voting is now open for the Locus Awards. Anyone can vote, no subscription or membership required. You can also write in your favorites! locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

The Kiss/The Thing

If you have read SPREAD ME then you Know 😈💕🥵

TDAP is one of my favorite vaccines because that’s so many things to protect me from in one shot, i think that is neat!

34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is

opportunity for the funniest thing ever

when i say bring that baby home i mean EVERY BABY

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And then there's LOVE LETTERS, the extremely sincere and heartfelt yearlong essay series I edited and published, about the things that keep us going even when the project of survival feels impossible. The best thing I have ever done, and maybe the best thing I will ever do.

SPREAD ME is my novella that is best pitched as what if the thing from The Thing wanted to fuck you... and you were a little too into that idea for your own (& humanity's) good? Imagine if this little freak got a Hugo Award bookshop.org/a/13492/9781...

Did you know that SPREAD ME is eligible for this one? So is Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive. Two projects that are basically impossible to promote at the same time and yet the audience overlap is somewhere around 98%

Getting ready to nominate things for this year's awards? Here is a big ole roundup of eligible works for your reference.

The thing about Catherine O’Hara is she is so hilarious and talented that I forgot she was mortal

BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another. linktr.ee/twincitieste...

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

Things you can do today: Call/email your electeds Strike: no work, no purchases, no school Protest Be a protester's safe check in call Offer a protester childcare Donate to a mutual aid fund, bail fund, or immigration find Talk to your centrist/right wing family about the situation

This post is blowing up, so for all the big name journos sharing it, some context: This was a rally in Chicago explicitly calling for ICE to be abolished, and for a mass general strike to counter the Trump admin's continous attacks on our communities and civil liberties.

My sentiments