In honor of THE ODYSSEY I am donating blood to the trough for Tiresias to drink. We could use the help. (your quarterly reminder to — oh, Mitch McConnell is here, that’s weird)

we are looking for a UI/UX director who's passionate about D&D to join our digital games team at Wizards 🪄 job-boards.greenhouse.io/hasbro/jobs/...

I quit Substack back in 2022. I am sure if I'd stayed, I might have more subscribers than I currently have on Buttondown because of Substack's discoverability features. But fuck that.

Hey! I'll be on the OUT IN COMICS panel at SDCC on Saturday July 25th at 6pm alongside @tonyisabella.bsky.social @pepoy.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @georgegustines.bsky.social @rupertkinnard.bsky.social Jim McCann & @andymangels.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Momo is a fantastic book, and if the story feels derivative in 2026, it's because most modern YA fantasy is its direct descendant. Sadly this film looks relentlessly literal, which IMO does the book a disservice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO4n...

Aw man, Sam Neill. Wearer of the indigenous NZ flag. Alan Grant. And also just a super nice guy who once signed autographs for a whole birthday party of little girls, and drew us each our own, unique dinosaur.

RIP to the incomparable Sam Neill

I had no idea there was a panel at the Readercon based on my Hammer Speech from the Locus Awards! This is so cool, and based on Kate's notes sounds like an incredible panel. Totally stunned over here.

khōréō is at $14,390 out of their $16500 goal with THREE DAYS left! Share! Donate and share! Let's get them there! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

Y'all should go to this because I can't (family child care stuff). Sarah Gailey is the flat-out best.

Interesting to see McConnell honoring the ancient pharaoh's tradition of taking your pet along with you to the afterlife

Today! 3pm! The San Francisco Public Library! Me and @megelison.bsky.social!! If you aint a dead senator, you have no excuse to miss it 🙂‍↔️ www.sfinsf.org?p=3088

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

i will say lindsey graham being asked by a reporter how mitch mcconnell is doing, answering “i don’t know, i’m going to check right now” and then dying is hilarious

Help secunit I need something to read on the next plane so I don't fall weird-asleep. What is the most devourable thing you have read recently?

yeah man that guy got canceled. his life got ruined. he has an army of guys that defend him and makes a few grand every month because of them. the woman who canceled him? yeah she did it for the clout only. she's famous. she's known as "the woman who can't go anywhere without immediate harassment"

Another @bookriot.bsky.social article by yours truly is up! In which I list 6 SFF books for gamers, including work by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, Susan Dennard, @sarahgailey.bsky.social, Sara Hashem, Suzan Palumbo, and @thesuiway.bsky.social! bookriot.com/best-sci-fi-...

And this weekend, my tour continues on the west coast! I hope to see folks in the Bay, at the Alameda Bookfest, or at SF in SF with @sarahgailey.bsky.social!

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

I've so appreciated becoming a part of AABB! A great way to feel connected to creative community, more purposeful in outreach, more capable of fighting back. Join us!

🧠 Did you know? Do you ever feel congested, and then that stuffy feeling goes away on its own? Fun fact! Your sinuses have drained into a massive void space in your frontal lobe! This is actually the origin of the classic designation "booger-brain"

guy who wears a lot of button down shirts: listen snowflake that's just how tough guys talk! sorry you're such an HRcel! actual tough guy: this is my shih tzu Princess Fluffy she has a different sweater for every day of the week and if you look at her wrong i will beat you to death with your own leg

finding time to celebrate the fact that @coyotemedia.org finally broke 5,000 (free and paid) subscribers yesterday!! yayyyy I'm gonna eat an extra fancy pluot today lol www.coyotemedia.org

We're just an employee-owned audiobook company, standing in front of readers, asking them to make the switch so they can support their indie bookstore with every audiobook purchase 💓 (We're also a Certified B Corp, offer DRM-free audiobooks, & have 600,000+ to choose from.)

😂😂😂🐧

So that means that any attempt to neuter a hippo is: A) Exploratory Surgery B) Done under "best guess" conditions C) Where the drugs are *going* to wear off D) On an animal that weighs more than a Ford F150 E) All of which is muscle F) On testicles that are hiding from you G) And it is mad about it

I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane. Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.

You should read this amazing thread, and also read the books mentioned here - @sarahgailey.bsky.social's River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow. I gulped down River of Teeth in 1.5 hours, and I'm extremely grateful that both were available at the library, because that ending, whooo!

Estimated to be about a thousand now. Obligatory RIVER OF TEETH by @sarahgailey.bsky.social call out.

I can’t get this paragraph about havarti out of my head I need to understand how one person can have cheesemaking so distinctive that you can say “this isn’t based on hers”

This email could have been a flayed screaming man

Finished @sarahgailey.bsky.social new book, it's just great, although tough read. The research they did on cults must have been extensive (and disturbing). I was genuinely emotionally uncomfortable living in these people's skins. But they got me into their skins! bookshop.org/p/books/make...

"But Elison's sharp sense of humor keeps the novel from ever feeling heavy or pedantic. FF is a timely send-up (and takedown) of the billionaire ruling class, a delicate unpacking of the myths of the U.S.'s earliest days, and a sharp and insightful work of satire..." thank you @shelf-awareness.com!

You got this!

same vibes

Happy to see that we've raised nearly $10K for World Central Kitchen ( @wck.org ) in just under two days, but we can do more, I think (remember you can adjust your donation sliders so they get more of the take). Also, you know: Lots of my books! Go get 'em.

Want to make sure everyone knows about @benhatke.bsky.social's upcoming travelogue graphic novel HOME/WORLD. It's a stunning, charming, complicated, deeply personal record of circling the globe without* the use of air travel. (*There were some extenuating circumstances.) bookshop.org/a/1877/97812...

If you're not outraged, you should be

"Got any ideas for that Beech-Nut Gum ad?" "I was thinking a circus clown and strong man sharing a couple sticks backstage." "And they're in love, right?" "Of course they're in love."

Ride first, die never, and ask questions later

i am a big believer in nuance, care, and compassion, especially in moments of conflict. people are complex. many situations require an open mind & heart. unless you have wronged my best friend

seeing more of a particular brand of aggro post lately ("if you weren't a coward you'd be doing xyz thing that would have you dead or in jail" from posters who appear to themselves neither be dead or in jail). could just be feds/bots/trolls trying to entrap people on here but a PSA just in case

No, no. I think you might’ve been cooking with Cenobyte…the new rulers of this digital Hell. Part machine, part demon, part internet.

I fear we were too hard on the CD Cenobite. A beautiful creature who really embodied the pain/pleasure of being a dedicated lover of physical media.

Thomas Paine is my favorite founding father. He was famously abolitionist and one of the earliest voices to point out the hypocrisy of fighting for independence while keeping slaves. He also firmly believed that keeping any friendship which required compromising your morals made you a bad person.

If you need something to read over the long, gross weekend, my next novel is now up on Edelweiss (for librarians/booksellers) and NetGalley (for everyone else). Edelweiss: www.edelweiss.plus?sku=12507915... NetGalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

My god, this Kickstarter comic project looks gorgeous. Yes, yes, I do need a queer retelling of Twelfth Night, how did you know??? www.kickstarter.com/projects/its...

Want to raise money for voting rights and get something cool for yourself in the process? Romancing the Vote auctions are still open, and you can still get some props from Leverage, for example...

villain: we’re not so different, you and i hero: we’re literally the opposite. i’m good and you’re bad villain: wait no im the… now hold on hero: villain: i’m gonna throw up