hey friends. I’ve joined over 60 other content creators on a team for @feedingamerica.org. $1 = 10 meals, meaning even a single dollar donation will help de-enshittify the holidays for hungry families. give if you can, boost if you can’t. thank you! ❤️💪 teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...

I wrote about some surprises from this past weekend. ♥️

Apologies to be yet again pushy but I have two different tests next week [stress test and ct colonography] that requires a roughly $65+ round trip transportation bill alone for one visit. Im sorry to constantly whine about costs. Things are...rough.

I'm gonna quote my friend @sarahgailey.bsky.social: Do what you can. Care for yourself and the people around you. Believe that the world can be better than it is now. Never give up.

Tonight's "is that you, Doug??" moment brought to you by Billy Butchersons arrival onscreen in Hocus Pocus

Just stress-bought $150 worth of whistles. If anyone wants to kick in a few bucks: givedan.money

You gotta be fucking kidding me with these book promotion spam emails

Since we’re talking BUNNICULA I need everyone to know that the audiobook is read by Victor Garber and he truly out-gays himself. Harold and Chester absolutely come across as the fussy middle-aged couple they were obviously meant to be.

Also if we're talking about Bunnicula, go read this lovely @sarahgailey.bsky.social essay about its origins that might make you cry

The vibe I bring to the function

Thread with additional references, and advice for leaving Substack: bsky.app/profile/labe...

Leaving isn't impossible bsky.app/profile/seth...

Like, this article is from 2023! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Oooh, this labeler is going to come in handy. If you have a Substack - why? Why haven't you gotten off of there? bsky.app/profile/labe...

Substack discourse again so I am moved to reiterate: getting off Substack is one of THE most straightforward and effective ways to get fascist stink off your work. If you choose not to do it because it seems too hard, then I do not trust you to do literally anything in the face of fascism.

Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business

I just moved Agents & Books from Substack to Ghost, too. LMK if you have any questions. The folks at @ghost.org made it completely painless!

If you’re on Substack, plan your exit. If you’re not on Substack, start somewhere else.

Anne Helen Petersen’s Culture Study is moving to Patreon from Substack. It’s one of the platform’s most successful publications & a beneficiary of its six-figure development program. This is bad for Substack. (Why Patreon is a separate conversation.) www.instagram.com/p/DQXNyWyjv8...

oops if only many of us could have seen this coming and written about it repeatedly

Scariest thing I have seen today

I wrote about how RFK Jr is making health worse for millions of Americans. He's slashed research and healthcare, and replaced them with "hAvE yOu TrIeD YoGa?" Link & free link in thread. There are impeachment/removal proposals in both the House and Senate. Tell your electeds to boot this guy out!

ngl this is an honor

What if McReady from Yhe Thing was horny for The Thing. That’s the premise. Go read it you sickos!

This interview w/The Nerd Daily was a fun one that got to the heart of my reasons for writing this gently creepy novella. It also includes books I'm looking forward to, including work by @veronicaghenry.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social and @kjcharleswriter.com thenerddaily.com/eden-royce-p...

A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

this forever

that one friend who will hear your most deranged ludicrous thoughts and say "omg exACTLY" appreciation day when

need to figure out WHICH of my neighbors is learning to DJ so I can locate him and give him an encouraging gift of headphones, which he has apparently never heard of before and will be amazed by

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Rarely seen stronger fanfiction substrate than The Morning Show. Truth & Measure anthology series season 2 when

Actually I’m just gonna take a page out of @sarahgailey.bsky.social’s research process here and just: I need to talk to someone who knows a lot about Edo kabuki. Anyone got a lead?

I need to talk to someone who knows about overland lithium ore transportation safety (or, in general, hazardous ore transportation). The heist I need this information for IS fictional, your honor

i'm so tired i could sleep a horse

Review bombing is a key weapon in the culture wars. Yes, they work -- and can destroy lives and livelihoods. ICYMI I wrote a history of the American review bomb for @flaminghydra.com! flaminghydra.com/issue-425/#r...

Once upon a time, eShakti was the go-to online shop for people sized out of mall stores, but no longer. @andreagrimes.com  investigates its heartbreaking enshittification:

Bay Area: this article is a fact sheet with information to contact various legal and advocacy groups local to the area if you have an encounter with ICE. Share this info far and wide.

I would rather watch a fragment of underdone potato for two hours

No ICE in the Bay Area! Stand up to Trump. Don’t let the head-spinning, mind-numbing feelings of powerlessness and WTFism overwhelm you. Check this out and learn what concrete actions we can take. ✊✊ #BayResistance #50501sanjose #ICEoutofBayArea #ResistTrump

Bay Area. Community action and organizing matter. You can make a difference and there are folks who know how and are sharing that knowledge. Let’s do what we can!

If you're in the Bay and feeling paralyzed in the face of the oncoming ICE raids, here's a link to a stellar mobilization webinar that ran yesterday. It's incredibly grounding, practical & tactical, and will give you the guidance and resources to do what you can, where you can.

RFK Jr. is an ableist racist transphobic eugenicist who is making everyone less safe. So I wrote a satire about it. "Mission Report From the Tiny Alien Piloting RFK Jr’s Body" Mission Report 892: Project Destroy Humanity v2: RFK Jr To: Kelvian Central Control, Planet Kelvian D 1/16

The dialogue is a whole other thing but the bit about "fuck you shoot me I'll die for this shit" and the reaction is the crux here, from Gandhi's time on down, no authoritarian in history ever knows how to respond to this and it's why it beats them whenever deployed

No one should EVER monitor Nazi space without a strong support network that can check them regularly and watch for signs that the propaganda is taking hold, and address that reality promptly. Without a rock solid accountability network, it is playing with fire.

I have finished "SPREAD ME" by @sarahgailey.bsky.social All these points still stand, but I'd like to add I was incredibly surprised by how affected I was by the ending. Emotionally, you almost don't see it coming for you like that. Incredible writing. Also, you are not alone.

While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.

Bay Area folks, get ready for ICE sweeps this weekend, look for actions to join if you're able. will post actions as quotes on this post. oaklandside.org/2025/10/22/m...