Public support for the LGBTQ+ community by corporations has become politically risky, public relations expert says. n.pr/4fKOBBG

Anyone up for a train ride? 🚂

NEW: Trump's gross Aliens.gov site claims to map where immigrants have been taken into custody, but it includes more 83 spots where Americans alone were arrested. Over 700 locations include citizen arrests. The counter is fake. The music was ripped. And Puerto Rico is listed as a foreign country.

They can't make us forget. We were here. We saw. We remember.

CON COUNTDOWN! 70 DAYS until we're in Orlando and WOW we cannot wait! Are you coming? www.goldencrownliterarysociety.org/2026-annual-... #gcls2026 #sapphicliterature #conference

Caring for a loved one is one of the most profound things a person can do. But carers are not just a workforce—they deserve care themselves. 🫂 Today’s daily dose.

“Books are Weapons in the War of Ideas.” Take up your books and stand strong, my friends. #Booksky #ReadingIsFundamental

Another date night at the symphony = another opportunity to prove what a great photographer I am. #ThisIsWhyIWrite ps. The music was epically amazeballs! #WriterLife #StarWars

The Trump administration may be going after the Southern Poverty Law Center now, but make no mistake, this attack affects everyone. The point of prosecuting SPLC or others that make the president angry is to send a message: Fall in line or pay the price.

Let's watch the O's & sprinkle Old Bay on everything because it's Maryland week for the IHS Reading Challenge! Leveled is one of the novels featured and the folks at IHS have included a Q&A about this book. Please check out the link in the comments. #sapphicreadingchallenge #maryland

Two of my novels are included in this week's I Heart Sapphafic Challenge. Leveled represents Maryland and Project Duplicity for Ocean/Sea. Go to the link in the comment to see the other books!

One in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, but doctors say daily sunscreen use can lower the risk of melanoma by 50%.

I understand how tired you are. It feels like an uphill battle. There's a low-level background stress that never goes away. Solid ground has vaporized. Guard rails are missing. Gone. But don't give up! Don't let them win. You're still here. You're stronger, braver, and more resilient than you know.

Your Gmail isn't free. You’re worth between $30 and $180,000, it just depends how valuable advertisers think you are. Read more, based on our analysis featured in Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/28/price-of-free-gmail-how-much-your-google-account-is-worth/

Pretty much every “AI tell” exists because these companies hoovered down millions of books written by actual humans. You can pry my em dashes, my lists of three, and whatever else AI learned from authors from my clawed, furious hands. I’m in my crone era. Don’t tempt me.

Today’s pro writing tip: you can bait a hook with bated breath, but baited breath means you’ve been eating the worms.

Well, hello y’all.

This maybe explains a few things. 🤷‍♀️

#sapphicfictionsaturday I’m reading Warriors All by Brooke Campbell: a paranormal, against all odds, danger/in peril, butch/femme, hot and steamy romance. What’s in your hands today? 📖 Bluesky: @brookeauthor.bsky.social #romancelandia #booksky #sapphicbooks #butchfemme

pssst - We call her Tammy the Terrific! #gclswa #sapphicwritingprograms #queerbooks #wlwbooks #sapphicbooks

Yasss. Finally some good news in my feed!

Inquiring minds want to know!

May the Fourth be with you. It’s moving day for us. We need all the fourth, ahem, force we can get. Wish Yoda was here to levitate this stuff!

Voters should choose our politicians — not the other way around.

Nearly a third of Americans get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep a night. A lot of us struggle to get to bed as we power through tasks or get lost in endless scrolling. Here's help. n.pr/3ORuEOH

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On average, someone has died in ICE custody every 6 days this year, yet the agency is rapidly expanding detention by converting warehouses into immigration detention camps. ICE is putting lives at risk and must not move forward with this reckless plan.

Giving anyone with a pair of Meta glasses access to facial recognition technology opens the door to massive privacy violations from the government, private companies and even individual people. Send a message to Meta and tell them to keep facial recognition technology out of their glasses.

A free press is the cornerstone of a democracy, and must be protected. To all those shining a light on necessary truths, we salute you 🫡 Happy World Press Freedom Day.

Just in: A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone.

Voting CLOSES TODAY for the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award! Cast your votes now linktr.ee/goldencrownls ⭐️📚

It's gone from horrible to absurd 😬 If this was a movie I would have walked out in the first ten minutes.

⭐️ PANEL TEASER ⭐️ Deadly Dames, Cozy Crimes, and Sapphic Desire! We cannot wait… #gcls2026

TLR Champions in the Author, Super Sapphic Fan and Hero Tiers just got a BETA READER FEEDBACK TEMPLATE https://f.mtr.cool/lcwrfnighd

This National Library Week we’re proud to stand with the Massachusetts Freedom to Read Coalition in support of H.3594—critical legislation to protect access to books and defend the freedom to read. Unfortunately, book bans and censorship efforts are rising across the country—and MA is not immune.

The Greater RVA Indie Bookstore Tour kicks off tomorrow, featuring 11 stores from Henrico to Petersburg in celebration of Independent Bookstore Day.

Isn't this cover gorgeous? I'm so excited! The incredible artist May Dawn created it and I couldn't be happier. Get your copy of this #sapphicromance today! www.brookecampbellwrites.com/never-too-late #romcom #lesbian #butchfemme #booksky #SapphicBooksky #50+romance #wolfshifter #paranormal

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In keeping with Project 2025, the Trump administration seems intent on perverting Title X, return the US to 1957 when 1 in 10 teen girls gave birth. Post Title X, that number is 1 in 100. Another reason to keep focused on those #Midterms.

This is beautiful. Such a great way for friends to express their love while she’s still here. We exhibit such awkwardness & taboo around dying. I wish examples like this were the norm.

Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience

Today’s #FridayFling snippet is a sneak peek at ROSES & STONE, coming Dec 2026! Book one, SILVER & BLOOD, is out now! Garrick has his priorities right: 1) Riela, 2) Killing anything that threatens her. 👀 This week’s prompt is “whisper.” Preorder links: https://miha.li/RS#FridayFling #Romancelandia #BookSky

We are literally at the point in history where the Pope is battling the Antichrist. 🍿

Become a Patron of The Lesbian Review and join our awesome TLR Champion community. You'll get exclusive perks and your support means the world to us! #TLRChampions #BookLovers #Patreon #sapphicbooks

Flea-borne typhus spreads from animals to humans but cannot then transmit from person to person. www.iflscience.com/typhus-cases...

PSA: Ocean of PDF is another illegal pirating sight. They are stealing our work for their own profit. Don't fall victim, don't hit their donate button, especially don't buy! and tell all your reader friends. Pirating hurts authors, editors, cover designers, bookstores - & readers!

I will die on this hill!

So much this!

#Booksky Intro: H! Queen of Swords Press is a small queer woman-owned press based in Minneapolis (Catherine Lundoff, publisher, writer & general dogsbody) and we specialize in science fiction, fantasy and horror w/queer MCs. Mostly for grownups. We have a newsletter and stuff! queenofswordspress.com