"I’ll never be as prescient as I was back in 1984 of imagining this one because I don’t think anybody knows what’s going to be happening a year or two years from now." Relatable.

Wanting people to spend the money you refuse to pay them is wild.

Amazon's Atrocious AI Anime Dubs Are a Dark Sign of Things to Come

Trump has literally tried to cancel World AIDS Day. Don't let him. Watch CASHING OUT an amazing New Yorker doc short by Matt Nadel. I'm a proud EP. www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...

Wow. This is garbage.

I feel like the retrograde was retrograding this time around.

Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

I wonder what the implications of the Open AI rulings will be for people who are using it to generate "content." Like, will there be grounds for pursuing cases against them or at least for issuing cease and desists?

@alexwinter.com Just wanted to say that I very much enjoyed your performance in Waiting for Godot.

If ever you wonder why they are so angry and full of hate.

The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…

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One day, someone will write a dissertation or at least a chapter on the experience of watching Wicked in the immediate aftermath of the 2024 election juxtaposed against the experience of Wicked: For Good a year into this mess. It is irksome if not all out enraging.

And so they set about engineering a recession to wrest back power and make folks desperate to find/keep a job.

Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.

Interesting read. I disagree with this premise though: "Altruism is a function of surplus. It is easy to be charitable when you have excess capacity. It is impossible to be charitable when you are fighting for the last bruised banana."

Someone give me $500,000 so I can offer 1 year fellowships to young people in 2026.

Around Thanksgiving, I always want to go to a strictly vegan diet.

95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.

And the thing is, they really didn't have to make this bet. All early indicators showed that people really didn't want this tech. They could have changed course. Instead, they're trying to shove it down our throats, and even that's not working.

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

Last night, I dreamed a word that I have never used in my life: heart-bound. So, when I woke up, I immediately looked it up to see if it even was a word.

RLS: I have all the degrees in English, and I still occasionally look words up to make sure I'm spelling them correctly. Get it together. 😐

If you're grown, stop sounding words out and look it up. 🤦🏾‍♀️

Claiming it.

I LOVE that this year so many of you are applying EARLY. Every single year people wait til the night before to try to get it in and start emailing us for extensions (that we are NOT going to honor ever. You have til 2/27/2026 to have ALL materials in). We’re already reading & learning about yall!

Wondering if the #kidlit community can point me towards more recent bilingual English-Spanish picture books? Our school library has some older ones, but I’d like to refresh it for the kids who’d benefit.

Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.

New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short. Not even for legacy mag cred.

Read the thread below on how to respond to intimidating legal requests regarding your social media activity.

I've submitted MY claim! Fellow authors, have you submitted YOURS?! FINISH THEM

It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.

Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.

Mid-career journalists!! Don't miss your chance to apply for the 2026 George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop to help journalists write fiction. I have taught there twice, and it's a great chance to jump-start your fiction. Deadline 1/12/26 www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/2025/ap...

This Eddie Murphy documentary is interesting, but I hate several of comedians that talked to to give his career context.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to "help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.

Maybe a general strike requires some more building, but can we do a general boycott? Can we only buy necessities through the end of the year? Can we give money instead of gifts or support independent/small businesses only for the holiday season and beyond?

Damn them.

Why, You grave but reckless senators

Nia Davenport ( @niadavenport.bsky.social ) is a great writer and friend whose young family just lost a husband and father. If you've loved her books or her presence in the writing community, and you can spare something, please contribute. gofund.me/4299d5593

With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.

Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays. Listen in ⬇️

Reminder: Today at 11 am Eastern I'll be streaming "The Long Dark" to raise money for NY Common Pantry! With giveaways for each goal! Let's see how long I last. www.twitch.tv/nkjemisin If you don't feel like watching the game, you can also donate directly at tiltify.com/@nkjemisin/s...

We're hosting "Writing and Resistance" a workshop and conversation with KIESE LAYMON, ROBERT JONES, JR. and DEESHA PHILYAW on Dec. 14! All proceeds will go to the Sameer Project. Join us! Register: www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...

Also, fellow authors and media folks who game stream, hit me up. I'd like to build a team and set a significant charity goal for the future.

We lost our SNAP benefits and are struggling to get by on just my disability, let alone with food costs. I'm selling handmade cards to help make ends meet, $4.00 each, take your pick, first come first serve. All designs in the comments. Msg me and we can make it happen. Pls share & thnx! North Pole

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol