Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem

CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.

Who remembers those early Palantir trades

When Texas tried to steal 5 seats, I said to watch the litigation my law firm had filed because we had a good chance of winning in court. Today a federal court BLOCKED THE MAP. While the legacy media ignored our case, Democracy Docket covered it from gavel to gavel. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Happy Thursday! Almost through the week. We're still sitting still at $1473 short of the goal of paying November's overdue bills. I keep vascillating between real scared and just numb. It's been a hard year. Thank you so much for all your help! Remember even just sharing this can make a difference.

I think one of the reasons I like friends to lovers romances more now is because the thought of investing energy into a romantic relationship with someone completely new makes me want to sleep for 100 years. Not that I actually have any friends I would want to become lovers, just conceptually

We ordered Thai food tonight, I opened my container of stir fried rice noodles and saw a green bean poking out of the noodles so I popped it in my mouth and started chewing. You know where this is going. It was not, in fact, a green bean. Fortunately, I have a high heat tolerance.

Wow, huge credit to Katie and the rest of the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social. USDA has now issued revised numbers because CBPP caught them either accidentally or intentionally making huge errors that would severely underfund SNAP, in direct violation of court orders.

A friend who is having knee replacement surgery next week asked me to help her with errands yesterday. When she said she wanted to buy canned goods for the food bank I pointed out they would rather have $. We talked about it for a while, mostly I let her talk through her feelings…

My favorite part of every day is the moment when I go to bed. The day is over and no matter what the next day is going to be like, it isn’t here yet.

Today is the last day to bid! www.32auctions.com/organization...

We finally got a group of trick-or-treaters. When I opened the door I commented that they were the first we’d seen. One of the older boys said, “I remember you from last year. You wanted us to take 2 or 3 bags of chips.” I laughed and told the group to take 2 or 3 bags of chips.

2 good things about today. I’ve had a splinter in an inconvenient place on my right hand for days. Today a friend stopped by and I got the bright idea to ask for help. It took 2 minutes. I remembered I had 1 more birthday cinnamon roll in the freezer. It’s in my belly now.

💜✨ Turn up the compassion. Turn up the courage. Turn up the love. 💜✨ #LoveMustBeLouder #ThePowerOfUs #HumanismInAction #EthicalHumanism #EthicalSTL #ChooseCompassion

For the Steamy Lit Foundation fundraiser, I am offering 2 one hour sessions over zoom to help you declutter, clean, or organize. I only offer this as a fundraising item. Take advantage of my 10+ years of experience and support Steamy Lit.

I have a new novelette out today! It's about disabled people caring for one another--even when one of them is a phantom. It's free to read at @reactorsff.bsky.social.

Were you not able to participate in #NoKings? Or did you go and are looking for somewhere to put that energy? Here's two things anyone can do (from home! which take 5 min!): bsky.app/profile/did:...

The Steamy Lit fundraiser auction starts in a couple of hours and I am offering 2 zoom decluttering sessions for 1 hour each. Take advantage of my many years of experience and support Steamy Lit’s mission. Auction link in next comment

Our Ancient Tome book boxes are the best way to hide your treasures! This one is book-themed (a bit meta) and hand-painted in several shades of blue with a pearlescent shimmer! thebrokencircle.etsy...

My haul from the bookstore. I finally picked up my preorder of Liz Gotauco’s F*cked Up Fairy Tales and then I needed a couple more books - Nadine Gonzalez’ Only Lovers in the Building and Janine Amesta’s Love at First Flight. We read Latine books all year.

A lot is terrible so I am experimenting with chocolate sourdough starter. This is my first loaf from the starter. I’m pleased.

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

“I got out of my car and tried to explain that I was a U.S. citizen and an Army veteran just trying to get to my job. They didn’t care.” www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

I've taken the time to track more than a dozen ICE claims about officers being assaulted through the eventual dismissal of the charges, every single time, when video evidence proves ICE was lying. Their lies are relentless.

I wrote this a couple of years ago, but it’s always worth reuping in October. romancehistory.com/2023/10/03/l...

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

If you want a quick/easy way to find contact info for your electeds, 5calls.org has phone numbers and scripts for you to use on a number of issues. Phone not happening today? Every senator and representative should have a "contact me" form on their website, and you can paste the script from 5calls.

Trump is asking us to start choosing groups we're willing to abandon, and the only way to make him stop is to be clear we're not fucking abandoning ANYONE. Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.

I’ve seen a few videos of people shocked to lose friends after the CK murder. I’m feeling pretty good about having lost zero friends. I definitely unfollowed a couple of people I had followed a few days before, but no actual friends.

Liz Gotauco’s F*cked Up Fairy Tales and Janine Amesta’s The Wedding Con are coming to Austin Public Library!

hi, cis folks! do you trust the senate to decide whether you can have healthcare or if you legally exist under the law or where you can legally wash your hands or pee? neither do we! please tap into the thread & tell senators our civil rights & lives matter—even more than the jimmy kimmel show!

My friend who has the perimenopause brain fog bad calls me. Me: hey, what’s up? Her: I don’t remember. I hoped I would remember when you answered. Me: was it funny, sad, or enraging? Her: you would have laughed hard! I laugh. We hang up.

If you see this skeet, you have to name a trans book more people should read. For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes April is used to solving every one else’s problems, but can she believe Dennis just wants her? www.amazon.com/Love-April-F...

They want a permanent Black underclass and a Helter Skelter style race war and while it’s really funny for yall They are pushing into lynching, ambushing cops, and shooting up homeless encampments and like maybe start caring about that more than rhetorical slap fights

More than a dozen immigration judge were just fired. Such firings have been common on Friday evenings and often involve newer judges still on probation. But today's firings include a Sacramento IJ who's been on the bench close to 20 years. "The judge version of Jimmy Kimmel," one source told me.

I started reading Charlotte Stein’s Dealing with a Desperate Demon and hokey smokes! This scene where he’s tending to her injury is so rife with desire it’s hotter than some sex scenes. And I’m 16% in 🥵

It's all a bit much this week. Here's a silly little gift from me to you.

I’m pretty sure I say this every time I read one of Olivia Dade’s books, but goddamn do I love her brain. I’m at the description of middle aged prom in Second Chance Romance and have tears running down my face from laughter.

Not everyone can always cancel things during a boycott, but if you can, today is a perfect day to terrorize the shit out of Disney. Do it for a week. Or be like me (the person described in the follow up post) and cancel b/c you forgot you were subscribed. Then make sure to tell them why. I did.

I need people to understand this: you have no choice about whether your protest will be viewed as legal. If the cops choose to make your permitted protest illegal, they will be able to charge you.

The wholesomeness I needed at this moment

The Jimmy Kimmel firing, Colbert's show, what's happening at WaPo, CBS... legacy journalism is slowly but surely coming under state control. It is more important now than ever before that we support the independent journalists out there doing the work not beholden to a fascist's bidding.

I checked and my library has copies in multiple formats and there is a multi week wait list for each of them. We love libraries.

I’m reading a bunch of gothics and realized I needed a book to break up the tension and horrors so I opened my arc of Olivia Dade’s Second Chance Romance. I’ve laughed three times already.

In his essay for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, @alexanderchee.bsky.social notes that we can think of “survival as an act of love.” Yes, I want to be and do good for myself but mostly, it’s for the people. I find that framework very clarifying and immediate.

Very sad to share that our dear @isobelcarr.com is dealing with more than just a recurrence of her lymphoma. Here is a fundraiser link to help provide the care she needs. And fuck cancer. www.gofundme.com/f/help-krist...

Call your Senator and tell them to back Patty Murphy's statement on firing RFK Jr. Find Your Senators here: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.

PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb