My flash piece, "Marianne in an Unlit Bar on the Outer Curve of Human Space," is out in @neonhemlock.bsky.social's Baffling Magazine! It's one of my favorite recent stories and they did an amazing job with it! www.bafflingmag.com/issue-twenty...

I wrote about the possibility that we live in hell and what it means to "choose happiness" johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/just-be-ha...

I've been referencing this essay by @mollytempleton.com a lot lately in conversations about reading fantasy and other literature. Templeton's piece includes a discussion of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's useful ideas about 'paranoid' and 'reparative' approaches to reading. reactormag.com/on-learning-...

You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?

This turned out SO GOOD, and she was so responsive during the process... y'all should commission @cyberelladraws.bsky.social to bring your dream to life!

This is one of the trends that legit gives me hope for the future of humanity

We all known A*azon tends to sell books bellow list prices, but I've recently found them selling books at below WHOLESALE prices. I know this because I own a store. That's fucked up. Anyways, support your local book stores. Shit's tough.

Nature is everywhere, even in the busiest cities. From April 24–27, over 100k people around the world will step outside & photograph the wild nature around them for the #CityNatureChallenge — the largest annual community science event. 🧵⤵️

Maddow: All the people who came out to protest at Stonewall when the Trump administration pulled down the pride flag, "today you won."

See a couple, post a couple 🐙🦄

There comes a moment when you realise your weirdness is you strength. Lean into it. There comes a moment when you realise you are Fully-grown Changeling. Celebrate it. We are strange and we are here.

me when someone cites the deep magic to me even though I was there when it was written: holy shit, for real? I don't remember that part at all

🖤💜 Happy international asexuality day! 🖤💜🐀 (oldie but goldie)

wow really?

If you get self-conscious about posting repeated promo, let me give you all my long-standing promo-hack, for free. (I'm not currently using it, but I will be soon! lol) This is a site without an algo, but also one that does not punish links. So what you want to do is make a strategic thread.

DLARC: The Radio Geek’s Doomscrolling Antidote 📻🌀 The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications brings together 225,000+ items, from magazines and QSL cards to audio & video, all free via the #InternetArchive. 📚💿 Tune in ⤵️ www.radioworld.com/news-and-bus... #AmateurRadio #RadioHistory

"The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing. Not a dramatic collapse. Not Skynet. Just a generation of researchers who can produce results but can't produce understanding."

From the late Jesse Hamm. My personal mantra for the past decade.

I just finished filing my claim with the #Anthropic settlement, which used FIFTEEN of my books to train the goddamned Temu Terminator, and I am fucking furious and heartbroken about it: catvalente.substack.com/p/blood-mone...

This is a verified GoFundMe for librarian Luanne James from the Rutherford County Library Alliance. gofund.me/f7704eb98 Read what happened to this hero: www.newschannel5.com/news/rutherf...

happy #transdayofvisibilty #tdov!🏳️‍⚧️ I’m Parker, a trans artist in Philly painting my star filled dreamscapes 💖 shop parkerparrella.etsy.com mail club patreon.com/parkparr

For Trans Day of Visibility, come support a project run by 2 trans husbands with a bunch of trans artists participating! 🩵🤍🩷 We've Always Been Here is filled with queer art set all throughout history, all over the world. Only 2 days left on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap... #TDoV

“I wish I would have known that I could speak up.” “I wish I knew that I could ask for a nurse to be present.” As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, many women told us they didn’t know what was normal. We created this guide with the help of providers, patients and experts.

Sometimes I write essays. This one is unlocked and free to all. I bet you can guess what it's about, because you are very clever. If you like what I have to say, you can give me $1 and read more things!

If you’re a published author, you may be entitled to Tech Bro Oopsie money! www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Proof that I'm following a good bunch of people... not one sign of the new H*P trailer ANYWHERE on my feeds

I made a papercraft just for this

Hi! I'm a medievalist printmaker who specializes in linocut! I use Pfeil palm tools & hard lino, print with Cranfield/Hanco/Van Son inks, and I table at cons regularly! SHOP: houndsaint.etsy.com SITE: houndsaint.com 📷: instagram.com/houndsaint/ Telegram channel: t.me/HoundsaintAn...

Finally reaching the end of my spring gardening push! These are all starts from the Sunshine Community Gardens

This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results. (One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Oh this is a really important win. So you know people who use AI generated images and then copy that as a physical painting? This means that as it has no copyright protection (because AI does not), if it's too similar to the existing art AI ripped off, it is easier to fight back legally.

It is time to talk about a real problem within trans journalism. Breathless, fearmongering posts that wildly exaggerate a danger — or make one up entirely — while being incredibly vague about actual threats and ways to resist. As TNN's @davidforbes.bsky.social termed it: panicslop. So, a 🧵

Still one of our all-time faves. ✊

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

The witch walks through hedges. The witch walks through the wall of the woods. She knows the words of passing, knows the politeness owed to gates of thorn and tangle. Her constant conversation to the land leads her to secret places, leaf-cloaked sanctuaries. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

One of Tumblr's high holy days, I love it over there

We've had a day to pull a few things together, so here's a thread some more targeted info opposing the potential national book ban just proposed in the House of Representatives.

Happy Ides of March!

Happy Ides of March.

Is not tomorrow, boy, the ides of March?

Hello, I'm a woodcarver, and this what I do ✌️ You can help me a lot by sharing my work, so people can buy or commission me sculptures. Praying for octopus blessings on your life 🐙🙏

And we're live! All NK cotton crew tees, $14.99 for the next week! Go buy shirts from a trans-owned business and help me pay my bills and my employees! nerdykeppie.com/collections/...