Considering The Female Man by Joanna Russ, Or, As the Bear Swore by @effjayem.bsky.social turned up in the post in time to start reading on the train. Great cover with Judith Clute's cover art from the 1980s UK Women's Press SF edition.

Song for moon-shot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=546a... ORION. www.theguardian.com/science/gall...

It’s time for another episode of the Palfest Podcast from the Palestine Festival of Literature! Here they talk with Molly Crabapple about her book, a popular history of the Jewish Bund - a secular, socialist, uncompromisingly anti-Zionist revolutionary movement. youtu.be/zn01FwM_xnM?...

Astronaut Victor Glover, pilot of the #ArtemisII, and his family. They must be so friggin proud.. www.nasa.gov/learning-res...

Frank is appalled and would like humans to please get their shit together.

Syracuse is named after a classical Greek city known for its practical and artistic ceramics, a city which is now in Italy. When we kill the humanities we kill self-knowledge. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/n...

Iridescence Eastercon, the Tiny Koalas are coming your way! On the way to the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, they stopped at Gretna Green to get handfasted. Come and get your own Tiny Koala at the Brisbane in 28 table! #Brisbanein28 #Worldcon @easterconuk.bsky.social

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My painting PURPLE CONEFLOWERS

Happy book birthday to @effjayem.bsky.social ! 🥳🥳🥳 Join Farah at the @easterconuk.bsky.social launch this weekend! 💙💙💙

Both of Marco Rubio’s parents were born in Cuba. Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971, before they became US citizens. He is a US citizen because he was born in the US under birthright citizenship. #Hypocrites

Since the headline is a bit confusing, the NYT is reporting that on the same day we hit the girl's school in Minab, we also sent a missile full of tungsten steel pellets at a girl's volleyball tournament hundreds of miles away in Lamerd. Twenty one dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...

And this is coming from someone whose entire personality in middle school was based on those books.

There is a new book by an Indigenous author pretty much every time I go to the bookstore, in all sorts of genres, and I can't possibly keep up and read them all, which is the most wonderful problem to have. We absolutely rock.

"The color is repellent, almost revolting; a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight." I made a "Yellow Wallpaper" piece back in 2017, but I re-read the story over the weekend and wanted to try again. Much happier with this version 🖤

My favorite part in Project Hail Mary was when the accomplished microbiologist didn’t even balance his centrifuge

L.A. No Kings 'Lady Liberty' ig: @that.vvitch

I read The Everlasting. I didn't like it. It made me cross. Behold my disgruntlement.

Just arrived, the latest book by @effjayem.bsky.social

Wow. Possible dog boarder came round this morning (I need just two nights which is too short for a sitter). Me: She can be a bit nervous with new people. Phryne: Gosh! You smell gorgeous. Can I sit on you please? We had to *unpeel* her from the dog boarder.

Israel’s parliament has passed a controversial bill that seeks to impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis in acts of terror, but not on Jewish Israelis who kill Palestinians in similar circumstances. ft.trib.al/aSDzL0l

I gather the SF&F subgenre formerly referred to as'blokes in cloaks' is now to be known as 'mantasy', and may be considered the counterpart to 'guy fi'. You may now go on with your day.

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

Nothing like getting up early for an online meeting from Australia to reset your body clock for #SpringForward. @brisbanein28.bsky.social

To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

Ha! Yeah, sounds like the kids are playing her.

When people talk of nations 'declining', it's usually all very vague and anecdotal. This is what decline looks like. Tangible, measurable regression: a society making a choice to roll back its progress and reduce its future possibilities of success. It's also very, very avoidable. Heartbreaking.

For months, families lived in fear, children were separated from parents, and two of our neighbors were killed by federal agents. I’m establishing a council to document the impact of Metro Surge and create a public record of the harm Minnesotans endured. We will not forget.

I am very proud to say that I worked for months as an expert witness on this case. I am very pleased by the outcome.

The UN General Assembly just adopted a resolution on the enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. 123 in favor. Countries in red - voted against. Countries in yellow - abstained. #BlackskyNews 🥴

Add a bit of blood to the crozier, add another foot in height, and take away the glasses and this could have been Hild not-quite-1400 years ago. She would be *very* pleased 🥳

Next month the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social is hosting a Festival of Social History! Come one, come all! 🗃️ Experts! Projects! Zines! Lunch! Wine! socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...

Jury finds Goog & Meta negligent with only $3M in compensatory damages split 30/70 Next phase is punitive damages which can be much higher, which can be up to a 10:1 ratio with compensatory damages....so the max we're looking at here is $33M, which is very very little www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/m...

Since people are asking who it is, I'll name him: It's Steven Brust. He has engaged in sexual harassment against friends and colleagues, particularly at and around 4th Street Fantasy convention. It is the reason why he has been excised from the con and is no longer welcome there and part of it.

Doing some background research on Lord Dunsany (specifically the fact he was injured by the IRA during Easter Rising b/c he went to Dublin to help the British army) and I came across Edward James's wonderful blog project to collect info about sff writers and WWI. Great resource!

Six months into Bari Weiss’ overhaul of CBS News, new ratings data obtained by Status shows its flagship programs are shedding viewers at an alarming rate, collapsing to historic lows and accelerating the network’s decline. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-r...

Here is the registration link: conferences.historicalfictionsresearch.org/roundtable26... Please note that emails with the meeting link will go out on the day before the event.

Literal lunacy.

We have so many brilliant YA fantasy and science fiction authors' stories that deserve adaptations: Tracy Deonn, Sabaa Tahir, Holly Black, Sarah J. Maas, the list goes on. Don't get me started on adult SFF! Very long list. There are 1000 books I'd like to see on TV/film. Hollywood, stop rebooting!

Think voting doesn’t matter? 766 votes.

BREAKING: Democrat Brian Nathan will win the Florida State Senate District 14 special election, flipping the seat from red to blue. This is a district Donald Trump carried by 7 points in 2024. It’s also the second Florida seat Democrats have flipped tonight.

90 hours until the deadline for Hugo nominations!

It's just unreal how little thought or planning went into starting a new massive war in the Middle East.

The GOP hates America and everything it stands for. Their words and actions prove it. Facts don't lie, but the GOP does; over and over again.

“Hero” librarian won’t comply with order to remove LGBTQ+ books from kids section www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/hero...

Please share whoever it are supporting. Votes matter!

Site Selection for the 2028 World Science Fiction Convention will open soon. To vote in Site Selection, you must be a WSFS member (supporting, virtual, or attending) of @laworldcon.bsky.social, the current year’s Worldcon. Join LAcon V soon and vote to bring Worldcon Down Under! #Worldcon

One organization that works with conscientious objectors to war have seen a massive increase in inquiries from soldiers seeking to submit conscientious objector applications. The most cited reason was the Minab school bombing, the U.S. massacre at the girls’ school in Iran.