Sex is incredible but have you ever WRITTEN A FUCKING BOOK

When I am in flow writing state I feel the creative power of the universe flowing through my fingertips. I am become GODDESS. Why the fuck would I give that over to a machine? Fuck anyone who does and fuck anyone extra who thinks I should.

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

This. God, this. It is such a manufactured panic and it started the moment they lost the fight over gay marriage. Support trans rights because it’s the right thing to do and also because this is all just a fascist push

Fantastic & unique story - devoured in two days. An African woman with inexplicable powers, a baffled Chicago cop, a string of impossible murders across US and UK. Fantasy + mystery = One of my favourites this year. #BookSky 📚💙

you know how badly you have to fuck up to throw a WORLD CUP and have nobody come?

Great “today I learned” post about the politics of portraits thru the ages.

London in the blitz; unapologetically adventurous Iris stumbles across actual angels & a nasty fascist woman intent on changing history. Brilliant evocation of the daily grind of the war, memorable characters, hell of an ending. Sequel planned for next year - can’t wait. 💙📚 #BookSky

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

So yes I’ve read a lot of dystopian SF and am a huge fan of @seananmcguire.bsky.social’s Feed series but… anyone else eyeing the Ebola outbreak and the latest hantavirus thing and having Literal Nightmares about them meeting up & mutating? No? Just me?? 😬

Trans’d from Chinese & a somewhat different writing style (fair amount of telling & head-hopping) but propulsive and fascinating. A poor woman in Hong Kong sets out to find who cyber-bullied her 15-year-old sister to death. Couple of great twists at the end. #BookSky 💙📚

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

This is a deeply fucked up country.

If you see this you have to repost. Thems the rules. And really, why wouldn’t you? ❤️❤️

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

On this day in 1933, Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld library in Berlin. The world’s greatest collection of LGBTQ books and scientific papers were looted and later burned, erasing decades of research into sexuality and gender identity. ‘Where they burn books, in the end they will burn humans too’.

Me: I’m a writer! It’s important to write at least a lil bit every day! Also me: write? Today?? Pfft, not happening, sod off, where’s that book* I’m reading… * the book is The Buffalo Hunter Hunter which is too brilliant to put down #WriterLife #AmWriting

My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos. - Seemingly magical properties - Developed and experimented with to make endless products - Poisoned countless communities in it's creation - Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now

My god. What a brilliant heart-breaker of a tale. Sci-fi at its best: philosophical, shattering, awesome in every sense. This one will stay with you. “…placing ourselves inside their mouths and pretending to truth.” @slhuang.com 💙📚 #booksky

I’m trying to write this book’s final chapter but “Ballroom Blitz”* is stuck in my head and FFS brain why are you like this??? *by ‘70s glam rock band Sweet and I wasn’t even a fan

Why WHY did I call this character George? Every time I type his name — EVERY time — it comes out as Geroge & I have to go back and correct it & lose my train of thought. Absolutely cannot let it stand & autocorrect later, brain doesn’t work that way. Sigh. #AmWriting #WriterLife

Triumph of the Schill

Me: ugh I didn’t do any PT exercises today BUT I also didn’t use the walking stick at all. Spouse, half asleep: wait, what’s my reaction here? I need instructions… Me: anything supportive. Spouse: you’re doing great, I’m proud of you. 👍🏻 keeper

The amount of misinformation we’re getting about an incident that just occurred in front of 1,500 news reporters is truly the metaphor of our generation.

I won at dentist-ing today! “These X-rays are perfect! Your gums look great! Your teeth are in excellent shape! See you in six months!” For someone with Very British Teeth this is 💯 🎉🥳

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

That pic on the left is the best thing I’ve seen in days and I am absolutely gonna spite-live long enough to see this brilliant woman in the White House (or at least the US senate but I think I’ve got enough years left for the White House!)

I feel like Sun Tzu really missed out on "Invent Pete Hegseth and give him to the enemy"

Seem to have entered my Ancient Crone Whose Every Joint Aches Badly When There’s a Sharp Change in the Weather era. Do not approve. (It was in the 80s and sunny two days ago; today, when g’daughter had a soccer match, 50s and pouring rain.)

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everything is terrible so here’s mamdani and obama laughing and reading to kids to soothe your soul

This is heartbreaking. And infuriating. And so, so wrong. 🫂 Trans right are human rights and anyone who “yes, buts” can fuck all the way off into the sun.

Devoured this in two days. Great plotting with two alternating POVs; a wealthy family on a remote island, secrets & lies revealed one after another; building to a stunning climax that I did NOT see coming. The final three words - wow. Highly recommended. #BookSky 💙📚 @trishasakhlecha.bsky.social

So today I learned, etc. And this one’s a jaw-dropper. Whole thread. Just “wait, wut? Wow!” all the way down.

It’s a great moment to remember that in the leadup to this popular uprising, the first major gut-punch was delivered by Budapest Pride. Poetic justice. 🇭🇺🏳️‍🌈

Fantastic thread. Read it all and feel hopeful.

I know things feel helpless in the United States. But they are not. Orbán was in power for sixteen consecutive years. He was the spoke at the center of the global far-right. He built the network, wrote the playbook, modeled competitive authoritarianism. His long reign seemed a sure thing.

Imagine an electoral campaign like this in Russia today. You can’t. Too many have died under mysterious circumstances or rotted in prison. No one is left to push back against Putin without extraordinary risk. Hungary is a reminder it's critical to contest power forcefully while you still can.

This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

“Everything is cracked, everything is stained except the fragile moments that hang crystalline in time and make life worth living.” Pierce Brown, ‘Morning Star’ When you’re lost in a great novel & a single sentence leaps out & grabs your soul. #RedRising #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #SFF

Brutal.

Same, corgi, same. ( @oldenoughtosay.com has probs been tagged on this 627 times already but just in case…)

Oh nbd, just sitting here in tears watching the live feed from #Integrity as the #Artemis astronauts ask to name a bright spot on the moon #Carroll in honor of Reid’s spouse and they all tear up and group hug and 🥹🥹🥹 Humanity at its best.

The Overton window is accelerating past the horizon so damn fast that you need a telescope to see it.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Me, finally up at noon (it was a long day): what’ll we do for, er, brunch? Him: Seder leftovers Me: OMG yes! Aunt Na’s gluten-free chocolate covered matzah!! Him: er… Me: I’m a grownup. Chocolate. Covered. GF Matzah. I mean, she baked it separate and labeled the bag it’d be rude not to.😋

Him: what’s this in Elijah’s cup? Me: rest of the Concord grape juice I used for the alcohol-free charoses. Him:… Me: like Elijah needs more wine? Him:… Me: and who else would drink that juice? Him: point. Sorry, Elijah.

Found a lil pop-up protest in the Philly burbs. Not on the #NoKings site but easily 200+ lining the street. Music, water, chairs - and a dude in an inflatable purple dinosaur! “Wow! We scored an inflatable! We’re rockin now!”

Who counts. Who gets to call herself a woman. If a DNA test says something they don't like, you're out. Born female, raised female, lived your whole life as a woman. Doesn't matter. You're out.