one thing i think about @moiradonegan.bsky.social's point is that you never hear people go from "male loneliness" -> why don't we get men involved in collective projects of meaning for the most part. instead it's usually a discussion about how society is too "feminine"

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development told members of Congress it would contribute $5.2 million to a pair of Twin Cities. supportive housing projects. The money never came. minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/19/h...

"What’s wanted here isn’t a civil discourse or an exchange of ideas. What’s wanted is to agree that reality is not what it actually is, but what the person you’re dealing with says it is, which means you agree that they are the ones who get to set the terms of reality for everyone else."

Oh, this is good.

Universal basic income cannot come soon enough. It's not okay to just obliterate the incomes of people in a system where we all need income to live. We need to get a universal floor under everyone below which no one can fall, especially when those losing their incomes trained the AI displacing them.

Requesting books from your library is VERY helpful to authors!!!

A routine reminder that "THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD" is out in the world. Amazing reviews from WaPo, Library Journal, Booklist, Locus, Shelf Awareness, and a big ol star from PW. I do not have it in me to do the fancy quote carousel rn, but people said it's good. Sapphic Orpheus ahoy!

What a great opportunity for folks in the New England region to meet and hear from TWELVE (12!) fantastic SFF authors. Don't miss out! This is such a great idea.

Know what creates empathy? Books. Reading about people unlike ourselves and experiences we'll never have. Which is why some people want to remove those books and discourage reading. Kids and adults should read widely. Most spend their spare time online, which is where indoctrination often begins.

Day 11: Hidden Gem 🌈📚 The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson. A dazzling, under-the-radar read that blends found family, queerness, and survival in a beautifully imaginative world. It deserves way more love. What’s your hidden gem queer book? #30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay

A great comic about how being an honest-to-goodness tenderheart these days is getting tougher. It also illustrates why hope is so damn vital. If you're wondering why certain groups are attacking basic empathy, it's exactly this.

Yes, hello, I would like to subscribe to this, please. ❤️

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot. Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

Sharing with ALT text for those who aren't aware of the ongoing real world implications for trans people in the U.S. "I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."

$1.5 billion sounds like a lot of money, but keep in mind that Anthropic just raised $13 billion in its latest fundraising round and is valued at $183 billion

What a delightful photo of delightful humans! Don't read John Wiswell's books and stories for John. Despite him being a mensch and all that. Read John's books and stories for YOU. You deserve good things! Happy birthday, John!

Hi did you know that there's a sapphic Orpheus book that came out this summer? It's like if you threw Hadestown and ace lesbians into a blender and gave it a PW star and anyway here's my book. moonpalacebooks.com/item/3Czr8Ta...

Dasia continues an unbroken streak of 🔥 takes. youtu.be/AKevy6Bzkng?...

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

I'm a business queer, and I endorse this message.

I love sibling stories, and Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei is a good one. It features 3 sisters, each with different dreams and goals, brought together by the eldest's disappearance in a dystopian future world. Full review: fanfiaddict.com/review-saltc... #booksky #bookreview @lordtbrffa.bsky.social

Fantastic essay. Writers *don't* owe us their pain, but when they decide to share it, treat it as an honor. This one is a gift.

Love this piece of writing wisdom. We don't really want to know *how* the trick is done. The sense of wonder is the gift. I sometimes have more fun thinking about possible implications of world building than I would reading about them because it feels like a secret little revelation.

Did you know that if you can't afford to buy a book, you can support the author you love by requesting your library get a copy? It's free, and it helps so much. So if you're up for a sapphic Hadestown, let's just say, you could request THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD!

Hey new followers from Worldcon! If you’re looking for a starting place to dive into my work: My short story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Six People to Revise You. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-... And I also have a new book out! moonpalacebooks.com/item/3Czr8Ta...

Related: if you're at Worldcon, wear your mask.

Check out this month’s reviews in our Book Nook column by J.R. Dawson, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Craig DiLouie, Marvin North, Malka Older, Jen Julian, Guy N Smith, Amal El-Mohtar, Beth Dolgner, Gareth Brown, David Alyn Gordon, Seth Haddon, and Jared Pechacek www.thenamelesszine.org/Book_Nook.php

This is not a massive decision or any kind of change. Costco has never carried mifepristone in its pharmacies. An anti-abortion group is taking credit for something that didn't happen, possibly to generate disingenuous left-wing ire against one of the few corporations that hasn't gone MAGA.

This is not cool.

Not enough white Americans are in the habit of telling each other to mind their own damn business. White supremacy thrives in part because even "well-meaning" white people don't stay in their lane.

Kaitlyn Greenidge on D.C., white reconstruction, and how you really can and should be able to believe multiple things are true at one time. kaitlyngreenidge.substack.com/p/chocolate-...

I've been thinking a lot about how I really hate the implication that AI skeptics are luddites because most of the AI skeptics I know are relatively tech savvy while the biggest AI champions I know can barely use email

A fantastic (and timely) reminder from @charliejane.bsky.social that queer history, like all marginalized history, includes both our joys and our scars. www.autostraddle.com/what-is-quee...

This administration has committed one of the largest generational thefts in American history. We'll all be paying the price for decades.

I am only modifying my prose to be more annoying, sorry The people who were like "The prose in AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT was so pretentiously convoluted as to be unreadable" did not know it was like a massive B-vitamin shot for me, a terrible bug

Gorgeously in-depth read of this remarkable book. I will be thinking about this one for a while!

i'm not voting for any candidate that won't full throatedly support trans kids playing whatever fucking sport they want to. I'm so irritated with these focus group tested answers about a subject that liberals and Democrats are literally being brainwashed into thinking is a critical issue.

Lovely review for a book out today! 🌈📚

Reminder: @jrdawson.bsky.social's The Lighthouse At the Edge of the World comes out TOMORROW. Its one of my favorite books of 2025 so far. Its magical and beautiful, features action, adventure, romance, fantasy, and best of all ghost dogs! I highly recommend it.

The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson: Review by Liz Bourke locusmag.com/2025/07...

My entire career is premised on the idea that people are smart enough to understand what I’m talking about if I’m smart enough to explain it clearly.

Wow thank you Charlie Jane for the beautiful review! I started writing SFF because of “Six Months, Three Days” so this is really … special.

i have perhaps not been on social media long enough to fully understand all of its tricks and affordances; some people have been on social media way way way too long and have reshaped themselves entirely into one of its tricks or affordances.

This is a laundry list of rhetorical strategies to defend the adoption of a given technology for the purposes of advancing an ideology & economic regime: inevitability, unquestioning praise of “innovation,” buy-in from concerned stakeholders, assurances that partnership is not capitulation. 1/n

We need to keep saying this. Loudly.

pro tip - maybe don't read a book thats queer with jewish queer women thats literally about death and life on a roadtrip with your entire jewish family... cuz ya girl was c r y i n g. #jewish #book #booksta #bookstagram #booksky #netgalley #bookreview #fivestar #fivestarread #favorite #arc

TO Munro reviews J. R. Dawson's contemporary queer fantasy THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, coming soon from Tor: "a soulful examination of what it means to live and love and lose and live again" More: tinyurl.com/2zsh48th @torbooks.bsky.social

Love this story so much.