Illinois removes Testosterone from controlled substance list; requires insurance to cover HRT stockpiles theneedlenews.com/20... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

I’m so late with this one, but here we go… Positive news stories from around the world for the week of 29 June 2026… Vaccine wins, queer parenting protections, removable solar, and decline in smoking rates #GoodNews #PositiveNews

It was an amazing run guys. We should all be proud of how our country presented itself in the world stage, and how we welcomed the world in our country. Congratulations to Morocco on a great win for their country. 🇲🇦🇨🇦 ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM  CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️

*SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION!* Scandal, social media, tragedy and MURDER!?! My whodunnit murder mystery is a cross between Veronica Mars and Knives Out and you can pick it up on eBook at your favorite retailer RIGHT NOW! #BookSky #WriteSky books2read.com/u/mVJyOp

Ooohh, BLUESKY! Don't you DARE be SOUR! Clap for the magnificent authors of Bluesky! AND FEEL THE POWER! It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! This July 4th help spread some independence by buying some marvelous books from myself and the other wonderful writers of Bluesky! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO! #Booksky

New month, new book thread. My first read of the month was Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, written and read by Yanis Varoufakis. Capitalism is broken. We’re no longer buying and selling products; we are the products. 🛒🛍️💰🏧 Review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d949... #booksky

Hell yes it is! IN FACT: drop some book recs in the thread, y'all. The more recently published, the better. Authors, don't be afraid to tell people about your latest book, either. In fact, you totally should. Do it! Do it now!

Throwing random things into a volcano until things improve

The experience of being copyedited is grinding no matter how good the edit (and this is my second MS in like three weeks, God help me) so I genuinely cannot convey how much this sort of comment gets me through. Honestly, CEs, please do this, it helps so much.

the World Cup is one of those things that reminds us we’re one humanity. Sucks that a corrupt few influence so much division in us. Day to day life around the world is still that we eat, drink, laugh, cheer for a goal. Remembering our shared humanity is so important now. If we forget, we’re doomed.

Positive news stories from around the world for the week of 22 June 2026… Queering education, solar power wins, breathing easier, and outlawing conversion therapy. #GoodNews #PositiveNews #GoodNewsFeed #FYP

Pardoning these actual political prisoners is a bare minimum campaign platform for any serious Democratic Presidential candidate in 2028

Let’s say you as an author/small business/freelancer have both hired and recommended a freelancer. All your work publicly links to the other freelancer’s site. Then you find out they’ve been convicted of the worst kind of crime (almost a decade ago). What do you do? Poll below. #authorsky

As a matter of URGENCY, PLEASE could 100,000 of you sign this petition in the next week: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...

Trying out a new look for my positive news stories this week. What do you think? Positive news stories from around the world for the week of 15 June 2026… Victory for Pride, Canada cracks down on hate, more green energy, and kids get reading #GoodNews #PositiveNews

Question for authors, artists, and small business owners… What do you do when you find out someone you’ve partnered with has done something evil? You’ve got their name all over all your materials and then you find *proof* that they’re a truly awful human. How do you handle it?

A Black man with the surname Freeman scored for the USA on Juneteenth in a home World Cup match.

Our letter calling on the @who.int to implement better masking policy (essentially, eschew medical masks for the much superior respirator mask) has passed peer review and is now published. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

To the surprise of nobody other than uneducated bigots: www.thebrighterside.news/post/new-stu...

I love this. Unmute.

Solar nerds! We have some movement on plug-in solar. DESNZ's consultation on plug-in solar (panels on balconies and gardens, good for renters) has just launched, and it closes 30 June. Suggesting they want to move fast on this. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Reskeet with a tweet you still think about.

Your infrequent gentle reminder: I would like to share your art/photos/activism if you have alt text on it! Alt text lets people with vision impairments, screenreader users, people who have connection issues/slow internet/not much data/etc, and people like me (Squint Kings) enjoy it!

Arthur Dent escaped at the very last moment because an old friend of his, Ford Prefect, suddenly turned out to be from a small planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse and not from Guildford as he had hitherto claimed; and, more to the point, he knew how to hitch rides on flying saucers.

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

This is nuts. Yes we need better protections online, but this is a massive overreach by Starmer. For many young people, especially marginalised ones such as trans and neurodivergent, online spaces can be a safe place for them to develop a genuine support community www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Positive news stories from around the world for the week of 8 June 2026… Ukraine and the EU, subtle sabotage at Amazon, marine reserves, and Mr Rogers #GoodNews #PositiveNews #GoodNewsFeed #FYP

IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HOLD ELECTED OFFICE TO NOT DO AND SAY THINGS THAT WILL MAKE LIFE WORSE FOR TRANS KIDS. TRANS KIDS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR POLITICAL AMBITIONS.

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

Positive news stories from around the world for the week of 1 June 2026… Global green energy, victory for voting rights, miners save Pride, and a pancreatic cancer win #GoodNews #PositiveNews

The Fred Rogers Production has started uploading every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for free. www.youtube.com/@misterroger...

Smith wants Alberta to deny healthcare to immigrants to justify her racism Fun fact: "In Canada, immigrants make up 25% of registered nurses 42% of nurse aides and related occupations 43% of pharmacists 37% of physicians 45% of dentists 61% of dental technologists and related occupations" #ableg

This dog is a massive prick. That is all. #wanker

What if you could support cool aromantic fiction AND aromantic indie SFF authors? As part of our campaign for Common Bonds 3, you can grab this bundle of four stories by previous Common Bonds authors! Authors get a cut of the sale, too <3 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c... 🌈📚️ #PrideMonth

Now available on Ko-fi! A short story set in the haunted seaside town of Ravenkirk, Maine! If you're not subscribed to my Patreon, it's new to you! You don't have to have read the first installment of Shadows Over Ravenkirk to enjoy this one, but honestly, why wouldn't you?

I’m writing the most awkward dinner party. A woman is introducing her new boyfriend to her brother and his wife. Only they invite her abusive ex-husband. The boyfriend is a bisexual lefty punk musician. The brother, his wife, and the ex are all hardcore evangelical Christians. It’s so much fun.

New month, new book thread! My first book for June was Love, Lies, and Cryptids, written & read by M.L. Nolan. He’s grieving; they’re an an anxious mess 💕 A supernatural publisher where no one believes 👻 The worst boss 🕺 Review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f3d7... #booksky #queerbooks

Amazing. Amazon shuts down leaderboard designed to incentivize employees to use AI because employees used AI to cheat in the contest www.404media.co/amazon-shuts...

Over 80 clinicians, researchers and academics have signed an open letter raising serious concerns about NHS England’s recent evidence reviews of gender affirming hormone treatment for trans youth. Read the full letter here: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/05...

Do you want to read about an ex-vangelical and his drag queen boyfriend solving a m*rder in space? Of course you do. Pre-order M*rder at Donut Station now. whitehartfiction.co.uk/donuts #exvangelical #booksky #queerbooks

Some good news on the medical front.. Pancreatic cancer halted by virus injection in three patients.. www.newscientist.com/article/2528...

BREAKING: Late last night, a federal court overturned a restrictive New Hampshire voter registration law that could have disenfranchised thousands. We challenged this law in court and won, because these unnecessary laws don't safeguard our elections — they just make it harder for people to vote.

Positive news stories from around the world for the week of 25 May 2026… 4-day work week, green China, miracle chewing gum, and vindicated scientist To get a weekly dose of happy in your inbox, sign up at whitehartfiction.co.uk/pages/subscr... #GoodNews #PositiveNews

Anyway, please buy my books. I have expensive hobbies and love bougie dairy.

"there comes a time when we all must put away our childish things" no, we don't. I will not be doing that

Rewatching all of Poirot and a new reaction gif just dropped

I was trying to explain what ChatGPT is to my mom (she thought it was a messaging app) and after my explanation and some thought, she volunteered, “Oh, so it’s the magic mirror in the beginning of Snow White when it only tells the queen what she wants to hear.” Perfect analogy.