Highland and Santa Monica in LA. Courtesy of Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and JD Vance But they don’t have to pay for gas like the rest of us so what do they care

John Wiswell: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the dare Wiswell: what if the internet was used as a tool for social good King: wow! i love science fiction!

All the postdocs I know who’ve lost their livelihoods because Bhattacharya suppressed their immunology or disparities research are proof that, as usual, these appeals to civility only go one way.

if you’re a dude reading this like “gawrsh this is awful what can i do” it is 100% to shut down your cousins / friends / bros when they do shit like this. Shame them. Impose social stigma for them lesser weevils who think harassing marginalized people in creative industries is OK

When I see sitting members of Congress say "The Cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment" what I hear is "Someone else - not me - should throw their bodies in front of this to stop it." Call for impeachment and if you can't get that done make sure everyone knows who to blame!

I’ve been thinking this would be a great moment for any Dem with Ambitions to get out there and be like “y’all, we have a splitscreen of two potential Americas right now, you ultimately cannot have both, you need to choose between Artemis II America and demented homicidal babyman America”

If we can accomplish this in spite of the stupid, the hate, the grotesque ghouls, just think what we can do when we've beaten them. We CAN make a better future where this is so normal that future generations will look back and smile at how quaint we were.

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So should universities like Stanford, UCSF, Hopkins take back people who have presided over an unprecedented destruction of science & public health in the US, particularly Bhattacharya, Prasad & Makary? No. When this is over, there should be no going back to the places they once called home.

Honestly, even in the weeks that I’m feeling useless and incapable of words, this chat always makes me feel better. I wouldn’t mind a bit of prodding (“hey, did you follow up on that inspiration from last week?”) but everyone is so busy and stressed, so I’m happy either way. #weeknightwriters

Commented on this in other posts too, but getting to meet Amal El-Mohtar was amazing, the Artemis II launch was amazing. I went to a live hockey game for the first time in, like, 35 years last night with two of my kids and we had an absolute blast. #weeknightwriters

Time? Existential dread? The lousy state of higher education? Taxes? But I have a long weekend starting tomorrow and I have PLANS for the writing of the things. So I don't know that I need help beyond just cheerleading and/or shaming and/or accountability. #weeknightwriters

I feel like I've at least leveled out, which is much better than sinking. Watching the Artemis II launch yesterday was glorious. Getting a little more caught up at work. New RPGs with amazing people. So maybe I'm actually on the rise... huh. #weeknightwriters

Hi #weeknightwriters, I'm Julia. Same WIP -- anti-fascist mid-life crisis heist novel with magic and love polygons. I have been so down down down lately, but I had a profound realization while at an Amal El-Mohtar reading/Q&A this week and I think I'm on the comeback. I hope. Cross your fingers.

Just a wonderful time tonight hearing the brilliant and amazingly gracious @amalelmohtar.com talk about writing (plus Disco Elysium, Clues By Sam and other nerdy stuff in the signing line). So excited to read her new book.

That’s a great question and I’m surprised how hard it is to answer it this week. I want to say “write more” but I’m not sure when I’m going to find time. #weeknightwriters

Still struggling to find my footing with rewrites. I’ve tried a handful of things, nothing’s working particularly well, though I keep reminding myself that slow progress is still progress. Just wish there was more of it. #weeknightwriters

Slow to the show tonight, but here I am. I’m Julia, my WIP of the moment is the 2nd draft of book 1 of my antifascist mid-life crisis heist with magic series of some length. I wrote some this week but not much. Tough getting settled, honestly. Haven’t found any sort of rhythm. #weeknightwriters

Short thread that really nails how I’ve felt about genAI.

Dianna is a gem among humans and deserves all the sales. Go buy her book!

I’m feeling very attacked right now…

Editing panel! It’s finally almost here! I don’t know that I would have even made it to this point yet without the amazing WW community. Week in and week out, it’s a privilege to be a part of it. #weeknightwriters

Be patient with myself and remember I don’t have to figure everything out immediately. Keep my mind open for discovery and stop trying to control it all. #weeknightwriters

A student told me yesterday that I had written a hard exam. Which I absolutely take as a compliment. And then a friend called me a devious bitch (complimentary). So yesterday was a good day! #weeknightwriters

Ugh, just the focus to know where I should be putting my effort. Hoping the panel this weekend will give me some ideas there. I want to finish this so much and I’m still just flailing. And probably not listening very well to advice people have already given me. Heh. #weeknightwriters

#weeknightwriters With a break approaching, my immune system decided it was also time for a break, so I’ve got a cold. I’m perpetually irritated, nervous, behind on *everything* and trying not to get despondent. So, just like everyone else right now, I guess.

Hi there #weeknightwriters, I'm Julia. I've got a couple of WIPs, but for the next couple of months, I'm focusing on revising the zero draft of my anti-fascist mid-life crisis-with-magic heist book. Haven't gotten much done this week, but Spring Break approaches! Feeling cautiously optimistic?

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A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

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I so want to have something to post here someday. #weeknightwriters

Yes. (All of them? As many as I have time to try out without getting totally sidetracked? Am I rambling? Probably. I did mention I was nervous, didn’t I? *nervous laugh*) #weeknightwriters

At this point, mostly just being back in that story’s headspace. I miss it. I’m terrified because I have no idea what I’m doing, but I also know that learning some of the editing process will be exciting. And annoying. But also exciting. I hope? It’ll be okay, right? #weeknightwriters

It took me years to figure out a process that works for me in order to write a first draft. I’ve been writing since I was 5 (meaning, a LOT of years). Am I going to have to learn a whole bunch of new processes for this? I am, as they say, possibly Too Old For This Shit. #weeknightwriters

First time, and very nervous about it. #weeknightwriters

I am (I think, see previous post)! The Shadows (working title) is a 2 or 3 book series, depending on who you ask, about rediscovering who you are and what you love and also making fools out of fascists. Book 1 is a heist story with love polygons of undetermined numbers of sides. #weeknightwriters

I seem to remember that I’m Julia, but the longer this month goes on, the less I remember anything, including who I am. I have some WIPs. I sort of remember what they are. I haven’t written in weeks, so I’m just going to cheer others on! #weeknightwriters

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I understand the instinct to donate to orgs that are helping trans folks flee red states but let's not forget about the orgs that are still fighting for trans folks in red states.

if I catch A SINGLE ONE OF YOU doing this to our trans friends in Kansas, I will fucking wreck you. the politicians doing this to Kansas are evil. the people it is being done to deserve support and help and to not have to deal with your sadistic little jokes. grow a fucking soul.

Marketing for this damn book now is just gonna be "HEY. Do you wanna read 175K words of two sexy trans grandpas fighting sexual tension and getting it on??? Just watch your step, there's a puritan cult and a young gay man that they may or may not be adopting!"

The president, who drones on about protecting women’s sports, publicly mocked the women’s gold-medal hockey team. A reminder this was never about protecting women’s sports and it was always about transphobia and misogyny.

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Espionage happens. The answer to that is "Combat espionage. Identify spies and hold them accountable." The answer to that is not, "Villify over 1 billion people, and let racists and fascists destroy US higher education, and drive scientific research into bankruptcy."

They think punk means *acting without consent* not *acting in defiance of power*

Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance. And you know why? Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.

The phrase "trans activist" is goofy because like 95% of the time it's used it refers to a trans person simply existing. Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist. Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird Media: trans activist criticizes media