I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase? 2256.42%???? TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩

Not a dime to Democrats until Schumer is out.

we have evolved past the need for Democrats

I'm serious, we NEED to organize massive protests tomorrow at Schumer's offices, this man cannot be trusted to hold office, period. Not only is he not the right person for the moment, he is the WORST person for the moment. Riley, the old blind dog on my block, would have better political instincts.

It's funny -- you hear all the time that mainstream media tends to undercount protests. And then you really see it, because you were there, with @rvtrousdale.bsky.social. This is a _ridiculous_ headline from NBC Boston. The protest drew upwards of 500. www.nbcboston.com/video/on-air...

Genuinely impressive from a public health department, and depressing that it’s unusual.

I just finished this on the plane and I just stared straight ahead for a full minute. I met Megan Giddings at a festival a few years and she one of the coolest ppl there. Im so sorry im just getting to her books cuz JFC. Imagine the Tuskeegee syphilis experiment was funded by big Pharma

New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...

Advent is a mere 3 weeks away! Consider this. Who in your life... needs to know more about eels? feels joy in learning? likes the ocean? needs a little treat? You should send them an Eel Facts Advent Calendar! Sales support @skypeascientist.bsky.social and it's just plain fun! EelFacts.net

Turkeys Bred For Christmas Please leave turkeys off your plate this Christmas 😢

a simple message that can resonate youtu.be/0p2Npy6_qac?...

Hey! 25% my Martha Moody! And so very many other excellent books from Small Beer Press. Until the end of the year.

My mom died earlier this year and despite the fact that I wrote a WHOLE NOVEL about a dead mother and trying to come to terms with it (involving switching across alternate universes), it did not remotely prepare me for the reality. It's a shit club I cannot recommend, the Dead Moms Club.

Reminder: Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender: otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...

Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

My mom was taken by scammers running a variation of the grandchild scam--they even used AI to fake a voice. Someone CAME to her home, pretending to be legit. Everything will be okay, though the money they stole is unlikely to be recovered. Warn the older people you love! www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-h...

If you read/comment mss on phone/ipad check out marginalist.app from @sparkwatson.bsky.social "very comfortable reading, & commenting on, manuscripts.... As of now: It imports MS Word files, and exports those same files (with your Marginalist comments) with all formatting intact." No AI, of course

Stories from: Christopher Barzak, Jedediah Berry, Richard Bowes, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Ford, Gregory Maguire, Lucius Shepard, Delia Sherman, Catherynne M. Valente, Marly Youmans, Greer Gilman, Lavie Tidhar, David Prill, Gavin Grant, Peter S. Beagle

I keep forgetting this isn't twitter and wanting to retweet things I suddenly remembered

Just for you…

FYI great opportunity to pick up OKPsyche if you haven’t already !

Did women ruin the workplace?

Roads of the Roman Empire: so many; also: so few.

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The newest addition to our bookwear collection is up on Instagram and comes from @bookmoon.bsky.social, which has too much integrity to be on IG itself. @gavingrant.bsky.social @kellylink.bsky.social www.instagram.com/stories/high...

#tbt sorry we missed this, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Did you see this? Thought it was fascinating, may make you feel a scootch better bsky.app/profile/kend...

meanwhile the words: "Every time one of these murderers dies w/o having faced consequences for the massacres they ordered, the lives they destroyed, the societies they razed to the ground I realize how far we are from a world with justice. Rest in hell Dick Cheney. Your legacy is death." 🔥🔥🔥

Fourteen years later, I *still* think one of the best ways for us to repudiate Cheney's legacy of torture would be to recognize and honor the courageous soldiers and public servants who exposed the torture policies and tried to end them. www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/o...

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Fellas, did anyone happen to witness an interaction between Mike Stein and sign holders in front of the Academy of Music this morning? Just curious.

This quote from Pamela Schwartz — director of regional coordination at Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness — has been playing over and over in my head since I read this Gazette story by Alexander MacDougall: gazettenet.com/2025/10/24/h...

Good morning! It's Friday. And Halloween! I LOVE these old tomes. They provided inspiration for 2 Kelly Link & @gavingrant.bsky.social anthologies I once designed. Keep trying. Be loud. Scare the daylights out of the monsters surrounding us right now, then give them candy (it will confuse them).

Big original art in the art show at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social World Fantasy Convention 2025! Little originals available in the print shop!

people and other creatures of bluesky: PLEASE use alt-text on your images! ESPECIALLY if you position yourself as some variety of expert on communication and sit in judgment on how other people do it!

This always takes me back to primary school when my mum took all of us to the department store to get new school uniforms — always followed by a *very* necessary cafe visit: coffee for her, little treats for one & all

Any excuse to post one of my favorite screenshots

If stories are like magic tricks, then Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link are magicians. The two masters of fiction and horror talk shop in this conversation from our fairy-tale issue (a.k.a., perfect mood reading for this spooky week).

Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join me in helping Tantelinirina Marie Josette in the Vakinankarata region of Madagascar to pursue their dream? www.kiva.org/invitedby/ga...

This is a piece of the Mamdani campaign that I think is really underdiscussed—that in a moment of terror and despair, his premise is that standing up against fascism can be joyous.

I'm going to start a new political party. It's called Shut The Fuck Up and Feed People. "But what if they're on drugs?" Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People "Or not really THAT poor?" Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People "What if they have a phone and nice nails?" SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE

LCRW #51 still in the making. So far: Nicole Kimberling's column on hot water pastry; also: Claire Hanlon, Andrei Molotiu, Neile Graham, J. F. Gleeson, Abby Roberts, Felix Kent, & more. I've never been super fast at the zine & now, phew, slow down there snails. smallbeerpress.com/lcrw/2025/10...

In 1519, the year Spaniards arrived in Mexico, the population there was between 15 - 30 million. By 1600, that dwindled to 2 million. For lots of reasons, but as much as 70% of those deaths were the result of an UNKNOWN hemorrhagic fever. Let's talk about the mystery of the COCOLIZTLI epidemics.