The “romance needs an HEA” convo crops up every 5 minutes and I’ve been thinking about how I personally need optimistic endings in other genres too. I want the bad guys to pay, horrors to be vanquished. Bleak or ambiguous is real life. Give me fictional wins. (Writers do NOT have to cater to me.)

This has nothing to do with the specific content here, but Polymarket adopting the language of news, here with BREAKING, and with Texas election results earlier this week, is BAD. Polymarket is not and will never be a news org or break news. It's a betting app. It's Draft Kings for sociopaths.

Enough of the billionaire LI! They're so boring! If Enemies to Lovers, make it REAL enmity and work on a good plot that will bring two ppl together in a believable way. More romances where MCs remaining child-free is not seen as a sad thing Older (50+) protags who are queer

I want fewer entrepreneur MC. (And relatedly billionaires but we’ve already had that discussion) Give me some people with boring jobs (that they can be into) and exciting weekend hobbies. Romance for the lower tax brackets. Dorothea from Middlemarch energy.

REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.

Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️❤️❤️ Especially to the Monster Lovers out there Prints and mini prints available #art

No mothafucka next question

A reminder that my strip took over Dilberts vacant spot in the Washington Post after they dropped his ass. 😎 www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...

reminder:

"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

We can do even more.

Tapping the sign again

a world without trans people has never existed and never will

happy trans day of remembrance. you are beautifully and wonderfully made and I will never stop fighting for you. the world is better because you are in it

Absolute scenes as Panama qualify for their second-ever World Cup 🇵🇦

HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️

TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot. TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.

Counterpoint: this is a movie I would have seen opening night if not for the lead actress doing everything possible to alienate me and my friends.

You mean the company that's currently being struck by its workers and the company that's currently being boycotted because of its terrible DEI policy rollbacks? Why not just call this the Chocolate Mint Racist Scab Frostie?

So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.

Okay, so, we’re all going to have to agree that it’s wrong to have sex with children. Like, if you don’t agree with me inside your own head, you should keep that inside until you tell a therapist. Also, people who defend pedophiles can not be trusted with your children. At all. AT ALL. EVERRRRRRRRR.

Scarleteen has been providing free sex education since 1998 and we believe in sex ed for all! We ALSO believe health educators deserve healthcare and we’re raising $40,000 to support our staff and volunteers. Donate here, and more details in thread: www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...

Aura >

Shakespeare was in his bag when he wrote this play. Plus you had two Goats 🐐 in it.

🕯️Manifesting 🕯️

Dear Indie Author: Your story sounded cute in the ad pitch but the art you used in the ad was AI, so I’m regretfully passing on buying the book. Also please please credit artists! It makes me more confident & likely to buy.

It’s genuinely fascinating how permanently evergreen MLKs comments about white moderates and centrists remain, decades later, and they didnt even have social media outlets back then to truly confirm and back it up. They are all just very stupidly “like that”

Yes to all of this. Also, for US folks, check if your local library has Hoopla and/or Kanopy apps. There are tons of movies and TV shows you can watch for free ninety-nine as long as you have a library card!

And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...

Stop. Collect yourself. Take a deep breath. Exhale. Unclench your jaw. Stretch your fingers. Relax. Relate. Release. If just getting up is all you can do and thats okay too. But try to find something resembling your own peace. I hope you have a decent day.

That this disease went from an incurable 100% death sentence to something preventable in the space of my lifetime is stunning to me. Compare to early modern Europe, where smallpox and plague were endemic for generations. Below, a discussion of the test results. I truly never thought I'd see this.

This is the second time today this gross account (Pets Against Trump) has come across my timeline. They’re posting an AI bird & claiming it’s real. I don’t usually call out accounts directly but I hate to see people getting misinformed about nature. Please can we all block them? #birds

"It shouldn’t be harder for you to let go of a children’s book series than it is to let queer and trans people know that you’re in their corner."

Let me be absolutely clear: we MUST believe a better world is possible if we want one, but if today you don’t have it in you: Survive. Help others survive. Do it out of spite. Do it for no other reason to live long enough to bury these Nazi fucks.

one of my favorite twitter interactions was when someone asked Vincent to say fuck terfs, he responded "what does terf mean?" and then four minutes later tweeted "FUCK TERFS!!!"

as the month closes out this GAY MAGPIE wishes all you queers a happy pride once again!!!

"my book will feature genAI images to help visually share moments from the story to enhance the atmosphere for readers" I dunno, sounds like a skill issue if you gotta boil the ocean to create atmosphere for your readers. 🚬

kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore.

Ms Rachel got hands