More guns than people… Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?

Seriously laughing this morning.

Laughing Falcon at @casabentbill.bsky.social #birds #nature #costarica

🏳️‍🌈📚 It's a good day to remind folks that the literature you ❤️ is on the chopping block—so put on your Big Gay Undergarments & stand up for your First Amendment rights & in opposition to book bans & censorship. Friends tell friends . . . 👊 #SapphicBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #AuthorSky

To get started, visit libro.fm/banned, and join one of 450+ Banned Books Read-Ins we're hosting with Silent Book Club this October.

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I’ll miss the finale of Space Amélie but #BoycottDisney #BoycottHulu 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

My goodness, this is a hell of a way to wake up! 🥰 Reminder that you can still pre-order this one for $1 here: transistance.itch.io/machines-of-... (it's also available for pre-order on Amazon for those who prefer that)

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver

Who Wore It Better?

Romance isn’t “just romance.” 💙 Emily Rath shows how it’s feminist, revolutionary, and life-changing—reimagining power, consent, joy & liberation while centering women, queer folks & marginalized voices. 🌹✨ #RomanceBooks #BookTok #FeministReads #EmilyRath #ReadingTheRevolution

Ambrosia Sky's creative team pulls back the layers of their ambitious first-person game

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Don't make me tap the sign

Working on my Young Devon story.

Velvet-purple Coronet #hummingbird at @montezumalodge.bsky.social #Colombia #birds #nature #hummingbirds

Tante Zuringrandwants was ingezet als kleuterjuf voor de kinders van de Zuidelijke groene schildwants :-) Coreus marginatus - Dock bug, Nezara viridula - Southern green stink bug #invertebrates #insects #photography

Featuring 26 #trans and #nonbinary authors, my first printable zine is here! This is a directory with QR codes to author pages. Please share. I'll be adding authors regularly; fill out the form to be added. 🥰 Free download: ko-fi.com/s/1f9a4aa17b Get added: forms.gle/SQzdDKGj13yi...

Wild. The political murders of legislators in Minnesota were “killings.” The shooting of Kirk which cause is unknown is an “assassination.” They bend the knee without even being asked.

This is fascinating. We are neuroally wired to learn by orientation to time-place-person. Medical pros use "oriented by three" examination to determine mental states. It's why we find stories so frustrating until we're oriented to time/place/person, and why many nope out if not oriented fast enough

Real quick make a saving throw against fascism -5 if you’re a woman -5 if you’re trans -5 if you’re not white -5 if you live in a red state

The chill zone

They should have listened to Caroline.

It’s been raining on & off for days in our woodland I have a consequent immeasurable feeling of euphoria as: I see every rain drop being soaked up by the dry soil Hearing the different sounds as each drop is intercepted by soft & hard surfaces And the smell 1 of 2

Amtrak has officially launched its NextGen Acela trains, which run between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The new trains can hit speeds of up to 160 mph, and the full set of trainsets will continue to be rolled out until 2027. www.hsrail.org/blog/nextgen...

I don't know that I've ever seen anything lovelier than a chrysalis

For one second... I know I wasn't alone. 💔 Fanart by www.artstation.com/yuanyao-xyq

Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social

We've played the first hour of The Outer Worlds 2, and its many opportunities and alternative pathways suggest another rich and flexible RPG from the experts at Obsidian.

Afraid of big cities? Then don’t come. ❤️ this video.

👀🔥 Did someone say Summer of Smut? 🔥👀 Our first Reading the Revolution is August 27 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, and we're serving romance, resistance, and radical pleasure. 💋📚 Join us and guest panelists Emily Rath @emilyrathauthor and Divinity Rae @divinityraewrites for a spicy conversation on-

Dalek Disguise #bluesky #booksky #blacksky #Daleks in #disguise

And RFK Jr is now threatening pediatricians with liability if they follow evidence based vaccine recommendations. He is threatening the people who spend their lives protecting the health and safety of children. We are living in a dystopian alternate reality. www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

youtu.be/YtHvZbKYv8k?... I don’t care what anyone thinks—I can’t wait. 😛

NEW: People in Mississippi can no longer use the social media platform Bluesky due to age verification laws. In response, Bluesky has chosen to block access in the state rather than risk potential fines of up to $10,000 per user.

⚠️Trigger Warning ⚠️ In my opinion, as a child SA survivor, this ad by the Progressive Action Fund is excellent. "Be a good girl" and the setting rings with authenticity. Trump is protecting Maxwell bc he's a pedophile & possibly worse. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #BelieveTheWomen

Trains are the only high-speed, high-volume transportation method that can have a net-zero carbon output, so what makes them so much more efficient than other transportation methods? www.railengineer.co.uk/why-is-rail-...

Here are some publishing truths that I probably shouldn’t talk about publicly, but OOPS I did. open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...

Congratulations to this year's Hugo winners, and to the Lodestar and Astounding winners, too! locusmag.com/2025/08/hugo...

After breaking my first novel when I wrote YOUNG DEVON, I am now rewriting what will become Book Two of The Tiger Gate Series.

#QueerPit #SPF #A #COA #ParallelWorlds YOUNG DEVON ⚛︎ The Love Paradox Survival might be important, but for Devon, having sex with Janice might be a higher priority, despite the fact that such powerful emotions killed the last of her fragile, bioengineered species.

DON'T NAME THE DEAD in which three bi disasters navigate the zombie apocalypse. #horror, headshots & hookups 🏳️‍🌈🧟‍♂️🥼 #H #na #a #agentsguide #sf #queerpit #lgbt

With weak cold fire magic, Octavia can't fight her uncle legally taking her fortune. Fleeing to the Temple of the Dead, Octavia's fire raises a girl executed for murder--she knows her power at last. With an army of the dead, she will destroy the empire that keeps women inferior. #QueerPit #A #F #DF

#QueerPit #SF #A #LGBT #CharacterDriven #ParallelWorlds Young Devon ⚛︎ The Love Paradox Sapphic Sci-Fi Love Story Survival might be important, but for Devon, having sex with Janice might be a higher priority, despite the fact that it killed the last of her fragile, bioengineered species.

#QueerPit #R #SPF #A Fractures Between Sapphic romance Second chances Alternate worlds Theo finds herself in an alternate world in which her first crush Summer is still alive, and is torn between wanting to return home, and falling in love with this woman who both is and isn't the person she knew