Challenge accepted!

When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'

Let's keep it up, Berlin!

Looking for some joy in these dark days @otherlandberlin.bsky.social

"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution." Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed

Octavia Butler couldn’t see the future. She saw what was happening in front of her and, in addition to studying the past, was able to imagine where it would lead. It’s important to tell the truth about her because mythologizing her is a disservice to her legacy.

3/ There's a whole slice of the right-wing trying to "claim" the history of "western civ" in support of their 21st century agenda. They mostly don't know anything about the history, but just thinks roman busts and latin quips make them sound smrt. The ones who do know, they're just liars.

“Christopher Nolan will make the plot of The Odyssey comprehensible to people who haven’t read it.” Sir, have you ever seen a Christopher Nolan movie

MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS #wrapped (originally for @theguardian.com)

forgetting your headphones at home is the modern equivalent of leaving your sword behind in medieval times

When I was a buyer at a large indie, my rule of thumb was: 1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one 2 preorders: we need to stock this book 3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out 4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Faster than light?" "Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi." "You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?" "No, the fundamental chkoi." "What are they?" "Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'." #MicroFiction

Some time back, my friend @sigridellis.bsky.social ended a disability-related panel at WisCon with the following sentiment, & it's what I'm holding onto today: Joy is the best reason to work for a better world, but if joy is inaccessible to you right now, spite will do.

fwiw my therapist was straight-up like “pull every single legit coping lever you have right now and don’t feel guilty about it, distraction is key,” maybe you also needed to hear this

📚✨Repost with your five favourite reads from this year ~SO FAR Witch King by Martha Wells What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang When Among Crows by Veronica Roth The City in Glass by Nghi Vo

We are thrilled to announce that Sir Terry Pratchett’s NIGHT WATCH is set to become a Penguin Classic, publishing in April 2025. terrypratchett.com/news/terry-p...

Mein Exemplar ist heute angekommen - freue mich schon, die tolle Pilzpunk-Geschichte von @krachstelze.bsky.social wieder und die anderen Beiträge neu zu lesen!

Went to see the exhibition about the Palace of the Republic in the Humboldt-Forum today (highly recommended if you happen to be in Berlin!), now trying to decide what to read next ...

So many great books on this list! Now off to think long and hard about which ten books I'll put down for the readers' submissions ...

#currentlyreading and savouring this lyrical tale of (re-)building a fantastical city, with all the grief and love cities bring.

Disco Elysium offers a tremendous variety of roleplaying choices & alternate solutions I will never see because they'd disappoint Kim Kitsuragi

The other project for my time off: make at least some dent in all the short stories I've bookmarked 😅

Okay then, got two weeks off from work, guess it's time to get back into this writing thing ...