“some noted they had lost fans and donors. There are some people who like Irish music but think ICE is just here to enforce the law. But Natalie O’Shea, executive director at Celtic Junction, told me, “To believe in laws over belief in people is to be colonized.””
NEW “We’re celebrating a tradition that is at its core about resisting occupation and maintaining community in the face of horrors. You can’t keep politics out of Irish music. No one should try, for two reasons. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, Minnesotans are ready for a big anti-fascist party.”
Imagine hating trans people so much that you side with Ken Paxton.
jesse look i know ive been telling people for years how youre emblematic of a new brand of “science journalist” who actually holds nothing but rank contempt for the very scientists and their work that you claim to cover, but you arent supposed to just go out and *say it*!!!
Some actual reportage of how this stuff is affecting us, in our words. Unfortunately, very rare.
The only thing it feels worthwhile for me to say right now is pay attention to whether your feelings & the information you’re absorbing are paralyzing you or prompting you to meaningful action, whatever that is. Paralysis helps no one but the enemy.
Submitted my Nebula nominations!
SFWA members, don't forget to go vote for what you loved, the deadline is March 1, 2026, at 11:59PM PT (aka SOON).
Also: If you SAVED a ballot, don't forget to go back and SUBMIT it before the deadline!
Buy a trans book or three if you can.
The author’s survival may depend on it.
SFWA members! Nebula nominations close soon. If you saved a partial ballot for Nebula nominations, don't forget to go back and submit it!
or we *all* die
Lots of supposed liberals/leftists have insisted that trans people stop fighting for our rights because "kitchen table issues" or whatever.
What we're seeing in Kansas right now is the natural outcome of you throwing us under the bus.
Fix your hearts.
To do this, anti-trans lawmakers in Kansas moved fast to change the law, overrode the governor’s veto, and pushed for the legal changes to go into effect nearly immediately. That kind of power—to void gender on official documents, to compel gender conformity—is terrifying and it will not stop here.
call me a bleeding heart but i do not think the state should have the power to invalidate trans people’s identities and effectively imprison them. if you can’t legally drive in KANSAS how the hell are you meant to get anywhere
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If you're reading for awards, I'd be honored if you'd consider my work.
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I do have a question that I wish guys like Newsom or Rahm Emanuel would answer: when they say things about how Democrats spend too much time on "pronouns" or whatever, what, exactly, are they talking about? How much time is being spent on this? And what are you *actually* recommending?
love when democrats talk about kitchen table issues as if trans people and immigrants don’t have kitchen tables 🙃
Want an alternative to tomorrow's Shamelessness of the Union speech? Our beloved @nicolaz.bsky.social is booked right up against it: citylights.com/events/nicol... Chatting with me about her latest, SHE IS HERE, as I was the editor astute enough to ease the book out of her.
A photo of a book recommendation shelf. Iris W. has recommended my book THESE FRAGILE GRACES, THIS FUGITIVE HEART.
Thanks to the lovely person who shared this photo from The American Book Center in The Hague. I'm honored! @tachyonpub.bsky.social
Just about $500 away from their goal!!
In case you're wondering who is behind this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom...
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I somehow managed to avoid expletives in my reply to this union-busting BS.
build these. i'm not joking. the more I read history the more I read how often hiding spaces save lives.
I got what I wanted out of this year's game. Bad Bunny was great and as for the Patriots...
"if you have enough money you can access the same health care rich people have" is a wild way to advertise your website.
The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.
The best birthday present I can imagine would be for you to check out these amazing stories I discovered in 2025, including lots that are from authors completely new to me, and to consider them for any awards ballots you might be working on!!
The biggest loser energy imaginable.
If you generate a book-length blob of text every day, and it takes me six months to write a SHORT STORY I still win the race because I care about art and not just volume of words.
“Yes, we’re helping ICE kidnap your neighbors and cops surveil your communities but also every now and then we might find a dog.” — Ring
