There are not words to describe the relief one feels when the phone turns back on after getting dropped into a rain puddle a few hours ago. 😫 Lord, I know I need to disconnect and relax: but NOT. YET. Okay?
It’s so gooood. That blue and that orange pop!
Taught the new generation about chickens that are not chickens because we cannot be allowed to forget. 😂
That should have read you will NOT win this round Tay-Tay. 🤦🏻
I will not drop $200 dollars in the Taylor Swift merch store because I am sad. I am stronger than Blondie. I can resist. I have free will and a great therapist. You will win this round Tay-Tay!
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
I see authors sheepishly announcing books, or apologizing for good news.
Friends: we’re enduring an onslaught of censorship and bigotry. I am PROUD that you wrote anything. Please yell about what you're doing. Art is a fuel to keeps many of us going.
My friend told me about the Queer Liberation Library today! If you have a Libby account, you can borrow a ton of excellent LGBTQIAP+ reads in a variety of genres and media (including comics/manga!) for free. No subscription.
Highly recommended. Necessary resource.
www.queerliberationlibrary.org
One day I will be less caffeinated, but it will not be this day.This year. Or this administration. *sigh*
Bundled individual with blue eyes peeking out from a scarf, mask, and fur trimmed hood
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Have acquired my copy of Onyx Storm and also frostbite. Victory is mine!
This was quick and easy to do! Although unsettling to see how many things Google infected with AI.
Heaven forbid women have hobbies
NEW EPISODE!
The world a character exists in shapes their identity on many axes of power and privilege. So how do those scales affect the emotional stakes of the story they find themselves in?
@sophieburnham.bsky.social joins us to talk about it.
#worldbuilding #worldbuildingformasochists
2024 was an incredible year for African SFF short fiction. Author @wtalabi.bsky.social (Convergence Problems, Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon) highlights ten (plus a few more) outstanding examples:
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The Serpent Called Mercy
The Serpent Called Mercy's heart is the underlying, steadfast friendship between its protagonists in the midst of pulse-pounding gladiatorial battles as characters seek wealth and freedom in the arena. Preorder it today.
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The amount of laundry I have to do is truly an unkindness, an unkindness perpetrated by myself on myself and ain’t that just the worst part. 🙄
Thank you, Elias!
A black dog laying on a green couch beside a copy of Sargassa by Sophie Burnham
Wednesday isn't messing around with this polar vortex. She's staying inside where it's warm beside a copy of SARGASSA like a good DAWggo. 🥁🐶 #DAWgBooks
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Right now it is snowing in Georgia. My dad is singing Christmas carols as loud as he can to our dog who is curled up on his lap.Tonight we will probably watch White Christmas in January, and I wouldn’t trade any other day for the one I’m receiving right now.
Doing the research is hard and sad and it all feels overwhelming. But again, please remember, a dementia diagnosis does not mean the end of your happy memories with your parent.
If you surround your parent with the support they need at the various stages of the disease, they can still thrive and find happiness in small places during their remaining days.
What I really wish everyone to know in the event you ever have a parent diagnosed with dementia is this:
The worse days do not arrive immediately. Between The and Now there will be days of such joy, levity, and beauty. Stay present in the moment.
Tired: Writing about New Year's resolutions and self-improvement goals.
Wired: Asking compelling writers who've cracked the code on productivity how they did it and what they recommend.
Inspired: Checking in with incredibly prolific author @wiswell.bsky.social, and getting a slew of neat tips.
I don’t do resolutions because I fear setting myself up for disappointment later, but I do themes.
The theme for 2024 was to Heal, particularly from prior workplace trauma. Thank you to all who have been part of that.
The theme for 2025 is going be Build.
give the always delightful @eliaseells.bsky.social's Bar Cart Bookshelf video series a look!
"Each week, I take my experience as a cocktail consultant and home bartender and apply it to a book I've been reading"
Area Man Pauses Complaining that Retellings Kill Creativity, Begins Complaining Nosferatu isn’t Getting Enough Awards Buzz
Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
GIVEAWAY ALERT: AUNT TIGRESS by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin
Enter on Goodreads for the chance to win an early galley of AUNT TIGRESS by debut author Emily Yu-Xuan Qin! Readers of Seanan McGuire, Ilona Andrews, & Ben Aaronovitch will devour this sapphic urban fantasy, a supernatural mystery with a beating heart. US only. Ends January 22, 2025. LINK BELOW.
Meet Roanne Lau.
Meet @roannelau.bsky.social, author of THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY, and dive into the adrenaline-pumping arena battles that await lifelong friends Lythlet and Desil. Available March 2025.
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Cover to Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. Over by J.M. Fenner shows an all black silhouette of a grinning witchy hat monster standing over a woman in red.
Shesheshen said, "One of two things is going to happen tonight. I could eat every piece of you that you don't need to stay alive, until there is nothing but a fleshless bundle of organs and prime bones. Then I will swallow your still-sobbing self inside of my flesh, and keep you alive, and make your mouth my own. I will hunt your family down and work your jaw such that I eat them with your own mouth. Only when there is nothing left of you will I swallow you and let you weep in an oblivion of stomachs.
Currently enjoying this book, Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell- fantasy story told from the point of view of the horrifying monster adventurers want to kill.
