Alison Stine
@alisonstine.bsky.social
Novelist, journalist, and editor. Next novel: THE RAVEN ENGAGEMENT (2027 @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social). Author of DUST, TRASHLANDS, ROAD OUT OF WINTER, OHIO VIOLENCE. Philip K Dick Award. NEA Grant. HOH https://linktr.ee/alisonstinewrites
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On Jan 6, my fiancé at the time and I were working from home. He worked downstairs, I worked upstairs, both journalists. My young child was also home, in remote school. I remember coming downstairs, asking: is this really happening? Are we going to survive it? We tried to shield the child from it.
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
On Jan 6, my fiancé at the time and I were working from home. He worked downstairs, I worked upstairs, both journalists. My young child was also home, in remote school. I remember coming downstairs, asking: is this really happening? Are we going to survive it? We tried to shield the child from it.
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I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.
January 6, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.
Optometrist: I know you're not new to the practice but you're new to me, so I like to explain everything--
Me: YES! I l love explanations!
Optometrist: ...
Me: YES! I l love explanations!
Optometrist: ...
January 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Optometrist: I know you're not new to the practice but you're new to me, so I like to explain everything--
Me: YES! I l love explanations!
Optometrist: ...
Me: YES! I l love explanations!
Optometrist: ...
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u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
I'd be happy with big non politics accounts.
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
People are sending way too many emails today.
January 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
People are sending way too many emails today.
I love all of my child's medical providers but the office of one is maddening. They impose a hefty fee if you cancel or reschedule with less than 48 hours notice, to the minute, yet have no answering service, no way to leave a message, and do not answer phones at their stated open hours.
January 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I love all of my child's medical providers but the office of one is maddening. They impose a hefty fee if you cancel or reschedule with less than 48 hours notice, to the minute, yet have no answering service, no way to leave a message, and do not answer phones at their stated open hours.
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The only good circling back
The Branch Manager is circling back to those late 2025 stick requests
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The only good circling back
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The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
January 4, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
So far in 2026 I have:
✅ seen a rainbow
✅ met a new friend in a hilarious meet-cute (picking up carryout at the same time with the same name!)
✅ got tickets for a play with my son on my birthday
✅ seen a rainbow
✅ met a new friend in a hilarious meet-cute (picking up carryout at the same time with the same name!)
✅ got tickets for a play with my son on my birthday
January 2, 2026 at 5:05 PM
So far in 2026 I have:
✅ seen a rainbow
✅ met a new friend in a hilarious meet-cute (picking up carryout at the same time with the same name!)
✅ got tickets for a play with my son on my birthday
✅ seen a rainbow
✅ met a new friend in a hilarious meet-cute (picking up carryout at the same time with the same name!)
✅ got tickets for a play with my son on my birthday
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“pivot to video”
no thanks I’m gonna pivot to the woods
no thanks I’m gonna pivot to the woods
January 1, 2026 at 2:58 PM
“pivot to video”
no thanks I’m gonna pivot to the woods
no thanks I’m gonna pivot to the woods
If you're read my book Trashlands, you know Encyclopedia Britannica plays a surprisingly large role. Kinda cool to be cited in it www.britannica.com/procon/book-...
Book Bans | Pros, Cons, Debate, Arguments, Controversy, Education, Libraries, and Reading | Britannica
Should parents or other adults be able to ban books from schools and libraries? Learn the pros and cons of the debate.
www.britannica.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you're read my book Trashlands, you know Encyclopedia Britannica plays a surprisingly large role. Kinda cool to be cited in it www.britannica.com/procon/book-...
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"When Alice Wong died in November, she left behind a legacy of care for a community of people like me with long COVID who know we are not alone." Read more from Alison Stine (@alisonstine.bsky.social)
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On the Oracle Alice Wong, Disability, and Community | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
When Alice Wong died in November, she left behind a legacy of care for a community of people with long COVID who know they are not alone.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"When Alice Wong died in November, she left behind a legacy of care for a community of people like me with long COVID who know we are not alone." Read more from Alison Stine (@alisonstine.bsky.social)
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Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
December 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
This is the most personal piece I've published in some time.
My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again.
nonprofitquarterly.org/on-the-oracl...
@npquarterly.bsky.social
My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again.
nonprofitquarterly.org/on-the-oracl...
@npquarterly.bsky.social
On the Oracle Alice Wong, Disability, and Community | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
When Alice Wong died in November, she left behind a legacy of care for a community of people with long COVID who know they are not alone.
nonprofitquarterly.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is the most personal piece I've published in some time.
My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again.
nonprofitquarterly.org/on-the-oracl...
@npquarterly.bsky.social
My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again.
nonprofitquarterly.org/on-the-oracl...
@npquarterly.bsky.social
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If you're visiting the South for the first time this Christmas:
"Well, I'll let you go" = this conversation is over.
"Now, I don't want to keep you long" = this is going to be a long conversation
Hope this helps
"Well, I'll let you go" = this conversation is over.
"Now, I don't want to keep you long" = this is going to be a long conversation
Hope this helps
December 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If you're visiting the South for the first time this Christmas:
"Well, I'll let you go" = this conversation is over.
"Now, I don't want to keep you long" = this is going to be a long conversation
Hope this helps
"Well, I'll let you go" = this conversation is over.
"Now, I don't want to keep you long" = this is going to be a long conversation
Hope this helps
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the beginning is the most important bc if it isn't good enough, reader might not keep going
the middle is most important bc beginnings are just all potential but the middle is what actually makes a story
the end is most important bc a great one is what's gonna elevate a good story to an all-timer
the middle is most important bc beginnings are just all potential but the middle is what actually makes a story
the end is most important bc a great one is what's gonna elevate a good story to an all-timer
December 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
the beginning is the most important bc if it isn't good enough, reader might not keep going
the middle is most important bc beginnings are just all potential but the middle is what actually makes a story
the end is most important bc a great one is what's gonna elevate a good story to an all-timer
the middle is most important bc beginnings are just all potential but the middle is what actually makes a story
the end is most important bc a great one is what's gonna elevate a good story to an all-timer
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The average high for Denver for the weak of Christmas is around 45f / 7c.
It's going to be 70f / 21c or higher all fucking week.
Halloween is normally a snowy holiday here. We instead have had one snow system, the second latest ever, starting on November 29th.
It's going to be 70f / 21c or higher all fucking week.
Halloween is normally a snowy holiday here. We instead have had one snow system, the second latest ever, starting on November 29th.
December 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The average high for Denver for the weak of Christmas is around 45f / 7c.
It's going to be 70f / 21c or higher all fucking week.
Halloween is normally a snowy holiday here. We instead have had one snow system, the second latest ever, starting on November 29th.
It's going to be 70f / 21c or higher all fucking week.
Halloween is normally a snowy holiday here. We instead have had one snow system, the second latest ever, starting on November 29th.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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We can do even more.
December 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We can do even more.
A lot of kids are out with the flu. The principal just sent an email reassuring that they won't let students fall behind or let their grades be impacted because of illness. This is how it should be done. Don't punish people when they're sick.
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A lot of kids are out with the flu. The principal just sent an email reassuring that they won't let students fall behind or let their grades be impacted because of illness. This is how it should be done. Don't punish people when they're sick.
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My dad is on a bucket list-type trip with his friend in Antarctica right now and he’s treating texting like it’s a Western Union telegram. Like he’s being charged per word and information is being conveyed via morse code. The Titanic is unsinkable STOP. Charles Darwin sends his regards STOP.
December 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My dad is on a bucket list-type trip with his friend in Antarctica right now and he’s treating texting like it’s a Western Union telegram. Like he’s being charged per word and information is being conveyed via morse code. The Titanic is unsinkable STOP. Charles Darwin sends his regards STOP.
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100 this. If you ask any good writer, "how do you come up with all of those ideas?"
The answer is, "Oh, I have no lack of ideas!"
Instead, "I lack ... time / money / freedom / support / healthcare ... "
The answer is, "Oh, I have no lack of ideas!"
Instead, "I lack ... time / money / freedom / support / healthcare ... "
I realized a few years ago that I will never run out of ideas; I will simply run out of time and die. What I don't have is money. I'm disabled, queer, lower income single parent with dozens of unpublished manuscripts, songs, musicals, paintings, hundreds of draft ideas. FUND PEOPLE.
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
December 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
100 this. If you ask any good writer, "how do you come up with all of those ideas?"
The answer is, "Oh, I have no lack of ideas!"
Instead, "I lack ... time / money / freedom / support / healthcare ... "
The answer is, "Oh, I have no lack of ideas!"
Instead, "I lack ... time / money / freedom / support / healthcare ... "
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THEY MADE ILLUSTRATIVE SQUARE CHEESES
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
THEY MADE ILLUSTRATIVE SQUARE CHEESES
This is the most Friday Wednesday.
December 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is the most Friday Wednesday.