Effie Seiberg
@effies.bsky.social
SFF/middle-grade fiction/satire writer. Strategy/marketing consultant. Bagel the Dog's emotional support human. Dadjoke teller. Sentence-fragment lover. Disabled with #MECFS She/her effieseiberg.com/stories (or @effies@wandering.shop on Mastodon)
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DP FICTION #123B: “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
New story day! "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" is free to read on @diabolicalplots.com !
My wheelchair-using superhero does battle with the non-ADA-compliant superhero union.
Come for the punny superhero names, stay for the disability access rage & catharsis!
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
My wheelchair-using superhero does battle with the non-ADA-compliant superhero union.
Come for the punny superhero names, stay for the disability access rage & catharsis!
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to memory-hole Jan. 6, thousands of videos from the riot live on ProPublica’s website and other places.
Additionally, much of the deleted DOJ database can be found on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
(Published Jan. 2025)
Additionally, much of the deleted DOJ database can be found on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
(Published Jan. 2025)
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own governme...
www.propublica.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to memory-hole Jan. 6, thousands of videos from the riot live on ProPublica’s website and other places.
Additionally, much of the deleted DOJ database can be found on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
(Published Jan. 2025)
Additionally, much of the deleted DOJ database can be found on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
(Published Jan. 2025)
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An excellent read, in the wake of the White House’s posting of the fallacy-filled J6 website today.
January 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM
An excellent read, in the wake of the White House’s posting of the fallacy-filled J6 website today.
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Nice! Everything @atgreenblatt.bsky.social does is gold (as is @uncannymagazine.bsky.social)
New Uncanny Magazine Podcast 68A features “The Doorkeepers” by A. T. Greenblatt, as read by Matt Peters; “No Kings / No Soldiers” by A. M. Tuomala, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing A. T. Greenblatt! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unca...
January 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Nice! Everything @atgreenblatt.bsky.social does is gold (as is @uncannymagazine.bsky.social)
Our new car does this and it throws me into a panic (oh NO there is a CAR and it is FIVE FEET AWAY and my car is gonna throw a SHITFIT about it) and I'm a worse car maneuverer now because it throws off my sense of how close things are to me.
I’m sure there is a whole world of I/O marketing research about this but no one will convince me that it’s safer for me to have a heart attack when my car starts buzzing and bleeping because there’s a shopping cart in the parking space two slots over than it is for me to just wing it.
I kinda love the way my car starts hyperventilating when I'm backing up in a parking lot.
It's like it's yelling, "Holy sh7t! That was close."
I'm totally cool. It's the car that's having a panic attack.
It's like it's yelling, "Holy sh7t! That was close."
I'm totally cool. It's the car that's having a panic attack.
January 6, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Our new car does this and it throws me into a panic (oh NO there is a CAR and it is FIVE FEET AWAY and my car is gonna throw a SHITFIT about it) and I'm a worse car maneuverer now because it throws off my sense of how close things are to me.
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So, hear me out on this, I want my taxpayer dollars going to feeding, hungry people, educating kids, and building better roads. I have no desire to buy Donald Trump an island, & last time I checked, the power of the purse, still belonged to Congress.
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent administration threats against Greenland didn’t signal an imminent invasion and that the goal is to buy the island from Denmark, according to people familiar with the discussions."
Exclusive | Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Aims to Buy Greenland, Downplays Military Action
The secretary of state said the White House is using rhetoric to pressure Denmark into negotiations.
www.wsj.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:28 PM
So, hear me out on this, I want my taxpayer dollars going to feeding, hungry people, educating kids, and building better roads. I have no desire to buy Donald Trump an island, & last time I checked, the power of the purse, still belonged to Congress.
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Hazard: You are sent to the bug planet.
January 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Hazard: You are sent to the bug planet.
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NEW STORY DAY! "The Doorkeepers" is now live (and podcasted) over at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
Unlikely narrators! Timeloops! Humor, but also not!
Super excited about this one being out in the world!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
Unlikely narrators! Timeloops! Humor, but also not!
Super excited about this one being out in the world!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Doorkeepers - Uncanny Magazine
It’s Sunday night, which means it’s our Friday night, which means the Doorkeepers go out and get absolutely blasted. It’s not as messy as it sounds. We’re polite drunks; we make a point of it actually...
www.uncannymagazine.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
NEW STORY DAY! "The Doorkeepers" is now live (and podcasted) over at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
Unlikely narrators! Timeloops! Humor, but also not!
Super excited about this one being out in the world!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
Unlikely narrators! Timeloops! Humor, but also not!
Super excited about this one being out in the world!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery
my hot take is that I don't think it's this website specifically that's toxic. the Circumstances are toxic and nobody really knows what to do about it so they come online and scream. and if I may offer an alternative: actually going outside and screaming feels better.
January 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery
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Ahoy!
I'm Finn, and I'm a disabled queer transmasc butch SFF writer.
My main project is an ongoing queer Gothic gaslamp fantasy serial called Argentum in Aqua, which you can read for free over on my site ( saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a... ) or pick up in ebook form ( finn-mclellan.itch.io )
I'm Finn, and I'm a disabled queer transmasc butch SFF writer.
My main project is an ongoing queer Gothic gaslamp fantasy serial called Argentum in Aqua, which you can read for free over on my site ( saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a... ) or pick up in ebook form ( finn-mclellan.itch.io )
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Ahoy!
I'm Finn, and I'm a disabled queer transmasc butch SFF writer.
My main project is an ongoing queer Gothic gaslamp fantasy serial called Argentum in Aqua, which you can read for free over on my site ( saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a... ) or pick up in ebook form ( finn-mclellan.itch.io )
I'm Finn, and I'm a disabled queer transmasc butch SFF writer.
My main project is an ongoing queer Gothic gaslamp fantasy serial called Argentum in Aqua, which you can read for free over on my site ( saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a... ) or pick up in ebook form ( finn-mclellan.itch.io )
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Bari Weiss's Free Press website ran this screed by Matt Taibbi defending his lawsuit against a book author.
But the Free Press apparently never reached out to the author. Even though Weiss spiked that 60 Minutes piece for not reaching out to enough Trump officials www.thefp.com/p/matt-taibb...
But the Free Press apparently never reached out to the author. Even though Weiss spiked that 60 Minutes piece for not reaching out to enough Trump officials www.thefp.com/p/matt-taibb...
Matt Taibbi: To Protect Free Speech, I’m Suing the Man Who Defamed Me
There’s a difference between censorship, which prevents speech, and seeking restitution for a harmful lie already in print. That's why I'm suing the man who defamed me, writes Matt Taibbi.
www.thefp.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Bari Weiss's Free Press website ran this screed by Matt Taibbi defending his lawsuit against a book author.
But the Free Press apparently never reached out to the author. Even though Weiss spiked that 60 Minutes piece for not reaching out to enough Trump officials www.thefp.com/p/matt-taibb...
But the Free Press apparently never reached out to the author. Even though Weiss spiked that 60 Minutes piece for not reaching out to enough Trump officials www.thefp.com/p/matt-taibb...
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You can now purchase a paperback of my book, Lift the Mask, directly from the printer (Ingram) via a link on my website! Yay me! #BookSky #AuthorAdmin
YOU can purchase the paperback direct from Ingram right here:
shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
YOU can purchase the paperback direct from Ingram right here:
shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
Lift the Mask: a short collection of micropoetry and lyrical prose
Join Kristin in her poetic and heartfelt musings on life, parenting, and faith, told through the lens of a chronically ill and disabled mom. The poems and lyrical prose included in this chapbook provi...
shop.ingramspark.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
You can now purchase a paperback of my book, Lift the Mask, directly from the printer (Ingram) via a link on my website! Yay me! #BookSky #AuthorAdmin
YOU can purchase the paperback direct from Ingram right here:
shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
YOU can purchase the paperback direct from Ingram right here:
shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
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This ⬇️ 🎯
People who had loved ones on the front lines, who got Long Covid early, who were actively advising the Covid policy response, etc. were all *also* very unlikely to develop sourdough starters or complain abt school closures. It was and is real for a lot of us.
People who had loved ones on the front lines, who got Long Covid early, who were actively advising the Covid policy response, etc. were all *also* very unlikely to develop sourdough starters or complain abt school closures. It was and is real for a lot of us.
Beginning 2022, I started having arguments with people who didn't experience the loss of a loved one to COVID & associate "lockdown" with sourdough starters & WFH rather than Zoom funerals.
I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
there’s a thread on reddit right now called “was COVID really that bad?” and it is interesting to read people’s accounts five years out
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This ⬇️ 🎯
People who had loved ones on the front lines, who got Long Covid early, who were actively advising the Covid policy response, etc. were all *also* very unlikely to develop sourdough starters or complain abt school closures. It was and is real for a lot of us.
People who had loved ones on the front lines, who got Long Covid early, who were actively advising the Covid policy response, etc. were all *also* very unlikely to develop sourdough starters or complain abt school closures. It was and is real for a lot of us.
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NEW STORY DAY!
“I Met You on the Train” is now out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-me...
“I Met You on the Train” is now out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-me...
I Met You on the Train - Uncanny Magazine
I met you on the train. The first time it happened, I didn’t know what to do or what to say to you. I just saw your patches on your backpack. And they were from the same TV show that mine were from. S...
www.uncannymagazine.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
NEW STORY DAY!
“I Met You on the Train” is now out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-me...
“I Met You on the Train” is now out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-me...
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Beginning 2022, I started having arguments with people who didn't experience the loss of a loved one to COVID & associate "lockdown" with sourdough starters & WFH rather than Zoom funerals.
I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
there’s a thread on reddit right now called “was COVID really that bad?” and it is interesting to read people’s accounts five years out
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Beginning 2022, I started having arguments with people who didn't experience the loss of a loved one to COVID & associate "lockdown" with sourdough starters & WFH rather than Zoom funerals.
I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
I just had to accept that we did not have a shared reality, nor were they willing to remember.
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really fantastic job opportunity for folks with editorial experience (relatedly, if y’all are ever in the market for a labor reporter, PLEASE lmk @19thnews.org!) 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...
We're hiring an Editor
The 19th is hiring an editor to work closely with the editorial director to assign, shape, edit and publish stories to fulfill The 19th’s mission of serving women and LGBTQ+ people with timely, high-q...
19thnews.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:50 AM
really fantastic job opportunity for folks with editorial experience (relatedly, if y’all are ever in the market for a labor reporter, PLEASE lmk @19thnews.org!) 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...
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The Philharmonia are currently giving away 80 free tickets per performance to first-time bookers, worth knowing if you haven't seen them before philharmonia.co.uk/series/80-fr...
January 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The Philharmonia are currently giving away 80 free tickets per performance to first-time bookers, worth knowing if you haven't seen them before philharmonia.co.uk/series/80-fr...
good news!
Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming following a Tuesday decision in the state’s Supreme Court that said its two abortion bans, including a block on abortion pills, were unconstitutional.
Wyoming court stops abortion bans
One explicitly blocked access to abortion pills—the only outright ban in the country.
www.motherjones.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
good news!
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If you are willing to yell at your GOP electeds in a good cause, here is one:
Also another reminder that <10 people in Washington - all of whom are Republicans & all of whom keep getting total daily free passes from the media about their cowardice - could end most of the madness tomorrow by simply caucusing with the Democrats & giving them control of both the House & Senate.
Suddenly the special election in TN-07 becomes potentially hugely consequential. It shouldn’t be competitive, but if Democrats steal it, when Greene resigns the Republican majority will be down to 218-216 w a sure Dem seat with no special scheduled in Texas.
January 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
If you are willing to yell at your GOP electeds in a good cause, here is one:
Anyone running on a national Democratic platform should include "prosecute Trump and his cronies for all their crimes" as a central part of it.
The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Anyone running on a national Democratic platform should include "prosecute Trump and his cronies for all their crimes" as a central part of it.
January 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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my 75yo mother told me last night that she’s planning to delete Instagram and Facebook because she’s sick of not being able to tell what’s AI and what’s not, and I genuinely don’t think tech companies have reckoned with this kind of move as an actual possibility
January 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
my 75yo mother told me last night that she’s planning to delete Instagram and Facebook because she’s sick of not being able to tell what’s AI and what’s not, and I genuinely don’t think tech companies have reckoned with this kind of move as an actual possibility
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"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
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You absolutely do not have to hand it to Megyn Kelly, but this is a good reminder that everyone at Fox News knows they're shoveling an endless stream of bullshit and lies into the eyes and ears of their audience
Megyn Kelly admits Fox News = State TV: “When I was at Fox, I would’ve known I was supposed to cheerlead this. I turned on Fox and it was like watching Russian propaganda… sorry, I’ve been burned too many times. Trump says he’d be ok with boots on the ground. Whose boots? A lot of us have kids.”
January 6, 2026 at 4:21 AM
You absolutely do not have to hand it to Megyn Kelly, but this is a good reminder that everyone at Fox News knows they're shoveling an endless stream of bullshit and lies into the eyes and ears of their audience
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"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.