S. A. Chant 🏳️⚧️ is writing sword & sorcery
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¡Nuestra primera licencia!
Nos hace muchísima ilusión poder decir que Peter Darling, de @essaychant.bsky.social , es nuestra primera publicación. Un libro que nos enamoró desde el momento en que lo leímos, que no deja indiferente. Os contamos un poco más a continuación 👀
Nos hace muchísima ilusión poder decir que Peter Darling, de @essaychant.bsky.social , es nuestra primera publicación. Un libro que nos enamoró desde el momento en que lo leímos, que no deja indiferente. Os contamos un poco más a continuación 👀
AHHH HERE IT IS 🥳 Peter Darling is (finally!!!) being translated into Spanish and published in a beautiful illustrated edition by Zona Abisal this spring!! The team working on this edition is amazing and I absolutely cannot wait for y'all to see the finished book.
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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it's not an "immigration crackdown"
@startribune.com
because they do not target people who have broken immigration laws. They target by race and the turmoil is about violent racism and broader intimidation. Please, update your style guide!
@startribune.com
because they do not target people who have broken immigration laws. They target by race and the turmoil is about violent racism and broader intimidation. Please, update your style guide!
The Minneapolis City Council allocated $1 million to help residents pay rent as part of an effort to help immigrants who have lost income amid the federal immigration crackdown.
Minneapolis City Council votes to spend $1 million to help people pay rent amid immigration surge
Despite concern about the city’s finances, the council voted to dig into its cash balance to help renters as eviction filings spike statewide.
www.startribune.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM
it's not an "immigration crackdown"
@startribune.com
because they do not target people who have broken immigration laws. They target by race and the turmoil is about violent racism and broader intimidation. Please, update your style guide!
@startribune.com
because they do not target people who have broken immigration laws. They target by race and the turmoil is about violent racism and broader intimidation. Please, update your style guide!
Look at my lil portrait 😭 get you a publisher/illustrator who will make you a fancy lad in a locket
Os enseñamo la cubierta completa con todos sus detallitos. ¿No tenéis ganas de que salga? 👀 Porque nosotres es que nos morimos por tenerlo en las manos.
También os comentamos que estéis bien pendientes, porque pronto habrá más información y noticias sobre Peter Darling y su inminente publicación 😌
También os comentamos que estéis bien pendientes, porque pronto habrá más información y noticias sobre Peter Darling y su inminente publicación 😌
February 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Look at my lil portrait 😭 get you a publisher/illustrator who will make you a fancy lad in a locket
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big bill shakes is goated. sorry but i will never entertain the argument that he’s overrated. to write something like this and have it ring with such tremendous clarity four centuries later would be incredible if he pulled it off once but he did it dozens of times
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
big bill shakes is goated. sorry but i will never entertain the argument that he’s overrated. to write something like this and have it ring with such tremendous clarity four centuries later would be incredible if he pulled it off once but he did it dozens of times
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Renfeild: I booked your passage on the Demeter, master
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Renfeild: I booked your passage on the Demeter, master
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
Dracula: thankfs. dont foret the box of,, dert
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Algorithms have failed artists, so once again I am appealing to the wealthy to go back to the practice of patronising artists so you can brag that your sicko is better than your rival’s sicko
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Algorithms have failed artists, so once again I am appealing to the wealthy to go back to the practice of patronising artists so you can brag that your sicko is better than your rival’s sicko
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I'm between big projects right now so it's time for something fun! This Valentines, if you have a fanfic about Arcane, Fallout or Dispatch ships you would love to see illustrated, I'm offering 20% off commissions til March 1st!
Use the code FEBFICFUN
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Use the code FEBFICFUN
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February 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I'm between big projects right now so it's time for something fun! This Valentines, if you have a fanfic about Arcane, Fallout or Dispatch ships you would love to see illustrated, I'm offering 20% off commissions til March 1st!
Use the code FEBFICFUN
ko-fi.com/teahermitcom...
Use the code FEBFICFUN
ko-fi.com/teahermitcom...
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"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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This is a genAI company *doing its own research* to find that using its product reduces coding skills.
Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition.
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
February 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
This is a genAI company *doing its own research* to find that using its product reduces coding skills.
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Please speak up for Rodney. A year in an ICE camp is beyond comprehension.
Public pressure works.
If enough people speak up, a life may be saved.
Many of the deaths in ICE custody have been due to medical neglect… let’s make sure Rodney isn’t one of them.
Public pressure works.
If enough people speak up, a life may be saved.
Many of the deaths in ICE custody have been due to medical neglect… let’s make sure Rodney isn’t one of them.
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Please speak up for Rodney. A year in an ICE camp is beyond comprehension.
Public pressure works.
If enough people speak up, a life may be saved.
Many of the deaths in ICE custody have been due to medical neglect… let’s make sure Rodney isn’t one of them.
Public pressure works.
If enough people speak up, a life may be saved.
Many of the deaths in ICE custody have been due to medical neglect… let’s make sure Rodney isn’t one of them.
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sometimes people are curious about how much of hello sunshine is "realistic," so i thought i'd make a thread about it!
#hellosunshinespoilers
basically everything alex experiences, outside of the supernatural stuff, is either something myself, or someone else has experienced. that said...
#hellosunshinespoilers
basically everything alex experiences, outside of the supernatural stuff, is either something myself, or someone else has experienced. that said...
February 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
sometimes people are curious about how much of hello sunshine is "realistic," so i thought i'd make a thread about it!
#hellosunshinespoilers
basically everything alex experiences, outside of the supernatural stuff, is either something myself, or someone else has experienced. that said...
#hellosunshinespoilers
basically everything alex experiences, outside of the supernatural stuff, is either something myself, or someone else has experienced. that said...
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Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet.
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet.
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
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Send us your best zine submissions! We pay 10 cents per word and want your weird, gross, angry, sad, funny stories!
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Submission Calls
OPEN Zine call (January 28th through February 7th) Zine PromptsFor this zine bundle, I’m looking for written pieces about these five prompts: -Cunty Horrors (cunty horror microfiction and min…
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February 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Send us your best zine submissions! We pay 10 cents per word and want your weird, gross, angry, sad, funny stories!
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Full cover of the Spanish edition! 🏴☠️⚔️✨
Muches nos habéis dicho que os encanta la cubierta de Peter Darling, ¡pero aún no habíais visto la ilustración completa! ¿No es una pasada lo que pueden hacer la inteligencia y manos humanas? 👀
A nosotres, desde que PaltaMayo nos la entregó, nos ha tenido babeando.
A nosotres, desde que PaltaMayo nos la entregó, nos ha tenido babeando.
February 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Full cover of the Spanish edition! 🏴☠️⚔️✨
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Please share this with your cool rich gay aunt and ask them to back at the Patron level. 😘
I'd especially love to commission some novelettes in chapbook form.
(reposts appreciated, need to reach the maximum number of people with cool rich gay aunts)
I'd especially love to commission some novelettes in chapbook form.
(reposts appreciated, need to reach the maximum number of people with cool rich gay aunts)
January 29, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Please share this with your cool rich gay aunt and ask them to back at the Patron level. 😘
I'd especially love to commission some novelettes in chapbook form.
(reposts appreciated, need to reach the maximum number of people with cool rich gay aunts)
I'd especially love to commission some novelettes in chapbook form.
(reposts appreciated, need to reach the maximum number of people with cool rich gay aunts)
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“Liam’s release is an important development + we hope it will lead to positive developments for other families incl our other four students held at Dilley in Texas. We want all children to be released from detention centers and hope for the reunification of families who have been unjustly separated“
Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father released from Texas detention center
Boy and his father back in Minneapolis after being detained by ICE and held in immigration facility for more than a week
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:16 PM
“Liam’s release is an important development + we hope it will lead to positive developments for other families incl our other four students held at Dilley in Texas. We want all children to be released from detention centers and hope for the reunification of families who have been unjustly separated“
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Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
ICE detains two more students from Liam Ramos’s school, officials say
The brothers’ mother was taken by ICE and Minnesota educators were forced to bring the children to her
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
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In 20-goddamn-18. She cares SO much about young girls.
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
In 20-goddamn-18. She cares SO much about young girls.
Something small that's making a huge difference to my writing: I started a daily progress document where I note down what I wrote, if I sent something to a submission call, if I got an acceptance/rejection, how I feel about the work today, miscellaneous story notes, etc
February 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Something small that's making a huge difference to my writing: I started a daily progress document where I note down what I wrote, if I sent something to a submission call, if I got an acceptance/rejection, how I feel about the work today, miscellaneous story notes, etc
partner and I took a picture of the MOON
February 1, 2026 at 3:57 AM
partner and I took a picture of the MOON
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34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
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Manifesting a bonkers robust sales weekend so we can pay shop & warehouse rent.
Q1 is brutal on indie retail. If you have a friend you haven't introduced to our delicious, ethical, dweeby tea yet, now would be a great time!
Tea shop is open daily from 9:30a-7p
www.fridaytea.com open 24/7!
Q1 is brutal on indie retail. If you have a friend you haven't introduced to our delicious, ethical, dweeby tea yet, now would be a great time!
Tea shop is open daily from 9:30a-7p
www.fridaytea.com open 24/7!
Friday Afternoon Tea
Tasty teas and community events in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. Custom blending services available! We offer retail and wholesale bulk tea.
www.fridaytea.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Manifesting a bonkers robust sales weekend so we can pay shop & warehouse rent.
Q1 is brutal on indie retail. If you have a friend you haven't introduced to our delicious, ethical, dweeby tea yet, now would be a great time!
Tea shop is open daily from 9:30a-7p
www.fridaytea.com open 24/7!
Q1 is brutal on indie retail. If you have a friend you haven't introduced to our delicious, ethical, dweeby tea yet, now would be a great time!
Tea shop is open daily from 9:30a-7p
www.fridaytea.com open 24/7!
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Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"The Democrats are pushing reforms that they know won’t work because they are doing performative, perfunctory opposition to try to quiet their base, instead of real legislating and fighting to dismantle Trump’s ICE and CBP." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Senate Democrats’ ICE Proposals Are a Huge and Inexcusable Whiff
Their opening bid should have been eight or 10 bold proposals. But as usual, the Democrats start by negotiating with themselves.
newrepublic.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"The Democrats are pushing reforms that they know won’t work because they are doing performative, perfunctory opposition to try to quiet their base, instead of real legislating and fighting to dismantle Trump’s ICE and CBP." newrepublic.com/article/2059...