Jes Battis
@jesbattis.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Other. They/Them. Fantasy, queer medievalism, 18thc shenanigans, YA lit, disability and neurodiversity. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
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Jes Battis
@jesbattis.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Osi
Buy books online and find book series such as Osi written by Jes Battis from PenguinRandomHouse.com
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Fiction I’ve published:
The Winter Knight (Queer Arthurian Mystery): ecwpress.com/products/the...
Occult Special Investigator (Buffy meets CSI): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BL4/o...
Parallel Parks (Grad school + Ancient Roman RPG): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BKX/a...
The Winter Knight (Queer Arthurian Mystery): ecwpress.com/products/the...
Occult Special Investigator (Buffy meets CSI): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BL4/o...
Parallel Parks (Grad school + Ancient Roman RPG): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BKX/a...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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impossible to express how humiliating it is to actually take this to court as the border patrol agent who got hit with a sandwich IN his bullet-proof vest. oh i'm sorry, it wasn't a sandwich-proof vest?
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
impossible to express how humiliating it is to actually take this to court as the border patrol agent who got hit with a sandwich IN his bullet-proof vest. oh i'm sorry, it wasn't a sandwich-proof vest?
everyone: how are you writing so much?
me: mental illness? 🙃
me: mental illness? 🙃
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
everyone: how are you writing so much?
me: mental illness? 🙃
me: mental illness? 🙃
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
Is there a contemporary collection poetry by Filipina poets? The most recent I can find is from 2000.
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Is there a contemporary collection poetry by Filipina poets? The most recent I can find is from 2000.
What are some good teachable one act plays? Contemporary and queer a bonus.
November 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What are some good teachable one act plays? Contemporary and queer a bonus.
Composition instructors are being pressured so intensely to deal with AI-related plagiarism that we can't focus on the students who actually want to be there and do the work. We're continually asked to revise assignments to be "un-cheatable" without thinking about what really works for students.
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Composition instructors are being pressured so intensely to deal with AI-related plagiarism that we can't focus on the students who actually want to be there and do the work. We're continually asked to revise assignments to be "un-cheatable" without thinking about what really works for students.
Can folks recommend a good website designer to work with? I like my author site, but I'd like it to be a bit less text-heavy (but still easy to update myself).
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Can folks recommend a good website designer to work with? I like my author site, but I'd like it to be a bit less text-heavy (but still easy to update myself).
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A halloween books cartoon for @theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A halloween books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Looking for queer Italian poetry from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Looking for queer Italian poetry from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
What are some social media platforms that are still a bit community-based and haven't been ruined yet?
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
What are some social media platforms that are still a bit community-based and haven't been ruined yet?
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I just came from a launch event for Community of Praxis where we talked about all the ways we can imagine making peer review better and more responsive but luckily the people at Elsevier are here to make Everything Worse (TM), as is their custom.
October 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I just came from a launch event for Community of Praxis where we talked about all the ways we can imagine making peer review better and more responsive but luckily the people at Elsevier are here to make Everything Worse (TM), as is their custom.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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How cool is this? In a week or so, I'm going to be at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, talking about Arthuriana and my Queens of Fate series!
Big thanks to @jesbattis.bsky.social for inviting me. I can't wait.
Big thanks to @jesbattis.bsky.social for inviting me. I can't wait.
October 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
How cool is this? In a week or so, I'm going to be at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, talking about Arthuriana and my Queens of Fate series!
Big thanks to @jesbattis.bsky.social for inviting me. I can't wait.
Big thanks to @jesbattis.bsky.social for inviting me. I can't wait.
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Reposting because, y'know, it's the weekend...
When #wizards go trick-or-treating… the results can be unexpected. For the #SpookySeason, at #Ebooks Direct: *Not On My Patch: a #YoungWizards #Halloween.” https://ebooks.direct/products/not-on-my-patch-a-young-wizards-halloween-story
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reposting because, y'know, it's the weekend...
A beauty of setting two projects in the early 90s and late 20s, respectively, is that nobody is answering a cellphone or listening to videos on full volume in public. And I get to talk about BBSs and bakelite.
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A beauty of setting two projects in the early 90s and late 20s, respectively, is that nobody is answering a cellphone or listening to videos on full volume in public. And I get to talk about BBSs and bakelite.
What are some thoughtful articles on smartphone, social media, and AI that would teach well in a first-year English class?
October 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
What are some thoughtful articles on smartphone, social media, and AI that would teach well in a first-year English class?
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Looks like we’re gonna have to bring back mp3s to remind Spotify where the power lies in this relationship.
I’m not paying for fascism.
I’m not paying for fascism.
We really do need to get rid of Spotify and boycott it
October 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Looks like we’re gonna have to bring back mp3s to remind Spotify where the power lies in this relationship.
I’m not paying for fascism.
I’m not paying for fascism.
I'm just... tired of Christianity.
October 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I'm just... tired of Christianity.
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A new article from Becca Engle tackles the reason why ABA is not a trauma-informed practice shared by @endseclusion.bsky.social
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Why ABA Can Never Be Trauma-Informed: Not now. Not ever.
Lately, I've seen more and more programs advertising something they call "trauma-informed ABA." On the surface, it sounds hopeful. After all, who wouldn't want therapies to be gentler, safer, and more...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A new article from Becca Engle tackles the reason why ABA is not a trauma-informed practice shared by @endseclusion.bsky.social
endseclusion.org/2025/10/20/w...
endseclusion.org/2025/10/20/w...
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... as I am writing about this ...
BREAKING: Ninth Circuit panel, on a 2-1 vote, allows Trump to deploy National Guard troops in Portland during litigation. Both judges siding with Trump were appointed by Trump in his first term.
Background at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials...
Background at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials...
October 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
... as I am writing about this ...
this just in: I'm beyond tired
October 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
this just in: I'm beyond tired
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