Mike Diamond
@mikediamond.bsky.social
✍️ Writing YA Sci-Fi “Brilliance of Earth—Tangle and Tether” (sapphic and STEM)
📘 Nonfiction book on ethical phishing “Swim Like a Phish” (under consideration).
🤲 Excited to help build community! Especially in the arts 💖✨
📘 Nonfiction book on ethical phishing “Swim Like a Phish” (under consideration).
🤲 Excited to help build community! Especially in the arts 💖✨
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Tangle and Tether
Teen scientist Brilliance Overland and her bestie Annie complete her late mother's quantum wormhole tech!
They escape to a promising world beyond. But something breaks that promise.
Their exploration is mired in loss, loneliness, and a childhood bond that no longer works.
#BluePit
Teen scientist Brilliance Overland and her bestie Annie complete her late mother's quantum wormhole tech!
They escape to a promising world beyond. But something breaks that promise.
Their exploration is mired in loss, loneliness, and a childhood bond that no longer works.
#BluePit
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Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
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Can't say it enough, if you are going to build ANYTHING, you are going to be criticized much more than you will be praised. Do not be deterred. Build what you want to exist. Find your people and seek their counsel. Keep it moving.
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Can't say it enough, if you are going to build ANYTHING, you are going to be criticized much more than you will be praised. Do not be deterred. Build what you want to exist. Find your people and seek their counsel. Keep it moving.
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My 1st draft: 8 months
2nd draft: 15 months, 2/3 done
I’ve loved every moment. Couldn’t imagine writing it faster. It wouldn’t be me, it wouldn’t be good, it wouldn’t bring joy.
And that lack of joy would be paid forward as a debt 🤷♀️
2nd draft: 15 months, 2/3 done
I’ve loved every moment. Couldn’t imagine writing it faster. It wouldn’t be me, it wouldn’t be good, it wouldn’t bring joy.
And that lack of joy would be paid forward as a debt 🤷♀️
February 8, 2026 at 11:51 PM
My 1st draft: 8 months
2nd draft: 15 months, 2/3 done
I’ve loved every moment. Couldn’t imagine writing it faster. It wouldn’t be me, it wouldn’t be good, it wouldn’t bring joy.
And that lack of joy would be paid forward as a debt 🤷♀️
2nd draft: 15 months, 2/3 done
I’ve loved every moment. Couldn’t imagine writing it faster. It wouldn’t be me, it wouldn’t be good, it wouldn’t bring joy.
And that lack of joy would be paid forward as a debt 🤷♀️
I’ve already done the all consuming scraps, much closer to completing my tower 💖✨
February 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I’ve already done the all consuming scraps, much closer to completing my tower 💖✨
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I made this pixelart world editor for my game. I am just an indie dev, please help me repost :) #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #animation #stardewvalley #animalcrossing
February 2, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I made this pixelart world editor for my game. I am just an indie dev, please help me repost :) #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #animation #stardewvalley #animalcrossing
February 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
6 7 is a natural rebellion.
These numbers in friendly proximity rejects the patriarchical lie (6’s fear of 7 because 789).
#SixSeven
#DadJoke
#Ihopedadjokesarenotpartofthepatriarchy
These numbers in friendly proximity rejects the patriarchical lie (6’s fear of 7 because 789).
#SixSeven
#DadJoke
#Ihopedadjokesarenotpartofthepatriarchy
February 7, 2026 at 2:11 AM
6 7 is a natural rebellion.
These numbers in friendly proximity rejects the patriarchical lie (6’s fear of 7 because 789).
#SixSeven
#DadJoke
#Ihopedadjokesarenotpartofthepatriarchy
These numbers in friendly proximity rejects the patriarchical lie (6’s fear of 7 because 789).
#SixSeven
#DadJoke
#Ihopedadjokesarenotpartofthepatriarchy
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Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
Reposted by Mike Diamond
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Biome - Speculative Fiction podcast is open for submissions!
biomespec.wordpress.com/submissions/
Everyone is welcome!
#amWriting #WritingCommunity #writer #bookSky
biomespec.wordpress.com/submissions/
Everyone is welcome!
#amWriting #WritingCommunity #writer #bookSky
Submissions
What we are looking for: 👉 Speculative fiction – for a discussion of what this (typically) includes, check out this article. It can be anything from hard SciFi to Cozy Fantasy to Alternate Hi…
biomespec.wordpress.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Biome - Speculative Fiction podcast is open for submissions!
biomespec.wordpress.com/submissions/
Everyone is welcome!
#amWriting #WritingCommunity #writer #bookSky
biomespec.wordpress.com/submissions/
Everyone is welcome!
#amWriting #WritingCommunity #writer #bookSky
No one alerted
The honeysuckle.
False spring
Fooled it
Into blossoming.
Early nectar
For my nose!
Ha ha sucker!
in your flower face
With climate change.
Humans rule!
#Poetry
#HahaSucker
#GetItSuckerAndHoneysucklePun
#HoneysuckleIsASuckerRoot
#Who’sTheRealSucker 🤷♀️😅😶
The honeysuckle.
False spring
Fooled it
Into blossoming.
Early nectar
For my nose!
Ha ha sucker!
in your flower face
With climate change.
Humans rule!
#Poetry
#HahaSucker
#GetItSuckerAndHoneysucklePun
#HoneysuckleIsASuckerRoot
#Who’sTheRealSucker 🤷♀️😅😶
February 3, 2026 at 8:19 PM
No one alerted
The honeysuckle.
False spring
Fooled it
Into blossoming.
Early nectar
For my nose!
Ha ha sucker!
in your flower face
With climate change.
Humans rule!
#Poetry
#HahaSucker
#GetItSuckerAndHoneysucklePun
#HoneysuckleIsASuckerRoot
#Who’sTheRealSucker 🤷♀️😅😶
The honeysuckle.
False spring
Fooled it
Into blossoming.
Early nectar
For my nose!
Ha ha sucker!
in your flower face
With climate change.
Humans rule!
#Poetry
#HahaSucker
#GetItSuckerAndHoneysucklePun
#HoneysuckleIsASuckerRoot
#Who’sTheRealSucker 🤷♀️😅😶
Who has two thumbs and incorporated a rhyming prime number riddle into their YA sci-fi WIP this morning?
And yes, that’s a prime number of thumbs.
#WritingCommunity
#WritersCommunity
#Sci-fi
#PrimeNumbers
#MathIsCool
And yes, that’s a prime number of thumbs.
#WritingCommunity
#WritersCommunity
#Sci-fi
#PrimeNumbers
#MathIsCool
February 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Who has two thumbs and incorporated a rhyming prime number riddle into their YA sci-fi WIP this morning?
And yes, that’s a prime number of thumbs.
#WritingCommunity
#WritersCommunity
#Sci-fi
#PrimeNumbers
#MathIsCool
And yes, that’s a prime number of thumbs.
#WritingCommunity
#WritersCommunity
#Sci-fi
#PrimeNumbers
#MathIsCool
Sharing and posting to remind myself to revisit ✨
Blessed Imbolc!
I plan to lead a "melt the ice with communal warmth" ritual with my spiritual book group tonight. 🔥
What seeds do you plant, what protections do you cast? 💗
Here's a directions/elements casting video I made for solo practice & gathering online. 🌬️🔥🌊🌱
#Imbolc #witchsky
I plan to lead a "melt the ice with communal warmth" ritual with my spiritual book group tonight. 🔥
What seeds do you plant, what protections do you cast? 💗
Here's a directions/elements casting video I made for solo practice & gathering online. 🌬️🔥🌊🌱
#Imbolc #witchsky
Imbolc Casting ~ Portland Reclaiming ~
YouTube video by Oracle Nymph
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Sharing and posting to remind myself to revisit ✨
Reposted by Mike Diamond
!!!BOOK NEWS!!!
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
January 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
!!!BOOK NEWS!!!
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
Reposted by Mike Diamond
A notorious book banner is smearing these literal second graders who love hiking and horses as "insurrectionists" because they live in a city his talking points said he hates now.
Buy cookies from these kids! Get them shipped or click a button to donate them to the Minneapolis community!
Buy cookies from these kids! Get them shipped or click a button to donate them to the Minneapolis community!
Hey, library friends! As if supporting a diverse Brownie troop in Minneapolis weren’t motivation enough, turns out buying (and — worse — donating) their cookies really pisses off that vile clown who’s been attacking librarians for 20+ years. So go ahead, order a few boxes. Spread the word!
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 AM
A notorious book banner is smearing these literal second graders who love hiking and horses as "insurrectionists" because they live in a city his talking points said he hates now.
Buy cookies from these kids! Get them shipped or click a button to donate them to the Minneapolis community!
Buy cookies from these kids! Get them shipped or click a button to donate them to the Minneapolis community!
“…he had weapons in his bag, and inside the bag was a barbecue fork and a pizza cutter…”
The inclusion of this detail tho!!!
I need to know, why these utensils!?
Entertaining any theories you might have…
#FreeLuigi
#WhyPizzaCutter
#WhyBarbecueFork
The inclusion of this detail tho!!!
I need to know, why these utensils!?
Entertaining any theories you might have…
#FreeLuigi
#WhyPizzaCutter
#WhyBarbecueFork
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York by claiming to be an FBI agent with a court order to release him, authorities said
Man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent: Sources
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:59 PM
“…he had weapons in his bag, and inside the bag was a barbecue fork and a pizza cutter…”
The inclusion of this detail tho!!!
I need to know, why these utensils!?
Entertaining any theories you might have…
#FreeLuigi
#WhyPizzaCutter
#WhyBarbecueFork
The inclusion of this detail tho!!!
I need to know, why these utensils!?
Entertaining any theories you might have…
#FreeLuigi
#WhyPizzaCutter
#WhyBarbecueFork
God bless absurdity! Not just for clowns, who are the original Funhouse mirror of society.✊
The inflatables want you understand that they are there to fight fascism. 🐸 Absurdity denies their narrative & disrupts cognitive dissonance.
January 29, 2026 at 8:44 PM
God bless absurdity! Not just for clowns, who are the original Funhouse mirror of society.✊
In addition to it being slop, it looks like America first propaganda.
‘1776’ is a dog whistle for MAGA.
“Never before seen“
…or at all 😆
Hope all the SAG voice actors got good deals on the front end.
‘1776’ is a dog whistle for MAGA.
“Never before seen“
…or at all 😆
Hope all the SAG voice actors got good deals on the front end.
Julie is exactly right this is a piece Generated Content
doesnt sound too appealing does it?
bsky.app/profile/juli...
doesnt sound too appealing does it?
bsky.app/profile/juli...
Oof, that hurts to see that called animated. That should remain a term for human skill.
Generated. It’s generated.
Generated. It’s generated.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
In addition to it being slop, it looks like America first propaganda.
‘1776’ is a dog whistle for MAGA.
“Never before seen“
…or at all 😆
Hope all the SAG voice actors got good deals on the front end.
‘1776’ is a dog whistle for MAGA.
“Never before seen“
…or at all 😆
Hope all the SAG voice actors got good deals on the front end.
Starting early 2025 😳
Need a mental health year
January 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Starting early 2025 😳
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Do I know artists who work in an 18th century style of illustration who might take on a modest proposal (so to speak)?
(would love to see portfolios)
(would love to see portfolios)
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Do I know artists who work in an 18th century style of illustration who might take on a modest proposal (so to speak)?
(would love to see portfolios)
(would love to see portfolios)
I’ve taken the liberty of naming
Snakes on a Plane II:
🛩️ Cleared for Snakeoff 🐍
(Twist: NOT cleared)
#SnakesOnAPlane
#Twist
#SnakeOff
#StillWorkingOnSigningSamuelJackson
Snakes on a Plane II:
🛩️ Cleared for Snakeoff 🐍
(Twist: NOT cleared)
#SnakesOnAPlane
#Twist
#SnakeOff
#StillWorkingOnSigningSamuelJackson
January 28, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I’ve taken the liberty of naming
Snakes on a Plane II:
🛩️ Cleared for Snakeoff 🐍
(Twist: NOT cleared)
#SnakesOnAPlane
#Twist
#SnakeOff
#StillWorkingOnSigningSamuelJackson
Snakes on a Plane II:
🛩️ Cleared for Snakeoff 🐍
(Twist: NOT cleared)
#SnakesOnAPlane
#Twist
#SnakeOff
#StillWorkingOnSigningSamuelJackson
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There’s no such thing as peaceful protest. It’s an oxymoron. Protest is inherently meant to disturb someone’s peace. That’s the whole point.
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 AM
There’s no such thing as peaceful protest. It’s an oxymoron. Protest is inherently meant to disturb someone’s peace. That’s the whole point.
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He’s really good at lowering property values
January 27, 2026 at 7:10 PM
He’s really good at lowering property values
✨It happened in the middle of the night.
💡I woke up with a conclusion to my current chapter.
Grabbed the phone, jotted it down, passed out.
Reading it now is humbling 💖
#WritersCommunity
#WritingCommunity
💡I woke up with a conclusion to my current chapter.
Grabbed the phone, jotted it down, passed out.
Reading it now is humbling 💖
#WritersCommunity
#WritingCommunity
January 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM
✨It happened in the middle of the night.
💡I woke up with a conclusion to my current chapter.
Grabbed the phone, jotted it down, passed out.
Reading it now is humbling 💖
#WritersCommunity
#WritingCommunity
💡I woke up with a conclusion to my current chapter.
Grabbed the phone, jotted it down, passed out.
Reading it now is humbling 💖
#WritersCommunity
#WritingCommunity
I wish they would open the Ark already
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I wish they would open the Ark already