"He thought how to some men their loved ones were but the dearer for those poor mortal blemishes that tell us we are but sojourners on earth, with a common fate not far distant that makes it hardly worth while to do anything but love for the time remaining." -- Oliver Onions

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

We need your support in the next 3 days, before the fall of eternal night. Help us breathe new stories that keep us alive, each word and phrase building the monster’s body, the one who rends and tears and protects us from darkness. kck.st/4mIkEm1

Two million people are being threatened with forced starvation in #Palestine, as the US government continues to support ongoing ethnic-cleansing.

We've created a list of on-the-ground mutual aid groups in #Gaza that you can support, amplify, and follow. itsgoingdown.org/your-guide-o...

If you took the time to read and repost this article👇, please also promote and donate to the fundraising campaign. LaVonnia needs awareness AND legal ammo. gofund.me/41fd0cc4

In the early part of the 20thC, the Swiss artist Hans Emmenegger began making recurrent themes of enigmatic, dark forest interiors, exploring the optical effects of light and colour. This work was painted in 1933.

Eight days left to get submissions, uh, submitted. We've received over 100 stories so far, ranging from authors who haven't been published yet to genre veterans. US and world news has been kicking my ass, and doing something to try to help is one of the only things that lets me feel OK right now. ✊

Writing what I’ve mentally titled ‘a music video to Private Idaho by the B-52’s’.

Hey, who wants something nice?

So I was on tour this month, and when I was doing my event for the Princeton University Library and the Princeton Public Library, I ended up at the graveyard, where I found this gravestone:

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.

bookriot.com/imls-gutted/

Please remember to keep things accessible by using alt text. A simple explanation of the image doesn't take long. And if you think it's too hard with images of text, it's actually easier. In the alt text window, Right Click on the image and then select "Copy Text From Image" and just paste it in.

Information hygiene request - please circulate & take action.

I’m getting bombarded with frantic fragments.

Information flow is crucial right now, and every link in the chain matters. This is a concrete place where you can play a massive role in improving transmission.

Start with SIFT method:

not to make lynch's death about anyone other than lynch but the best thing that could come out of this is everyone remembering how weird you're allowed to be. make stuff you really love