T.L. Trent
@tltrent.bsky.social
Author, Editor, Adjunct faculty in SNHU's online MFA program and at UNM-LA. Patreon at patreon.com/tltrent
The nearest food bank is almost 2 hours away by car. That is...not good for people up here in the mountains who might get snowed in. I am now sad that the old Catholic Church in the valley that recently closed and was selling off all its commercial kitchen equipment couldn't be repurposed.
October 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The nearest food bank is almost 2 hours away by car. That is...not good for people up here in the mountains who might get snowed in. I am now sad that the old Catholic Church in the valley that recently closed and was selling off all its commercial kitchen equipment couldn't be repurposed.
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I’ve set up a recurring donation with mine. Even $5 a month can help a lot—usually way more than we, who don’t buy in bulk, could buy in equivalent.
Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I’ve set up a recurring donation with mine. Even $5 a month can help a lot—usually way more than we, who don’t buy in bulk, could buy in equivalent.
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
An aside: Finally got to see BLUE EYE SAMURAI (on Netflix) this week (while donating platelets). Totally earned all the accolades. I adored it. Mizu is a delightfully effed-up character. Can't wait for the 2nd season! Note: Strictly NOT for kids, in case you weren't aware.
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
An aside: Finally got to see BLUE EYE SAMURAI (on Netflix) this week (while donating platelets). Totally earned all the accolades. I adored it. Mizu is a delightfully effed-up character. Can't wait for the 2nd season! Note: Strictly NOT for kids, in case you weren't aware.
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Oh hey! An opportunity to help the radiant @zzclaybourne.bsky.social get some wheels back, after his were sadly smushed.
gofund.me/60734e64d
gofund.me/60734e64d
Donate to Help Zig Replace His Beloved Galileo, organized by Clarence Young
I'm not someone who gets attached to things a lot, but I liked my car. I fit in it… Clarence Young needs your support for Help Zig Replace His Beloved Galileo
gofund.me
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Oh hey! An opportunity to help the radiant @zzclaybourne.bsky.social get some wheels back, after his were sadly smushed.
gofund.me/60734e64d
gofund.me/60734e64d
I miss Pat so much. I wish I had not been so shy when I first met her.
Writing the introduction to this collection was a profound exercise in memory for me, as well as the chance to reminisce with @terriwindling.bsky.social about an extraordinary writer and friend, who changed our literature in ways we're only just realizing.
Pub on Tuesday!
THE ESSENTIAL PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP!
buff.ly/Bf9BguU
With an intro by @ellenkushner.bsky.social
3 ways to WIN:
@thestorygraph.com
tinyurl.com/mr3w7cea
#Goodreads buff.ly/4W4cPWn
@fantasycafe.bsky.social buff.ly/ENz9qCF
#giveaway
THE ESSENTIAL PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP!
buff.ly/Bf9BguU
With an intro by @ellenkushner.bsky.social
3 ways to WIN:
@thestorygraph.com
tinyurl.com/mr3w7cea
#Goodreads buff.ly/4W4cPWn
@fantasycafe.bsky.social buff.ly/ENz9qCF
#giveaway
October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I miss Pat so much. I wish I had not been so shy when I first met her.
So sorry I keep forgetting to check in here. Back from Japan (what a dream!) and now Life is crashing down all around us. Guess I should take up ballroom dancing. Will keep me occupied while I starve, right? *sigh*
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So sorry I keep forgetting to check in here. Back from Japan (what a dream!) and now Life is crashing down all around us. Guess I should take up ballroom dancing. Will keep me occupied while I starve, right? *sigh*
I'm tired, y'all. So tired. I honestly am looking forward to being in a place (Japan) where I can understand very little of what people say, have no concept of politics (ok, so I do know a little), and am not constantly worrying about what's going to happen next.
September 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'm tired, y'all. So tired. I honestly am looking forward to being in a place (Japan) where I can understand very little of what people say, have no concept of politics (ok, so I do know a little), and am not constantly worrying about what's going to happen next.
@jayewells.bsky.social !!! Your fingers come from their cloaca!!
"you have digits because a bit of the genetics that help you form your butt was used to activate the right genes where they're needed"
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
You can hold on to your butts thanks to DNA that evolved in fish
Making digits seems to involve gene activity that was needed to make a cloaca.
arstechnica.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@jayewells.bsky.social !!! Your fingers come from their cloaca!!
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Book 4 of Murderbot.
Exit Strategy by @marthawells.com ❤️
"Always have an exit strategy, that was rule number one when interacting with normal people" 🤣 SecUnit is every neurodiverse person 👏 #booksky #book #crochet #craft #murderbot
Exit Strategy by @marthawells.com ❤️
"Always have an exit strategy, that was rule number one when interacting with normal people" 🤣 SecUnit is every neurodiverse person 👏 #booksky #book #crochet #craft #murderbot
September 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Book 4 of Murderbot.
Exit Strategy by @marthawells.com ❤️
"Always have an exit strategy, that was rule number one when interacting with normal people" 🤣 SecUnit is every neurodiverse person 👏 #booksky #book #crochet #craft #murderbot
Exit Strategy by @marthawells.com ❤️
"Always have an exit strategy, that was rule number one when interacting with normal people" 🤣 SecUnit is every neurodiverse person 👏 #booksky #book #crochet #craft #murderbot
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I’m seeing a lot of inaccurate info about the Anthropic settlement being passed around as fact, so here’s a good basic explainer from the Author’s Guild that I highly recommend reading so you understand it better if you’re potentially part of the class: authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild
Today, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems—the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The parties in Bartz v Anthropic...
authorsguild.org
September 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I’m seeing a lot of inaccurate info about the Anthropic settlement being passed around as fact, so here’s a good basic explainer from the Author’s Guild that I highly recommend reading so you understand it better if you’re potentially part of the class: authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
Currently contracting with an amazing artist for new covers for the first 3 upcoming books and, even though my wallet is crying, I am SO EXCITED.
September 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Currently contracting with an amazing artist for new covers for the first 3 upcoming books and, even though my wallet is crying, I am SO EXCITED.
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These animals are not just a symbolic treehugger cause. They serve a practical purpose, helping to keep other wildlife populations in check, which in turn helps control the spread of diseases in deer and elk. They shape the landscape by preventing deer from stripping plant life from riverbanks.
🚨 Wolves need your voice! Right now, Congress is considering spending bills that could strip federal protections from gray wolves in 44 states.
Removing these protections would leave wolves vulnerable to hunting, trapping, and persecution.
📣Take action now: engage.nywolf.org/site/Advocac...
Removing these protections would leave wolves vulnerable to hunting, trapping, and persecution.
📣Take action now: engage.nywolf.org/site/Advocac...
September 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
These animals are not just a symbolic treehugger cause. They serve a practical purpose, helping to keep other wildlife populations in check, which in turn helps control the spread of diseases in deer and elk. They shape the landscape by preventing deer from stripping plant life from riverbanks.
Beautiful fox wedding going on, with the sun shining through the rain and silvering all the ponderosa. Earlier, the sunflowers were bowed down with hail.
September 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Beautiful fox wedding going on, with the sun shining through the rain and silvering all the ponderosa. Earlier, the sunflowers were bowed down with hail.
Oh dear gods, what a dream job!
Highlighting some of the genres specifically desired for this position.
Folks who write genre fiction take note!
“Desirable additional subspecialties include speculative fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic narrative, experimental fiction, hybrid forms, and climate fiction.”
Folks who write genre fiction take note!
“Desirable additional subspecialties include speculative fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic narrative, experimental fiction, hybrid forms, and climate fiction.”
A new tenure track fiction job at Oberlin, deadline of 9/15/2025. jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16771
September 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Oh dear gods, what a dream job!
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Everyone has until Tuesday 9/19/25 to submit any public comment to the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule rollback. Read what that could mean for you, and how to comment, here. ⬇️
You have just 3 weeks to object to the Roadless rule rollback.
Link to USDA public comments here:
Link to USDA public comments here:
You Have Just 3 Weeks to Object to the Roadless Rule Rollback, Which Will Affect 45 Million Wild Acres Across the U.S.
The Trump administration just opened a three-week comment period for revoking the Roadless Rule, which keeps wilderness intact.
www.outdoorlife.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Everyone has until Tuesday 9/19/25 to submit any public comment to the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule rollback. Read what that could mean for you, and how to comment, here. ⬇️
Joined our local Firewise group as a means of doing something positive in our community. As the NM State Forestry person said, "It's not 'if', it's 'when' wildfire will happen here," so we're doing our best to be prepared. Esp. in light of federal cuts of staff and $$.
September 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Joined our local Firewise group as a means of doing something positive in our community. As the NM State Forestry person said, "It's not 'if', it's 'when' wildfire will happen here," so we're doing our best to be prepared. Esp. in light of federal cuts of staff and $$.
I'm also reading this one to try to understand the background (and underground) of AI. We definitely need much more regulation!
Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social is VERY MUCH worth your time. Meticulously researched and incredibly well-written, it exposes the ecological and labor exploitation of an industry that needs to be regulated. Or dismantled.
Labor Day is a perfect day to start it.
bookshop.org/p/books/empi...
Labor Day is a perfect day to start it.
bookshop.org/p/books/empi...
September 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm also reading this one to try to understand the background (and underground) of AI. We definitely need much more regulation!
The monsoon is monsooning, the sick son is coughing, and I have work to do--editing, anthologizing, revising, teaching. Here we go!
August 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The monsoon is monsooning, the sick son is coughing, and I have work to do--editing, anthologizing, revising, teaching. Here we go!
I was going to get a COVID booster tomorrow, but was asked to hold off for 2 weeks to see if the pharmacy would in fact get the new vax in. When I asked if they knew whether they would really get it, I could basically hear the pharmacist throw their hands up in the air. "I guess we'll find out!" 🙃
August 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I was going to get a COVID booster tomorrow, but was asked to hold off for 2 weeks to see if the pharmacy would in fact get the new vax in. When I asked if they knew whether they would really get it, I could basically hear the pharmacist throw their hands up in the air. "I guess we'll find out!" 🙃
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
Bubonicon was good, if a little hard at some points. It's hard when you're new in a community, you don't yet have a new book out, and people aren't sure of you. I'm not trying to be BFFs or horn in on anyone's scene; I just want to be part of a community of writers, yanno? I adore talking shop.
August 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Bubonicon was good, if a little hard at some points. It's hard when you're new in a community, you don't yet have a new book out, and people aren't sure of you. I'm not trying to be BFFs or horn in on anyone's scene; I just want to be part of a community of writers, yanno? I adore talking shop.
I think if I do Bubonicon again next year, I'll stay at the hotel. Daily 3hr roundtrips were exhausting. And I was late to my panel one day because the traffic was terrible.
August 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I think if I do Bubonicon again next year, I'll stay at the hotel. Daily 3hr roundtrips were exhausting. And I was late to my panel one day because the traffic was terrible.
I would have defied my parents and applied to colleges for writing/English from the start. I would have worked with the local Yale representative (YALE!) who wanted to help me apply because he felt my writing was so strong. I wouldn't have listened to all the naysayers telling me not to write.
If you were to completely wipe out your writing career and start from the beginning, what's something you'd do differently? A piece of advice you'd follow, a mistake you'd avoid, etc #WritingPrompt
August 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I would have defied my parents and applied to colleges for writing/English from the start. I would have worked with the local Yale representative (YALE!) who wanted to help me apply because he felt my writing was so strong. I wouldn't have listened to all the naysayers telling me not to write.
I'm imagining endless data centers running on human battery cells, the AIs chattering eternally to themselves...Oh wait. I think we already did that in the Matrix.
Spending on AI data centers is now so great that it’s crowding out investment in housing and other critical parts of the real economy, through higher energy costs and by propping up interest rates, argues The Economist
economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com/finance-and-...
August 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I'm imagining endless data centers running on human battery cells, the AIs chattering eternally to themselves...Oh wait. I think we already did that in the Matrix.