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Heads up if you live in Seattle, Chicago, Philly, DMV, and NYC. Be careful and know your rights. Protect each other and keep yourself safe

we ran United States of Suppression—our series @teenvogue.com on the criminalization and targeting of protesters, focused on 2020 onwards—a year ago this month, and have been thinking a lot about the harm done when protesters are demonized. www.teenvogue.com/united-state...

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The governments of the world are so wildly evil and astoundingly pathetic, it really is hard to believe. Not a one will listen to the people and stand up against a genocide they have the power to stop.

hey sorry i havent responded to your email i'm re-reading the atlas six and i got to the scene between callum and parisa so i need to lay down for two full weeks

This is our fifth year doing these awards. I won't make a long thread but I hope they give you hope. They are for the community. Thank you to everyone holding the line against people who would like to see BIPOC writers and other underrepresented people removed from spec fic and the world at large+

THATS MY BOYYYYYYY @sapphomancer.bsky.social

the ignytes are the only sff awards i care about im sorry i love the homies

so so so immensely proud of my friend @mayagittelman.bsky.social, they deserve!!

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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

It’s so plainly and obviously righteous to resist mass deportations with force that I think the people who want to convince us to be more afraid of the protestors than of ICE must imagine their audiences to be very stupid.

it really doesn’t matter if someone is in america illegally or not. who cares, grow up

a lot of readers have a tendency to think this way, but the thing is, when it is occurring in reality you are no longer the reader. you must be the hero. what do you DO??

queerness, as a liberatory politics and not just another vague personal label, must involve thinking, speaking, and acting against ICE, against the police, against the carceral + imperial state and its networks across the globe, against the violence of borders. happy pride!

so who all gonna be at san diego comic con this year?

what are we reading this weekend, friends?

THERE ARE TOO MANY BOOKS AND I WILL NEVER CATCH UP ON MY READING

happy new dimension 20 eve to all who celebrate!

Abolishing ICE is the centrist position here. It’s an illegal, extrajudicial force with no jurisdiction to stop or detain anyone. You’re just asking for the Gestapo to have clear labels. Fuck liberals dude, my god

the world is a shitshow but at least you can take your book outside and read under a tree and that fuckin rules

i genuinely think if we kissed our friends more often the world would be a better place

Jonathan Joss was so perfect as Chief Ken Hotate on Parks and Rec, a character who loved messing with white people above all else. RIP

This is a horrifying hate crime. RIP Jonathan Joss. www.yahoo.com/news/king-hi...

Gonna wish y’all a Pride. It don’t need to be happy. Be mad as hell, girl. Key a car. Terrorize a homophobe. Be the gay bully you’re meant to be. This is the year to do it. Throw a brick for me.

hey friends! i'm curious about your favorite works of nonfiction (criticism, theory, etc) about speculative fiction — are there any books or articles on genre that you recommend?

happy pride im gay if you are a hot girl please fall in love with me not doing so is homophobic this month okay thanks

ahh shit I forgot to leave out cookies and bricks for the pride elves last night

Wanna join the Informed Ignyte Voter Book Club? I hear the @theignyteawards.bsky.social Nominees have been notified, which is very exciting because the Ignytes celebrate the works of People of the Global Majority within Speculative Fiction! The Ignyte Awards are special, in part, because they

i am SOBBING i love her SO MUCH HOLY SHIT

just don't be a dick to your kids it's actually not that hard.

For fellow writers and readers of fantasy lit, @mollytempleton.com article on portrayal of magic in fantasy is absolutely spot on. (h/t @ellenkushner.bsky.social) reactormag.com/magic-doesnt...

okay friends i'm curious about something — how do you feel about content warnings for books, and what genres do you mostly read?

Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you: the first six months of the 🏳️‍🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️‍🌈 I'm organizing this by month so click on through!