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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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The first screening of Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ in Clarksdale, Mississippi. This is the first time a lot of people in Clarksdale have been abled to watch the film for the first time. Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Evans, and Miles Caton were all in attendance. 📸: @/Carmen_A_Jude (on X)

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If you've got five bucks and are keen on supporting a truly wonderful Black trans creative here in Austin, check out Gothess Jasmine's GoFundMe. I'm fortunate enough to know Gothess, and they're such a pilar to a wide intersection of marginalized communities! Please share and donate if you can!

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They're here, they're here! Prosper with Dragons proofs are here! They look GORGEOUS!! 😍 Look how far we've come...compare to the earliest idea sketches for the game. (Those squiggly things are supposed to be dragons, I'm a much better art director than artist!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

They're here, they're here! Prosper with Dragons proofs are here! They look GORGEOUS!! 😍 Look how far we've come...compare to the earliest idea sketches for the game. (Those squiggly things are supposed to be dragons, I'm a much better art director than artist!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...

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If you've got five bucks and are keen on supporting a truly wonderful Black trans creative here in Austin, check out Gothess Jasmine's GoFundMe. I'm fortunate enough to know Gothess, and they're such a pilar to a wide intersection of marginalized communities! Please share and donate if you can!

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

This was soooo much fun to write! I loved getting into the characters' heads and hearts.

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Our beloved friend—Gothess Jasmine, a Black trans powerhouse, drag performer, and unwavering advocate for Black queer liberation—is in a moment of deep need. For years, they’ve poured themselves into our community...Now, they need us. Gothess is a gift, plz share! www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-bla...

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Our beloved friend—Gothess Jasmine, a Black trans powerhouse, drag performer, and unwavering advocate for Black queer liberation—is in a moment of deep need. For years, they’ve poured themselves into our community...Now, they need us. Gothess is a gift, plz share! www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-bla...

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40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood

submitted 22 days ago • 72 comments

The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"

submitted 25 days ago • 121 comments

If you live in NYC and you are a library patron, you really, really, really need to take an active role in making sure they are adequately funded. And I am very sorry to say that not enough of us are taking the needed action.

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

If you are looking for happiness beyond the fact that it’s Friday, we are now only a week away from Murderbot

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ANOTHER STARRED REVIEW 🙀 Kirkus Reviews gave Lessons in Magic and Disaster a beautiful, insightful review that describes the book perfectly. I feel seen. "[A] thoughtful, impactful work of fantasy... Much to cry over and rage against, much to appreciate." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie. The Tenth Element

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Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie. Four14een

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Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie. The 12th Sense

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AABB members are creating candidate score cards for local elections all across the country to help voters find the candidates in their districts that will stand up for the right to read. Here are our score cards for Eagle Mountain-Saginaw & Fort Bend, Texas elections on May 5th...

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

So glad I could be one of the artists for this lovely project! If you love dragons, card games and afrofuturism there's still time to get yourself a copy 💛💖 www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...

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Prosper with Dragons the cooperative Afrofuturistic card game is going to print! We've got the last two art pieces in: Feathered Dragon by @cosmicamazon.bsky.social Guardian Dragon by @simplynovology.bsky.social If you missed out, you can still get yours today: www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...

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Apparently if you write books, you're supposed to sometimes remind people that you write books. (I write books.) If you like twisty, fantastic tales with everything from serial killers, to body horror, to epic discoveries, my SFF has got you covered! bookshop.org/lists/books-...

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Prosper with Dragons the cooperative Afrofuturistic card game is going to print! We've got the last two art pieces in: Feathered Dragon by @cosmicamazon.bsky.social Guardian Dragon by @simplynovology.bsky.social If you missed out, you can still get yours today: www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...

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I feel so very good about my tax dollars paying people to check for poop in my food. Honestly, 10/10 on tax dollar use.

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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

submitted 42 days ago • 47 comments

This literally life-saving advance weather warning program is under attack because it's part of NOAA. When you're calling and writing to your reps, please consider putting a word in for it too. inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/202...

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Great news. Washington State Athletic Association vote to ban trans people from sports fails by a single vote. It would not have been binding anyway, but this is good news for trans Washington Staters. mynorthwest.com/mynorthwest-...

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In 2000, John Waters donated 372 pieces of his art collection to the Baltimore Museum of Art. They named a rotunda after him in their gallery. He requested an all-gender restroom be named for him instead. #BOTD

submitted 43 days ago • 74 comments

If you loved SINNERS...check out my African Immortals series. My Soul to Keep The Living Blood Blood Colony My Soul to Take

submitted 44 days ago • 12 comments

Starting re-reading this yesterday, and I can’t stop. Damn good. “When you’re a kid, facts don’t matter. It’s how hard you believe.” @sgj.bsky.social

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

Code Nerds for trans rights in Edinburgh.

submitted 46 days ago • 9 comments

It's hard to explain to people outside this fight that Texas is currently trying to ban kids from using public libraries... but they are; it's passed out of committee, and it's going to a floor vote. 🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨

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Ten things you can do to fight fascism this weekend before or after you protest: 1. Take that canned food you swear you'll use someday to the food pantry. In fact, if you have a little extra, buy a can or two every time you do your grocery shopping and drop it off on your way home.

submitted 47 days ago • 7 comments

Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO

submitted 48 days ago • 200 comments

On that note: Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day. Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links. Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo

submitted 468 days ago • 790 comments

This is where your Harry Potter money goes

submitted 49 days ago • 8 comments

I keep thinking about the fact that John Lithgow launched his film career playing a trans woman. And now this.

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If you're going to watch Murderbot on Apple TV, consider adding it to your watchlist. It's kind of like pre-ordering a book, it tells the streaming service that you're there for our show. Link for US viewers: tv.apple.com/us/show/murd... (You can also search for it on the app.)

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Hi everyone, my short story collection Power to Yield and Other Stories is on the recommended list and you can vote for it! Today is the last day and I would appreciate your votes :)

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Anyway, I’m delighted. www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...

submitted 50 days ago • 62 comments

MIT following Harvard's lead here

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BREAKING: On Friday, the federal government issued new demands of Harvard University. The university's lawyers just responded: back off.

submitted 51 days ago • 117 comments

For the 2% of my followers who (correctly) will consider the below to be the best thing to happen this week

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Yet another library saved from being shut down. EveryLibrary's "rapid response team" provided resources for local activists, resulting in about 700 in-person petition signatures, and 500 online, in a town of 6000. www.everylibrary.org/bunnvalelibr...

submitted 55 days ago • 3 comments

On why you should read my novels, The Canopy Keepers and A Breathless Sky.

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

Republicans in Montana got more spine than the democrats suggesting we throw trans people under the bus. 17 republicans crossed party lines to vote against an anti-trans bill. www.erininthemorning.com/p/17-montana...

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

In a supposedly “safe red” state. Don’t ignore local elections, folks.

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