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dlibris.bsky.social
Weegie bookseller and book enthusiast. SFF reader. Co-head of Programme, Eastercon 2027. Angry queer. Nonbinary. They/them.
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When you hear the whining about "police injured on duty" in LA today: the people actually listening to the scanners said LASD fired rubber bullets at LAPD so LAPD tear-gassed LASD. The protestors are gonna get blamed for it, but it was entirely self-inflicted.

OK folks, really need your help. Trans Pride NI is getting zero funding, nothing from the council or Belfast Pride and if they don't hit £5k, it won't happen. They're over £2k now. Can we get this to target? Please share. Thank you ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

"I'm already at work on book 2" in the acknowledgements of a 7 year old book makes me think we're never going to see it, in no small part because the author has been so clearly ambushed by so many books since.

In light of what happened in Minnesota today, I am reposting this:

Want a brilliant Father’s Day gift without leaving the house? Buy him a book+ticket bundle to one of our upcoming events! Irvine Welsh, John Niven, Alan Parks & more! www.waterstones.com/events/searc...

Jesus. The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

Sure, this is an easy one. A social media app is nothing more than the people on it. The people there are nazis. The people here are not. It is better to spend time with fewer nazis than with more nazis. QED

Starting a war to distract from a genocide feels like it should just get you arrested. Instead it seems to be working and every supposed liberal nation is lining up to justify the starting of the war and ignore the genocide even more fully. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Using the money of a billionaire to crush a marginalised group, and you feel like you're the heroes? Fuck off, bigots

Shocker

Seen this going around but I’m Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George

So there is a profile of me in the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...

This sounds amazing and I will BE THERE

I have a joke about Prometheus but telling it takes guts

I have a joke about Eris, but it works better when sent over Discord.

I have a joke about Hekate but it's pretty dark. NOT AS DARK AS THIS ONE THOUGH, WOW.

Pin this, because it's gonna come up again. Apparently, like David Walliams' arm, at least to a certain angle... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Given the Women's Prize for Fiction's... historically mixed record on anything outside endocisness, I wonder how this excellent statement went down.

If you - or someone you know - needs a confidential chat about a comedian / author in the headlines, I’m here. It’s been a privilege to be trusted by so many people so far and I’ve never stopped working on this. Every story counts.

Watch as entire media outlets and ruling political parties are mobilised to make sure that this question is never asked

If you know Nan Goldin fans who want to help the trans community... @charliejane.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @transgenderreport.com @cherylmorgan.bsky.social hyperallergic.com/1019335/nan-...

I know this is a losing battle and yet! I will die on this hill: SIX EPISODES IS NOT A SEASON IT IS A MINISERIES

We have lost all contact with our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza, communications have been cut off. This morning, for the first time in months, we did not receive their morning messages to say, "good morning" and "we are fine/alive". We anxiously await to hear from our colleagues.

When your corporate values statement actually means something.

I enjoy how Americans will post an image of a man bravely standing in front of a tank at Tiananmen every year to commemorate the wickedness of violence against protestors and then see a protester get trampled by a cop on horseback on CNN in LA and say “well what did he do wrong to deserve that?”

This is how. Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

I wrote about this issue a while back: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

This would be incredible news. So proud of the voice actors for having held the line for so long. That's how you do it.

What a pleasure to get to chat to Vanessa Santos, @iameeadams.bsky.social and Michael J Malone at Waterstones Argyle St tonight! Brilliant books. Check them out! Thanks to @deadinkbooks.bsky.social too for being superstars.

This is a pretty important point!

Immediately, to no one’s surprise, the Baldoni stan army started conspiring that Lively’s elite Hollywood connections meddled with the case. It is now veering into QAnon territory. This is what happened when Johnny Depp lost his U.K. defamation case, too. The battle is won but the war keeps going.

a "trans echo chamber" is impossible btw. there is no way for me to be unaware of what cis ppl think of me

Cf Battle of Orgreave during the 1980s Miners Strike, which took three full decades for the police to admit they were the aggressors