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Rosarium Publishing is open to submissions for their PLANET BLACK JOY anthology. We’re looking for spec-fic stories between 3-7k words about joy and pleasure by women and nonbinary folk who identify as Black, African, or Afro-descendent. Deadline is July 1. rosariumpublishing.com/planet-black...

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Unsolicited writing advice, no. #1616: In a world in which the average writer earns only £7000 a year, be sure why you want to do this. If it's to make a fortune, or hang out with famous people, or to be famous yourself, forget it. It isn't a lottery. It's a slog. Only joy makes it worthwhile.

submitted 25 days ago • 49 comments

Ordered seeds to start in the new garden bed, when Spring (eventually) arrives. Small joys. Small sparks to light the fire.

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Happy 10th birthday to the Ea-Nasir complaint tablet meme! A glorious decade of memes, mashups, merchandise, erotic fanfic, real-life copper fraud, and pilgrimages to the British Museum. Thread 🧵:

submitted 11 hours ago • 28 comments

“I don't think we have two years to plan and fight back. I think we have months.” Senator Chris Murphy, Democratic Senator, Connecticut

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James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.

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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

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Dad joke of the weekend

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Benefits of hiking in winter: the beauty of the snow, the peace and quiet, the lack of people. Drawbacks of hiking in winter: sweating thru layers, and the subsequent chills; the fucking snow and cold; trail conditions suck. Am I glad I did it today? The jury is still out.

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The only thing I can think right now is, "Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king." What are the chances that we can get Aragorn, son of Arathorn, to throw open the double doors of the Chambers of Congress?

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Want to know the names of some of the bears in Elizabethan Southwark? I've got you covered with this transcription of a 1590 "bear schedule" [TNA C 146/8581]. beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

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Today’s small joy: my Trader Joe’s had Winter Wassail back in stock, so I may have bought three… Huzzah for the wassail!

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Driving in winter is a question of "is it you, or is it me?" Random road noises: is it the snow, the potholes, or my tires? Clunk as something falls off my car: was it a car part, or a chunk of ice/snow wedged in the wheel well? Crunching while driving: is it the unplowed road, or a flat tire?

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"Nobody is talking about extermination. No one ever talks about it. They just do it." - Magneto, X-men, the last stand.

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

nzsky underrated

submitted 7 days ago • 175 comments

Welp, here we go. A post for Aro Awareness Week and Queer History Month about embracing ambiguity and not overcompensating by past erasure by erasing other forms of relationship. finnlongman.com/no-platonic-...

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

JD Vance is so nauseatingly unlikeable that he’s literally dragging down the AfD’s approval rating

submitted 6 days ago • 273 comments

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

submitted 7 days ago • 843 comments

Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible. Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

submitted 8 days ago • 66 comments

Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?

submitted 9 days ago • 288 comments

Tell me what you actually mean when you say, "Honor the fallen" and "Thank you for your service" 'Cause this ain't it. Our vets deserve better than this.

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.” This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time

submitted 9 days ago • 32 comments

extremely Tweetie Pie voice I tawt I taw a coup d'etat

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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

submitted 11 days ago • 794 comments

We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...

submitted 12 days ago • 58 comments

Drinking tea, calling my congresspeople and asking them to help prevent idiocy in government, and making curry rice on this snowy day. I know that government idiocy, like winter, is always coming, but hopefully my small bits will help keep both at bay for a little bit.

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Drinking tea, calling my congresspeople and asking them to help prevent idiocy in government, and making curry rice on this snowy day. I know that government idiocy, like winter, is always coming, but hopefully my small bits will help keep both at bay for a little bit.

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The fun of wondering if the stomach bug caught you too. Am I woozy bc of a bug, or bc I just got off the public bus? Do I have the chills, or is it bc it's currently 17 out? Ughhhhh. At least today is a one class day.

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Meanwhile, while lies, egregious lies, and wild untruths are on everybody's radar: a question that keeps coming up. WHY DO RECIPE WRITERS KEEP LYING ABOUT THIS??!! #cooking 🍽️ 🍜 slate.com/human-intere...

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My child joined swim team? My bookworm is now a student athlete? I think we just jumped into the mirrorverse even more than we already had…

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Butterfly emerges from stellar demise in planetary nebula NGC 6302. (Hubble) 🔭 🧪

submitted 16 days ago • 42 comments

DC & nearby pals, go make some noise tomorrow if you can!

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If I ever volunteer to make Roach's 40 Orange Glaze Cake again, please someone remind me that it takes me two days, and I'm not sure it's worth the effort. On the plus side, I now know how to uncurdle buttercream frosting! Yay for bain-marie!

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One day, I will stop being a control freak, and I will give up the title of Cookie Czar to someone else. That day is not today. So, when/if I get shingles from GS cookies again, please remind me that I brought this on myself.

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This is important journalism.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

We’re losing bits of our democracy, my child’s yakked three times this morning, and AO3 is down for maintenance. How you doin?

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

So here’s how I see things in broad strokes. There are kind of three divergent roads from here. 1) Our institutions hold, more or less. We limp forward and make it to the midterms and beyond. Elections happen and are free enough and fair enough that we can reverse things.

submitted 20 days ago • 24 comments