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Switching from using Gmail as my primary email provider to @proton.me. The first thing I changed over was my @libro.fm account. I have my priorities. 📚🎧

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Looking for a new #writing challenge for 2025? GYWO welcomes ALL writers, no matter your genre or experience! You can choose a word count or a habit pledge to aim for and you get a vibrant community to help you achieve your goal. What are you waiting for? getyourwordsout.dreamwidth.org/835269.html

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Rest well, Sandra. You were a visionary, and your vision changed the scholarly landscape for the better. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...

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Please put on your to-do list today to call (or otherwise contact) your reps and tell them to vote “no” on HR 9495. It’s quick, easy, and does make a difference. More info in the thread ⬇️

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In a couple weeks you're all going to meet the 16-year-old trans girl who's challenge to a ban on gender-affirming medical care is being heard at SCOTUS and I'm going to need you all to 1) be loud and thankful for how badass she's being and 2) fight for her like your life depends on it

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It's been a year since my gay literary hockey novel HEADING NORTH came out, & this week doesn't feel celebratory, but I'm doing a giveaway anyway. Books matter, queer joy matters, art matters, generosity matters. Giveaway details in my free newsletter: hmwendt.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-ye...

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We definitely shouldn't all run out and buy a copy of LUCKY LOSER by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig now that the subject of that book has threatened to sue Penguin Random House. Nope. And definitely do not request it from your local public library, either. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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One of the books I picked up from the Haymarket Books ebook sale! Not sure which one yet, though. I picked up quite a few and they all look so good.

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Remember that art is resistance and UPP publishes some pretty fantastic art in the form of poetry (I'm a little bit biased). Congrats to the finalists of our Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize!

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Please call your D senators AGAIN and demand they confirm all of Biden's pending judges IMMEDIATELY. You can find your senators here. Put 'em in your contacts! We're calling 'em all the time now. 👍 www.senate.gov/senators/

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On October 7th, 2024, I want to repeat Edward Said’s advice to us all: “Where cruelty and injustice are concerned, hopelessness is submission, which I believe is immoral.” Heads up. Hearts open. We can build a better world.

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This is an ode to my Bose noise-cancelling headphones. They are the only thing saving my sanity against the onslaught of constant bass from my neighbors' (yes, multiple neighbors) constant bass from their speakers that are inside their houses but are turned up so loud I can hear it inside my house.

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Christ. Also, look at that smug fucking expression. apnews.com/article/iowa...

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Getting a bunch of questions about the recent New York Magazine article that includes some of what happened to us in 2023 and how we're coping in the time since. nymag.com/intelligence...

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While any day is a good day for Siousxie and the Banshees, rainy fall days feel like especially good days for Siousxie and the Banshees.

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A lovely little ode to the Chicago Manual of Style on LitHub! lithub.com/a-very-smart...

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I don't know who needs to hear this but there's a pattern of behavior and engagement where a person is careful to use the aesthetic of civil, reasonable, polite rhetorical signaling to attack a person as uncouth, impolite, or hateful "Performative Rationality" is bullying in a brooks brothers suit

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"The practical risks of AI are not that they become super capable thinking machines. It is building complex systems around machines we falsely assume are capable of greater discernment and logic than they possess." www.techpolicy.press/challenging-...

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Oh no, it's me every time someone says they read a "graphic novel."

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Here's a good point for the "never judge a book by its cover" argument: the way books by BIPOC and other minorities are coded with "hidden" racist stereotypes. thewalrus.ca/the-hidden-r...

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My banned books bingo card definitely did NOT have Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey on it. If it weren't so stupid, it might be funny. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

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a bsky list of university presses and indie publishers that you can add to your feeds if you like: tinyurl.com/3y829vxv

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We continue to live in the worst timeline. The worst part about this is that Colin was apparently told that artists and comics creators don't want any part of AI-driven anything, and he still went ahead with it. www.comicsbeat.com/colin-kaeper...

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Libro.fm is doing an audiobook reading challenge where every participant gets a credit for a free audiobook! There are also prize drawings based on how much you read: blog.libro.fm/champions/

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I'm finally getting paid to read!... The Chicago Manual of Style. I'll take it though.

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On the last day of #BlackSpaceWeek 2024, we pay tribute to Octavia Bulter on her birthday! She was an American Science Fiction writer born in 1947 and considered the mother of afrofutirism✨ Learn more here: octaviabutler.com/theauthor 📸 source: octaviabutler.com

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"every story i create creates me. i write to create myself." happy birthday to the legendary octavia e. butler, who warned us.

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Today is Octavia Butler's birthday. She would have been 77. I wrote a tiny bit about why I love her on my blog. Do you have a favorite Butler novel or short story? www.bookwitch.blog/2024/happy-b...

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It took me way to long to finish this round-up of indie bookstores I visited in 2023, but I finally got it up! A few of the stores featured include: Elliott Bay Books in Seattle, Provincetown Bookshop, and Pocket Books in Lancaster, PA. Plus a bunch more! www.bookwitch.blog/2024/all-the...

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Holly M. Wendt (@hmwendt.bsky.social) discusses their novel HEADING NORTH (Braddock Avenue Books) with Carl Lavigne.

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I broke my rule to never submit writing to journals/contests that don't allow simultaneous submissions. I now regret not being able to send this story to some other places before their open submission periods end. Alas.

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This looks like a really cool magazine! $20 for a year-long subscription seems like a steal.

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Went from AWP to a week of kinda intense work events to a week of food poisoning. Phew. I'm still kinda tired and headachey, but I at least feel human again. Plus, look at the actual blue skies we got in PGH today!

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Go go Gadget motivation! .... No? Damn. Was worth a try.

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Imagine this happened in the West

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Not the elephant seals 😭

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I guess where I depart from "everything is actually fine" punditry re: the economy is knowing too many people working hourly wages to think that even a "good economy" means absolutely anything for legions of people.

Switching from using Gmail as my primary email provider to @proton.me. The first thing I changed over was my @libro.fm account. I have my priorities. 📚🎧

Looking for a new #writing challenge for 2025? GYWO welcomes ALL writers, no matter your genre or experience! You can choose a word count or a habit pledge to aim for and you get a vibrant community to help you achieve your goal. What are you waiting for? getyourwordsout.dreamwidth.org/835269.html

Rest well, Sandra. You were a visionary, and your vision changed the scholarly landscape for the better. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...

Please put on your to-do list today to call (or otherwise contact) your reps and tell them to vote “no” on HR 9495. It’s quick, easy, and does make a difference. More info in the thread ⬇️

In a couple weeks you're all going to meet the 16-year-old trans girl who's challenge to a ban on gender-affirming medical care is being heard at SCOTUS and I'm going to need you all to 1) be loud and thankful for how badass she's being and 2) fight for her like your life depends on it

It's been a year since my gay literary hockey novel HEADING NORTH came out, & this week doesn't feel celebratory, but I'm doing a giveaway anyway. Books matter, queer joy matters, art matters, generosity matters. Giveaway details in my free newsletter: hmwendt.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-ye...

We definitely shouldn't all run out and buy a copy of LUCKY LOSER by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig now that the subject of that book has threatened to sue Penguin Random House. Nope. And definitely do not request it from your local public library, either. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

One of the books I picked up from the Haymarket Books ebook sale! Not sure which one yet, though. I picked up quite a few and they all look so good.

Remember that art is resistance and UPP publishes some pretty fantastic art in the form of poetry (I'm a little bit biased). Congrats to the finalists of our Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize!

Please call your D senators AGAIN and demand they confirm all of Biden's pending judges IMMEDIATELY. You can find your senators here. Put 'em in your contacts! We're calling 'em all the time now. 👍 www.senate.gov/senators/

On October 7th, 2024, I want to repeat Edward Said’s advice to us all: “Where cruelty and injustice are concerned, hopelessness is submission, which I believe is immoral.” Heads up. Hearts open. We can build a better world.

This is an ode to my Bose noise-cancelling headphones. They are the only thing saving my sanity against the onslaught of constant bass from my neighbors' (yes, multiple neighbors) constant bass from their speakers that are inside their houses but are turned up so loud I can hear it inside my house.

Christ. Also, look at that smug fucking expression. apnews.com/article/iowa...

Getting a bunch of questions about the recent New York Magazine article that includes some of what happened to us in 2023 and how we're coping in the time since. nymag.com/intelligence...

While any day is a good day for Siousxie and the Banshees, rainy fall days feel like especially good days for Siousxie and the Banshees.

A lovely little ode to the Chicago Manual of Style on LitHub! lithub.com/a-very-smart...

I don't know who needs to hear this but there's a pattern of behavior and engagement where a person is careful to use the aesthetic of civil, reasonable, polite rhetorical signaling to attack a person as uncouth, impolite, or hateful "Performative Rationality" is bullying in a brooks brothers suit

"The practical risks of AI are not that they become super capable thinking machines. It is building complex systems around machines we falsely assume are capable of greater discernment and logic than they possess." www.techpolicy.press/challenging-...

Oh no, it's me every time someone says they read a "graphic novel."

Here's a good point for the "never judge a book by its cover" argument: the way books by BIPOC and other minorities are coded with "hidden" racist stereotypes. thewalrus.ca/the-hidden-r...

My banned books bingo card definitely did NOT have Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey on it. If it weren't so stupid, it might be funny. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

a bsky list of university presses and indie publishers that you can add to your feeds if you like: tinyurl.com/3y829vxv

We continue to live in the worst timeline. The worst part about this is that Colin was apparently told that artists and comics creators don't want any part of AI-driven anything, and he still went ahead with it. www.comicsbeat.com/colin-kaeper...

Libro.fm is doing an audiobook reading challenge where every participant gets a credit for a free audiobook! There are also prize drawings based on how much you read: blog.libro.fm/champions/

I'm finally getting paid to read!... The Chicago Manual of Style. I'll take it though.

On the last day of #BlackSpaceWeek 2024, we pay tribute to Octavia Bulter on her birthday! She was an American Science Fiction writer born in 1947 and considered the mother of afrofutirism✨ Learn more here: octaviabutler.com/theauthor 📸 source: octaviabutler.com

"every story i create creates me. i write to create myself." happy birthday to the legendary octavia e. butler, who warned us.

Today is Octavia Butler's birthday. She would have been 77. I wrote a tiny bit about why I love her on my blog. Do you have a favorite Butler novel or short story? www.bookwitch.blog/2024/happy-b...

It took me way to long to finish this round-up of indie bookstores I visited in 2023, but I finally got it up! A few of the stores featured include: Elliott Bay Books in Seattle, Provincetown Bookshop, and Pocket Books in Lancaster, PA. Plus a bunch more! www.bookwitch.blog/2024/all-the...

Holly M. Wendt (@hmwendt.bsky.social) discusses their novel HEADING NORTH (Braddock Avenue Books) with Carl Lavigne.

I broke my rule to never submit writing to journals/contests that don't allow simultaneous submissions. I now regret not being able to send this story to some other places before their open submission periods end. Alas.

This looks like a really cool magazine! $20 for a year-long subscription seems like a steal.

Went from AWP to a week of kinda intense work events to a week of food poisoning. Phew. I'm still kinda tired and headachey, but I at least feel human again. Plus, look at the actual blue skies we got in PGH today!

Go go Gadget motivation! .... No? Damn. Was worth a try.

Imagine this happened in the West

Not the elephant seals 😭

I guess where I depart from "everything is actually fine" punditry re: the economy is knowing too many people working hourly wages to think that even a "good economy" means absolutely anything for legions of people.

“What a Gazan Should Do During an Israeli Air Strike” by Mosab Abu Toha:

I would like to be reborn as one of the crows that patrols Stonehenge.