visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help.
this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.
we can beat them
phone numbers and a script:
This is a wonderful post and I hate to quibble but: the heroines of Waspish Widows are a bi engraver and a pan beekeeper (there are canon lesbians as side characters, though!). Lady’s Guide is the one with the lesbian heroine; Hellion’s Waltz is bi4bi.
Carmilla visits me tonight
I saw advice to buy extra cans of food when you’re at the grocery store to donate to the food bank.
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
Panel 1: character crying at a desk Text: this IS hard Panel 2: character is now drawing determinedly Text: but I can do it
Little gentle reminder to all the human creatives out there 💪
#fe3h #doropetra Some yuri for the soul
Uh… It’s a Ten Year Anniversary Post
Stitch’s Media Mix is ten years old! Gross! I hate it!
The cover of THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA, my sapphic lady knight/witch reincarnation romance, out in October. ⚔️🔮🌊
Purple 8-petal flower with a yellow and green center. Along the stem are the words by Wael Zwaiter: Feeling without action will shrink the heart.
Comrade card for 2/21/2025. Feeling without action will shrink the heart.
The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI.
apnews.com/article/blac...
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It's a one size fits all tool to protest: the genocide in Gaza, hectoring our electeds to deny Trump's agenda, to fight book bans, to fight for trans rights, to fight Elon's takeover, stop the national abortion ban. the list goes on & on.
It's a GREAT tool. Use it.
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💜🖤 Hubernie Vampires 🖤💜
#FE3H || #FireEmblem || #Hubernie
Happy Lunar New Year! ✨
Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.
BE SO BRILLIANT NONE OF YOUR ENEMIES WOULD DARE LOOK AT YOU.
A stubby cactus with a bulbous rounded pink head and dark indent on the tip.
This is an Arizona Rainbow Cactus, according to the label.
I have no further comment at this time.
An illustration of a tiger protecting cubs colored in Trans and nonbinary flag colors. Says: "protect trans & nonbinary kids!"
We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
Words to live by ❤️
We're in the last week of our Kickstarter and we need just $3,000 to get I Hate My Job fully funded! Thank you for all those who have shared and backed - now lets get it across the finish line. ❤️
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The quote below is from my book THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY:
For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
instagram post from ktownforall. While not in the direct path of the fire yet - Koreatown is covered in heavy smoke and we are in need of KN95 masks and will need to replace a ton of tarp and tents. Please consider donating to our Venmo at: @Ktownforall or via debit/ credit card through Paypal at https://www.paypal.com/ncp/pa yment/D8A65YA2D58EQ Every dollar will go to survival items that will be handed to someone in need.
if you’re looking for something to do to help LA, folks in ktown are going to need masks. there are lots of elderly and homeless people in that neighborhood, this organization will distribute aid! ❤️
You can't tally "works deleted or unwritten because of negativity/lack of community engagement." Nor "fans that left because a space was too toxic for them." Ship stats & etc are about the negative spaces you DON'T see, more than anything else.
An excellent thread.
Enjoyed this interview with sword & sorcery author June Orchid Parker (not least because of the accompanying art by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social).
sadbutbuildingworlds.blog/2025/01/07/t...
I don't like "Your first draft will be shitty" as advice, because it's a really negative framing.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
