"We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..."
Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis.
Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫
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Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is impeach and pronounced ahdahnoogah-weestee
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. "ahdahnoogah-weestee"
Just finished reading it today - great book!
Proto by Laura Spinney
#booksky
My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me
#A_NewHope ✊
Saving this for later because I love linguistics!
Book covers for: Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders, Vicious by V.E. Schwab, Temple of Swoon by Jo Segura, Every Time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies by Catherine Mack, Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz, A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna, A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge, and A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
My September reads - all were enjoyable, but my favorites were: A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna, A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, and Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz. #booksky
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Congratulations to this year's Hugo winners, and to the Lodestar and Astounding winners, too!
locusmag.com/2025/08/hugo...
Star Trek: Lower Decks is such a great series!
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh is one of my top reads of the year so far - might end up being my favorite of the year - such a great book! Compelling academic fantasy from a teacher's POV #booksky
Josh Johnson is the new comedy superstar, and his incredible skill is somehow crafting perfect longform, topical routines in a matter of days
New book giveaway site! #booksky
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I can’t believe how stupid everything is
Wow, sounds dramatic! Stay safe!
Hope everything is okay re: whoever you're in the ER for! So crazy about the rowdiness - hope things calm down and that you're able to get out of there quickly!
WOW: Thousands are currently protesting in Boston. This is just one of more than 1200 'Hands Off' protests underway today across the nation as people rise up against the Trump-Musk regime. (via Rob Way)
Hey, I can see myself in the crowd - had a great time at their talk today! Excited to read my copies of When the Moon Hits Your Eye & The Martian Contingency soon! #booksky
Mary Robinette Kowal standing on a stage talking, John Scalzi is seated nearby on the stage listening.
Had a great time listening to John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal talk about their books and writing today in Columbus, OH #booksky @scalzi.com @maryrobinettekowal.com
“I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there.”
A must-read.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Science fiction lends itself readily to imaginative subversion of any status quo. Bureaucrats and politicians, who can't afford to cultivate their imaginations, tend to assume it's all ray-guns and nonsense, good for children."
- Ursula K. Le Guin (2012)
[Anthology idea: Ray-guns and Nonsense]
Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
This cannot be posted enough!
Here are some otter bleps to start your week off right
Top reads in January: The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci The Wives by Simone Gorrindo
My top reads of January. So glad to get the additional parts of Elma's story in The Lady Astronaut of Mars! Excellent backstory of Nadya in Seanan McGuire's most recent book in the Wayward Children series, and very much enjoying making my way through Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan series.
#BookSky
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.
This Hannah Arendt quote feels appropriate right now
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
