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This quote has been with me every day since I first heard it and I love her so much for saying it.
I remember how the air in the room shifted and sharpened. Everyone’s posture shifted when they realized that True Things has just been said.
Again, the RULES for Hugo Editor: Long Form have changed, and the indie editors who have been out *doing it* are now eligible. Please consider
Bill Campbell (Rosarium Publishing)
Catherine Lundoff (Queen of Swords Press)
They have both confirmed eligibility. Do it! And tell people!
I mean, other than the absurdity of genitals that look like a lesser Jim Henson design for Dark Crystal cave creatures, it’s also no fun to have hair everywhere except for the top of my head.
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
James Baldwin
Nominations are open for the Le Guin prize! #Kidlit of a science fictional and/or fantastical nature should absolutely stand up and be counted.
www.ursulakleguin.com/prize26
Voting for the 2026 Locus Awards is open to everyone! Choose your champions and give a voice to your favorite works and authors of the year.
Vote online at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!
A food truck banner from Puerto Rico reads “TODO SE FRIE AL MOMENTO / EVERYTHING’S FRIED AT MOMENT.”
Same.
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a lil prize thread, now with nomination form link!!!!
Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete highway. We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. This, I repeat, is the best way of life to be found on the road. the world has been taking. This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.
from Eisenhower's April 1953 "Chance For Peace" speech
Darlings, a moment.
LISTEN. Things...are epically horrid at the moment, I know.
--Drink water. Have food. Take your meds.
--Do something (ONE thing) that's constructive.
--Do one thing that makes you happy.
--If you have an animal, hug your animal.
--Take a break from horror scrolling the news.
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t
I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.
This is delicious.
“All such stories are practicing the historian’s craft, not the half that is gathering facts, but the half that is advancing a claim about the causes and secret motions that shape human history.”
Welcome to middle grade! The books that we read at eleven change EVERYTHING.
Some bot account complaining about pronouns in bio shit. I asked the bot to write a poem about pangolins and it did
It happened again
Art matters. And what do we do with things that matter? We protect them.
Here is information about H.R. 7661, a US book banning bill that explicitly targets books about trans people, and what you can do right now to help stop it.
Don't be fooled by this bill's name-- this is a book banning bill that will exclude LGBTQ books from all public schools NATIONWIDE.
Call your congresspeople and tell them to VOTE NO on this nakedly bigoted book banning bullshit.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.
GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR by Jadzia Axelrod, Vash Taylor and Ariana Maher.
Anyway, me, @deuxdel.bsky.social and @airy.bsky.social made a graphic novel about how being trans is beautiful, how queer love is transformative, and how difficult it is to be a teenager in a body that feels alien to you.
There are so many threats to so many people that I worry folks will miss this one: a federal bill that bans books about gender nonconforming and trans people from school libraries nationwide.
Banning books leads to banning people. Read the article & then call your representatives, I’m begging you.
HEY DON'T FORGET I'M DOING ANOTHER DRAWING FOR A SIGNED ARC AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DONATE TO A MINNESOTA RENT FUND!!!!!
This is a mental war that we have to win. It's not about being a luddite, it's about destroying or retaining the ability to think. It's about how insidious this becomes in a situation where generative AI is adopted and then subverted intentionally.
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/a-new-whar...
Do not take your eyes off Minnesota. They have not slowed down on their occupation and people are still afraid to leave their homes. Please check out this website for way to donate or get involved 💜
bsky.app/profile/ziib...
In exactly four weeks from today, on Tuesday March 24th, you'll finally be able to buy Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction, a collection of essays from @adapalmer.bsky.social and me
torpublishinggroup.com/trace-elemen...
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
It's that time of year again! The Locus Awards are looming in the distance, but you need to choose your champions! Voting is now open for all, give your favorite authors and works the voice they deserve!
Vote now at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio.
