How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
"Outside is a special treat" - @michaelburns.bsky.social
Fascinating video on the attention economy, and a book I need to read!
Feel like I'm always finding something new to add to my PhD TBR π€£
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contrapoints dropped a 90-min defense of saw and "torture p0rn"? okay, lemme just:
Stinks so bad it's taking on a life of it's own
dust off your "oh shit" pants, bitches. we're--oh, you've been wearing them for the last 10 years?
same π«©
Helloβhereβs the official trailer for UNDERLAND, based on my book of the same name, dir. by Rob Petit, with a haunting, glittering score by @hannahpeel.bsky.social, & the βStorytellerβ voiced by Sandra HΓΌller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest). Hope you like it.
In UK/Irish cinemas 27 March.
spent the day outside with my kids instead of despairing about things i can't change on the internet.
happy brain βΊοΈ
no, i'm not angry at everything. i'm happy that trees exist π³and they can help me forget for a moment that the land they are on IS OWNED??
strange that those who are pro-war in iran are affected in no way by war in iran. bombs aren't dropping on your local schools, so it can't be a bad thing, right?
Lily has made an amazing video about how the NYTβs slide to the right is primarily a workerβs rights issue, itβs brilliantly researched - check it out!
literally never miss a michael burns video π«‘
the only eternal growth i wanna see is green party membership π
if you're not anti-capitalist, you're not paying attention.
"but the leadership in Iran is a religious cult!"
babes... let me hold your hands when i tell you two other countries led by religious cults = Israel and US π
radical, i know, but:
food should be affordable
pro-monarchy is weird, because what do you mean you "enjoy being a peasant?"
YOU'RE PAYING FOR WATER AND YOU'RE "NOT POLITICAL"? THEY DUMPED SHIT IN THE RIVERS AND THEN RAISED THE PRICE OF WATER, ONLY TO DUMP *MORE* SHIT IN THE RIVERS, AND GIVE THEIR SHAREHOLDERS MORE MONEY - *YOUR MONEY* - AND, (I CAN'T EMPHASISE THIS ENOUGH) YOU'RE PAYING FOR THIS.
you're right, you have done a lot of scrolling today. go top up on coffee or something - stretch your legs! β
A white mug with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction logo holds a spray of lavender next to a stack of the eight books shortlisted for this year's prize: North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins The City in Glass by Nghi Vo Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera The West Passage by Jared PechaΔek Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson
We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
Just gonna leave this here
Forcing the press to take more notice of the Greens would certainly be useful. I rarely, if ever, see them on any of the outlets I read
This was always their plan
As a Green Party member, @zackpolanski.bsky.social would be a great leader of the party.
I've been watching his interviews with Novara, etc, over the past few years and thought several times, "why isn't this guy in charge?"
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My foot is swollen and bruised and the kid is like "why aren't you chasing me???" π€£
Don't worry, you deserved that new book π
Oh, you bought several?
Well done you! π
Thank you :)
Where to buy ebooks for readers with no shelf space and a deep hatred of amazon? π
Kobo is already in the post.
Hi, we offer traditional contracts too :)
OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! π
Big Thinking Publishing is currently accepting submissions for:
Middle-Grade (8-12)
Teen (11-14)
We are not currently looking for poetry, picture books, or chapter books.
I JUST WANT TO READ MY BOOK!!!! π«
But I have to be a 'grown up' and be 'sensible' or something...
