Hey Colliders! My #WWC2026 panels! Let's talk #HopePunk with an amazing group of marginalized authors! (and me 😁) whenwordscollide2026.sched.com/event/2Im7S/... An often irreverent look at how Queer authors view Queer rep. in your favourite media: whenwordscollide2026.sched.com/event/2Im7Q/...

I love you all but you are incredibly (understandably) reactive. It’s making you SO easily manipulated by rage baiters. When you see something without context, a headline or a snippet of a quote, take a deep breath and look into it to see if you really should be upset. Please protect your hearts.

And constraints force creative solutions and innovation, they are often GOOD ACTUALLY Sometimes it’s GOOD WHEN THINGS ARE HARD

This is what writing *is.* What the reader experiences in just the output of all this backend structure that authors create. If your characters are randomly generated by an algorithm and not a product of your thinking, then you’re not actually writing.

Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter)@deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 6h ago

Lord have mercy a video on here telling writers that AI can be used as a tool for: - building character lists - organizing ideas - drafting outlines - brainstorming structure - and more Dawg that's all a part of the writing process.

One highways manager told the High Court she had been placed on medication after becoming “fearful of being followed home, tracked and exposed on social media”. Highways staff now wear unbranded PPE, work in unbranded vehicles, wear face coverings to hide their identity, and do not travel alone.

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Think it's time to trot this one out again ;) You do NOT need the plagiarism machine! There is so much help and support out there if you're a new writer (even beyond this amazing trilogy)! linktr.ee/specficforne...

This is a good and accurate mini-thread that also reminds me of an experience I had in my 20s that has stuck with me ever since. I was part of a three-person panel interviewing web programmers for a gig. All three of us were white and very genuinely progressive and anti-Republican. 1/

Big Ol’ Mush@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 8h ago

I think a good way to think about the current moment is understanding white supremacy as a spectrum with passive acceptance as the status quo out to actively arguing for global genocide.

This is why I think it’s important to highlight how the status quo everyday background banal white supremacy is critical to building support for the more spectacular version everyone openly detests as “gutter” racism.

A lot of people, if not a considerable majority, occupy that passive acceptance as the status quo space, so what more rabid white supremacists have done is effectively create a motte and bailey argument where they get to push their ideas for global genocide and then retreat to the status quo bias.

I think a good way to think about the current moment is understanding white supremacy as a spectrum with passive acceptance as the status quo out to actively arguing for global genocide.

The govt has fired *all* the immigration attorneys representing detained children and given a $150 million contract to a 26-employee law firm in Texas with ONE immigration attorney. @theyoungcenter.bsky.social's Child Advocates are now the last line of defense for kids in deportation hearings.

Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins@ajcousins.bsky.social · 11h ago

Wanna help? Become a Waymaker! We're running, walking, cycling 20,000 miles in September to raise money to get immigrant kids out of detention and back with family. Someone who kayaks to work is dedicating his miles to Waymakers! A salsa dance class is counting steps! It all counts! #BeAWaymaker

Hi, new followers! Someone else did a "happy Pride, all my books are gay!" thread and now I want to do it too. First up is IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, just out this May. A sapphic cis woman and a trans space pirate team up to fight genAI, book bans, and censorship. Super queer and super fun!

We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

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This is what people mean by AI is theft. Someone I know later found out an artist (16k followers) they got a commision from uses AI and now they don't have funds to commish me or another artist they like. Not only does the slop machine steal art, these scammers directly steal work from real artists

⚡️Update: Russian ballistic missile attack kills 15, injures 51 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue. A massive Russian attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported Aug. 5.

Russian ballistic missile attack kills 15, injures 51 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue

A massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported overnight ...

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Not only was she loudly right about everything and reviled for it, in 2017 O'Connor donated 30 years worth of clothes and makeup to trans girls in Ireland.

Irish Literary Times@irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remembering Sinéad O'Connor, who died three years ago, on July 26, 2023. Photo by Andreas Larsson. #sineadoconnor

#AugCharWork D4: #MistWarden Jessica has her copper-red hair, her social anxiety, and the magical gatekeeper in her head. Michiru is light on her feet, always ready for a fight, and often forgets not everyone is conversant in 7 languages. …

DD Ward ..."Sapphic Dr. DOOM"@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · yesterday

August Character Workshop Day 4. Flair #AugCharWork I’m calling this section Flair. What is unique about this character? Not every character needs to have something unique, but if they don’t then the audience will typically forget them as they walk off stage.

death to the phoenix metaphor by Kiki Em "survival is a fungus" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

hey gang, a far-right party is using this election to gauge whether locking trans people out of civil society has a public mandate, and they've proven they can twist the coalition's arm to get whatever they want. We are in danger. Can you fucking do something.

Okay, I got started on a moderation list for all the beta reader bots. Mutuals, feel free to share and let me know when you see something!

Solar reactor that eats plastic! www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scie... A Trade in Blood is out today!! amzn.to/45F6FH0 LinkedIn has decided to remove their "draft with AI" feature and revert it to... a proofreading function 😆 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen . . .at scale.

A Cambridge University team made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production

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Lisa No Thank You@ohseafarer.bsky.social · yesterday

Did I miss any good news today?

A single day is a terrible way of measuring book success at a store, but it's what I have. Therefore, I am proclaiming Piranesi to be our biggest hit, with THREE copies sold. I love this. Especially that we sold 80 books and the biggest seller sold three. The books that sold two copies were:

Part of my opbooks.store haul today. Some books I've been meaning to read for a while ❤️

Ray Bradbury’s 1950 story, “There Will Come Soft Rains”, starts with a household AI reminding its owners of their appointments. But nobody is listening; they have all been killed in a nuclear war.

DIAMOND VALLEY, see you at 2 PM at the Stop Coffee House & Gathering Place. COCHRANE, see you today at 6 PM at the Cochran Historical Museum. Pick up your #ForeverCanadian free lawn sign!

I’m going to say this yet again: DO NOT JOIN MY SERVER TO PROMOTE AI. DO NOT JOIN MY SERVER IF YOU USE AI. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME IN MY SERVER. Fuck all the way off.

Craig Tucker Says 'God Damn It' in South Park

Alt: Craig Tucker Says 'God Damn It' in South Park

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Hanging out at Other Places Books in Winnipeg today! opbooks.store A fantastic shop with helpful and knowledgeable staff. Definitely stop in, if you're in the area ❤️

As a sky turbine repair tech, you're used to finding strange things caught in the mechanisms. Tiny dragonlet hoards stashed in gearboxes, or drifting spellweave wrapped around the blades like cotton candy. What do you carry down from the clouds with you today? #TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt