8. The capitulation of Amnesty International signals a bleak new era for transgender people in the United Kingdom. The country that once ranked first in Europe for LGBTQ+ rights now sits 22nd on the ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map, after 11 consecutive years of decline.

*standing up on the plane* Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo. Macondo era entonces una aldea de veinte casas de barro y cañabrava construidas a la orilla de un río de

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · last wk.

*standing up on the plane* ok you Protestant fucks prepare to get scared because I’m about to tell you what’s real. Hail Holy Queen our light our sweetness and our hopes. To Thee to we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to Thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Tu

Reminder that you can and should preorder the FORGED IN FIYAH, the anthology celebrating 10 years of FIYAH. Out in September. www.ldlewiswrites.com/news-updates...

FORGED IN FIYAH: 10-Year Anniversary Anthology from Tordotcom — L D Lewis, Author. Editor. Sea witch apologist

Preorders are now open for FORGED IN FIYAH, the 10-Year Anniversary Anthology for FIYAH Literary Magazine.

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This is such a loss for the Harvard community. Jane has been a leader and a steady voice in the conversation about university writing and AI nationwide but especially in New England. Carnegie Mellon did the exact same thing with our Writing Center while I was a grad student there... (1/2)

Seth Kahn (he/him)@badpacifist.bsky.social · last wk.

Sending vibes to @janerosenzweig.bsky.social. What an appalling decision.

They said from a profitability standpoint they can’t afford to make movies with Asian protagonists but then they also said it’s worth it to them to put abusers in movies just to put women in their place.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · last wk.

There’s an even more sinister angle to Johnny Depp’s ongoing “comeback” tour as the new Scrooge—it’s a Paramount production and part of a slate of Ellison-backed conservative cultural takeover attempts. It’s angled around MeToo rejection and the manosphere. spitfirenews.com/p/johnny-dep...

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AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain

AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.

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The used booksellers were trying to figure out wtf was going on a while ago and I was afraid it was something like this.

Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival@theharvestmaid.bsky.social · last wk.

Why is everything so transparently evil now?

Why is everything so transparently evil now?

I cannot stress enough how much The Onion’s Real InfoWars has become weekly appointment viewing.

Never ever apologize for getting someone's book from the library. A lot of them were written by authors who themselves first read a lot of other books in a library

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2w ago

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

ChatGPT is a tool specifically created to make you illiterate and illegible.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3w ago

Fede Aldama (Professor Latinx) interviewed me for Latinx Pop Magazine about THE MATRON, horror, and more. Check it out!

Interview with David Bowles: World-Building, Horror & Craft Insights

Horror, more than any genre, lets you put people in extreme situations and watch their humanity shine.

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Demon deals, haunted mansions, and sexy dystopias, oh my! Here are 30 MORE notable works of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and everything inbetween for the rest of 2026 reactormag.com/30-more-sff-...

30 More SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2026 - Reactor

The most anticipated books for your summer, fall, and holiday TBR stacks

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this is where your money goes when you buy harry potter stuff. rowling isn’t shy about it. amnesty wrote an even-handed report that laid out what anti-rights groups do; rowling uses her billions & clout to suppress it. when you give rowling money; she spends it on stealing people’s human rights.

Miffythegamer@miffythegamer.bsky.social · 3w ago

In my opinion, this is litigious thuggery. Amnesty spoke their truth and it hurt the feelings of the anti-trans brigade. TERFs destroy everything they touch. I mean, imagine suing Amnesty, of all organisations?

What kind of a society do we live in where the grading policies of Duke, Harvard, and Yale are the focus of the *New York Times* but the crumbling buildings of CUNY - literally the public university of the city of the paper - merits barely any attention from the NYT? ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...

From mold to malfunctions, CUNY conditions come under scrutiny

Several dozen staff members rallied outside Brooklyn Borough Hall on Wednesday.

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Less than 3 days left in the Kickstarter for year 6 of the excellent magazine _khōréō_. They need about 75 more subscribers in order to meet their funding goal. www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

khōréō: Year 6

Help us sustain and grow an award-winning magazine of speculative fiction and migration!

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Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred@lpkindred.bsky.social · 4w ago

Just a heads up! @khoreo.bsky.social is 5 days from the end of their kickstarter and the mag hasn't funded. L pointed out last month that if we want nice things, we have to communicate that via dollars. Let's retain this important magazine! khōréō Year 6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

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Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 3w ago

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

We’re still $2K short and it’s down to the last 3 days of the fundraiser. Help us get over the finish line and bring you another year of incredible SFF short stories!

khōréō magazine@khoreo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

the deadlands is ALMOST, but not quite, fully funded consider joining as a patron and two things happen: 1. we keep publishing amazing deathy works 2. you get epub/phsyical copies of the deadlands and OH BY THE WAY the next issue (in 7 days) contains A WHOLE NOVELLA + regular deadlands content!

You can get cover art made by real artists. You can buy premade covers from real artists. You can use stock images / art for your covers without involving AI-gen images. Writers and publishers have been getting covers made forEVER w/o AI-gen art and we don't have to use the tools of the enemy now.

As far as "books for kids" go I do sometimes wonder if the existence of a YA shelf robs young folks of the joys of early unsupervised exposure to the ranting of depraved communists and libertarian sex-weirdos in the SFF section, an important inoculation when it doesn't destroy 3-10 years of yr life

Despite a paper trail proving otherwise, Unbound’s administrators claimed they still owned the rights to Effin’ Birds and threatened to sue Penguin Random House if PRH paid me any royalties for my ongoing book sales. Wasn’t resolved until two months ago. They tried to bankrupt me out of spite.

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 4w ago

If you ever get pissed off about me mentioning my books on here & decide to complain about it, do remember as I instantly block you that I'm coming from the perspective of someone who had £20,000+ of earnings stolen from him by his ex-publishers & could not give less of a flying fuck what you think.

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TofuNYC 🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🇬🇱🚫👑🖕🧊@groguspeak.bsky.social · 3w ago

This cracked me up.... Sorry, not sorry.

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